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2018-11-08

Tucows $TCX Q3 2018 Earnings, Webcast, How To Submit Questions

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Tucows Inc. (NASDAQ: TCX, TSX: TC) reported its third quarter (Q3) 2018 financial results via news release on Wednesday, November 7, 2018 at 5:05 p.m. ET: News Release and Financial Statement (pdf). See also the 10-Q (pdf).

Management’s pre-recorded remarks (webcast) discussing the quarter and outlook for the Company are posted on the Tucows web site at http://www.tucows.com/investors/financials. [Editor's note: the management remarks are mostly about Ting.] See CEO Elliot Noss on Q3 2018 Results - Earnings Call Transcript | SeekingAlpha.com.

In lieu of a live question and answer period, for the next five days, until Monday November 12, 2018, shareholders, analysts and prospective investors can submit questions to Tucows’ management via ir@tucows.com. 

Management will post responses to questions of general interest to the Company’s web site at http://www.tucows.com/investors/financials/ on Friday, November 16 at approximately 4:00 p.m. ET. All questions will receive a response, however, questions of a more specific may be responded to directly.

Tucows Inc. is a publicly traded internet services (eNom, OpenSRS, Hover) and telecommunications (Ting.com) company, headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is the second-largest domain name registrar worldwide. Its brands include Hover.com, eNom.com, and OpenSRS.com, a platform for domain resellers, as well as Ting.com, a wireless MVNO and fiber ISP.

Principal domain: tucows.com
Investor Relations: tucows.com/investors/

See also Tucows Statement, May 28, 2018, on the ICANN Legal Action filed against Tucows affiliate EPAG Domainservices, GmbH. ICANN was subsequently adjudicated to be the "losing party" in that proceeding filed in Germany, involving application of the GDPR, including at the final appellate level.

Tips for cleaning up WHOIS data | EPAG.de excerpts:
To prevent personal data in an organization contact from being displayed in a public WHOIS, we recommend taking the following measures, where allowed by the relevant registry:
  • Use roles rather than personal names for Organization contact details. For example, instead of writing “John Doe” for the name ... use the role “Host Master” [or "Domain Administrator"].
  • Use role email addresses rather than personal email addresses. For example, instead of using “john.doe@company.com” for the email address, use a generic company email address like “info@company.com”.
  • Where possible, clean up existing contact data to remove personal data from any organization contacts.
  • Remind domain registrants of their obligation to provide you with correct data and to keep that data up to date. This will ensure that the registrant is able to manage their consent preferences using the contact email provided with the domain order.
  • These tips give registrants the added advantage that their organization is not reliant on a particular person (for example during a transfer), should that person be out of the office or no longer employed by the company.
source: https://www.epag.de/en/tips-for-cleaning-up-whois-data/

For an example of the above see https://www.whois.com/whois/microsoft.com.

Additional resources:





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2018-05-09

Tucows $TCX Q1 2018 Financial Results LIVE Webcast May 9, 5pm EDT

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Tucows Inc. 
Domain: tucows.com
Investor Relations: tucows.com/investors

Stock exchange: symbol  | NASDAQ:TCX and TSX:TC) 

Tucows Q1 2018 financial results release May 9, 2018, after market close (4:05pm EDT)(see release below). 

LIVE webcast conference call Wednesday, May 9, 2018 at 5:00 p.m. EDT to discuss its first quarter 2018 financial results and the outlook for the Company.

Q1 2018 Investor Conference Call: Livestream and News Release (pdf) 
Financial Statement (pdf)

May 9th conference call: Tucows CEO Noss: "We will be operationally GDPR compliant on May 25, 2018."  See Tucows' (TCX) CEO Elliot Noss on Q1 2018 Results - Earnings Call Transcript | SeekingAlpha.com.

 SeekingAlpha.com: "Q1 EPS of $0.35 misses by $0.23. Revenue of $95.79M (+37.7% Y/Y) beats by $6.79M."

Participants can join the call by dialing 1-888-231-8191 or 647-427-7450. Participants can also access the conference call via the Internet at http://www.tucows.com/investors.

