ReposiTrak (NYSE: TRAK) grows profit with Q3 2026 margins, cash and patents
Rhea-AI Filing Summary
ReposiTrak, Inc. reported solid third-quarter fiscal 2026 results, with revenue essentially flat at $5.9 million while profitability improved meaningfully. Total operating expenses fell 12% to $3.6 million, lifting income from operations 24% to about $2.3 million. GAAP net income was roughly $2.0 million, and diluted earnings per share were $0.10, in line with last year.
For the first nine months of fiscal 2026, revenue increased 5% to $17.7 million, operating expenses declined 4% to $11.7 million, and GAAP net income rose 6% to $5.5 million. Diluted EPS grew 9% to $0.28. The company ended the quarter with $26.4 million in cash and no bank debt, while returning capital through buybacks, preferred redemptions, and a quarterly dividend of $0.02 per share.
Management highlighted that more than 98% of revenue now comes from recurring SaaS contracts, with net margins above 30%. Strategically, ReposiTrak filed two new patents around its Touchless Traceability solution and data integrity tools, and advanced a collaboration with SPAR Group to pair its supply chain analytics with in-store execution services, aiming to extend its end-to-end food safety and merchandising platform.
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Margins and cash generation improved despite flat quarterly revenue.
ReposiTrak delivered essentially unchanged Q3 revenue of $5.9M but expanded income from operations by 24% to roughly $2.3M. For the nine months ended March 31, 2026, revenue grew 5% to $17.7M and GAAP net income increased 6% to $5.5M, reflecting operating leverage in its SaaS model.
Operating expenses declined 12% in the quarter and 4% year-to-date, while management cited net margins “north of 30%” and recurring revenue above 98% of total. The balance sheet remains conservative with $26.4M in cash and no bank debt, supporting flexibility for investment and shareholder returns.
Capital allocation continues to balance growth and distributions, including common share repurchases, preferred redemptions and a quarterly dividend of $0.02 per share. Strategic initiatives such as new patents for Touchless Traceability and the SPAR Group collaboration extend the platform’s capabilities, but the filing does not include formal financial guidance; future quarterly disclosures will clarify how these initiatives translate into revenue and earnings trends.
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recurring SaaS revenue financial
FSMA 204 regulatory
Touchless Traceability technical
capital allocation financial
SPAR Group financial
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REPOSITRAK, INC.
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Date: May 18, 2026
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/s/ John Merrill
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Exhibit 99.1
ReposiTrak Reports Third Quarter Fiscal 2026 Financial Results
Quarterly Operating Income Increases 24%, 28% Fiscal Year-to-Date, and Company Generates $0.10 in Quarterly Diluted EPS;
Demand for Touchless Traceability Accelerates After Key Patents Filed
Salt Lake City, UT – May 14, 2026 –ReposiTrak (NYSE: TRAK), an AI-powered, integrated supply chain platform, today announced financial results for the third fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2026.
Third Fiscal Quarter Financial Highlights (three months ended March 31, 2026 vs. three months ended March 31, 2025):
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Third quarter total revenue of $5.9 million, essentially flat year-over-year. |
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Operating expense decreased 12% to $3.6 million. |
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Operating income increased 24% to $2.3 million. |
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GAAP net income increased 1% to $2.0 million. |
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Net income to common shareholders was $2.0 million, up 4%. |
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EPS of $0.11 per basic and $0.10 per diluted share. |
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During the quarter, the Company redeemed 35,047 preferred shares for the stated redemption price of $10.70 per share for a total of $375,000. |
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During the quarter, the Company repurchased and cancelled 55,262 common shares for an average price of $9.95 per share for a total of $550,000. |
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On March 20, 2026, the Board declared a quarterly dividend of $0.02 per quarter ($0.08 per share annually) to shareholders of record on March 31, 2026. The cash dividends will be paid to shareholders of record on or about May 15, 2026. Subsequent dividends will be paid within 45 days of each fiscal quarter end. |
Fiscal Year-to-Date Financial Highlights (nine months ended March 31, 2026 vs. nine months ended March 31, 2025):
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Fiscal year-to-date revenue of $17.7 million, up 5% year-over-year. |
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Operating expense decreased 4% to $11.7 million. |
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Operating income increased 28% to $6.0 million. |
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GAAP net income increased 6% to $5.5 million. |
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Net income to common shareholders was $5.4 million, up 9%. |
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EPS of $0.29 per basic and $0.28 per diluted share. |
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The Company finished the period with $26.4 million in cash and no bank debt. |
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The Company generated $5.9 million in cash from operations for the first nine months of fiscal 2026. |
Randall K. Fields, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ReposiTrak, commented: "The FDA's traceability initiative has effectively erased the lines between our disparate product offerings. What were once distinct business lines increasingly operate as a single, comprehensive food safety platform, a solution that is unrivaled in the industry. That convergence is a meaningful strategic advantage, because no one else delivers all of these capabilities in a single platform. This creates advantages in cross-selling across all layers of the industry, from growers to suppliers, wholesalers and retailers."
