ePlus Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2025 Financial Results

Fourth Quarter And Full Year Gross Profit And Gross Margin Improved Year Over Year; Double Digit EPS Growth for Fourth Quarter

Fourth Quarter Fiscal Year 2025
•         Net sales decreased 10.2% to $498.1 million from last year's fourth quarter; Technology business net sales decreased 10.4% to $487.2 million; service revenues increased 33.0% to $104.9 million.
•         Technology business gross billings decreased 5.4% to $789.0 million.
•         Consolidated gross profit increased 11.8% to $145.8 million.
•         Consolidated gross margin was 29.3%, compared to 23.5% last year.
•         Net earnings increased 14.6% to $25.2 million.
•         Adjusted EBITDA increased 19.1% to $43.8 million.
•         Diluted earnings per share increased 15.9% to $0.95. Non-GAAP diluted net earnings per common share increased 19.4% to $1.11.
Fiscal Year 2025
•         Net sales decreased 7.0% to $2,068.8 million; Technology business net sales decreased 7.7% to $2,009.1 million; service revenues increased 37.1% to $400.4 million.
•         Technology business gross billings decreased 1.5% to $3,280.4 million.
•         Consolidated gross profit increased 3.3% to $569.1 million.
•         Consolidated gross margin was 27.5%, compared to 24.8% for fiscal year 2024.
•         Net earnings decreased 6.7% to $108.0 million.
•         Adjusted EBITDA decreased 6.4% to $178.2 million.
•         Diluted earnings per share decreased 6.5% to $4.05. Non-GAAP diluted net earnings per share decreased 5.1% to $4.67.

ePlus inc. (NASDAQ: PLUS), a leading provider of technology and financing solutions, today announced financial results for the three months and fiscal year ended March 31, 2025.

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Management Comment

“During the fourth quarter, we delivered double digit growth across several key metrics, including gross profit, net earnings and EPS,”commented Mark Marron, president and CEO of ePlus. “We are benefiting from evolving industry trends of increased ratable and subscription revenue models, which are driving a greater gross to net percentage and can provide long term visibility and profitability. Our services-led approach resulted in services revenue increasing 33% in the quarter and 37% for the full year. This contributed to significant gross margin expansion. Through both organic initiatives and acquisitions, our business is expanding to serve diverse end markets with long-term secular demand drivers, including AI, cyber security and cloud, among others.”

Fourth Quarter Fiscal Year 2025 Results

For the fourth quarter ended March 31, 2025, as compared to the fourth quarter ended March 31, 2024:

Consolidated net sales decreased 10.2% to $498.1 million, from $554.5 million.

Technology business net sales decreased to $487.2 million from $544.1 million as lower product sales were partially offset by higher service revenues. Technology business gross billings decreased 5.4% to $789.0 million from $834.3 million.

Product sales decreased 17.8% to $382.4 million from $465.2 million due to decreases in net sales of networking and collaboration products, partially offset by increases in cloud and security products. Product margin was 26.6%, up from 19.3% last year due to a higher proportion of third-party maintenance, software subscriptions, and services sold in the current quarter, which are recorded on a net basis.

Professional service revenues increased 48.4% from last year to $60.4 million from $40.7 million, primarily due to the acquisition of Bailiwick Services, LLC. Gross margin declined to 35.9% from 50.0% due to the addition of Bailiwick Services, LLC and a shift in the mix of services provided.

Managed service revenues increased 16.6% to $44.5 million due to ongoing growth in these offerings, including Enhanced Maintenance Support and Cloud services. Gross profit from managed services increased 11.3% from last year due to the increase in revenues, offset by a decline in gross margin. Managed service gross margin declined to 29.1% from 30.5%.

Financing business segment net sales increased 4.9% to $10.9 million, from $10.4 million due to increases in transactional gains and portfolio earnings, offset by lower post-contract earnings. Gross profit in the financing business segment increased $0.7 million from $8.8 million last year to $9.5 million this year, due to the increase in net sales.

Consolidated gross profit increased 11.8% to $145.8 million, from $130.3 million. Consolidated gross margin was 29.3%, compared with last year 23.5%.