For those unable to participate in the conference call at the scheduled time, it will be archived for replay both by telephone and via the Internet beginning approximately one hour following completion of the call. To access the archived conference call by telephone, dial 1-855-859-2056 or 416-849-0833 and enter the pass code 5873817 followed by the pound key. The telephone replay will be available until Wednesday, May 16, 2018 at midnight. To access the archived conference call as an MP3 via the Internet, go to http://www.tucows.com/investors.

About Tucows (source: tucows.com)
Tucows, Inc. is a provider of network access, domain names and other Internet services. Ting (ting.com) delivers mobile phone service and fixed Internet access with outstanding customer support. OpenSRS (opensrs.com) and Enom (enom.com) manage a combined 27.6 million domain names and millions of value-added services through a global reseller network of over 40,000 web hosts and ISPs. Hover (hover.com) makes it easy for individuals and small businesses to manage their domain names and email addresses. More information can be found on Tucows’ corporate website (tucows.com). Tucows, Ting, OpenSRS, Enom and Hover are registered trademarks of Tucows Inc. or its subsidiaries.

See also: Tucows' Long Runway With Optionality - Tucows Inc (NYSEMKT:TCX) | SeekingAlpha.com: "With operating three separate businesses, management has optionality of spinning off any of them. From a sum-of-the-parts valuation, investors get the fiber business for free."


More info re: the EU GDPR (enforceable May 25, 2018):
"... Among the most noticeable and significant changes to result from the domain industry’s implementation of the GDPR are those to the Whois system. As we’ve written in past blog posts, as of May 25, 2018, Enom and many other domain registrars and registries will cease the display of personal data in the public Whois ..."
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Learn more about the GDPR:
GDPR Updates – Understand Enom’s approach to the policy
GDPR Resources – View third-party resources on a specific GDPR topic

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2018-02-14

Tucows $TCX Q4 2017 Earnings LIVE Webcast, Feb 14, 8:00 am ET

$TCX shares are up 25% YOY
Tucows Inc. (NASDAQ: TCX) (domain: tucows.com) 
UPDATE: NASDAQ: TCX Feb 14, 4:00 PM EST US$57.55 price increase $0.30 (0.52%)
http://www.tucows.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/q4-2017-financial-statements.pdf
Tucows Reports Continuing Strong Financial Results for Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2018 | Tucows Inc.: "... Financial Results Net revenue for the fourth quarter of 2017 increased 86% to $90.6 million from $48.8 million for the fourth quarter of 2016. Net income for the fourth quarter of 2017 increased to $11.2 million, or $1.06 per share, from $2.8 million, or $0.27 per share, for the fourth quarter of 2016. Net income for the fourth quarter of 2017 was positively impacted by the tax related implementation impacts from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 for $5.8 million or $0.55 per share. Adjusted EBITDA2 for the fourth quarter of 2017 increased 108% to $15.3 million from $7.3 million for the fourth quarter of 2016. The increase in adjusted EBITDA2 was the result of the acquisition of Enom in January 2017, an outsized domain portfolio sale and growth in Ting Mobile. Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the fourth quarter of 2017 increased to $18.0 million from $12.5 million at the end of the third quarter of 2017 and $15.1 million at the end of the fourth quarter of 2016 ..."
  • Tucows' (TCX) CEO Elliot Noss on Q4 2017 Results - Earnings Call Transcript | SeekingAlpha.com: "... Enom's largest customer Namecheap has migrated the bulk of their registrations off the platform. They have moved 2.65 million domains, and there are another 450,000 or so that will move when agreement is reached. While there was a dispute still ongoing between us and Namecheap as to the method of them leaving, there was never any expectation that Namecheap will be part of the ongoing business that we bought. We expected they would have left much earlier, and most importantly, all expectations we set around contributions of the Enom business assumed them to be leaving expeditiously. There were absolutely no surprises here ..."
  • Subsidiaries: Hover, OpenSRS, eNom, Ting
Participants can also access the conference call via 1-888-231-8191 or 647-427-7450 or the Internet at tucows.com/investors.
SeekingAlpha.com: Q4 EPS of $0.51 (miss by $0.11). Revenue of $90.62M (+85.7% Y/Y) (beat by $1.32M). See also: Why Tucows Inc. Shares Fell 23% in January | nasdaq.com.
 The earnings call will be archived for replay both by telephone and via the internet beginning approximately one hour following completion of the call. To access the archived conference call by telephone, dial 1-855-859-2056 or 416-849-0833 and enter the pass code 7376628 followed by the pound key. The telephone replay will be available until Wednesday, February 21, 2018 at midnight. To access the archived conference call as an MP3 via the internet, go to tucows.com/investors.
Tucows Announces $40 Million Stock Buyback Program | Tucows Inc.: "February 14, 2018 – Tucows Inc. (NASDAQ:TCX, TSX:TC) today announced that its Board of Directors has approved a stock buyback program to repurchase, from time to time, up to $40 million of its common stock in the open market.    The new $40 million buyback program will commence February 14, 2018 and will terminate on or before February 13, 2019.  Purchases for the new $40 million buyback program will be made exclusively through the facilities of the NASDAQ Capital Market.  The previously announced $40 million buyback program for the period March 1, 2017 to February 28, 2018 has been terminated.   All shares purchased by Tucows under the stock buyback program will be retired and returned to treasury. The timing and exact number of common shares purchased will be at Tucows’ discretion and will depend on available cash and market conditions. Tucows may suspend or discontinue the repurchases at any time, including in the event Tucows would be deemed to be making an acquisition of its own shares under Rule 13e-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Subject to applicable securities laws and stock exchange rules, all purchases will occur through the open market and may be in large block purchases. Tucows does not intend to purchase its shares from its management team or other insiders. The purchase will be funded from available working capital and existing credit facilities. As of February 13, 2018, Tucows had 10,588,958 common shares outstanding ..."
See also on Domain Mondo: Tucows $TCX Q3 2017 Earnings, LIVE Webcast, Nov 9, 5pm ET.

