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TranscriptFY2026 Q12026-06-16FY2026 Q1 earnings call transcript
Earnings source - 27 paragraphs
FY2026 Q1 earnings call transcript
Good day, everyone, and thank you all for joining us for this IQSTEL earnings conference Q1 2026. As a reminder, all phone participants are in a muted or listen-only mode to prevent any background noise, but later, you will have the opportunity to ask questions during our question-and-answer session. To signal for a question, simply press star and one on your telephone keypad. As a reminder, today's session is being recorded. To get us started with opening remarks and introductions, it is my pleasure to turn the floor over to Head of Investor Relations, Mr. Ethan Walfish. Welcome, sir.
Good morning, and thank you for joining IQSTEL's first quarter 2026 earnings call. Joining me today, I'm pleased to have Leandro Iglesias, Chief Executive Officer, and Alvaro Quintana, Chief Financial Officer. The recording of today's call will be archived and available in the investor relations portion of our website for a minimum of 30 days. During the call, we will make forward-looking statements such as dialogue regarding our revenue expectations or forecasts for remaining quarters and the full fiscal year of 2026 and 2027. These statements are based on our current expectation and information available as of today and are subject to a variety of risks, uncertainties, and assumptions. Actual results may differ materially as a result of various risk factors that have been described in our periodic filings with the SEC. As a result, we caution you against placing undue reliance on these forward-looking statements.
We assume no obligations to update any forward-looking statements as a result of new information or future events, except as required by law. In addition, other risks are more fully described in IQSTEL's public filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which can be reviewed at www.sec.gov. Yesterday, May 20th, 2026, the company filed with the SEC its Form 10-Q for Q1 2026, and afterwards, issued a press release announcing those financial results. Participants of this call who may not have already done so may wish to look at those documents as we provide a summary of the results on this call. With that, I will now turn the call over to our CEO, Leandro Iglesias.
Thank you, Ethan. Thank you very much. Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us. Q1 2026 was a very important quarter for IQSTEL, not only because we delivered strong financial growth, with revenue increasing nearly 70% year-over-year, but because this quarter clearly demonstrates the strategic evolution of IQSTEL. For years, investors have known us primarily as a telecommunication company. Today, that description is no longer complete. IQSTEL has evolved into something much, much more valuable, a global commercial platform capable of distributing advanced digital services at scale. That distinction is extremely important because many companies can build innovative products, very few companies have already built the trusted infrastructure, commercial relationships, operational footprint, and distribution access required to commercialize those products globally. That is what IQSTEL has built. I want to spend a moment on what I believe is the most important investment thesis for IQSTEL.
That is, the true value of IQSTEL is not just our current telecom revenue, it's the business platform that we have built. Today, IQSTEL has commercial relationships with more than 600 telecom operators worldwide, operations in 21 countries across four continents, six strategic commercial offices globally, potential commercial reach to approximately 2.3 billion end users, a business operating nearly at $400 million annual revenue run rate. Listen, this platform took years to build. It required disciplined execution, strategic acquisitions, operational expertise, and trusted long-term commercial relationships. Replicating this would require years, significant capital, and deep industry execution capability. That is our moat. That is our competitive advantage. Historically, this infrastructure was built to support telecommunications services, but now, it serves a much larger strategic purpose. It gives IQSTEL the ability to commercialize high-margin digital services globally. This is where the transformation becomes compelling.
Instead of building a new customer acquisition engine from scratch, we can leverage existing trusted relationships. That dramatically reduces the go-to-market timelines, the customer acquisition cost, execution risk, and significantly improves scalability. This is why IQSTEL is evolving from a telecom operator into a global digital services distribution powerhouse. Now, we are entering the monetization phase of this strategy. Our growth priorities include AI-powered solutions, fintech, cybersecurity, digital health, enterprise communications, advanced digital business services, too. Our advantage is not merely product innovation. Our advantage is our commercialization. We already own the hardest asset: trusted commercial distribution. That creates a very powerful economical model, and execution is already underway. We just launched IQSTEL Digital Services, a dedicated subsidiary focused exclusively on accelerated commercialization of high-margin digital offerings. We just appointed Jorge Enrique Becerra to lead this effort.
We are also seeing early commercial validation through our growing partnerships with Alhambra IT, which demonstrates market demand for our enterprise digital capabilities. Looking ahead, our priorities remain clear. We remain committed to our previously announced of $430 million revenue target for 2026. Historically, the Q1 has been one of our softer seasonal quarters. Even with that seasonality, our current performance reinforces our confidence in achieving our annual objectives. Long term, our strategic vision remains building a $1 billion annual revenue business, supported by a stronger mix of high-margin digital services. IQSTEL's competitive advantage is not simply our ability to develop innovate products. It is our ability to commercialize innovation globally through an already established distribution ecosystem that would take years of substantial investment to replicate it. To summarize, we have spent years building the platform. Now, we are monetizing.
This is the transformation of IQSTEL, a company once defined primarily by telecom connectivity is now evolving into a scalable global digital services distribution business. We believe that transformation creates a compelling long-term value opportunity for shareholders. Thank you very much. I will turn the call over to our CFO, Alvaro Quintana.
Thank you, Leandro. Thanks, everybody, for joining us. From a financial perspective, our first quarter reflects continued momentum in the business and disciplined financial execution. Our consolidated revenue grew 70% year-over-year, reaching $97.9 million, compared to $57.6 million in the same quarter last year, driven by a strong organic expansion and the successful integration of GlobeTopper. The organic growth was 87% of the total revenue with our core subsidiaries: Etelix, IoT Labs, QXTEL, Smartbiz, SwissLink, QGlobal, and Whisl delivered the majority of the increase. Gross revenue before eliminations reached $98.6 million, highlighting the scale of commercial activity. Gross profit reached over $2 million, up 7.8% year-over-year. As we explained in our earning release, current gross profit reflects the existing business mix.
