Deepening collaborations with major global customers while accelerating investments in
technology and talent to cement Alarum's key positioning in the AI value chain
Q2 2025 revenues of $8.8 million, net profit of $0.3 million, and Adjusted EBITDA of $1.0 million
TEL AVIV, Israel, Aug. 28, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Alarum Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq, TASE: ALAR) ("Alarum" or the "Company"), a global provider of web data collection solutions, today announced financial results for the six- and three-month periods ended June 30, 2025.
Management Commentary
"Our focus and progress this quarter, as well as our outlook, are mainly driven by very strong demand for data from major global players in the artificial intelligence $(AI)$ segment for training large language and other foundational models," commented Shahar Daniel, Chief Executive Officer of Alarum. "Alarum's market-leading data collection solutions are increasingly gaining traction with global leaders. Several leading AI and e-commerce companies have significantly expanded their usage of our services, relying on our advanced data collection global platform and products to fuel their large-scale data needs and initiatives. This highlights the strategic partnerships we are building with leading global customers, expanding our market presence and strengthening Alarum's role as a trusted long-term strategic partner in the AI global ecosystem."
"We are very proud of the growth achieved in the quarter and encouraged by the higher revenue levels we believe we will see in the upcoming quarter. The AI segment is in its early growth stages, which is likely to be highly dynamic in nature as it progresses towards maturity. The entire market and all its players along the value chain, including our customers, are in the middle of a major transformation and exploring various business models with an eye towards profitability. As AI business models evolve over the quarters ahead, we may experience volatility in demand and usage of our platform, potentially influencing short-term quarterly financial performance, even while the long-term growth trend remains intact and significant. We strongly believe that the new capabilities and applications enabled by AI are here to stay for the long-term, and we are investing to ensure Alarum cements itself as a central player in this new era."
Mr. Daniel continued: "Our technology is increasingly recognized by customers as a critical enabler of the AI boom, which is powering today's surge in the demand for large-scale data. We believe that Alarum is exactly in the right place at the perfect time at the heart of the AI revolution, with tremendous opportunities ahead. Through continued investments in expanding our infrastructure, R&D, talent, marketing, sales and customer acquisition, we aim to position Alarum to capture the opportunities ahead and drive a long-term trajectory of revenue growth and high profitability."
Business Highlights
- Expanded traction with major AI and e-commerce players -- new strategic collaborations include a top Asian online marketplace developing its own large language model, a global electronics brand, and a European AI firm leveraging Alarum's platform and products for large-scale data labeling and model fine-tuning.
- Strategic investments for a sustainable growth -- the Company is investing in its infrastructure, up-scaling operations, and strengthening its global proxy network to support the booming market demand, while maintaining high operational efficiency.
- Visibility and a highly dynamic pipeline -- the Company expects a substantial increase in revenues in the third quarter of 2025. At the same time, the AI market is undergoing a profound transformation, with many AI companies still defining their business model in this new world. This dynamism may result in both positive and negative fluctuations in Alarum's quarterly revenue levels along the way.
- Strengthened product portfolio -- the growing demand for Alarum's primary subsidiary, NetNut Ltd.'s ("NetNut") data collection suite, including NetNut's Data Collector (Serp API), data sets, Website Unblocker and advanced proxy network, is increasingly contributing to the Company's total revenues.
- Significant shift in market verticals -- the Company is experiencing a notable shift in customer segments, with strong growth in the AI vertical, offset by a decline in others. As a result, the Net Retention Rate ("NRR") was 0.98, while overall revenues grew significantly versus the prior quarter.
Summary of Financial Results(1)
(in millions of U.S. dollars, rounded, except per share amounts and margins)
For the
Year
Ended
For the Six Months Ended For the Three Months Ended December
June 30, June 30, 31,
-------------------------------- --------------------------------
2025 2024 2025 2024 2024
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(Unaudited) (Unaudited) (Unaudited) (Unaudited) (Audited)
Revenue 15.9 17.3 8.8 8.9 31.8
Gross profit 10.2 13.4 5.4 6.8 23.9
Gross margin (in
percentage) 64.3% 77.7% 61.7% 76.9% 75.1%
Non-IFRS gross
margin (in
percentage) 66.0% 79.9% 63.3% 78.5% 77.0 %(2)
Total operating
expenses 9.9 8.1 5.4 4.2 17.2
Financial income
(expense), net 0.7 (3.3) 0.4 (2.5) 0.3
Tax expense 0.3 0.8 0.1 0.5 1.2
Net profit (loss)
for the period 0.7 1.1 0.3 (0.4) 5.8
Adjusted EBITDA 2.3 6.6 1.0 3.4 9.42
Basic earnings
(loss) per
American
Depository
Share ("ADS")
(in U.S.
