HEALTHSTREAM INC (HSTM) FY 2024 MD&A
This page reproduces the company's own Item 7 MD&A text from the linked SEC filing. It is filer text, not grepcent analysis, scoring, or investment advice.
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
The following discussion of the financial condition and results of operations of HealthStream should be read in conjunction with HealthStream’s Consolidated Financial Statements and related notes thereto included elsewhere in this report. This discussion contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. HealthStream’s actual results may differ significantly from the results discussed and those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of many factors, including, but not limited to, the risks described under Risk Factors and elsewhere in this report, as well as additional risks or uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial.
The following discussion addresses our 2024 and 2023 results and year-to-year comparisons between 2024 and 2023. A discussion of year-to-year comparisons between 2023 and 2022 can be found in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, filed with the SEC on February 26, 2024, under Part II, Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
OVERVIEW
HealthStream provides primarily SaaS based applications for healthcare organizations—all designed to improve business and clinical outcomes by supporting the people who deliver patient care. We are focused on helping individuals and organizations in healthcare meet their ongoing learning, clinical development, credentialing, and scheduling needs. We also provide our solutions to nursing schools and nursing students.
Our business is managed and organized around our single platform strategy, also referred to as our One HealthStream approach. At the center of this single platform strategy is our hStream technology platform. By enabling our applications through hStream, we believe that stand-alone applications, which already provide a powerful value proposition on their own, are beginning to leverage each other to more efficiently and effectively empower our customers to manage their businesses and improve their outcomes. Further, the Company’s internal structure and executive leadership are likewise shaped by the organizing principle of a single platform, including with regard to technology, operations, accounting, internal reporting (including the nature of information reviewed by our key decision makers), organizational structure, compensation, performance assessment, and resource allocation. Ongoing progress towards One HealthStream is exemplified by our recent refinement and adoption of a standardized, enterprise-wide implementation, onboarding, and customer success operational model.
Our solutions are powered by our hStream technology platform that enables activity across HealthStream's diverse ecosystem of applications. These underlying solutions are comprised primarily of SaaS, subscription-based applications that are used by healthcare organizations to meet a broad range of their workforce development needs around learning, clinical development, credentialing, and scheduling. Our solutions are also utilized by nursing schools as they prepare the healthcare workforce of tomorrow and by nursing students as they prepare to enter that workforce. Our numerous content libraries allow customers to subscribe to a wide array of courseware, which includes content from leading healthcare and nursing associations, medical and healthcare publishers, and other ecosystem partners. Our scheduling solutions provide organizations with the tools to visualize and manage real-time clinical staff scheduling to enable them to optimize their workforce, reduce costs, and improve care. Our flagship credentialing, privileging, and enrollment solution, CredentialStream, provides customers an intuitive, modern user experience with a continual stream of enhancements, evidence-based content, and curated data, all of which provides healthcare organizations with tools to support the provider lifecycle management from recruiting, application submission, verification of licensure and other credentials, privileging, appointments by credentialing committees, enrollment, network, management, onboarding, and performance evaluations of providers.
As HealthStream's business continues to evolve, we remain solely dedicated to the healthcare market and our primary customers continue to be healthcare organizations across the continuum of care and other participants in the healthcare industry, such as nursing schools and nursing students.
Revenues for the year ended December 31, 2024 were $291.6 million, compared to $279.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2023, an increase of 5%. The contributions to growth were $12.4 million in subscription revenues and were $0.2 million in professional services revenues. Subscription revenue increases resulted from growth in several products, including CredentialStream, ShiftWizard, and Competency Suite, but were partially offset by declines in our legacy credentialing, scheduling, and quality management solutions. Operating income increased by 33% to $21.3 million for 2024, compared to $16.0 million for 2023. Net income increased to $20.0 million for 2024, compared to $15.2 million for 2023. Earnings per share were $0.66 per share (diluted) for 2024, compared to $0.50 per share (diluted) for 2023. The Company paid $3.4 million and $3.1 million in cash dividends in 2024 and 2023, respectively. As of December 31, 2024, cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities balances were $97.2 million, and the Company maintained full availability under its $50.0 million revolving credit facility.
