High Wire Reports Q1 2024 Revenue of $7.7 Million, up 57% Sequentially, Driving Adjusted EBITDA of $674,000
High Wire Networks (OTCQB: HWNI) reported Q1 2024 financial results, showing a 57% sequential revenue growth to $7.7 million, despite a year-over-year decline of 25%. Adjusted EBITDA reached $674,000. The company recorded a net loss of $414,000. Gross profit increased by 144% to $3.5 million, with gross margins expanding to 45.7%. Monthly recurring revenue hit approximately $1.0 million, totaling $12 million annually. The total contract value for Overwatch cybersecurity services doubled to $10.4 million. High Wire implemented cost reductions, saving over $3.5 million annually. Operational highlights include a major pilot project and significant contract renewals.
- Revenue increased 57% sequentially to $7.7 million.
- Adjusted EBITDA was $674,000, marking a positive quarter.
- Gross profit rose by 144% to $3.5 million.
- Gross margin expanded from 14.1% to 45.7%.
- Monthly recurring revenue reached $1.0 million.
- Total contract value for Overwatch cybersecurity services doubled to $10.4 million.
- Cost reduction measures saved over $3.5 million on an annualized basis.
- Secured a major pilot project with a national wireless network operator for a large U.S. government agency.
- Signed an annual contract renewal worth $1.6 million with a Fortune 500 company.
- Revenue decreased 25% compared to the same quarter last year.
- Net loss from continuing operations was $414,000.
- Revenue excluding unprofitable segments (Tropical Communications and AW Solutions Puerto Rico) was $9.7 million in Q1 2023.
- Total operating expenses were $7.3 million, contributing to the net loss.
- Suspension of operations in two business segments.
BATAVIA, Ill., May 20, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- High Wire Networks, Inc. (OTCQB: HWNI), a leading global provider of managed cybersecurity and technology enablement, reported results for continuing operations for the three months ended March 31, 2024. All comparisons are to the same year-ago period unless otherwise noted.
Q1 2024 Financial Highlights
- Revenue totaled
$7.7 million , up57% sequentially but25% lower than the year-ago quarter reflecting the company’s strategic transition last year to focus on a greater mix of higher margin recurring revenue, particularly Overwatch managed cybersecurity. Sequential growth also reflects recovery from transitory industry downturn in technology enablement business in Q4 2023. - Net loss from continuing operations in the first quarter of 2024 totaled
$414,000 or$(0.00) per diluted share. - Adjusted EBITDA was
$674,000 (see definition of adjusted EBITDA, a non-GAAP term, and its reconciliation to GAAP, below). - Monthly recurring revenue was approximately
$1.0 million by quarter-end or$12.0 million on an annualized basis. - Total contract value (TCV) for Overwatch managed cybersecurity services totaled
$10.4 million at March 31, 2024, as compared to$5.1 million at March 31, 2023 (see company’s definition of TCV, below). - Gross margin expanded from
14.1% to45.7% . - Gross profit increased
144% to$3.5 million . - Continued a successful cost reduction and operational optimization program that has reduced operating expenses in the first quarter by more than
$3.5 million on an annualized basis. - Raised total net proceeds of
$315,000 from a debt financing in offering for up to$1.5 million . This is in addition to$600,000 raised in the fourth quarter of 2024. The proceeds were used to fund operations and support future growth.
Q1 2024 Operational Highlights
- Signed a major pilot project with a national wireless network operator for a large U.S. government agency. Secured through a premier channel partner, the project represents the initial phase of the operator’s
$2.4 billion network modernization program for the agency’s 4,000 locations across the U.S. that is planned for implementation over the next 10 years. - Awarded an annual contract renewal to provide technology managed services to a Fortune 500 national environmental solutions provider. Similar to last year’s renewal, the base contract is valued at
$1.6 million with the potential for additional services and projects to be provided at additional cost. - Expanded sales pipeline to over
$112 million at quarter end. - Named to CRN’s MSP 500 and Elite 150 lists of the nation’s top IT managed service providers for the second year in a row.
