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The model's full reasoning — Q3 2022 call → NOWe need answer YES or NO based on transcript. Need evaluate criteria. Company: Backblaze Q3 2022. Revenue growth 27%, B2 48%. Adjusted EBITDA loss -$1.9M or -8% revenue, down from positive $800k or 5% in Q3 2021. Wait: "down from a positive $800,000 or 5% in quarter three of 2021." So they went from positive EBITDA to negative? Actually Q3 2021 adjusted EBITDA was positive $0.8M (5% margin). Q3 2022 adjusted EBITDA loss -$1.9M (-8%). So losses widened vs prior year. But vs guidance? They say favorability versus guidance primarily reflects higher revenue and lower sales/marketing. Q2? They had cash $88M end Q2, $80M end Q3, slower cash usage. But adjusted EBITDA loss -8% vs Q1? They said "You've seen us go from a minus 15% this year in quarter one to a minus 8%." So within 2022, losses narrowed from -15% to -8%. But prior year Q3 was positive. So company is not yet comfortably profitable? They have negative EBITDA in Q3 2022, but Q3 2021 was positive. They are currently unprofitable (adjusted EBITDA loss). Gap closing? Within 2022, from -15% to -8% (Q1 to Q3). But Q3 2022 is worse than Q3 2021. However improvement in reported periods? They mention Q3 adjusted EBITDA -8% vs Q1 -15%. That is improvement already happened. Also cash usage slower. But is improvement driven primarily by business growing? Revenue growing 27%, B2 48%. They also mention lower credit card fees, leverage on data center fixed costs. They also mention moderately lower sales and marketing investments than planned. But growth is there. Management treats reaching profitability as near? They don't give guidance for breakeven. They provide 2023 revenue ~$100M, adjust OpEx growth. They don't explicitly say near profitability. They say "we're still focusing on growth" and "taking growth over EBITDA as a choice." They don't say crossover near. They say "we're still early in planning process." They mention "we continue to focus on EBITDA as an important metric, but taking growth over EBITDA as a choice." That suggests not near-term profitability? Need assess.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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