Matterport Q4 2023 Earnings Call Transcript

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February 20, 2024

There are 9 speakers on the call.

Operator

Good afternoon, and welcome to the Matterport Fiscal 2023 4th Quarter Results Conference Call. All participants will be in listen only mode. Please note this event is being recorded. I would now like to turn the conference over to Mike Knapp, Vice President of Investor Relations. Please go ahead.

Speaker 1

Thanks, Welcome to Matterport's 4th quarter and full year 2023 financial results conference call. After the market closed today, Matterport released results for the quarter ended December 31, 2023. The release is available on the company's website at investors. Matterport.com. This call is being recorded and webcast live and a link to the webcast can be found on the Investor Relations section of our website.

Speaker 1

Before we begin, I'd like to remind you that today's call contains forward looking statements within the meaning of federal securities laws, including, but not limited to, statements regarding Matterport's future financial results and management's expectations and plans for the business. These forward looking statements are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed on today's call. Additional information regarding the risks and uncertainties can be found in our filings with the SEC. All forward looking statements are made as of the date of this call and Matterport assumes no obligation to update or revise them except as required by law. In addition, financial references on this call will be on a non GAAP basis unless otherwise indicated.

Speaker 1

These measures should be considered as a supplement to and not a substitute for GAAP financial measures. Reconciliation of each of these non GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measure can be found in today's earnings slides, which are available on the company's website. Hosting today's call are R. J. Pittman, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and J.

Speaker 1

D. Faye, Chief Financial Officer. And with that, I'd like to turn it over to R. J. To begin.

Speaker 2

Thanks, Mike. Good afternoon, everyone, and thank you for joining us today. I'm pleased to report that we closed 2023 with strong 4th quarter results. Total revenue for the quarter was $39,500,000 powered by continued adoption of our solutions from enterprise and small and medium sized business customers around the globe. Subscription revenue accelerated to 23% year over year growth, reaching a record $23,700,000 for the period.

Speaker 2

This was above the high end of our guidance range and demonstrates our platform's growing credibility in boosting productivity and reducing operational costs for customers throughout the industries we serve. Our key metrics continue to grow at a rapid pace. The space is under management reaching 11,700,000 and our subscriber base expanded to 938,000, reflecting the rapid adoption of our solutions. Subscription revenue growth, gross margin expansion and continued operating expense discipline drove our loss per share to $0.04 a 56% year on year improvement. These results highlight our ability to consistently deliver robust subscription growth, while driving significant operating improvements as we continue on a fast track path positive cash flow, key milestone we expect to achieve this year.

Speaker 2

Our dedication to maximizing the customer experience is steadily producing increased tension and expansion as organizations gain a deeper understanding of the broader applications of our technology and the impact it delivers. In fact, we saw our net dollar expansion rate improved to 109% from 106% in the prior quarter, the highest level in 2 years. Reflecting back on 2023, our ability to quickly adapt to changing market conditions paid off. We implemented a comprehensive restructuring to align our business more closely with our core competencies and areas of greatest growth potential. We executed strategies to enhance our company wide productivity and sales and marketing effectiveness, focusing on investments with the highest ROI for the business.

Speaker 2

We did this very thoughtfully and expediently, which enabled us to deliver results that bucked several challenging industry trends in 2023. With U. S. Home sales down almost 19% and interest rates at decade ties, we managed to grow total revenue by 16%. Moreover, we grew residential real estate subscription revenue by 14%.

Speaker 2

Double digit growth amidst double digit industry declines is a strong testament to our value proposition even in down markets. What's more, our subscription revenue outside of real estate in verticals like facilities management and construction grew more than 20% in 2023, demonstrating our diversification strategy is working and providing us with powerful momentum heading into 2024. I'm especially encouraged to report that we digitized more than 9,000,000,000 square feet of real estate in 2023 to close the year with 38,000,000,000 square feet under management, a 36% increase led by Pro3 adoption and usage. This rapid growth is not only a clear indicator of our market leadership, it is pivotal to our product strategy. Our spatial data library, the largest in the industry, unlocks powerful AI driven insights like property intelligence and sets Matterport further apart from the field.

Speaker 2

No other solution in the market today can match Matterport's unique combination of fully automated 3 d reconstruction and automated property operational insights from the rich data library that we have created. In 2024, we are accelerating our AI solution strategy, recognizing the transformative impact AI, particularly large language models is having across industries at a rate and scale reminiscent of the early days of the Internet. The realm of the built world is no exception. The era where the novel virtual tour suffices is behind us. The future demands capabilities comprehend, modify, engage with and reconceptualize our living spaces, workplaces, facilities with the same ease that characterizes the rest of our digital experiences today.

