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Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-05-28SMRT Holdings Berhad's (KLSE:SMRT) Conservative Accounting Might Explain Soft Earnings
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SMRT Holdings Berhad's (KLSE:SMRT) Conservative Accounting Might Explain Soft Earnings
SMRT Holdings Berhad's (KLSE:SMRT) earnings announcement last week didn't impress shareholders. Despite the soft profit numbers, our analysis has optimistic about the overall quality of the income statement. This technology could replace computers: discover the 20 stocks are working to make quantum computing a reality. Many investors haven't heard of the accrual ratio from cashflow, but it is actually a useful measure of how well a company's profit is backed up by free cash flow (FCF) during a given period. The accrual ratio subtracts the FCF from the profit for a given period, and divides the result by the average operating assets of the company over that time. The ratio shows us how much a company's profit exceeds its FCF. That means a negative accrual ratio is a good thing, because it shows that the company is bringing in more free cash flow than its profit would suggest. While having an accrual ratio above zero is of little concern, we do think it's worth noting when a company has a relatively high accrual ratio. To quote a 2014 paper by Lewellen and Resutek, "firms with higher accruals tend to be less profitable in the future". Over the twelve months to March 2026, SMRT Holdings Berhad recorded an accrual ratio of -0.26. Therefore, its statutory earnings were very significantly less than its free cashflow. Indeed, in the last twelve months it reported free cash flow of RM38m, well over the RM19.2m it reported in profit. SMRT Holdings Berhad shareholders are no doubt pleased that free cash flow improved over the last twelve months. That might leave you wondering what analysts are forecasting in terms of future profitability. Luckily, you can click here to see an interactive graph depicting future profitability, based on their estimates. Happily for shareholders, SMRT Holdings Berhad produced plenty of free cash flow to back up its statutory profit numbers. Based on this observation, we consider it possible that SMRT Holdings Berhad's statutory profit actually understates its earnings potential! Better yet, its EPS are growing strongly, which is nice to see. The goal of this article has been to assess how well we can rely on the statutory earnings to reflect the company's potential, but there is plenty more to consider. So while earnings quality is important, it's equally important to consider the risks facing SMRT Holdings Berhad at this point in time. T...
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-05-16The 5 Most Interesting Analyst Questions From SmartRent’s Q1 Earnings Call
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The 5 Most Interesting Analyst Questions From SmartRent’s Q1 Earnings Call
SmartRent’s first quarter performance met Wall Street’s earnings expectations but prompted a significant negative market reaction, driven by concerns around top-line contraction and missed recurring revenue targets. Management highlighted a 10% expansion in its IoT footprint and continued cost alignment, noting that gross margin improved through lower hardware costs and a shift toward higher-margin services. CEO Frank Martell described the period as a “proof point” for SmartRent’s operational discipline, but acknowledged lingering headwinds from cautious customer capital deployment and the impact of contract renewal work on new bookings. Is now the time to buy SMRT? Find out in our full research report (it’s free). Revenue: $38.68 million vs analyst estimates of $38.15 million (6.4% year-on-year decline, 1.4% beat) Adjusted EPS: -$0.02 vs analyst estimates of -$0.01 ($0.01 miss) Adjusted EBITDA: $374,000 vs analyst estimates of $875,500 (1% margin, relatively in line) Operating Margin: -13.2%, up from -99.9% in the same quarter last year Annual Recurring Revenue: $60.9 million vs analyst estimates of $62.97 million (8.9% year-on-year growth, miss) Billings: $29.04 million at quarter end, up 14.9% year on year Market Capitalization: $219.2 million While we enjoy listening to the management's commentary, our favorite part of earnings calls are the analyst questions. Those are unscripted and can often highlight topics that management teams would rather avoid or topics where the answer is complicated. Here is what has caught our attention. Ryan John Tomasello (KBW) asked about initiatives to scale the sales organization, including hiring plans and VAR expansion. CEO Frank Martell explained the company aims to double its sales team and onboard up to ten VAR partners, noting that these changes should improve bookings over the next four quarters. Ryan John Tomasello (KBW) inquired about the impact and scope of legacy contract renewals on pricing and unit coverage. CFO Daryl Stemm stated that roughly one-third of current deployed units are subject to renewal, with initial renewals delivering average price increases of 33%. Ryan John Tomasello (KBW) questioned the sequential decline in ARR and SaaS ARPU despite installed unit growth. Stemm attributed this to higher churn in Smart Operations solutions, partially offset by new deployments, and indicated that further AR...
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-05-07SmartRent, Inc. Q1 2026 Earnings Call Summary
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SmartRent, Inc. Q1 2026 Earnings Call Summary
Achieved a 10% year-over-year expansion of the IoT footprint to 911,000 units, driven by a focus on converting the 85% 'white space' within existing customer portfolios. Delivered a second consecutive quarter of positive adjusted EBITDA, attributed to a 32% reduction in operating expenses and structural process reengineering. Improved gross margins by 630 basis points through aggressive cost alignment and a 15% reduction in cost of sales despite lower total revenue. Initiated a hardware refresh cycle for long-tenured customers as early-generation equipment reaches end-of-life, creating a recurring hardware revenue stream. Launched a Value-Added Reseller (VAR) program to penetrate the small and medium multifamily market in a capital-efficient manner without scaling direct sales headcount. Transitioned professional services from a $3.4 million loss to breakeven, reflecting durable ARPU increases and improved installation execution discipline. Management expects to eclipse the 1 million IoT unit installation milestone in 2027 as part of the 'March to 1 million' initiative. Guidance assumes the second half of 2026 will be stronger than the first as new enterprise sales reps reach full productivity and the VAR channel begins contributing. Full-year expectations include positive adjusted EBITDA and positive free cash flow, viewing Q1 cash use as a seasonal anomaly related to incentive compensation. Non-cash hub amortization revenue is projected to decline to less than $5 million for the full year, which management views as improving the overall quality of the revenue mix. Strategic focus remains on doubling the internal sales team and securing 8 to 10 VAR partners over the next four quarters to accelerate the bookings rate. GAAP net loss narrowed significantly from $40 million to $4 million, primarily due to the absence of a $24.9 million non-cash goodwill impairment charge taken in 2025. Bookings declined 9% year-over-year, which management attributed to cyclical timing issues and sales capacity being diverted to contract renegotiations rather than structural demand loss. The company maintains a strong liquidity position with $99 million in cash and no debt, providing flexibility for the Vision 2028 execution. Management noted that while customers remain cautious due to the macro environment, the ROI of the platform remains a compelling driver for long-term deman...