Tucows Inc. is a publicly traded internet services and telecommunications company, headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is the second-largest domain registrar worldwide and operates Hover, eNom, and OpenSRS, a platform for domain resellers. CEO is Elliot Noss (Aug 2001–). Founder: Scott Swedorski, Founded: 1993, Flint, MI.

About Tucows (source: Tucows.com)
"Tucows, Inc. is a provider of network access, domain names and other Internet services. Ting (ting.com) delivers mobile phone service and fixed Internet access with outstanding customer support. OpenSRS (opensrs.com) and Enom (enom.com) manage a combined 29 million domain names and millions of value-added services through a global reseller network of over 40,000 web hosts and ISPs. Hover (hover.com) makes it easy for individuals and small businesses to manage their domain names and email addresses. More information can be found on Tucows’ corporate website (tucows.com)."




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2017-08-08

Q2 2017 LIVE Webcasts August 8: GoDaddy $GDDY & Tucows $TCX

Leading domain name registrars and tech companies, GoDaddy $GDDY, and Tucows $TCX, have each scheduled their respective Q2 2017 financial results LIVE webcasts for Tuesday, August 8, 2017, at 5pm EDT:

$GDDY

GoDaddy Inc.,  (NYSE: GDDY), the world's largest domain name registrar (domain: GoDaddy.com) Q2 2017 Earnings LIVE Webcast 5pm EDT on Aug 8, 2017.

 Q2 2017 results (pdf): "Q2 Revenue up 22% on Growing Customers and ARPU plus HEG Acquisition; Operating Cash Flow up 23% and uFCF up 61%." Presentation below:


GoDaddy released Q2 financial results prior to the webcast at GoDaddy Investor Relations. You can also dial into the call at (877) 648-7976 in the United States or (617) 826-1698 from international locations, with passcode 52323850. The live webcast replay of the call will also be available on GoDaddy's investor relations website at https://investors.godaddy.net.
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$TCX

Tucows Inc. NASDAQ: TCX / TSX: TC (domain: tucows.com), reports its second quarter fiscal 2017 financial results via news release on Tuesday, August 8, 2017 at approximately 4:05 p.m. (ET). Tucows management will host a conference call on the same day at 5:00 p.m. (ET) to discuss the results and the outlook for the company. For the latest quarterly financial results and conference call webcast link: http://www.tucows.com/investors/financials.

Q2 2017 results--"Solid Year-Over-Year Growth Across All Key Financial Metrics and Record EPS"--Q2 2017 News Release (pdf) and Financial Statement (pdf).