Since the beginning of 2024, we completed two acquisitions. In October 2024 and November 2024, we acquired substantially all of the assets of Total Clinical Placement System (d/b/a TCPS) (TCPS) and The Clinical Hub, Inc. (d/b/a The Clinical Hub) (The Clinical Hub), respectively. For additional information regarding acquisitions, please see Note 8 of the Consolidated Financial Statements included elsewhere in this report.
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RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
Macroeconomic conditions in the U.S. have been challenging in recent periods in certain respects, including as the result of inflationary pressures, ongoing elevated interest rate levels, which, despite recent declines, remain elevated, and uncertain geopolitical conditions. In this regard, we have experienced in certain recent periods, and believe that many of our customers have experienced, increased labor, supply chain, capital, and other expenditures associated with inflationary conditions. These conditions impacting the U.S. economy and our customers in the healthcare industry have adversely affected, and may continue to adversely impact, our business and results of operations. In addition, given our focus on customers in the healthcare industry, adverse developments impacting such customers, including downward pressure on federal and state governmental spending, may adversely impact our business and financial results.
CRITICAL ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES
Preparation of our Consolidated Financial Statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions affecting the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period, and related disclosures. In the Notes to our Consolidated Financial Statements, we describe our significant accounting policies used in preparing the Consolidated Financial Statements. Our policies are evaluated on an ongoing basis and are drawn from historical experience and other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results could differ under different assumptions or conditions. Our management has identified the following critical accounting policies for the areas that are materially impacted by estimates and assumptions.
Revenue Recognition
Revenues are recognized when or as control of the promised goods or services is transferred to the customer in an amount that reflects the consideration the Company expects to be entitled in exchange for transferring those goods or services. Our contracts with customers often contain promises for multiple goods and services. For these contracts, the Company accounts for the promised goods and services in its contracts as separate performance obligations if they are distinct. The contract price, which represents transaction price when the contract reflects a fixed fee arrangement, or management’s estimate of variable consideration including application of the constraint when the contract does not have a fixed fee, is allocated to the separate performance obligations on a relative standalone selling price basis. We generally determine standalone selling prices based on the standard list price for each product, taking into consideration certain factors, including contract length and the number of subscriptions or licenses purchased within the contract. Judgment is required in determining whether performance obligations are distinct, standalone selling prices, and the amount of variable consideration to reflect as transaction price.
Accounting for Income Taxes
The Company accounts for income taxes using the asset and liability method, whereby deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on the temporary differences between the financial statement and tax bases of assets and liabilities measured at tax rates that will be in effect for the year in which the differences are expected to reverse. Management evaluates all available evidence, both positive and negative, to determine whether, based on the weight of that evidence, a valuation allowance is needed. We assess the realizability of our deferred tax assets, and to the extent that we believe a recovery is not likely, we establish a valuation allowance to reduce the deferred tax asset to the amount we estimate will be recoverable. As of December 31, 2024, the Company established a valuation allowance of $1.9 million for the portion of its deferred tax assets that are not more likely than not expected to be realized, compared to a valuation allowance of $2.0 million as of December 31, 2023.
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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Revenues and Expense Components
The following descriptions of the components of revenues and expenses apply to the comparison of results of operations.
Revenues, net. The products and services generating revenues are increasingly oriented around and drive value in relation to our hStream technology platform. Subscription or software licensing services primarily consist of the provision of services through our platform, learning management application, a variety of training and development tools and content subscriptions, our applications that help facilitate provider credentialing, privileging, and enrollment administration, and staff scheduling applications. Professional services primarily consist of training, implementation and onboarding, and consulting services to serve professionals that work within healthcare organizations.
