HERZLIYA, Israel, May 13, 2025 - Nayax Ltd. (Nasdaq: NYAX, TASE: NYAX), a global commerce payments and loyalty platform designed to help merchants scale their business, today announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2025.

 

“Nayax is off to an excellent start in 2025 as we continue to execute on driving profitable topline growth, improving our recurring revenue mix, increasing our market share, and expanding our geographic footprint. As a key milestone, we ended the quarter with more than 100,000 customers globally, which is a testament to both Nayax being a trusted partner and a leading payments company. I couldn’t be more pleased with where we are today as we continue to scale the business for the long term”, commented Yair Nechmad, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board.

(1) Recurring revenue comprised of SaaS subscription revenue and payment processing fees.

(2) POS devices revenue includes revenues that are derived mainly from the sale of our hardware products.

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Revenue increased 27% to $81.1 million from $64.0 million in the prior year period.

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Revenue at constant currency increased 28% to nearly $82 million.

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Organic revenue growth for the quarter was 18%.

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Recurring revenue from SaaS and payment processing fees grew 35%, demonstrating the strength and resilience of our business model. Recurring revenue represented 77% of total revenue.

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Hardware revenues were $19 million, increased of 6% with strong demand for our products, solutions and technology, supporting both the unattended and attended markets.

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Gross margin improved significantly to 49.2% from 43.8%. This was primarily due to:

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Recurring margin improving to 52.1% from 50.1%, partly from renegotiated contracts with several bank acquirers and the Company’s improved smart-routing capabilities.

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Hardware margin rose to 39.5% from 27.3% driven by customer sales mix, continuing optimization of our supply chain infrastructure, and better component sourcing and cost.

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Operating profit was $7.9 million and includes a one-time $6.1 million dollars gain from share purchase of Tigapo Ltd. Excluding this one-time gain, operating profit would have been $1.8 million dollars, an improvement of $4.6 million dollars from an operating loss of $2.8 million dollars in last year’ first quarter.

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Net income for the quarter was $7.2 million dollars. Excluding the one-time gain associated with Tigapo, net income would have been $1.1 million dollars, a significant improvement of $6.1 million dollars compared to a net loss of $5.0 million dollars in the prior year period.

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Basic and diluted earnings per share for the quarter ended March 31, 2025 was $0.195 and $0.192, respectively. The basic loss per share for the quarter ended March 31, 2024 was $(0.147) per share.

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Weighted average number of basic and diluted shares were 36,712,748 and 37,267,022, respectively, for the first quarter of 2025, compared the weighted average number of basic shares 33,881,629 for the first quarter of 2024.

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Adjusted EBITDA was $9.7 million, representing a margin of 12% of total revenue. This was an improvement of $6.1 million compared to 6% in the prior year period.

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Cash flow from operating activities of $1.3 million while free cash flow was negative $5.7 million mainly due to the timing of cash settlement from processing activities.

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In March, Nayax completed a note and warrant offering and raised $133.0 million.

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As of March 31, 2025, the Company had $176.8 million in cash and cash equivalents and short-term deposits. Short-term and long-term debt balances was at $142.4 million.

(4) Payment service providers typically take a percentage of every transaction in exchange for facilitating the movement of funds from the buyer to the seller. Take rate % (payments) is calculated by dividing the Company’s processing revenue by the total dollar transaction value in the same quarter.

(5) Number of managed and connected devices includes approximately 55,700 generated by VMtecnologia, Roseman and Uppay

(6) Number of customers includes approximately 4,300 related to the recent acquisitions of VMtecnologia, Roseman and Uppay

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Total transaction value grew by more than 18% to more than $1.3 billion.

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Number of processed transactions increased 20.4% to 650 million.

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Take rate increased to 2.75% from 2.65% as the Company continues to expand into additional verticals.

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Total number of managed and connected devices was approximately 1.33 million devices representing an increase of 20% year-over-year. Driven by robust customer demand, Nayax added more than 69,000 devices in the quarter, including more than 25,000 devices from the recent acquisition of UPPay.

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Growth in the customer base continued at a healthy pace, adding nearly 5,000 new customers in the quarter, bringing the total customer base to more than 100,000, an increase of 31% year-over-year.

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The dollar-based net retention rate remained high at 128%, reflecting strong customer satisfaction, while the customer churn rate remained low at 2.8%.

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Completed the acquisition of UPPay, which more than doubles Nayax’s connected devices footprint in Brazil, adding over 25,000 unattended devices, primarily in self-service coffee vending machines.

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Completed a Notes and Warrants Offering in Israel, raising net proceeds of approximately NIS 486.2 million (approximately $133 million). The Company intends to use the net proceeds of the offering for general corporate purposes including repayment of debt and potential future acquisitions and investments.

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Introduced Innovative State-of-Charge Feature for EV Kiosk, Elevating EV Charging Experience. The new upgrade simplifies electric vehicle (EV) charging by clearly separating card-present payments from mobile access to charging sessions details. Payments are securely completed directly at the payment kiosk, while detailed charging information is effortlessly accessed on drivers’ smartphones by scanning a QR code – no app downloads or personal details required.

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Announced a Strategic Partnership with N-and Group to embed Nayax-powered payment technology within N-and products, the first of which will be its payment-enabled smart screens for next generation automated self-service commerce machines. N-and Group will integrate Nayax’s embedded OEM payment technology directly into its extensive lineup of smart screen solutions for OEMs.