dollars) $ 0.10 $ 0.16 $ 0.04 $ (0.05) $ 0.87
Non-IFRS basic
earnings per
ADS (in U.S.
dollars) $ 0.32 $ 0.86 $ 0.17 $ 0.41 $ 1.262
Cash, cash
equivalents
and debt
investments
(including
accrued
interest)(3) 25.0 21.6 25.0 21.6 25.0
Shareholders'
equity(3) 29.1 20.4 29.1 20.4 26.4
(1) The table above contains certain non-IFRS financial
measures. See "Use of Non-IFRS Financial Results"
for additional information regarding these measures
and reconciliations to the most comparable IFRS measures.
(2) Unaudited
(3) As of the last day of the period.
Second Quarter and First Half 2025 Financial Analysis
- Revenue in Q2 2025 totalled $8.8 million (Q2 2024: $8.9 million) and $15.9 million for the first half of 2025 (H1 2024: $17.3 million). The revenues were impacted by market fluctuations. The decline in the half year results, compared to the equivalent period in 2024, was driven by a reduced consumption from several large customers due to changes in their businesses. In Q2 2025, revenues stabilized and showed growth momentum.
- Cost of revenue in Q2 2025 was $3.4 million (Q2 2024: $2.1 million), and $5.7 million for the first six months of 2025 (H1 2024 $3.9 million). The increase was primarily driven by the Company's work with large customers, primarily Artificial Intelligence (AI) companies, which require data gathering at significantly higher scales, in turn necessitating a larger volume of servers as well as stronger and higher-quality infrastructure.
- Gross profit in Q2 2025 amounted to $5.4 million (Q2 2024: $6.8 million), and in H1 2025 $10.2 million (H1 2024: $13.4 million).
- Operating expenses in Q2 2025 totalled $5.4 million (Q2 2024: $4.2 million), and $9.9 million in the first six months of 2025 (H1 2024: $8.1 million). The increase was mainly due to an increase in research and development expenses.
- Financial income, net, in Q2 2025 was $0.4 million (Q2 2024: financial expense, net, of $2.5 million). The variance between periods was mainly due to the fair value increase of derivative financial instruments in the second quarter of 2024, resulting from the sharp share price rise during that period.
- Net profit in Q2 2025 was $0.3 million (Q2 2024: a loss of $0.4 million), and $0.7 million in the first half of 2025 (H1 2024: $1.1 million).
- As of June 30, 2025, shareholders' equity increased to $29.1 million, up from $26.4 million as of December 31, 2024. The increase was due to the contribution of first half 2025 net profit.
- Outstanding ordinary share count as of June 30, 2025, was approximately 70.2 million shares, or 7.0 million in US-listed ADSs.
Financial Outlook
"Looking ahead, we expect to see the strong momentum and traction for our products continue into the third quarter of 2025, and as such, we expect third quarter revenues of approximately $12.8 million +/-7%, up 78% year-over-year and Adjusted EBITDA is expected to be approximately $1.1 million +/-$0.5 million," said Mr. Shai Avnit, Chief Financial Officer of Alarum.
"This guidance includes the initial impact of a new large-scale AI data project with a major existing customer, which is expected to contribute approximately $3 million of revenue during the third quarter. We engaged in this project at rapid speed, prioritizing collaboration and execution with one of the world's leading technology players. As we are still in the early ramp-up stages, it is not currently clear what the full scope and length of the project will be. Also at the initiation stages of this project, we are actively optimizing infrastructure and cost structures, and expect near-term profitability from this project to be limited. Given the size of the project, it is expected to have a noticeable impact on the Company's overall profitability in the third quarter.
"We view this as a strategic collaboration and a significant step for Alarum to strengthen its positioning as a data collection leader for the AI market, with the potential to expand a key partnership with one of the world's largest technology players.", concluded Mr. Avnit.
The Company is unable to present a reconciliation of estimated Adjusted EBITDA to net profit as it is unable to predict with reasonable certainty, and without unreasonable effort, the impact and timing of certain expenses on net profit. The financial impact of these expenses is uncertain and is dependent on various factors, including timing, and could be material to consolidated statements of profit or loss and other comprehensive income (loss).