Cost of Revenues (excluding depreciation and amortization). Cost of revenues (excluding depreciation and amortization) consist primarily of salaries and employee benefits, stock-based compensation, employee travel and lodging, materials, contract labor, hosting costs, third party software licensing costs, and other direct expenses associated with revenues, as well as royalties paid by us to ecosystem partners. Personnel costs within cost of revenues are associated with individuals that facilitate product delivery, provide services, handle customer support calls or inquiries, manage the technology infrastructure for our applications, manage content, and provide training or implementation services.
Product Development. Product development consists primarily of salaries and employee benefits, contract labor, stock-based compensation, employee travel and lodging, costs associated with the development of new software and feature enhancements, new products, third party software licensing costs, and costs associated with maintaining and developing our products. Personnel costs within product development include our systems teams, application development, quality assurance teams, product managers, and other personnel associated with software and product development.
Sales and Marketing. Sales and marketing consist primarily of salaries and employee benefits, commissions and amortization of deferred commissions, stock-based compensation, employee travel and lodging, third party software licensing costs, advertising, trade shows, customer conferences, promotions, and related marketing costs. Personnel costs within sales and marketing include our sales teams and marketing personnel.
General and Administrative Expenses. General and administrative expenses consist primarily of salaries and employee benefits, stock-based compensation, employee travel and lodging, facility expenses, office expenses, fees for professional services, business development and acquisition-related costs, third party software licensing costs, provision for credit losses, and other operational expenses. Personnel costs within general and administrative expenses include individuals associated with normal corporate functions, including accounting, legal, business development, human resources, administrative, internal information systems, and executive management.
Depreciation and Amortization. Depreciation and amortization consist of fixed asset depreciation, amortization of intangibles considered to have definite lives, and amortization of capitalized software development.
Interest Income. Interest income consists of interest earned on cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities.
Other (Expense) Income, Net. The primary components of other (expense) income are interest expense, the income or loss attributed to equity method investments, fair value adjustments related to non-marketable equity investments, foreign currency gains and losses, and sublease income.
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2024 Compared to 2023
Revenues, net. Revenues increased approximately $12.6 million, or 5%, to $291.6 million for 2024 from $279.1 million for 2023. Subscription revenues increased $12.4 million, or 5%, and professional services revenues increased by $0.2 million, or 2%. Subscription revenue increases resulted from growth in several products, including CredentialStream, ShiftWizard, and Competency Suite, but were partially offset by declines in our legacy credentialing, scheduling, and quality management solutions.
A comparison of revenues by revenue source is as follows (in thousands):
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| 2024 | 2023 | Percentage Change | ||||||||||
| Subscription services | $ | 280,316 | $ | 267,935 | 5 | % | ||||||
| Professional services | 11,330 | 11,128 | 2 | % | ||||||||
| Total revenues, net | $ | 291,646 | $ | 279,063 | 5 | % | ||||||
| % of Revenues | ||||||||||||
| Subscription services | 96 | % | 96 | % | ||||||||
| Professional services | 4 | % | 4 | % |
Cost of Revenues (excluding depreciation and amortization). Cost of revenues increased $2.9 million, or 3%, to $97.9 million for 2024 from $95.0 million for 2023. Cost of revenues as a percentage of revenues were 34% of revenues for both 2024 and 2023. The increase in expense is primarily associated with higher costs for third-party software, cloud hosting, and royalties, partially offset by a decrease in severance costs incurred in connection with the Company's previously disclosed restructuring under a single platform strategy in 2023.
Product Development. Product development expenses increased $3.4 million, or 7%, to $48.9 million for 2024 from $45.5 million for 2023. Product development expenses as a percentage of revenues were 17% and 16% of revenues for 2024 and 2023, respectively. The increase is primarily due to increases in labor and benefits.
Sales and Marketing. Sales and marketing expenses increased $1.5 million, or 3%, to $47.2 million for 2024 from $45.7 million for 2023. Sales and marketing expenses as a percentage of revenues were 16% of revenues for both 2024 and 2023. The increase in expense is primarily due to increased sales commissions, general marketing expenses, software expenses, and travel, which were partially offset by a decrease in labor and benefits.