Management Commentary
“In Q1, our
“As the result of being more selective for higher margin projects, we generated less revenue in the first quarter compared to the year-ago, but increased gross profit by
“Our cost-cutting measures during the quarter enabled a reduction of expenses by more than
“During the first quarter we secured a major pilot project with a national wireless network operator whose customer is a large U.S. government agency. We launched the pilot just last week and see it as a further indication that the market for our tech enablement business is rebounding from last fall. We anticipate generating meaningful revenues from the project in the second half of this year and over the course of the 10-year implementation plan.
“We currently have a strong total contract backlog in managed cybersecurity and are gaining recurring revenue in our technology services business.
“Our pipeline of business remains strong across all business segments, with this driven by the signing of several new large-scale partners and global system integrators. We have also signed a global OEM partner founded by a world-famous behemoth in technology for which we have begun to provide a Firewall as a Service (FWaaS). To date we have migrated about 13 end customers to our FWaaS under their OEM brand. We anticipate a significant ramp-up in migrating additional businesses from the channel partner to our FWaaS later this year.
“Our Q1 momentum has continued into the current second quarter, keeping us on track for another year of record growth in 2024. Along with an expanding topline that includes growth in recurring revenue, we anticipate further improvement in gross profit for our managed cybersecurity business. We see this driving continued adjusted EBITDA improvement through the rest of the year and increasing value for our shareholders.”
Q1 2024 Financial Summary
Revenue in the first quarter of 2024 totaled
Excluding revenue from Tropical Communications and AW Solutions Puerto Rico, which the company suspended as unprofitable business segments in the third quarter of 2023, the company’s revenue was
Gross profit totaled
Total operating expenses decreased
Net loss from continuing operations in the first quarter of 2024 totaled
Adjusted EBITDA in the first quarter of 2024 totaled
About High Wire Networks
High Wire Networks, Inc. (OTCQB: HWNI) is a fast-growing, award-winning global provider of managed cybersecurity and IT enablement services. Through 625 channel partners, it delivers trusted managed services for more than 1,100 managed security customers and tens of thousands of technology customers. Its end-customers include hundreds of Fortune 500 companies and the nation’s largest government agencies.
High Wire has 80 full-time employees worldwide and four U.S. offices, including a U.S. based 24/7 Network Operations Center and Security Operations Center in Chicago, with additional regional offices in United Kingdom.
High Wire was ranked by Frost & Sullivan as a Top 12 Managed Security Service Provider in the Americas for 2023. It was also named to CRN’s MSP 500 and Elite 150 lists of the nation’s top IT managed service providers for 2023 and 2024.
Learn more at HighWireNetworks.com. Follow the company on X, view its extensive video series on YouTube or connect on LinkedIn.
Total Contract Value
The company defines Total Contract Value (TCV) as the aggregate monetary value of its customer contracts remaining under the duration of annual or multi-year contracts, including associated one-time fees, such as onboarding and training fees.
Total Project Delivery Backlog
The company defines Total Project Delivery Backlog as the aggregate monetary value of customer contracts remaining for deployment by the company’s technology enablement services which are project based, such as for technology installations, upgrades and related training.
About the Use of Non-GAAP Measures
The company believes that the use of adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, or adjusted EBITDA, is helpful for an investor to assess the performance of the company. The company defines adjusted EBITDA as income (loss) before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization, stock-based compensation, amortization of debt discounts, warrant expense, change in fair value of warrant liabilities, exchange loss, financing costs, change in fair value of derivative liabilities, extinguishment of derivatives, and loss from discontinued operations.
