Third Quarter 2024 Presentation
Third Quarter 2024 Investor Presentation
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These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: a deterioration in general economic conditions, including inflationary conditions and resulting in reduced consumer confidence and business spending, and a decline in consumer credit worthiness impacting demand for our products; the unpredictability of our operating results, including an inability to anticipate changes in customer inventory management practices and its impact on our business; a disruption or other failure in our supply chain, including as a result of foreign conflicts and with respect to single source suppliers, or the failure or inability of suppliers to comply with our code of conduct or contractual requirements, or political unrest in countries in which our suppliers operate, or inflationary pressures, resulting in increased costs and inability to pass those costs on to our customers and extended production lead times and difficulty meeting customers' delivery expectations; our failure to retain our existing customers or identify and attract new customers; our inability to recruit, retain and develop qualified personnel, including key personnel, and implement effective succession processes; adverse conditions in the banking system and financial markets, including the failure of banks and financial institutions; system security risks, data protection breaches and cyber-attacks; interruptions in our operations, including our information technology systems, or in the operations of the third parties that operate computing infrastructure on which we rely; our inability to develop, introduce and commercialize new products and services; the usage, or lack thereof, of artificial intelligence technologies; our substantial indebtedness, including inability to make debt service payments or refinance such indebtedness; the restrictive terms of our indebtedness and covenants of future agreements governing indebtedness and the resulting restraints on our ability to pursue our business strategies; our status as an accelerated filer and complying with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the costs associated with such compliance and implementation of procedures thereunder; our failure to maintain effective internal control over financial reporting; disruptions in production at one or more of our facilities; problems in production quality, materials and process and costs relating to product defects and any related product liability and/or warranty claims; environmental, social and governance ("ESG") preferences and demands of various stakeholders and our ability to conform to such preferences and demands and to comply with any related regulatory requirements; the effects of climate change, negative perceptions of our products due to the impact of our products and production processes on the environment and other ESG-related risks; damage to our reputation or brand image; disruptions in production due to weather conditions, climate change, political instability or social unrest; our inability to adequately protect our trade secrets and intellectual property rights from misappropriation, infringement claims brought against us and risks related to open source software; defects in our software and computing systems; our limited ability to raise capital; costs and impacts to our financial results relating to the obligatory collection of sales tax and claims for uncollected sales tax in states that impose sales tax collection requirements on out-of-state businesses or unclaimed property, as well as potential new
We caution and advise readers not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. These statements are based on assumptions that may not be realized and involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results or other events to differ materially from the expectations and beliefs contained herein. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements after the date they are made, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
In addition to financial results reported in accordance with
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Agenda
1 Overview and Strategy
2 Q3 Financial Review
3 2024 Outlook
4 Summary
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Overview
Accelerated growth in Q3 as expected
- Strong growth in debit and credit card sales
- Continued solid growth in Prepaid solutions, Card@Once® instant issuance and other card personalization services
2024 full-year outlook updated
- Mid-to-highsingle-digit increase in net sales (previously mid-single digit)
- Low single-digit increase in Adjusted EBITDA (previously slight increase)
Capital structure strengthened; capital allocation priorities advanced
- Debt refinancing extended maturities to 2029
- Repurchase of common stock
- Secondary offering reduced majority stockholder group ownership
- Investment in the business
Long-term growth trends remain intact
U.S. Cards in circulation growth- Focus on gaining share and expanding into adjacent markets
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Strategy Review
Build from
- A leader in the
U.S. payments market with portfolio that includes Secure Card, Personalization, Instant Issuance and Prepaid - Strong value proposition from our focus on customer service, quality and innovation
- Strong and long-standing customer relationships
Expand Addressable Markets
- Leverage technology connections with the
U.S. payments eco- system to offer additional payment solutions, including digital solutions, for existing base of thousands of SME financial institution customers - Provide existing solutions to new customer verticals
The Contactless Indicator mark, consisting of four graduating arcs, is a trademark |
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Cards in circulation have grown at a 9% CAGR over the last three years to 2.1 billion, up from 1.6 billion
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Cards in Millions |
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2024 Q3 Financial Review
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Q3 Highlights
Strong growth in debit and credit card sales; gross margin expansion; net income impacted by debt refinancing costs
- Net sales increased 18% to
$124.8 million - Gross margin increased from 34.1% to 35.8%
- Net income decreased 66% to
$1.3 million due to debt refinancing costs; net income margin decreased from 3.6% to 1.0% - Adjusted EBITDA¹ increased 18% to
$25.1 million ; Adjusted EBITDA margin¹ remained at 20.1% - Cash provided by operating activities of
$16.7 million in the first nine months compared to$22.3 million in the prior year - Free Cash Flow¹ generation of
$12.5 million in the first nine months compared to$16.2 million in the prior year - New
$285 million 10% Senior Notes due 2029 issued; new$75 million ABL credit facility. Previous Senior Notes due 2026 retired - Secondary offering of common stock by majority stockholder group
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- Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA margin and Free Cash Flow are not measurements of financial performance prepared in accordance with GAAP. See "Reconciliations of Non-GAAP Financial Measures" at the end of this document for more information and reconciliations to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures.
