Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis
ITEM
7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The
following discussion summarizes the financial position of OMNIQ, Corp. and its consolidated subsidiaries as of December 31, 2024, and
its consolidated results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2024, and should be read in conjunction with our consolidated
financial statements and the accompanying notes thereto included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. The following discussion
contains, in addition to historical information, forward-looking statements that include risks and uncertainties (see discussion of “Forward-Looking
Statements” included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K). Our actual results may differ materially from those anticipated
in these forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors.
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The Company’s consolidated revenue for the year ended December 31, 2024 were $73.6 million, representing a decrease of $7.6 million
from the year ended December 31, 2023 of $81.2 million. Revenues in 2024 and 2023 are presented in accordance with Accounting Standards
Codification Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (“Topic 606”).
Net loss attributable to common stockholders’ of OMNIQ Corp was $10 million in 2024, a decrease of $19.5 million from the 2023 loss
of $29.5 million. Basic loss per share attributable to common stockholders was $0.94 for the year 2024 compared to $3.50 loss per share
for the year 2023.
On
April 1, 2022, the Company closed on its acquisition of Dangot and exercised the remaining portion of its option to purchase 23.0% of
the capital stock, thereby making Dangot a fully owned subsidiary of the Company. The Company paid $3,518,000 to purchase the additional
shares. The Company utilized its working capital and a combination of short- and long-term loans.
GOING
CONCERN
The
accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that we will continue as a going concern. The following are
the principal conditions or events which potentially raise substantial doubt about the company’s ability to continue as a going
concern:
●
Balancing
the need for operational cash with the need to add additional products.
●
Timely
and cost-effective development of products
●
Working
capital deficit of $54 million as of December 31, 2024
●
Accumulated
deficit of $124 million as of December 31, 2024
●
Multiple
years of losses from operations
●
Year
over year decrease in sales
●
Noncompliance
with certain debt covenants
Management
Evaluation
Management
considers the conditions outlined above as the most significant factors in raising substantial doubt about the Company’s ability
to continue as a going concern within one year after the date the financial statements are issued.
Management’s
Plans to Mitigate and Alleviate Conditions or Events
●
Management
is evaluating operating expenses and is developing a plan to reduce expenditures without negatively impacting current operations.
●
Management
has placed a strategic focus on increasing sales with prime customers.
●
Sales
efforts are focused on the most profitable product lines.
●
Blue
Star - The Company’s total accounts payable due to Blue Star as of December 31, 2024, was approximately $53.6 million. Blue
Star is an unsecured creditor, financing a substantial amount the Company’s supply chain demand. Management believes that Blue
Star will continue supplying the Company with preferable credit terms. Blue Star has agreed to the annual interest rate of 5% on
invoices that are past due. As an unsecured creditor of the Company, Blue Star has no incentive to force a liquidation. The Company
has enjoyed a good mutual relationship for the past five years.
●
Management
finalized a new line of credit with an additional financial institution.
●
In
October 2023 management finalized an equity raise which resulted in $2.5 million in net cash received from investors.
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Overview
– Results of Operations
The
following table sets forth certain selected condensed statement of operations data for the periods indicated in dollars. In addition,
we note that the period-to-period comparison may not be indicative of future performance.
For
the year ended
Variation
In
thousands
2024
2023
$
%
Revenue
$ 73,573
$ 81,193
$ (7,620 )
(9.39 )%
Cost of Goods sold
$ 58,217
$ 65,485
$ (7,268 )
(11.10 )%
Gross Profit
$ 15,356
$ 15,708
$ (352 )
(2.24 )%
Operating Expenses
$ 22,267
$ 41,904
$ (19,637 )
(46.86 )%
Loss from operations
$ (6,911 )
$ (26,196 )
$ 19,285
(73.62 )%
Net loss
$ (10,002 )
$ (29,431 )
$ 19,429
(66.02 )%
Net Loss per common Share
from continuing operations
$ (0.94 )
$ (3.50 )
$ 2.56
(73.14 )%
Revenues
Revenue
for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 were generated from the
sales of hardware, service contracts, software, labels and ribbons, and related services provided by the Company to its customers. For
the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company recognized $73.6 million and $81.2 million in net revenues, respectively. This
represents a decrease of 9%. The decrease was due to two main factors: (1) The decrease in deliverables, and (2) a delay in the timing
of a significant customer project.
Cost
of Goods Sold
For
the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company recognized a total
of $58 million and $65 million, respectively, of cost of goods sold. Cost of goods sold was 79% of revenues for 2024 and 81% of revenue
for 2023. Our gross margin percentage has remained relatively stable in an industry that is experiencing gross-margin pressure.
