Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
We are exposed to market risk in the ordinary course of our business. Market risk represents the risk of loss that may impact our financial position due to adverse changes in financial market prices and rates. Our market risk exposure is primarily the result of fluctuations in interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates.
Interest Rate Risk
Our exposure to interest rate risk primarily relates to our finance lease arrangements and lease financing obligations for obtaining hard drives and related equipment for our data center operations, which may be impacted by interest rate changes for any future agreements we enter in to. We also earn interest income generated by cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments held at City National Bank. As of December 31, 2024, we had cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments balances of $45.8 million and $9.1 million, respectively. Interest-earning instruments carry a degree of interest rate risk. The primary objective of our investment activities is to preserve principal while maximizing income without significantly increasing risk. As such, we gen erally do not enter into investments for trading or speculative purposes and have not used any derivative financial instruments to manage our interest rate risk exposure, and intend to hold all investments to their respective maturities. Due to the short-term nature of these investments and as all investments are generally intended to be held-to-maturity, we do not believe that an increase or decrease in interest rates of 100 basis points would have a material effect on our operating results or financial condition.
Further, prior to its termination, our credit facility with City National Bank, was at a variable interest rate tied, at our discretion, to SOFR or to the prime rate most recently announced by City National Bank, assuming such rate is greater than 3.0%.
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Inflation Risk
The inflation rate has recently been falling by some measures after reaching a nearly three decade high in 2022, but interest rates remain high and may continue to increase our operating costs and our interest expense. We continue to monitor the impact of inflation in order to minimize its effects through focusing on upmarket revenue growth, productivity improvements, and cost reductions. However, we may not be able to sufficiently offset our increases costs through these measures, for competitive reasons or because of other factors influencing our operations. There can be no assurance that future inflation will not have an adverse impact on our operating results and financial condition.
Foreign Currency Exchange Rate Risk
Our reporting currency and the functional currency of our wholly owned foreign subsidiary is the U.S. dollar. Our sales are currently denominated in the U.S. dollar and we have minimal foreign currency risk related to our revenue. I n addition, most of our operating expenses are denominated in the U.S. dollar, resulting in minimal foreign currency risks. The volatility of exchange rates depends on many factors that we cannot accurately forecast. In the future, if our international sales increase or more of our expenses are denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar, our operating results may be adversely affected by fluctuations in the exchange rates of the currencies in which we do business. At this time we do not, but we may in the future, enter into derivatives or other financial instruments in an attempt to hedge our foreign currency exchange risk. It is difficult to predict the impact hedging activities could have on our results of operations.
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