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Airthings — Investor Presentation 2022
Oct 27, 2022
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October 27, 2022 Oyvind Birkenes, CEO Jeremy Gerst, CFO
Billy McFadden, VP Consumer Sales, North America
3Q22 Presentation
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This presentation was prepared in connection with the 3Q results released on October 27th, 2022. Information contained herein will not be updated. The following slides should also be read and considered in connection with the information given orally during the presentation.
Empower the world to breathe better
High-growth and expanding business
Return to growth in third quarter
- Sales revenue of USD 10.1M, up 10% YoY
- Inventory replenishment picking up at retail and channel partners
- Growth in Airthings for Business more than offsetting modest declines in Consumer
- Gross profit margin of 60%
- Largely in line with prior quarters
- 4Q22 revenue guidance of USD 9– 13M
3Q Highlights
26% growth in Consumer device registrations
135% YoY growth in Airthings for Business
Signed new AfB contract worth USD 4.6M for global enterprise customer through US partnership. Including USD 1.4M in SaaS revenues over 3 years
Macroeconomic uncertainty remains
Returned to healthier inventory levels at retail and channel partners
Launch of Space CO2 Mini for Airthings for Business
Growing focus on IAQ pushing awareness
Optimizing cost base and working capital to accelerate the path to profitability
Brand awareness
- Continued coverage in leading publications around the world
- Participation in high exposure events including IFA (Berlin), Expo Real (Munich), and IFMA World Workplace (Nashville)
- 0.4 million Unique Web Visitors in 3Q22, and YTD 2.5 million, up 100%
"The person who manages your building has a bigger impact on your health than your doctor"
- Joseph Allen, Associate Professor at Harvard University
Growing focus on IAQ
• On October 11th, the White House held a summit on Indoor Air Quality
Key messages
- Indoor Air Quality is crucial to public health
- Poor Indoor Air Quality is the main cause of transmission of respiratory pathogens (virus and bacteria)
- Building consume 40% of the world's energy, and in some places up to 70%. IAQ can be used for demand-based heating, cooling, and ventilation
- It all starts with Indoor Air Quality monitoring. Especially important for schools and commercial buildings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BeEfDLDJSA
Update by Segment
Consumer
For everyone with a home
Business
For commercial & public buildings
Pro
For home inspectors & radon professionals
Consumer Segment 3Q Update 7 302
- Revenue of USD 6.4M, down 13% YoY
- Gross Profit Margin was 59.0% in 3Q, up 1%-point from 2Q22
- Channel and retail partners beginning to replenish inventories
- Device registrations shows end-demand remains strong, especially for flagship product View Plus, and Wave Mini
- Global uncertainties continuing to affect market visibility
Continued growth in Consumer device registrations
- New devices are registered when linked to an Airthings app
- Proxy for true end-user demand
- Growth of 26% in 3Q 2022 vs. 3Q 2021
Airthings @ Home Depot
- Airthings in 1360 stores across 48 states in the US
- Digital Radon Detector and Wave Mini
- Strong and increasing sell-through per store
Airthings @ Home Depot EPA Radon Map
2022 Marketing Events
1Q
- Radon Awareness Month Jan
- Quarter Pallet Displays of Digital Radon Detector
- National (All 1,360 Stores)
2Q
- Spring Allergy Campaign
- Wave Mini Displays
- Regional View Plus rollout (West Coast 200 Stores)
3Q
- October Fire & Safety Event
- Digital Radon Detector and Wave Mini Displays
- National (1,360 Stores)
Radon Legislation by State
Business Segment 3Q Update
- Sales revenue of USD 3.2M, with 135% YoY growth
- 60% Gross Profit Margin, in line with 4Q21 and 1Q22
- Increasing share of business
- From ~15% in 3Q21 to ~32% in 3Q22
- USD 1.7M of 3Q22 revenue is from the large contract with global enterprise customer
