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as at 09:13:05, Monday 29 November, 2021 (NZDT)
ikeGPS FY22 Half-Year Results
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IKE 1H FY22 Result

ikeGPS Group Limited (IKE) (NZX: IKE / ASX: IKE) is pleased to release an
update for the half year to 30 September 2021 (all figures NZD).

The IKE platform allows electric utilities, communications companies, and
their engineering service providers to increase speed, quality, and safety
for the construction and maintenance of distribution assets.
The revenue engine for IKE is driven by the number of enterprise customers
subscribing to the IKE platform and the volume of assets (called
Transactions) being processed through the IKE software.

Highlights for the First Half to September 2021:

- Revenue of approximately $5.7m (approximately 30% higher than pcp and
approximately 40% higher than pcp on a constant currency basis).
- New contracts closed in 1H FY22 were approximately $10.9m (approximately
135% higher than pcp).
- Another very strong period for new contract wins. The majority of these
contracts are expected to be recognized over the next 12 months, reflecting
how U.S. markets have bounced forward from the impacts of COVID-19.
- Gross margin of approximately $3.6m (pcp of $2.9m), with a gross margin
percentage of approximately 63% (pcp of 67%).
- Operating cash flow of approximately ($2.8m) (pcp of ($1.4m))
- Net loss of approximately $6.2m (pcp of $2.6m), in line with IKE's growth,
investment, and customer acquisition strategy.
- Total cash and receivables 30 September 2021 of approximately $32m, with no
debt.

IKE CEO, Glenn Milnes, said: "The first half was the strongest ever period
for our business. The level of new contracts won in calendar 2021 to date
total more than $21m, noting that these contracts are based on our customers
entering into network projects and that the timing and delivery of this
revenue is dependent on customer execution. This level of won business is
against FY21 full year revenue (to March 2021) of $9.3m, and as such provides
us with a high level of confidence for the potential for substantial growth
in FY22 and FY23, notwithstanding timing risks around some customer projects
as above.

"We continue to be pleased with progress and the integration of the recently
acquired IKE Insight solution, with numerous customers progressing
positively. We are optimistic that this additive Artificial Intelligence
(AI) solution specific for poles can become another important growth driver
for the IKE business and open some new pole-related market segments for the
electric utility and communications market."

Outlook
- The record level of new contracts won year-to-date points to a strong
forward revenue growth profile.
- IKE's sales opportunity pipeline has also developed robustly over the past
two quarters.
- IKE's focus for 2H FY22 (period to March 2022) continues on three core
themes:
- The delivery of contracts to recognize revenue from contracts in place,
- The extension of revenue opportunities from existing customers, and
- Building further market proof points behind the recently acquired
AI-software business, IKE Insight.

Customer and market commentary
- IKE targets sales into North America's approximately 200 communications
companies, approximately 3,000 electric utilities, and their approximately
1,000 engineering service providers (ESP). Once a customer, IKE then aims to
embed and expand the use of IKE solutions inside of these accounts.
- Several customer wins and subsequent expansion examples, where both
electric utility and communications accounts have grown from tens to hundreds
of thousands and then to millions of dollars, help point to the potential
network effects from operating across these related customer groups, and the
larger future revenue opportunities that can arise over time.
- Market tailwinds continue to support the growth potential of the IKE
business in North America.
- An additional US$60b of investment into broadband network development, as
part of the Biden administration's $1 trillion Infrastructure bill, is
additive to more than US$350b forecasted to be invested into fibre and 5G
infrastructure over the next five plus years as a baseline.
- Additionally, more than 3,000 electric utilities are needing to address the
challenges of network strengthening and maintenance,
- IKE solutions deliver network construction and maintenance processes that
are faster, safer, and to a higher quality data standard.

ENDS

[justakiwi]

I'm no analyst, but this looks like a damned good result to me. These guys are well on the way to achieving their goal ....

"IKE seeks to be the standard for collecting,
analysing and managing pole and overhead asset information for electric
utilities, communications companies, and their engineering service providers."

[t.rexjr]

I'm no analyst, but this looks like a damned good result to me. These guys are well on the way to achieving their goal ....

"IKE seeks to be the standard for collecting,
analysing and managing pole and overhead asset information for electric
utilities, communications companies, and their engineering service providers."

Yes, the future is bright. The guesswork prior to these results was the timing of the contracts won being converted to revenue. I was a little off in my assumptions on that one but happy enough with progress none the less...

[tango]

Great results!
Winning contracts and increasing transaction revenue. All looks good

[macduffy]

Great results!
Winning contracts and increasing transaction revenue. All looks good

Going to plan, so far. Be good to see some profitability though.

[percy]

Going to plan, so far. Be good to see some profitability though.

The last capital raise was poorly supported,which should be a wake up call to the company.The share price does confirm this.
If they want further growth they need to start earning a profit to pay for it.
I did not support the last capital raise,and I doubt I will support any further raises,Each issue means more shares on issue.
Yet I am impressed with what they are achieving,and at this stage will continue to hold.

[petty]

The last capital raise was poorly supported,which should be a wake up call to the company.The share price does confirm this.
If they want further growth they need to start earning a profit to pay for it.
I did not support the last capital raise,and I doubt I will support any further raises,Each issue means more shares on issue.
Yet I am impressed with what they are achieving,and at this stage will continue to hold.

Couldn’t agree more. Id like to see a fixing of overheads from here and an increase in strong rev growth but I’m unsure the current growth rate justifies the added costs in overheads. Crack on team.

trust q2 will be a cracker but certainly won’t be adding to my position. Save that money for the next inevitable cap raise?

[Biscuit]

......If they want further growth they need to start earning a profit to pay for it.......

Agree, I hate reading reports with increasing negative cashflow - that's my money flowing away.

[t.rexjr]

"490% higher transaction volume & 110% higher transaction revenue"

Transaction volume rose from 27k to 160k with margin rising from 27% to 43% while revenue only doubled... Are these platform transactions like for like? Or has the value of each transaction dropped?... or have singular transactions been split into multiples?

Cash and receivables was 14m at full year, now at $32m after a 24.6m raise, so my assumption is "transaction revenue" includes receivables.

Clearly I'm missing something here...

[percy]

"490% higher transaction volume & 110% higher transaction revenue"

Transaction volume rose from 27k to 160k with margin rising from 27% to 43% while revenue only doubled... Are these platform transactions like for like? Or has the value of each transaction dropped?... or have singular transactions been split into multiples?

Cash and receivables was 14m at full year, now at $32m after a 24.6m raise, so my assumption is "transaction revenue" includes receivables.

Clearly I'm missing something here...

Net loss of approximately $6.2m (pcp of $2.6m), in line with IKE’s growth, investment,
and customer acquisition strategy.