"During the quarter, we filed two patent applications covering our Touchless Traceability™ solution, creating a durable competitive moat around the only approach that delivers FDA-compliant traceability at scale,” added Mr. Fields. “With deployments already in production at a leading grocer and a major Southern wholesaler, Touchless Traceability is establishing a new standard for accuracy and efficiency. These two customers are the only two companies in the world we are aware of that can track products from the supplier to their distribution center to their retail stores without ever having to touch or scan the product."
"Our collaboration with SPAR Group pairs our ability to identify supply chain and merchandising issues with SPAR's field execution, giving retailers a true end-to-end solution from problem identification to in-store resolution,” concluded Mr. Fields. “This is the next evolution of our platform: from insight to action. We believe this collaboration has the potential to be significant not only to our respective businesses, but to the industry as a whole."
Third Fiscal Quarter Financial Results (three months ended March 31, 2026, vs. three months ended March 31, 2025):
Revenue was flat at $5.9 million as compared to $5.9 million in the prior-year third quarter due to a 16% increase in traceability onboardings in the third fiscal quarter of 2025, that did not occur in the same period of 2026 as a result of the FSMA 204 deadline extension. Total operating expense was $3.6 million, down 12% compared to $4.1 million last year. SG&A expense was $2.7 million, down 5% from $2.9 million last year. GAAP net income was $2.0 million compared to $2.0 million, an increase of 1%. Net income to common shareholders was $2.0 million, or $0.11 per basic and $0.10 per diluted share, compared to $1.9 million, or $0.10 per basic and diluted share, representing an increase of 4%.
Fiscal Year-to-Date Financial Results (nine months ended March 31, 2026, vs. nine months ended March 31, 2025):
Revenue increased 5% to $17.7 million as compared to $16.8 million in the prior-year period. Total operating expense was $11.7 million, down 4% compared to $12.2 million last year. SG&A expense was $8.7 million, up 2% from $8.5 million last year. GAAP net income was $5.5 million compared to $5.2 million, an increase of 6%. Net income to common shareholders was $5.4 million, or $0.29 per basic and $0.28 per diluted share, compared to $4.9 million, or $0.27 per basic and $0.26 per diluted share, representing an increase of 9%.
Return of Capital:
In the third quarter of fiscal 2026, the Company redeemed 35,047 preferred shares at the stated redemption price of $10.70 per share for a total of $375,003. As of March 31, 2026, a total of 160,865 shares of Series B preferred remained issued and outstanding. Since inception, a total of preferred shares, including Series B and Series B-1 preferred, at the redemption price of $10.70 per share have been redeemed for a total of $7.3 million. All Series B-1 preferred shares have been redeemed. The remaining amount available for future preferred redemptions is $1.7 million. At the current rate of redemption, the Company anticipates redeeming all of its preferred shares issued and outstanding on or before December of 2026.
During the third quarter of fiscal 2026, the Company repurchased 55,262 common shares for a total of $550,000 at an average of $9.95 per share. The Company has approximately $6.0 million remaining on the $21.0 million total common share buyback authorization.
On March 20, 2026, the Board declared a quarterly dividend of $0.02 per quarter ($0.08 per share annually) to shareholders of record on March 31, 2026. The cash dividends will be paid to shareholders of record on or about May 15, 2026. Subsequent dividends will be paid within 45 days of each fiscal quarter end.
Balance Sheet:
The Company had $26.4 million in cash and cash equivalents at March 31, 2026, compared to $28.6 million at June 30, 2025 due to the investment in the SPAR Group. As of December 31, 2025, the Company had no bank debt. During the quarter, the Company recorded an unrealized loss on short-term investments of $128,697, reflecting lower interest rates and the expected impact on interest income.
Conference Call:
The Company will host a conference call at 4:15 p.m. Eastern today to discuss the Company’s results. The conference call will also be webcast and will be available via the investor relations section of the Company’s website, www.repositrak.com.
Participant Dial-In Numbers:
Date: Thursday, May 14, 2026
Time: 4:15 p.m. ET (1:15 p.m. PT)
Toll-Free: 1-877-407-9716
Toll/International 1-201-493-6779
Conference ID: 13760307
Replay Dial-In Numbers:
Toll Free: 1-844-512-2921
Toll/International: 1-412-317-6671
Conference ID: 13760307
Replay Start: Thursday, May 14, 2026, 7:15 p.m. ET
Replay Expiry: Sunday, June 14, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. ET
About ReposiTrak
ReposiTrak, Inc. (NYSE: TRAK) is an AI-powered, integrated platform that connects retailers, wholesalers, suppliers, and food manufacturers through a suite of applications designed to reduce risk, support regulatory compliance, strengthen operational controls, and protect brand integrity. The ReposiTrak platform serves as a shared system of record across its solution areas, maintaining and synchronizing complex supplier and customer data to enable secure, accurate, and scalable information exchange.
ReposiTrak’s solutions are organized into three core product families: traceability, compliance and risk management, and supply chain solutions. Through its scalable, cloud-based platform and U.S.-based team of experts, the Company helps organizations streamline operations, improve data transparency, and meet evolving regulatory requirements across the food supply chain. For more information, visit www.repositrak.com.