Telecom divisions delivered 87% of the total revenue, while fintech, through GlobeTopper, contributed 13% of revenue, adding almost $13 million in its first full comparable quarter. GlobeTopper alone added $829,000 in gross profit, representing 42% of consolidated gross profit. These results reinforce our business diversification strategy. However, our strategy focus is not simply volume growth. It is the expansion of high-margin digital services that we expect to progressively improve EBITDA generation, operating leverage, and profitability. Adjusted EBITDA for our operating subsidiaries remain strongly positive, confirming the division's profitability, while consolidated adjusted EBITDA was nearly breakeven, showing the company is close to turning positive. Our book equity per share is nearly $3. While the stock trades around $1.30, the market is currently valuating IQSTEL at less than half of its net asset value. That disconnect is not aligned with our fundamentals, our growth trajectory, or our balance sheet strength.
Closing that valuation gap is a priority for us. We believe continued execution and improved visibility will drive a re-rating. Equally important, IQSTEL today operates with a very clean capital structure, no convertible debts, and no earnout outstanding. That financial discipline gives us flexibility to focus entirely on execution and growth. In addition, it is important to highlight that the primary factor affecting net income at the operating subsidiaries level this quarter is increase in technology expenses. These investments are directly tied to the development of our AI-driven solutions and the finalization of our combined switching platform. While these initiatives elevate our operating cost base, they are strategic in nature and directly support the expansion of our artificial intelligence as a new high-margin revenue source for the company.
As these platforms are completed and commercialized, we expect them to generate meaningful efficiencies, reduce operating costs, and contribute positively to profitability in the very near future. As we move through 2026, our financial priorities remain focused on improving EBITDA performance, enhancing operating leverage, supporting commercialization of high-margin digital service, and maintaining a disciplined capital allocation. We believe IQSTEL is positioned to continue strengthening both scale and profitability. Thank you. Ethan, we are ready to open the line for questions.
Thank you, Alvaro. Operator, we are now ready to open the line for questions.
Mr. Walfish, thank you, and thank you to all of the IQSTEL leadership team. Ladies and gentlemen, at this time, if you would like to ask a question, simply press star and the digit one on your telephone keypad. Pressing star and one will place your line into a queue, and I will open your lines one at a time, and you will be invited to pose your question. Once again, ladies and gentlemen, that is star and one. We'll hear first today from the line of Barry Sine at Litchfield Hills Research.
Hey, good morning, gentlemen, and congratulations on the very, very strong revenue growth. Alvaro, you talked about strategic priorities, and one of those was increased sales of digital services. There's so many now, fintech, AI, cybersecurity, digital healthcare, I guess is the most recent one. Could management talk, please, about your progress to date starting this year? I know you have 600 global telecom carriers around the world to sell those services into on a wholesale basis. Could you talk about the progress that you've made so far this year, and what investors are likely to see for the rest of the year on that particular strategic initiative? Thank you.
Thank you very much for the question, Barry. This is Leandro. Well, listen. We have been working over the last months in a very strong marketing launch of our products. We are right now in Washington, D.C., attending to the International Telecoms Week. It's the largest telecom event for the wholesale carrier services, and we are here. We successfully launched the cybersecurity services as well as the digital health services and our fintech services. We have had like four and today, we are going to have the fifth meetings with the large telecommunications carriers introducing our digital services. All of them have shown really interest to start exploring what the services are and what the potential and the differentiation of our products.
More important than this, they reinforce that they feel really comfortable that we are introducing those products in our portfolio, because all of them, large telecommunications companies that we have met, we do business in very big size. All of them, seven days per year. They believe that having a partner like us, that introducing a new service is a very good starting point because they give us, they give them confidence about the quality and the service that we already have. It's a trustworthy relation that we have built over the years. We are really excited about this process. The cybersecurity team, supported with Cycurion, have been with us in those meetings. Also, Jorge Enrique Becerra and Jose Enrique Puente, our leaders in digital services and in AI services. We are really excited about the opportunities. We are start working on that.
I don't want to be super optimist, but I'm pretty sure that the results are going to come very soon, sooner than we expected initially for the reception that we got.
As that occurs, as though we see those revenues grow, what is the impact on profitability? It's my understanding those services are very high, carry very high margins.
Yes, Barry. Yes. It's Alvaro talking right now. Those services has margins over 25%. For example, in artificial intelligence, we are expecting gross margin close to 40%. That's why the inclusion of those services is going to impact so importantly to our EBITDA, net income, and the profitability of the company. That's why we are putting so much effort in having those services on the street. Of course, with the quality that our customers expect, and it takes time. We have been developing some of these services for the last two years, investing in research and development. They are already on the street. We have done, as Leandro mentioned it before, a presentation of those services here in Washington. People is exciting and expecting good things from this. Just taking advantage to adding couple of things.
One of the things that we were drawing for the plan is to include digital services that is going to become an early winning because the introduction of the services is going to be very, very easy. In this process, you need to remember that Jorge Enrique Becerra has sold digital services over 100 million end user past year. We are taking advantage of his knowledge, his experience, to start delivering a service very compelling in order to start gaining traction. I believe that we are going to see very good news over the next quarter, and we are really excited about the future that the company is turning into.
Okay, that's great. Thank you very much.
Thank you, Barry.
We'll allow another moment for our audience to press star and one if you have a question. Ladies and gentlemen, we thank you all for your questions today. We have no further signals from our audience. Mr. Iglesias, I'd like to turn the call back to you for any closing or additional remarks that you have.
Yes. Thank you very much. This is a final message to our shareholders. I know that on all this process to build the business platform that we have built has been taking years. Right now, in this process, it's something that we needed for this transformation into a digital powerhouse because we need to have the revenue, we need to have the relationships, we need to have the trust worth of our customers. This is the pivotal moment for the company because we are taking advantage of all the things that we already built and keeping improving our telecom services. At the same time, we'll start selling very compelling digital services to our customers. This process arrive here, being here, has taken years, but right now is a really explosive expansion of our business digital health.
Those services with the team that we have built of the resources that we have invested over the years is going to turn out in results very positive for the company, high margin services, and we are really excited about the future that we have ahead. Thank you very much for the supporting of our company, and I'm waiting for this compelling year that we are running in 2026. Thank you.