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-05-06SmartRent Reports First Quarter 2026 Financial Results
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SmartRent Reports First Quarter 2026 Financial Results
Annual Recurring Revenue ("ARR") increased 9% as Units Deployed Grew 10% Year Over Year; Company Delivers Second Straight Quarter of Positive Adjusted EBITDA and Significantly Reduced Net Loss PHOENIX, May 06, 2026--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SmartRent, Inc. (NYSE: SMRT) ("SmartRent" or the "Company"), a leading provider of smart communities and operations solutions for the rental housing industry, today reported financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2026. First Quarter 2026 Highlights; Total Revenue of $38.7 million was down 6% from the prior year, primarily attributable to a large hardware order which has no counterpart in the first quarter of 2026. Core Revenue of $36.6 million was essentially flat year over year, after removing the effects of non-cash hub amortization. Annual Recurring Revenue ("ARR") increased by 9% year over year to $60.9 million, now representing 39% of total first quarter revenue. Net loss of $4.4 million was $35.8 million lower than the prior year. The lower net loss was attributable primarily to a $24.9 million non-cash goodwill impairment charge recorded in the first quarter of 2025 as well as significantly lower direct and indirect costs resulting from the Company's ongoing productivity initiatives. Adjusted EBITDA of $0.4 million, compared with $(6.4) million from the prior year. The $6.8 million year over year improvement was driven principally by ARR growth and the benefits of the Company's ongoing productivity initiatives. Units Deployed Reaches 911,244 Units, up 10% year over year. Company maintained a strong liquidity position, including $99 million in cash and an undrawn $75 million credit facility. "SmartRent delivered a strong first quarter building off the momentum of the second half of 2025. We significantly reduced our net loss and delivered our second straight quarter of positive Adjusted EBITDA, fueled by efficiency gains and higher levels of recurring revenue. The first quarter of 2026 represents the third straight quarter of delivering on our commitments to our stakeholders," commented Frank Martell, President and Chief Executive Officer of SmartRent. Martell added, "With over 600 property owners and operators utilizing SmartRent's industry leading platform and solutions, we are uniquely positioned to continue to expand our footprint and deliver strong ROI to our current and prospective customers. Over the...
TranscriptFY2026 Q12026-05-06FY2026 Q1 earnings call transcript
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FY2026 Q1 earnings call transcript
Hello, everyone. Thank you for joining us, and welcome to SmartRent First Quarter 2026 earnings release. After today's prepared remarks, we will host a question and answer session. If you would like to ask a question, please press star 1 to raise your hand. To withdraw your question, press star 1 again. I will now hand the conference over to Kelly Reisdorf, Head of Investor Relations. Please go ahead.
Hello, and thank you for joining us today. My name is Kelly Reisdorf, Head of Investor Relations for SmartRent. I'm joined today by our President and Chief Executive Officer, Frank Martell, and Daryl Stemm, Chief Financial Officer. Before the market opened today, we issued an earnings release and filed our 10-Q with the SEC, both of which are available on the investor relations section of our website. Before I turn the call over to Frank, I would like to remind everyone that the discussion today may contain certain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Various factors could cause our actual results to be materially different from any future results expressed or implied by such statements. These factors are discussed in our SEC filings, including in our annual report on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q.
We undertake no obligation to provide updates regarding forward-looking statements made during this call, and we recommend that all investors review these reports thoroughly before taking a financial position in SmartRent. During today's call, we will refer to certain non-GAAP financial measures. A discussion of these non-GAAP financial measures, along with the reconciliation to the most directly comparable GAAP measure, is included in today's earnings release. We would also like to highlight that our quarterly earnings presentation is available on the investor relations section of our website. With that, I will turn the call over to Frank.
Good morning, everyone. My remarks today are going to focus on the more notable financial and operational accomplishments the team delivered in the first quarter. This progress builds on the momentum we achieved in the second half of 2025. I will also provide some important color on the progress that we're making driving our imperatives that underpin our Vision 2028 strategic plan. Daryl will close out our prepared remarks today with a more detailed financial discussion. Over the past three quarters, we have focused aggressively on strengthening our leadership team, right-sizing our cost structure, driving increasing levels of operating leverage through process reengineering and automation, and finally, investing in our go-to-market and technology capabilities. I believe that the benefits of this focus were evident in our first quarter operating and financial results.
From my point of view, some of the more important proof points of our progress in Q1 are the following. First, we grew our IoT footprint 10% in Q1 from the prior year. At the end of March, SmartRent's industry-leading IoT technology solutions are now deployed in over 911,000 rental units across the U.S. These units provide our owner and operator customers with a proven rate of return on their investment while significantly enhancing the experience of their residents. We expect to eclipse the 1 million level for IoT unit installations in the first half of 2027. Second, ARR revenue grew 9% year-over-year to $61 million or approximately 39% of our total revenue. We expect to drive higher levels of ARR and profitability over the medium to longer term as we continue to expand our deployed IoT footprint.
Third, gross profit and margin for Q1 totaled $15 million and 39% respectively. Gross margins were up 630 basis points in Q1. The upswing in gross profit and margins were driven by a 15% year-over-year reduction in cost of sales and a 32% reduction in operating expenses. Fourth, we delivered positive adjusted EBITDA of approximately $0.4 million in Q1. This was our second consecutive quarter of positive adjusted EBITDA. Our net loss on a GAAP basis fell from $40 million to $4 million year-over-year, benefiting from significantly lower cost run rates and a 2025 non-cash impairment charge that has no counterpart in Q1 of 2026. Finally, we ended March with $99 million of cash and no debt, providing us with the financial flexibility to execute against Vision 2028 with confidence.
Our focus and accomplishments so far in 2026 are part of a longer-term strategy which we call Vision 2028. I discussed Vision 2028 in some depth on our last earnings call. As you may remember, it's a three-year program built around two clear priorities. First, accelerating profitable growth by expanding our installed IoT footprint at a compound double-digit growth rate from 2026 through 2028, and at the same time, expanding our portfolio of data-driven insights and solutions that deliver industry-leading customer ROI. Second, achieving higher levels of profitability and cash flow through accelerated growth and a highly scalable operating model. We will operationalize these priorities through the execution of five strategic pillars. First, growing our installed base at a double-digit pace. Second, scaling a world-class go-to-market organization. Third, deepening platform integration with data, analytics, and AI.
