Dec 31, 2022

Synchronoss Q4 2022 Earnings Report

Reported fourth quarter and full year 2022 results, showing improvements to profitability and cash flow.

Key Takeaways

Synchronoss Technologies reported a decrease in total revenue for Q4 2022, but highlighted growth in its core Cloud business with subscriber growth of 14% and invoiced Cloud revenue growth of 9.5%. The company finalized a major agreement with a Tier One global operator expected to deliver over $50 million over the term of the relationship. Management reiterated its expectation to be cash flow positive for 2023.

Cloud subscribers grew 14% year-over-year in Q4 2022.

Invoiced Cloud revenue increased 9.5% year-over-year to $41.4 million in Q4 2022.

Signed a multi-year agreement with one of the largest global operators to deploy the Synchronoss Personal Cloud.

Reached milestone of more than 30 million RCS-based Messaging subscribers in Japan, a 62% increase since November 2020.

Total Revenue
$61.6M
Previous year: $73.8M
-16.5%
EPS
-$0.72
Previous year: $0.54
-233.3%
Gross Profit
$32.2M
Previous year: $47.8M
-32.6%
Cash and Equivalents
$21.9M
Previous year: $31.5M
-30.4%
Free Cash Flow
$1.39M
Previous year: -$741K
-287.0%
Total Assets
$398M
Previous year: $451M
-11.7%

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Forward Guidance

Synchronoss is reiterating its expectation to be cash flow positive for 2023 and expects Cloud subscriber growth to continue at a double-digit rate. For the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023, the Company expects GAAP revenue to range between $242.0 million and $255.0 million and adjusted EBITDA to range between $44.0 million and $55.0 million.

Positive Outlook

  • Continued strong performance within the Company’s core Cloud business
  • Improvements in operational expense management
  • Expectation to be cash flow positive, on an unadjusted basis, for 2023
  • Expectation to generate cash flow in the single-digit millions for the full year
  • Cash flow generation to significantly improve in 2024

Challenges Ahead

  • Revenue in the first and second quarters of 2023 is expected to decline moderately year-over-year on a GAAP basis.
  • Net contribution to GAAP revenue from non-cash deferred revenue is expected to be $7.4 million less in 2023 than it was in 2022, most of which is related to the first half of the year.
  • Reiterating its expectation to be cash flow positive, on an unadjusted basis, for 2023.
  • The current expectation is to generate cash flow in the single-digit millions for the full year.
  • The Company expects to return to total revenue growth on a GAAP basis for the second half of the year and in 2024.