The Contactless Indicator mark, consisting of four graduating arcs, is a trademark |
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Third Quarter Financial Highlights
(in millions, except per share data) |
Q3 24 |
Q3 23 |
% Change |
Commentary
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18% |
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Gross Profit |
$ |
44.7 |
$ |
36.2 |
24% |
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% Margin |
35.8% |
34.1% |
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SG&A (including D&A) |
$ |
26.9 |
$ |
23.2 |
16% |
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Net Income |
$ |
1.3 |
$ |
3.9 |
-66% |
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Net Income as a % of sales |
1.0% |
3.6% |
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Diluted EPS |
$ |
0.11 |
$ |
0.33 |
-67% |
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1 |
$ |
25.1 |
$ |
21.2 |
18% |
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Adjusted EBITDA |
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% Margin |
1 |
20.1% |
20.1% |
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- Net sales increase driven primarily by strong growth from contactless cards, led by eco-focused cards, and continued growth from Prepaid, instant issuance, and other card personalization services
- Gross margin increase driven by sales growth
- SG&A increase driven by performance-based employee incentive compensation expenses
- Net income decline driven by
$8.8 million of pre-tax debt refinancing costs, including Senior Notes call premium in interest expense, partially offset by a tax benefit - Adjusted EBITDA1 increase driven by net sales growth and gross margin expansion, partially offset by higher SG&A expenses
- Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA margin are not measurements of financial performance prepared in accordance with GAAP. See "Reconciliations of Non-GAAP Financial Measures" at the end of this document for more information and reconciliations to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures.
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Nine Months Financial Highlights
(in millions, except per share data) |
YTD 24 |
YTD 23 |
% Change |
Commentary
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4% |
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Gross Profit |
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7% |
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% Margin |
36.2% |
35.1% |
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SG&A (including D&A) |
$ |
81.8 |
$ |
69.0 |
18% |
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Net Income |
$ |
12.7 |
$ |
21.3 |
-40% |
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Net Income as a % of sales |
3.6% |
6.2% |
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Diluted EPS |
$ |
1.08 |
$ |
1.79 |
-40% |
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1 |
$ |
70.0 |
$ |
69.6 |
1% |
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Adjusted EBITDA |
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% Margin |
1 |
19.7% |
20.4% |
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Net Sales increase driven by increased Prepaid and contactless card sales, led by eco-focused cards, as well as growth in instant issuance and other card personalization services- Gross Profit increase driven by sales growth
- SG&A increase driven by higher compensation-related expenses, including increased stock compensation and performance-based employee incentive compensation
- Net Income decrease driven by
$8.8 million of pre-tax debt refinancing costs, including Senior Notes call premium in interest expense, and increased SG&A - Adjusted EBITDA1 increase driven by sales growth and gross margin expansion, partially offset by higher SG&A expenses
- Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA margin are not measurements of financial performance prepared in accordance with GAAP. See "Reconciliations of Non-GAAP Financial Measures" at the end of this document for more information and reconciliations to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures.
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