Second Quarter and First Half 2025 Financial Results Conference Call
Mr. Shachar Daniel, Chief Executive Officer of Alarum, and Mr. Shai Avnit, Chief Financial Officer of Alarum, will host a conference call today, August 28, 2025, at 8:30 a.m. ET, 5:30 a.m. Pacific time, 3:30 p.m. Israel, to discuss the second quarter of 2025 results and financial outlook, followed by a Q&A session.
To attend, log in here or dial one of the following numbers, a few minutes before the call starts: 1-877-407-0789 or 1-201-689-8562. If you are unable to connect using the toll-free number, please try the international dial-in number. An Israeli toll-free number is: 1 809 406 247. Participants will be required to state their name and company upon dialling in.
Replay: The conference call will be broadcast live and available for replay here, the day following the call.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the "safe harbor" words such as "expects," "anticipates," "intends," "plans," "believes," "seeks," "estimates" and similar expressions or variations of such words are intended to identify forward-looking statements. For example, Alarum is using forward-looking statements in this press release when it discusses strengthening collaborations with major global customers; the benefits and advantages of the Company's solutions; the expected continued demand from AI and e-commerce players; the belief that the Company will see higher revenues in the upcoming quarter; the belief that the early-stage and dynamic AI market offers long-term growth despite short-term volatility in demand and usage of the Company's platform, potentially influencing short-term quarterly financial performance; opportunities ahead; the view that its technology positions the Company as a key enabler of the AI revolution; plans to invest in infrastructure, R&D, talent, and customer acquisition to support sustainable growth and profitability; expectations for increased revenues in the third quarter of 2025; and its estimates regarding third quarter 2025 revenues and Adjusted EBITDA. Because such statements deal with future events and are based on Alarum's current expectations, they are subject to various risks and uncertainties and actual results, performance or achievements of Alarum could differ materially from those described in or implied by the statements in this press release. The forward-looking statements contained or implied in this press release are subject to other risks and uncertainties, including those discussed under the heading "Risk Factors" in Alarum's annual report on Form 20-F filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on March 20, 2025, and in any subsequent filings with the SEC. Except as otherwise required by law, Alarum undertakes no obligation to publicly release any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. References and links to websites have been provided as a convenience, and the information contained on such websites is not incorporated by reference into this press release. Alarum is not responsible for the contents of third-party websites.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Financial Position
(in thousands of U.S. dollars)
June 30, December 31,
--------------------------
2025 2024 2024
------------ ----------- ------------
(Unaudited) (Unaudited) (Audited)
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash
equivalents 14,914 21,626 15,081
Trade
receivables,
net 4,153 2,471 3,231
Other receivables 735 961 503
----------- ----------- ------------
19,802 25,058 18,815
--------------- ----------- ----------- ------------
Non-current
assets:
Long-term
deposits 23 102 121
Long-term
restricted
deposit 340 - -
Other non-current
assets 82 94 85
Property and
equipment, net 138 119 130
Right-of-use
assets 82 638 498
Deferred tax
assets 689 298 422
Debt investments
at fair value
through Other
Comprehensive
Income 9,385 - 9,256
Debt investments
at fair value
through profit
or loss 574 - 555
Intangible
assets, net 542 1,082 811
Goodwill 4,118 4,118 4,118
----------- ----------- ------------
Total non-current
assets 15,973 6,451 15,996
----------- ----------- ------------
Total assets 35,775 31,509 34,811
----------- ----------- ------------
Liabilities and
equity
Current
liabilities:
Trade payables 518 570 251
Other payables 2,696 3,058 4,484
Current
maturities of
long-term loan 690 564 938
Contract
liabilities 2,526 2,285 1,987
Derivative
financial
instruments 17 3,409 148
Short-term lease
liabilities 180 362 359
----------- ----------- ------------
Total current
liabilities 6,627 10,248 8,167
----------- ----------- ------------
Non-current
liabilities:
Long-term lease
liabilities 23 439 261
Long-term loans,
net of current
maturities - 398 32
----------- ----------- ------------
Total non-current
liabilities 23 837 293
----------- ----------- ------------
Total liabilities 6,650 11,085 8,460
----------- ----------- ------------
Equity:
Ordinary shares - - -
Share premium 113,092 108,963 111,892
Other equity
