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Forecasts and Revisionist RubbishWhen i looked to do some basic...

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    Forecasts and Revisionist Rubbish

    When i looked to do some basic forecasts, or more accurately extrapolations, I noticed that I had referred to $9m of cash costs last year. Not sure where I got that from (apologies to the ghost). Its more like $7.3m, before listing costs. (I think I'd used the $7m figure earlier). There's also $385m of D&A in that FY23 number, so I will switch to calling my numbers EBIT. EBIT is probably a pretty good proxy for cash flow with capex being around that D&A level (FY23 capex was $200k). Like many of these tech companies, they tend to expense most of development costs. Anyway, half year costs were still with $4.5m, without details given, so total costs somewhere between $7m and $9m. I will stick with $9m for FY24 forecast.

    Anyway, table below assumes continue to add $750k net ARR per month. Hopefully in real life, something more exciting happens with new product developments.
    YE March
    FY23FY24FY25FY26
    1$(000's)
    ActualForecast

    2Revenue
    1,4314,60911,43820,437
    3COGS
    7301,2732,8595,109
    4GP
    7013,3368,57815,328
    5

    49.0%72.4%75.0%75%
    6Expenses
    7,3309,0568,0008,000
    7EBIT
    -6,629-5,7205787,328

 
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