Operating
Expenses
For
the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, operating expenses were $22.3
million and $41.9 million, respectively. This represents a decrease of $19.6 million, or 47%, which is due to impairment expense of $14.7
million in 2023. The following explains in detail the change in operating expenses.
Research
& Development – Research and development for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 totaled
$1.5 million and $2.2 million, respectively. This represents an decrease of $657 thousand or 31%, which is due to reduction in costs for developing software.
Selling,
General and Administrative – Selling, General and Administrative expenses were $19.5 million for the year ended
December 31, 2024, compared to $23 million for the year ended December 31, 2023, representing a decrease of $3.5 million, or 15%. The
change was due to management’s efforts to cut costs.
Depreciation
– Depreciation for the year ended December 31, 2024 was $364 thousand compared to $464
thousand for the year ended December 31, 2023. This represents a decrease of $100 thousand, or 22%, attributable to reduction in fixed
assets.
Intangible
Amortization – Intangible amortization expense for the year ended December 31, 2024 was $915 thousand,
compared to $1.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2023.
Impairment
of Goodwill – During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company performed and quantitative goodwill impairment
analysis and it was determined no impairment was needed during the year. During the year ended December 31, 2023 the Company
experienced significant decline in our stock price and sustained losses from operations. Therefore, we completed a quantitative
goodwill impairment analysis as of December 31, 2023. The results of the analysis indicated an impairment loss for goodwill related
to acquisitions prior to 2021, and we recorded a non-cash impairment of $14.7 million.
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Other
Income and Expenses
The
Company incurred $3.5 million in interest expense for the year ended December 31, 2024,
compared to $3.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2023. The interest expense is comprised of interest incurred on promissory notes
payable, the company’s line of credit, and vendor payables.
Foreign
Currency Transactions
The
Company has multiple subsidiaries conducting operations in Israel, therefore there were transactions denominated in currency other than
US dollars for both 2024 and 2023. Foreign transaction gains and losses are reported on the consolidated statement of operations and
comprehensive loss and were included in the amount of loss from comprehensive income.
Provision
for Income Taxes
For the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company has $12 thousand of current
income tax expense (US State & Local and Foreign) and $882 thousand deferred income tax benefit.
For
the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company has $741 thousand of current income tax provision (US State & Local and Foreign) and
$221 thousand deferred income tax expense.
Net
loss
The
Company realized a net loss of $10 million for the year ended December
31, 2024, compared to a net loss of $29.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2023. The decreased loss in 2024 is due primarily to
impairment of goodwill from prior year not in 2024 and the decrease in revenue.
Liquidity
and Capital Resources
As
of December 31, 2024, the Company had cash in the amount of $2.3 million
and a working capital deficit of $54 million, compared to cash in the amount of $1.7 million, and a working capital deficit of $45 million
as of December 31, 2023. The Company had stockholders’ deficit attributable to OmniQ stockholders of $43.9 million and $35 million
as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. This increase in our stockholders’ deficit was primarily attributable to net losses.
The
Company’s accumulated deficit was $123.9 million and $113.9 million
as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
The
Company’s operations provided net cash of $2.4 million and $170 thousand for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
The increase of cash from operations of $2.2 million is primarily a result of increase in payables and other liabilities.
The
Company’s cash used in investing activities was $32 thousand for
the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to cash used by investing activities of $331thousand for the year ended December 31, 2023.
The
Company’s financing activities used $2.87 million of cash during
the year ended December 31, 2024, and used $50 thousand during the year ended December 31, 2023. During the year ended December 31, 20243,
the Company made payments of $3.2 million on its notes payable, compared to the year ended December 31, 2023, when the Company made payments
of $1.4 million on its notes payable, including its Supplier Secured Promissory note and related party notes payable. Additionally, the
Company received $292 thousand in the year ended December 31, 2024 on its line of credit and had paid $1.6 million on the Company’s
line of credit during the year ended December 31, 2023. The Company raised no funds in the year ended December 31, 2024 and raised net
proceeds of $2.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2024.
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Off-Balance
Sheet Arrangements
The
Company currently does not have any off-balance sheet arrangements.
Critical
Accounting Policies
We
prepare our consolidated financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
The application of many accounting principles requires us to make assumptions, estimates, and/or judgments that affect the reported amounts
of assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses in our consolidated financial statements. We base our estimates and judgments on historical
experience and other assumptions that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances. These assumptions, estimates, and/or judgments,
however, are often subjective and may change based on changing circumstances or changes in our analyses. If actual amounts are ultimately
different from our estimates, the revisions are included in our results of operations for the period in which the actual amounts first
become known. We believe the following critical accounting policies could potentially produce materially different results if we were
to change underlying assumptions, estimates, and/or judgments. See also note 2 to our consolidated financial statements for a summary
of our significant accounting policies.