reserves 11,891 12,705 11,012
Accumulated
deficit (95,858) (101,244) (96,553)
----------- ----------- ------------
Total equity 29,125 20,424 26,351
----------- ----------- ------------
Total liabilities
and equity 35,775 31,509 34,811
----------- ----------- ------------
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Profit or Loss and Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
(in thousands of U.S. dollars, except per share amounts)
For the
Year
For the For the Ended
Six Months Ended Three Months Ended December
June 30, June 30, 31,
---------------------------- -----------------------------
2025 2024 2025 2024 2024
(Unaudited) (Unaudited) (Unaudited) (Unaudited) (Audited)
------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ---------
Revenue 15,924 17,260 8,791 8,884 31,824
Cost of revenue 5,683 3,854 3,365 2,051 7,915
--- -------- --- -------- --- -------- --- -------- --------
Gross profit 10,241 13,406 5,426 6,833 23,909
--- -------- --- -------- --- -------- --- -------- --------
Operating
expenses:
---------------
Research and
development 3,156 2,143 1,786 1,121 4,495
Sales and
marketing 3,906 3,372 2,079 1,647 7,033
General and
administrative 2,866 2,626 1,581 1,386 5,661
--- -------- --- -------- --- -------- --- -------- --------
Total operating
expenses 9,928 8,141 5,446 4,154 17,189
--- -------- --- -------- --- -------- --- -------- --------
Operating profit
(loss) 313 5,265 (20) 2,679 6,720
Financial income
(expense), net 661 (3,345) 449 (2,497) 281
--- -------- --- -------- --- -------- --- -------- --------
Profit from
operations
before income
tax 974 1,920 429 182 7,001
Tax expense 279 831 142 533 1,221
--- -------- --- -------- --- -------- --- -------- --------
Net profit
(loss) for the
period 695 1,089 287 (351) 5,780
--- -------- --- -------- --- -------- --- -------- --------
Other
comprehensive
income (loss)
for the period
Change in fair
value of debt
investments 121 - 49 - (80)
--- -------- --- -------- --- -------- --- -------- --------
Total
comprehensive
income (loss)
for the period 816 1,089 336 (351) 5,700
=== ======== === ======== === ======== === ======== ========
Basic profit
(loss) per
share $ 0.01 $ 0.02 * $ (0.01) $ 0.09
--- -------- --- -------- --- -------- --- -------- --------
Diluted profit
(loss) per
share $ 0.01 $ 0.02 * $ (0.01) $ 0.08
--- -------- --- -------- --- -------- --- -------- --------
Basic profit
(loss) per ADS $ 0.10 $ 0.16 $ 0.04 $ (0.05) $ 0.87
--- -------- --- -------- --- -------- --- -------- --------
* Less than $0.01
Use of Non-IFRS Financial Results
In addition to disclosing financial results calculated in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board, this press release contains non-IFRS financial measures of EBITDA (EBITDA loss), Adjusted EBITDA (Adjusted EBITDA loss), non-IFRS net profit (loss), non-IFRS gross profit, non-IFRS gross margin and non-IFRS basic earnings (loss) per share or ADS for the periods presented. The Company defines EBITDA (EBITDA loss) as net profit (loss) before depreciation, amortization and impairment of intangible assets (if any), financial income (expense) and income tax; defines Adjusted EBITDA (Adjusted EBITDA loss) as EBITDA (EBITDA loss) as further adjusted to remove the impact of (i) impairment of goodwill (if any); and (ii) share-based compensation; defines non-IFRS net profit (loss) as net profit (loss) before depreciation, amortization and impairment of intangible assets (if any), impairment of goodwill (if any), financial income (expense) effects primarily related to derivative financial instruments as well as long-term loans, deferred tax effects and share-based compensation; defines non-IFRS gross profit as gross profit adjusted to remove the impact of depreciation, amortization and impairment of intangible assets and share-based compensation recorded under cost of revenues; defines non-IFRS gross margin as the percentage of the non-IFRS gross profit out of revenues; and defines non-IFRS basic earnings (loss) per share or ADS as non-IFRS net profit (loss) divided by the weighted average number of ordinary shares or ADSs. The Company's management believes the non-IFRS financial information provided in this press release is useful to investors' understanding and assessment of the Company's ongoing operations. Management also uses both IFRS and non-IFRS information in evaluating and operating its business internally, and as such deemed it important to provide this information to investors. The non-IFRS financial measures disclosed by the Company should not be considered in isolation, or as a substitute for, or superior to, financial measures calculated in accordance with IFRS, and the financial results calculated in accordance with IFRS and reconciliations to those financial statements should be carefully evaluated. Investors are encouraged to review the reconciliations of these non-IFRS measures to their most directly comparable IFRS financial measures provided in the financial statement tables herein.
