XBP Europe Holdings, Inc. Reports Third Quarter 2024 Results

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Third Quarter Highlights

  • Revenue of $35.4 million, decrease of 5.6% year-over-year and increase of 5.5% sequentially

  • Gross margin increased to 32.6%, a 800 bps increase year-over-year and 1,300 bps increase sequentially

  • Operating profit of $2.5 million, an increase of $2.2 million year-over-year and $3.8 million sequentially

  • Net loss of $2.8 million includes $0.7 million of FX losses, a decrease of $0.1 million year-over-year and $2.0 million sequentially

  • Adjusted EBITDA from continuing operations of $4.8 million, an increase of $2.6 million year-over-year and $3.6 million sequentially

  • Announced plans to divest on-demand printing operation

LONDON and SANTA MONICA, Calif., Nov. 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- XBP Europe Holdings, Inc. (“XBP Europe” or “the Company”) (NASDAQ: XBP), a pan-European integrator of bills, payments, and related solutions and services seeking to enable the digital transformation of its clients, announced today its financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2024.

“Our focus on expanding technology sales and cost structure optimization contributed to our performance in the quarter. Our backlog is rising, and we are ramping up prudently and as fast as we can. We expect these efforts to result in a continued top and bottom line improvement. We are additionally excited by opportunities available to us as a result of being selected for the UK government’s G-cloud 14 framework” said Andrej Jonovic, Chief Executive Officer of XBP Europe.

  • Revenue: Total Revenue was $35.4 million, a decline of 5.6% year-over-year and an increase of 5.5% sequentially, primarily due to completion of projects, lower volumes, and client contract ends, offset by positive impact of new business, some of which is in early stage of ramp.

    • Bills & Payments segment revenue was $24.6 million, a decline of 3.1% year-over-year, primarily attributable to lower postage revenue, lower volumes and client contract ends, offset by the positive impact of newly won business, some of which is in early stage of ramp.

    • Technology segment revenue was $10.8 million, a decrease of 10.8% year-over-year, largely due to lower license sales offset by implementation and professional services revenue.

  • Operating Profit: Operating Profit was $2.5 million, compared to $0.3 million in 3Q 2023. This was driven primarily by higher gross margins coupled with SG&A improvement. Our operating expenses include costs associated with accelerated migration to the cloud.

  • Net Loss: Net loss was $2.8 million, compared with a net loss of $2.9 million in 3Q 2023. The year-over-year decrease was primarily driven by higher Operating Profit, offset by higher Income tax expense and interest expense.

  • Adjusted EBITDA(1): Adjusted EBITDA from Continuing Operations was $4.8 million, an increase of $2.6 million or 116% compared to $2.2 million in 3Q 2023. Adjusted EBITDA margin was 13.7%, an increase of 770 basis points from 6.0% in 3Q 2023.

  • Capital Expenditures: Capital expenditures were 2.0% of revenue compared to 0.7% of revenue in 3Q 2023, with the increase primarily due to higher investments for growth during the quarter versus a year ago.

  • Adequate Liquidity: The Company’s cash and cash equivalents totaled $7.8 million as of September 30, 2024 and additional funding available under secured borrowing facilities including the €15 million factoring facility.