Operating expenses were $111.0 million, up 9.6% from $101.3 million last year, primarily due to increases in salaries and benefits from additional headcount, general and administrative expenses, and acquisition-related depreciation and amortization expenses, partially offset by a decrease in variable compensation. Our headcount at the end of the quarter was 2,199, up 299 from a year ago, primarily due to the acquisition of Bailiwick Services, LLC on August 19, 2024. Of this year’s 299 additional employees, 272 are customer-facing employees.

Consolidated operating income increased 19.6% to $34.7 million and earnings before tax increased 14.9% to $35.8 million. Other income was $1.1 million compared to $2.2 million last year, due to foreign currency transaction losses being recognized in the current year quarter while foreign currency transaction gains were recognized in the prior year quarter, offset by higher interest income.

Our effective tax rate for the current quarter was 29.7%, slightly higher than the prior year quarter of 29.5%.

Net earnings increased 14.6% to $25.2 million.

Adjusted EBITDA in the technology business increased 21.1% and increased 4.6% in the financing business segment, and when combined, resulted in an increase of 19.1% to $43.8 million.

Diluted earnings per share was $0.95, compared with $0.82 in the prior year quarter. Non-GAAP diluted earnings per share was $1.11, compared with $0.93 in the prior year quarter.

Fiscal Year 2025 Results

For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025, as compared to the prior fiscal year ended March 31, 2024:

Consolidated net sales decreased 7.0% to $2,068.8 million, from $2,225.3 million.

Technology business net sales decreased 7.7% to $2,009.1 million, from $2,175.9 million due to lower product sales, partially offset by higher service revenues. Technology business gross billings decreased 1.5% to $3,280.4 million from $3,329.8 million.

Product sales decreased 14.6% to $1,608.8 million due to declines in customer demand, as well as a shift in product mix. Gross profit from sales of products decreased 6.1% to $373.6 million from $397.6 million due to lower sales combined with a shift in mix towards third-party maintenance and services, which are recorded on a net basis.

Professional service revenues increased 48.2% primarily due to the acquisition of Bailiwick Services, LLC. Gross margin declined to 39.5% from 44.1% for the same period in the prior year.

Managed service revenues increased 24.6% to $171.3 million from $137.5 million due to ongoing growth in these offerings, including Enhanced Maintenance Support, Cloud services, and Service Desk services. Gross profit from managed services increased 20.3% to $51.3 million from $42.7 million due to the increase in revenues. Gross margin declined slightly to 29.9% from 31.0% last year.

Financing business segment net sales increased 20.7% to $59.6 million from $49.4 million due to higher transactional gains and portfolio earnings offset by lower post-contract earnings. Gross profit in the Financing business segment increased $11.4 million primarily due to the increase in net sales.

Consolidated gross profit increased to $569.1 million from $550.8 million. Consolidated gross margin was 27.5%, compared with last year’s gross margin of 24.8%, due to higher product gross margin, offset by lower service gross margin.

Operating expenses were $427.7 million, up 9.0% from $392.5 million last year, primarily due to increases in salaries and benefits and general and administrative costs, both of which were due to increases in personnel. The increases in depreciation and amortization and acquisition-related amortization and expenses were due to the acquisition of Bailiwick Services, LLC.

Consolidated operating income decreased 10.6% to $141.4 million. Earnings before tax decreased 7.6% to $148.8 million. Other income was $7.4 million compared to $2.8 million last year, primarily due to higher interest income, partially offset by higher foreign currency transaction losses.

Our effective tax rate for the current year period was 27.5%, lower than last year’s 28.1%, primarily due to lower state taxes.

Net earnings decreased 6.7% to $108.0 million.

Adjusted EBITDA decreased 6.4% to $178.2 million.

Diluted earnings per common share was $4.05, compared with $4.33 in the prior year. Non-GAAP diluted earnings per common share was $4.67, compared with $4.92 in the prior year.

Please see the included financial tables for a reconciliation of the following non-GAAP financial measures: (i) Adjusted EBITDA, (ii) Adjusted EBITDA for business segments, (iii) non-GAAP Net Earnings and (iv) non-GAAP Net Earnings per Common Share – Diluted.

Balance Sheet Highlights

As of March 31, 2025, cash and cash equivalents were $389.4 million, up from $253.0 million as of March 31, 2024, as cash provided by operations was partially offset by funds used for the acquisition of Bailiwick Services, LLC and repurchases of our common stock. Inventory decreased 13.8% to $120.4 million compared with $139.7 million as of March 31, 2024. Accounts receivable-trade, net decreased 19.8% to $517.1 million from $644.6 million as of March 31, 2024. Total stockholders’ equity as of March 31, 2025, was $977.6 million, compared with $901.8 million as of March 31, 2024. Total shares outstanding were 26.5 million as of March 31, 2025, and 27.0 million as of March 31, 2024.

