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dadeano dadeano 4 years ago
Coming to life soon?

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20201130005550/en/KLDiscovery-Ranked-Number-459-Fastest-Growing-Company-in-North-America-on-Deloitteโ€™s-2020-Technology-Fast-500โ„ข
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dadeano dadeano 4 years ago
Thanks. Whatโ€™s your outlook here?
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AskMuncher AskMuncher 4 years ago
$KLDI KLDiscovery Inc. Announces Second Quarter Financial Results
Press Release | 08/12/2020
KLDiscovery Inc. (โ€œKLDiscoveryโ€ or the โ€œCompanyโ€), a leading global provider of electronic discovery, information governance and data recovery services, announced today that revenue for the second quarter ended June 30, 2020 was $64.4 million versus $78.3 in the second quarter of 2019. Net loss for the second quarter 2020 was $14.9 million compared to $11.4 million in the second quarter of 2019.

EBITDA for the second quarter of 2020 was $10.4 million versus $13.7 million in the second quarter of 2019. Adjusted EBITDA (which excludes management fees and stock-based compensation, acquisition financing and transaction costs and other items as described below) for the second quarter of 2020, was $12.2 million compared to $19.6 million in the second quarter of 2019. Reconciliations of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA to their comparable GAAP measure are shown in detail below, along with definitions for those terms. As of June 30, 2020, the Company had approximately $34.1 million in cash and cash equivalents.

โ€œIn the second quarter of 2020, we continued to take positive actions to ensure that we will be well positioned for the future as we remain dedicated to the health and well-being of our employees during the COVID-19 pandemic,โ€ said Christopher Weiler, CEO of KLDiscovery Inc. โ€œOur priority was to maximize efficiencies throughout the Company while continuing to invest in technology and development staff. June was an excellent month as we achieved the second highest monthly EBITDA in company history. We made significant strides in reducing operating expenses by 15.8% in the second quarter of 2020 compared to second quarter of 2019. We accomplished consistent EBITDA margins despite seeing a decrease in second quarter 2020 revenue of $14 million versus the first quarter of 2020. We expect permanent cost savings of approximately $10 million in 2021 as we benefit from savings from integration, lower real estate expenses, data center consolidation and other cost savings initiatives. Additionally, our technology investments continue to pay off with Nebula, our proprietary end-to-end eDiscovery and information governance platform. Nebula is growing rapidly and today we host over 130 terabytes of data there, which represents over 300% growth from one year ago. This fully integrated platform continues to be key to the future growth of our business.โ€

Mr. Weiler continued, โ€œOur revenue during the second quarter was adversely affected by weak global economic conditions from COVID-19, the severe 33% annualized decline in the U.S. GDP quarter and the reality that the U.S litigation process and court system were slowed down substantially and have been operating at a significantly reduced capacity. The decreased litigation activity we are experiencing today however, does not mean these cases have disappeared, they are likely delayed and will be pushed out to the future. During the last recession, our Company prospered and was awarded some of the largest and most noteworthy matters borne from the economic crisis. I believe that once global restrictions are eased and businesses work towards resuming normal operations, we will benefit from this pent-up demand.โ€

Year 2019-2020 Quarterly Results - Unaudited
(in millions except per share data)

2019 2020
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2
Revenue


75.0





78.3





78.2





80.5





78.3





64.4



Net loss


(13.5

)



(11.4

)



(11.3

)



(17.8

)



(12.5

)



(14.9

)


Net loss per share (basic and diluted)
$

(0.32

)

$

(0.27

)

$

(0.26

)

$

(0.42

)

$

(0.29

)

$

(0.35

)

Weighted average outstanding shares (basic and diluted)


42.3





42.4





42.5





42.5





42.5





42.5




EBITDA


11.2





13.7





13.4





14.4





12.5





10.4



Adjusted EBITDA


15.1





19.6





16.8





17.2





15.0





12.2



2020 Outlook

As previously announced, KLDiscovery is currently limited in its ability to accurately predict what the financial impact will be from the COVID-19 pandemic. KLDiscovery is not providing full-year 2020 guidance until it gains additional data points about the total operational impact of this global pandemic.

