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| Annual Trend | FY 2016 | FY 2017 | FY 2018 | FY 2019 | FY 2020 | FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash flows from operating activities: | |||||||||||
| Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: | |||||||||||
| Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Parent | $4.0m | ($1.4m) | $124.3m | ($17.6m) | ($14.1m) | ($5.3m) | ($6.9m) | ($4.7m) | ($4.9m) | ($6.9m) | |
| Net Income (Loss) Available to Common Stockholders, Basic | $25.9m | ($9.7m) | $835.6m | ($128.3m) | ($98.4m) | ($35.9m) | ($47.9m) | ($33.7m) | ($36.1m) | ($48.0m) | |
| Net Income (Loss), Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest | — | ($1.4m) | $123.7m | ($18.6m) | ($15.4m) | ($5.7m) | ($7.0m) | ($4.7m) | ($4.9m) | ($6.9m) | |
| Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations, Net of Tax, Attributable to Parent | — | — | ($9.3m) | ($18.3m) | ($14.1m) | ($5.3m) | — | — | — | — | |
| Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations, Net of Tax, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest | — | — | ($9.9m) | ($19.3m) | ($15.4m) | ($5.7m) | — | — | — | — | |
| Income (Loss) from Discontinued Operations, Net of Tax, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest | — | — | $133.6m | $703k | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Income (Loss) from Discontinued Operations, Net of Tax, Attributable to Parent | — | — | $133.6m | $703k | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest | — | ($37k) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization | $1.3m | $1.5m | $1.9m | $2.5m | $4.6m | $3.6m | $3.3m | $3.1m | $3.3m | $3.1m | |
| Amortization of Intangible Assets | $193k | $1.6m | $2.0m | $12.4m | $21.9m | $17.2m | $17.5m | $17.2m | $17.6m | $13.9m | |
| Depreciation | $8.4m | $8.7m | $3.0m | $5.2m | $8.0m | $5.8m | $5.1m | $4.8m | $6.6m | $7.6m | |
| Deferred Income Tax Expense (Benefit) | $1.1m | $3.3m | ($3.8m) | ($1.2m) | ($1.6m) | ($245k) | ($877k) | ($960k) | ($877k) | ($512k) | |
| Deferred income tax benefit | $7.1m | $22.9m | ($26.0m) | ($8.1m) | ($10.3m) | ($1.6m) | ($6.1m) | ($6.8m) | ($6.4m) | ($3.6m) | |
| Share-based Payment Arrangement, Noncash Expense | $1.4m | $1.0m | $3.0m | $691k | $272k | $163k | $212k | $432k | $385k | $81k | |
| Payment, Tax Withholding, Share-based Payment Arrangement | $120k | $29k | $251k | $18k | $5k | $18k | $4k | $10k | $13k | $8k | |
| Goodwill, Impairment Loss | $0 | $0 | — | — | — | $0 | — | $0 | $0 | $4.8m | |
| Impairment of Intangible Assets, Finite-lived | $0 | $0 | $0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Share-based compensation | $9.2m | $7.0m | $20.6m | $4.8m | $1.8m | $1.0m | $1.5m | $3.1m | $2.8m | $570k | |
| Impairment loss of goodwill | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $0 | $0 | $33.9m | |
| Gain (Loss) on Disposition of Property Plant Equipment, Excluding Oil and Gas Property and Timber Property | $9k | $2k | ($130) | — | ($13k) | ($4k) | $245 | ($126) | $8k | ($6k) | |
| Income (Loss) from Equity Method Investments | ($1.4m) | ($2.3m) | — | ($1k) | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Income Tax Expense (Benefit) | $2.9m | $5.6m | — | ($1.0m) | ($1.6m) | ($242k) | ($859k) | ($959k) | ($877k) | ($512k) | |
| Operating Lease, Expense | — | — | — | $13.9m | $29.1m | $24.8m | $18.5m | — | — | — | |
| Other Nonoperating Income (Expense) | — | — | ($262k) | ($3.4m) | ($517k) | $4.5m | $300k | $137k | $75k | $1.8m | |
| Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | |||||||||||
| Additional Financial Items | |||||||||||
| Increase (Decrease) in Accounts Receivable | $353k | $891k | ($6.0m) | ($32k) | $311k | ($195k) | $712k | ($509k) | $65k | ($345k) | |
| Foreign Currency Transaction Gain (Loss), before Tax | ($233k) | ($11k) | $140k | $7k | ($161k) | ($33k) | $788 | ($687) | ($3k) | ($3k) | |
| Foreign Currency Transaction Gain (Loss), Realized | ($314k) | ($37k) | ($6k) | $8k | ($161k) | ($34k) | ($47) | ($1) | $0 | ($72) | |
| Gain (Loss) on Investments | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $1.7m | |
| General and Administrative Expense | $12.1m | $10.0m | $6.3m | $11.8m | $15.3m | $14.6m | $11.2m | $10.3m | $11.1m | $11.3m | |
| Goodwill | $4.8m | $4.7m | $0 | $28.8m | $29.8m | $30.6m | $28.5m | $27.6m | $26.9m | $23.2m | |
| Investment Income, Interest | $554k | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Nonoperating Income (Expense) | ($1.0m) | ($6.2m) | ($38k) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Operating Costs and Expenses | — | — | — | $216.1m | $270.0m | $268.6m | $263.4m | $263.1m | — | — | |
| Operating Expenses | $24.4m | $23.4m | $10.0m | $22.2m | $26.3m | $26.9m | $23.1m | $22.0m | $25.3m | $27.8m | |
| Proceeds from Stock Options Exercised | — | — | $208k | — | — | $36k | $32k | $66k | — | $52k | |
| Net loss | $26.1m | ($10.0m) | $850.6m | ($129.2m) | ($100.6m) | ($36.4m) | ($48.6m) | ($33.7m) | ($36.1m) | ($48.0m) | |
| Gain from disposal of long-term investments | — | ($1.6m) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ($11.9m) | |
| Provision for credit loss | ($128k) | $694k | $3.6m | — | — | — | — | — | — | $1.7m | |
| Loss on deconsolidation of subsidiaries and others, net | — | — | — | — | $1.8m | ($33.5m) | ($1.3m) | — | $438k | $52k | |
| Foreign currency exchange gain (loss) | $2.0m | $254k | $43k | ($57k) | $1.1m | $214k | $323 | $7 | ($3) | $503 | |
| Accounts receivable | ($2.3m) | ($6.1m) | $41.1m | $225k | ($2.0m) | $1.2m | ($4.9m) | $3.6m | ($477k) | $2.4m | |
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | ($1.1m) | $1.5m | ($13.6m) | ($3.6m) | $12.9m | $675k | ($5.7m) | ($2.4m) | ($19.8m) | $509k | |
| Other non-current assets | — | — | ($649k) | ($10.1m) | ($6.6m) | ($3.8m) | ($1.8m) | ($3.3m) | ($3.5m) | ($4.2m) | |
| Income tax payable | $7.2m | ($3.0m) | ($15.0m) | $680k | ($571k) | ($86k) | ($8k) | ($14k) | ($1k) | — | |
| Accrued expenses and other payables | $4.1m | ($797k) | ($67.2m) | $14.7m | $1.7m | $4.5m | $10.9m | ($7.1m) | $7.4m | ($536k) | |
| Deferred revenues | ($5.0m) | ($6.5m) | $3.3m | $6.8m | $32.3m | $6.8m | $18.9m | $33.4m | $28.1m | ($8.3m) | |
| Cash paid for liabilities assumed in relation to acquisition of Youru (Note 3) | — | — | — | — | — | — | ($312k) | ($1.0m) | ($198k) | — | |
| Payment for acquisition of a subsidiary, less cash acquired | — | $412k | — | ($34.6m) | ($15.0m) | ($4.6m) | — | ($417k) | — | — | |
| Proceeds from deconsolidation of subsidiaries and others, less cash disposed | — | — | — | — | $495k | ($833k) | ($165k) | — | ($90k) | $49.9m | |
| Cash received for exercise of share options | — | — | $1.4m | — | — | $232k | $219k | $472k | — | $367k | |
| Cash refunded for income tax | ($9.7m) | ($1.0m) | — | — | ($2.9m) | ($5k) | — | ($211) | ($4) | — | |
| Lease liability arising from obtaining Right-of-use assets | — | — | — | — | — | $16.1m | $14.6m | $1.7m | $26.9m | $21.1m | |
| Consideration payable for acquisition of Youru (Note 3) | — | — | — | $19.6m | — | — | $1.2m | $198k | — | — | |
