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SurgePays Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2023 Financial Results

SurgePays, Inc.

SurgePays, Inc.

Company Delivers Record Financial Results with EBITDA of $22.3 Million

  • 2023 Revenue of $137.1 million

  • 2023 Net income of $20.6 million

  • 2023 $22.3 million EBITDA

  • 2023 EPS of $1.39

  • Gross profit margin increased to 26%

BARTLETT, Tenn., March 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — SurgePays, Inc. (Nasdaq: SURG) (“SurgePays” or the “Company”), a technology and telecom company focused on the underbanked and underserved, today announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2023.

Full Year 2023 and Fourth Quarter Highlights

  • Revenue of $137.1 million for the full year 2023 and $32.3 million for the fourth quarter, changes of 13% and -11% over the prior year periods, respectively.

  • Gross profit of $35.6 million for the full year 2023 and $7.4 million for the fourth quarter, increases of 165% and 11% over the prior year periods, respectively.

  • Net income of $20.6 million for the full year 2023 and $3.0 million for the fourth quarter.

Management Commentary

Chairman and CEO Brian Cox commented on the year’s results, “2023 was an excellent year for SurgePays. Our management team has done an outstanding job executing our growth strategy and delivered record financial results. Compounding profits, execution, and momentum from 2023, in conjunction with our successful raise in January and subsequent warrants exercised, have put us in the best financial position ever, with over $40 million in cash.

The cumulative impact of our team’s efforts has resulted in expanded opportunities and produced a year of solid profitability. We envision utilizing convenience stores and bodegas to become one of the largest distributors of unbanked financial technology and prepaid wireless services to the underbanked in the country. We believe we now have the product suite and war chest to make this vision a reality.

Additionally, in 2023, we acquired Clearline Mobile to integrate our SurgePays software with customer-facing touchscreen tablets next to convenience store registers. We feel this technology, combined with the planned nationwide launch of Linkup Mobile in the second quarter of 2024, our own prepaid wireless company, gives us a competitive advantage that separates us from the competition in terms of our suite of products and services, in-store marketing strategy, and support team. Our focus is now on building in-house and indirect sales channels and distribution.

In 2023, we produced $20.6 million in net income, compared to a net loss of ($0.7) million in 2022, through increasing revenue and expanding high gross margins. The ACP stopped accepting new applications for enrollment in February and is expected to run out of funding in April 2024. The company hopes that this essential program, which assists more than 20 million households, will be funded by Congress; however, at this time, we cannot predict any outcome. If the ACP is funded, we plan to expand our ACP customer base and use this base to expand our other business segments. If the ACP is not funded, we will look to increase revenue growth in our planned non-subsidized MVNO business and Comprehensive Platform Services through organic sales, key hires, and, as opportunities arise, complimentary acquisitions that are synergistic and accretive to our business model.”

Management Discussion & Analysis

SurgePhone wireless companies provide mobile broadband (wireless internet service) to low-income consumers nationwide. SurgePays’ technology-layered platform empowers convenience store clerks to provide a suite of prepaid wireless and financial technology products to underbanked customers. We are attempting to corner the underserved market directly to the consumers and in the stores where they shop.

During the year ended December 31, 2023, overall revenue totaled $137.1 million, or 113%, compared to the previous year. The increase was primarily due to Mobile Virtual Network Operations (“MVNO”), consisting of SurgePhone and Torch Wireless revenues related to providing subsidized mobile broadband and wireless service to consumers eligible for the ACP. The increase in MVNO revenue was $30.2 million in 2023, largely due to a subscriber count of over 260,000 wireless ACP subscribers at year-end 2023 compared to 200,000 at year-end 2022.

Operating income improved to $18.9 million in 2023 from $0.6 million in 2022. The increase was primarily due to higher gross profit in 2023 due to higher MVNO gross profit, offset slightly by higher general and administrative (“G&A”) costs.

Net income for 2023 was $20.6 million compared to a net loss of ($0.7) million in 2022. Earnings per diluted share increased to $1.39 in 2023 compared to a ($0.05) loss per share in 2022. The increase in net income was primarily a result of the expansion of our ACP subscribers and customer acquisition efficiency.

EBITDA increased to $22.3 million in 2023 from $2.3 million in 2022.

Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2023 Results Conference Call

SurgePays management will host a webcast at 5 p.m. ET / 2 p.m. PT to discuss these results.