Earnings Conference Call

Management will conduct a conference call at 8:30 AM EDT on Thursday, August 13, 2020 to discuss results for the second quarter of 2020 and KLDiscoveryโ€™s outlook. The audio portion of the conference call will be broadcast live over the Internet in the Investors section of KLDiscovery's website https://investors.kldiscovery.com.

To join the conference call by telephone, please register via the following link: http://www.directeventreg.com/registration/event/8274078. Once registered, you will receive an email with Direct Entry and Registrant ID along with dial-in details. An audio recording of the conference call will be available for replay shortly after the call's completion and will remain available for two weeks following the call. To access the recorded conference call, please dial (855) 859-2056 (from the U.S. and Canada) or (404) 537-3406 (from all other countries) using access code 8274078. The webcast replay will also be available in the Investors section of KLDiscoveryโ€™s website for a period of time following the call.

KLDiscovery Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss
(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

Three Months Ended June 30,

Six Months Ended June 30,



2020





2019





2020





2019



(unaudited) (unaudited)

Revenues
$

64,381



$

78,332



$

142,652



$

153,358



Cost of revenues


34,214





39,463





73,734





76,919



Gross profit


30,167





38,869





68,918





76,439





Operating expenses
General and administrative


12,400





14,813





28,253





29,656



Research and development


1,639





1,489





3,306





2,922



Sales and marketing


8,660





11,466





20,305





24,169



Depreciation and amortization


8,985





9,893





17,901





19,718



Total operating expenses


31,684





37,661





69,765





76,465




Income (Loss) from operations


(1,517

)



1,208





(847

)



(26

)


Other (income) expenses
Other expense


63





36





91





131



Interest expense


12,970





12,387





25,932





24,453



Loss before income taxes


(14,550

)



(11,215

)



(26,870

)



(24,610

)

Income tax provision


368





233





574





329




Net loss
$

(14,918

)

$

(11,448

)

$

(27,444

)

$

(24,939

)


Other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax
Foreign currency translation


2,733





(855

)



(1,695

)



(45

)

Total other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax


2,733





(855

)



(1,695

)



(45

)

Comprehensive loss
$

(12,185

)

$

(12,303

)

$

(29,139

)

$

(24,984

)


Net loss per share - basic and diluted
$

(0.35

)

$

(0.27

)

$

(0.65

)

$

(0.59

)


Weighted average shares outstanding - basic and diluted


42,529,017





42,369,357





42,529,017





42,336,093



Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Matters
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)

Three Months Ended June 30,

Six Months Ended June 30,



2020





2019





2020





2019



Net loss
$

(14,918

)

$

(11,448

)

$

(27,444

)

$

(24,939

)

Interest expense


12,970





12,387





25,932





24,453



Income tax expense


368





233





574





329



Depreciation and amortization expense


11,979





12,530





23,816





25,063



EBITDA
$

10,399



$

13,702



$

22,878



$

24,906



Acquisition, financing and transaction costs


206





2,582





291





2,756



Strategic Initiatives:
Sign-on bonus amortization


โ€”





113





188





225



Non-recoverable draw


โ€”





921





304





2,035



Total strategic initiatives


โ€”





1,034





492





2,260



Management fees, stock compensation and other


870





885





1,750





2,100



Restructuring costs


128





626





718





1,335



Systems establishment


560





806





1,046





1,360



Adjusted EBITDA
$

12,163



$

19,635



$

27,175



$

34,717



Note:

Acquisition, financing and transaction costs include earnout payments, rating agency, letter of credit and revolving facility fees, and transaction costs relating to the business combination with Pivotal Acquisition Corp in December 2019
Strategic initiatives include the amortization of one-time expenses related to the hiring of a team of industry leading sales personnel.
Management fees, stock compensation & other includes consulting fees, expenses related to the Companyโ€™s stock compensation plan, business insurance and other expenses.
Restructuring costs include severance payments, recruiting fees and retention charges
Systems establishment costs include expenses related to IT infrastructure build-out, system automation and ERP implementation
KLDiscovery Inc.
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(in thousands, except share and per share data)

June 30, 2020 December 31, 2019
(Unaudited)
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents
$

34,099



$

43,407



Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $8,449 and $7,486, respectively