General and Administrative Expenses. General and administrative expenses decreased $0.6 million, or 1%, to $35.1 million for 2024 from $35.7 million for 2023. General and administrative expenses as a percentage of revenues were 12% and 13% of revenues for 2024 and 2023, respectively. The decrease is primarily due to decreases in labor and benefits, professional service fees, facilities costs, and telecom expenses, which were partially offset by an increase in bad debt expense primarily related to customer bankruptcies during the second and fourth quarters of 2024.
Depreciation and Amortization. Depreciation and amortization increased $0.1 million, or 1%, to $41.2 million for 2024 from $41.1 million for 2023. The increase resulted from higher amortization of capitalized software, partially offset by lower depreciation expense.
Interest Income. Interest income was $3.8 million for 2024 compared to $2.4 million for 2023. The increase resulted from higher cash, cash equivalent, and marketable securities balances on which the interest was earned.
Other (Expense) Income, Net. Other (expense) income, net was an expense of $0.3 million for 2024 compared to income of $0.1 million for 2023. Other expense for 2024 consisted primarily of interest expense, losses attributable to equity method investments, and foreign currency losses, partially offset by sublease income. Other income for 2023 consisted of a $0.4 million gain recognized upon the settlement and release of escrowed proceeds related to a prior sale of a non-marketable equity investment coupled with sublease income, partially offset by interest expense and losses attributed to equity method investments.
Income Tax Provision. The Company recorded a provision for income taxes of $4.8 million and $3.3 million for 2024 and 2023, respectively. The Company’s effective tax rate was 19% for 2024 compared to 18% for 2023. The Company's effective tax rate primarily reflects the statutory corporate income tax rate, the net effect of state taxes, foreign income taxes, the effect of various permanent tax differences, and research & experimentation tax credits.
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Net Income. Net income increased $4.8 million, or 32%, to $20.0 million for 2024 compared to $15.2 million for 2023 as a result of the factors mentioned above. The increase in net income for 2024 compared to 2023 was driven by an increase in revenue as well as from revenue increasing at a higher rate than expenses. Earnings per diluted share were $0.66 per share (diluted) for 2024, compared to $0.50 per share (diluted) for 2023.
Adjusted EBITDA increased 9% to $66.8 million for 2024 compared to $61.3 million for 2023. The increase resulted from the factors mentioned above. Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure which we define as net income excluding the impact of the deferred revenue write-downs associated with fair value accounting for acquired businesses and before interest, income taxes, stock-based compensation, depreciation and amortization, and changes in fair value of, including gains (losses) on the sale of, non-marketable equity investments. See "Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures" below for a reconciliation of this calculation to the most comparable measure under U.S. GAAP and information regarding why this non-GAAP financial measure provides useful information to investors.
Key Business Metrics
Our management utilizes the following key financial and non-financial metrics in connection with managing our business.
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| • | Revenues, net. Revenues, net, reflect income generated by the sales of goods and services related to our operations. Revenues, net, were $291.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to $279.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2023. Management utilizes revenue in connection with managing our business and believes that this metric provides useful information to investors as a key indicator of the growth and success of our products. |
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| • | Net Income. Net income represents revenues, net less all expenses. Net income was $20.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to $15.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2023. Management utilizes net income in connection with managing our business, including with regard to our capital deployment strategies. |
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| • | Adjusted EBITDA. Adjusted EBITDA, calculated as set forth below under “Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures,” is utilized by our management in connection with managing our business and provides useful information to investors because adjusted EBITDA reflects net income adjusted for certain GAAP accounting, non-cash, and/or non-operating items, as more specifically set forth below, which may not fully reflect the underlying operating performance of our business. We also believe that adjusted EBITDA is useful to many investors to assess the Company’s ongoing results from operations. Additionally, short-term cash incentive bonuses and certain performance-based equity award grants are based on the achievement of adjusted EBITDA (as defined in applicable bonus and equity grant documentation) targets. Adjusted EBITDA was $66.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, compared to $61.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2023. |
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| • | Capital Expenditures. Capital expenditures represent cash payments incurred for purchases of property and equipment and during the development phase for projects to develop software and content. Capital expenditures were $28.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to $28.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2023. Management utilizes this metric in connection with managing the allocation of capitalized expenditures in which the Company invests related to the development of its products and believes that this metric is a key indicator of investment in products relative to their current and expected performance. |
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Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
This Annual Report on Form 10-K presents adjusted EBITDA, which is a non-GAAP financial measure used by management in analyzing our financial results and ongoing operational performance.
