Inheritance being cashed in: management is converting a long-held position into current business on purpose
The model's full reasoning — Q4 2022 call → NOWe need to determine if management describes deliberately converting something long-held into current business, with real present-tense results and most yield still ahead. The transcript discusses FST installed base, casino market share gains due to competitor issues, etc. The key candidate: the FST installed base of BOHA! terminals. Management says they have 12,180 paid terminals, and recurring revenue from software/labels. They mention "fertile ground to hunt for additional business and eventually sell additional BOHA! software apps to these customers." That suggests they are drawing on installed base to sell more software. But is that deliberate conversion? They say "we are growing our population of BOHA! terminals printing labels in the market, giving us fertile ground to hunt for additional business and eventually sell additional BOHA! software apps." That is a plan, but is it already producing? They mention "record quarter for software sales" and recurring revenue up. However, the installed base was built over time, and now they are selling software to them. But is that the main phenomenon? Also, the casino market share gain is due to competitor inability, not a long-held asset. The FST installed base is a long-held asset (they started selling in 2019). They are now converting it by selling additional software apps. But is that deliberate and already producing? They say "we continue to see great traction with a number of valuations currently underway" - that's for new opportunities. The specific conversion of installed base to software sales is mentioned as a future opportunity ("eventually sell additional BOHA! software apps"). That suggests it's not yet producing meaningfully. Also, the recurring revenue includes software and labels, but that's from existing customers, not necessarily new apps. The question asks: "management describe that the company is NOW DELIBERATELY CONVERTING SOMETHING IT HAS LONG HELD OR LONG BUILT INTO CURRENT BUSINESS" - the installed base is long-held, but the conversion to additional software apps is described as "eventually" - not now. Also, the main revenue growth is from casino and gaming, which is due to competitor supply issues, not a long-held asset. The FST recurring revenue is up 14% in Q4, but that's from existing subscriptions and labels, not necessarily from converting the installed base to new apps.
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