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| The improvement in gross margin, plus savings in operating expenses during the quarter resulted in non-GAAP earnings per share of $0.02 for the fourth quarter |
| As we mentioned, we're excited to be growing in retail in an effort to expand our TAM, and we believe we can drive long-term revenue, profit and margin growth with our expanded product line and increased marketing activities planned for the rest of the year, combined with our steady addition of more retail doors targeting 7,000 additional doors over the next two years |
| The team has done a good job with that subscription growth, another improvement |
| And as I mentioned, the growing retail network that we're establishing to sell our existing line of cameras will also benefit us at the time of launch of our first helmets in 2025 |
| But, as I mentioned, we've got a really strong reputation in -- across all of motorsports |
| We're excited about our expanding product line, the significant number of retail doors we're adding at a steady rate, and the significantly larger number of marketing activations we have planned throughout the year to drive awareness and demand, all of which we believe will contribute to growth |
| On the positive side, this resulted in better-than-expected margin in the fourth quarter |
| To summarize, the retail expansion strategy we kicked off in May of last year is successfully growing our business at retail |
| Another positive for our subscription offerings is the initial release of our Quik desktop app for macOS and our new Premium+ subscription tier, both of which launched yesterday |
| Furthermore, we expect that success in the motorcycle helmet market can contribute to subscriber growth as we intend to support GoPro tech-enabled helmet owners with meaningful subscriber benefits and features |
| We've developed a strong brand across all disciplines of professional and enthusiast categories of motorsports, with a very strong following among motorcyclists |
| We believe tech-enabling motorcycle helmets represents a meaningful opportunity for GoPro to extend its technical and marketing capabilities to create differentiated solutions within a $6 billion motorcycle helmet market, of which we believe we can service approximately $3 billion, with an eye towards entering additional helmet markets over time |
| In 2024, we expect gross margin to be 32.5% in the first quarter and improve throughout the year to 35% in the second and third quarters and to between 37% and 38% in the fourth quarter |
| Our stage-one growth initiatives, outlined above, delivered a profitable fourth quarter and second half in 2023 on a non-GAAP basis |
| The upside is that we retained margin on the HERO10 Black units we sold, and this combined with our high margin subscription and service revenue to yield gross margin that outperformed the mid-point of guidance by 140 basis points |
| And given Forcite's expertise with the motorcycle market, it's also the biggest market, it aligns really well for that to be our start with tech-enabled helmets |
| And as you see it, we're continuing on each successive year to retain more and more subscribers, which is great |
| We believe our sell-through growth in retail gives us, and importantly gives our retailers and distributors, confidence to lean in as we look to launch a number of new products, as I'll touch on shortly |
| So, good catch |
| Importantly, we now have a larger pool of subscribers who are up for renewal in their second or third year than we do for the first year, which we believe will be a tailwind for subscriber retention going forward |
| We intend to continue to drive door growth with a target of 7,000 additional new doors over the next two years, bolstered by new products |
| We're seeing ARPU improvements of about 5% |
| And as well, we think it can help expand the TAM by making the value proposition of having technology integrated into the helmet, not attached to the outside of the helmet |
| This, combined with our aggressive efforts to open more doors and expand our brand presence in all of our doors, is creating a groundswell of opportunity at retail for GoPro |
| We have a number of exciting opportunities in front of us, and as we move through 2024, we are focused on execution and creating value for our shareholders |
| 2024 is when we'll see GoPro's brand more loud and proud than we've seen in years, beginning with events like January's X Games, where fans tuned in to watch the world's best skiers and snowboarders pushing the limits of their sport, with many athletes wearing GoPro cameras in competition, capturing footage that was integrated into the broadcasts to share first-person perspectives |
| The Quik desktop app, which is available at no additional charge to GoPro subscribers, brings the simplicity and convenience of automatic edits to desktop users, along with powerful yet convenient manual editing tools, sync'd editing between mobile and desktop apps, and the ability to import footage from any camera |
| Our research identifies several growth opportunities where GoPro can extend our market leadership |
| Across all channels, retail combined with direct-to-consumer through GoPro.com, 2023 unit sell-through growth since our strategy shift was 3% from the May -- was up 3% from the period May 9th through the end of 2023, measured against the prior-year period |
| And so, that helps drive the ARPU |
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| Fourth quarter revenue was $295 million, below our guidance of $325 million |
| Q4 revenue was short of guidance due to lower-than-expected demand trends in North America, particularly in December, driven in part by competition for share of wallet as well as lower-than-anticipated sales of HERO10 Black due to our decision to not discount this entry-level priced camera |
| This resulted in lower-than-expected sell-through of our $249 HERO10 Black product, which we did not discount during Q4 |
| Our retail channel's growth was largely offset by our GoPro.com direct-to-consumer channel, where we underestimated the impact of our strategic shift |
| In Q4, GoPro.com revenue, excluding subscription and services, was 14% of revenue, down from 33% the prior-year period, due primarily to our strategic decision to eliminate subscription-related camera discounts at the time of purchase on GoPro.com |
| So, that's why Q1 revenue is off a bit if you compared that on a year-to-year basis |
| Sell-in will be a little bit less |
| We expect to take channel inventory down, about 17% to about 700,000 units |
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