Ladies and gentlemen, this does conclude today's teleconference, and we thank you all for your participation. You may now disconnect your lines, and we hope that you enjoy the rest of your day.
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-05-20IQST - IQSTEL Inc. Announces Investor Conference Call to Discuss Q1 2026 Financial Results
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IQST - IQSTEL Inc. Announces Investor Conference Call to Discuss Q1 2026 Financial Results
NEW YORK, May 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- IQSTEL Inc. (NASDAQ: IQST) ("IQSTEL" or the "Company"), a growing global telecommunications and technology company, announced today that it will host an investor conference call to discuss its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2026 (a full copy of the Company's quarterly 10-Q report will be available at www.sec.gov). Conference Call: IQSTEL's management, including Leandro Iglesias (Chief Executive Officer) and Alvaro Quintana (Chief Financial Officer), will host an investor conference call on May 21, 2026, at 8:30am ET. Management will provide commentary on Q1 2026 results, strategic progress, and outlook for 2026. Time permitting, management will answer investor questions during a live Q&A session. A replay of the call will be made available on the company's website. Webcast / Registration: To join the conference call webcast, please visit the 'Investors' section of the IQSTEL corporate website at www.iqstel.com, or use the dial-in details to be provided with registration confirmation. May 21, 2026 | 8:30 AM ET Dial in: 1-888-880-3330 Register Here: https://app.webinar.net/Po9W5KW52mJ About IQSTEL Inc. IQSTEL Inc. (NASDAQ: IQST) is a global telecom and technology company operating in 21 countries with over 600 Telecommunication Carrier Interconnections. The company delivers international voice, SMS, messaging, connectivity, and mobile financial services to telecom operators and enterprise customers worldwide. Built through a decade of organic growth and strategic acquisitions, IQSTEL is now expanding into AI-powered communications and cybersecurity through its RealityBorder.com AI Division and Cycurion partnership.For more information, please visit www.IQSTEL.com.Official Investors Landing Page: www.landingpage.iqstel.com Safe Harbor Statement:Statements in this news release may be "forward-looking statements". Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements that express our intentions, beliefs, expectations, strategies, predictions, or any other information relating to our future activities or other future events or conditions. Words such as "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "expect," "intend", "could" and similar expressions, as they relate to the company or its management, identify forward-looking statements. These statements are based on current expectations, estimate...
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-04-08iQSTEL Inc. Q4 2025 Earnings Call Summary
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iQSTEL Inc. Q4 2025 Earnings Call Summary
Management characterizes the current period as a 'transition phase' shifting focus from building a global distribution platform to expanding EBITDA and profitability. Performance was driven by a 25.18% surge in SMS traffic, which management prioritized as a higher-margin service compared to legacy voice. Gross margin expansion from 2.74% to 3.46% was attributed to a better service mix, platform consolidation, and improved routing efficiencies. The company views its network of 600 telecom operator relationships as a 'global distribution platform' rather than just a telecom operation, providing access to 2.3 billion end users. Strategic positioning involves layering high-margin services like AI, cybersecurity, and digital health over existing B2B channels to minimize customer acquisition costs. The Fintech segment achieved a diversification milestone by delivering $27.9 million in its first full year, reducing structural dependency on legacy voice revenue. Management highlighted a strengthened equity position and a 'clean' capital structure with no convertible notes or warrants as a foundation for efficient growth. Management reiterated a strategic goal to achieve $1 billion in annual revenue within the next 24 months through organic growth and M&A. The company expects to reach a $50 million EBITDA run rate in 2026, supported by two planned acquisitions currently in the negotiation phase. A major entry into the digital health market is planned for launch in May 2026, targeting aging populations via IoT monitoring devices and AI analysis. Operational guidance includes moving the SMS business to a single unified platform in 2026, which is expected to generate approximately $500,000 in annual cost savings. Future acquisitions will utilize a 'proxy' model for shareholder approval and feature 3-to-4 year payment terms to protect cash flow. Intercompany revenue nearly doubled to $41 million in 2025, signaling deeper integration and synergy capture across global subsidiaries. Management is executing a plan to acquire 100% of minority interests in subsidiaries to centralize control of 95% of total revenue and EBITDA. The company is monitoring political and economic shifts in Venezuela for potential high-margin technology opportunities, though no formal board plan exists yet. A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed with a Taiwanese firm to provide the hardware a...
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-04-07IQST - IQSTEL Announces Strategic Digital Health Partnership and Investor Conference Call to Discuss Q4 & FY 2025 Results
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IQST - IQSTEL Announces Strategic Digital Health Partnership and Investor Conference Call to Discuss Q4 & FY 2025 Results
Company to Enter Multi-Billion Dollar Digital Health Market NEW YORK, April 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- IQSTEL Inc. (NASDAQ: IQST), a rapidly growing global telecommunications and technology company, today announced the signing of a Non-Binding Commercial Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with a digital health technology company to establish a strategic partnership in the Digital Health sector, alongside hosting its investor conference call to discuss financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2025. Leandro Iglesias, President & CEO of IQSTEL, commented: "This partnership represents a major milestone in our strategy to transform IQSTEL into a high-tech, high-margin platform company. We have already built a strong global telecom business platform, and now we are leveraging that foundation to enter the Digital Health market—one of the fastest-growing sectors globally. By combining our distribution capabilities with our Digital Health partner's proven technology, experience, and AI-driven solutions, we are creating a powerful opportunity to scale this business globally." A Transformational Step into Digital Health The newly signed MOU represents a significant milestone in IQSTEL's strategic evolution, marking its entry into the fast-growing Digital Health market, a multi-billion-dollar global opportunity. Under the proposed partnership, IQSTEL is expected to leverage its global telecom platform to commercialize digital health services through telecom operators worldwide, positioning the Company as a key distribution channel in this emerging sector. IQSTEL's Digital Health partner brings: Over a decade of experience in digital health innovation A strong track record in scalable healthcare solutions Multiple international recognitions and industry awards The partner has developed an integrated ecosystem combining: IoT-based medical devices and wearables Cloud-based digital health platforms Remote patient monitoring (RPM) systems Artificial Intelligence (AI)-driven analytics and predictive healthcare insights Through AI capabilities, the platform enhances patient monitoring, enables early detection of health risks, and improves healthcare outcomes by transforming large volumes of medical data into actionable insights. Leveraging IQSTEL's Global Telecom Platform for High-Margin Growth IQSTEL has built a strong and scalable commercial plat...