Rapidly expanding devices in the field
- Devices in the field grew by 179% in 3Q 2022 vs. 3Q 2021, and up 14% vs. 2Q 2022
- Driver of underlying growth in ARR
Launch of Space CO2 Mini
- Innovative, accurate, and scalable CO2 monitor covering the most essential indoor air quality aspects
- Includes temperature, humidity, lux, noise, air pressure, virus risk, and presence detection
- More than 10-year battery lifetime
- Helps achieve a balance of health and energy efficiency across all rooms in a building
- Enables mass-level scalability of CO2 monitoring at an affordable cost
Product partnership boosting our ability to energy optimize buildings
- Partnership announced at Norway's largest HVAC conference; VVS-dagene
- The solution is targeting the retrofit market enabling the fastest way to upgrade to a demandcontrolled ventilation system
- Airthings devices can now integrate directly to Lindab's UltraLink VAV-dampers
- Saves energy, cost, and brings the fresh air to where people are
Pro Sales Revenue (USD'000)
Pro Segment 3Q Update
- Sales revenue of USD 0.45M, representing a growth 4% YoY
- Challenging home inspector market, leading to slow sales in the segment
- 79% Gross Profit Margin down 1%-point from 2Q22
Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR)
- ARR of USD 3.4M, up 66% YoY
- A modest decline in Pro's ARR (USD 0.1M) was more than compensated by continued growth in AfB's ARR
- >80% gross profits from ARR
- 3Q22 ARR guidance of USD 3.5 – 4.0M, mainly driven by continued new sales in Airthings for Business
Note: Note: ARR equals annualized sales from all active subscriptions, licenses and service contracts within AfB and Pro. (i.e. subscription service revenues booked in September multiplied by 12)
Financials Jeremy Gerst, CFO
Income Statement
Sales revenue of USD 10.1M, up 10% YoY
Sales gross margin at 60% for 3Q
EBITDA of USD -0.2M
• Reduced Payroll expenses
EBIT of USD -0.5M
• Depreciation of right-of-use assets for leases recognized under IFRS 16
| (USD'000) | 3Q22 | 3Q21 | YTD 2022 | YTD 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total revenue | 10 052 | 9 106 | 25 965 | 23 116 |
| Cost of sales | 3 996 | 3 284 | 7 730 | 8 554 |
| Gross profit | 6 056 | 5 822 | 15 363 | 14 590 |
| Sales Gross Margin | 60% | 64% | 59% | 63% |
| Payroll expenses | 2 885 | 3 369 | 12 316 | 10 422 |
| Other operating expenses | 3 385 | 2 847 | 12 077 | 9 065 |
| EBITDA | -214 | -395 | -9 030 | -4 897 |
| Depreciation and amortization | 284 | 335 | 1 041 | 958 |
| Impairment | 0 | 0 | 1 522 | 0 |
| Operating profit / EBIT | -498 | -730 | -11 592 | -5 855 |
| Financial income / (expenses) | 936 | 117 | 2 177 | 56 |
| Profit (loss) before tax | 438 | -613 | -9 415 | -5 800 |
| Income tax | 172 | -153 | -2 099 | 87 |
| Net profit (loss) | 266 | -461 | -7 316 | -5 886 |
| Earnings per share (USD) | ||||
| Basic earnings per share | 0.00 | -0.00 | -0.04 | -0.03 |
| Diluted earnings per share | 0.00 | -0.00 | -0.04 | -0.03 |
Balance Sheet
Change in assets
- Deferred tax asset
- Inventory increase due to strategic decision to secure supply
- Trade receivables
- Cash due to profitability, working capital, and exchange rates
Change in liabilities
- Significant portion of equity decline due to exchange rate between NOK and USD
- Decline in long -term liabilities
- Trade and other payables
- Lower Provisions due to segment mix
| (USD'000) | 30.09.2022 | 30.09.2021 |
|---|---|---|
| Assets | ||
| Intangible assets | 1 765 | 2 171 |
| Goodwill | 2 607 | 3 224 |
| Property, plant and equipment | 843 | 755 |
| Right -of-use assets |
3 040 | 4 189 |
| Deferred tax assets | 5 479 | 2 731 |
| Other non -current assets |
223 | 1 095 |
| Total non -current assets |
13 957 | 14 165 |
| Inventories | 15 518 | 9 040 |
| Trade receivables | 10 581 | 12 131 |
| Other receivables | 2 314 | 2 661 |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 17 014 | 44 987 |
| Total current assets | 45 426 | 68 819 |
| Total assets | 59 383 | 82 984 |
| Total equity | 48 979 | 69 284 |
| Non -current lease liabilities |
2 489 | 3 786 |
