Smith Micro Reports First Quarter 2025 Financial Results
MWN-AI** Summary
Smith Micro Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMSI) announced its financial results for the first quarter of 2025, revealing key developments in both revenue and product initiatives. The company reported total revenue of $4.6 million, a decrease from $5.8 million in the same quarter of the previous year. Despite the decline in revenue, Smith Micro achieved a gross profit of approximately $3.4 million, reflecting a gross profit margin of 72.8%, which represents an improvement from 65.7% year-over-year.
CEO William W. Smith, Jr. highlighted the company’s focus on innovative product developments, including advancements in SafePath OS™ and SafePath Kids™, targeted towards improving child and senior phone safety. The firm is preparing for the launch of SafePath® 8, which aims to enhance digital safety features for families globally.
On the financial side, the company reported a GAAP net loss of $5.2 million, equating to a $0.28 loss per share. This marks a significant improvement compared to last year's net loss of $31 million, or $3.28 per share. Non-GAAP net loss also decreased to $2.9 million, or $0.16 per share, down from $4.2 million, or $0.45 per share, a year earlier.
The company's balance sheet showed total assets of $43.4 million, with cash and cash equivalents at $2.3 million by March 31, 2025. Operating expenses, while down significantly from the previous year’s figures affected by a goodwill impairment, were still notable, totaling $8.6 million.
Smith Micro will further discuss these findings in a conference call scheduled for today, May 7, 2025, reaffirming its commitment to growing its product portfolio and improving financial performance.
MWN-AI** Analysis
Smith Micro Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMSI) recently reported its first-quarter 2025 results, which reveal both challenges and promising developments. Revenue for the quarter decreased to $4.6 million, down from $5.8 million in Q1 2024. Despite this decline, the company has made significant strides in gross profit margins, which improved to 72.8%, up from 65.7% a year ago. This indicates enhanced operational efficiency, even as total revenue contracts.
Notably, the company reported a GAAP net loss of $5.2 million but showed a marked improvement from a $31 million loss in the same quarter last year. When adjusted for non-GAAP measures, the loss was approximately $2.9 million, indicating that operational adjustments are helping to stabilize the company's financial position. Given the $2.3 million reduction in the net loss year-over-year, the trajectory suggests a turnaround may be underway.
The launch of innovations like SafePath OS™ and SafePath Kids™ reflects Smith Micro's commitment to expanding its product offerings and addressing niche markets. As the digital landscape evolves, particularly in the areas of device safety for children and seniors, these products place Smith Micro in a competitive position to capture market share.
Investors should remain cautious, but the recent advancements and strategic initiatives highlight the company’s potential for recovery and growth. Given the broader context of increasing demand for digital safety solutions, Smith Micro may represent a speculative buy for risk-tolerant investors seeking exposure to the tech sector.
In summary, while the first quarter shows a substantial loss and decreased revenue, the improving gross margin, reduced net loss, and strategic product innovations signal that Smith Micro is navigating its challenges and positioning itself for potential long-term growth. Monitoring further quarterly results and product adoption rates will be crucial for assessing the company’s trajectory.
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Smith Micro Software, Inc. ( Nasdaq: SMSI ) (“Smith Micro” or the “Company”) today reported financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2025.
“During our first quarter, we continued executing on our initiatives with a sharpened focus on our latest product developments in SafePath OS™ for kids and senior phones and SafePath Kids™, which enables carriers to deliver child-friendly rate plans. We have engaged in extensive discussions with current and prospective mobile operator customers, and with our latest product innovations, we have expanded our reach within these organizations, opening new opportunities for our sales team,” said William W. Smith, Jr., president, chief executive officer, and chairman of the board of Smith Micro.
Mr. Smith added, “We also continue to keep our eye on the future, with an unwavering dedication to innovation. With our upcoming launch of SafePath ® 8, designed with privacy and peace of mind at its core, we will deliver the next generation of features and functionality to SafePath as we continue to enhance the digital safety and connectivity of families worldwide.”
First Quarter 2025 Financial Results
Smith Micro reported revenue of $4.6 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2025, compared to $5.8 million reported in the quarter ended March 31, 2024.
Gross profit for the quarter ended March 31, 2025 was $3.4 million, compared to $3.8 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2024.
Gross profit as a percentage of revenue was 72.8 percent for the quarter ended March 31, 2025, compared to 65.7 percent for the quarter ended March 31, 2024.
GAAP net loss for the quarter ended March 31, 2025 was $5.2 million, or $0.28 loss per share, compared to GAAP net loss of $31.0 million, or $3.28 loss per share, for the quarter ended March 31, 2024.