Speaker 2

This year, we are leveraging our extensive spatial data library and immersive imagery in tandem with the capabilities of these groundbreaking generative technologies. This fusion is set to revolutionize our interaction with the built world, making a significant paradigm shift in how we perceive and engage with our surroundings. To that end, we took a major leap forward last week with the global launch of Property Intelligence, a suite of AI powered features and new capabilities for the next generation intelligent digital twin. Part of the 2024 Winter release, property intelligence gives customers the ability to instantly understand the details of their property with automated measurements, layouts, editing and reporting capabilities, all generated from a digital twin. Matterport has consistently led the field in property marketing, setting the standard with dimensionally accurate 3 d virtual tours.

Speaker 2

Our introduction of property intelligence propels us further ahead, introducing a new suite of automated features designed to elevate every property listing, while saving our customers valuable time and effort. At the core of property intelligence is our unique spatial data library, encompassing 38,000,000,000 square feet of the physical world. Our recent advancements in AI have created significant opportunity to increase both subscription revenue and market share across the diverse industries we serve. Globally, we serve 1,000,000,000 virtual tours each year to millions of visitors, enabling them to walk through their dream home, manage a retail store, inspect a construction project or operate their facilities remotely. Our advancements in automation and property insights streamline processes and enhance decision making speed and quality for all digital twin applications.

Speaker 2

Later this year, we will further enhance the digital twin with generative AI features to unlock the full potential of the property or physical space. Building on the focus of automation, the next release will introduce the ability to reimagine what space could become. Details will be shared in a future update, but it's clear that property intelligence and our AI strategy can significantly help our business trajectory and fuel our long term growth. As part of our winter 2024 release, we are pleased to announce the introduction of Showcase plug ins, which simplify navigation for virtual visitors and facilitate connections with experts. The Compass and MiniMap plug ins assist in navigating large spaces, homes, job sites, hotels and more.

Speaker 2

While the Business Card and Quick Link plug ins offer essential contact information and additional details about the property. These features allow real estate agents to personalize virtual tours and enable property or facilities managers to enrich spaces with contextual content, such as operations manuals, restaurant menus, reservation pages and more, ensuring a comprehensive interactive virtual experience. In an era where real estate agents navigate challenges such as housing affordability, inventory shortages and the rapid pace of technological advancements, the pressure to adapt is immense. Amidst growing scrutiny over commission structures, agents are under increased pressure to meet the high expectations of their clients and secure new listings. Our digital twins serve as comprehensive marketing tools, offering agents a competitive edge to attract more qualified buyers, expedite transactions and increase rental bookings.

Speaker 2

With enhancements in property intelligence, including automatic generation of property reports that detailed room dimensions and ceiling heights along with new branding opportunities for agents, Matterport stands as an essential tool for buying, selling and renting properties more effectively. The travel and hospitality sector remains a significant source of revenue for us, offering substantial growth opportunities. According to IDC, by 2025, an estimated 50% of travel and hospitality organizations are expected to implement digital twins to enhance efficiency and bookings. Global hospitality market valued at $4,700,000,000,000 by Statista, traditionally depended on direct interactions for sales, property assessments and improvement initiatives. However, industry is experiencing a fundamental shift towards digital engagement with immersive technologies playing a pivotal role in marketing efforts.

Speaker 2

Matterport is at the front of this transformation, providing the necessary solutions for customers to capitalize on these digital advancements. Our hospitality clients are increasingly acknowledging the benefits we offer. In the Q4, we entered into a new multiyear collaboration with Pacaso, utilizing Matterport's digital twin platform and capture services. Picasso is set to enhance the use of our platform, integrating it thoroughly into its property onboarding and guest services for the numerous properties under its management. Our comprehensive digital twin solutions will allow the Costa to capture, document and market its listings more efficiently and effectively.

Speaker 2

Each digital twin will provide a deep virtual tour and high resolution photos, ensuring a uniform showcase experience across Picasa's portfolio with just a single capture session. We've also entered into a partnership with Visiting Media, a leading provider of immersive sales enablement and channel distribution solutions for the hospitality industry. Visiting Media, which supports millions of users worldwide and works with top hospitality brands such as Hilton, Hyatt and IHG Hotels and Resorts has chosen to expand its utilization of Matterport's property marketing solutions, making our 3 d technology the preferred option for the thousands of hotels it serves. With digital twins for over 17,000 bases, Business Media enables hospitality revenue teams significantly streamline workflows across their properties, aiding property management teams and improving channel distribution efforts. Our presence in the construction industry is rapidly expanding as we further enhance our suite of solutions and partnerships.

Speaker 2

Recently, we launched the Matterport CAD file add on, enabling the conversion of Matterport Digital Twin Point Clouds into editable CAD drawings in various formats. Given the widespread use of CAD software across the industry, Matterport simplifies as built documentation processes and accelerates project timelines. The Pro 3 has gained significant popularity within the architecture, engineering and construction industry due to its exceptional value for performance in capturing superior imagery and high fidelity digital twin reconstructions. Our commitment to innovation for our flagship device remains strong. In the Q4, we initiated a beta program for high density scanning, software enabled capture upgrade to increase the precision of our 3 d models and simplify professional as built modeling with Matterport.

