Includes Subscription Revenue Growth of 32.0%
Quarter Adjusted EBITDA of $12.1M and Adjusted EPS of $0.30
ALPHARETTA, GA – July 22, 2024 – Agilysys, Inc. (NASDAQ: AGYS), a leading global provider of hospitality software solutions that deliver High Return Hospitality, today reported results for its fiscal 2025 first quarter ending June 30, 2024.
Summary of Fiscal 2025 First Quarter Financial Results
- Total net revenue increased 13.3% to a record $63.5 million compared to total net revenue of $56.1 million in the comparable prior-year period.
- Recurring revenue (comprised of subscription and maintenance charges) was a record $38.0 million, or 59.9% of total net revenue, compared to $32.1 million, or 57.3% of total net revenue for the same period in fiscal 2024. Subscription revenue increased 32.0% year over year and was 58.1% of total recurring revenue compared to 52.2% of total recurring revenue in the first quarter of fiscal 2024.
- Gross margin was 62.8% in the fiscal 2025 first quarter compared to 59.0% in the comparable prior-year period.
- Net income attributable to common shareholders in the fiscal 2025 first quarter was $14.1 million, or $0.50 per diluted share, compared to $1.1 million, or $0.04 per diluted share, in the comparable prior-year period.
- Adjusted EBITDA (non-GAAP) was $12.1 million compared to $6.3 million in the comparable prior-year period (reconciliation included in financial tables).
- Adjusted diluted EPS (non-GAAP) was $0.30 per share in the fiscal 2025 first quarter compared to $0.18 per share in the comparable prior-year period (reconciliation included in financial tables).
- Free cash flow (non-GAAP) in the fiscal 2025 first quarter was $0.2 million compared to free cash flow of $(3.0) million in the fiscal 2024 first quarter (reconciliation included in financial tables). Ending cash balance was $144.1 million compared to ending cash balance of $144.9 million as of fiscal 2024 year-end.
Ramesh Srinivasan, President and CEO of Agilysys, commented, “We are pleased to report our tenth consecutive record revenue quarter at $63.5 million, a 13.3% increase over the comparable prior year quarter, which included strong year-over-year growth of 32.0% for subscription revenue and 39.8% for services revenue. Adjusted EBITDA at $12.1 million, 19% of revenue, was slightly above our original expectations for the current quarter.
The year-over-year overall revenue increase achieved was despite challenges with product revenue which was negatively impacted more than our expectations going into the fiscal year due to customers increasingly preferring subscription licenses over one-time perpetual licenses and lesser hardware revenue.
Srinivasan continued, “We are encouraged by our continuing good progress with subscription and services revenue. Project execution and deployments continue to operate at a high velocity and at excellent efficiency levels, even as the complexity of implementations involving multiple software solutions of our hospitality ecosystem is increasing. The hospitality industry continues to embrace the distinct advantages our integrated modular solution sets provide to improve ease of use and guest experience while also creating greater revenue upsell and expansion opportunities. Q1 fiscal year 2025 represented the best sales start we have had for any fiscal year thus far, remaining consistent with the high sales levels we have seen in recent quarters. During the rest of the fiscal year, we expect to maintain and improve on the good business momentum we are seeing now,” he concluded.
Fiscal 2025 Outlook
The Company expects full year fiscal 2025 revenue to be $275 million to $280 million, including higher than 27% year-over-year subscription revenue growth. Adjusted EBITDA is expected to be 16% of revenue for the full fiscal year.
Dave Wood, Chief Financial Officer, commented, “We are pleased with the strong start to the fiscal year while we evolve through product revenue challenges. Subscription and services revenue growth are ahead of our fiscal year 2025 plan and continue to drive the business toward our fiscal 2025 expectations. Our profitability levels and continued operating leverage expansion allow us the flexibility and confidence to continue to invest in future revenue growth and revenue expansion initiatives.”
2025 First Quarter Conference Call and Webcast
Agilysys is hosting a conference call and webcast today, July 22, 2024, at 4:30 p.m. ET. Both the call and the webcast are open to the public. Interested parties can register for the call at https://register.vevent.com/register/BI8b51ba0e5997483c858018eb0ddf0650. After registration, an email confirmation with a personalized PIN will be provided along with further access details. Please plan to register 15 minutes prior to the presentation to receive confirmation and further instruction in a timely manner.
Interested parties can also access the conference call live on the Events and Presentations page of Agilysys.com. Approximately two hours after the call has concluded, an archived version of the webcast will be available for replay at the same location.
Forward-Looking Language
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Forward-looking statements are neither historical facts nor assurances of future performance. Instead, they are based only on our current beliefs, expectations and assumptions regarding the future of our business, future plans and strategies, projections, anticipated events and trends, the economy and other future conditions. Because forward-looking statements relate to the future, they are subject to inherent uncertainties, risks and changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict and many of which are outside of our control. Our actual results and financial condition may differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements. Therefore, you should not rely on any of these forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause our actual results and financial condition to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements include, among others, the impact macroeconomic factors may have on the overall business environment, our ability to achieve our fiscal 2025 guidance, future revenue growth, the company’s ability maintain sales levels, the Company’s ability to increase implementation efficiencies, and the risks described in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company’s reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q. Additionally, references to “record” financial and business levels in this document refer only to the time period after Agilysys made the transformation to an entirely hospitality focused software solutions company in FY2014.
Any forward-looking statement made by us in this press release is based only on information currently available to us and speaks only as of the date on which it is made. We undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement that may be made from time to time, whether written or oral, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Information
To supplement the unaudited consolidated financial statements presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP in this press release, certain non-GAAP financial measures as defined by the SEC rules are used. These non-GAAP financial measures include EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, adjusted net income, adjusted basic earnings per share, adjusted diluted earnings per share and free cash flow. Management believes that such information can enhance investors’ understanding of the Company’s ongoing operations.
The Company has included the following non-GAAP financial measures in this press release: adjusted net income, adjusted basic earnings per share and adjusted diluted earnings per share. The Company believes these non-GAAP financial measures provide valuable insight into the Company’s overall profitability from core operations before certain non-cash and non-recurring charges. The Company defines adjusted net income as net income before amortization expense (including amortization of developed technology), share-based compensation, other charges, and legal settlements, less the related income tax effect of these adjustments, as applicable, and tax events and defines adjusted earnings per share as adjusted net income divided by basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding.
See the accompanying tables below for the definitions and reconciliation of these non-GAAP measures to the most closely related GAAP measures.