Non-GAAP net loss for the quarter ended March 31, 2025 was $2.9 million, or $0.16 loss per share, compared to non-GAAP net loss of $4.2 million, or $0.45 loss per share, for the quarter ended March 31, 2024. Non-GAAP net loss excludes the items noted below under "Non-GAAP Measures."
All share and per share amounts for common stock herein have been retroactively adjusted for all periods presented to give effect to the one-for-eight reverse stock split of our common stock, which became effective April 10, 2024 at 11:59 pm Eastern time.
Non-GAAP Measures
To supplement our financial information presented in accordance with GAAP, the Company considers, and has included in this press release, the following non-GAAP financial measures and a non-GAAP reconciliation from the equivalent GAAP metric: non-GAAP net loss, non-GAAP gross profit, and non-GAAP basic and diluted loss per share in the presentation of financial results in this press release. Management believes this non-GAAP presentation may be more meaningful in analyzing the Company's income generation and has therefore excluded the following items from GAAP earnings calculations: stock compensation, intangibles amortization, depreciation, fair value adjustments, goodwill impairment, and adjustment for non-recurring items. Additionally, since the Company currently has federal and state net operating loss carryforwards that can be utilized to reduce future cash payments for income taxes, these non-GAAP adjustments have not been tax effected, and the resulting income tax expense reflects actual taxes paid or accrued during each period. This presentation may be considered more indicative of the Company's ongoing operational performance. The table below presents the differences between non-GAAP net loss and net loss on an absolute and per-share basis. Non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered in isolation from, or as a substitute for, financial information presented in compliance with GAAP, and the non-GAAP financial measures as reported by Smith Micro may not be comparable to similarly titled amounts reported by other companies.
Investor Conference Call
Smith Micro will hold an investor conference call today, May 7, 2025, at 4:30 p.m. ET, to discuss the Company’s first quarter 2025 financial results. To access the call, dial 1-844-701-1164; international participants can call 1-412-317-5492. A passcode is not required to join the call; ask the operator to be placed into the Smith Micro conference. Participants are asked to call the assigned number approximately 10 minutes before the conference call begins. An internet webcast is available at https://event.choruscall.com/mediaframe/webcast.html?webcastid=n6x4GcmJ . In addition, the conference call will be available on the Smith Micro website in the Investor Relations section.
About Smith Micro Software, Inc.
Smith Micro develops software to simplify and enhance the mobile experience, providing solutions to some of the leading wireless service providers around the world. From enabling the family digital lifestyle to providing powerful voice messaging capabilities, our solutions enrich today’s connected lifestyles while creating new opportunities to engage consumers via smartphones and consumer IoT devices. The Smith Micro portfolio also includes a wide range of products for creating, sharing, and monetizing rich content, such as visual voice messaging, optimizing retail content display and performing analytics on any product set. For more information, visit www.smithmicro.com .
Smith Micro and the Smith Micro logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of Smith Micro Software, Inc. All other trademarks and product names are the property of their respective owners.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this press release are, and certain statements on the related conference call may be, forward-looking statements regarding future events or results within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act, including statements related to our financial prospects, goals and other projections of our outlook or performance our cost reduction plans and other future business plans, and statements using such words as “expect,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “plan,” “intend,” “could,” “will” and other similar expressions. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements. Among the important factors that could cause or contribute to such differences are customer concentration, given that the majority of our sales depend on a few large customer relationships and the loss of any of them could materially and negatively affect our business, delay or failure of our customers to accept and deploy our products and services or new or upgraded versions thereof, delay or failure of our customers’ end users to adopt our products and services or new or upgraded versions thereof, our reliance on third party operating systems and other technology for the proper operation and delivery of our solutions and any barriers to our use of such third party technology, our reliance on third party application stores for the distribution of our software applications to users and any barriers to such distribution, including any delay or failure of such third party to approve new versions of our applications or their implementation and/or application of policies that may be harmful to our business, unanticipated delays or obstacles in our development and release cycles, the degree to which competing business needs or resource constraints may affect our allocation of resources to planned projects, the risk of harm to our business resulting from our recent and any future cost reduction efforts, our ability to attract and retain key technical personnel that are essential to our product development and support efforts, changes in demand for our products from our customers and their end users, changes in requirements for our products imposed by our customers or by the third party providers of software, hardware and/or platforms that we use or operate with, our ability to effectively integrate, market and sell acquired product lines, new and changing technologies and customer acceptance and timing of deployment of those technologies, and our ability to compete effectively with other software and technology companies. These and other factors discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our filings on Forms 10-K and 10-Q, could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in any forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements contained in this release are made on the basis of the views and assumptions of management, and we do not undertake any obligation to update these statements to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date of this release.
