Water Intelligence Share Discussion Threads

[this_is_me] 15/2/2024 07:45

The company has been making steady progress.

In the long term the investment in training and R&D should have a big long term payback. There is a determination to greatly increase work for insurance companies.

[trader465] 15/2/2024 07:35

All looks ok to me, no nasty surprises.

All headline numbers were positive. Revenue during 2023 grew 7% to $76.0 million (2022: $71.3 million). Statutory Profit Before Tax grew 13% to $6.2 million (2022: $5.5 million). Adjusted Profit Before Tax grew 12% to $8.7 million (2022: $7.8 million). Statutory EBITDA grew 7% to $11.8 million (2022: $11.1 million). Adjusted EBITDA grew 9% to $13.4 million (2022: $12.4 million).

Margins improved despite continued inflation in the US. Adjusted PBT margins increased to 11.5% (2022: 10.9%); Adjusted EBITDA margins increased to 17.7% (2022: 17.3%).

In terms of market capture, network sales (direct corporate sales and indirect gross sales to third parties from which franchise royalty is derived) grew approximately 3%, reaching approximately $170 million (2022: $165 million).

The balance sheet as at year-end 2023 remained strong, thus maintaining capacity for capital to be allocated to growth investments in 2024. At 31 December, the Group had cash of $15.8 million and Total Debt (Bank Debt and Deferred Payments for Acquisitions) of $22.8 million. Hence, the Group's Net Total Debt to EBITDA ratio was 0.60 and Net Total Debt to Adjusted EBITDA was 0.53. With our conservative balance sheet position, we continue to have "dry powder" to make investments during 2024 to further grow our business.

[this_is_me] 01/2/2024 07:49

Those big contract wins should see large increases in business in the near future.

[ariane] 01/2/2024 07:12

Water Intelligence PLC National Insurance Wins
01/02/2024 7:00am
RNS Non-Regulatory

RNS Number : 6145B




Water Intelligence plc is pleased to announce that since the beginning of 2024 it has signed two national contracts, which launch on 1 February, between its American Leak Detection (ALD) subsidiary and top-tier national insurance companies in the United States.

ALD provides insurance companies and their loss adjusters with a trusted solutions partner with operational coverage across the United States.

ALD uses its proprietary technologies to pinpoint water leaks and minimize collateral damage claims for residential and property management end-users.

These contracts reinforce ALD's brand leadership in providing solutions for water-related claims, which is one of the largest source of claims in the US home insurance market.



One contract is a multi-year expansion of an existing national contract which includes both a price increase for ALD's value-add service offerings and the provision of automated data analysis from the Group's Salesforce.com customer management implementation.

With the addition of such data analysis from its secure cloud-based environment, ALD is uniquely positioned to provide significant value to insurers across the United States.



The other contract is a new national contract with one of the leaders in the high-end residential market.

ALD is uniquely positioned to deliver custom results given its minimally-invasive approach to pinpointing and repairing water leaks.

For this segment of the market, ALD will not only deliver water and wastewater solutions and data regarding its premium services but also follow-on products for the smart home via its video ecommerce applications.






The Group will release a Full Year 2023 Trading Update during the week of February 12.



Executive Chairman, Patrick DeSouza commented: "We are delighted to kick-off 2024 in strong fashion and to reap the benefits of prior technology investments that we have made in systems, proprietary diagnostic tools and follow-on offerings.

We have a large addressable market to capture."

[glaws2] 27/12/2023 15:58

The statutory PBT for 2022 was impacted by the cost of the salesforce implementation. It's unclear when the booked those costs but my guess is that they did at the year end.

[effortless cool] 26/12/2023 15:47

There is quite strong revenue seasonality on the US franchise business, with q4 being the lowest revenue quarter by some margin. This could well feed down to q4 being loss-making.

[adamb1978] 26/12/2023 14:44

Hello

Looking at Watr for the first time. Quick question for holders:

- the Dec TU said that statutory PBT for the yr to Oct grew from $6.1 in 2022to $6.8m
- However statutory PBT for 2022 closed at $5.5m i.e. $600k lower than the yr to Oct.

Is there any seasonality here such that its loss making in Nov/Dec?

Thanks

Adam

[grupo] 21/12/2023 07:41

21 December 2023

Water Intelligence plc

Expansion of Credit Facility

Water Intelligence plc (AIM: WATR.L) (the "Group" or "Water Intelligence"), a leading multinational provider of precision, minimally-invasive leak detection and remediation solutions for both potable and non-potable water is pleased to announce that it has agreed with M&T Bank to expand its credit facility for acquisitions.

Reinforcement of Growth Strategy

The Group recently provided a Trading Update on 5 December 2023 in which it expressed a favorable outlook for 2024 and beyond. It also highlighted current investments to support organic growth, such as a state of the art training centre in Connecticut to meet market demand for its solutions including anticipated demand from additional national insurance contracts.

The Group also noted that it had a strong balance sheet with cash and cash equivalents of $17.2m (at 31 October 2023) and a relatively low degree of leverage, enabling it to pursue accretive acquisitions to complement organic growth. The Group's Net Debt (including all bank debt and deferred consideration) to Statutory EBITDA TTM ratio at the end of October was 0.58. To further enhance its capabilities for a strong 2024, the Group announces today an expansion of its credit facility to make available $5 million. Even with an additional $5 million deployed, the Group would still have a conservative position in terms of leverage.

Highlights of Enhanced Credit Facility

-- Increase Acquisition Line of Credit by $5 million (the "Facility")

-- When amounts are drawn from the Facility, the loan amount converts into a 5-year term loan ("Term Loan")

-- Interest rate on the Term Loan is a floating rate that is capped at 8% through the use of a customized financial product; moreover, if market rates decrease during the 5 year period, then Water Intelligence gets the benefit of a reduction of the interest rate for the underlying loan.