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-04-07IQST - IQSTEL Reports FY 2025 Financial Results and Enters Next Phase of EBITDA Expansion
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IQST - IQSTEL Reports FY 2025 Financial Results and Enters Next Phase of EBITDA Expansion
Company Strengthens Its Global Platform and Positions for High-Margin Growth Across AI, Cybersecurity, and Digital Health NEW YORK, April 6, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- IQSTEL Inc. (NASDAQ: IQST), a rapidly growing global telecommunications and technology company, today reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2025. Financial Performance Overview (2025 vs. 2024) IQSTEL continued to expand its global business platform, delivering consistent revenue growth and strengthening its equity base: Operational Performance From an operational standpoint, SMS traffic increased from 13.9 billion to 17.4 billion messages, representing a 25.18% growth, reinforcing the Company's strategic focus on higher-margin services. Gross margin improved significantly, increasing 26.28%, from 2.74% in Q4 2024 to 3.46% in Q4 2025, reflecting enhanced operational efficiency and a more favorable service mix. Additionally, intercompany routing and platform consolidation initiatives have further improved efficiency. These strategies optimize operations by leveraging more efficient routing alternatives, directly contributing to margin expansion. "Over the past several years, we have successfully built a strong and scalable global business platform, growing our operations to a $400 million revenue run rate while maintaining a clean capital structure. Our core Telecom and Fintech businesses are already generating positive Net Income and adjusted EBITDA, providing a solid foundation for the next phase of our growth. We are now entering a new stage focused on expanding EBITDA through high-margin services such as AI, cybersecurity, and digital health. By leveraging our global platform and relationships with over 600 telecom operators, we believe we are uniquely positioned to accelerate growth and create significant long-term value for our shareholders." - said Leandro Iglesias, CEO of IQSTEL A Proven and Scalable Business Platform Over the past several years, IQSTEL has successfully built a strong and scalable commercial platform, growing its business from tens of millions of dollars in revenue to a current $400 million revenue run rate, with approximately: 80% generated by Telecom services 20% generated by Fintech services The Company's core operating businesses — Telecom and Fintech — currently generate over $2.7 million in adjusted EBITDA, demonstrating t...
TranscriptFY2025 Q42026-04-07FY2025 Q4 earnings call transcript
Earnings source - 58 paragraphs
FY2025 Q4 earnings call transcript
Thank you for standing by. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the IQSTEL Investor Conference Call to discuss Q4 2025 and full year 2025 financial results. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise. After the speaker's remarks, there will be a question and answer session. If you would like to ask a question during this time, simply press star followed by one on your telephone keypad. If you would like to withdraw your question, press star one again. I would now like to turn the conference over to Ethan Walfish, Head of Investor Relations. Sir, the floor is yours.
Good morning and thank you for joining IQSTEL's fourth quarter and full year 2025 earnings call. Joining me today, I am pleased to have Leandro Iglesias, Chief Executive Officer, and Alvaro Quintana, Chief Financial Officer. The recording of today's call will be archived and available in the investor relations portion of our website for a minimum of 30 days. During the call, we will make forward-looking statements such as dialogue regarding our revenue expectations or forecast for remaining quarters in the full fiscal year of 2026 and 2027.
These statements are based on our current expectations and information available as of today and are subject to a variety of risks, uncertainties, and assumptions. Actual results may differ materially as a result of various risk factors that have been described in our periodic filings with the SEC. As a result, we caution you against placing undue reliance on these forward-looking statements.
We assume no obligation to update any forward-looking statements as a result of new information or future events, except as required by law. In addition, other risks are more fully described in the IQSTEL's public filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which can be reviewed at www.sec.gov. Yesterday, April 6th, 2026, the company filed with the SEC its Form 10-K for Q4 and full year 2025, and afterwards issued a press release announcing those financial results. Participants of this call who may not have already done so may wish to look at those documents as we provide a summary of the results on this call. With that, I will now turn the call over to our CEO, Leandro Iglesias.
Thank you very much, Ethan. Thank you. Let's talk a little bit about the strategic overview of the company. 2025 has been a year of strong execution and continued growth for IQSTEL. We have successfully expanded our global business platform, reaching approximately $316.9 million in revenue, representing 11.9% year-over-year growth while strengthening our equity position by 37%. More importantly than the numbers, we have built a highly scalable global commercial platform. Today, IQSTEL reaches over 600 of the largest telecom operators worldwide, has access to approximately 2.3 billion end users through our customers, operates across 21 countries and multiple regions. This is not just a telecom operation, this is a global distribution platform.
Over the past year, we have grown from tens of millions of dollars in revenue to a current $400 million run rate revenue, building the foundation for the next phase of our company. We are entering nowadays in the new stage of the company that we named the transition of the company. This transition phase. The first phase was about building the platform and scaling the revenue.
The second phase, where we are today, is about expanding the EBITDA and profitability. Our core businesses, telecom and FinTech, are already generating over $2.7 million adjusted EBITDA, providing the strength of our model. Now also operating with clean capital structure, with no convertible notes and no warrants. This give us a very solid foundation to grow efficiently and create shareholder value. From an operational perspective, we continue to improve both scale and efficiency.
SMS traffic increased from 13.9 billion-17.4 billion messages, representing 25.18% growth, reinforcing our focus on higher margin services. At the same time, gross margin improved significantly, increasing 26.28% from 2.74%- 3.46%, driven by a better service mix, increased focus on higher margin segments, and operational efficiency improvements. Additionally, our company routing and platform consolidation strategy are contributing directly to margin expansion. I want to take a moment to emphasize what we believe is the most important asset of our company, is our business platform.
