2023 Trading Update - Why buy cheap now!11 Jan 2024 10:55
Ethernity Networks is a company with a strong track record of innovation and a bright future, with a revenue of US$3.8m and a gross margin of 68% in 2023.
Key Achievements
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The Company has made significant progress in developing and commercializing its Universal Edge Platform ("UEP") fibre access offering and 5G Open RAN data plane offload solutions.
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The Company has strengthened its balance sheet through the completion of a NIS 1,000,000 short term loan from David Levi, CEO of Ethernity.
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The Company has reduced its monthly operating expenses by over 50%.
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Revenue is expected to be between US$3.6m and US$3.8m, up from US$2.97m in 2022.
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Underlying gross profit is expected to be between US$2.4m and US$2.6m, representing an underlying gross margin of 67%-68%, up from 54% in 2022.
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EBITDA loss is expected to be not more than US$3.8m, compared to an EBITDA loss of US$6.4m in 2022.
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Monthly operating expenses have been reduced from US$660k in June 2023 to US$300k in December 2023.
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The Company's current cash balance is c. US$954k.
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The Company is considering options to raise additional funding to strengthen its balance sheet.
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The Company's strategic focus for 2024 will be on enhancing sales of its Universal Edge Platform ("UEP") fibre access offering, including the low power remote OLT and optical interworking units, as well as its 5G Open RAN data plane offload solutions.
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The Company's UEP employs the ENET Flow Processor firmware with best-in-class Carrier Ethernet Switch technology that, to date, has been deployed in more than 950,000 different systems.
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The global market for Carrier Ethernet Access devices was estimated to be valued at US$17.2 billion in 2022[1] and several OEMs are currently evaluating the Company's UEP.
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An updated version of the Ethernity's corporate presentation, providing further background to the Company's target markets and solutions in these markets, will shortly be available on the Company's website, www.ethernitynet.com/investors.