89,120





96,994



Prepaid expenses


13,563





7,296



Other current assets


668





556



Total current assets


137,450





148,253



Property and equipment
Computer software and hardware


72,413





72,228



Leasehold improvements


27,404





26,963



Furniture, fixtures and other equipment


3,748





3,794



Accumulated depreciation


(72,416

)



(64,682

)

Property and equipment, net


31,149





38,303



Intangible assets, net


120,129





130,568



Goodwill


395,031





395,171



Other assets


2,990





2,617



Total assets
$

686,749



$

714,912



Current liabilities
Current portion of long-term debt, net
$

13,074



$

11,689



Accounts payable and accrued expense


30,804





31,270



Current portion of contingent consideration


398





340



Deferred revenue


4,984





4,851



Total current liabilities


49,260





48,150



Long-term debt, net


466,014





468,932



Contingent consideration


482





482



Deferred tax liabilities


6,590





6,294



Other liabilities


8,138





7,289



Total liabilities


530,484





531,147



Commitments and contingencies
Stockholders' equity
Common stock
$0.0001 par value, shares authorized - 200,000,000 shares authorized as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019; shares issued and outstanding - 42,529,017 as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively


4





4



Preferred Stock
$0.0001 par value, 1,000,000 shares authorized, zero issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively


โ€”





โ€”



Additional paid-in capital


383,591





381,952



Treasury stock


โ€”





โ€”



Accumulated deficit


(232,942

)



(205,498

)

Accumulated other comprehensive income


5,612





7,307



Total stockholders' equity


156,265





183,765



Total liabilities and stockholders' equity
$

686,749



$

714,912





KLDiscovery Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(in thousands)
(unaudited)

For The Six Months Ended June 30



2020





2019



Operating activities
Net loss
$

(27,444

)

$

(24,939

)

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization


23,816





25,063



Non-cash interest


9,428





2,365



Stock-based compensation


1,639





1,489



Provision for losses on accounts receivable


2,155





1,332



Deferred income taxes


296





(130

)

Change in fair value of contingent consideration


58





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Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable


5,866





(9,861

)

Prepaid expenses and other assets


(6,519

)



(4,078

)

Accounts payable and accrued expenses


(711

)



(3,359

)

Deferred revenue


146





236



Net cash provided by (used) in operating activities


8,730





(11,882

)

Investing activities
Acquisitions, net of cash


(3,124

)



โ€”



Purchases of property and equipment


(5,875

)



(5,140

)

Net cash used in investing activities


(8,999

)



(5,140

)

Financing activities
Revolving credit facility - draws


29,000





21,500



Revolving credit facility - repayments


(29,000

)



(14,500

)

Payments for capital lease obligations


(455

)



(307

)

Payments on long-term debt


(8,500

)



(8,500

)

Net cash used in financing activities


(8,955

)



(1,807

)

Effect of foreign exchange rates


(84

)



14



Net decrease in cash


(9,308

)



(18,815

)

Cash at beginning of period


43,407





23,439



Cash at end of period
$

34,099



$

4,624



Supplemental disclosure:
Cash paid for interest
$

17,248



$

18,747



Income taxes paid, net of refunds
$

(297

)

$

107



Significant noncash investing and financing activities
Purchases of property and equipment in accounts payable and accrued expenses on the consolidated balance sheets
$

193



$

220



About KLDiscovery

KLDiscovery provides technology-enabled services and software to help law firms, corporations, government agencies and consumers solve complex data challenges. The company, with offices in 39 locations across 19 countries, is a global leader in delivering best-in-class eDiscovery, information governance and data recovery solutions to support the litigation, regulatory compliance, internal investigation and data recovery and management needs of our clients. Serving clients for over 30 years, KLDiscovery offers data collection and forensic investigation, early case assessment, electronic discovery and data processing, application software and data hosting for web-based document reviews, and managed document review services. In addition, through its global Ontrack Data Recovery business, KLDiscovery delivers world-class data recovery, email extraction and restoration, data destruction and tape management. KLDiscovery has been recognized as one of the fastest growing companies in North America by both Inc. Magazine (Inc. 5000) and Deloitte (Deloitte's Technology Fast 500) and CEO Chris Weiler was recognized as a 2014 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Yearโ„ข. Additionally, KLDiscovery is a Relativity Certified Partner and maintains ISO/IEC 27001 Certified data centers around the world. For more information, please email info@kldiscovery.com or visit www.kldiscovery.com.