Speaker 2

In 2023, we successfully expanded our portfolio of Fortune 1,000 clients, welcoming notable new logos such as John Deere, Siemens and Danone. We also showcased a collaboration with Bayer, a global leader in pharmaceuticals and biotechnology. Bayer's Crop Sciences division has leveraged Matterport for the design and management of construction projects in Germany and South Africa, transitioning from traditional design processes to digital collaboration. This shift enabled the team to cut project planning expenses by 75% and enhance efficiency across the value chain from design to construction. We recently formed a strategic partnership with Belden, a premier global provider of network infrastructure and digitization solutions aimed at offering 3 d digital twin powered connectivity solutions for facilities management in sectors such as industrial automation, smart buildings and broadband.

Speaker 2

McKinsey reports that 70% of C suite technology leaders in large corporations are currently evaluating and investing in digital twins. The synergy between Belden's network solutions and our digital twin platform will empower businesses worldwide to enhance their connected worker initiatives, allowing for more efficient management of business spaces in terms of asset performance, production monitoring and sustainable manufacturing. Through this collaboration, Matterport will integrate into Belden's edge to cloud solutions, bringing our advanced visualization, spatial data and developer tools to Belden's comprehensive services for secure data handling and management. As members of the Amazon Web Services Partner Network, Matterport and Belden will also collaborate closely with this leading cloud service provider to develop innovative solutions that assist customers in their operational transformation journeys. Before handing over to J.

Speaker 2

D. Fay, I'd like to spotlight our latest environmental, social and governance report. Embedded within our core business strategy, our ESG framework reflects our commitment to aiding customers in achieving their sustainability objectives, influencing our everyday decisions. The report underscores the efficiency of Matterport technology as a sustainable alternative to travel, facilitating virtual interaction and operations in environments like construction sites, manufacturing plants or during home tours. According to 2022 data, Matterport's technology has helped prevent over 756,000 tons of carbon emissions since initiating this tracking in 2021.

Speaker 2

Enhancing support for our clients, we've collaborated with a 3rd party carbon accounting firm to create an emissions calculator for enterprise customers. This tool offers a tailored analysis of the environmental and economic benefits derived from using the Matterport Digital Twin platform, seem to be accessible to all our enterprise clients. Our platform plays a pivotal role in enabling customers to conduct their operations more sustainably, efficiently and remotely from anywhere in the world. I would now like to turn it over to J. D.

Speaker 2

Faye to discuss our financial performance for the Q4 and our outlook for Q1 and full year 2024. D.

Speaker 3

Moriarty:] Thank you, RJ. For the Q4, we delivered total revenue of $39,500,000 in line with our guidance range. Subscription revenue rose to $23,700,000 accelerating for the 2nd consecutive quarter to 23% growth and above the high end of our guidance range. Subscription revenue now represents 60% of total revenue, up from 47% just 1 year ago. This is by design as we increase subscription revenue growth and make it a larger percentage of total revenue.

Speaker 3

Our annual recurring revenue was $94,700,000 and we are rapidly approaching the $100,000,000 ARR milestone that we expect to reach this year. The strength was broad based and came from growth in new subscribers, expansion of existing subscribers and price increases we implemented in the middle of 2023. We saw greater than 20% growth in both enterprise and SMB subscription plans and are pleased to share that we now have more than 120 customers with over $50,000 in ARR, up over 30% from the year ago period. We also saw 20% year on year growth in the Americas and Asia Pacific regions and over 30% growth in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Our total subscriber base grew to 34% from the year ago period.

Speaker 3

Paid subscribers grew by 13% and free subscribers grew by 36% compared to the year ago period. Our net dollar expansion rate improved again in the 4th quarter to 109%. We saw improvements across SMB and enterprise cohorts, supplementing paid subscriber growth and resulting in the highest average revenue per account we have seen since 2020. We also continue to benefit from higher prices for SMB subscription plans. We were pleased to deliver strong and We were pleased

Speaker 4

to deliver strong and balanced growth in residential real estate

Speaker 3

and non residential real estate vertical markets with both up over 20% year over year and we continue to see significant strength across travel facilities management and construction markets. We are delivering outsized growth in residential real estate compared to the market as savvy agents leverage our solutions to win more listings, reduce their marketing expenses and enhance their digital content and reach to drive faster sales. Residential real estate represented approximately 50% of subscription revenue in Q4. Services revenue for the Q4 was $8,300,000 flat from the year ago period and largely in line with our expectations. Product revenue was $7,500,000 in the 4th quarter.