In order to better assess the Company’s financial results, management believes that net income before interest, income taxes, stock-based compensation, depreciation and amortization, and changes in fair value of, including gains (losses) on the sale of, non-marketable equity investments ("adjusted EBITDA"), is a useful measure for evaluating the operating performance of the Company because adjusted EBITDA reflects net income adjusted for certain GAAP accounting, non-cash, and/or non-operating items which may not, in any such case, fully reflect the underlying operating performance of our business. In addition, as discussed below, for periods ended on or prior to December 31, 2023, adjusted EBITDA excludes the impact of deferred revenue write-downs associated with fair value accounting for acquired businesses. We believe that adjusted EBITDA is useful to investors to assess the Company’s ongoing operating performance and to compare the Company’s operating performance between periods. Additionally, certain short-term cash incentive bonuses and performance-based equity awards are based on the achievement of adjusted EBITDA (as defined in applicable bonus and equity grant documentation) targets.
As previously disclosed, prior to the Company early adopting ASU 2021-08, Business Combinations (Topic 805): Accounting for Contract Assets and Contract Liabilities from Contracts with Customers, effective January 1, 2022, following the completion of any acquisition by the Company, the Company was required to record the acquired deferred revenue at fair value as defined in GAAP, which typically resulted in a write-down of the acquired deferred revenue. In connection therewith, management determined that including an adjustment in the definition of adjusted EBITDA for the impact of the deferred revenue write-downs associated with fair value accounting for businesses acquired prior to the January 1, 2022 effective date of the Company's adoption of ASU 2021-08 (the "Pre-2022 Acquisitions") provided useful information to investors because the deferred revenue write-down recognized in periods after any such Pre-2022 Acquisitions could, given the nature of this non-cash accounting impact, cause our GAAP financial results during such periods to not fully reflect our underlying operating performance. Following the adoption of ASU 2021-08, contracts acquired in an acquisition completed on or after January 1, 2022 have been measured as if the Company had originated the contract (rather than the contract being measured at fair value) such that, for such acquisitions, the Company no longer records deferred revenue write-downs associated with acquired businesses. With respect to periods ended on or prior to December 31, 2023, the Company has included an adjustment in the calculation of adjusted EBITDA for the impact of deferred revenue write-downs associated with the Pre-2022 Acquisitions consistent with this prior accounting standard, given the ongoing impact of such deferred revenue on the Company's financial results under GAAP over this time period. With respect to periods beginning on or after January 1, 2024, the Company no longer recognizes any deferred revenue write-downs associated with the Pre-2022 Acquisitions under GAAP, and accordingly such deferred revenue write-downs are not an adjustment in connection with the calculation of adjusted EBITDA for periods on and after January 1, 2024.
Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure and should not be considered as a measure of financial performance under GAAP. Because adjusted EBITDA is not a measurement determined in accordance with GAAP, adjusted EBITDA is susceptible to varying calculations. Accordingly, adjusted EBITDA, as presented, may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures of other companies and has limitations as an analytical tool.