This press release includes โ€œforward looking statementsโ€ within the meaning of the โ€œsafe harborโ€ provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements contained in this press release other than statements of historical facts, including, without limitation, statements regarding KLDiscoveryโ€™s future financial and business performance, attractiveness of KLDiscoveryโ€™s product offerings and platform and the value proposition of KLDiscoveryโ€™s products, are forward-looking statements. When used in this press release, the words โ€œestimates,โ€ โ€œprojected,โ€ โ€œexpects,โ€ โ€œanticipates,โ€ โ€œforecasts,โ€ โ€œplans,โ€ โ€œintends,โ€ โ€œbelieves,โ€ โ€œseeks,โ€ โ€œmay,โ€ โ€œwill,โ€ โ€œshould,โ€ โ€œfuture,โ€ โ€œproposeโ€ and variations of these words or similar expressions (or the negative versions of such words or expressions) are intended to identify forward-looking statements.

These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance, conditions or results, and involve a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other important factors, many of which are outside KLDiscoveryโ€™s managementโ€™s control, that could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements. Important factors, among others, that may affect actual results or outcomes include: the ongoing impact of COVID-19, KLDiscoveryโ€™s ability to execute on its plans to develop and market new products and the timing of these development programs; KLDiscoveryโ€™s estimates of the size of the markets for its solutions; the rate and degree of market acceptance of KLDiscoveryโ€™s solutions; the success of other competing technologies that may become available; KLDiscoveryโ€™s ability to identify and integrate acquisitions; the performance and security of KLDiscoveryโ€™s services; potential litigation involving KLDiscovery; general economic conditions and cyclical nature of certain markets impacting demand for KLDiscoveryโ€™s services; KLDiscoveryโ€™s substantial levels of indebtedness; changes in complex laws and regulations in the U.S. and internationally; and volatility in the trading price of KLDiscovery common stock and warrants. These risks and other factors discussed in the โ€œRisk Factorsโ€ section of KLDiscoveryโ€™s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities Exchange Commission (โ€œSECโ€) and any other reports KLDiscovery files with the SEC could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by forward-looking statements made by KLDiscovery or on our behalf.

Given these risks and uncertainties, investors should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements as a prediction of actual results. All statements speak only as of the date made, and unless legally required, KLDiscovery undertakes no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

In addition to providing financial measurements based on accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (โ€œGAAPโ€), this earnings press release includes additional financial measures that are not prepared in accordance with GAAP (โ€œnon-GAAPโ€), including EBTIDA and Adjusted EBITDA. We believe that these measures are relevant and provide useful supplemental information to investors by providing a baseline for evaluation and comparing our operating performance against that of other companies in our industry.

The non-U.S. GAAP financial measures that we use may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies and in the future, we may disclose different non-U.S. GAAP financial measures in order to help our investors meaningfully evaluate and compare our results of operations to our previously reported results of operations or to those of other companies in our industry. We believe these non-U.S. GAAP financial measures reflect our ongoing operating performance because the isolation of non-cash charges, such as amortization and depreciation, and other items, such as interest, income taxes, management fees and equity compensation, acquisition and transaction costs, restructuring costs, systems establishment and costs associated with strategic initiatives which are incurred outside the ordinary course of our business, provides information about our cost structure and helps us to track our operating progress. We encourage investors and potential investors to carefully review the U.S. GAAP financial information and compare them with our EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA.

