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| These 2 recent developments, the licensing agreement for FRA and the purchase of a new 5-axis machine, enable us to continue to broaden our revenue base and expand avenues of growth with clients in markets that are very familiar to us |
| Overall, based on current developments and a solid backlog, we remain well positioned for the future |
| So we're very excited about the opportunity |
| It's a very well-tested material whose benefits are known |
| Given its superior performance characteristics, this technology will facilitate the introduction of many new products for our military, commercial and industrial end markets, which makes it a great fit for the company |
| CPS is already known as the world leader in advanced metal matrix composites, but adding FRA capabilities will complement our core competencies, broaden the company's target markets and strengthen our mission to accelerate growth going forward |
| We expect to continue posting solid results in the quarters to come |
| While headwinds related to armor exist in the near term, we're committed to improving our top line profile, strengthening operating results and, in turn, improving total return for our shareholders |
| We're pursuing a number of new opportunities and taking steps to expand both the breadth and depth of our product portfolio, which should lay the groundwork for growth acceleration |
| And the stock, if you take that away from the market cap, the stock seems very undervalued |
| We ended the year with our best top line ever, $27.6 million, and are pleased with the backlog of $20 million as we begin fiscal 2024 |
| We maintained our cost discipline in terms of overhead, and we're happy to do so |
| Our unique metal matrix composite technology brings innovative cost-effective solutions to durability and efficiency problems faced by a host of customers and markets across the globe |
| Further out, we expect our other products as well as the potential for the additional armor orders that we are pursuing to enable us to resume and exceed our recent revenue run rate |
| The FRA is a very interesting avenue of growth |
| And then we'll be adding FRA to the product portfolio here over the coming months and are excited about what that does for us as well as we continue to work very real opportunities on the armor side |
| We think this will be an excellent addition to our product folio |
| Like I say, I'm not saying use all the $8.8 million, but if you had 25% to 30% of future cash been a message to the market that, hey, we believe the stock is undervalued |
| Overall, we find these externally funded R&D opportunities very productive and rewarding so we will continue pursuing them even as we invest internally to broaden our range of products, expand the company's client base and rapidly respond to changes in industry demand |
| So it's very well in line with our core competencies |
| So then you're talking about product capabilities and product introduction, and we're excited about it |
| In addition, we recently announced two new developments that reflect our strategy for growth and bode well for our long-term outlook |
| So good |
| That's a nice cash flow you're sitting on |
| I -- it's a good idea |
| That's compared with $6.1 million last year, which represents a substantial growth year-over-year |
| Success for one of us is a success for both of us |
| This 5-axis machine, our first will pave the way for sales opportunities in hermetic packaging and other products with new and existing customers for which we would otherwise not be cost competitive |
| And in terms of cash management, I think that one thing that we've done is -- which I think is good from a risk standpoint is our bank has a sweep product, whereby every night, $250,000 of cash goes to different FDIC-insured banks around the country |
| It suits our customer relationships very well |
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| While revenue rose significantly year-over-year, operating profit continued to be negatively impacted by a quality problem with a major customer that we discussed previously |
| In addition, as previously explained, we're pursuing business on potential ground vehicle applications, but these efforts have been hampered due to testing that did not go as well as anticipated |
| The decrease in both profit and gross margin year-over-year was predominantly due to the quality issue with a major customer that we've discussed in the past |
| And the other point that is that even though where we are with armor in the near term, gives us some challenges -- the other -- the hermetic packaging and the MMCs are growing |
| However, as Brian indicated, the negative impact from the completion of our armor contract outfitting the U.S |
| So tying back a single product with a defect back to its origin, et cetera, has been challenging, but it's -- at the root of it seems to be a number of factors that literally go back a few years, but didn't show themselves until 2023 |
| But over time, culminating in 2023 resulted in the downstream appearance of this defect because it's kind of a multifactor cause, it has been a thorny issue to get to the bottom of |
| As I said, it hasn't gone away, but it appears to have significantly decreased to the point where -- well, as I said, we're not declaring victory |
| We are hopeful of future contracts to support other ship classes but remain uncertain as to contract timing, particularly given the protracted continuing resolution |
| They just -- it's more or less their own process because if it goes beyond that, and then it has a problem and they not obviously costs the customer |
| So connecting cause and effect has been challenging |
| A number of these shipments in 2023, resulting in recognition -- or resulted in recognition of revenue and thus decreased deferred revenue |
| So the production issue, is that precipitated by changes made by CPSH or the customer or supply inputs? Any sense there? Brian Mackey What we believe is there's a confluence of issues that individually from a few years ago individually did not seem to indicate any concern |
| That's my fault |
| As Brian mentioned, we do have other items that are -- or other orders that are going to increase this year that are going to somewhat mitigate the loss of the armor revenue |
| Greg Weaver All right, Chuck, going to beat you up a little bit here because this gross margin situation, I mean, the reserve didn't cover what you needed, obviously, from Q3 for Q4 issue |
| So these are field failures and not -- you mentioned at some point.. |
| These uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the wars in Ukraine and Israel, other geopolitical events, economic conditions, market demands and competitive factors |
| And then on the quality issue, it sounds like there's still going to be some although small impact on Q1 |
| What was the second question again? James McIlree The quality issue, if there is some impact, although small in Q1 |
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