The LiveTiles Ltd (ASX: LVT) share price soared as much as 14% this morning after the intranet software provider revealed growing revenues. LiveTiles' annualised recurring revenue reached $55.2 million in the March quarter, up from $52.7 million in the December quarter.
Growing recurring revenues
Annualised recurring revenue has grown 60% in the last year and is up 4.9x in 2 years. Total customer cash receipts rose to $10.9 million in the March quarter, up 109% on the prior corresponding period (pcp).
Customer numbers grew to 1,068 at 31 March from 1,031 at 31 December. Average annual recurring revenue per customer is over $51,500, reflecting growth of 31% on the pcp.
Underlying operating expenses of $19.4 million were higher than the $18.6 million guidance. Operating expenses would, however, have been below guidance were it not for the impact of unfavourable foreign exchange movements.
LiveTiles' business
LiveTiles supplies tools to create dashboards, employee portals, and corporate intranets. Headquartered in New York, LiveTiles has operations across the US, Europe, and Australia. LiveTiles shares are up more than 100% from March lows as the increase in remote working promotes interest in its products.
As a provider of intranet software, LiveTiles is well-positioned in the current environment. Its software is highly applicable to remote working. The company is working with 1,000 customers to support remote employee communications, operating system access, collaboration, and document sharing.
LiveTiles software supports organisations and employees to access company information and systems from wherever they are. LiveTiles products can be accessed via internet browser, mobile apps, and within Microsoft Teams.
Microsoft Teams is a collaboration platform and the fastest-growing application in Microsoft's history. In recent weeks, growth in the use of Microsoft Teams has accelerated further, with daily active users exceeding 44 million on 18 March, up from 32 million on 11 March.
During the March quarter, LiveTiles continued to see strong interest from current and future customers. Sales teams and partners, including Microsoft, have seen a significant uplift in pipeline and activity around remote working products. LiveTiles expects customer interest in its offering to accelerate growth over the medium term.
Outlook
LiveTiles is accelerating its efforts to reach breakeven operating cash flow and expects to reach this point in calendar 2020. Material cost reductions were implemented in late March and early April. LiveTiles has confirmed it has no requirement to raise further capital to support operating cash burn.
LiveTiles had cash on hand of $33.8 million at 31 March, and today received $5.6 million cash in relation to R&D tax refunds from the Australian Tax Office. Its key objective is to reach a run rate of operating cashflow breakeven in 2020.
CEO Karl Redenbach said, "LiveTiles products are a leader in 'work from home' tools. Recent difficult events have thrown into sharp focus for customers the importance of cloud-based tools that can be accessed by all employees anywhere."