Fiscal Year Guidance

ePlus is initiating fiscal year 2026 guidance over the prior fiscal year for net sales growth of low single digits, and gross profit and adjusted EBITDA in the mid single digits. This guidance assumes some level of impact from economic uncertainty but does not factor in recessionary conditions or other unexpected developments. ePlus cannot predict with reasonable certainty and without unreasonable effort, the ultimate outcome of unusual gains and losses, the occurrence of matters creating GAAP tax impacts, fluctuations in interest expense or interest income and share-based compensation, and acquisition-related expenses. These items are uncertain, depend on various factors, and could be material to ePlus’ results computed in accordance with GAAP. Accordingly, ePlus is unable to provide a reconciliation of GAAP net earnings to adjusted EBITDA for the full year 2026 forecast.

Summary and Outlook

“We are excited about the year ahead. We remain focused on engaging with our customers to deepen our relationships, the continued evolution of our service and product offerings, and our ability to attract new customers. Our industry is evolving, and we are well positioned in our fast-growing focus areas of AI, cloud, security, and networking. We continue to generate cash and will remain balanced and thoughtful in how we allocate our capital. While there are still many unknowns for fiscal 2026, including the evolving macro environment, I am confident in our teams’ ability to continue making progress on our strategic priorities while driving profitability and accelerating shareholder value,” concluded Mr. Marron.

Recent Corporate Developments/Recognitions

In the month of February:

— Expanded Managed Services Portfolio with Support for Juniper Mist

— Launched GRIT: Girls Re-Imagining Tomorrow 2025 Program

— Named to CRN’s MSP Elite 150 List for 2025

In the month of March:

— Recognized on CRN’s Tech Elite 250 List

— Named F5’s 2024 North America BeF5 Partner of the Year

In the month of April:

— Named the 2024 VMware Fastest Growth Partner by Broadcom

— Earned NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD Specialization Partner Status

Conference Call Information

ePlus will hold a conference call and webcast at 4:30 p.m. ET on May 22, 2025:

Date:                          May 22, 2025
Time:                          4:30 p.m. ET
Audio Webcast (Live & Replay): https://events.q4inc.com/attendee/629736857
Live Call:                     (888) 596-4144 (toll-free/domestic)
                               (646) 968-2525 (international)
Archived Call:                 (800) 770-2030 (toll-free/domestic)
                               (609) 800-9909 (international)
Conference ID:                 5394845# (live call and replay)

A replay of the call will be available approximately two hours after the call through May 29, 2025. A transcript of the call will also be available on the ePlus Investor Relations website at https://www.eplus.com/investors.

About ePlusinc.

ePlus is a customer-first, services-led, and results-driven industry leader offering transformative technology solutions and services to provide the best customer outcomes. Offering a full portfolio of solutions, including artificial intelligence, security, cloud and data center, networking, and collaboration, as well as managed, consultative and professional services, ePlus works closely with organizations across many industries to successfully navigate business challenges. With a long list of industry-leading partners and approximately 2,200 employees, our expertise has been honed over more than three decades, giving us specialized yet broad levels of experience and knowledge. ePlus is headquartered in Virginia, with locations in the United States, United Kingdom, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. For more information, visit www.eplus.com, call 888-482-1122, or email info@eplus.com. Connect with ePlus on LinkedIn, X, Facebook, and Instagram.