Speaker 3

Our Black Friday and Cyber Monday promotions drove unit sales and we elected to extend those promotions through the end of the year. The result was a net positive while average selling prices declined slightly, we were able to exceed our shipment volume goals for the quarter. Compared to the year ago period, our Q4 2022 product revenue was particularly high as it was our 1st full quarter for Pro 3 camera sales and we exceeded our target for Pro 2 camera sales in that quarter as supply chain constraints were resolved at that time. Total gross margin for the 4th quarter improved to 53% compared to 36% in the year ago period. We have made excellent progress with gross margin, including a 300 basis point improvement in subscription gross margin, primarily due to price increases and lower cloud hosting costs, a significant improvement in services gross margin and a recovery in product gross margin as product costs have stabilized.

Speaker 3

We expect gross margin to continue to trend higher, primarily driven by revenue mix shifts as subscription revenue continues to grow as a percentage of total revenue. Our operating expenses were $38,200,000 in Q4, a 12% reduction from the year ago period. Research and development expense was $7,900,000 a reduction of 24% from the year ago period. And SG and A expenses were $30,400,000 a reduction of 9%. We have made great strides in streamlining operations and organizing ourselves to be more efficient.

Speaker 3

We expect to continue improving our operating leverage as we close in on positive cash flow from operations later this year. Strong subscription revenue, improving net dollar expansion rates, increased average revenue per account and higher gross margin combined with lower operating expenses yielded a 56% improvement in non GAAP loss per share, which was $0.04 for the quarter. Our weighted average share count was 308,000,000 shares. Moving on to the balance sheet, we ended the quarter with $423,000,000 in cash and investments, down less than 2% from the prior quarter. We remain debt free.

Speaker 3

Our cash used in operations improved to $10,400,000 in the quarter, which is a 46% improvement from the year ago period and our best cash flow performance since becoming a public company. For the full year 2023, we delivered record total revenue of $157,700,000 This was up 16% from the prior year, driven by 38% growth in services revenue and 18% growth in subscription revenue. Full year non GAAP gross margin was 52%, an expansion of 700 basis points and our non GAAP loss per share was $0.22 a 46% improvement from the prior year. This loss per share was also 35% better than the full year guidance we provided at the beginning of 2023, which demonstrates our commitment to achieving profitability in the near term and highlights the success we are seeing with a more efficient focused team of dedicated Matterport engineers and professionals. Turning to guidance, in light of our Q4 annual recurring revenue, improving trends in gross margin and disciplined operating expense management, the company is in a strong position to deliver another year of revenue growth and an improvement in net loss as we close in on profitability.

Speaker 3

To ensure we reach our goal of cash flow profitability by the end of this year, we are controlling our spending while continuing to drive higher subscription revenue growth rates. Our expectations for continued growth in subscription revenue from adoption across new and existing small and medium sized businesses and enterprise customers further enhances the predictability and profitability of our business. For the Q1 of 2024, we expect total revenue to be in the range of $39,000,000 to $41,000,000 and subscription revenue to be in the range of $24,000,000 to $24,200,000 This represents 22% year on year growth at the midpoint of the subscription revenue range. We expect the balance of revenue to be split roughly evenly between the services and product revenue line. We anticipate 1st quarter non GAAP loss per share to be in the range of $0.02 to 0 point 0 $4 which would represent a 57% improvement from the year ago period and shows that we continue down the path to reach our profitability targets this year.

Speaker 3

For full year 2024 guidance, we expect total revenue to be in the range of 173 $1,000,000 to $183,000,000 Full year 2024 subscription revenue is expected to be in the range of $104,000,000 to $106,000,000 This would represent over 20% growth at the midpoint. Our confidence in the full year comes from the improving trends in subscription revenue that I discussed earlier, along with expectations for adoption of our recently announced suite of AI powered features and new capabilities for the next generation of intelligent digital twins. For the full year of 2024, we expect a $0.07 to $0.11 non GAAP loss per share. This would be an improvement of $0.13 at the midpoint compared to 2023 or 59% improvement. Over the past year, our team has done an excellent job to accelerate subscription revenue growth.

Speaker 3

The mix shift to increased subscription revenue creates a more durable recurring revenue business model with higher gross margins and greater fall through to our operating margins. These mix benefits were evident in 2023 as subscription revenue grew from 52% in Q1 to 60% by Q4. We expect growing average revenue per account and the improved net dollar expansion rate to continue and to solidify our foundation for a strong 2024. And when combined with disciplined operating expense management, we are positioned to achieve positive cash flow from operations later this year. Further, while this is an important milestone for Matterport, it is also just one step on our path to unlocking the significant operating leverage inherent in our software platform that can deliver even stronger earnings and sustainable cash flows for the years ahead.

Speaker 3

Now, I would like to turn the call back over to RJ.

Speaker 2

Thanks, J. D. 2023 marked a pivotal year of transformation for Matterport as we streamline our operations to become a more agile, efficient and customer focused organization. This strategic realignment is the cornerstone of our success in exceeding market expectations and the primary reason why our clientele ranging from large enterprises to small and medium sized businesses prefer Matterport in a time when prioritizing cost savings, productivity and operational efficiency is more crucial than ever. By integrating Matterport into our customers' everyday workflows, we simplify processes, enhancing property intelligence, which in turn enables buyers and sellers to make more informed decisions.