We already have trusted relationships with global telecom partners, a proven B2B sales engine, and a global footprint. This allow us to deploy new service globally, scale quickly without heavy investment, and increase revenue per customers. This is what makes IQSTEL unique. This margin growth strategy, we are leveraging this platform to introduce high-tech, high-margin services, including artificial intelligence, cyber security, digital health.
These services share key characteristics. All of them have recurring revenue models, higher margin, and strong scalability. Most importantly, they can deploy through our existing customer base. We don't need to build a distribution channel. We already have it. We are particularly excited about our entry into the digital health market. This is a multi-billion dollar global opportunity driven by aging populations, rising healthcare costs, and the shift toward remote care.
By leveraging our telecom platform, we believe that we can become a key distribution channel for digital health services globally. Even under conservative assumptions, including penetration of less than 1% of our reachable base of 2.3 billion users, this represents a multi-billion dollar revenue opportunity over time. This is a very important step in our transformation into a high-tech platform company. We will be providing more details on this vertical in the near future.
Looking forward, our strategy remains clear. Achieve $1 billion in revenue within the next 24 months, expand EBITDA through higher margin services, and continue strengthening our balance sheet. We believe that we are in very strong position to execute this plan. In summary, we have built the platform, now we're expanding the margins, and we are entering in a new high-growth vertical. We believe that this combination creates a very compelling opportunity for long-term shareholders and value creation. Thank you.
Thank you, Leandro. From a financials perspective, we are pleased with our performance during 2025. For 2025, IQSTEL delivered another year of scale expansion and margin improvement, driven by disciplined execution across all business lines. Revenue reached $316 million, up 12% year-over-year, with QXTEL contributing 39% of total revenue and validating our acquisition strategy with immediate material impact. Our gross margin increased 14%, rising to $9.46 million, supported by a decisive shift toward higher-margin SMS and Fintech revenue, as well as routing efficiencies across the group. SMS volume surged 25%, reinforcing this margin trajectory and positioning us for continued expansion. Telecom remained a profitable engine, generating $1.9 million in operating income, while Fintech delivered $27.9 million in its first full year, an important diversification milestone that strengthens our revenue mix and reduces dependency on legacy voice.
We closed the year with positive working capital of $1.56 million, a stable liquidity position, better operational controls across subsidiaries. Integration synergies from QXTEL and GlobeTopper are already following through P&L, and we expect additional leverage as we scale artificial intelligence commercialization. Our financial posture is clear. We are growing. We are expanding margins. We are building a more diversified, higher-quality revenue base. The foundation is in place for continued acceleration. We remain focused on operational discipline, efficiency, and profitability.
Thank you, Alvaro. With that, we are now ready to take questions.
Thank you. We will now begin the question and answer session. If you would like to ask a question, please press star then the number one on your telephone keypad to raise your hand and join the queue. If you would like to withdraw your question, simply press star one again. Your first question comes from Barry Sine with Litchfield Hills Research. Your line is open.
Hey. Hello, gentlemen. Couple questions, if you don't mind. First of all, very exciting announcement on digital healthcare, and I'm looking forward to the additional details, but a couple questions on that. If I think about that market, obviously a huge market. One opportunity is obviously telemedicine, although you do need to still have a human licensed doctor on the other end. You talk in your announcement about data over IoT devices for healthcare monitoring and also predictive technology. Could you give us a little more, and I guess you're going to roll out more information at the telecom conference in May in Washington. Could you give us a little more information on what you're looking to do, what those services are likely to entail? Will they be telemedicine? What are you looking to do in healthcare?
Thank you, Barry. Thank you very much for being here and asking this question. Well, listen, we are really excited about this opportunity. We are in the process of adding value to our current business relations that we have with the largest telecommunications companies around the world. Basically, one of the things that we identify is that all of them want or are needing services for the aging people in order to supervise the information, the signal, the vital signals of the aging people, where they are, if they sleep on the floor or something. In that sense, today, we issue a press release because we reached an MOU with a Taiwan company that is providing not only the technology, they provide the devices for all the aging people.
That basically, they are entering in, gathering the information using the telecom networks and offering to the end users in the telecom, in the mobile users, to using like a watch or other devices, gather information about all the vital information and gather this information into an AI platform and analyze the situation and call to emergencies or asking for supervising and this kind of services is that we are going to offer. At this point, we reach an agreement, a prior agreement, with this company. We are working on the products and services, and we are planning to launch them in 40 days in the International Telecoms Week in Washington.
Our idea is to offer to our customers, a solution for they can offer to the end users and, taking advantage that we have built these relations, that our customers trust in us, and we are going to offer something very valuable for the end users. That is collecting data and monitoring the health of the aging people. That's the strategy that we are following. At this point, we are working in the portfolio of products that we are going to launch and preparing all the marketing materials. We are really excited about this opportunity, Barry.
Okay, that's very.
Let me add something about this, Barry. Remember we have 600 interconnection agreement with the biggest mobile and telecom operators around the world. They serve 2.3 billion end users. Just imagine the huge opportunity that we have here by providing our customers, the telecom operators, the opportunity to pass through their end users these kind of services and devices. This is where the opportunity lies.
Okay. That's very helpful. I wanted to also ask a question. If we look at the results that you've just reported, and I haven't read the 10-K yet, seen the 10-K yet, and that'll have a lot more detail. Over the last couple of years, you've done a number of acquisitions. I don't know if my number's right, but I count nine major acquisitions. You still, when we talked, they were different software platforms. You were looking to, first of all, get everything onto an integrated voice platform, then you were going to do SMS next. If you could give us a sense of where we are on that integration process, what are the financial impacts? Are there still margin improvements to come in 2026 and future as a result of that integration? Is it all done?
Then also on those prior acquisitions, you have a lot of acquisitions where you initially bought 51%, but you have the rights to go up to 49%. Where are we on that process? Particularly, the one I'm really interested obviously is QXTEL. If you could talk a little about that, please.