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Forward-looking statements

Statements in this press release that are not historical facts may be deemed to be “forward-looking statements,” including, among other things, statements regarding the future financial performance of ePlus. Actual and anticipated future results may vary materially due to certain risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, financial exposure to losses upon translation of foreign currency rates, due to changing interest rates, tariffs, and due to inflation, including as a result of national and international political instability fostering uncertainty and volatility in the global economy; increases to our costs including wages and our ability to increase our prices to our customers as a result, or experience negative financial impacts due to our fixed customer pricing commitments; the loss of our key lenders or constricting credit availability as a result of changing interest rates or other economic conditions, which may result in adverse changes in our results of operations and financial position; significant adverse changes in our relationship with one or more of our larger customer accounts or vendors, including decreased account profitability, reductions in contracted services, or a loss of such relationships; a material decrease in the credit quality of our customer base, or a material increase in our credit losses, including by the federal government’s actual or attempted termination for convenience, other contract termination or non-performance; our ability to remain secure during a cybersecurity attack or other information technology (“IT”) outage, including disruptions in our, our vendors or a third party’s IT systems and data and audio communication networks; our ability to secure our own and our customers’ electronic and other confidential information, while maintaining compliance with evolving data privacy and cybersecurity regulatory laws and regulations and appropriately providing required notice and disclosure of cybersecurity incidents when and if necessary; ongoing remote work trends, and the increase in cybersecurity attacks that have occurred while employees work remotely and our ability to adequately train our personnel to prevent a cyber event; the possibility of a reduction of vendor incentives provided to us; our dependence on key personnel to maintain certain customer relationships, and our ability to hire, train, and retain sufficient qualified personnel by recruiting and retaining highly skilled, competent personnel, and vendor certifications; risks relating to use or capabilities of artificial intelligence (“AI”) including social and ethical risks; our ability to manage a diverse product set of solutions, including AI products and services, in highly competitive markets with a number of key vendors; changes in the IT industry and/or rapid changes in product offerings, including the proliferation of the cloud, infrastructure as a service (“IaaS”), software as a service (“SaaS”), platform as a service (“PaaS”), and AI; supply chain issues, including a shortage of IT component parts and products, may increase our costs or cause a delay in fulfilling customer orders, or increase our need for working capital, or delay completing professional services, or purchasing IT products or services needed to support our internal infrastructure or operations, resulting in an adverse impact on our financial results; our inability to identify acquisition candidates, perform sufficient due diligence prior to completing an acquisition, successfully integrate a completed acquisition, or identify an opportunity for or successfully completing a business disposition, may affect our earnings; our ability to raise capital, maintain or increase as needed our lines of credit with vendors or our floor plan facility, obtain debt for our financing transactions, or the effect of those changes on our common stock price; our ability to implement comprehensive plans for the integration of sales forces, cost containment, asset rationalization, systems integration, and other key strategies following acquisitions; and other risks or uncertainties detailed in our reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All information set forth in this press release is current as of the date of this release and ePlus undertakes no duty or obligation to update this information either as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable U.S. securities law.