Revenue
Recognition
We
determine revenue recognition through the following steps: (1) identification of the contract with a customer; (2) identification of
the performance obligations in the contract; (3) determination of the transaction price; (4) allocation of the transaction price to the
performance obligations in the contract; and (5) recognition of revenue when, or as, a performance obligation is satisfied.
We
combine contracts with the same customer into a single contract for accounting purposes when the contracts are entered into at or near
the same time and the contracts are negotiated as a single commercial package, consideration in one contract depends on the other contract,
or the services are considered a single performance obligation. Our contracts are typically governed by a customer purchase order or
work order. The contract generally specifies the delivery of what constitutes a single performance obligation. If an arrangement involves
multiple performance obligations, the items are analyzed to determine the separate units of accounting, whether the items have value
on a standalone basis and whether there is objective and reliable evidence of their standalone selling price. The total contract transaction
price is allocated to the identified performance obligations based upon the relative standalone selling prices of the performance obligations.
The standalone selling price is based on an observable price for services sold to other comparable customers.
As
discussed in more detail below, revenue is recognized when a customer obtains control of promised goods or services under the terms of
a contract and is measured as the amount of consideration we expect to receive in exchange for transferring goods or providing services.
We do not have any material extended payment terms, as payment is due at or shortly after the time of the sale. Sales, value-added and
other taxes collected concurrently with revenue producing activities are excluded from revenue.
A
contract liability is recognized as deferred revenue when we invoice customers, or receive customer cash payments, in advance of satisfying
the related performance obligation(s) under the terms of a contract. Deferred revenue is recognized as revenue when we have satisfied
the related performance obligation.
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We
have four main revenue streams: (1) Hardware sales, (2) Hardware installation/configuration, (3) Hardware service contracts, and (4)
Third-party software sales. For all these revenue streams, our performance obligations are satisfied at a point in time, and therefore,
revenue is recognized at the point in time when a customer takes control of the good or asset created by the service. Factors that may
indicate transfer of control are when we have the right to receive payment for the good or service, when the legal title of the asset
has been transferred, physical possession of the asset has been transferred, the customer obtains the significant risks and rewards of
ownership of the asset, and the customer accepts the asset. For some customers, control is transferred when the customer, or the customer’s
courier, picks up the hardware from our warehouse. For other customers, control is transferred upon delivery. For hardware sales which
also include installation and/or configuration as a single performance obligation, control is transferred only when the hardware is delivered
and installed/configured. For hardware service contracts and for third-party software sales, the Company acts as the agent in the transaction,
and thus recognizes revenue on a net basis at a point in time when the transaction has been facilitated.
We
leverage drop-ship shipments with many of our partners and suppliers to deliver hardware to our customers without having to physically
hold the inventory at our warehouses, thereby increasing efficiency and reducing costs. We recognize revenue for drop-ship arrangements
on a gross basis as the principal in the transaction when the product is received by the customer because we control the product prior
to transfer to the customer. We also assume primary responsibility for the fulfillment in the arrangement, we assume inventory risk if
something were to happen to the hardware during shipping, we set the price of the product charged to the customer, we assume credit risk
for nonpayment by our customer, and we work closely with customers to determine their hardware specifications.
Management
reviews historical returns on at least an annual basis to determine the need for an allowance for sales returns. Historically, sales
returns have been extremely limited, with the effect on the financial statements immaterial. Sales returns during any particular year
are so small and so infrequent that management determined that any material reserve against sales returns would likely not be appropriate.
Definite-lived
Intangible Assets Impairment Evaluation
The
Company periodically evaluates the carrying value of definite-lived intangibles when events or changes in circumstances indicate that
the carrying value may not be recoverable. Factors the Company considers important which could trigger an impairment review include,
but are not limited to, significant under-performance relative to historical or projected future operating results, significant changes
in the manner of its use of acquired assets or its overall business strategy, and significant industry or economic trends. The Company
amortizes definite-lived intangible assets on a straight-line basis over their useful lives. The Company recorded no impairment loss
for definite-lived intangible assets during the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023.
When
the Company determines that the carrying value of a long-lived asset may not be recoverable based upon the existence of one or more of
the above indicators, the Company determines the recoverability by comparing the carrying amount of the asset to net future undiscounted
cash flows that the asset is expected to generate and recognizes an impairment charge equal to the amount by which the carrying amount
exceeds the fair market value of the asset.
