NASDAQ$SNCR

Synchronoss Technologies Inc · Q4 2022 earnings

Q4 2022 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

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

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.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$61.6M

Previous: $73.8M-16.5%
EPS (adj)

-$0.72

Previous: $0.54-233.3%
Recurring Revenue

81.6%

Previous: 59100000.0%-100.0%
Capital Expenditures

$387K

Previous: $135K+186.7%
Free Cash Flow

$1.39M

Previous: -$741K+287.0%
Net Income

-$15.9M

Previous: -$2.11M-653.4%
Operating Income

-$3.47M

Previous: $4.6M-175.5%
Gross Profit

$32.2M

Previous: $47.8M-32.6%
Cash & Equivalents

$21.9M

Previous: $31.5M-30.4%
Total Assets

$398M

Previous: $451M-11.7%
Stock-Based Comp

$769K

Previous: $2.11M-63.6%

Revenue & EPS history

Synchronoss · Revenue · Quarterly

$61.6M

Q4 2022-16.5%vs Q4 2021
Beat estimate in 9 of 16 quarters(56%)
ActualEstimate

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.

Tailwinds

  • 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

Headwinds

  • 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.

Historical earnings impact

How earnings announcements have historically affected this stock's price.

Avg. return before/after earnings

Based on 1 quarterly earnings reports

Historical avg

+1.4%

Avg return

Earnings day

+8.0%

Avg return

5 days after

-6.1%

Avg return

30 days after

48%

29 / 61 earnings

Positive

+40.0%

Q4 2024

Best reaction

-25.4%

Q4 2015

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q4 2024+40.0%
Q3 2025
Q2 2025
Q1 2025
Q3 2024-15.6%
Q2 2024-4.2%
Q1 2024+32.4%
Q4 2023-17.4%
Q3 2023-19.3%
Q2 2023+5.2%
Q1 2023-4.2%
Q4 2022-20.2%
Q3 2022-4.7%
Q2 2022-5.4%
Q1 2022+4.2%
Q4 2021-9.2%
Q3 2021+9.3%
Q2 2021-7.8%
Q1 2021-1.9%+0.0%-2.0%
Q4 2020-0.3%+15.9%-10.2%
Q3 2020+9.1%
Q2 2020+17.0%
Q1 2020-16.0%
Q4 2019-7.7%
Q3 2019-20.4%
Q2 2019-3.5%
Q1 2019+12.0%
Q4 2018-17.6%
Q3 2018+2.3%
Q2 2018+23.6%
Q1 2018+7.6%
Q4 2017+10.9%
Q2 2017+10.9%
Q3 2017+10.9%
Q1 2017-4.5%
Q4 2016-11.9%
Q3 2016+19.6%
Q2 2016+9.6%
Q1 2016+15.6%
Q4 2015-25.4%
Q3 2015-2.3%
Q2 2015+6.9%
Q1 2015-6.6%
Q4 2014-6.8%
Q3 2014+9.2%
Q2 2014+17.4%
Q1 2014+7.4%
Q4 2013+20.8%
Q3 2013+3.4%
Q2 2013+14.6%
Q1 2013+6.6%
Q4 2012+19.1%
Q3 2012-6.0%
Q2 2012+15.3%
Q1 2011+2.0%
Q1 2012-6.1%
Q4 2009-0.9%
Q4 2011-0.9%
Q3 2011-2.9%
Q3 2010-2.9%
Q2 2011-10.4%
Q4 2010-10.4%
Q2 2010-10.4%
Q1 2010+8.0%

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