ePlus inc. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
                                                                                       March 31, 2025  March 31, 2024
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents                                                              $389,375        $253,021
Accounts receivable-trade, net                                                         517,114         644,616
Accounts receivable-other, net                                                         53,803          46,884
Inventories                                                                            120,440         139,690
Financing receivables-net, current                                                     169,025         102,600
Deferred costs                                                                         66,769          59,449
Other current assets                                                                   47,264          27,269
Total current assets                                                                   1,363,790       1,273,529
Financing receivables and operating leases-net                                         127,518         79,435
Deferred tax asset                                                                     3,658           5,620
Property, equipment and other assets-net                                               104,974         89,289
Goodwill                                                                               202,858         161,503
Other intangible assets-net                                                            82,007          44,093
TOTAL ASSETS                                                                           $1,884,805      $1,653,469
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
LIABILITIES
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable                                                                       $451,734        $315,676
Accounts payable-floor plan                                                            89,527          105,104
Salaries and commissions payable                                                       45,031          43,696
Deferred revenue                                                                       152,780         134,596
Non-recourse notes payable-current                                                     27,456          23,288
Other current liabilities                                                              31,355          34,630
Total current liabilities                                                              797,883         656,990
Non-recourse notes payable-long-term                                                   11,317          12,901
Deferred tax liability                                                                 1,454           -
Other liabilities                                                                      96,528          81,799
TOTAL LIABILITIES                                                                      907,182         751,690
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Preferred stock, $0.01 per share par value; 2,000 shares authorized; none outstanding  -               -
Common stock, $0.01 per share par value; 50,000 shares authorized; 26,526 outstanding  276             274
at March 31, 2025 and 26,952 outstanding at March 31, 2024
Additional paid-in capital                                                             193,698         180,058
Treasury stock, at cost, 1,056 shares at March 31, 2025 and
447 shares at March 31, 2024                                                           (70,748)        (23,811)
Retained earnings                                                                      850,956         742,978
Accumulated other comprehensive income-foreign currency
translation adjustment                                                                 3,441           2,280
Total Stockholders' Equity                                                             977,623         901,779
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY                                             $1,884,805      $1,653,469
ePlus inc. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
                                                   Three Months Ended March 31,  Year Ended March 31,
                                                   2025       2024               2025        2024
Net sales
Product                                            $393,240   $475,589           $1,668,412  $1,933,225
Services                                           104,874    78,872             400,377     292,077
Total                                              498,114    554,461            2,068,789   2,225,302
Cost of sales
Product                                            282,088    377,247            1,241,115   1,493,293
Services                                           70,262     46,869             258,553     181,216
Total                                              352,350    424,116            1,499,668   1,674,509
Gross profit                                       145,764    130,345            569,121     550,793
Selling, general, and administrative               102,984    95,403             399,744     367,734
Depreciation and amortization                      7,493      5,204              25,753      21,025
Interest and financing costs                       572        723                2,211       3,777
Operating expenses                                 111,049    101,330            427,708     392,536
Operating income                                   34,715     29,015             141,413     158,257
Other income (expense), net                        1,124      2,163              7,426       2,836
Earnings before taxes                              35,839     31,178             148,839     161,093
Provision for income taxes                         10,643     9,195              40,861      45,317
Net earnings                                       $25,196    $21,983            $107,978    $115,776
Net earnings per common share-basic                $0.96      $0.83              $4.07       $4.35
Net earnings per common share-diluted              $0.95      $0.82              $4.05       $4.33
Weighted average common shares outstanding-basic   26,307     26,644             26,503      26,610
Weighted average common shares outstanding-diluted 26,422     26,806             26,666      26,717
Technology Business
                                     Three Months Ended March 31,           Year Ended March 31,
                                     2025       2024               Change   2025        2024        Change
                                     (in thousands)                         (in thousands)
Net sales
Product                              $382,371   $465,228           (17.8%)  $1,608,768  $1,883,809  (14.6%)
Professional services                60,354     40,679             48.4%    229,030     154,549     48.2%
Managed services                     44,520     38,193             16.6%    171,347     137,528     24.6%
Total                                487,245    544,100            (10.4%)  2,009,145   2,175,886   (7.7%)
Gross profit
Product                              101,647    89,559             13.5%    373,557     397,618     (6.1%)
Professional services                21,638     20,342             6.4%     90,517      68,194      32.7%
Managed services                     12,974     11,661             11.3%    51,307      42,667      20.3%
Total                                136,259    121,562            12.1%    515,381     508,479     1.4%
Selling, general, and administrative 98,760     91,846             7.5%     383,335     353,540     8.4%
Depreciation and amortization        7,493      5,204              44.0%    25,753      20,951      22.9%
Interest and financing costs         -          -                  -        -           1,428       (100.0%)
Operating expenses                   106,253    97,050             9.5%     409,088     375,919     8.8%
Operating income                     $30,006    $24,512            22.4%    $106,293    $132,560    (19.8%)
Gross billings                       $788,965   $834,313           (5.4%)   $3,280,447  $3,329,764  (1.5%)
Adjusted EBITDA                      $39,040    $32,239            21.1%    $142,843    $164,409    (13.1%)
Technology Business Gross Billings by Type
                                     Three Months Ended March 31,           Year Ended March 31,
                                     2025       2024               Change   2025        2024        Change
                                     (in thousands)                         (in thousands)
Networking                           $213,621   $332,636           (35.8%)  $929,708    $1,172,274  (20.7%)
Cloud                                220,967    183,008            20.7%    865,855     824,128     5.1%
Security                             177,341    145,233            22.1%    683,597     625,392     9.3%
Collaboration                        18,295     23,849             (23.3%)  120,369     120,960     (0.5%)
Other                                51,347     58,634             (12.4%)  244,997     262,439     (6.6%)
Product gross billings               681,571    743,360            (8.3%)   2,844,526   3,005,193   (5.3%)
Service gross billings               107,394    90,953             18.1%    435,921     324,571     34.3%
Total gross billings                 $788,965   $834 313           (5.4%)   $3,280,447  $3,329,764  (1.5%)
Technology Business Net Sales by Type
                                     Three Months Ended March 31,           Year Ended March 31,
                                     2025       2024               Change   2025        2024        Change
                                     (in thousands)                         (in thousands)
Networking                           $178,820   $281,919           (36.6%)  $781,703    $1,005,679  (22.3%)
Cloud                                134,343    118,976            12.9%    509,774     546,341     (6.7%)
Security                             48,739     37,452             30.1%    191,872     193,956     (1.1%)
Collaboration                        8,205      12,067             (32.0%)  55,483      65,714      (15.6%)
Other                                12,264     14,814             (17.2%)  69,936      72,119      (3.0%)
Total product                        382,371    465,228            (17.8%)  1,608,768   1,883,809   (14.6%)
Professional services                60,354     40,679             48.4%    229,030     154,549     48.2%
Managed services                     44,520     38,193             16.6%    171,347     137,528     24.6%
Total net sales                      $487,245   $544,100           (10.4%)  $2,009,145  $2,175,886  (7.7%)
Technology Business Net Sales by Customer End Market
                                     Three Months Ended March 31,           Year Ended March 31,
                                     2025       2024               Change   2025        2024        Change
                                     (in thousands)                         (in thousands)
Telecom, Media, & Entertainment      $101,268   $142,333           (28.9%)  $453,892    $547,525    (17.1%)
SLED                                 72,176     65,198             10.7%    333,371     329,617     1.1%
Technology                           65,078     111,418            (41.6%)  300,465     379,720     (20.9%)
Healthcare                           74,289     64,711             14.8%    286,474     278,893     2.7%
Financial Services                   44,097     69,239             (36.3%)  174,798     243,630     (28.3%)
All other                            130,337    91,201             42.9%    460,145     396,501     16.1%
Total net sales                      $487,245   $544,100           (10.4%)  $2,009,145  $2,175,886  (7.7%)
Financing Business Segment
                                     Three Months Ended March 31,           Year Ended March 31,
                                     2025       2024               Change   2025        2024        Change
                                     (in thousands)                         (in thousands)
Portfolio earnings                   $4,738     $3,824             23.9%    $18,229     $13,937     30.8%
Transactional gains                  4,594      2,681              71.4%    28,866      19,016      51.8%
Post-contract earnings               1,132      2,944              (61.5%)  11,295      14,301      (21.0%)
Other                                405        912                (55.6%)  1,254       2,162       (42.0%)
Net sales                            10,869     10,361             4.9%     59,644      49,416      20.7%
Gross profit                         9,505      8,783              8.2%     53,740      42,314      27.0%
Selling, general, and administrative 4,224      3,557              18.8%    16,409      14,194      15.6%
Depreciation and amortization        -          -                  -        -           74          (100.0%)
Interest and financing costs         572        723                (20.9%)  2,211       2,349       (5.9%)
Operating expenses                   4,796      4,280              12.1%    18,620      16,617      12.1%
Operating income                     $4,709     $4,503             4.6%     $35,120     $25,697     36.7%
Adjusted EBITDA                      $4,779     $4,566             4.6%     $35,391     $26,032     36.0%