Fourth, simplifying our hardware architecture while investing in next-generation capabilities. Lastly, strengthening our internal operating rigor to drive sustainable profit and free cash flow. I will provide more detail on each of these strategic pillars during subsequent calls. On this call, I plan to touch on our focus relative to accelerating profitable growth. Specifically, I believe that SmartRent has a number of significant opportunities in the following areas. Our first opportunity is centered around deepening our penetration within the portfolios of our existing customers. Currently, our installed base of 911,000 IoT units serves roughly 600 customers who collectively own or control more than 6 million units in the U.S. That means we have deployed smart technology in roughly 15% of the addressable portfolio within our existing customer base, and 85% remains a significant expansion opportunity.
Our March to One Million initiative is first and foremost a story about converting that white space. As our installed base matures, we are also focused on a second key growth opportunity, which is establishing a cadence of hardware refresh cycles, which is a natural milestone for a platform at our scale and one that deepens our relationships with our longest-tenured customers. Our IoT platform currently stands at over 911,000 units installed with Smart Hubs connected to more than 3 million devices across approximately 3,500 properties. Equipment deployed in the company's early years are now approaching end of life. We are working proactively with customers to plan on refreshes in an organized way. This ensures customers continue to benefit from our latest hardware and insights, and it gives SmartRent a sizable hardware revenue cadence as the business matures and equipment is replaced.
The third opportunity we have is expanding our reach to small and medium multifamily owners and operators as well as merchant builders through a dedicated SmartRent team supplemented by the value-added reseller or VAR program that we recently launched. That program is designed to access this opportunity in a capital-efficient way, leveraging partners with established market presence rather than scaling a direct sales force to effectively address this segment. Our fourth growth opportunity is expanding our software and hardware solution sets that are powered by AI as well as our unique data repository. SmartRent's market leadership has been built on delivering measurable and significant ROI for its customers. We believe that we can expand the benefits within our existing footprint and for new customers through the introduction of solutions that leverage the unique insights from our data collected from millions of connected devices.
We're accelerating our use of AI and other techniques that make the adoption of additional solutions in the near to medium term a significant opportunity for the company. Looking forward to the remainder of this year, we remain laser-focused on expanding our footprint of installed IoT units in line with our March to 1 million program. Despite current market headwinds, we are pushing to accelerate the growth of our core revenues while delivering positive adjusted EBITDA and cash flow for the full year. In terms of the market, although many of our customers remain cautious, we believe our solutions provide compelling ROI in all market conditions and that the long-term demand picture for our platform remains positive as market fundamentals gradually improve. Daryl will provide additional color around market conditions in a couple of minutes.
To wrap up my prepared remarks today, I want to acknowledge the hard work and dedication of the SmartRent team as well as the support of our shareholders. Over the past three quarters, we've made significant progress on many critical fronts and are now increasingly well positioned to achieve our goals that we have outlined in our Vision 2028 strategic plan. With that said, I'll now turn the call over to Daryl.
Thank you, Frank, and good morning, everyone. Today, I'll walk you through our first quarter financial results in more detail, covering revenue, margins, operating expenses, and cash, and then offer some perspective on how we're thinking about the rest of the year. Total revenue for the first quarter was $38.7 million, a decrease of approximately 6% from $41.3 million in the first quarter of 2025, driven primarily by a $2.6 million decline in non-cash hub amortization revenue and a hardware comparison against an especially strong prior year quarter. Although total revenue was down 6%, importantly, cost of sales were down by 15%, primarily driven by our cost alignment actions in the second half of 2025.
Excluding non-cash hub amortization, core revenue was $36.6 million, essentially flat to the $36.7 million in the prior year quarter. We believe that's the more representative measure of the underlying volume of our business. Within the revenue mix, SaaS revenue was $15.2 million, up 9% year-over-year. SaaS revenue now represents 39% of total revenue. Hardware revenue was $15.4 million, down 18% year-over-year from $18.8 million, which included an unusually large customer order that contributed to an elevated prior year comparison. Professional services revenue was $6 million, up 55% year-over-year from $3.9 million in the prior year quarter, reflecting improved deployment volume within our installation teams.
Before I move to margins, I want to address bookings, which were 16,592 units, down 9% year-over-year. There were 4 things that impacted bookings in the first quarter. 4 things drove the shortfall. First, our new enterprise reps are still ramping. Q1 reflects early-stage output from a team that isn't yet at full productivity. Second, our contract renewal work shifted some signings into later quarters. Third, hardware refresh conversations with long-tenured customers consume sales capacity that would otherwise have gone towards new bookings. Fourth, the broader market environment has operators being deliberate about capital deployment decisions in a way that affects the timing of new commitments. These are timing and ramp issues. In other words, these are cyclical and not structural demand issues.
Total gross profit was $15.1 million compared to $13.6 million in the first quarter of 2025, with total gross margin expanding approximately 630 basis points year-over-year to 39.1% from 32.8%. This improvement reflects the structural cost actions we took in the second half of 2025, better operating discipline, and a more favorable revenue mix as SaaS becomes a larger share of the total. Professional services gross profit improved dramatically from a loss of $3.4 million in the prior year quarter to approximately break even in Q1 2026. This is now our third consecutive quarter of positive professional services margins, reflecting genuine structural improvement in how we're executing installations and durable ARPU increases.
Hardware gross margin was 18.2%, down approximately 760 basis points year-over-year, reflecting product mix and lower shipment volumes. Operating expenses in the first quarter were $20.2 million, a decrease of 32% from $29.9 million in the prior year quarter. That $9.7 million year-over-year reduction is the direct result of the cost alignment actions taken in the second half of 2025 and also reflects the elimination of one-time costs primarily related to concluded legal proceedings. At the same time, we're actively reinvesting in our go-to-market organization, and we believe the sales and marketing line on our income statement will increase as we add headcount and build out the commercial infrastructure Frank described in connection with the fulfillment of our Vision 2028 imperatives.