Adjusted EBITDA

We define EBITDA as net income (loss) plus interest (income) expense, income tax expense (benefit), depreciation and amortization. We view adjusted EBITDA as our operating performance measure and as such, we believe that the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP financial measure is net loss. In calculating adjusted EBITDA, we exclude from net loss certain items that we believe are not reflective of our ongoing business and exclusion of these items allows us to provide additional analysis of the financial components of the day-to-day operation of our business. We have outlined below the type and scope of these exclusions:

Acquisition, financing and transaction costs generally represented by non-ordinary course earn-out valuation changes, rating agency fees, letter of credit and revolving facility fees, as well as professional service fees and direct expenses related to acquisitions. Because we do not acquire businesses on a predictable cycle, we do not consider the amount of acquisition- and integration-related costs to be a representative component of the day-to-day operating performance of our business.
Strategic initiatives expenses relate to costs resulting from pursuing strategic business opportunities. We do not consider the amounts to be representative of the day-to-day operating performance of our business.
Management fees, stock compensation and other primarily represents consulting fees and portion of compensation paid to our employees and executives through stock-based instruments. Determining the fair value of the stock-based instruments involves a high degree of judgment and estimation and the expenses recorded may not align with the actual value realized upon the future exercise or termination of the related stock-based awards. Therefore, we believe it is useful to exclude stock-based compensation to better understand the long-term performance of our core business.
Restructuring costs generally represent non-ordinary course costs incurred in connection with a change in a contract or a change in the makeup of our personnel often related to an acquisition. We do not consider the amount of restructuring costs to be a representative component of the day-to-day operating performance of our business.
Systems establishment costs relate to non-ordinary course expenses incurred to develop our IT infrastructure, including system automation and enterprise resource planning system implementation. We do not consider the amount to be representative of a component of the day-to-day operating performance of our business.
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loginusername loginusername 4 years ago
This stock is so thin and I don't know whether it's really a $3 stock or a $10 stock. There's no float. The financials are beyond my abilities to value it. If it's really a $10 stock the warrants are ridiculously cheap. I suspect the warrants are telling me it's really a $3 stock.
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dadeano dadeano 4 years ago
Thanks. Seems to be undervalued. Zero volume and coverage. Hope company gets their PR going
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chriogenix chriogenix 4 years ago
You can see the balance sheet here on the latest 10Q. $467M in Long Term Debt. They should be reporting on the 12th so it will be interesting to see how things go. I dont see much of a catalyst coming but who knows what will happen.

The overall thesis for this company is sound. I think in time it will grow but it will take time. there isnt much coverage on this stock.



https://investors.kldiscovery.com/financials/sec-filings/sec-filings-details/default.aspx?FilingId=14152608
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dadeano dadeano 4 years ago
Where do you see those numbers?
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loginusername loginusername 4 years ago
$500 million in long term debt. An enterprise value of over 800 million. I don't get why you would think this is cheap.
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LINK Oracle LINK Oracle 4 years ago
Man, I dont know. I also have ITUP that is sitting idle until they catch up their fins (apparently soon) and should send that to the moon. Interups bid on buying Air India for $8 bil. with only a $34 mil MC. Fins will fix that. So here, until things loosen up, I sit. We are valued much higher here but not a lot of interest for some reason. Maybe an uplist to NAS will do the trick
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dadeano dadeano 4 years ago
Will this ever get going? Why no interest?
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dadeano dadeano 4 years ago
Could you explain this problem to me like Iโ€™m 5?

I saw a successful group(s) bring this to the market, see continually increasing revenues and guidance- but share price headed in the opposite direction...
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dadeano dadeano 5 years ago
Canโ€™t believe all these big players were involved bringing it to market and nothing
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dadeano dadeano 5 years ago
Well, I hope so. Getting my butt handed to me here.
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HokieHead HokieHead 5 years ago
Not sure, they need to fix the SS to get more liquidity. More restricted shares will be hitting at some point which should help but not sure what level they will be bought at. They just announced earnings after hours. 4% increase in revenues YoY..

https://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/KLDI/news/KLDiscovery-Inc-Achieves-First-Quarter-Revenue-of-783-Million-Up-43-Year-over-Year?id=262118
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dadeano dadeano 5 years ago
Will this ever do anything?
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loginusername loginusername 5 years ago
Well you can buy warrants now at twenty cents.
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LINK Oracle LINK Oracle 5 years ago
This company is just getting started. $14 target with a strong buy rating. Sweet. Warrants at .19 now are worth $3.50 @ $14. Nice
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dadeano dadeano 5 years ago
https://www.google.com/amp/s/redmondregister.com/2020/04/02/dermtech-nasdaqkldi-given-average-recommendation-of-strong-buy-by-analysts.html/amp
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LINK Oracle LINK Oracle 5 years ago
On reason I think is the lack of eyes on us here in the OTC. I think that will change though with an uplist. This company is far too sophisticated to stay here IMO
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dadeano dadeano 5 years ago
Why do you think there is such a gap in fair market value and pps?