Sure, Barry. Listen, this is not a question. This is like three questions. No problem. We are going to try to address all of them. Listen, let's start talking about the minority interest acquisition that we are in the process to perform. In some of the companies that we acquired at 51%, we have been working with them in the process to complete the acquisition of the minority interest because our vision is to create one single, big corporation with all the services in order to reduce the technical and technological platform costs, reduce the executive payroll, increase the synergies, maximize the opportunities between the different markets and different traffic that we have in the switch. This is something that we are in the process, and we are going to execute this plan this year.
Our idea is to close those acquisitions, and we have the goal to take control of the 100% of the companies that are going to represent the 95% of our revenue and the 95% of our EBITDA and net income and cash. It is something that is going to happen, planned to happen this year, and this is something that is very valuable to us in order to gather all of our operations and create the maximum synergies possible.
At the same time, we have been working on getting one single platform for all the subsidiaries. At this point today, we have three full subsidiaries running in the same platform, that is QXTEL, Etelix, and SwissLink. They are running in full in the whole business for the voice, and we are moving the SMS business to this year. That's the plan.
We are going to have the 95% of the revenue and the EBITDA in one single platform too. Our idea is clear, is to create a corporation having everything in one platform and increase the synergies and reduce the cost. The initial impact that we have predicted for having all the companies in one single platform is in two avenues. The first avenue is in cost reductions about the technological side. The second avenue is about the synergies that you are going to create, and having this seamless management through the different companies and interconnections and all the things. Listen, we have been doing this process for almost a year. We started in 2025, and this process has been a complex process.
Remember that when we say that we have 600 high-value interconnections with the largest telecommunications companies around the world, we are talking about technical interconnections, security standpoints, commercial standpoints, agreements standpoint. To move everything to one single platform is something that we started, and listen, we don't want to miss anything of the opportunities in this process, and this has to be done seamless in order for our customers and our vendors and our employees too. At this point, the plan is having the 100% of the companies for the 95% and 95% of the revenue and the EBITDA and the net income, and the 95% of the revenue is going to be in one single platform. We are in this process.
Giving you a number that is our expectation, I believe that Alvaro could drill down this number, but we think that we are going to save around $500,000, half a million dollars per year, just in savings and cost reductions for having everything in one single platform. I don't know, Alvaro, if you can give more details about all this strategy.
Sure. Barry, there is a figure that you will see in the 10-K that is the intercompany revenue, is shown in a couple of tables in the 10-K. That number went from $22 million in 2024 to $41 million in 2023. We almost double the business that is being done among all our subsidiaries. That means in practical sense that, for example, Etelix is sending traffic to SwissLink or QXTEL or Whisl or Smartbiz, taking advantage of better cost termination and better quality.
That's a clear example of how we are managing the synergies among all our subsidiaries. That is also impacting our gross margin percentage, that increased 26% from 2024-2025. Synergies are there. We are proving our business model is working. As Leandro mentioned, we are just in the first phase. Now we are implementing a reduction in operational cost, administrative cost.
We are finalizing the integration in just one switching platform for all subsidiaries or most of them. I think the numbers are real and are already impacting our financial results.
Okay. That's very helpful. My next question, you have recently publicly laid out a roadmap for acquisitions in 2026. Leandro, I know that in the past, almost all of your acquisitions, maybe all of them, have been of companies where you've been in the business for many decades, and you've made a lot of relationships. Most of the acquisitions in the past have been companies that were run by people that you've known and worked with for many years. Is that still the model? Then the acquisitions that you've laid out for this year, are you still leveraging that? Then how many more of these do you have in your back pocket that you could pull the trigger on? Companies where you know the CEO, you work with them, and you could grow the company through acquisition.
Thank you, Barry. You put me in a tough situation, telling this to them. Let me try to answer this without saying something that I cannot say. Well, listen. The path of our company is clear. We have the intention to acquire a couple of companies, and we have the goal to reach the $50 million EBITDA run rate for this year. To do that, we have two acquisitions on the radar. One has been already negotiated.
We are entering into the purchase agreement. Something that we are going to do this year that is going to be a new thing for the shareholder is when we are going to send a proxy to the shareholders, explaining all the economics behind this acquisition, to get the approval from them. That's the first thing. Each of them is going to add around $5-$6 million EBITDA.
In both cases, we are talking about three-four years payment terms contingent on results. It's something that is not going to put pressure on our cash flow, and it's going to be very manageable for us, those acquisitions. In one of the companies, in this case, Barry, are people that I have been working with them for 10, 15 years, and the other is a company that has been introduced by one of our subsidiaries and has a very strong value because it's going to add eight countries in penetration and something, and we are really excited about this process.
Listen, the new here in this process is that we are going to file this in a proxy and explaining to the shareholders that what is going to be the decision and what economic is going to be with this acquisition, and they are going to vote about this. We are on track on this. Listen, the current business that we have, we are in the process of having all the business moved to one single platform, the minority interest acquisition, and third one, complete those acquisition with this. Listen, the big picture of this is that this picture is going to be that we are going to have presence around 30 countries around the world, and we are going to have 50-700 largest interconnections and business relations with the largest telecom companies around the world.
We are really excited about this, all this process and everything. Listen. We have been working in telecommunications, adding FinTech services at the same time. We have a lot of products and services with AI that we have launched, and we start to generate the traction, the commercial traction for them, because we want to be perceived by the market like a high-tech telecommunications company. We are adding AI services over our current services. More than this, in this event in Washington, we are going to launch our cybersecurity solutions for the telecom industry because we have a sibling company that is Cycurion, that we are going to use their platform to sell to our customers too. In addition, we are going to launch our digital health services too.
We are in this process of growth, creating new verticals, and taking advantage of the business relations that we have. If I have to say something summarizing, in an elevator pitch, about our company, our company is way more than a telecommunication or technology company. Our company is a very sophisticated business distribution channel around all the largest telecommunications companies around the world that we have been building these relations for years, selling millions of dollars.
They trust in us, and this is the right time to taking advantage of those B2B relations with the top executives on those companies and start offering high services, high technological services, and high value, high margins. We are in this point that the company is going to start to generate new revenue streams with high margin, and we are really excited about all this process.