Smith Micro Software, Inc. | |||||||
Consolidated Balance Sheets | |||||||
(in thousands except share and par value data) | |||||||
March 31, | December 31, | ||||||
(unaudited) | (audited) | ||||||
Assets | |||||||
Current assets: | |||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 2,288 | $ | 2,808 | |||
Accounts receivable, net of related allowances of $106 and $3 at March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively | 3,238 | 5,721 | |||||
Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 1,435 | 1,467 | |||||
Total current assets | 6,961 | 9,996 | |||||
Equipment and improvements, net | 468 | 538 | |||||
Right-of-use assets | 2,067 | 2,367 | |||||
Other assets | 495 | 496 | |||||
Intangible assets, net | 22,321 | 23,597 | |||||
Goodwill | 11,052 | 11,052 | |||||
Total assets | $ | 43,364 | $ | 48,046 | |||
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity | |||||||
Current liabilities: | |||||||
Accounts payable | $ | 1,674 | $ | 1,738 | |||
Accrued payroll and benefits | 1,695 | 1,694 | |||||
Current operating lease liabilities | 1,416 | 1,279 | |||||
Other current liabilities | 886 | 940 | |||||
Total current liabilities | 5,671 | 5,651 | |||||
Non-current liabilities: | |||||||
Warrant liabilities | 101 | 224 | |||||
Operating lease liabilities | 902 | 1,287 | |||||
Deferred tax liabilities, net | 128 | 128 | |||||
Total non-current liabilities | 1,131 | 1,639 | |||||
Commitments and contingencies | |||||||
Stockholders' equity: | |||||||
Common stock, par value $0.001 per share; 100,000,000 shares authorized; 19,458,750 and 17,673,404 shares issued and outstanding 2025 and 2024, respectively | 19 | 18 | |||||
Additional paid-in capital | 396,366 | 395,383 | |||||
Accumulated comprehensive deficit | (359,823 | ) | (354,645 | ) | |||
Total stockholders’ equity | 36,562 | 40,756 | |||||
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity | $ | 43,364 | $ | 48,046 |
Smith Micro Software, Inc. | |||||||
Consolidated Statements of Operations | |||||||
(in thousands except share data) | |||||||
For the Three Months Ended | |||||||
2025 | 2024 | ||||||
(unaudited) | (unaudited) | ||||||
Revenues | $ | 4,621 | $ | 5,798 | |||
Cost of revenues (including depreciation of $1 and $6 in the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively) | 1,258 | 1,988 | |||||
Gross profit | 3,363 | 3,810 | |||||
Operating expenses: | |||||||
Selling and marketing | 1,643 | 2,614 | |||||
Research and development | 2,857 | 3,989 | |||||
General and administrative | 2,724 | 2,756 | |||||
Depreciation and amortization | 1,349 | 1,908 | |||||
Goodwill impairment | — | 23,989 | |||||
Total operating expenses | 8,573 | 35,256 | |||||
Operating loss | (5,210 | ) | (31,446 | ) | |||
Other income (expense): | |||||||
Change in fair value of warrant liabilities | 123 | 185 | |||||
Interest (expense) income, net | (25 | ) | 74 | ||||
Other (expense) income, net | (65 | ) | 219 | ||||
Loss before provision for income tax provision | (5,177 | ) | (30,968 | ) | |||
Provision for income tax expense | 1 | 39 | |||||
Net loss | $ | (5,178 | ) | $ | (31,007 | ) | |
Loss per share: | |||||||
Basic and diluted | $ | (0.28 | ) | $ | (3.28 | ) | |
Weighted average shares outstanding: | |||||||
Basic and diluted | 18,216 | 9,466 |
Smith Micro Software, Inc. | |||||||
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows | |||||||
(in thousands) | |||||||
For the Three Months Ended | |||||||
2025 | 2024 | ||||||
(unaudited) | (unaudited) | ||||||
Operating activities: | |||||||
Net loss | $ | (5,178 | ) | $ | (31,007 | ) | |
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities: | |||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 1,350 | 1,914 | |||||
Goodwill impairment charge | — | 23,989 | |||||
Non-cash lease expense | 52 | (151 | ) | ||||
Change in fair value of warrant liabilities | (123 | ) | (185 | ) | |||
Provision for credit losses | 103 | — | |||||
Stock based compensation | 1,088 | 1,136 | |||||
Gain on license of patents, net | — | (198 | ) | ||||
Changes in operating accounts: | |||||||
Accounts receivable | 2,381 | 3,611 | |||||