ePlus inc. AND SUBSIDIARIES RECONCILIATION OF NON-GAAP INFORMATION

We included reconciliations below for the following non-GAAP financial measures: (i) Adjusted EBITDA, (ii) Adjusted EBITDA for business segments, (iii) non-GAAP Net Earnings and (iv) non-GAAP Net Earnings per Common Share – Diluted.

We define Adjusted EBITDA as net earnings calculated in accordance with US GAAP, adjusted for the following: interest expense, depreciation and amortization, share-based compensation, acquisition and integration expenses, provision for income taxes, and other income (expense). Adjusted EBITDA presented for the technology business segments and the financing business segment is defined as operating income calculated in accordance with US GAAP, adjusted for interest expense, share-based compensation, acquisition and integration expenses, and depreciation and amortization. We consider the interest on notes payable from our financing business segment and depreciation expense presented within cost of sales, which includes depreciation on assets financed as operating leases, to be operating expenses. As such, they are not included in the amounts added back to net earnings in the Adjusted EBITDA calculation.

Non-GAAP Net earnings and non-GAAP Net earnings per common share – diluted are based on net earnings calculated in accordance with US GAAP, adjusted to exclude other (income) expense, share based compensation, and acquisition related amortization and acquisition integration expenses, and the related tax effects.