Forward-Looking Statement
Any statements contained in this document that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements as defined in the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “forecast,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “project,” “predict,” “if”, “should” and “will” and similar expressions as they relate to ReposiTrak Inc., (“ReposiTrak”) are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. ReposiTrak may from time-to-time update these publicly announced projections, but it is not obligated to do so. Any projections of future results of operations should not be construed in any manner as a guarantee that such results will in fact occur. These projections are subject to change and could differ materially from final reported results. For a discussion of such risks and uncertainties, see “Risk Factors” in ReposiTrak annual report on Form 10-K, its quarterly report on Form 10-Q, and its other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the dates on which they are made.
Investor Relations Contact:
John Merrill, CFO
Investor-relations@repositrak.com
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FNK IR
Rob Fink
646.809.4048
rob@fnkir.com
REPOSITRAK, INC.
Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets (Unaudited)
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June 30, |
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2026 |
2025 |
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Assets |
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Current Assets |
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Cash |
$ | 26,409,558 | $ | 28,568,805 | ||||
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Receivables, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $264,517 and $242,437 at March 31, 2026 and June 30, 2025, respectively |
5,101,465 | 4,133,026 | ||||||
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Contract asset – unbilled current portion |
454,408 | 428,585 | ||||||
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Prepaid expense and other current assets |
1,137,554 | 555,384 | ||||||
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Total Current Assets |
33,102,985 | 33,685,800 | ||||||
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Property and equipment, net |
362,973 | 602,172 | ||||||
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Other Assets: |
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Notes receivable |
3,000,000 | - | ||||||
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Deposits and other assets |
22,414 | 22,414 | ||||||
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Prepaid expense – less current portion |
3,453 | 6,568 | ||||||
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Goodwill |
20,883,886 | 20,883,886 | ||||||
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Capitalized software costs, net |
- | 128,207 | ||||||
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Total Other Assets |
23,909,753 | 21,041,075 | ||||||
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Total Assets |
$ | 57,375,711 | $ | 55,329,047 | ||||
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Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity |
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Current liabilities |
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Accounts payable |
$ | 270,175 | $ | 282,146 | ||||
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Accrued liabilities |
2,507,489 | 1,841,839 | ||||||
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Contract liability – deferred revenue |
3,754,750 | 3,175,908 | ||||||
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Notes payable and financing leases – current |
234,523 | 231,225 | ||||||
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Total current liabilities |
6,766,937 | 5,531,118 | ||||||
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Long-term liabilities |
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Notes payable and financing leases – less current portion |
114,939 | 278,748 | ||||||
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Total liabilities |
6,881,876 | 5,809,866 | ||||||
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Commitments and contingencies |
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Stockholders’ equity: |
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Preferred Stock; $0.01 par value, 30,000,000 shares authorized; |
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Series B Preferred, 700,000 shares authorized; 160,865 and 336,098 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2026 and June 30, 2025, respectively |
1,609 | 3,361 | ||||||
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Common Stock, $0.01 par value, 50,000,000 shares authorized; 18,173,565 and 18,282,805 and issued and outstanding at March 31, 2026 and June 30, 2025, respectively |
181,738 | 182,830 | ||||||
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Additional paid-in capital |
59,063,066 | 62,181,156 | ||||||
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Accumulated other comprehensive loss |
(51,173 | ) | (11,256 | ) | ||||
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Accumulated deficit |
(8,701,405 | ) | (12,836,910 | ) | ||||
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Total stockholders’ equity |
50,493,835 | 49,519,181 | ||||||
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Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity |
$ | 57,375,711 | $ | 55,329,047 | ||||
REPOSITRAK, INC.
Consolidated Condensed Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Unaudited)
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Revenue |
$ | 5,883,198 | $ | 5,913,732 | $ | 17,711,476 | $ | 16,845,782 | ||||||||
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Operating expense: |
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Cost of revenue and product support |
803,353 | 911,693 | 2,511,249 | 2,773,468 | ||||||||||||
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Sales and marketing |
1,356,865 | 1,408,861 | 4,458,676 | 4,392,997 | ||||||||||||
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General and administrative |
1,376,346 | 1,455,602 | 4,216,435 | 4,124,706 | ||||||||||||
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Depreciation and amortization |
95,414 | 328,723 | 563,090 | 913,646 | ||||||||||||
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Total operating expense |
3,631,978 | 4,104,879 | 11,749,450 | 12,204,817 | ||||||||||||
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Income from operations |
2,251,220 | 1,808,853 | 5,962,026 | 4,640,965 | ||||||||||||
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Other income (expense): |
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Interest income |
321,109 | 326,388 | 1,082,011 | 1,030,554 | ||||||||||||
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Interest expense |
(9,191 | ) | (12,817 | ) | (29,930 | ) | (35,022 | ) | ||||||||
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Realized gain (loss) on short term investments |
1,194 | - | (19,052 | ) | - | |||||||||||
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Unrealized gain (loss) on short term investments |
(128,697 | ) | (6,705 | ) | (153,852 | ) | (2,438 | ) | ||||||||