| Deferred tax liabilities | 0 | 307 |
| Non -current provisions |
218 | 1 030 |
| Total non -current liabilities |
2 707 | 5 123 |
| Lease liabilities | 782 | 609 |
| Trade and other payables | 4 780 | 5 209 |
| Contract liabilities | 934 | 781 |
| Income tax payable | 8 | 3 |
| Government grants | 0 | 114 |
| Provisions | 1 195 | 1 862 |
| Total current liabilities | 7 697 | 8 577 |
| Total equity and liabilities | 59 383 | 82 984 |
Cash Flow Statement
Cash flow from operating activities USD -2.5M
- Operating profit
- Net working capital due to reduction of trade payables and provisions
Cash flow from investment activities of USD -0.5M
• Internally generated intangible assets, purchase of software, production tooling and office equipment
Cash flow from financing activities of USD -0.2M
Net unrealized foreign exchange difference of USD -3.0M
Modest improvements in Inventories
- Build-up was a strategic decision to mitigate effect of global component shortage
- Modest improvements with a decline in Average Days of Inventory from 402 to 370
- Reducing both Days of Inventory and Days of Trade Receivables remains a key focus area
- Cross-functional teams are working continuously to identify and implement improvements
Note: Days of Inventory calculation – Inventories / (4 quarter rolling average COGS) * 90 days in quarter
Summary and outlook
Summary
- Revenue of USD 10.1M, up 10% year-on-year
- Strong gains in the Airthings for Business segment (up 135% YoY)
- Seeing promising signals in Consumer with retailers and channel partners beginning to replenish their inventories. And device registrations growing
- Stable Gross Profit Margin of 60%
- Growing revenues while continuing to optimize cost base focus on working capital to accelerate path to profitability
4Q22 Outlook
- 4Q22 revenue estimated at USD 9.0 13.0M
- ARR expected to grow to USD 3.5 4.0M during the fourth quarter
Guidance 4Q22
| Revenue and ARR guidance (USD M) | 4Q22 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | 9.0 – 13.0 |
| Annual Recurring Revenue | 3.5 – 4.0 |
Exciting long-term outlook
Global leader in indoor air quality for homes and businesses
Consumer Segment
- Great products
- Increased awareness
- Leading brand in the segment
- Continuous channel expansion, market penetration and scaling
Goal of >USD 60M revenue by 2024
Business Segment
- Continue growth from a broad range of customers
- Improve margins by growing ARR
- Continue proven partnership model with regional and global players
Goal of >USD 40M revenue by 2024
Goal of >USD 20M ARR by 2024
2024 Goal
Revenue of USD 100M
ARR of USD 20M+
Long-term EBITDA margin target >25%
Supported by lasting factors and megatrends
Consumer Segment
- Health tech Smart home
- We spend 90% of our time indoors, where the air is 2 to 5 times worse than outside
- Radon is the leading cause for lung cancer among those that do not smoke
- The EU is estimating that 350,000 premature deaths are caused by fine particulate matter annually, carrying a yearly economic cost of up to EUR 940 billion
- About 55 million people have asthma in the US and Europe combined. Particle pollution is found to be a major cause of asthma
- Rapid increase in instances of wildfires in the US and globally showing an increase in the risk of both cardiovascular- and respiratory-related effects
- Increasing IoT adoption is fueling growth of smart home market going forward
Business Segment
- ~4/5 of today's building will still exist in 2050 meaning we need to find ways to improve their sustainability
- 40% of global energy consumption comes from commercial buildings representing an enormous opportunity to save costs and CO2
- Most existing buildings don't have an automated system for HVAC control
- 6 out of 10 students are exposed to CO2 levels higher than the recommended threshold of 1,000 ppm
- Regulation and Legislation for building energy performance and health of workers
- IoT and digitalization for more efficient facility management
- ESG and sustainability
Breathe better. Live better.
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