A reconciliation of adjusted EBITDA to the most directly comparable GAAP measure, net income, is set forth below (in thousands).
| 2024 | 2023 | |||||||
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| GAAP net income | $ | 20,007 | $ | 15,213 | ||||
| Deferred revenue write-down | — | 212 | ||||||
| Interest income | (3,834 | ) | (2,356 | ) | ||||
| Interest expense | 100 | 124 | ||||||
| Income tax provision | 4,796 | 3,298 | ||||||
| Stock-based compensation expense | 4,470 | 4,153 | ||||||
| Depreciation and amortization | 41,243 | 41,076 | ||||||
| Change in fair value of non-marketable equity investments | — | (425 | ) | |||||
| Adjusted EBITDA | $ | 66,782 | $ | 61,295 |
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Liquidity and Capital Resources
Net cash provided by operating activities was $57.7 million during 2024, compared to $64.0 million during 2023, a decrease of 10%. The decrease in net cash provided by operating activities is primarily due to a $6.1 million increase in income tax payments and higher cash disbursements at the end of 2024 as compared to the end of 2023, while cash receipts increased modestly compared to the prior year. Our days sales outstanding (DSO) was 40 days and 46 days for 2024 and 2023, respectively. The Company calculates DSO by dividing the average accounts receivable balance (excluding unbilled and other receivables) by average daily revenues for the year. The Company’s primary sources of cash were receipts generated from the sales of our products and services. The primary uses of cash to fund operations included personnel expenses, sales commissions, royalty payments, payments for contract labor and other direct expenses associated with delivery of our products and services, income tax payments, and general corporate expenses.
Net cash used in investing activities was $34.0 million during 2024, compared to $56.6 million during 2023. During 2024, the Company spent $1.3 million for the acquisitions of TCPS and The Clinical Hub, invested in marketable securities of $74.4 million, made payments for capitalized software development of $26.7 million, and purchased property and equipment of $1.4 million. These uses of cash were partially offset by $69.2 million in maturities of marketable securities. During 2023, the Company spent $6.6 million for the acquisition of eeds (note: the eeds was acquisition was consummated on December 31, 2022, but was funded in January 2023 such that the purchase price for eeds impacted net cash used in investing activities during the year ended December 31, 2023), invested in marketable securities of $50.3 million, made payments for capitalized software development of $25.8 million, and purchased property and equipment of $2.2 million. These uses of cash were partially offset by $28.3 million in maturities of marketable securities.
Cash used in financing activities was $4.5 million during 2024, compared to $13.0 million during 2023. The primary uses of cash in financing activities during 2024 included $3.4 million for the payment of cash dividends and $1.1 million for payments of payroll taxes related to stock-based compensation. During 2023, the primary use of cash in financing activities included $8.9 million for repurchases of common stock, $3.1 million for the payment of cash dividend, and $0.9 million for payments of payroll taxes related to stock-based compensation.
On October 6, 2023, the Company entered into a new revolving credit facility, which amended and replaced our prior revolving credit facility. There currently are no outstanding borrowings under the new revolving credit facility. For additional information regarding the new revolving credit facility, see Note 12 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included herein.
Our balance sheet reflected positive working capital of $37.4 million at December 31, 2024, compared to $11.8 million at December 31, 2023. The increase in working capital was primarily due to increases in cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities. The Company’s primary source of liquidity was $97.2 million of cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities as of December 31, 2024. The Company also has up to $50.0 million of availability under our Revolving Credit Facility, subject to certain covenants and minimum liquidity requirements.
On September 13, 2023, the Company announced a share repurchase program approved by the Company’s Board of Directors under which the Company was authorized to purchase up to $10.0 million of its common stock. Pursuant to this authorization, repurchases could be made in the open market, including under a Rule 10b5-1 plan, through privately negotiated transactions, or otherwise. Under this program, during 2023, the Company repurchased 404,188 shares of common stock at an aggregate fair value of $8.9 million, reflecting an average price per share of $22.07 (excluding the cost of broker commissions). The share repurchase program expired according to its terms on March 31, 2024, and no repurchases occurred during 2024.