I keep looking for cracks in the DD and I just get more impressed with the position the company is in- revenues, cash and growth.
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LINK Oracle LINK Oracle 5 years ago
Thats okay. We know what they are worth in short order. They will reach fair value soon enough and make us a ton of $$$$$
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dadeano dadeano 5 years ago
Letโ€™s see how far these dumbos can walk down the warrants. Smh.
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LINK Oracle LINK Oracle 5 years ago
Really excited about this one. Warrant holders are going to make huge $$
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dadeano dadeano 5 years ago


Everyone thatโ€™s looked into this SPAC and done an ounce of DD knows this is headed up. Great cheap loading prices here.
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HokieHead HokieHead 5 years ago
On the conference call the CEO stated they have already seen a 17% increase in sales and 39% increase in EBITDA over January 2019 figures.

Total revenue had grown 5% FY 2019 from 2018 so having first month up 17% is a great sign of whatโ€™s to come.
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LINK Oracle LINK Oracle 5 years ago
Fantastic news. We have need saying all along that pps is cheap and now we have a professional opinion out there.
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HokieHead HokieHead 5 years ago
Coronavirus and E-Discovery: How COVID-19 is Testing Business Continuity for Service Providers

https://www.law.com/legaltechnews/2020/03/18/coronavirus-and-e-discovery-how-covid-19-is-testing-business-continuity-for-service-providers/
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HokieHead HokieHead 5 years ago
KLDI didnโ€™t even PR this but their OnTrack business put out a great PR Wednesday on how they will see a huge increase in business due to lockdowns from CV-19.

https://www.oaoa.com/news/business/article_e95bf4d5-9e57-5eb6-973a-9c408e26959b.html
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HokieHead HokieHead 5 years ago
We have our first analyst coverage. Buy rating with a $14 target price. This is the first of many to come and as with target prices they estimate on the low side as the goal is to set targets and beat them handily. This first target of $14 sets the warrants at $2.50 target for now.

Both commons and warrants have big upside from here going forward. They have lined everything up now with board of directors, started acquisitions and first earnings announcement and conference call.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.smarteranalyst.com/new-blurbs/kldiscovery-kldi-receives-a-buy-from-northland-securities-2/amp/
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LINK Oracle LINK Oracle 5 years ago
Average down. These warrants are going to be $10-$30 soon. Can you say retired?
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dadeano dadeano 5 years ago
Lack of volume is mind boggling. 5 minutes of DD and you see how undervalued this is. I happily bought warrants at .60. No worries now although Iโ€™m pissed I could get them so much cheaper now
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HokieHead HokieHead 5 years ago
Only 3,000 shares under $0.44 on the warrants.
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LINK Oracle LINK Oracle 5 years ago
Volume with come, especially on KLDIW as people take one minute to look at the numbers. Hell, this tapped $26/share when it first started trading in January. That is $14.50 warrants for .23 today!! This stock is in its infancy. This is your modern day Microsoft by buying the warrants. Love it. Off to go buy COVID-19 stocks today
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HokieHead HokieHead 5 years ago
Agree, and the float is super low here. You can tell from the OTC Markets count, it's updated every day. I also emailed IR yesterday about the volume and here was response:
From an operating perspective, as you heard on the call, KLD is doing very well with growth in Revenue, EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA. We will continue to operate the business to drive performance.

As for the stock volume and price, volume tends to be low because of low public float. As for price, we do not comment on the stock price.
They are trading at a huge discount to Blackbaud and Tyler, they will get noticed for the cheap valuation here. Warrants should not be under $0.50, let alone $1 imo. I bought commons and warrants at higher prices than these but it's a very long term hold so I am good.

Here is the valuations again on the KLDI/KLDIW, if you see KLDI being over $12 in the next few years than the warrants should not be under $0.50.