| Disposal of net liabilities of subsidiaries, excluding cash | — | — | — | — | — | $13.0m | $5.4m | — | ($349k) | $5.2m | |
| Discontinued Operation, Gain (Loss) on Disposal of Discontinued Operation, Net of Tax | — | — | $136.4m | $703k | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Discontinued Operation, Income (Loss) from Discontinued Operation During Phase-out Period, Net of Tax | — | — | ($2.8m) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Other Operating Income (Expense), Net | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $24k | $25k | |
| Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities | $64.5m | $61.5m | ($45.5m) | ($8.3m) | ($4.3m) | ($5.0m) | ($2.1m) | $1.2m | ($458k) | ($2.3m) | |
| Cash flows from investing activities: | |||||||||||
| Payments to Acquire Property, Plant, and Equipment | $479k | $466k | $1.0m | $185k | $753k | $699k | $235k | $316k | $2.7m | $183k | |
| Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired | — | ($60k) | — | $5.0m | $2.3m | $728k | — | $59k | — | — | |
| Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities | ($36.8m) | ($94.0m) | $1.2b | ($36.9m) | ($19.1m) | ($10.0m) | ($2.5m) | ($4.0m) | ($20.3m) | $48.7m | |
| Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Investing Activities | ($36.8m) | ($94.0m) | $174.8m | ($5.3m) | ($2.9m) | ($1.6m) | ($361k) | ($559k) | ($2.8m) | $7.0m | |
| Cash flows from financing activities: | |||||||||||
| Proceeds from Issuance of Long-term Debt | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $5.3m | |
| Repayments of Long-term Debt | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $3.0m | |
| Payments for Repurchase of Common Stock | $3.0m | — | — | — | $614k | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Payments of Ordinary Dividends, Common Stock | — | — | $138 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Proceeds from Noncontrolling Interests | — | — | — | $718k | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Financing Activities | ($20.3m) | $7.2m | ($138.2m) | $8.3m | $966k | $130k | $27k | $57k | ($13k) | $2.3m | |
| Effect of Exchange Rate on Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents | — | — | ($686k) | $125k | ($125k) | ($55k) | $81k | ($196) | $7k | ($71k) | |
| Effect of foreign exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents | — | ($62k) | ($4.7m) | $867k | ($814k) | ($349k) | $557k | ($1k) | $52k | ($495k) | |
| Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents, Period Increase (Decrease), Including Exchange Rate Effect | — | — | ($9.5m) | ($5.2m) | ($6.4m) | ($6.5m) | ($2.4m) | $731k | ($3.2m) | $7.0m | |
| Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents | — | $4.8m | ($65.5m) | ($36.4m) | ($41.5m) | ($41.4m) | ($16.4m) | $5.2m | ($23.6m) | $48.7m | |
| Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents | — | — | $27.7m | $22.1m | $17.3m | $11.2m | $8.0m | $8.5m | $5.0m | $12.2m | |
| Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year | $240.3m | $247.7m | $190.6m | $154.2m | $112.7m | $71.3m | $55.0m | $60.2m | $36.5m | $85.2m | |
| Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information: | |||||||||||
| Interest Paid, Excluding Capitalized Interest, Operating Activities | — | $58k | $36k | $33k | $32k | $4k | ($400k) | ($300k) | — | $57k | |
| Income Taxes Paid, Net | $14.3m | $1.0m | $232.4m | $210k | $114k | $154k | $28k | $20k | ($94k) | ($58k) |
Values abbreviated: b = billions, m = millions, k = thousands. Per share data in USD.