Speaker 2

This has led to improved outcomes across the board. Our clients are reporting substantial business value, adoption of our newest solutions, which is reflected in our rising net dollar expansion rates. Looking ahead, I expect 2024 will be our most promising year to date. Just weeks into the year, we have introduced property intelligence, enhancing our digital twin with AI driven insights and automation that significantly streamline our customers' workflow. We are advancing towards launching our inaugural generative AI solutions set to revolutionize the way individuals manage and re manage their properties and spaces.

Speaker 2

Our momentum is becoming more and more impervious to external market factors like fluctuating interest rates, inflation and market recoveries in real estate. We are charging full speed ahead, driven by the strong support of our customers and partners, our belief in the transformative potential of our industry leading technology and our dedication to customer success. We are confident in our strategic direction and remain on course to achieve positive cash flow within the year. The commercialization of advanced AI and data science is precipitating significant changes across all industries. Yet a large portion of the built world remains offline and untouched due to various challenges that have hampered its growth.

Speaker 2

But with the advent of technology like property intelligence, it is now possible to unlock substantial value and efficiencies on a large scale. The upside to customers is huge and the consequence of delayed adoption are even greater. In today's data driven landscape, companies that leverage digital twins to gain deeper insights, decrease expenses and increase operational efficiency are poised to thrive in this intensely competitive global marketplace. The time is now for businesses in every sector from real estate to manufacturing, design, construction and insurance to embrace the future. Thank you for joining us today.

Speaker 2

Operator, we are now ready for questions.

Operator

We will now begin the question and answer The first question comes from Yon Kim with Loop Capital Markets. Please go ahead.

Speaker 5

Thank you. Congrats on a solid quarter, RJ and JD. RJ, if you can talk about the go to market around the newly introduced property intelligence, who are you targeting? Are you targeting initially at least large enterprise accounts who maybe your existing accounts? And then also what's the pricing model behind that?

Speaker 2

Right. And thanks, Eun. We're really excited about property intelligence as it rolls out literally just days ago. And we've been bringing our customers along with us on the journey. So they've been part of the beta program for a handful of months now and collecting their feedback has been essential in making sure that we deliver maximum value.

Speaker 2

And so indeed, we're in the go to market strategy, it's 2 pronged. Without a doubt, this is a tremendous update for all of our existing customers. And put simply, it's taking that digital twin that they've come to embrace as the standard, built it into their workflows. And now we're providing all of these automated insights that we talked about all of last year and delivering that value starting today. So the energy is being put behind getting all of their properties reprocessed and running with the latest version of Matterport with property intelligence to extract all of that value.

Speaker 2

And that is driving huge activity for us right out of the gate. The second prong of the go to market is by providing this new capability, not just for enterprises, but especially in property marketing, where time and money is absolutely of the essence, especially in constrained markets, where our agents, realtors and brokerages absolutely want their best foot forward when promoting a property listing in today's market. And with property intelligence, you are literally one click away from your digital twin delivering you everything from a 2 d property layout, all of the measurements and property information and property data is at your fingertips. So creating a listing that stands out and is differentiated from the pack has now just gotten a whole lot easier and a whole lot more powerful because we're using the power of this platform in all of our customer use cases. From a pricing perspective, we're not changing the pricing of Matterport today.

Speaker 2

All of our customers are benefiting from all of this increased value. What we do know is that these are the features that customers that we yet to have on the platform are also of great interest and is in high demand. And so we expect this absolutely to be a growth driver and adoption driver for new customers come to Matterport every day.

Speaker 5

Okay, great. Thank you. Looking forward to the adoption there. On the continued success you're having with the enterprise business, just kind of curious, how much of that is driven by new customer app versus existing? And how should we think about that mix trending?

Speaker 2

Sure. One of the things we focused on last year, which we talked a lot about across all of our earnings calls was really centering in on customer success, building that relationship, but more than that, digging in to make sure that the roadmap for the future versions of Matterport were strictly aligned to where our enterprise customers were going and what they needed from us. And that's continued to pay off. Property Intelligence is one of the hallmark examples of that launching here at the many other aspects of helping our customers embed Matterport or permanently into their daily workflows has led to our best NDR numbers as mentioned on the call, that we've seen in years. And so that is a huge part of growth that we're going to focus on all across 24.

Speaker 2

There's plenty of room for upside in our net dollar retention, our net dollar expansion, driving more ARPA, right there for us to get, number 1. Number 2, however, as mentioned, we are increasingly building and delivering on what we call the enterprise essentials. These are all of the table stakes and more that really appeal to the large scale enterprises, the Fortune 1,000 and beyond. And as demonstrated and as J. D.