KLDI/KLDIW: $12/$0.50, $15/$3.50, $25/$13.50

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LINK Oracle LINK Oracle 5 years ago
I do like the fact that there are no overnight standing ASK orders under $57/share. That tells me the ASK is just a few retail players. As with KLDIW, only $750 showing on the ASK and then .4499. This will move up extremely fast if we stay out of our own way for a bit. Warrants will be dollars soon and that is 4x from where we are now (conservatively speaking) Looking for much more than that on the W's. It's coming, watch.
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HokieHead HokieHead 5 years ago
Refresher on what this company is about:

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/kldiscovery-unique-bet-data-getting-164651514.html

-KLDiscovery has been at the forefront of that business since it was co-founded by CEO Chris Weiler in 2005. Since then, the company has served an impressive client roster, including 65% of the Fortune 500 and 95% of the Am Law 100 firms. Those clients, who range from Apple to Starbucks, have shown a retention rate above 95%.

-Importantly, the SPAC sponsorโ€™s CEO is legendary dealmaker Jonathan Ledecky. Mr. Ledecky, who is co-owner of the National Hockey Leagueโ€™s New York Islanders, has had a knack for successful rollups for decades.

-With the stock trading around $10, investors have a chance to own the business at a reasonable valuation of 10.7 times 2019 adjusted Ebitda. That is significantly below multiples for comparable companies such as 28 times for cloud software firm Blackbaud and 32 times for information management firm Tyler Technologies.

-Another plus: the data discovery business should thrive in good economies and bad. For instance, an uptick in Chapter 11 proceedings would trigger strong demand for bankruptcy work.
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HokieHead HokieHead 5 years ago
15 cents, lmfao. MM's are working these so hard, no one is selling them at this level, let alone under $0.50.

Warrants less than $0.50 means they don't think KLDI will be priced over $12 by the end of 2025. Hello, no one is selling here.

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HokieHead HokieHead 5 years ago
They have been on top of things with Twitter and PR's so far in March and the CC today was a sign of things to come. This is a top notch company with a talented Board of directors. Their backgrounds alone will bring the money flow in shortly. Just sit back and watch.

The warrants will get loaded down here. They are basically priced as if KLDI won't be trading over $11.50 by the end of 2025 lol. A $12 PPS prices them at $0.50, $15 PPS puts them at $3.50 and a $20 PPS puts them at $8.50. KLDI will be higher than all these prices in 2020 easily.


I own both shares of the commons and the warrants, will continue to hold them long term.

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dadeano dadeano 5 years ago
Yep. Not worried in the least. Be nice if IR got their act together and got the word out. But yes, it will come
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LINK Oracle LINK Oracle 5 years ago
I can see the warrants making a move back to .75 or 1.00 before the common SP moves because that is where the real multiple $$ will be made.
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LINK Oracle LINK Oracle 5 years ago
Absolutely but when people start recognizing, it will snowball quickly and those of us in now will be sitting damn pretty.
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dadeano dadeano 5 years ago
Absolutely. Just frustrating the market hasnโ€™t taken notice yet. Crazy undervalued here.
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HokieHead HokieHead 5 years ago
Just listened to the CC. Strong call, they are already saying Q1 2020 is off to strong start, January increases over prior months and January 2019 are up by double digit percentages. Interest and PPS appreciation will come here soon, big money and a great board of directors.
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HokieHead HokieHead 5 years ago
Great point..

Now the warrants have a financial disclosure to base off of
The warrants are not even at the strike price, basically priced that KLDI isn't going to have a share price over $11.50 by the end of 2025 lol.

A $12 PPS puts the warrants at $0.50, they shouldn't even be below that. If you feel KLDI will be a $12+ stock in the next 4 years buying the warrants under $0.50 is a steal. This reminds me of SPC#. The warrants went from $0.65 to $28 in less than 10 months as that SPAC took off.

Both KLDI and KLDIW are long term holds and have been.
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HokieHead HokieHead 5 years ago
Each Public Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one share of Class A common stock at a price of $11.50 per share

If KLDIโ€™s PPS hits our price targets youโ€™re looking at KLDI/KLDIW:

$20/$8.50
$35/$23.50
$50/$38.50

Nice upside coming for both!
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LINK Oracle LINK Oracle 5 years ago
My estimate was $40-$40 as stated earlier today. Spot on. Now the warrants have a financial disclosure to base off of. W's are going to go crazy tomorrow. AWESOME!
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HokieHead HokieHead 5 years ago
Updated comparisons with today's close.