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Income before income taxes |
2,435,635 | 2,115,719 | 6,841,203 | 5,634,059 | ||||||||||||
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(Provision) for income taxes: |
(450,000 | ) | (149,931 | ) | (1,349,999 | ) | (452,036 | ) | ||||||||
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Net income |
1,985,635 | 1,965,788 | 5,491,204 | 5,182,023 | ||||||||||||
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Dividends on preferred stock |
(34,285 | ) | (85,725 | ) | (139,653 | ) | (289,223 | ) | ||||||||
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Net income applicable to common shareholders |
$ | 1,951,350 | $ | 1,880,063 | $ | 5,351,551 | $ | 4,892,800 | ||||||||
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Weighted average shares, basic |
18,205,000 | 18,254,000 | 18,254,000 | 18,249,000 | ||||||||||||
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Weighted average shares, diluted |
18,838,000 | 19,143,000 | 19,029,000 | 19,122,000 | ||||||||||||
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Basic income per share |
$ | 0.11 | $ | 0.10 | $ | 0.29 | $ | 0.27 | ||||||||
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Diluted income per share |
$ | 0.10 | $ | 0.10 | $ | 0.28 | $ | 0.26 | ||||||||
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Comprehensive income: |
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Net income |
$ | 1,985,635 | $ | 1,965,788 | $ | 5,491,204 | $ | 5,182,023 | ||||||||
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Other comprehensive gain: |
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Unrealized gain (loss) on available-for-sale securities |
(31,328 | ) | (3,759 | ) | (39,917 | ) | 15,110 | |||||||||
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Total comprehensive income |
$ | 1,954,307 | $ | 1,962,029 | $ | 5,451,287 | $ | 5,197,133 | ||||||||
REPOSITRAK, INC.
Consolidated Condensed Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)
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March 31, |
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2025 |
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Cash flows from operating activities: |
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Net income |
$ | 5,491,204 | $ | 5,182,023 | ||||
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Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: |
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Depreciation and amortization |
563,090 | 913,646 | ||||||
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Amortization of operating right of use asset |
- | 47,386 | ||||||
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Stock compensation expense |
327,069 | 302,251 | ||||||
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Bad debt expense |
675,000 | 450,000 | ||||||
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(Increase) decrease in: |
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Accounts receivables |
(1,669,262 | ) | (796,122 | ) | ||||
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Long-term receivables, prepaids and other assets |
(762,990 | ) | (208,916 | ) | ||||
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Increase (decrease) in: |
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Accounts payable |
(11,971 | ) | 21,746 | |||||
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Operating lease liability |
- | (47,372 | ) | |||||
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Accrued liabilities |
669,156 | (335,917 | ) | |||||
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Deferred revenue |
578,842 | 1,234,646 | ||||||
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Net cash provided by operating activities |
5,860,138 | 6,763,371 | ||||||
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Cash flows from investing activities: |
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Issuance of note receivable |
(3,000,000 | ) | - | |||||
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Purchase of property and equipment |
(11,749 | ) | (8,795 | ) | ||||
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Sale (purchase) of marketable securities |
(39,917 | ) | 15,110 | |||||
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Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities |
(3,051,666 | ) | 6,315 | |||||
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Cash flows from financing activities: |
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Common Stock buyback/retirement |
(1,798,537 | ) | (100,016 | ) | ||||
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Redemption of Series B Preferred |
(1,874,993 | ) | (2,249,975 | ) | ||||
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Proceeds from exercise of warrants |
- | 79,120 | ||||||
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Proceeds from employee stock plan |
104,519 | 134,345 | ||||||
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Dividends paid |
(1,238,197 | ) | (1,342,235 | ) | ||||
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Payments on notes payable and capital leases |
(160,511 | ) | (310,466 | ) | ||||
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Net cash used in financing activities |
(4,967,719 | ) | (3,789,227 | ) | ||||
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Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents |
(2,159,247 | ) | 2,980,459 | |||||
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Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period |
28,568,805 | 25,153,862 | ||||||
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Cash and cash equivalents at end of period |
$ | 26,409,558 | $ | 28,134,321 | ||||
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Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information: |
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Cash paid for income taxes |
$ | 709,420 | $ | 375,119 | ||||
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Cash paid for interest |
$ | 12,054 | $ | 7,769 | ||||
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Cash paid for operating leases |
$ | - | $ | 56,244 | ||||
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Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities: |
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Common stock to pay accrued liabilities |
$ | 325,136 | $ | 259,302 | ||||
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Dividends accrued on preferred stock |
$ | 139,653 | $ | 289,223 | ||||
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Right-of-use asset |
$ | - | $ | 654,444 | ||||
Exhibit 99.2
ReposiTrak
Fiscal Third Quarter 2026 Earnings Call
May 14, 2026
C O R P O R A T E P A R T I C I P A N T S
Jeff Stanlis, FNK IR, LLC
John Merrill, Chief Financial Officer
Randall Fields, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
C O N F E R E N C E C A L L P A R T I C I P A N T S
Thomas Forte, Maxim Group
P R E S E N T A T I O N
Operator
Greetings, and welcome to the ReposiTrak Fiscal Third Quarter 2026 Earnings Call.
At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. A question-and-answer session will follow the formal presentation. If anyone requires Operator assistance during the conference, please press star zero on your telephone keypad.
As a reminder, this conference is being recorded.