In addition, of course, of the things that I said about the acquisitions and growing our current business and improving the platform and everything. We are in this turning point for the company, for the growing and the things that we are going to be because we have something very valuable. Listen, you have maybe to try to build all those relations, and maybe you need years and invest millions of U.S. dollars to try to build those relations, and the business relation that we have is the real value of our company nowadays, and right now, the management is working to take advantage of this and explore it. Alvaro, I don't know if you want to add anything at this point.
No, I think you summarized it very well.
Perfect.
One more question, if you don't mind. Leandro, you just mentioned you're looking to have a presence in 30 countries. One of those countries, Venezuela, is obviously very important to the company, as well as to the executives personally, and we've seen some very positive changes recently in Venezuela. Do you see opportunities as a result of the changes that are happening in Venezuela that IQSTEL can take advantage of?
Sure. Well, listen. When we were talking about 30 countries, we are thinking in eight, nine countries in other continents, different than America. Venezuela is a particular case because Alvaro and I were born in Venezuela, even though I moved from Venezuela 12 years ago. I have been living in other country, in Spain. Because Spain is like the center of our operation, because we have operations in 21 countries, and it's strategically for the operation.
Talking about Venezuela, at this point, we are exploring things, and we have been evaluating to start to exploring what are going to be the participation of IQSTEL could have in Venezuela nowadays. To be completely honest, all the meetings that we have had, they see that being a NASDAQ U.S. company, for the current political trend that Venezuela has, is a strength, to be completely honest.
Listen, whatever we are going to do in Venezuela is something related with technology, in high technological services, high margin services, and we want to be sure that it's going to be a solid step, whatever we are going to do. Of course, Barry, to be completely straightforward, we are evaluating this, but we haven't carried this, bring this to the board of directors yet because we want to have the whole plan development before to start moving ahead. It's just a thing that we are evaluating so far. I don't know, Alvaro, because this is part of the things that you are leading, that you can say about this.
We are keeping an eye on the situation of how it's been developing. Of course, we have direct contact with CEOs on the C-levels in the telecom operators in Venezuela. We used to do business with all of them in the past. Of course, the opportunity is there, and we are going to take advantage of our knowledge of the market, our connections, and, of course, if that bring value to our business, we are going to do it, for sure.
Okay. Thank you very much, gentlemen. Those are my questions.
Once again, if you would like to ask a question, please press star, then the number one on your telephone keypad. That concludes our question and answer session. I would now like to turn the conference back over to Leandro Iglesias, President and CEO, for any further remarks.
Thank you. I truly believe I want to say something to takeaway from this call. We are in the process to improve the communications with our shareholders and creating value for our shareholders. We added a professional IR firm to improve the communication, and we promised that we are going to start to giving these earnings calls on a quarterly basis with the intention to having the opportunity to all the shareholders asking us about the company and everything. We are going to be keeping working on this path. Listen, to takeaway from this call, I want to say something. We have been developing this great company that we have, creating 600 business relations with the largest telecommunications companies around the world, and we have the 2.3 billion end users to reach through them.
More than this, I want that you see IQSTEL more than a telecommunication company that is entering in FinTech and in other technologies. See IQSTEL like a powerful distribution channel to the largest telecommunications companies around the world to offer them high-tech, high-margin services. Listen, we already have in the company things that maybe you need years and millions of dollars to invest to create those relations.
Maybe you cannot make it, and we already have in the company. We are right now in the process to taking advantage of all those relations, improving value-added services, and high technology services to our customers, and we are really excited. We are pretty sure that sooner than later, the market is going to understand that the real value of our company is not just the revenue and all the things that we have.
It's the commercial business platform that we have, and this is distribution channel, and we are really excited about the launch of cybersecurity in 40 days, and the launch of digital health services. Because in the case of digital health services, and we issue a press release today about this, just using conservative projection, it's a multi-billion business opportunity for us. We are in this point where the company is going to turning the corner and start growing the business in a very fantastic way. Over the next months, you are going to see the transformation, where the company is nowadays, where the company is going to be, and becoming in a $1 billion revenue company. We are really excited because of the moment that we are living nowadays. Alvaro, do you want to add anything?
Basically, say thank you to all the people that joined the call. We are very pleased with your presence here. We are working hard, continue doing business every day, for the good of our shareholders. Basically, say thank you for your support, for looking after our company. Goodbye everybody.
Goodbye, and thank you very much for supporting and attending to this earnings call. Thank you.
This concludes today's call. Thank you so much for attending. You may now disconnect and have a wonderful rest of your day.
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-04-01IQST - IQSTEL Inc. Announces Investor Conference Call to Discuss Q4 2025 and Full Year 2025 Financial Results
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IQST - IQSTEL Inc. Announces Investor Conference Call to Discuss Q4 2025 and Full Year 2025 Financial Results
Company to Present Strategic Expansion into Digital Health as a New High-Growth Vertical NEW YORK, March 31, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- IQSTEL Inc. (NASDAQ: IQST) a rapidly growing global telecommunications and technology company, today announced that it will host an investor conference call to discuss its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2025. A full copy of the Company's annual Form 10-K report will be available at www.sec.gov. Conference Call Details IQSTEL's management team, including Leandro Iglesias (Chief Executive Officer) and Alvaro Cardona (Chief Financial Officer), will host an investor conference call on: April 7, 2026 8:30 AM ET Management will provide commentary on Q4 2025 and full year 2025 results, strategic progress, and the Company's outlook for 2026. Time permitting, management will answer investor questions during a live Q&A session. A replay of the call will be made available on the Company's website. Webcast / Registration To join the conference call webcast, please visit the "Investors" section of the IQSTEL corporate website at www.iqstel.com, or use the dial-in details to be provided upon registration. Review of Financial Performance and IQSTEL Business Platform Value During the call, management will review the Company's current financial performance and provide additional insight into the underlying value of its business platform. IQSTEL has built a strong and scalable commercial platform, which already reaches over 600 of the largest telecom operators around the world, enabling the Company to generate a growing revenue base and expand globally with efficiency. This platform represents a key strategic asset, providing: A global distribution network across multiple regions and time zones Access to a vast base of end users through telecom operator partners The ability to rapidly deploy new products and services without building infrastructure from scratch Management will explain how this platform serves as the foundation for revenue growth, margin expansion, and the successful rollout of new high-tech service offerings. Expanding into Digital Health – A New High-Growth Vertical As part of its strategic evolution, IQSTEL will discuss entering the Digital Health market, establishing a new business vertical focused on delivering technology-driven healthcare services. This initiative builds on IQSTEL's p...