Comparison to two other public competitors:

Tyler Technologies (TYL)
Price: $262
Shares OS: 39 million
Market Cap: $10.3 billion
Revenues ttm: $1.1 billion
PS Ratio: 9.4

Blackbaud Inc (BLKB)
Price: $50
Shares OS: 49 million
Market Cap: $2.4 billion
Revenues ttm: $902 million
PS Ratio: 3

Now look at KLDI

Kldiscovery Ltd (KLDI)
Price: $11
Shares OS: 42.5 million
Float: 360,000 (only shares unrestricted)
Market Cap: $468 million
Revenues ttm: $312 million
PS Ratio: 1.5

KLDI comparable PS ratio would price this at $22 on low end (BLKB) to $69 on high end (TYL). Before the markets collapsing from CV TYL was at a PS of about 13.

Easily going to be a $30-$50 stock.
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LINK Oracle LINK Oracle 5 years ago
$43 mil in the bank, $312 rev and $68 mil earnings for 2019. The beat both quarter and yearly estimates

https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/KLDI/analysis?p=KLDI

Movin' on up like the Jeffersons. Congrats to my two other holders on this board.
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HokieHead HokieHead 5 years ago
Management will conduct a conference call at 10:00 AM EDT on Thursday March 26, 2020 to discuss earnings results for the fourth quarter and full-year of 2019 and the Companyโ€™s outlook. The audio portion of the conference call will be broadcast live over the Internet in the Investors section of KLDiscovery's website https://investors.kldiscovery.com. To join the conference call by telephone, please dial (866) 497-6138 from the United States and Canada) or (825) 312-2333 from all other countries) and refer to conference code 3440629. An audio recording of the conference call will be available for replay shortly after the call's completion and will remain available for a period of time following the call. To access the recorded conference call, please dial (800) 585-8367 (from the U.S. and Canada) or (416) 621-4642 (from all other countries) using access code 3440629. The webcast replay will also be available in the Investors section of KLDiscoveryโ€™s website for a period of time following the call. https://investors.kldiscovery.com
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LINK Oracle LINK Oracle 5 years ago
FANTASTIC FINANCIALS!!!

KLDiscovery Inc. ("KLDiscovery"), a leading global provider of electronic discovery, information governance and data recovery services, announced today that revenue for the year ended December 31, 2019, was $312.1 million, an increase of 5.3% over revenue of $296.3 million for the full year of 2018. Revenue for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2019, was $80.5 million, an increase of 4.4% over revenue of $77.1 million for the fourth quarter of 2018.

Net loss for the year ended December 31, 2019, improved by $13.7 million dollars and was $(54.0) million, compared to net loss of $(67.7) million for the full year of 2018. Net loss for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2019, was $(17.8) million, compared to net loss of $(17.1) million for the fourth quarter of 2018.

EBITDA for the full year of 2019, was $52.7 million, an increase of 76.5% compared to EBITDA of $29.9 million for the full year of 2018. EBITDA for the fourth quarter of 2019, was $14.4 million, an increase of 96.5% compared to EBITDA of $7.4 million for the fourth quarter of 2018.

Adjusted EBITDA (which excludes management fees and stock-based compensation, acquisition financing and transaction costs and other items as described below) for the full year of 2019, was $68.7 million, an increase of 25.9% compared to adjusted EBITDA of $54.6 million for the full year of 2018. Adjusted EBITDA for the fourth quarter of 2019, was $17.2 million, an increase of 27.7% compared to adjusted EBITDA of $13.5 million for the fourth quarter of 2018.

Reconciliations of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA, to their GAAP basis results are shown in detail below, along with definitions for those terms.

As of December 31, 2019, the Company had approximately $43.4 million in cash and cash equivalents. "2019 was a very good year for KLDiscovery," said Christopher Weiler, CEO of KLDiscovery Inc. "Our team continued its dedication to delivering outstanding customer service and we continued to grow with strategic acquisitions and strong sales. In 2019, revenue was up 5.3% and we made significant strides in EBITDA which increased 76.5% year-over-year and Adjusted EBITDA which grew 25.9% year-over-year."
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