The live webcast of the call can be accessed at 4Q23 Webcast Link, as well as on the company’s investor relations website at ir.surgepays.com.

Telephone access to the call will be available at 800-267-6316 (in the U.S.) or by dialing 203-518-9783 (outside U.S.) using the conference ID: SURGE.

A telephone replay will be available approximately one hour following completion of the call through March 26, 2024. To access the replay, please dial 844-512-2921 (in the U.S.) or 412-317-6671 (outside U.S.). Enter Access ID #1155155.

About SurgePays, Inc.

SurgePays, Inc. is a technology and telecom company focused on the underbanked and underserved communities. SurgePays technology-layered platform empowers clerks at over 8,000 convenience stores to provide prepaid wireless and financial technology products to underbanked customers. SurgePays prepaid wireless companies provide services to over 260,000 low-income subscribers nationwide. The company ranks as the 345th fastest-growing tech company in North America according to the 2023 Deloitte Technology Fast 500. Please visit SurgePays.com for more information.

About Non-GAAP Financial Measures

The Company believes that EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) is useful to investors because it is commonly used to evaluate companies on the basis of operating performance and leverage.

EBITDA is not intended to represent cash flows for the periods presented, nor have they been presented as an alternative to operating income or as an indicator of operating performance and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for measures of performance prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”). In accordance with SEC Regulation G, the non-GAAP measurements in this press release have been reconciled to the nearest GAAP measurement, which can be viewed under the heading “Reconciliation of Net Income (loss) from Operations to EBITDA” in the financial tables included in this press release.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This press release includes express or implied statements that are not historical facts and are considered forward-looking within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act. Forward-looking statements involve substantial risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements generally relate to future events or our future financial or operating performance and may contain projections of our future results of operations or of our financial information or state other forward-looking information. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by the following words: “may,” “will,” “could,” “would,” “should,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “project,” “potential,” “continue,” “ongoing,” “attempting,” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology, although not all forward-looking statements contain these words.

Although we believe that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements such as regarding our market potential along with the statements under the heading Business Outlook are reasonable, these statements relate to future events or our future operational or financial performance and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements including but not limited to, the funding of the ACP program by the US government for the periods after April 2024, which at this time has not been funded. Furthermore, actual results may differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements and will be affected by a variety of risks and factors that are beyond our control, including, without limitation, the assumption that the ACP will be funded after April 2024, statements about our future financial performance, including our revenue, cash flows, costs of revenue and operating expenses; our anticipated growth; and our predictions about our industry. The forward-looking statements contained in this release are also subject to other risks and uncertainties, including those more fully described in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), including in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023. The forward-looking statements in this press release speak only as of the date on which the statements are made. We undertake no obligation to update, and expressly disclaim the obligation to update, any forward-looking statements made in this press release to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this press release or to reflect new information or the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as required by law.

Investor Relations
Brian M. Prenoveau, CFA
MZ Group – MZ North America
SURG@mzgroup.us 
561 489 5315

 

 

 

 

 

 

SurgePays, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Balance Sheet

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2023

 

 

December 31, 2022

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash

$

14,622,060

 

 

$

7,035,654

 

Accounts receivable – net

 

9,536,074

 

 

 

9,230,365

 

Inventory

 

9,046,594

 

 

 

11,186,242

 

Prepaids and other

 

161,933

 

 

 

111,524

 

Total Current Assets

 

33,366,661

 

 

 

27,563,785

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Property and equipment – net

 

361,841

 

 

 

643,373

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note receivable

 

176,851

 

 

 

176,851

 

Intangibles – net

 

2,126,470

 

 

 

2,779,977

 

Internal use software development costs – net

 

539,424

 

 

 

387,180

 

Goodwill

 

1,666,782

 

 

 

1,666,782

 

Investment in CenterCom

 

464,409

 

 

 

354,206

 

Operating lease – right of use asset – net

 

387,869

 

 

 

431,352

 

Deferred income taxes – net

 

2,835,000

 

 

 

 

Total Other Assets

 

8,196,805

 

 

 

5,796,348

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Assets

$

41,925,307

 

 

$

34,003,506

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

$

6,439,120

 

 

$

5,784,374

 

Accounts payable and accrued expenses – related party

 

1,048,224

 

 

 

1,728,721

 

Accrued income taxes payable

 

570,000

 

 

 

 

Installment sale liability

 

 

 

 

13,018,184

 

Deferred revenue

 

20,000

 

 

 