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2025-11-14IQST - IQSTEL Reports Record Q3 2025 Results: $102.8 Million Quarterly Revenue, 42% Sequential Growth, and Strengthened Balance Sheet
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IQST - IQSTEL Reports Record Q3 2025 Results: $102.8 Million Quarterly Revenue, 42% Sequential Growth, and Strengthened Balance Sheet
IQSTEL Reports $12.23 in Assets per Share and $4.66 in Equity per Share, Reinforcing One of the Strongest Balance Sheets Among Emerging Tech Corporations on NASDAQ — Company Plans to Distribute a $500,000 Dividend in Shares by December 31, 2025 NEW YORK, Nov. 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- IQSTEL Inc. (NASDAQ: IQST), a Global Connectivity, AI, and Digital Corporation, today announced its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2025, delivering record revenue growth, solid profitability metrics, and further strengthening its balance sheet as it continues executing its expansion strategy. Q3 2025 Financial Highlights Revenue (Q3 2025): $102.8 million vs. $72.1 million in Q2 2025 (+42% QoQ) and compared to $54.2 million in Q3 2024 (+90% YoY) Revenue (9 months ended Sept 30): $232.6 million vs. $184.3 million in 2024 (+26% YoY) Gross Revenue: $118.5 million (including $15.7 million intercompany revenue, highlighting strong subsidiary synergy) Adjusted EBITDA (Q3 2025): $683,189 (Telecom: $604,514 | Fintech: $78,675) Revenue Run Rate: $411.5 million Adjusted EBITDA Run Rate: $2.73 million Assets: $46.8 million ($12.23 per share) as of September 30, 2025 Stockholders' Equity: $17.8 million ($4.66 per share) as of September 30, 2025 which represent an increase of 50.02% with respect to $11.9 million as of December 31, 2024 Shares Outstanding: 3,832,470 as of September 30, 2025 IQSTEL reaffirms it is on track to achieve its full-year 2025 revenue forecast of $340 million, driven by sustained organic growth across its Telecom, Fintech, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Cybersecurity divisions. The company maintains a strong balance sheet with no dilutive debt, no convertible notes, and no warrants outstanding. Q3 2025 Strategic Highlights Acquisition of Globetopper (51% Ownership): Strengthens IQSTEL's global footprint and establishes a revenue mix of approximately 80% Telecom and 20% Fintech, enhancing diversification and profitability. Debt-Free Status: IQSTEL confirms it is a dilutive debt-free company, with no convertible notes and no warrants outstanding, providing shareholders with a clean, efficient capital structure. Partnership with Cycurion (NASDAQ: CYCU): IQSTEL and Cycurion agreed to exchange $1 million in shares, forming a sibling-company alliance to develop next-generation AI-driven cybersecurity solutions. Both companies will distribute $...
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2025-08-14IQST - IQSTEL Reports Q2 2025 Results - $17.41 Assets per Share, Beating Several Metrics Including Net Shareholders' Equity, Gross Revenue, Gross Margin, Net Income, and Adjusted EBITDA of the Operating Business, Alongside Strong Equity Growth, Margin Expansion, and Rising Profitability
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IQST - IQSTEL Reports Q2 2025 Results - $17.41 Assets per Share, Beating Several Metrics Including Net Shareholders' Equity, Gross Revenue, Gross Margin, Net Income, and Adjusted EBITDA of the Operating Business, Alongside Strong Equity Growth, Margin Expansion, and Rising Profitability
The company is evolving from a Telecom and Technology business into a Global Connectivity & AI Technology Corporation NEW YORK, Aug. 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- IQSTEL Inc. (NASDAQ: IQST) today announced its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2025, reporting substantial growth in shareholder equity, improved gross margins, and increased profitability in its telecom division. Q2 2025 Highlights: Net Shareholder Equity increased from $11.9 million in December 2024 to $14.29 million as of June 30, 2025 — not yet including the benefit of a $3.5 million debt reduction announced in July, expected to be reflected in Q3. Gross Revenues (before intercompany eliminations) up 17% year-over-year for the first six months of 2025, increasing from $132.58 million in H1 2024 to $155.15 million in H1 2025, with 100% of this growth being organic. Gross Margin improved by 7.45% compared to the same period in 2024. Telecom Division Net Income rose 29.94% quarter-over-quarter to $321,321, with EBITDA of $1.1 million for the first half of 2025. Assets per Share: $17.41 | Equity per Share: $4.84 (pre-debt reduction impact). "Our Q2 results confirm the strength of our balance sheet, the profitability of our core business, and the scalability of our operations," said Leandro Jose Iglesias, CEO of IQSTEL. "With accelerating adjusted EBITDA and the positive impact of our debt reduction coming in Q3, we are well-positioned for a strong second half of 2025." SHAREHOLDERS LETTER IQSTEL Inc. – Q2 2025 Shareholders Letter Dear Shareholders, We are pleased to share with you the highlights from our Q2 2025 results, which reflect the continued strength of our operations, the resilience of our business model, and our ongoing commitment to creating shareholder value. Strong Balance Sheet and Shareholder Value Creation Net Shareholder's Equity increased from $11,900,263 at December 31, 2024 to $14,288,000 by June 30, 2025 — a clear demonstration of the strength of our balance sheet and our ability to build value for shareholders. This $14.29 million in equity does not yet include the impact of the $3.5 million debt reduction, which occurred in Q3, and will be reflected in our Q3 2025 Form 10-Q and is expected to have a very significant positive effect on equity per share. Additionally, between May and June 2025, approximately $3.6 million was converted into common shares, and t...