I would now like to turn the conference over to your host, Jeff Stanlis of FNK IR. You may begin.
Jeff Stanlis
Thank you, Operator, and good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for joining us today for the ReposiTrak fiscal third quarter 2026 conference call.
Hosting the call today are Randy Fields, ReposiTrak’s Chairman and CEO, and John Merrill, ReposiTrak’s CFO.
Before we begin, I would like to remind everyone that this call could contain forward-looking statements about ReposiTrak within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not subject to historical facts. Such forward-looking statements are based upon current beliefs and expectations. ReposiTrak's remarks are subject to risks and uncertainties, and actual results may differ materially. Such risks are fully discussed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The information set forth herein should be considered in light of such risks. ReposiTrak does not assume any obligation to update information contained in this conference call.
Shortly after the market closed today, the Company issued a press release overviewing the financial results that we will discuss on today's call. Investors can visit the Investor Relations section of the Company's website at ReposiTrak.com to access this press release.
With all that said, I would now like to turn the call over to John Merrill. John, the call is yours.
John Merrill
Thanks, Jeff, and good afternoon, everyone.
As we close out the third quarter of fiscal 2026 and head into the final quarter of the fiscal year, I want to spend a few minutes reinforcing the long-term framework that continues to guide our execution, operating discipline, and capital allocation strategy. At ReposiTrak, our strategy has remained disciplined and consistent. We've remained focused on building a highly scalable SaaS platform characterized by recurring revenue, expanding operating margins, cash flow generation, and a conservatively capitalized balance sheet. At the same time, we have maintained a balanced approach towards reinvestment, innovation, and direct shareholder returns. I believe our results demonstrate the strength and consistency of that operating framework.
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First, our transition to a recurring SaaS revenue model has fundamentally transformed both the quality and predictability of our business. Since fiscal 2020, we have converted more than $7 million of historical one-time revenue streams into recurring SaaS revenue. During that same time period, recurring revenue increased from approximately 62% of total revenue to more than 98% today. Importantly, we accomplished this transition while simultaneously eliminating approximately $2 million of high-touch, low-margin revenue opportunities that no longer align with our long-term strategic direction. While those decisions reduced near-term revenue opportunities at that time, they created capacity for higher-value recurring revenue streams and positioned the Company for sustainable long-term margin expansion.
Second, we have remained highly focused on operational discipline and efficiency. Since fiscal 2020, we have reduced annual operating expenses from approximately $19 million to roughly $16 million, while simultaneously eliminating $6.4 million of bank debt. At the same time, our profitability profile has improved significantly. Net margins have expanded from approximately 8% several years ago to north of 30% today. We believe this performance continues to demonstrate the operating leverage embedded within our SaaS model and the scalability of the underlying platform.
Third, we continue to prioritize strong cash generation and disciplined capital allocation. Since fiscal 2020, net cash has compounded at approximately 16% annually. We define net cash as total cash, less bank debt and lease obligations. Net cash increased from approximately $13.7 million in fiscal 2020 to nearly $28 million by fiscal 2025, providing us with flexibility to invest in SPAR Group while still maintaining a very strong liquidity position and zero bank debt. We believe the SPAR investment aligns with our broader platform expansion objectives and has the potential to generate attractive long-term shareholder value. The collaboration also supports our broader vision of extending our platform capabilities from supply chain intelligence into operational execution.
Our capital allocation framework remains balanced between reinvestment opportunities and disciplined shareholder returns. During the current fiscal year-to-date period alone, we have returned roughly $5 million to shareholders through common share repurposes, preferred share redemptions and dividends. Since inception of our capital return initiatives, we have repurchased and retired a meaningful amount of both common and preferred shares. In addition, we have increased the common dividend three separate times by 10% each time since the program was initiated in 2022.
Meanwhile, we continue investing selectively in long-term strategic initiatives across three primary areas. The first area is product innovation. We are responding directly to customer pain points with solutions designed to improve supply chain visibility, reduce labor dependency and increase data accuracy across increasingly complex distribution environments. Our touchless traceability initiative represents an important extension of the repository traceability network, or RTN. We believe this solution represents a significant advancement in how FDA-compliant traceability can be implemented efficiently and at scale across the global food supply chain.
Second, we continue strengthening our intellectual property portfolio. During the quarter, we filed two additional patent applications. One relates directly to touchless traceability, while the second covers innovative methods for identifying and automatically correcting data integrity issues within integrated supply chain environments. ReposiTrak has a long history of protecting its innovation through patents, and we now maintain a portfolio of nine U.S. patents, further extending our competitive positioning and intellectual property portfolio.
Third, we continue modernizing our software architecture and internal systems infrastructure, including targeted artificial intelligence initiatives intended to further enhance automation, workflow efficiency, and platform scalability. Importantly, we do not anticipate a meaningful increase in cash operating expenses or capital expenditures associated with these initiatives.
Let's get to the numbers. Third quarter fiscal 2026 revenue was $5.9 million, essentially flat year-over-year, compared to $5.9 million in the prior year quarter. As a reminder, the March quarter of fiscal 2025 benefited from elevated traceability onboarding activity ahead of the original FDA compliance deadlines, which contributed to approximately 16% revenue growth during that period. Following the FDA's extension of the FSMA 204 compliance deadline, that accelerated onboarding activity did not recur at the same magnitude during the current year quarter.