Other Metrics
NRR is a key indicator of customer base health and revenue expansion. It is based on NRR point in time, which measures the revenue growth of current customers over the past four quarters, compared to the revenue generated from these customers during the same period a year earlier.
NRR is calculated as an average of the NRR points in time for the end of the current period and the three preceding quarters.
NRR > 1 (or 100%): Indicates revenue growth driven by existing customers, where upsells and cross-sells outweigh churn.
NRR < 1 (or 100%): Shows revenue loss due to churn exceeding gains from upsells or cross-sells.
Non-IFRS Financial Measures
(in millions of U.S. dollars, rounded)
The following tables present the reconciled effect of the above on the Company's Adjusted EBITDA; non-IFRS net profit; and non-IFRS gross profit for the six and three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, and the year ended December 31, 2024:
For the
Year
For the Six For the Three Ended
Months Ended Months Ended December
June 30, June 30, 31,
-------------- -------------
2025 2024 2025 2024 2024
----- ------ ---- ------ --------
Net profit
(loss) from
continuing
operations 0.7 1.1 0.3 (0.3) 5.8
---- ------ ---- ------ --------
Adjustments:
-------------
Depreciation
and
amortization 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.6
Financial
expenses
(income), net (0.7) 3.4 (0.5) 2.5 (0.4)
Tax expense 0.3 0.8 0.1 0.5 1.4
---- ------ ---- ------ --------
EBITDA 0.6 5.6 0.1 2.8 7.4
---- ------ ---- ------ --------
Adjustments:
-------------
Share-based
compensation 1.7 1.0 0.9 0.6 2.0
---- ------ ---- ------ --------
Adjusted EBITDA
for the
period 2.3 6.6 1.0 3.4 9.4
---- ------ ---- ------ --------
For the
Year
For the Six For the Three Ended
Months Ended Months Ended December
June 30, June 30, 31,
-------------- -------------
2025 2024 2025 2024 2024
----- ------ ---- ------ --------
Net profit
(loss) from
continuing
operations 0.7 1.1 0.3 (0.3) 5.8
---- ------ ---- ------ --------
Adjustments:
----------------
Depreciation,
amortization
and impairment
of intangible
assets 0.3 0.3 0.2 * 0.6
Financial
expense
(income), net
effects (0.1) 3.3 * 2.5 0.1
Deferred tax
effects (0.3) (0.1) (0.2) * (0.1)
Share-based
compensation 1.7 1.0 0.9 0.6 2.0
---- ------ ---- ------ --------
Non-IFRS net
profit for the
period 2.3 5.6 1.2 2.8 8.4
---- ------ ---- ------ --------
* Less than $0.1 million
For the
For the Year
For the Six Three Months Ended
Months Ended Ended June December
June 30, 30, 31,
------------- ------------
2025 2024 2025 2024 2024
----- ------ ---- ------ --------
Gross profit
from continuing
operations 10.2 13.4 5.4 6.8 23.9
---- ------ ---- ------ --------
Adjustments:
----------------
Depreciation,
amortization
and impairment
of intangible
assets 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.6
Share-based
compensation * * * * *
---- ------ ---- ------ --------
Non-IFRS gross
profit for the
period 10.5 13.7 5.6 6.9 24.5
---- ------ ---- ------ --------
* Less than $0.1 million
About Alarum Technologies Ltd.
Alarum Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq, TASE: ALAR) is a global provider of web data collection solutions, empowering organizations to gain a competitive edge by streamlining the collection, extraction, and analysis of large-scale structured data from public online sources. Our data collection solutions by NetNut, are based on our world's fastest and most advanced and secured hybrid proxy network, which comprises both exit points based on our proprietary reflection technology and hundreds of servers located at our ISP partners around the world. Pushing the boundaries of innovation in data collection, we are building a robust platform, complemented by the Website Unblocker, Data Collector, Data Sets and AI data collector. As the impact of the AI revolution unfolds, Alarum, with its robust market-leading data collection offerings is preparing itself to play a meaningful role as the world reshapes in a new form.
For more information about Alarum and its web data collection solutions, please visit www.alarum.io.
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