beaconsmind AG Reports Second Half Year 2022 Results – With Acceleration of Growth and Profitability in FY2023 Post Turnaround
05 Septembre 2023 - 6:30PM
Business Wire
- Reported revenues of around CHF 0.6MM
- Gross margin at 82.8 percent
- Successful alignment of corporate structure reflecting
beaconsmind Group
- cash capital increase and capital increase in kind with a
total volume of CHF 9.6 million successfully implemented in the
2023 financial year. Company well positioned to reach the
break-even point
- Outlook 2023: Further value-enhancing acquisitions to be
completed. Significant increase in revenues and earnings expected
following successful turnaround
Regulatory News:
Second half year 2022 results, which corresponds to the short
financial year 2022/2023, are reported by beaconsmind AG
(“beaconsmind”) (ISIN: CH0451123589 – Ticker: MLBMD), a leading
SaaS provider in the field of location-based marketing (LBM) &
analytics. The company’s half year results were negatively impacted
by its single product focus in beaconsmind as well as high one-off
costs stemming from M&A-related costs. In addition, the
financial ratios were negatively impacted by costs inflicted by
reorganization measures introduced in FY2022 by Management.
Financials of FREDERIX Hotspot GmbH (“FREDERIX”) were not yet
consolidated in FY2022, whereas costs related to the acquisition
are fully reflected in the financial statements.
beaconsmind has prepared consolidated financial statements in
accordance with IFRS and reports its key financial figures in Swiss
francs. For the second half year of 2022, beaconsmind posted
revenues of CHF 0.55MM and Earnings before interest, taxes,
depreciation, and amortisation (EBITDA) of CHF -3.18MM including
aforementioned one-off costs. The Gross Profit margin remained
stable at 82.8 percent (prior second half year 2021: 85.4 percent).
Annual recurring revenues (ARR) of the beaconsmind Suite software
made up around 93 percent of total revenues. Services, hardware,
and installation revenues accounted for the remaining 7
percent.
FY2023 is beaconsmind's first fiscal year, which will correspond
to the respective calendar year with being on track for breakeven
by FY2023 end.
Following a challenging year 2022 and a successful conclusion of
its restructuring measures including change of strategy in 2023,
product chain and management, beaconsmind is set for growth. Under
its new Group structure, beaconsmind Group continues to increase
its service offerings through selected add-on acquisitions such as
FREDERIX, Netopsie or Socialwave. In July 2023, the Board of
Directors of beaconsmind has appointed Jonathan Sauppe as new CEO
of beaconsmind Group to focus on cost-cutting, efficiency and
install profitable growth. Through its leadership, beaconsmind
Group has already implemented a cost-cutting programme of total CHF
1.0MM by leveraging its range of products and services and
centralizing critical functions and operations.
In November 2022, a majority stake in FREDERIX, provider of
cloud Wi-Fi solutions for businesses and developer of intelligent,
cloud-based Wi-Fi hotspot technologies, was acquired. In February
2023, the DSL provider Netopsie was acquired and in March 2023,
Socialwave, provider of guest Wi-Fi and marketing solutions.
Through these bolt-on acquisitions, beaconsmind will strengthen its
Wi-Fi Hotspot vertical and increase its reach significantly in the
market whilst unlocking sales and cost synergies between
Socialwave, Frederix, Netopsie and beaconsmind. Respective run-rate
EBITDA contributions from Socialwave and Frederix including
Netopsie amount to ca. CHF 1.5MM and CHF 0.7MM p.a.
For FY2023, beaconsmind Group expects to increase its revenues
well beyond the EUR 8MM threshold on the back of new revenue
streams due to an integrated product portfolio available to both
existing and new costumers. In 2023, beaconsmind expects to reach
profitability, laying the foundation for further growth in 2024 and
beyond. Moving forward, beaconsmind Group plans to further explore
accretive acquisition opportunities, as well as delve deeper into
the value chain.
beaconsmind successfully carried out a capital increase in kind
and a cash capital increase with a total volume of CHF 9.6 million
in the current financial year. The company is well positioned to
reach break-even in 2023.
Jonathan Sauppe, CEO of beaconsmind: "The second half year 2022
results were below our expectations and include certain write-offs
in conjunction with decisions by previous Management. Since the
strategic and operational re-focus under my leadership the Group
has taken significant improvement measures to ensure a profitable
growth trajectory on the back of a lean cost structure. Those
measures were costly and fully reflected in our second half year
2022 financials including necessary write offs. We are now
switching into growth mode into 2024. At beaconsmind Group, the
central, strong growth areas will be bundled in the future, the
product offerings will be dovetailed into an integrated product
portfolio and synergies will be created by centralising the most
important Group functions. With the acquisitions of FREDERIX,
Netopsie and Socialwave, we have significantly expanded our
business activities to offer our customers further innovative
solutions from a single source. This should lead to a further
growth boost, so that we are optimistic about the future and expect
to continue our dynamic development in FY2023."
The second half year financial report 2022 is available for
download on beaconsmind's website (www.beaconsmind.com) in the
"Investor Relations" section. The 1H 2023 IFRS financials will be
available until end of October 2023 reflecting for the first time
part of the acquired profitable assets.
About beaconsmind
Founded in 2015 in Switzerland, beaconsmind AG is a pioneer in
the field of location-based marketing (LBM) software for retail
chains. By fitting stores with Bluetooth beacons that precisely
locate and identify customers, and by integrating its Software
Suite, beaconsmind opens a brand-new channel for retailers to
interact with their customers. Thanks to its solution, retailers
can converge digital and physical shopping and address the
convenience gaps of each. The shares of the company (ISIN:
CH0451123589 – Ticker: MLBMD) are listed on the Frankfurt Stock
Exchange with XETRA trading and on Euronext in Paris.
For more information, please visit www.beaconsmind.com
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3807373
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