Net loss for the first quarter was $4.4 million compared to $40.2 million in the first quarter of 2025. The prior year figure included a $24.9 million goodwill impairment charge that does not have a current year counterpart. Excluding that, operational net loss improved from approximately $15.3 million to $4.4 million year-over-year, meaningful improvement driven by both margin expansion and the lower cost structure created by actions taken in the second half of 2025. Adjusted EBITDA was $0.4 million and was positive for the second consecutive quarter, compared to a loss of $6.4 million in the prior year quarter, reflecting the combined effect of SaaS margin expansion, cost discipline, and improved professional services execution.
We ended the quarter with $99 million in cash, no debt, and an undrawn $75 million credit facility. Cash decreased by approximately $6 million from approximately $105 million at the end of 2025. As we communicated previously, cash use in the first quarter was expected as these results reflect the timing of annual incentive compensation payments. We view this use of cash as seasonal rather than a go-forward cash consumption level. Working capital remained healthy. Accounts receivable declined to $36.8 million from $47.4 million at year-end, reflecting strong collections resulting from continued workflow changes executed in the quarter. Inventory came down to $24.4 million from $26.7 million, consistent with our more disciplined approach to hardware procurement and forecasting.
We remain confident in our ability to deliver positive adjusted EBITDA and positive free cash flow on a full year basis. Before opening the call for questions, I want to offer a few comments related to how we're thinking about the rest of the year. On revenue, we expect continued ARR growth, primarily driven by expansion of our installed base. Hub amortization revenue will continue to decline. It was $2.1 million in Q1, and we expect it to be less than $5 million for the full year, which creates a modest headwind to reported total revenue but improves the quality of our revenue mix as non-cash revenue becomes a smaller component.
We expect revenue to improve as the year progresses, primarily driven by our sales team reaching fuller productivity and our VAR channel beginning to contribute. We're not providing quarterly guidance, but we expect the second half of the year to be stronger than the first. Our expectation is to be adjusted EBITDA profitable for the full year. On cash, we expect to be free cash flow positive on a full year basis, with Q1 seasonal use not reflective of our expected annual results. With that, I'll turn the call back to the operator for questions.
Thank you. We will now begin the question and answer session. If you would like to ask a question, please press star one to raise your hand. To withdraw your question, press star one again. We ask that you pick up your handset when asking a question. If you're muted locally, please remember to unmute your device. Your first question comes from the line of Ryan Tomasello from KBW. Please go ahead.
Thanks. Was hoping you could elaborate on the initiatives underway to scale the sales organization. Just maybe any parameters around how many reps you currently have, sales reps you have, the hiring plans, and just overall, Frank, the strategy there to build out more capacity and improve the productivity. Thanks.
Sure. Yeah, thanks, Ryan. Look, we're gonna double the on staff sales team. We've been recruiting very heavily the last six months. We're trying to make sure that we get the highest quality people on board, so that takes a little bit of time. You know, we're gonna add about 25% in the next three months. We have those candidates identified. That's ongoing. Secondly, I would say that, you know, Daryl mentioned it, Ryan, but, you know, we've had a very heavy period of resetting the original kind of founder contract base that we have, which will make a significant difference in the profitability of the company going forward, and Daryl alluded to that.
There has been also this, you know, adding people, but also freeing up people that have been, you know, really working that effort to renegotiate those contracts. We're making significant progress there, but it takes a bit of time. You know, we launched a VAR program, and it's a very focused program around geographic white space and using, you know, really primarily installation partners that we feel really good about. We won't limit it to that, but that is the focus initially. We're getting good traction there. That's really primarily focused on getting a kind of an economical shot at the small and mid market.
You know, we have a, as I mentioned in my remarks, we have a pretty good opportunity in the existing customer base that we have. Also, you know, we really have a lot of white space in the mid and mass market. We're very hopeful, and I think we're ramping up. We should have a couple more partners. We have one on board now that we've worked with for many years. That's, I think, immediately accretive from an order book standpoint. You know, the plan is to get to, you know, kind of 8 to 10 over the next kind of 4 quarters. That's in progress as well. It's kinda internal, external, cleaning up the prior, you know, kinda contractual resi-regime.
All that's underway. It's not, it's really, you know, I would say normal operations, but we need to make sure we do that in a quality way. All that's underway, and I would expect that will have an impact on Q2, and then progressively, you know, thereafter, a more significant impact on the bookings rate.
Frank, thanks. I wanted to add one point with regards to the renewal activity. The renewal activity had no impact on the Q1 financial results. However, the completion of our first 3 renewals from early-stage customers by the end of this year should have a positive impact on our SaaS ARPU of about $0.05 per unit per month. That's pretty significant improvement, goes through to the bottom line, nice accretive impact to our profitability.
It also sets the stage for further SaaS ARPU improvements in the following years because those renewals have both escalation clauses built into them, as well as these customers expand across their portfolios, it'll have an improved or an increased impact as a result of more of their units being on the newer higher prices.
Appreciate all that. Then maybe just dovetailing on those legacy contracts, Daryl, the $0.05 uplift is nice to hear, but maybe if you could just maybe elaborate more broadly on approximately how many units those legacy contracts relate to, where the pricing stands on those, and just how you're thinking about the magnitude of what those renewal uplifts could look like, including on the 3 that you've gotten so far.
Yeah, well, the 3 on average have about a 33% increase on their original pricing. The primary impact is simply to bring those early customer contracts more in line with current market pricing. They receive large discounts when they originally signed because they were early adopters, would be point 1, and also these are relatively large customers, so they're going to enjoy the benefit of discounts based on their volume. Again, the notion is simply bring them more in line with current market pricing. We had very aggressive growth between the years 2019 and 2023. It's those units that are on our platforms that are really subject to these renewals.
Different customers have different lengths of subscription agreements, so we're really just now entering the first phase of these renewals. One last reminder that I'll provide there is that most of these customers, due to the size of their, due to the size of their portfolios, they rolled out deployments over multiple years. The reason why we don't see the impact of these renegotiations all at once is their own communities over a period of multiple years. Their individual community subscriptions will expire and then be renewed at these new higher prices. I would say just rough order of magnitude, we're talking about 1/3 of the current deployed units. About 900,000 in total, so abOut 300,000 are subject to these renewals.
Great. Just last one for me and before I'll hop back in the queue. Daryl, it looks like despite the sequential growth in installed units that ARR actually declined sequentially and SaaS ARPU declined sequentially. Anything to call out there in terms of drivers? Thanks.