Adjusted EBITDA is not a measurement of financial performance under generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, or GAAP. Because of varying available valuation methodologies, subjective assumptions and the variety of equity instruments that can impact a company’s non-cash operating expenses, the company believes that providing a non-GAAP financial measure that excludes non-cash and non-recurring expenses allows for meaningful comparisons between its core business operating results and those of other companies, as well as providing the company with an important tool for financial and operational decision making and for evaluating its own core business operating results over different periods of time.
The company’s adjusted EBITDA measure may not provide information that is directly comparable to that provided by other companies in its industry, as other companies in the company’s industry may calculate non-GAAP financial results differently, particularly related to non-recurring, unusual items. The company’s adjusted EBITDA is not a measurement of financial performance under GAAP and should not be considered as an alternative to operating income or as an indication of operating performance or any other measure of performance derived in accordance with GAAP. The company does not consider adjusted EBITDA to be a substitute for, or superior to, the information provided by GAAP financial results.
A reconciliation of net income to adjusted EBITDA for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023 is as follows:
| For the three months ended March 31, | ||||||||
| 2024 | 2023 | |||||||
| Net income | $ | (414,438 | ) | $ | 168,309 | |||
| Interest expense | 243,036 | 185,652 | ||||||
| Depreciation expense | 62,646 | 32,746 | ||||||
| Amortization expense | 125,692 | 169,874 | ||||||
| Stock based compensation | 136,099 | 527,991 | ||||||
| Amortization of debt discounts | 432,934 | 508,564 | ||||||
| Warrant expense | 214,737 | - | ||||||
| Gain on change in fair value of warrant liabilities | (241,993 | ) | - | |||||
| Exchange loss | 14,888 | 1,456 | ||||||
| Financing penalty fee | 100,000 | - | ||||||
| Gain on change in fair value of derivative liabilities | - | (3,140,404 | ) | |||||
| Gain on extinguishment of derivatives | - | (1,692,232 | ) | |||||
| Net loss from discontinued operations | - | 1,337,712 | ||||||
| Adjusted EBITDA | $ | 673,601 | $ | (1,900,332 | ) | |||
Forward-Looking Statements
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| High Wire Networks, Inc. Consolidated statements of operations | ||||||||
| For the three months ended | ||||||||
| March 31, | ||||||||
| 2024 | 2023 | |||||||
| Revenue | $ | 7,650,981 | $ | 10,165,171 | ||||
| Operating expenses: | ||||||||
| Cost of revenue | 4,150,739 | 8,731,668 | ||||||
| Depreciation and amortization | 188,338 | 202,620 | ||||||
| Salaries and wages | 1,769,697 | 1,993,016 | ||||||
| General and administrative | 1,194,543 | 1,868,810 | ||||||
| Total operating expenses | 7,303,317 | 12,796,114 | ||||||
| Income (loss) from operations | 347,664 | (2,630,943 | ) | |||||
| Other income (expense): | ||||||||
| Interest expense | (243,036 | ) | (185,652 | ) | ||||
| Amortization of debt discounts | (432,934 | ) | (508,564 | ) | ||||
| Warrant expense | (214,737 | ) | - | |||||
| Gain on change in fair value of warrant liabilities | 241,993 | - | ||||||
| Exchange loss | (14,888 | ) | (1,456 | ) | ||||
| Penalty fee | (100,000 | ) | - | |||||
| Gain on change in fair value of derivative liabilities | - | 3,140,404 | ||||||
| Gain on extinguishment of derivatives | - | 1,692,232 | ||||||
| Other income | 1,500 | - | ||||||
| Total other (expense) income | (762,102 | ) | 4,136,964 | |||||
| Net (loss) income from continuing operations before income taxes | (414,438 | ) | 1,506,021 | |||||