243,110

 

Operating lease liability

 

43,137

 

 

 

39,490

 

Notes payable – related parties

 

4,584,563

 

 

 

1,108,150

 

Notes payable

 

 

 

 

1,542,033

 

Total Current Liabilities

 

12,705,044

 

 

 

23,464,062

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long Term Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note payable

 

 

 

 

53,134

 

Notes payable – related parties

 

 

 

 

4,493,798

 

Notes payable – SBA government

 

460,523

 

 

 

474,846

 

Operating lease liability

 

356,276

 

 

 

399,413

 

Total Long-Term Liabilities

 

816,799

 

 

 

5,421,191

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

 

13,521,843

 

 

 

28,885,253

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stockholders’ Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common stock, $0.001 par value, 500,000,000 shares authorized 14,403,261 and 14,116,832 shares issued and outstanding, respectively

 

14,404

 

 

 

14,117

 

Additional paid-in capital

 

43,421,019

 

 

 

40,780,707

 

Accumulated deficit

 

(15,186,203

)

 

 

(35,804,106

)

Stockholders’ equity

 

28,249,220

 

 

 

4,990,718

 

Non-controlling interest

 

154,244

 

 

 

127,535

 

Total Stockholders’ Equity

 

28,403,464

 

 

 

5,118,253

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity

$

41,925,307

 

 

$

34,003,506

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SurgePays, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

 

For the Year Ended December 31,

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenues

$

137,141,832

 

 

$

121,544,190

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Costs and expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of revenues

 

101,499,341

 

 

 

108,074,782

 

General and administrative expenses

 

16,777,107

 

 

 

12,835,623

 

Total costs and expenses

 

118,276,448

 

 

 

120,910,405

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income from operations

 

18,865,384

 

 

 

633,785

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other income (expense)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense

 

(595,975

)

 

 

(1,843,396

)

Gain (loss) on investment in CenterCom

 

110,203

 

 

 

(89,082

)

Amortization of debt discount

 

 

 

 

(115,404

)

Gain on forgiveness of PPP loan – government

 

 

 

 

524,143

 

Other income

 

 

 

 

336,726

 

Total other income (expense) – net

 

(485,772

)

 

 

(1,187,013

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss) before provision for income taxes

 

18,379,612

 

 

 

(553,228

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Provision for income tax benefit (expense)

 

2,265,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss) including non-controlling interest

 

20,644,612

 

 

 

(553,228

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-controlling interest

 

26,709

 

 

 

127,535

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss) available to common stockholders

$

20,617,903

 

 

$

(680,763

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings (loss) per share – attributable to common stockholders

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

$

1.45

 

 

$

(0.05

)

Diluted

$

1.38

 

 

$

(0.05

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average number of shares outstanding – attributable to common stockholders

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

14,258,172

 

 

 

12,395,364

 

Diluted

 

14,922,881

 

 

 

12,395,364

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reconciliation of Net Income (loss) from Operations to EBITDA

 

 

Three months ended

 

Three months ended

 

December 31, 2023

 

December 31, 2022

(unaudited)

(unaudited)

Revenue

$

32,318,122

 

 

$

36,226,330

 

Cost of revenue (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)

 

24,876,429

 

 

 

29,502,361

 

General and administrative expenses

 

6,575,444

 

 

 

3,180,094

 

Gain (loss) from operations

$

866,249

 

 

$

3,543,875

 

Net gain (loss) to common stockholders

 

3,021,269

 

 

 

3,044,806

 

Interest expense

 

117,047

 

 

 

473,160

 

Depreciation and Amortization

 

277,082

 

 

 

271,940

 

EBITDA

$

3,415,398

 

 

$

3,789,906

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Twelve months ended

 

Twelve months ended

 

December 31, 2023

 

December 31, 2022

(audited)

(audited)

Revenue

$

137,141,832

 

 

$

121,544,190

 

Cost of revenue (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)

 

101,499,341

 

 

 

108,074,782

 

General and administrative expenses

 

16,777,107

 

 

 

12,835,623

 

Gain (loss) from operations

$

18,865,384

 

 

$

633,785

 

Net gain (loss) to common stockholders

 

20,617,903

 

 

 

(680,763

)

Interest expense

 

595,975

 

 

 

1,843,396

 

Depreciation and Amortization

 

1,107,582

 

 

 

1,104,104

 

EBITDA

$

22,321,460

 

 

$

2,266,737

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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