We use the above non-GAAP financial measures as supplemental measures of our performance to gain insight into our operating performance and performance trends. We believe that such non-GAAP financial measures provide management and investors a useful measure for period-to-period comparisons of our business and operating results by excluding items that management believes are not reflective of our underlying operating performance. Accordingly, we believe that such non-GAAP financial measures provide useful information to investors and others in understanding and evaluating our operating results.

Our use of non-GAAP information as analytical tools has limitations, and you should not consider them in isolation or as substitutes for analysis of our financial results as reported under GAAP. In addition, other companies, including companies in our industry, might calculate adjusted EBITDA, non-GAAP net earnings and non-GAAP net earnings per common share or similarly titled measures differently, which may reduce their usefulness as comparative measures.

                                                     Three Months Ended March 31,  Year Ended March 31,
                                                     2025       2024               2025      2024
                                                     (in thousands)
Consolidated
GAAP: Net earnings                                   $25,196    $21,983            $107,978  $115,776
Provision for income taxes                           10,643     9,195              40,861    45,317
Share based compensation                             1,611      2,586              9,996     9,731
Depreciation and amortization [1]                    7,493      5,204              25,753    21,025
Acquisition related expenses                         -          -                  1,072     -
Interest and financing expense                       -          -                  -         1,428
Other (income) expense, net [2]                      (1,124)    (2,163)            (7,426)   (2,836)
Adjusted EBITDA                                      $43,819    $36,805            $178,234  $190,441
Technology Business Segment
GAAP: Operating income                               $30,006    $24,512            $106,293  $132,560
Share based compensation                             1,541      2,523              9,725     9,470
Depreciation and amortization [1]                    7,493      5,204              25,753    20,951
Acquisition related expenses                         -          -                  1,072     -
Interest and financing costs                         -          -                  -         1,428
Adjusted EBITDA                                      $39,040    $32,239            $142,843  $164,409
Financing Business Segment
GAAP: Operating income                               $4,709     $4,503             $35,120   $25,697
Share based compensation                             70         63                 271       261
Depreciation and amortization [1]                    -          -                  -         74
Adjusted EBITDA                                      $4,779     $4,566             $35,391   $26,032
                                                     Three Months Ended March 31,  Year Ended March 31,
                                                     2025       2024               2025      2024
                                                     (in thousands)
GAAP: Earnings before taxes                          $35,839    $31,178            $148,839  $161,093
Share based compensation                             1,611      2,586              9,996     9,731
Acquisition related expenses                         -          -                  1,072     -
Acquisition related amortization expense [3]         5,749      3,832              19,929    15,180
Other (income) expense, net [2]                      (1,124)    (2,163)            (7,426)   (2,836)
Non-GAAP: Earnings before provision for income taxes 42,075     35,433             172,410   183,168
GAAP: Provision for income taxes                     10,643     9,195              40,861    45,317
Share based compensation                             479        767                2,742     2,772
Acquisition related expenses                         -          -                  300       -
Acquisition related amortization expense [3]         1,707      1,133              5,495     4,306
Other (income) expense, net [2]                      (334)      (641)              (1,990)   (831)
Tax benefit (expense) on restricted stock            14         51                 527       277
Non-GAAP: Provision for income taxes                 12,509     10,505             47,935    51,841
Non-GAAP: Net earnings                               $29,566    $24,928            $124,475  $131,327
                                                     Three Months Ended March 31,  Year Ended March 31,
                                                     2025       2024               2025      2024
GAAP: Net earnings per common share - diluted        $0.95      $0.82              $4.05     $4.33
Share based compensation                             0.04       0.07               0.27      0.27
Acquisition related expenses                         -          -                  0.03      -
Acquisition related amortization expense [3]         0.15       0.10               0.54      0.40
Other (income) expense, net [2]                      (0.03)     (0.06)             (0.20)    (0.07)
Tax benefit (expense) on restricted stock            -          -                  (0.02)    (0.01)
Total non-GAAP adjustments - net of tax              0.16       0.11               0.62      0.59
Non-GAAP: Net earnings per common share - diluted    $1.11      $0.93              $4.67     $4.92
[1] Amount consists of depreciation and amortization for assets used internally.
[2] Interest income and foreign currency transaction gains and losses.
[3] Amount consists of amortization of intangible assets from acquired businesses.

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