USA Technologies, Inc. a provider of wireless, cashless payment and M2M telemetry solutions for small-ticket, self-serve retailing industries announced that it had achieved two significant performance milestones in May — its ePort Connect® customer base climbed to over 3,000 and connections to its ePort Connect service crossed the 155,000 mark. Compared to just one year ago, these milestones represent an increase in customers and connections of over 70 percent and 30 percent, respectively.
“In an emerging market such as ours, recognizing these important markers of our progress is always great news for the industry,” said Stephen P. Herbert, chairman and chief executive officer of USA Technologies in a prepared statement. “We believe the substantial progress we have made in building new customers and new connections for our ePort Connect cashless payment services reflects accelerating adoption in our market. For USAT customers, we believe that adoption is being driven in large part by increased
recognition of the positive impact that cashless is having on their sales, margins and net operating profit as well as through JumpStart, our ‘terminal included’ ePort Connect service option. Every day, more operators in the small ticket, unattended space are utilizing cashless payment and telemetry solutions to drive incremental business, and to bring another level of convenience to their consumers.
“Importantly, continued growth in customers and connections is also a key component of accelerating USAT’s path towards profitability,” added Herbert. “In our March 2012 quarter, we hit an important milestone in terms of scale, having reached a level of recurring revenues from a larger base of connections and customers that helped to generate positive Adjusted EBITDA for the quarter. These milestones make it clear that USAT is continuing to expand top line growth and our ability to deliver sustainable positive adjusted EBITDA.”
Recently, USAT announced that as of March 31, 2012, it reached 148,000 connections and 2,825 customers, driving $336,000 in positive Adjusted EBITDA for its fiscal 2012 third quarter. USAT also indicated that based on the level of recurring revenues, improved margins, and its ability to maintain current operating expense levels, USAT believes positive Adjusted EBITDA is sustainable. Further, USAT has indicated that Adjusted EBITDA for the fourth quarter ending June 30, 2012 is expected to be in excess of the March 31 results, excluding any expenses that would result from the proxy contest.
“The USA Technologies team is focused and resolute regarding driving growth, continuing on our path towards profitability, and delivering value to our customers and shareholders,” continued Herbert. “This steady increase in the number of connections to our ePort Connect service, and the growing number of customers that they represent not only continue to support that there is a concerted move towards cashless, but they are the underpinnings of USAT’s strategy to deliver reliable and profitable recurring revenue streams through more connections, while making the value of that connection increasingly greater for both our customers and for USAT. We are clearly building positive momentum in these areas and these recent milestones bear that out,” concluded Herbert.