Speaker 2

Talked about, the customers that are now stepping into the Matterport platform, new to Matterport and going above 50,000 a year in ARR is fantastic. We love seeing that strong double digit growth up over 30% buoyed by really aligning that product market fit to the enterprise, meeting those customers where they are today, driving growth from both existing and new customers.

Speaker 5

That sounds great. And then J. D, obviously, the highlight in the quarter, one of the highlights is the strong uptick in NRR rate. Obviously, what's really driving that? Is that driven largely by expansion deals?

Speaker 5

Or are you also seeing a lower churn? And how should we think about that metric going forward? Obviously, you guys have a lot more new products, so that should go up. But should we expect that number to continue to move higher? Or should we maybe see a little bit of stability here and maybe inch higher as some of the newer products begin to ramp maybe perhaps in the second half of the year?

Speaker 3

Yes. Thanks, Eun. The NDR of 109 as we noted is a nice highlight over the past couple of years for us. And there's a lot of strength in the enterprise cohort to begin with in terms of the expansion. And over the last couple of quarters, we've had significant growth as we've talked about in enterprise customer ads and they're now rolling through the full year and adding to NDR as well.

Speaker 3

So that's going quite well. Our average revenue per accounts going up also. So it's another data point that shows that the existing customer base continues to grow quite nicely on the enterprise side. The same transel through in the small to medium side. It's a much bigger base with smaller average revenue, of course, but they continue to expand and adopt a Matterport increasingly over time for a lot of the reasons R.

Speaker 3

J. Just discussed as well. And so with that strength, the new products that we have launched recently as well as our expectations for even more developments later in the year, we think that the net dollar expansion rate can grow from here.

Operator

And so we just want

Speaker 3

to build on the success and just keep moving it forward as we have done over the last couple of quarters.

Speaker 5

Okay, great. Thank you so much. And again, congrats on a solid quarter.

Operator

The next question comes from Elizabeth Porter with Morgan Stanley. Please go ahead.

Speaker 6

Hey, this is Chris Quintero on for Elizabeth. Thanks for taking our questions. I think maybe for you, J. D, you talked about including some expectations for adoption of the AI powered features in your fiscal year 'twenty four guidance. So I was just wondering if you could expand on a bit more in terms of what you're exactly assuming there and maybe what types of adoption rates you're looking for?

Speaker 6

Any color there would be helpful.

Speaker 3

Yes. Well, first as RJ noted as well that is that the Property Intelligence suite that came out as part of our winter release last week is included in all the subscriptions today. So the first step is building from the success we saw in a beta program to now engaging with all of our existing customers with these new features. And in fact, if you were to look at digital twins across the property marketing customer base on their websites and ours. You'll see these features already live today.

Speaker 3

It's pretty exciting. So this step is adoption by the existing customer base because all of these features are now built in. Now as that matures, we'll then look to we do expect that there will be greater adoption of some of the add on features as well that are part of this release, some of the services, for example, around new elements of floor plans, I think is a great example. And then finally, as this awareness of the property intelligence and AI driven features permeates through the market, we'd expect that to accelerate new customer acquisition too. And so all of those elements, are kind of go into the forecast for or our expectations for fiscal 2023 guidance.

Speaker 6

Got it. No, that's super helpful. Then I also want to ask around the partner strategy. Is this making your sales cycles longer? You know it's strong performance from enterprise.

Speaker 6

So it seems like you're benefiting today from some of these partnerships, but maybe kind of better clarity around maybe the timing and the impacts from these partnerships would be helpful.

Speaker 2

Sure. Good question. And it's really accretive. So by building these last couple of partnerships and more on the way, but some of the big ones with Autodesk, Amazon Web Services, Procore, indeed have taken time to cultivate. But what we're doing in addition to our existing sales momentum with all of our enterprise accounts, mid market accounts and the like, we have a direct sales force.

Speaker 2

This is basically think of it as a sidecar, where we are now engaging in a stage of co selling, that is using the go to market efforts and capacity of each of the partners themselves and tapping in specifically to their network of customers and installed base for an integrated solution with Matterport. That's going to really give us some tremendous scale and we're running that as a parallel process to our operations in 2024. And laying the groundwork for that all of last year, building pipeline now and very positive growth in pipeline of opportunities across all of those partners in 2024. So I'm expecting that we're going to see that bearing fruit in a nice way for us this year.

Speaker 6

Excellent. Thank you so much.

Operator

The next question comes from Bhavan Shah with Deutsche Bank. Please go ahead.

Speaker 6

Great. Thanks for taking

Speaker 4

my question. RJ, you kind of mentioned in your prepared remarks and question answers that you guys are working with customers to kind of develop a lot of the property intelligence tools. Can you just talk about some of the efficiencies you've been able to see as you work with customers and how that might differ across the various verticals? Like what's the ROI they're seeing as they kind of adopt property intelligence?