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Despite this temporary timing shift in onboarding activity, we continue to deliver meaningful growth and profitability. Total operating expenses decreased 12% year over year to $3.6 million, compared to $4.1 million in the prior year period. Income from operations increased 24% to approximately $2.3 million, compared to $1.8 million in the prior year quarter. GAAP net income increased 1% to approximately $2 million, while net income attributed to common shareholders increased 4% to approximately $2 million. It is also important to note again that the Company no longer benefits from significant net operating loss carry forwards to offset taxable income.
During the third quarter of fiscal 2026, tax expense increased approximately 200% from prior year period, representing roughly a $300,000 increase. As a result, our effective tax rate was approximately 18% for the quarter, and we continue to model an effective tax rate of approximately 20% going forward.
Basic earnings per share for the quarter were $0.11 per share, while diluted earnings per share were $0.10 per share.
Turning to the year-to-date numbers, for the first nine months of fiscal 2026, total revenue increased 5% year-over-year to $17.7 million, compared to $16.8 million in the prior year period. Total operating expenses declined 4% to $11.7 million. Income from operations increased 28% to $6 million, compared to $4.6 million in the prior year period. GAAP net income increased 6% to $5.5 million, while net income to common shareholders increased 9% to $5.4 million.
Year-to-date diluted earnings per share increased 9% to $0.28 per share, compared to $0.26 per share in the prior year period. We ended the quarter with approximately $26.4 million in cash and zero bank debt. Operating cash flow generation also remained strong. For the first nine months of fiscal 2026, the Company generated $6 million in cash from operations.
Now let me address our capital allocation initiatives in more detail. During the fiscal year, we have repurchased 144,000 common shares for approximately $1.8 million at an average purchase price of approximately $12.50 per share. Since inception of the buyback program, we have repurchased approximately 2.3 million shares for approximately $15 million at an average cost of roughly $6.60 per common share. We currently have $6 million remaining under the existing Board authorization. Importantly, the Company does not hold treasury shares. Repurchased shares are immediately retired, which further enhances the long-term accretive impact of the buyback program.
During fiscal 2026, we have redeemed 175,000 preferred shares, with approximately 161,000 shares left outstanding. Finally, regarding the dividend, on March 20, 2026, our Board declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.02 per share payable to shareholders of record as of March 31, 2026. This marks the third consecutive annual 10% increase in the Company's dividend since the program was initiated in September of 2022.
As we look ahead, our priorities remain unchanged. Disciplined execution, sustainable recurring revenue growth, continued profitability expansion, prudent capital allocation, balance sheet strength, and long-term shareholder value creation. Our objectives remain straightforward, to continue delivering superior value to customers, continue strengthening the scalability of the platform, continue generating durable cash flow, and continue executing with consistency and discipline over the long term.
Thanks, everyone, for taking the time today. At this point, I'll turn the call back over to Randy. Randy?
Randall Fields
Thanks, John.
This was a strategically important quarter for ReposiTrak. The progress we made and the differentiation we continue to add is vitally important to our future. In the quarter, we continue to fortify several of the competitive modes around our business through intellectual property protection and an innovative new relationship. These actions are particularly important to mitigate any possible future threat from AI-developed software.
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Importantly, our different business lines are now converging into a single platform of easily added high-value applications for our customers. What we have and will continue to build is a platform that gives us and our customers significant operational and financial advantages. I'm going to spend a little bit of time on those.
Through the lens of ReposiTrak in the age of AI-created apps, creating a platform in which data is shared, errors are decreased, costs are minimized, and functionality expanded without additional implementation is very compelling. We have meaningful capabilities already integrated into this platform, and we'll continue to add additional capabilities to augment this end-to-end food safety and supply chain solution set.
Increasingly, ReposiTrak is well-positioned to identify and remediate issues from out-of-stocks on the shelves to helping to select safest vendors for our customers, etc. There is literally no one else that can do what we do end-to-end for our customers. No one. Over time, we'll continue to capitalize on that advantage. Most companies that have multiple applications, as we do, actually have multiple different source code bases that they have to maintain. That means they have multiple development teams. We have one source code base, one group of developers, and one very robust development environment that enables us to be fast in the development process, robust in avoiding bugs, and extraordinarily cost-effective.
From the lens of a customer, on the other hand, suppose you have an application that does work in, say, compliance. Then you have an application that does work in the supply chain, obviously, addressing those same suppliers. Then finally, suppose you're doing traceability that also uses that same set of suppliers. Using ReposiTrak solution set, a critical advantage for the customer, is that having all of those functionalities in a single platform means there's only one place where the supplier list exists and is maintained. If you have three different applications from three different software vendors, you will constantly be struggling to make sure there's only one accurate set of suppliers with the same set of contacts at those suppliers, etc. It's a very important advantage.
