Ispire Technology Inc
ISPR
$2.30 -8.00%
Exchange: NASDAQ | Sector: Consumer Defensive | Industry: Tobacco
Q3 2024
Published: May 9, 2025

Earnings Highlights

  • Revenue of $26.19B up 87% year-over-year
  • EPS of $-0.19 decreased by 72.7% from previous year
  • Gross margin of 18.2%
  • Net income of -10.86B
  • "“We’ve entered into a joint venture with Berify and Chemular to leverage Berify's patented blockchain-based authentication technology and Chemular's industry-leading regulatory expertise to create a next-generation point-of-use age verification technology for e-cigarettes that will prevent underage access and improve user experience.”" - Michael Wang
ISPR
Company ISPR

Executive Summary

Ispire Technology reported a solid Q3 2024 with total revenue of $30 million, up 24% year over year, driven by cannabis hardware growth (+57% to $11.9 million) and tobacco vaping sales (+9% to $18.1 million). The quarter featured meaningful strategic progress, including a joint venture with Berify and Chemular to advance age-verification and product authentication for e-cigarettes, and a collaboration with Acreage Holdings to deploy Ispire ONE technology in its U.S. retail network. The company closed a $12.3 million public offering in March to fund strategic initiatives and Malaysian manufacturing expansion, which aided a margin improvement to 20.4% (cannabis 27.4%, tobacco 15.8%). Despite revenue strength, near-term profitability remains challenged by higher operating expenses and a planned transition in the cannabis ecosystem (Ispire ONE deployment delays). Management removed formal guidance due to regulatory and implementation uncertainty, but signaled a path back to breakeven and sustainable growth by the September quarter, aided by Burna Boy co-branding, open systems expansion in the UK/EU, and PMTA activity. Overall, the near-term focus centers on margin discipline, execution of hardware upgrades, cash-flow management through a stricter deal desk, and monetizing strategic partnerships while navigating regulatory headwinds.

Key Performance Indicators

Revenue
Increasing
26.19B
QoQ: 62 515.50% | YoY: 87 158.68%
Gross Profit
Increasing
4.78B
18.24% margin
QoQ: 61 906.21% | YoY: 78 037.28%
Operating Income
Decreasing
-10.59B
QoQ: -143 722.85% | YoY: -186 266.02%
Net Income
Decreasing
-10.86B
QoQ: -135 629.21% | YoY: -182 369.74%
EPS
Decreasing
-0.19
QoQ: -35.71% | YoY: -72.73%

Revenue Trend

Margin Analysis

Historical Earnings Comparison

PeriodRevenue ($M)EPS ($)YoY GrowthReport
Q3 2024 26,190.73 -0.19 +87.0% View
Q2 2024 41.83 -0.14 +0.3% View
Q1 2024 39,338.31 -98.85 +91.0% View
Q4 2023 37.34 -0.06 +14.5% View
Q3 2023 30.02 -0.11 +24.4% View