| Provision for income taxes | - | - | ||||||
| Net (loss) income from continuing operations | (414,438 | ) | 1,506,021 | |||||
| Net loss from discontinued operations, net of tax | - | (1,337,712 | ) | |||||
| Net (loss) income attributable to High Wire Networks, Inc. common shareholders | $ | (414,438 | ) | $ | 168,309 | |||
| (Loss) income per share attributable to High Wire Networks, Inc. common shareholders, basic: | ||||||||
| Net (loss) income from continuing operations | $ | (0.00 | ) | $ | 0.01 | |||
| Net loss from discontinued operations, net of taxes | $ | - | $ | (0.01 | ) | |||
| Net (loss) income per share | $ | (0.00 | ) | $ | 0.00 | |||
| (Loss) income per share attributable to High Wire Networks, Inc. common shareholders, diluted: | ||||||||
| Net (loss) income from continuing operations | $ | (0.00 | ) | $ | 0.01 | |||
| Net loss from discontinued operations, net of taxes | $ | - | $ | (0.01 | ) | |||
| Net (loss) income per share | $ | (0.00 | ) | $ | 0.00 | |||
| Weighted average common shares outstanding | ||||||||
| Basic | 240,538,746 | 197,475,692 | ||||||
| Diluted | 240,538,746 | 217,325,280 | ||||||
| High Wire Networks, Inc. Consolidated balance sheets | ||||||||
| March 31, 2024 | December 31, 2023 | |||||||
| (Unaudited) | ||||||||
| ASSETS | ||||||||
| Current assets: | ||||||||
| Cash | $ | 263,619 | $ | 333,357 | ||||
| Accounts receivable, net of allowances of | 4,483,151 | 2,294,324 | ||||||
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 312,252 | 117,030 | ||||||
| Total current assets | 5,059,022 | 2,744,711 | ||||||
| Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of | 977,368 | 1,026,293 | ||||||
| Goodwill | 3,162,499 | 3,162,499 | ||||||
| Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of | 3,494,564 | 3,620,256 | ||||||
| Operating lease right-of-use assets | 252,521 | 277,995 | ||||||
| Total assets | $ | 12,945,974 | $ | 10,831,754 | ||||
| LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT | ||||||||
| Current liabilities: | ||||||||
| Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | 6,816,109 | 6,417,525 | ||||||
| Contract liabilities | 384,253 | 382,576 | ||||||
| Current portion of loans payable to related parties, net of debt discount of | 315,868 | 254,032 | ||||||
| Current portion of loans payable, net of debt discount of | 2,714,094 | 2,995,803 | ||||||
| Current portion of convertible debentures, net of debt discount of | 1,653,940 | 326,005 | ||||||
| Factor financing | 2,745,950 | 1,361,656 | ||||||
| Warrant liabilities | 1,031,222 | 833,615 | ||||||
| Operating lease liabilities, current portion | 93,056 | 89,318 | ||||||
| Total current liabilities | 15,754,492 | 12,660,530 | ||||||
| Long-term liabilities: | ||||||||
| Loans payable to related parties, net of current portion, net of debt discount of | - | 44,703 | ||||||
| Convertible debentures, net of current portion, net of debt discount of | - | 685,161 | ||||||
| Operating lease liabilities, net of current portion | 163,163 | 190,989 | ||||||
| Total long-term liabilities | 163,163 | 920,853 | ||||||
| Total liabilities | 15,917,655 | 13,581,383 | ||||||
| Commitments and contingencies | ||||||||
| Series B preferred stock; | - | - | ||||||
| Total mezzanine equity | - | - | ||||||
| Stockholders’ deficit: | ||||||||
| Common stock; | 2,406 | 2,399 | ||||||
| Series D preferred stock; | 7,745,643 | 7,745,643 | ||||||
| Series E preferred stock; | 4,869,434 | 4,869,434 | ||||||
| Additional paid-in capital | 31,370,744 | 31,178,365 | ||||||
| Accumulated deficit | (46,959,908 | ) | (46,545,470 | ) | ||||
| Total stockholders’ deficit | (2,971,681 | ) | (2,749,629 | ) | ||||
| Total liabilities and stockholders’ deficit | $ | 12,945,974 | $ | 10,831,754 | ||||
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