Prepaid expenses and other assets | 33 | 44 | |||||
Accounts payable, accrued, and other liabilities | (308 | ) | (498 | ) | |||
Net cash used in operating activities | (602 | ) | (1,345 | ) | |||
Investing activities: | |||||||
Capital expenditures, net | (4 | ) | (4 | ) | |||
Proceeds from license of patents, net | — | 198 | |||||
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities | (4 | ) | 194 | ||||
Financing activities: | |||||||
Proceeds from financing arrangements | 384 | 468 | |||||
Repayments of financing arrangements | (300 | ) | (289 | ) | |||
Other financing activities | 2 | 2 | |||||
Net cash provided by financing activities | 86 | 181 | |||||
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents | (520 | ) | (970 | ) | |||
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period | 2,808 | 7,125 | |||||
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period | $ | 2,288 | $ | 6,155 |
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Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Results | ||||||||||||||||||
(in thousands, except per share data) - unaudited | ||||||||||||||||||
Three Months Ended | GAAP | Stock Compensation | Intangibles | Depreciation | Fair Value | Non-GAAP | ||||||||||||
Gross profit | $ | 3,363 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 1 | $ | — | $ | 3,364 | ||||||
Selling and marketing | 1,643 | (235 | ) | — | — | — | 1,408 | |||||||||||
Research and development | 2,857 | (215 | ) | — | — | — | 2,642 | |||||||||||
General and administrative | 2,724 | (638 | ) | — | — | — | 2,086 | |||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 1,349 | — | (1,276 | ) | (73 | ) | — | — | ||||||||||
Total operating expenses | $ | 8,573 | $ | (1,088 | ) | $ | (1,276 | ) | $ | (73 | ) | $ | — | $ | 6,136 | |||
(Loss) income before provision for income taxes | $ | (5,177 | ) | $ | 1,088 | $ | 1,276 | $ | 74 | $ | (123 | ) | $ | (2,862 | ) | |||
Net (loss) income | $ | (5,178 | ) | $ | 1,088 | $ | 1,276 | $ | 74 | $ | (123 | ) | $ | (2,863 | ) | |||
(Loss) earnings per share: basic and diluted | $ | (0.28 | ) | $ | 0.06 | $ | 0.07 | $ | — | $ | (0.01 | ) | $ | (0.16 | ) | |||
Note: (Loss) earnings per share: basic and diluted - may be impacted by rounding to allow rows to calculate. |
Three Months March 31, 2024 | GAAP | Stock | Intangibles | Depreciation | Fair Value | Goodwill | Adjustments for | Non-GAAP | ||||||||||||||||
Gross profit | $ | 3,810 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 6 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 3,816 | ||||||||
Selling and marketing | 2,614 | (309 | ) | — | — | — | — | (13 | ) | 2,292 | ||||||||||||||
Research and development | 3,989 | (264 | ) | — | — | — | — | (18 | ) | 3,707 | ||||||||||||||
General and administrative | 2,756 | (563 | ) | — | — | — | — | (104 | ) | 2,089 | ||||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 1,908 | — | (1,816 | ) | (92 | ) | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
Goodwill impairment | 23,989 | (23,989 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Total operating expenses | $ | 35,256 | $ | (1,136 | ) | $ | (1,816 | ) | $ | (92 | ) | $ | — | $ | (23,989 | ) | $ | (135 | ) | $ | 8,088 | |||
(Loss) income before provision for income taxes | $ | (30,968 | ) | $ | 1,136 | $ | 1,816 | $ | 98 | $ | (185 | ) | $ | 23,989 | $ | (62 | ) | $ | (4,176 | ) | ||||
Net (loss) income | $ | (31,007 | ) | $ | 1,136 | $ | 1,816 | $ | 98 | $ | (185 | ) | $ | 23,989 | $ | (62 | ) | $ | (4,215 | ) | ||||
(Loss) earnings per share: basic and diluted | $ | (3.28 | ) | $ | 0.12 | $ | 0.19 | $ | 0.01 | $ | (0.02 | ) | $ | 2.53 | $ | — | $ | (0.45 | ) | |||||
Note: (Loss) earnings per share: basic and diluted - may be impacted by rounding to allow rows to calculate. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 Adjustment for Non-Recurring Items includes costs associated with corporate actions in 2024, including but not limited to special meetings and reverse stock split, offset by licensure of patents. |
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