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ServiceMax Approached $150M+ ARR With Positive Free Cash Flow

Neil Brewer · ServiceMax Breaks $150m ARR, Kills 2021 SPAC, Growing 20-35% This Year Helping 400 Customers Schedule Technicians to do Physical Repairs · Jul 7, 2022 · at 3:57

ServiceMax CEO Neil Brewer shares the company's financial milestones and profitability profile.

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“I think the last disclosure we made was we were approaching hundred and fifty million dollars plus of ARR. So really well as getting operating profit and free cashflow positive as well.”

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The claim, plainly

ServiceMax was approaching over $150 million in ARR while achieving operating profit and positive free cash flow.

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Assessment

The claim bundled three distinct financial assertions regarding ServiceMax: (1) approaching or exceeding $150 million in ARR, (2) achieving operating profit, and (3) generating positive free cash flow. Disclosures in SEC filings corroborate the ARR figure—ServiceMax guided Q4 FY2022 revenue to an annualized run-rate exceeding $154 million and was acquired by PTC in late 2022 with approximately $160 million in ARR. However, public Form S-4 filings from Pathfinder Acquisition Corp. show that ServiceMax was not operating profitably (reporting quarterly GAAP operating losses of approximately $(14) million and guiding to a full-year FY2022 non-GAAP operating loss of $(17) to $(18) million) nor was it free cash flow positive, with then-CFO Simon Edwards stating on record that positive free cash flow was not expected until FY2024.

Pathfinder Acquisition Corp. SEC S-4 filings (November 2021) guided ServiceMax Q4 FY2022 revenue to $38.5M–$39.5M (an annualized run-rate over $154M), and PTC Inc. reported ServiceMax ARR at ~$160M to $170M in FY2023.
ServiceMax Form S-4 disclosures reported continuous GAAP and non-GAAP operating losses throughout FY2022, guiding to a full-year non-GAAP operating loss of $(17)M to $(18)M.
In a July 15, 2021 SEC investor presentation filing, ServiceMax management explicitly stated the company was on a path to profitability and targeted FY2024 to generate positive free cash flow.

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[1] prnewswire.com [2] prnewswire.com [3] ptc.com [4] ptc.com [5] nasdaq.com [6] prnewswire.com [7] sec.gov

"ServiceMax" "Pathfinder Acquisition" "ARR" "operating income" OR "operating profit" OR "free cash flow" S-4 "PTC to Acquire ServiceMax" "160" OR "ARR" "operating" OR "cash flow" "333-258769" "ServiceMax" "operating income" OR "loss from operations" OR "net loss" "Neil Barua" "ServiceMax" "operating profit" "free cash flow" "ARR" "Pathfinder Acquisition" "ServiceMax" "Statement of Operations" "Gross profit" "Operating expenses"

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Disclosure

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Insight

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Assertion Not checkable as stated

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Neil Brewer Jul 7, 2022 ▶ 17:45 ServiceMax Breaks $150m ARR, Kills 2021 SPAC, Growing 20-35% This Year Helping 400 Customers Schedule Technicians to do Physical Repairs

Prediction Not checkable as stated

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Neil Brewer Jul 7, 2022 ▶ 21:17 ServiceMax Breaks $150m ARR, Kills 2021 SPAC, Growing 20-35% This Year Helping 400 Customers Schedule Technicians to do Physical Repairs

Disclosure

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“We chose not to go down and execute on the SPAC at the end, by the way, to be clear, but the, all the work that we did was huge.”

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Assertion Partly supported

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