I'd say the primary driver is two kind of counterbalancing items. One is we experienced some churn off of our Smart Operations solution that had a negative impact on SaaS ARPU of about $0.11. The addition of new deployed units mitigated about half of that reduction. We've, as a reminder, we've tended to experience higher churn on Smart Operations and virtually no churn off of the IoT portion of our solution set. We would expect that we'll continue to make up ground off of the Q1 losses through the continued deployment of new units as well as the impact of these renewal rates.
Great. Thanks for taking the questions.
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-04-16SmartRent to Report First Quarter 2026 Financial Results on May 6, 2026
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SmartRent to Report First Quarter 2026 Financial Results on May 6, 2026
PHOENIX, April 16, 2026--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SmartRent, Inc. (NYSE: SMRT) ("SmartRent" or the "Company"), the leading provider of smart communities solutions and smart operations solutions for the rental housing industry, today announced it will release first quarter 2026 results and host a conference call on Wednesday, May 6, 2026. First Quarter 2026 financial results will be released before the market opens, and at 11:30 a.m. ET, Frank Martell, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, and Daryl Stemm, Chief Financial Officer, will host a conference call and webcast to discuss the Company’s performance. The press release and supporting materials will be available in the Events and Presentations section of the Company’s Investor Relations website. SmartRent First Quarter 2026 Financial Results Conference Call Date: Wednesday, May 6, 2026 Time: 11:30 a.m. ET Dial-in: To access the conference call via telephone, please register here to be provided with dial-in details. To avoid delays, participants are encouraged to dial into the conference call 15 minutes ahead of the scheduled start time. Webcast: A live and archived webcast of the conference call will be accessible from the Events and Presentations section of the Company’s Investor Relations website at https://investors.smartrent.com. About SmartRent Founded in 2017, SmartRent, Inc. (NYSE: SMRT) is a leading provider of smart communities solutions and smart operations solutions to the rental housing industry. SmartRent’s end-to-end ecosystem powers smarter living and working in rental housing by automating operations, protecting assets, reducing energy consumption and more. The company’s differentiators - purpose-built software and hardware, and end-to-end implementation and support - create an exceptional experience, with 15 of the top 20 multifamily operators and millions of users leveraging SMRT solutions daily. For more information, please visit smartrent.com. View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260416279873/en/ Contacts Investor Contact Kelly Reisdorf - Head of Investor Relations [email protected] Media Contact Amanda Chavez - Vice President, Marketing and Communications [email protected]
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-04-15Q4 Internet of Things Earnings: SmartRent (NYSE:SMRT) Impresses
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Q4 Internet of Things Earnings: SmartRent (NYSE:SMRT) Impresses
As the Q4 earnings season comes to a close, it’s time to take stock of this quarter’s best and worst performers in the internet of things industry, including SmartRent (NYSE:SMRT) and its peers. Industrial Internet of Things (IoT) companies are buoyed by the secular trend of a more connected world. They often specialize in nascent areas such as hardware and services for factory automation, fleet tracking, or smart home technologies. Those who play their cards right can generate recurring subscription revenues by providing cloud-based software services, boosting their margins. On the other hand, if the technologies these companies have invested in don’t pan out, they may have to make costly pivots. The 6 internet of things stocks we track reported a strong Q4. As a group, revenues beat analysts’ consensus estimates by 2.1% while next quarter’s revenue guidance was in line. While some internet of things stocks have fared somewhat better than others, they have collectively declined. On average, share prices are down 4% since the latest earnings results. Founded by an employee at a real estate rental company, SmartRent (NYSE:SMRT) provides smart home devices and software for multifamily residential properties, single-family rental homes, and student housing communities. SmartRent reported revenues of $36.47 million, up 3.1% year on year. This print was in line with analysts’ expectations, and overall, it was an exceptional quarter for the company with EPS in line with analysts’ estimates and an impressive beat of analysts’ EBITDA estimates. The stock is down 7.1% since reporting and currently trades at $1.43. Is now the time to buy SmartRent? Access our full analysis of the earnings results here, it’s free. Playing a role in the construction of the Paris Grand, Trimble (NASDAQ:TRMB) offers geospatial devices and technology to the agriculture, construction, transportation, and logistics industries. Trimble reported revenues of $969.8 million, down 1.4% year on year, outperforming analysts’ expectations by 2.3%. The business had a strong quarter with a solid beat of analysts’ adjusted operating income and revenue estimates. However, the results were likely priced into the stock as it’s traded sideways since reporting. Shares currently sit at $66.98. Is now the time to buy Trimble? Access our full analysis of the earnings results here, it’s free. Founded in 1890, E...
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-03-05SmartRent Inc (SMRT) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Highlights: A Turnaround with Revenue Growth and ...
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SmartRent Inc (SMRT) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Highlights: A Turnaround with Revenue Growth and ...
This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Release Date: March 04, 2026 For the complete transcript of the earnings call, please refer to the full earnings call transcript. SmartRent Inc (NYSE:SMRT) achieved positive revenue growth for the first time in seven quarters, with a 13% increase in SaaS revenue. The company successfully reduced operating expenses by 22%, contributing to a significant reduction in net loss from $11.4 million to $3.2 million. SmartRent Inc (NYSE:SMRT) recorded positive adjusted EBITDA and improved cash flow, ending the year with $105 million in cash and no debt. The company expanded its executive leadership and go-to-market capabilities, supporting accelerated revenue growth. SmartRent Inc (NYSE:SMRT) is on track to reach 1 million installed units within the next 4 to 5 quarters, which is expected to drive further revenue growth and profitability. Total revenue for the full year was down 13% from the previous year, reflecting a transition away from bulk hardware transactions. Despite improvements, the company still reported a full-year net loss of $60.6 million, primarily due to a $24.9 million goodwill impairment charge. The company faces deployment timing variability and macroeconomic uncertainty, which could impact future performance. SmartRent Inc (NYSE:SMRT) is still in the process of building out its sales organization and installation teams to meet future targets. The company did not provide specific numeric guidance for 2026 revenue and EBITDA, indicating potential uncertainty in achieving targets. Warning! GuruFocus has detected 3 Warning Signs with SMRT. Is SMRT fairly valued? Test your thesis with our free DCF calculator. Q: In terms of the unit deployment goals, how much of that is being driven by existing customers versus net new logos? And what is the status of the sales organization and installation teams to execute these targets? A: Frank Martel, CEO, explained that most short-term growth in unit deployments comes from existing customers, with about 600 currently. The company is doubling the size of its sales organization and exploring partnerships to expand reach, particularly in the mid and mass market. Darryl Stem, CFO, added that while existing customers drive most growth, they are also targeting the small and medium market segments. Q: Regarding SaaS Average Revenue Per Unit (ARPU), what growth rates and overall C...
