The Motley Fool

APRIL 9, 2024

We also experienced an increase in professional services, including costs associated with our ERP implementation and the acquisition of our Brazilian distributor. Turning to the balance sheet and capital allocation. Maintaining a disciplined and balanced capital allocation approach remains a priority for us.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 1, 2024

Dayforce is well positioned to capitalize on this opportunity in front of us. A global analytics professional services company with over 35,000 employees in 40 countries expanded its Dayforce use to 6000 U.K. And we're really well positioned to go and capitalize on some of that. and Canada. Thanks for taking my question.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Professional services revenues were $17.2 Professional services revenue growth was impacted by pressure on bill rates even as utilization from a billable hours perspective improved year over year. As a result, we recorded accelerated amortization to fully amortize the remaining trade name intangible asset.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 28, 2023

Software product revenue as a percentage of total revenue remained in the range of 85% to 90%, with professional services forming the balance. Indeed, McKinsey recently issued a report on this trend of convergence and named Blackberries as being well positioned to capitalize on what they estimate to be a $750 billion TAM.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

In anticipation of capital markets volatility, we [Inaudible] our balance sheet in the fourth quarter of 2022 with $560 million of forward equity raised at a net price of just over $67.50. The days of free money and ubiquitous capital are behind us, which demands a strong and strategic change in capital allocation philosophy.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 13, 2024

General and administrative expenses decreased by 21% year over year to RMB 64 million for Q2, primarily due to decreased professional service fees, personnel-related expenses, and share-based compensation expenses. Please, could you share with us the overall strategy of capital allocation and the use of cash going forward?

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 23, 2024

With high-quality blocks of space getting absorbed, there are less options for large users seeking Class A space with well-capitalized landlords. Our balance sheet is in excellent shape and will enable us to capitalize on investment opportunities. With such strong new leasing volume, rents and term obviously comes more leasing capital.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 30, 2024

And professional services and other revenue was $64.1 million, including an incremental $7 million of amortization expense related to the retired Ceridian trade name, and a $9 million earn-out expense related to the 2021 acquisition of DataFuzion. And the second is on the professional services and other.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 1, 2024

We will continue to capitalize on opportunities to drive impactful innovation. The decrease in G&A was primarily driven by a decrease in incentive compensation and lower outside professional services as we lapped implementation cost for the Company's human capital management system in the prior year.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 16, 2023

Quarterly adjusted gross profit margin, excluding depreciation and amortization, improved to 79.4%, nearly 300 basis points higher than last year. We continue to expand gross margins as we invest in our service model, and our customer support teams have done a great job elevating the experience for our customers this year.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 19, 2024

We view our overseas initiatives as strategically important, providing revenue diversification while supporting our overall growth as we capitalize on opportunities arising from the overseas activities of Chinese game companies. Finally, let me provide an update on our capital allocation. Turning now to our overseas expansion.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 2, 2024

These were partially offset by lower outside professional services, driven by lapping implementation costs for the company's human capital management system in the prior year. These were partially offset by higher depreciation and higher amortization of cloud computing arrangement costs. Adjusted EBITDA increased 1.8%

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 14, 2024

Once done, this will conclude a monumental migration undertaken by our R&D and professional services teams over the last few quarters aimed at ensuring that our Shopify-based merchants enjoy the best possible combination of Shopify's and Global-E's capabilities for a best-in-class international solution. million or 11.3%

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

General and administrative expenses decreased by 25% year over year to RMB 50 million for Q3 primarily due to decreased professional service fees and the personal related expenses. Could management help update our capital allocation strategy and the shareholder return plan in the future? Net income attributable to Huya Inc.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 10, 2024

We also experienced increase in professional services, including costs associated with our ERP implementation and the acquisition of our Brazilian distributor. Now, we'll discuss a word about our balance sheet and capital allocation strategy. But there were other costs that did not qualify for capitalization.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 31, 2024

million of amortization expense related to the retired Ceridian trade name, which was not in the Q2 2023 comparison financials. In our SEC filings, we've included a very simple reconciliation from operating cash flow to free cash flow, simply reducing operating cash by capital expenditures. Powerpay recurring revenue was $24.6

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Adjusted gross profit margin, excluding depreciation and amortization, improved to 79%, 110 basis points higher than the prior year while elevating our client experience. Our next question comes from the line of Daniel Jester with BMO Capital Markets. Kyle Aberasturi -- BMO Capital Markets -- Analyst Hi. Operator Thank you.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 8, 2024