Pursuant to the dividend policy approved by our Board on February 20, 2023, the Board of Directors authorized the following quarterly dividend payments during 2024:
| Dividend Payment Date | Dividend Declaration Date | Dividend Per Share | Record Date | Cash Outlay | |||||
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| March 22, 2024 | February 19, 2024 | $ | 0.028 | March 11, 2024 | $ | 849,000 | |||
| May 17, 2024 | April 22, 2024 | 0.028 | May 6, 2024 | 851,000 | |||||
| August 16, 2024 | July 22, 2024 | 0.028 | August 5, 2024 | 851,000 | |||||
| November 15, 2024 | October 21, 2024 | 0.028 | November 4, 2024 | 852,000 | |||||
| Total dividends | $ | 0.112 | $ | 3,403,000 |
On February 24, 2025, as previously disclosed, our Board of Directors approved a quarterly dividend at a rate of $0.031 per share, which represented an increase of 11% compared to the quarterly dividend per share in 2024 as set forth above. This quarterly dividend shall be payable on March 21, 2025 to the holders of record of all of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock as of the close of business on March 10, 2025.
The dividend policy and the declaration and payment of each quarterly cash dividend will be subject to our Board’s continuing determination that the policy and the declaration of dividends thereunder are in the best interests of our stockholders and are in compliance with applicable law and our credit agreement. Our Board retains the power to modify, suspend, or cancel the dividend policy in any manner and at any time that our Board may deem necessary or appropriate.
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The Company's contractual obligations arising in the normal course of business primarily consist of operating lease obligations and purchase obligations. The amounts included as contractual obligations represent the non-cancelable portion of agreements or the minimum cancellation fee. As further discussed in Note 13 to the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements, as of December 31, 2024, we had operating lease obligations of approximately $24.6 million, of which $3.9 million is expected to be paid within 12 months. The Company's purchase obligations that represent non-cancelable contractual obligations primarily relate to information technology assets and our revolving credit facility, which facility is described further in Note 12 to the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements. As of December 31, 2024, the Company had purchase obligations of $10.1 million, with $5.5 million expected to be paid within 12 months. We believe that our existing cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities, cash generated from operations, and available borrowings under our revolving credit facility will be sufficient to meet anticipated working capital needs, new product development, effect any share repurchases we may elect to make, pay our quarterly cash dividends, and fund capital expenditures for at least the next 12 months and for the foreseeable future thereafter.
The Company’s growth strategy includes acquiring businesses that provide complementary products and services. It is anticipated that future acquisitions, if any, would be effected through cash consideration, stock consideration, debt, or a combination thereof. The issuance of our stock as consideration for an acquisition or to raise additional capital could have a dilutive effect on earnings per share and could adversely affect our stock price. The revolving credit facility contains financial covenants and availability calculations designed to set a maximum leverage ratio of outstanding debt to consolidated EBITDA (as defined in our credit facility) and an interest coverage ratio of consolidated EBITDA to interest expense. Therefore, the maximum borrowings against the revolving credit facility would be dependent on the covenant values at the time of borrowing. As of December 31, 2024, the Company was in compliance with all covenants. There can be no assurance that amounts available for borrowing under our revolving credit facility will be sufficient to consummate any possible acquisitions, and we cannot be assured that if we need additional financing, it will be available on terms favorable to us or at all. Failure to generate sufficient cash flow from operations or raise additional capital when required in sufficient amounts and on terms acceptable to us could harm our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In November 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures. The new guidance requires disclosures of significant reportable segment expenses that are regularly provided to the CODM and other segment items on an interim and annual basis. Entities with a single reportable segment will also be required to apply the disclosure requirements in ASU 2023-07 on an interim and annual basis. The ASU is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2023, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. The Company adopted this standard effective January 1, 2024 using a retrospective method. For further information, refer to the Business Segments section of Note 1 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies.
In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures, which requires public entities to provide disclosure of disaggregated information in the entity’s tax rate reconciliation, as well as disclosure of income taxes paid disaggregated by jurisdiction. The ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting ASU 2023-09; however, it is not expected to have a material impact on the Company's financial statements.
In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, “Income Statement – Reporting Comprehensive Income – Expense Disaggregation Disclosures: Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses,” which requires disclosure of disaggregated information about specific categories underlying certain income statement expense line items in the footnotes to the financial statements for both annual and interim periods. This ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of this standard.
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