It's important to note that this is also a wide moat with regard to AI coding. Small apps can often be built with an AI-type tool. The truth is these AI-created tools and other one-off solutions are not going to deliver platform functionality. For the most part, they have extreme security vulnerabilities. Bottom line is that operating from a single platform gives us a less expensive, faster, less error-prone, and far more secure environment for ourselves and our customers.
Now let's go back and revisit the initiatives of the last quarter. The first significant strategic initiative was buttressing our intellectual property. We filed for two key patents around our touchless traceability solution.
Please remember touchless traceability is an AI-powered, self-learning, automated solution to enable traceability. We believe it is the only solution that can comply with the pending FDA mandate, let alone do that at scale and do it without adding significant cost to food items or changing how a customer's distribution center actually works. It is exactly what the name implies, touchless.
Other systems require that cases be scanned or touched multiple times as they move through a distribution center. Touchless traceability requires none of that. We use electronic data to track products, not data gathered from manual scanning of boxes. Due to regulatory requirements, we elected to wait until the patents were filed before selling the solution. Nonetheless, selling that service is now commencing. Keep in mind that the lag time for traceability revenue and customer implementation is longer than in our other services. It's very clear that the market interest in issues around traceability is growing and certainly reinforces our belief that as the year progresses, the number of inquiries and new starts will increase, and we're preparing for that.
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In the last 45 days, a leading grocery retailer and a leading wholesale grocery cooperative in the southern U.S. have achieved full end-to-end traceability using our touchless traceability solution. You may have noticed our announcements about those successes. Believe it or not, there are still only two wholesalers or retailers that can track products from the supplier to their distribution center and then on to their retail stores without ever having to touch the product or invest heavily in the manual processes. Both of those companies are our customers using our technology. These successes will become an important part of our story in the next several years as the traceability deadlines approach.
As I've discussed previously, the largest issue with traceability continues to be the accuracy of supplier data. Garbage in, garbage out. The error rate in data we initially received from suppliers working on the system, especially small suppliers, is at least 50% and as high as 70%. An important fact, it's not simply missing data because that would be easy to identify, meaning you'd look at a form and there's a field missing. It's not missing data. It's wrong data. That creates a very substantial risk that, in a sense, bad data is being passed from a supplier to his customer, infecting that customer's system, who in turn sends bad data to his customer, infecting that customer's system, and so on and so forth, all the way through the supply chain.
Interestingly, without our patent-pending detection system, no one even knows these errors exist, but one day they will. Our lead in actually doing traceability has enabled us to create an AI-based system that deals with this particular problem. No one else can identify and fix these errors. It takes AI and learnings from millions of records to know that a current document is actually incorrect. It's a little bit like the problem that I'm sure all of you have experienced with spellcheck. If you use a word that's properly spelled but incorrect contextually, spellcheck won't find it. For example, if you accidentally type the word tour, T-O-U-R, instead of the word our, O-U-R, spellcheck won't find the error. This is where our service is, in fact, unique.
While competitors try and find and fix errors manually, if they catch them at all, we're doing that automatically in near real time. Touchless traceability extends that to traceability itself. We mean it when we say touchless.
Our second important initiative began last quarter with identifying a partner that can expand ReposiTrak's toolset from identifying issues to providing a human fix for those issues. Years ago, very large CPG companies had extensive field organizations that were able to go into stores and do what was necessary. Those days are long gone. Importantly, now there are literally thousands of smaller suppliers that need this kind of assistance when an issue is identified. For example, how did they get a product they may have sent to a store, UPS or FedEx, out of the back room and onto the shelf? Or what if sales data is indicating that the product is out of stock in a store? What do they do to fix it?
In short, there's an enormous number of opportunities to actually help suppliers and retailers fix, not simply identify problems. Accordingly, we've formed a collaboration with a SPAR group to address the opportunity.
This collaboration also represents an enormous barrier, in case it isn't obvious, to the so-called AI threat. AI can identify a problem on a shelf. AI cannot restock the shelf. AI can flag a recall. AI cannot pull the products. The bottleneck in retail isn't intelligence, it's hands. SPAR brings the hands.
It's early, so I don't want to spend too much time on this, but we see a very interesting and important extension of our capabilities, not to mention an incredible defense against AI-built tools. How will this relationship work? We've gotten really good at identifying issues automatically, as you know. We can identify out-of-stock situations, as well as products that need to be removed from the shelves for various reasons, just to name a couple of examples. However, our focus has not, and never has been, on resolving the in-store problems we identify. Our limitation has been on the execution for the supplier or the retailer to enable them to fix the problem. The relationship with SPAR could now close that gap.
ReposiTrak can now identify an issue and soon dispatch a trained team from SPAR to restock the shelves, remove the dated merchandise, or address a recall. This relationship results in not only diagnosis, but the execution of the solution for a problem. In our view, the very best defenses against an AI competitor are people. People meaning to do the work that AI has identified.
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The benefits are all around for this collaboration. The retailer, still dealing with labor shortages, doesn't have to devote any resource to fixing issues. The vendor benefits by increasing sales and keeping retailers happy. The retailer benefits by having full shelves, happy customers, and obviously higher sales. It's a big deal in an industry where margins are as tight as they are in retail. We have several programs in development, including new systems with this people-added idea. Over the next year or so, we'll see if the idea has the legs that we currently think it does.