 

The Company expects at least 50% free cash flow conversion from Adjusted EBITDA for the full year 2025. Free cash flow is defined as net cash provided from operating activities minus capitalized development costs and acquisition of property and equipment.

 

 

As for the Company’s 2028 targets, management continues to project an annual revenue growth of approximately 35%, driven by a combination of organic growth and strategic M&A. Management also continues to target a gross margin of 50%, and an adjusted EBITDA margin of 30%, as we continue to drive high margin SaaS revenues and operational efficiency.

 

 

Nayax will host two conference calls to discuss its results later today, May 13, 2025. The first will be in English for international investors and the other in Hebrew for Israel-based investors to discuss its first quarter 2025 results.

 

The conference call in English will be held at: 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time / 3:30 p.m. Israel Time / 5:30 a.m. Pacific Time. The conference call in Hebrew will be held at: 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time / 4:30 p.m. Israel time / 6:30 a.m. Pacific Time.

 

Participating on the call will be Yair Nechmad, Chief Executive Officer, Sagit Manor, Chief Financial Officer, and Aaron Greenberg, Chief Strategy Officer

 

For the conference call in English, Nayax encourages participants to pre-register using the link below. Those who pre-register will be given a unique PIN to gain immediate access to the call, bypassing the live operator. Participants may pre-register any time, including up to and after the call/webcast start time. Participants will immediately receive an online confirmation, an email with the dial in number and a calendar invitation for the event.

 

To pre-register, go to:

 

 

For those who are unable to pre-register, kindly join the conference call/webcast by using one of the dial-in numbers or clicking the webcast link below.

 

 

 

 

WEBCAST LINK: 

 

 

Following the conference call, a replay will be available until May 27, 2025. To access the replay, please dial one of the following numbers:

 

 

 

 

 

An archive of the conference call will also be available on Nayax's Investor Relations website Nayax - Investor Relations.

To access the conference call/webcast in Hebrew, use the link: 

Forward-Looking Statements

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Use of Non-IFRS Financial Information

In addition to various operational metrics and financial measures in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted under International Financial Reporting Standards, or IFRS, this press release contains financial metrics presented on a constant currency basis as well as Adjusted EBITDA and Free Cash Flow, each of which are non-IFRS financial measures, as a measure to evaluate our past results and future prospects.

Adjusted EBITDA

Adjusted EBITDA is a non-IFRS financial measure that we define as loss for the period excluding finance expenses, tax expense (benefit), depreciation and amortization, share-based compensation costs, non-recurring issuance and acquisition costs and our share in losses of associates accounted for by the equity method.

We present Adjusted EBITDA in this press release because it is a measure that our management and board of directors utilize as a measure to evaluate our operating performance and for internal planning and forecasting purposes. Accordingly, we believe that Adjusted EBITDA provides useful information to investors and others in understanding and evaluating our operating results in the same manner as our management and board of directors.

We believe that Adjusted EBITDA, when taken collectively with financial measures prepared in accordance with IFRS, may be helpful to investors because it provides an additional tool for investors to use in evaluating our ongoing operating results and trends and in comparing our financial results with other companies because it provides consistency and comparability with past financial performance. However, our management does not consider this non-IFRS measure in isolation or as an alternative to financial measures determined in accordance with IFRS.

Adjusted EBITDA is presented for supplemental informational purposes only, has limitations as an analytical tool and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for financial information presented in accordance with IFRS. Adjusted EBITDA may be different from similarly titled measures used by other companies. The principal limitation of Adjusted EBITDA is that it excludes significant expenses that are required by IFRS to be recorded in our financial statements, as further detailed above. In addition, it is subject to inherent limitations as it reflects the exercise of judgment by management about which expenses are excluded or included in determining Adjusted EBITDA.

A reconciliation is provided at the end of this press release for Adjusted EBITDA to net profit or loss, the most directly comparable financial measure prepared in accordance with IFRS. Investors are encouraged to review net loss and the reconciliation to Adjusted EBITDA included below and to not rely on any single financial measure to evaluate our business.

Constant Currency

Nayax presents constant currency information to provide a framework for assessing how our underlying businesses performed excluding the effect of foreign currency rate fluctuations. Future expected results for transactions in currencies other than United States dollars are converted into United States dollars using the exchange rates in effect in the last month of the reporting period. Nayax provides this financial information to aid investors in better understanding our performance. These constant currency financial measures presented in this release should not be considered as a substitute for, or superior to, the measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with IFRS.

The Company cannot provide expected net income without unreasonable effort because certain items that impact net income are out of the Company's control and/or cannot be reasonably predicted at this time, of which unavailable information could have a significant impact on the Company’s IFRS financial results.

Free Cash Flow

Net cash provided from operating activities minus capitalized development costs and acquisition of property and equipment. A reconciliation is provided at the end of this press release for Free Cash Flow to Net cash provided from operating activities, the most directly comparable financial measure prepared in accordance with IFRS.

Other Financial Metrics:

Dollar-based net retention rate

Measured as a percentage of Recurring Revenue from returning customers in a given period as compared to the Recurring Revenue from such customers in the prior period, which reflects the increase in revenue and the rate of losses from customer churn.

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The following is a reconciliation of Operating Cash for the period, the most directly comparable IFRS financial measure, to Free Cash Flow for each of the periods indicated.

 

The following is a reconciliation of OPEX for the period, the most directly comparable IFRS financial measure, to Adjusted OPEX for each of the periods indicated.