Speaker 2

Sure. Thanks, Bhavan. And at the end of the day, this comes down to productivity. And to simplify that into 2 key metrics, time and money. It's almost that simple because so much of the built world and so much of facilities management is built around kind of traditional manual labor.

Speaker 2

So to inspect a building, to take measurements, to build a detailed assessment of a space is a fair bit of human capital and a fair bit of risk in precision. You turn Matterport on that challenge and what normally would take a workforce could be several hours, could be several days plus all of the time and travel, etcetera, to get on-site, on premise to conduct these kinds of inspections. We're taking that cumbersome cost and time commitments out of the equation and providing that at the output of the digital twin. So you scan the space and we're providing an automated set of insights, including automating all of those measurements for you, the minute you're able to open up your digital twin. And that alone translates to orders of magnitude in return on investment team out to go and conduct those exact same tasks in a manual way on-site in physical fashion.

Speaker 2

So that's just one very simple example of where we're headed with this. And so as we listen to our customers and what they want to do, it turns out by the way that they want to be assessing and inspecting the same space multiple times a quarter, even multiple times a month or even multiple times a week. And to then be able to apply all of this automation to that level of density of inspections and automating all of those time consuming tasks, increasing the precision along the way, only multiplies that return on investment the more you use Matterport. And so we're very keen to continue working with our partners out in the open and developing more of the very specific automatable tasks that can get continue to deliver on that big ROI for them. And we have, as we alluded to in the call, many more of those coming across the year.

Speaker 2

And you'll hear quite a bit from us by mid year and late in the year on the next roll of automations coming for our customers.

Speaker 4

Super helpful there. And then I guess just one follow-up for J. D. As it relates to the financial model. As you kind of think about the commentary you made on product revenue and kind of running promotions for longer on that side of the house in 4Q, how do we think about that as you release the fiscal 'twenty four in terms of your willingness to kind of run more promotions on that side of the house and kind of what does that imply for product revenue for fiscal 2024?

Speaker 3

Yes. I mean, I think we were always looking for the optimal approach to both revenue and unit sales and shipments in the product line because we know it helps drive new subscribers, new subscriptions on a paid basis. And customers who invest in these pro level cameras tend to be highly active, strong customers with high ARPA too. That's why they make that investment. They want to use our platform.

Speaker 3

And so I think that the Black Friday Cyber Monday opportunity was more of a special case built around a pretty significant holiday. So we don't do that very often. But where we do see these pockets of opportunity, we want to be flexible and able to take advantage of them. Going back a bit further to Prime Day last year, the middle of last year was another great example, one of our strongest shipment days in order flows for our pro cameras ever, in fact. And so I think it's just about being flexible in going where the market is and taking advantage of those pockets of demand to play the long game, which is to grow subscription revenue and engage with our customers on the software platform.

Speaker 4

Super helpful. The last one for me just quickly back to your subscription revenue guide. You talked about improving kind of expansion rates as you go through 'twenty four and how property intelligence and other solutions is going to help drive better subscriber growth. How do we think about the timing of when that should really kick into gear? Is this something more the second half of the year?

Speaker 4

Or are you already starting to see the impact in terms of new solutions driving new subscriber growth?

Speaker 3

Yes. We're seeing both subscriber growth as well as the expansion of average revenues we talked about today. And we've seen that now over the last couple of quarters. And so we expect it to continue through 2024. We tend to have our greatest sequential growth in the middle quarters of the calendar year.

Speaker 3

So that I'd expect would continue. But with the higher net dollar expansion rates, higher ARPA, higher overall subscription revenue growth north of 20% over the last couple of quarters. Again, I think that will continue throughout calendar 2024.

Speaker 4

That makes sense. Congrats on the strong end of the year.

Speaker 3

Thanks, Robin.

Operator

The next question comes from Brent Bracelin with Piper Sandler and Company. Please go ahead.

Speaker 7

Hi, guys. This is Hannah Rudolph on for Brent today. Thanks for taking my questions. For you, RJ, it sounds like the business has a lot of different encouraging growth drivers ahead of it from AI to partnerships to new products to different verticals you're going after. Can you talk about where you'll focus your efforts for this year?

Speaker 7

And then for JD, can you talk about how you'll balance all of these investments along with getting to profitability? Thank you.

Speaker 2

Fantastic. Thanks, Hannah. First, the focus is really in 2 principal value focus property marketing, really making sure that our all in one solution for property marketers, whether it's in residential real estate, nightly rentals, broader travel and hospitality and even commercial real estate, office space, facilities and the like. Super critical for us to put all of those arrows, all the wood behind that particular arrow, all the features and functionality and partnerships you talked about, we're directing our energy into 2 key areas, promote being the first. The second is facilities management and construction and design management.