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-03-04SmartRent Reports Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2025 Financial Results
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SmartRent Reports Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2025 Financial Results
Company Delivers Fourth Quarter 2025 Year-Over-Year Revenue Growth, Positive Adjusted EBITDA, and Maintains Strong Liquidity PHOENIX, March 04, 2026--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SmartRent, Inc. (NYSE: SMRT) ("SmartRent" or the "Company"), a leading provider of smart communities and operations solutions for the rental housing industry, today reported financial results for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2025. Fourth Quarter 2025 Highlights; Total Revenue of $36.5 million, up 3% from prior year. Annual Recurring Revenue ("ARR") increased by 13% year over year to $61.6 million, now representing 42% of total revenue. Net loss aggregated $3.2 million compared with $11.4 million in the same quarter prior year. Improvement driven primarily by growth in ARR and lower costs attributable to the ongoing productivity program. Adjusted EBITDA of $0.2 million, compared with $(7.4) million from the prior year. Cash increased by $4.5 million, maintaining a strong liquidity position including $104.6 million in cash, and a fully undrawn $75 million credit facility. Full-Year 2025 Highlights; Total Revenue of $152.3 million, down 13% from prior year, primarily due to 2024 bulk hardware sales with no current year counterpart. Reduced total operating expenses by approximately $13.2 million, partially offset by the impact of lower hardware revenues. Net loss increased to $60.6 million, which included the impact of a goodwill impairment charge of $24.9 million, compared with $33.6 million in the prior year. Adjusted EBITDA was a loss of $16.4 million compared to a loss of $9.9 million in the prior year, primarily driven by operating losses incurred during the first half of 2025. "The second half and specifically the fourth quarter of 2025 were periods of substantial progress for SmartRent. We continued to grow our Annual Recurring Revenue at double digit rates and, for the first time in seven quarters, in the fourth quarter, the Company delivered year-over-year total revenue growth. We returned to positive Adjusted EBITDA exiting the year, in line with the commitments made on previous earnings calls." commented Frank Martell, President and CEO of SmartRent. "Importantly, we continued to expand our deployed base which now includes more than 890,000 Units Deployed, up 10% from the prior year. As we look forward to 2026, we expect to continue to significantly expand our deployed...
TranscriptFY2025 Q42026-03-04FY2025 Q4 earnings call transcript
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FY2025 Q4 earnings call transcript
Hello, and thank you for joining us today. My name is Kelly Reisdorf, Head of Investor Relations for SmartRent, Inc. I am joined today by our President and Chief Executive Officer, Frank Martell, and Daryl Stemm, Chief Financial Officer. Before the market opened today, we issued an earnings release and filed our 10-K with the SEC, both of which are available on the Investor Relations section of our website. Before I turn the call over to Frank, I would like to remind everyone that the discussion today may contain certain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Various factors could cause our actual results to be materially different from any future results expressed or implied by such statements. These factors are discussed in our SEC filings, including in our Annual Report on Form 10-Ks and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. We undertake no obligation to provide updates regarding forward-looking statements made during this call, and we recommend that all investors review these reports thoroughly before taking a financial position in SmartRent, Inc. Also, during today's call, we will refer to certain non-GAAP financial measures. A discussion of these non-GAAP financial measures, along with a reconciliation to the most directly comparable GAAP measure, is included in today's earnings release. We would also like to highlight that our quarterly earnings presentation is available on the Investor Relations section of our website. I will now turn the call over to Frank Martell.
Thanks, Kelly, and good morning, everyone. 2025 marked an inflection point for SmartRent, Inc. Today, I am going to highlight a number of key takeaways from 2025, both operationally and financially, as well as provide comments on 2026 and our strategic plan, we are calling Vision 2028. In many ways, 2025 was a critical year for the company. Through the hard work and dedication of our team and the support of our customers, we made significant progress in virtually all areas of the business. Here are some of the more significant highlights from my perspective. First, the company spent significant time on organization development and improving the effectiveness of key workflows. Second, we expanded our executive leadership bench strength through the promotion of high-performing internal leaders as well as added domain expertise from outside the company. Third, we also expanded our go-to-market capabilities—people, process, and customer outreach—supporting the acceleration of our revenue growth. In addition, we invested in our hardware and software offerings with a focus on customer ROI and increasing our internal operating leverage. And finally, we reset our cost structure, which yielded an annualized cost savings number of over $30 million. From a financial point of view, the company executed against its commitments of returning to profitable revenue growth with positive run rates for cash flow and adjusted EBITDA. Some specific Q4 highlights include our total revenue growth was positive for the first time in seven quarters as we grew SaaS revenue by 13%. ARR grew to just under $62 million, which represents approximately 40% of the company's total revenue. Operating expenses were lower by 22%. We recorded positive adjusted EBITDA, and our net loss was significantly reduced from $11.4 million to $3.2 million. And then finally, we ended the year in great shape from a liquidity standpoint. Daryl will provide a more detailed review of our 2025 results in a few minutes. Looking forward to 2026, we expect to grow total revenues supported by a double-digit growth in ARR, which is made possible by the continuous expansion of our deployed unit footprint. In addition, we should continue to capture the benefits of productivity improvements through optimizing our workflows. We believe a combination of revenue growth and continued productivity benefits will produce positive run rates of adjusted EBITDA and free cash flow on a full-year basis. I will now focus the balance of my remarks today on outlining our strategic plan, which we call Vision 2028. Vision 2028 is built around two clear value-creation priorities. Number one is accelerating growth by reinforcing and expanding our competitive moat. And number two is increasing profitability through a more scalable and leverageable operating model. These priorities will be operationalized through five strategic pillars as follows. First, growing our installed base at a double-digit pace. Second, scaling a world-class go-to-market organization to facilitate increased revenue velocity. Third, deepening platform integration with increasing infusion of data, analytics, and AI, which offer expanded ROI for our customers and an elevated resident experience. Fourth, simplifying hardware architecture while investing in generation capabilities that increase insights and foster a more leverageable platform. And finally, continuing