If
the Company’s revenues or other estimated operating results are not achieved at or above our forecasted level, and the Company
is unable to recover such costs through price increases, the carrying value of certain of the Company’s intangible assets may prove
to be unrecoverable and we may incur impairment charges of definitive-live intangible assets.
Indefinite-lived
Intangible Assets, Including Goodwill
Indefinite-lived
intangible assets, including goodwill, are not amortized but are required to be reviewed for impairment at least annually or when events
or circumstances indicate that carrying value may exceed fair value. The Company is permitted the option to first assess qualitative
factors to determine whether the existence of events and circumstances indicates that it is more likely than not that the fair value
of the Company’s reporting unit is less than its corresponding carrying value. If, after assessing the totality of events and circumstances,
the Company concludes that it is not more likely than not that the fair value of the reporting unit is less than its corresponding carrying
value then the Company is not required to take further action. However, if the Company concludes otherwise, then the Company must calculate
the fair value of the reporting unit and compare it with its carrying amount, including Indefinite-lived intangible assets and recognize
impairment equal to the difference between the carrying amount of the reporting unit and its fair value, considering the related income
tax effect from any tax-deductible goodwill.
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Stock
Based Compensation
We
periodically issue stock options and warrants to employees and non-employees in non-capital raising transactions for services and for
financing costs. We account for stock option and warrant grants issued and vesting to employees based on the authoritative guidance provided
by Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”) where the value of the award is measured on the date of grant and recognized
as compensation expense on the straight-line basis over the vesting period.
We
record stock-based compensation expense according to the provisions of ASC Topic 718, Compensation – Stock Compensation (“Topic
718”). Topic 718 requires all share-based payments to employees, including grants of employee stock options, to be recognized in
the financial statements based on their fair values. Under the provisions of Topic 718, the Company determines the appropriate fair value
model to be used for valuing share-based payments and the amortization method for compensation cost.
The
fair value of each stock option grant is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. The Company estimates
the expected volatility and expected option life consistent with Topic 718. The expected volatility of the Company’s common stock
at the date of grant is estimated based on a historic volatility rate and the expected option life is calculated based on historical
stock options as the best estimate of future exercise patterns. The dividend yield assumption is based on historical and anticipated
dividend payouts. The risk-free interest rate assumption is based on observed US treasury rates consistent with the expected life of
each stock option grant. The Company uses historical data to estimate pre-vesting option forfeitures and records stock-based compensation
expense only for those awards that are expected to vest. Compensation expense is recorded for all stock options expected to vest based
on the amortization of the fair value at the date of grant on a straight-line basis primarily over the vesting period of the options.
Foreign
conflicts
We
are closely monitoring developments in the war between Israel and Hamas that began on October 7, 2023 including potential impacts to
The Companies business, customers, suppliers, employees, and operations in Israel, the Middle East and elsewhere. At this time, impacts
to The Company are expected to be minimal but is subject to change given the volatile nature of the situation.
Additional
accounting policies can be found in Note 16 to our Audited Consolidated Financial Statements.
Recently adopted accounting pronouncements
In November 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards
Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standard Update (“ASU”) No. 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements
to Reportable Segment Disclosures, which requires retrospective disclosure of significant segment expenses and other segment items on
an annual and interim basis. Additionally, it requires disclosure of the title and position of the Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”).
This ASU will be effective for the Company’s fiscal December 31, 2024 year-end and interim periods beginning in fiscal 2025, with
early adoption permitted. Our CODM is Shai Lustgarten, our CEO. See Note 18 – Operating Segments for required disclosures.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements not yet adopted
In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU No. 2023-09,
Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures, which requires an annual tabular effective tax rate reconciliation disclosure
including information for specified categories and jurisdiction levels, as well as, disclosure of income taxes paid, net of refunds received,
disaggregated by federal, state/local, and significant foreign jurisdiction. This ASU will be effective for the Company’s fiscal
December 31, 2025 year-end, with early adoption permitted. We are assessing the impact of this guidance on our disclosures; it will not
have an impact on our results of operations, cash flows, or financial condition.
In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03 “Income
Statement: Reporting Comprehensive Income-Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40)” to improve the disclosures about
an entity’s expenses. Upon adoption, we will be required to disclose in the notes to the financial statements a disaggregation of
certain expense categories included within the expense captions on the face of the income statement. The standard is effective for our
2027 annual period, and our interim periods beginning in 2028, with early adoption permitted. The standard can be applied either prospectively
or retrospectively. We are currently assessing adoption timing and the effect that the updated standard will have on our financial statement
disclosures.
ITEM
7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
This
section is not required for smaller reporting companies.
ITEM
8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
The
financial statements required by this Item are included as a separate section of this report commencing on page F-1.
ITEM
9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
NONE
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