We're doing all of this, bolstering our IP portfolio, improving our solutions, continuing to evaluate what we can do better to increase sales, reduce risk, and reduce expenses, not only for the customer, but for ReposiTrak as well. We have a lot more work ahead of us. It's all part of our model. In the meantime, we're currently seeing excellent expansion of our supply chain business and the earliest stages of an acceleration in our traceability work. Keep in mind, again, that there are lags on both of those services between work and revenue, but we're certainly pleased with what we're seeing.
With that, I'd like to now open the call for questions. Operator?
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Thank you. We will now be conducting a question-and-answer session. If you would like to ask a question, please press star, one on your telephone keypad. A confirmation tone will indicate your line is in the question queue. You may press star, two if you would like to remove your question from the queue. For participants using speaker equipment, it may be necessary to pick up your handset before pressing the star keys.
Our first question today comes from Thomas Forte of the Maxim Group. Please proceed with your question.
Thomas Forte
Great. Thanks, Randy. John, congrats on the quarter. Two questions from me. I want to start with the second one, and I'm thinking about the first one. Randy, agenda commerce is a hot topic this quarter. It was discussed often in the mega cap tech calls, including Amazon, Meta platforms, among others. Randy, I consider you an expert on artificial intelligence, given your background and experience, and would appreciate your thoughts on agentic commerce and what it may or may not mean, in particular, for the food retail category.
Randall Fields
Oh, nice question. Thank you, Tom. Look, there is a limitation, as I mentioned, in terms of food for AI, agentic commerce, or any of those ideas to actually provide very significant benefit. The advantage that retail grocers have defensively is their business is actually people intensive. It requires products to get ordered. Can that be done automatically? It already is today. No major advances coming from AI. What else do they do? They take inbound trucks of products and put them into a distribution center. Any opportunity for AI in that? Very limited. It's a people and truck business. They move product through a DC to the end of the DC. Any opportunities for automation? Yes. How did that work out for Kroger that just spent, I don't know, $1 billion to $2 billion to do that, and it didn't work?
The grocery business is already highly competitive, very, very effective in terms of efficiencies, but you're at a stall point with regard to what AI ultimately can do. In other words, in this particular industry, agentic commerce is an interesting thing to talk about, but it's not really going to be significantly impactful. We believe, and we've been doing AI for a long, long time, that we're close to that point where providing more insights as to what's wrong is not the issue. The question is, how do you get this stuff fixed? The answer, we believe, is what we're doing, as we mentioned, with an organization that has people that can get to stores and actually fix the issues. Someday, probably offline, I'll tell you more about how we see this whole problem, if you will, of artificial intelligence. (Multiple speakers).
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Thomas Forte
Excellent. For my second question, can you talk about—you've wet my appetite with the SPAR Group news, but I'm just going to ask a simple question. How can investors measure the success of the SPAR Group partnership? What are the KPIs? How can we measure the success?
Randall Fields
Two things. I mentioned that right now, for a whole variety of reasons, we've seen a substantial increase in our inbound interest around what we call supply chain, scan-based trading, things like that, things that touch products as they're going into stores and distribution centers. At the same time that was happening, the opportunity with SPAR presented itself, and we really did realize that there is this need to fix the problems, not just tell people about the problems. It's sort of like if you knew you had a problem with your car, now what? Now what? The answer is you've got to take it to a mechanic—that's the hands—to fix the car.
We want to move from diagnostics to remediation. Here's the way we think it'll show up. It's too early for you to see the KPIs, but in about six months we would expect to see the impact on us financially in terms of the relationship with SPAR. But this seriously happens. We put together a joint presentation. We've only been doing this a month. We went to a household name that everybody on this call would know, one of the largest—consider them CPG drug companies in the world. We presented this idea to them, and in a single phone call they went from, this has broad implication for how we could go to market with a whole variety of our products. How do we accelerate this?
I'll be surprised if we don't end up with a deal, and a deal with something like that is a deal at scale. It's not a $50,000-a-year deal. If it happens at all, it'll be substantial. But that's the first prospect that we've exposed it to. It would appear that the idea a priori has tremendous legs, and now we have to get out and do it, and the revenue should show up in six to nine months. How's that?
Thomas Forte
That's excellent. All right, so I apologize for not being able to ask my usual four or five questions, but I'm juggling multiple calls.
Randall Fields
It's okay. Thanks for being on, Tom. You bet.
John Merrill
Thanks, Tom.
Operator
There are no further questions at this time. I'd like to turn the floor back over to Randy Fields for closing comments.
Randall Fields
Okay, well, once again, thank you guys for joining us this afternoon.
These two or three things, this opportunity that we're talking about in terms of remediation of problems is potentially a very large opportunity for us. We like how traceability is going. We're getting more and more interest in it, and that patent protection that we've created we think will funnel in the long run more and more business to us for traceability.
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We feel good about where we are. Any questions, get back to John or Randy. Thank you guys for taking the time. Have a good afternoon.
John Merrill
Thanks for the time.
Randall Fields
Bye.
John Merrill
Bye-bye.
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Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for your participation. This concludes today's event. You may disconnect your lines and have a wonderful day.
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