Speaker 2

That is a category that really reflects and is the epitome of the enterprise opportunity. And that category has been outpacing. It's the fastest growing sector for us all last year, looks to be another strong year of growth in the category in 2024. And so making sure that we are also best in class in directing all the wood behind the arrow of facilities and construction management is very, very critical for us because the opportunity is enormous and we have a distinct product solution that really is set apart from anything that's available in those respective markets today. So we have that distinct advantage to capitalize on and those are the two areas that we're going to bring all of this capability towards in 2024.

Speaker 3

And on the financial model side, to that part of your question, Hannah, these investments that R. J. Just described and these new products are primarily in the software platform. So we're continuing to invest in that software as a service business model and solution that has strong gross margins. And of course, it's on a recurring revenue basis.

Speaker 3

So it repeats for us every month, every quarter. And we've actually grown our gross margins over the last year as well on the subscription side. So that's performing quite well for us. So strong top line growth in subscription revenue with strong gross margins really helps create that growth in gross profit as part of this equation of profitability. And then on the spending side, those investments themselves, as you may recall, we worked on improving the efficiency of our operations in the back half of last year.

Speaker 3

We have reduced our spending levels, made them more efficient as you can see by the results that we're describing today and that will continue. We'll continue to make progress on OpEx. And so the combination of those will help us get to that last mile through that last mile to profitability by the end of this year.

Speaker 7

Super helpful. Thank you.

Operator

The next question comes from Arseniy Matovich with Wolfe Research. Please go ahead.

Speaker 8

Hi, this is Arseniy on for Josh. Thanks for taking the questions. How should we think about the contribution from the subscription pricing increase rolling through existing subscribers in terms of 20% subscription revenue growth guidance? Is there a way to parse out what the contribution from the pricing uplift will be versus expansion with existing subscribers and new lands? Thank you.

Speaker 3

So, yes, thanks Arseniy. The contribution from the price increase we did last year in the existing subscriber base is about half of the net dollar expansion rate. And so that's how I think about the existing base as they're coming through and growing in 2024. Half comes from price increase and then the other half comes from, call it, the organic expansion of those accounts. And then, of course, for all the new customers, they're all seeing today's current pricing.

Speaker 3

And so then about on a total population point of view, about half of the growth in subscription revenue is coming from the existing subscriber base. Again, half of that from price,

Speaker 4

half of that from organic and then growth

Speaker 3

and then half coming from new subscribers added during the year.

Speaker 8

Got it. That's helpful. And then a quick follow-up on the Genesis initiative with that set for completion in winter of 2024 coming off of the release of Property Intelligence and understanding that while today it won't change your pricing plan, do you think that once the entire initiative is completed, it will drive more uplift through pricing as an add on to existing subscriptions? Or will it have a larger impact from being a driving force to convert non paying to paid subscribers or driving new paid subscribers that aren't existing users? Thanks.

Speaker 2

Yes. And it's going to be a combination of things in this one for sure. First, there's no question as we continue to roll a portfolio of high impact, high powered AI features and functional and boy, we have a lot coming. And the reason we have a lot coming is, 1, we've been working on this for more than a decade. And 2, we have an extraordinary spatial data library with 38,000,000,000 square feet of digitized space and digital information about the physical world that for an AI platform is sets us apart.

Speaker 2

And it really is a treasure trove of opportunity to create really high value add ons as you spoke about. This is going to drive premiums in subscription. It's going to drive premiums in some tiers of subscriptions we'll offer as well as add on pricing to come without a doubt. And having said that, we're very careful about how we manage this, because we do not believe in arbitrary price hikes and things of that nature is on our customers. We're bringing our customers along on the journey and we think very carefully about making sure that the value we're delivering far exceeds the prices we're paying that our customers are paying and if we're making any price adjustments that again that ROI is really high for them.

Speaker 2

And so we keep that in pretty clear balance here in 2024, but we're absolutely creating headroom and upside because we think the value that we're going to be delivering in the back half of the year and going into 2025 is going to be exponential. So a lot of upside for their price oriented revenue growth.

Speaker 8

Got it. Thank you. And just very brief, if I can sneak one more in. Looking at inventory down quarter over quarter, should we assume there isn't much Pro II left in inventory and that is just lower with Pro III being a bigger portion than it has been in the past? Thanks.

Speaker 3

It's true that the Pro 2 inventories are declining and the Pro 3 inventories are taking over more of that balance. And that is, as you suggested, is by design as we're shifting over the business to the newer camera. And that'll just continue throughout this year. Also last year, we had some build outs because we were building or starting a new production line for Pro 3 and we're priming the pump for those initial volume sales that we had in the back half of last year. So those transition elements don't exist anymore for 2024.

Speaker 8

Thank you.

Operator

This concludes our question and answer session. I would like to turn the conference back over to Mike Knapp for any closing remarks.

Speaker 1

Great. Well, thanks everyone for joining us today. As always, we appreciate your interest in Matterport and we look forward to speaking with you on our next earnings call. Thanks and goodbye.

Operator

The conference has now concluded. Thank you for attending today's presentation. You may now

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