![]() Curt has served as an exceptional finance executive for Autobytel and was instrumental to our progress and growth over the last seven and half years. We are also beginning to experience meaningful contributions from our commercial relationship with AutoWeb, which is driving growth in our advertising business.Īs announced over a month ago, we promoted Kim Boren to Chief Financial Officer to succeed Curt effective April 1, 2015. Strategically we made great strides in 2014 with the successful acquisition and integration of AutoUSA, as well as the advancement of several new product offerings that continue to gain market traction. This performance reflected the significant expansion of our dealer footprint, as well as improvement in the quality of our leads. 2014 was a pivotal year as we generated increases in nearly every metric of our business, most notably record revenues, an 84% increase in non-GAAP income and a 30% increase in lead volume. We are pleased to note that we either achieved or exceeded our Q4 guidance on all metrics. Thank you for joining us today to discuss our fourth quarter and full year 2014 results. Reconciliations of these non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures are included in today’s press release and/or in the slides which are posted in the company’s website.Īnd with that I will now turn the call over to Jeff. Please also note that during this call and/or in the accompanying slides, management will be discussing EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA per diluted share, non-GAAP income, and non-GAAP EPS, which are non-GAAP financial measure as defined by SEC Regulation G. ![]() When there, go to Investor Relations and then click on Events & Presentations. The slides can be accessed by clicking on the link in today’s press release or by visiting Autobytel’s website at. There are slides included with today’s presentation to help illustrate some of the points being made and discussed during the call. These filings identify factors that could cause results to differ materially from those forward-looking statements. Specifically, please refer to the company’s Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2014, which was filed prior to this call, as well as other filings made by Autobytel with the SEC from time-to-time. Actual events may differ materially from those forward-looking statements. Before I introduce Jeff, I remind you that during today’s call, including the question-and-answer session, any projections and forward-looking statements made regarding future events or Autobytel’s future financial performance are covered by the Safe Harbor statements contained in today’s press release, the slides accompanying this presentation and the company’s public filings with the SEC. I would now like to turn the call over to Mr. ![]() Following their remarks we’ll open the call for your questions.Īs a reminder, today’s call is being recorded. Joining us today are Autobytel’s President and CEO, Jeff Coats the company’s CFO, Curt DeWalt the company’s Senior Vice President of Business Analyst and Website, Kim Boren and the company’s outside Investor Relations Advisor, Cody Slach with the Liolios Group. ![]() Good afternoon everyone and thank you for participating in today’s conference call to discuss Autobytel financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2014. Kim Boren - Senior Vice President of Business Analyst and WebsiteĬody Slach - Investor Relations Advisor, Liolios Group Jeff Coats - President, Chief Executive Officer (ABTL) Q4 2014 Earnings Conference Call Febru5:00 PM ET
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