to strengthen our internal operating rigor to drive sustainable operating leverage and free cash flow. I will now spend a few minutes to discuss our focus with regards to the first pillar, which focuses on building scale and our competitive moat that underpins the unique value proposition of 890,000 rental units across the U.S. Additionally, our maintenance and leasing operations solutions support more than 1,200,000 units. Our IoT units are connected to well over 3,000,000 devices across roughly 3,500 properties. Our platform is a significant and critical component of our customers' daily property operations and resident workflows, delivering quantifiable ROI. This represents a significant competitive differentiator for SmartRent, Inc. We believe we are nearing an inflection point in terms of scale. Over the next four to five quarters, we are on a march to 1,000,000 installed units. As part of Vision 2028, we are targeting to grow our installed base at a double-digit compound annualized growth rate through 2028. And assuming our historical low churn rates, we believe this will yield a total installed base of over 1,200,000 units exiting 2028. Our expanded hardware footprint will generate additional software revenues from existing and new solution sets. These revenues should be onboarded at rates above our current average revenue per unit. This should yield an accelerating contribution from our software revenues, which we believe will result in higher margins for the company and more predictable revenue performance. An important benefit of our expanded installed base should be our ability to fund reinvestments in our solutions that capture advances in technology, which allows us to capture more insights and provide those outputs to our customers. We have included further details on Vision 2028 in our investor materials on our website. As our strategic plan unfolds, we will keep you updated on key areas of our progress. In closing, I want to acknowledge the dedication and excellence of the SmartRent, Inc. team. I also want to thank our shareholders for their support as we build a more valuable and durable company in line with our Vision 2028 strategy. We are committed to building something that matters and continuing our vision to bring smarter living and working to everyone. I will now turn the call over to Daryl to discuss our financials in more detail.
Thank you, Frank, and good morning. Today I will review the fourth quarter and full-year results, provide context on margins, cash flow, and working capital, and then offer my perspective on the company as we enter 2026. Total revenue for the fourth quarter was $36.5 million, an increase of approximately 3% from $35.4 million in 2024, representing our first quarter of year-over-year revenue growth in the last seven quarters. Hosted services revenue totaled $18.1 million and included $15.4 million of SaaS revenue and $2.7 million of non-cash hub amortization revenue. Hardware revenue was $12.5 million, up 20% year over year, and professional services revenue was $5.9 million. For the full year, total revenue was $152.3 million, down 13% from last year, reflecting our continued transition away from bulk hardware transactions that were not aligned with customer implementation timelines. For the full year, SaaS revenue was $57.8 million, up 12% year over year. As Frank mentioned, ARR now represents 40% of total revenue. This continued expansion of ARR reflects our growing installed base. Hosted services revenue includes non-cash hub amortization associated with non-distinct hubs sold in prior periods. Hub amortization totaled $2.7 million in 2025 as compared to $5.2 million from the prior-year quarter. Total revenue, less hub amortization, or what we refer to as core revenue, was approximately $33.8 million compared to $30.2 million in 2024, representing growth of approximately 12%. We believe core revenue is more reflective of the underlying volume of the business as it excludes non-cash revenue from hubs shipped in prior years. For the full year, hub amortization totaled $15.4 million compared to $21.6 million in 2024. Core revenue for the full year was approximately $136.9 million compared to $153.3 million in fiscal 2024, reflecting the company's continued transition away from bulk hardware transactions. Hub amortization revenue is expected to further decrease to less than $5 million in 2026. We believe separating this non-cash revenue provides clearer visibility into the underlying growth of the business. And now turning to margins. Total gross margin in the fourth quarter expanded approximately 990 basis points year over year to 38.6%. Hosted services gross margin increased to 75.7%, reflecting SaaS ARPU growth and operating leverage within the recurring model. Professional services gross margin improved significantly and was approximately breakeven in the fourth quarter, our second consecutive quarter of profitable professional services operations. Operating expenses in the fourth quarter were $18 million, down 22% year over year. For the full year, operating expenses were $88.9 million, down 13% year over year. These reductions reflect structural cost actions implemented in the second half of the year. Net loss improved to $3.2 million in the fourth quarter compared to $11.4 million in the prior-year quarter. For the full year, net loss was $600,000 compared to $33.6 million in 2024, primarily driven by a $24.9 million goodwill impairment charge recorded in 2025. Adjusted EBITDA improved by 103% to a profit of approximately $200,000 in the fourth quarter, compared to a loss of $7.4 million in the prior-year quarter. For the full year, adjusted EBITDA was a loss of $16.4 million compared to a loss of $9.9 million in 2024. We ended the year with approximately $105 million in cash and no debt under our $75 million credit facility. In the fourth quarter, we grew our cash balance by $4.5 million and achieved our goal of cash flow neutrality on a run-rate basis exiting the year. It is important to note that our business has cash flow seasonality, but we expect to be cash flow positive on an annual basis. Working capital improved year over year. Accounts receivable and inventory levels declined, primarily due to improved collection cycles and improvements in forecast, respectively. SaaS ARPU in the fourth quarter was $5.83, compared to $5.68 in the prior-year quarter, an increase of approximately 3%. On a full-year basis, SaaS ARPU increased approximately 1%. Units-booked SaaS ARPU in the fourth quarter was $7.64 compared to $8.49 in the prior-year quarter. For the full year, units-booked SaaS ARPU was $8.40 compared to $6.44 in 2024. This reflects changes in customer and product mix within new bookings. Turning now to outlook. We are seeing healthy customer engagement. We are seeing improved booking activity. We have a structurally lower cost base. And we have an increasing recurring revenue contribution. At the same time, we remain measured. Deployment timing variability and macro uncertainty warrant discipline. We have a growing deployed base that drives growth in recurring revenue and an improving margin profile. However, as Frank mentioned, we are on a march to a million installed units. We believe our expanded installed base sets us up for accelerated growth and profitability. We will now open for questions. Operator?
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Hi, everyone. Nice to see the 2028 targets. I guess, in terms of the unit deployment goals, how much of that is being driven by existing customers versus net new logos? And then in terms of the sales organization and installation—installation teams—how much wood is there still to chop in order to get that capacity built out to execute on these targets? Thanks.