Adjusted gross profit margin, excluding depreciation and amortization, was 80%, in line with our long-term targets. Next question comes from the line of Daniel Jester with BMO Capital Markets. Dan Jester -- BMO Capital Markets -- Analyst Great. Dan Jester -- BMO Capital Markets -- Analyst Great. Operator Thank you.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Q3 revenue also benefited from a stronger contribution of our professional services, driven by elevated breach activity across legacy and competing platforms. It reflects the continuing success of our proactive efforts to enhance working capital and thoughtfully manage our costs. This is tremendous progress. Thank you very much.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

This decision reflects who we are today, an enterprise-grade full suite human capital management company. A global analytics professional services company with 35,000 employees in 40 countries recently, we have live with Dayforce HR and payroll for 17,000 employees in the U.S. in fiscal year '22.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

As a reminder, beginning in the fourth quarter of 2023, amortization of in-licensed rights and income tax expense are no longer excluded from non-GAAP results. Our next question is going to come from the line of Brian Abrahams with RBC Capital Markets. Unknown speaker -- RBC Capital Markets -- Analyst Hi. million and $120.9

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The Motley Fool

MAY 7, 2024

Importantly, this win was in one of our gold verticals, which include healthcare, financial and professional services, retail and public sector. We are now reporting and will guide to free cash flow, defined as net cash provided by operating activities less capitalized expenditures. Moving to free cash flow.

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) 130

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Yet we aren't fully capitalizing on this because of how we currently operate. And the primary reason that our professional services revenue is modeled to decline in fiscal '25 is because a portion of it is transitioning to DxP over time. In fiscal '24, the $82 million was primarily related to FX movements and working capital.

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) 130

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Hedgestone

JULY 10, 2023

In general, a consulting business is a professional services firm that provides expertise and guidance to clients on a wide range of topics, such as management, strategy, operations, finance, and more. Before delving into the specifics of valuing a consulting business, it is important to define what we mean by a consulting business.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 10, 2023

Our goal is to drive our cost of doing business, which is our total operating expenses excluding depreciation and amortization, toward 30% of net sales over time. Now, a word about our balance sheet and capital allocation strategy. In addition, we continue to return capital to our shareholders through regular dividends and buybacks.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

A reconciliation of forward-looking non-GAAP guidance is not available without reasonable effort due to the challenges in practicality with estimating some of the items, such as share-based compensation expense, depreciation and amortization expense, and payroll tax expense, the effect of which could be significant.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Before we get to the results, I just wanted to flag that beginning in the fourth quarter of 2023, amortization of in-licensed rights and income tax expense or benefit are no longer excluded from non-GAAP results. Our next question comes from the line of Brian Abrahams with RBC Capital Markets. million and $120.5 Operator Thank you.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 3, 2023

Given some of these items on a GAAP basis, operating loss was $132 million in the second quarter, which includes the impact of acquisition-related amortization expenses, as well as restructuring expenses for the wind down of Verse and Clear Bay in certain markets and write-downs for certain real estate facilities among other items.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 7, 2024

So, I want to briefly talk about how we're thinking about deploying capital in our BD strategy. Our strong fundamentals should somewhat insulate us from the macro environment and allow us to strategically deploy capital where appropriate. Our next question will be coming from Brian Abrahams of RBC Capital. million and $24.9 $9

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The Motley Fool

MAY 1, 2024

For awareness, beginning in the fourth quarter of 2023 amortization of in-licensed rights and income tax that will benefit expense are no longer excluded from the non-GAAP results. We remain well capitalized with approximately $1.4 On a GAAP basis, we recorded $200.4 million and $245.7 A year-over-year decrease of $45.3

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) 130

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 13, 2024

A large professional services company tested ransomware protection from SentinelOne against two of our close competitors. We will continue to grow market share and capitalize on large TAMs with disruptive technologies. These non-GAAP measures are not intended to be a substitute for our GAAP results.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

million, which was due to a decline in professional services revenue, in line with Appian's strategy of pushing more of that revenue toward partners like consultants that help sell the product. Appian has an opportunity to capitalize on that opportunity. Overall revenue was up just 12% to $154.1 million to a profit of $10.8

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

This laid the foundation for us to capitalize on the fast-growing voice AI market. We have capital flexibility to do the right things and our vision is now being realized. Adjusted for noncash amortization of purchased intangibles and employee stock compensation, our non-GAAP gross margin was 52%. The balance sheet is strong.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 4, 2025

While this exceeded our expectations in Q4 as we concluded the program, the majority of deals that closed with customer commitment packages in the quarter included additional product or Flex dollars rather than extended time and professional services. billion, while professional services revenue was $50.2

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Our multifaceted demand strategy helps brands and agencies scale, while our modular approach and professional services supports retailer's growth in the fastest-growing advertising channel. In 2024, we deployed a record $225 million of capital, or 124% of our free cash flow for the year for share repurchases. Thanks, Todd.

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