-- Cost of capital for the facility is kept at the lowest level relative to overall market conditions

Commenting on the Group's facility, Executive Chairman, Dr. Patrick DeSouza remarked:

"We look forward to a strong 2024 as we have significant available capital to deploy for increasing shareholder value. We appreciate the help of M&T Bank to structure a facility that helps us manage our cost of capital to the lowest level relative to the market."

[its the oxman] 06/12/2023 14:24

Why the sell off ?

[gibbs1] 25/11/2023 16:09

In main for those interested in water

[brummy_git] 25/11/2023 15:54

Hi giibs1 - Why is the Total article relevant to #WATR Water Intelligence?

[fastbuck] 29/9/2023 08:51

Strange price action, the USD strength over the last month should be a win for the company as their USD earnings look stronger vs with £ Market Cap bringing down the P/E

[scepticalinvestor] 27/9/2023 15:43

Indeed. V high quality company but looks like the 2s are coming

[pugugly] 27/9/2023 10:33

Still falling - Looks as though best policy might be to continue sitting on hands to keep fingers away from buy button.

[kalai1] 19/9/2023 15:03

Water Intelligence Plc posted its Interims for the 6 months ended 30th June 2023 this morning. Results were in-line with market expectations with strong profit growth as the Group continues to execute on its long-run growth plan. Revenue increased by 9% to $38.7 million, statutory profit before tax increased by 21% to $4.2 million with basic EPS up 18% to 16.4c. The balance sheet remains strong, net cash was $1.75 million. Valuation is average with forward PE ratio at 13.5x mid third for the Machinery, Equipment & Components sector. The share price lacks positive momentum and is into its 3rd year of correction. WATR is a share to monitor for the time being...

...from WealthOracle

[pugugly] 19/9/2023 14:09

To coin a pun - Market reaction today suggests share price has sprung a leak - No dividends to block the leak.

[bertiebingo] 19/9/2023 09:17

I would suggest this is a commercial service company. Given the profit and FCF margins a PE (2024) 13* looks reasonably attractive.

[pugugly] 19/9/2023 08:56

PE RATIO still far to high (imo) for a utility company over there but listed in UK.--

[this_is_me] 19/9/2023 08:08

All the numbers, apart from the share price, are going steadily in the right direction. If you have a leak it needs fixed and if you are the best at fixing it your business will continue to grow.

[florenceorbis] 19/9/2023 07:25

Strategic Outlook

We will continue to execute our long-run growth plan to create a One-Stop Shop because we operate in a market where customer demand for solutions to water and wastewater problems will remain strong given the rising price of water and the reality of aging water and wastewater infrastructure. Because of underlying market demand, we are still hiring to put more service vehicles on the road and training more technicians to deploy our minimally-invasive technologies. Such new hires are an operating expense but should be considered an investment given the length of time it takes to train a leak detection professional and the importance of fully-trained technicians for future revenue generation based our USP of pinpointing water and wastewater leaks with minimal destruction. While we have the resources to make this investment, we will be prudent and monitor the general macroeconomic picture.

Our prior technology investments will help manage our people investments in growing the business. On 11 September, we released an update on our new technology offerings that we are building into our sales plan for 2024: IntelliDitch (irrigation and stormwater run-off); Pulse (Resident and Municipal); LS1 (Municipal); CreatorSuite (ecommerce).

First, each of these offerings will add to our matrix of solutions - residential, commercial, municipal, clean water, wastewater - and enable us to further position ourselves to customers, whether homeowners or insurance companies, as a One Stop Shop. For example, with our Pulse product, rapid sewer diagnostics is a natural upsell during a visit to a home for water leak detection as most homeowners have insurance or warranty policies for both water damage and sewer blockages. This offering will also help to drive our business-to-business channels.

Having a matrix of solutions also helps with navigating changes in market segments and the management of our workforce. As noted above, the slowdown in new construction because of the spike in interest rates may be offset by a focus on aging rental properties, with problems such as sewer blockages. Our technicians are all cross-trained on the various technologies, making it easier to redeploy the technicians we have invested in. It should also be noted that our proprietary LS1 product for rapid, automated municipal surveys is geared for deploying headcount with less training than is required for pinpoint leak detection. As this offering is rolled-out, we are planning on using such surveys as a bridge for technicians to generate sales while training for full leak detection capabilities.

Second, our software infrastructure enabling customer relationship management (Salesforce) and video ecommerce (CreatorSuite) applications positions us to be part of the customer's entire journey across their lifecycle with sales opportunities to provide solutions to various problems related to water and wastewater. Given our sales footprint across the US and in the UK, Australia and Canada, we can also work with partner companies anywhere in the world to recommend their products to homeowners or property management. Related to demand for water and wastewater solutions, the development of the smart home is another sectoral trend that is expected to continue.

Our software infrastructure will also help with workforce management. With our Salesforce application, we will be more efficient with job scheduling for our technicians and achieve higher levels of service responsiveness to residential customers and business-to-business partners. We will also be able to better integrate work crews with trainees for on-the-job training. With our CreatorSuite video technology, we can not only use it for ecommerce but also for distance learning with short form training videos housed in a secure environment for our technicians. Cutting the time for training will enable the Group to accept more sales opportunities instead of managing backlogs of work.

In navigating market conditions, we will continue to execute our growth plan. However, we are mindful that it all starts with fundamentals, especially profits. As we build on the fundamentals by simply adding more trained technicians and service vehicles because of market demand for water and wastewater solutions, we will be integrating prior investments that make our operations more efficient and lower customer acquisition costs.

Patrick DeSouza

Executive Chairman

September 19, 2023

[waldron] 24/7/2023 07:47

PUG

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