Hi, Ryan. We will answer your question in reverse order. So in terms of the sales organization, as I mentioned, we are making a significant investment, roughly doubling the size of the sales organization. And with that, we are looking at potential partnerships with other firms for local reach, and expect that to materialize toward the end of this year. From my standpoint, we are penetrating additional customers. We have about 600 currently, which is plenty of opportunity. We tend to spend a lot of time on the top 20, obviously, but we are definitely looking to expand our reach into mid and mass market as we build the sales organization and the capability to do that effectively. I will let Daryl answer the longer-range assumptions.
Yeah. Thanks, Frank, and thanks for the question, Ryan. Historically, most of our short-term growth in unit deployments comes from existing customers. We are always looking to expand the customer base, but in this horizon that we are looking at for Vision 2028, I would expect that trend to continue. We have got plenty of growth opportunity from our existing approximately 600 customers. But as Frank mentioned, we are also expecting to address with renewed rigor the small and medium portion of the market.
Great. That is all very helpful. And then in terms of SaaS ARPU, I know you are targeting higher attach rates to expand ARPU in these targets. But any color you can give around the types of growth rates and overall CAGR you think is achievable in SaaS ARPU over the next three years?
Yeah. No guidance that we want to give you there, although you can tell from Frank's remarks that we are investing in our technology—customer-facing technology—so that we can expand our offerings. We do believe that it will have a positive impact on expanding our ARPU.
And then last one for me. And forgive me, you might have mentioned some of this in your prepared remarks. But for 2026, just any broad commentary on what you think is achievable from a revenue and EBITDA standpoint? And then over the course of the next few years through your 2028 targets, how you are thinking about driving operating leverage and what the ramp in EBITDA could look like?
Yes. So starting with 2026, I think we have given some—what I would refer to as soft guidance, no specific numeric guidance. But we expect to reach a million deployed units within four or five quarters. And I think that expanding our installed base remains our primary revenue driver. So you could model first off of the assumption of when we would reach a million. The other guidance that we have provided is that for the whole year, our expectation is to be adjusted EBITDA profitable as well as positive from a free cash flow basis.
Great. Thanks for taking the questions.
You are welcome.
There are no further questions at this time. This concludes today's call. Thank you all for attending. You may now disconnect.
Goodbye.
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-03-03SmartRent Inc (SMRT) Q4 2025: Everything You Need To Know Ahead Of Earnings
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SmartRent Inc (SMRT) Q4 2025: Everything You Need To Know Ahead Of Earnings
This article first appeared on GuruFocus. SmartRent Inc (NYSE:SMRT) is set to release its Q4 2025 earnings on March 4, 2026. The consensus estimate for Q4 2025 revenue is $36.31 million, and the earnings are expected to come in at -$0.02 per share. The full year 2025's revenue is expected to be $152.14 million, and the earnings are expected to be -$0.32 per share. More detailed estimate data can be found on the Forecast page. Warning! GuruFocus has detected 3 Warning Signs with SMRT. Is SMRT fairly valued? Test your thesis with our free DCF calculator. Revenue estimates for SmartRent Inc (NYSE:SMRT) have remained flat at $152.14 million for the full year 2025 and at $158.00 million for 2026 over the past 90 days. Earnings estimates have also remained flat at -$0.32 per share for 2025 and -$0.06 per share for 2026 over the same period. In the previous quarter ending on September 30, 2025, SmartRent Inc's (NYSE:SMRT) actual revenue was $36.20 million, which missed analysts' revenue expectations of $36.27 million by -0.20%. SmartRent Inc's (NYSE:SMRT) actual earnings were -$0.03 per share, which beat analysts' earnings expectations of -$0.05 per share by 40%. After releasing the results, SmartRent Inc (NYSE:SMRT) was up by 3.70% in one day. Based on the one-year price targets offered by two analysts, the average target price for SmartRent Inc (NYSE:SMRT) is $1.73, with a high estimate of $1.75 and a low estimate of $1.70. The average target implies an upside of 9.87% from the current price of $1.57. Based on GuruFocus estimates, the estimated GF Value for SmartRent Inc (NYSE:SMRT) in one year is $1.98, suggesting an upside of 26.11% from the current price of $1.57. Based on the consensus recommendation from two brokerage firms, SmartRent Inc's (NYSE:SMRT) average brokerage recommendation is currently 3.0, indicating a "Hold" status. The rating scale ranges from 1 to 5, where 1 signifies Strong Buy, and 5 denotes Sell.
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-03-03SmartRent (SMRT) Reports Earnings Tomorrow: What To Expect
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SmartRent (SMRT) Reports Earnings Tomorrow: What To Expect
Smart home company SmartRent (NYSE:SMRT) will be reporting results tomorrow before market hours. Here’s what to expect. SmartRent beat analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $36.2 million, down 10.6% year on year. It was a strong quarter for the company, with a solid beat of analysts’ EBITDA estimates and an impressive beat of analysts’ adjusted operating income estimates. Is SmartRent a buy or sell going into earnings? Read our full analysis here, it’s free for active Edge members. This quarter, the market is expecting SmartRent’s revenue to grow 2.6% year on year, a reversal from the 41.3% decrease it recorded in the same quarter last year. Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. SmartRent has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates multiple times over the last two years. Looking at SmartRent’s peers in the internet of things segment, some have already reported their Q4 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Trimble’s revenues decreased 1.4% year on year, beating analysts’ expectations by 2.3%, and Rockwell Automation reported revenues up 11.9%, topping estimates by 1.4%. Trimble traded down 2.7% following the results while Rockwell Automation was also down 3.4%. Read our full analysis of Trimble’s results here and Rockwell Automation’s results here. There has been positive sentiment among investors in the internet of things segment, with share prices up 3.6% on average over the last month. SmartRent is down 4.5% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $1.73 (compared to the current share price of $1.59). Here at StockStory, we certainly understand the potential of thematic investing. Diverse winners from Microsoft (MSFT) to Alphabet (GOOG), Coca-Cola (KO) to Monster Beverage (MNST) could all have been identified as promising growth stories with a megatrend driving the growth. So, in that spirit, we’ve identified a relatively under-the-radar profitable growth stock benefiting from the rise of AI, available to you FREE via this link.

