Earnings Call Insights: Paymentus Holdings, Inc. (PAY) Q4 2025 Management View CEO Dushyant Sharma opened by highlighting that 2025 marked a milestone year, delivering top line revenue exceeding $1 billion for the first time, specifically reaching $1.2 billion, noting, "we have quadrupled -- quadrupled of our business in the last 5 years, far ahead of our long-term CAGR model of 20% top line growt...
Earnings Call Insights: Paymentus Holdings, Inc. (PAY) Q4 2025 Management View CEO Dushyant Sharma opened by highlighting that 2025 marked a milestone year, delivering top line revenue exceeding $1 billion for the first time, specifically reaching $1.2 billion, noting, "we have quadrupled -- quadrupled of our business in the last 5 years, far ahead of our long-term CAGR model of 20% top line growth." Sharma emphasized Paymentus' disruption of legacy bill payment infrastructure and highlighted the company's confidence in the "broad spectrum of our innovation framework" and the durability of the growth algorithm. Sharma pointed out a growing focus on large enterprise and mid-market clients, saying, "as our customer mix is shifting more towards enterprise and large and mid-market clients, our revenue and contribution profit per transaction has continued to grow substantially." The CEO announced strong visibility into 2026, citing a substantial backlog and robust bookings, and shared initial 2026 revenue guidance "over $1.4 billion in revenue at the top end, which we believe we can deliver without signing any new clients." For profitability, Sharma stated, "we generated $125 million of free cash flow in 2025 and exited with over $320 million of cash without any debt," and projected 2026 adjusted EBITDA at "$167 million at top end of our guidance." CFO Sanjay Kalra underscored operational leverage, noting, "Our fourth quarter results included record revenue of $330.5 million, up 28.1% year-over-year. Contribution profit of $106.9 million, up 24%, and adjusted EBITDA of $39.9 million, up 46.3%. On the Rule of 40 basis, for Q4, we came in at 61%." Outlook For Q1 2026, management guided for revenues between $330 million and $340 million, contribution profit between $103 million and $105 million, and adjusted EBITDA between $36 million and $38 million. Full year 2026 guidance projects revenue in the range of $1.39 billion to $1.41 billion, contribution profit between $442 mi...
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is hosting a product launch on March 4. The new products are expected to include the new iPhone 17e, a lower-priced entry level iPhone that Bloomberg says will cost the same as last year's model -- starting at $599. New MacBook laptops and iPads might be coming soon too, but we don't know yet which items will be introduced at the March 4 event. Let's look at a few reasons why ...
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is hosting a product launch on March 4. The new products are expected to include the new iPhone 17e, a lower-priced entry level iPhone that Bloomberg says will cost the same as last year's model -- starting at $599. New MacBook laptops and iPads might be coming soon too, but we don't know yet which items will be introduced at the March 4 event. Let's look at a few reasons why an ambitious range of new product launches in 2026 could be a bullish signal for this tech stock . Ever since Sept. 9, 2025, when the iPhone 17 was announced, Apple's stock has gained about 13% and has outperformed the tech-heavy Nasdaq-100 index, which is up only 4.9% in that timeframe. Continue reading
Commuters make their way past India Gate amid smoggy conditions in New Delhi, India, on October 29, 2025. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images Countries across the globe are increasingly turning to a decades-old weather modification technique as part of a push to control when and where it rains. Alongside the U.S. and China, which boasts the world's largest weather modification program, France, Russia...
Commuters make their way past India Gate amid smoggy conditions in New Delhi, India, on October 29, 2025. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images Countries across the globe are increasingly turning to a decades-old weather modification technique as part of a push to control when and where it rains. Alongside the U.S. and China, which boasts the world's largest weather modification program, France, Russia, India and Saudi Arabia are among a growing list of countries to have experimented with cloud seeding . For many, the embrace of rain-making operations stems from the need to boost water supplies as global demand continues to rise amid the climate crisis . Others have sought to use cloud seeding to disperse fog at airports, tackle air pollution, reduce hail damage or even to manipulate the weather for major events, such as the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing . Cloud seeding aims to improve a cloud's ability to produce rain or snow by introducing tiny particles, usually silver iodide . The process is limited both in area and duration and, over time, is estimated to increase local precipitation by 5% to 15%. The concept is not without controversy , however. Since first taking place in the 1940s, cloud seeding experiments have raised concern over potential environmental and ecological risks and stoked regional security tensions , with countries accusing each other of stealing rain . Augustus Doricko, CEO of Rainmaker, a California-based cloud seeding company, said there are two dynamics at play that seem to be rekindling people's interest in the technology — both in the U.S. and across the world. Zoom In Icon Arrows pointing outwards AFP | Getty Images "One is truly just circumstance, a lot of these countries and regions are suffering from more volatility in climate and precipitation patterns and their water supply, and so it's leading them through necessity to be more creative than they were in the past," Doricko told CNBC by telephone. "Two, and I think this is like the rea...
Industrial semiconductors are heating up in 2026. See why Analog Devices, onsemi, and Texas Instruments matter—and where analysts see shares heading next.
Industrial semiconductors are heating up in 2026. See why Analog Devices, onsemi, and Texas Instruments matter—and where analysts see shares heading next.