Participants can also join the call by dialing 1-888-231-8191 or 647-427-7450. For those unable to participate in the conference call at the scheduled time, it will be archived for replay both by telephone and via tucows.com/investors beginning approximately one hour following completion of the call. To access the archived conference call by telephone, dial 1-855-859-2056 or 416-849-0833 and enter the pass code 59387346 followed by the pound key. The telephone replay will be available until Tuesday, August 15, 2017 at midnight. To access the archived conference call as an MP3 via the Internet, go to http://www.tucows.com/investors.

About Tucows: Tucows is a provider of network access, domain names and other Internet services. Ting (ting.com) delivers mobile phone service and fixed Internet access. OpenSRS (opensrs.com) and Enom (enom.com) manage a combined 29 million domain names and millions of value-added services through a global reseller network of over 40,000 web hosts and ISPs. Hover (hover.com) provides individuals and small businesses ways to manage their domain names and email addresses. More information may be found at Tucows.com.


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2017-05-28

News Review: The WHOIS Way To Lose Domain Names | NR 2017-05-28

News Review | ©2016 DomainMondo.com
Domain Mondo's weekly internet domain news review (NR 2017-05-28):

 Features •  1) The WHOIS Way To Lose Domain Names, 2) a. New gTLDs Lose Over 2 Million Domain Name Registrations In Just 6 Weeks, b. Neustar Loses Again, c. Tucows' OpenSRS Drops Nine Uniregistry new gTLDs, d. MMX and Web.com for sale? e) #INTA17 disaster, pity the lawyers, 3) ICANN News: Renewal of .NET Registry Agreement Comments Close May 30, 4) ICYMI, 5) Investing, 6) Most Popular.

1) The WHOIS Way To Lose Your Domain Names--false or erroneous (including outdated) WHOIS info--check the WHOIS or contact your registrar(s) to make sure everything is correct and up-to-date. You may be surprised--I once discovered incorrect information on a transferred domain that I believe had been erroneously entered by staff at the prior registrar. Also note that any change in your registration info may invoke a 60-day lock by your registrar due to a poorly designed ICANN policy to prevent domain name theft (check with your registrar before making any change if you need to avoid the lock)--Contractual Compliance Update | GDD Summit Madrid | Presentation | ICANN.org:

2) Names, Domains & Trademarks
a. Deathwatch: ICANN's New gTLDs Still Losing Domain Name Registrations (source: ntldstats.com):
A decrease of more than 2 million new gTLD domain name registrations in just six weeks.
At this rate (a net loss of -2.1 million registrations every 6 weeks), ICANN's new gTLDs will have a total of -0- domain name registrations by Fall, 2018.

 b. Neustar Loses Again, in Court: "On April 6, 2015, Neustar, Inc. (the “Company”) filed a Petition for Review asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to “hold unlawful, vacate, enjoin, and set aside” the FCC Order issued on March 27, 2015, approving a recommendation by the North American Numbering Council for a competitor to serve as the next Local Number Portability Administrator (“LNPA”) ... The Court of Appeals issued its decision on May 26, 2017. The Court of Appeals denied the Company’s Petition for Review. The Company is reviewing the decision and continuing to consider its options."--Form 8-K, May 26, 2017. The loss of the LNPA a/k/a NPAC contracts will likely have a huge negative impact on Neustar's financials. Neustar is a technology company and domain name registry services provider (.biz, .co, .us ...). As I reported May 7, 2017:
Neustar Reports Results for First Quarter 2017 | Neustar.biz: "NPAC Services contributed $128.3 million in revenue. Net income for the first quarter of 2017 totaled $45.4 million, or $0.80 per share." • How much does Neustar's NPAC Services business contribute to Neustar's bottom line (net income)? 100%? See SeekingAlpha.com. • When does that very profitable NPAC Services business end? Probably 2018. • "Neustar ended the quarter with cash and cash equivalents of $47.0 million and outstanding debt under its credit facilities and senior notes of $751.6 million ..."
c. Tucows' (NASDAQ: TCX) OpenSRS responds to Uniregistry new gTLDs' price increases:
"Uniregistry has announced a number of TLD price increases, taking effect on September 8th, 2017. Our main concern with this type of increase is that it has the potential to undermine consumer trust in the new gTLD program. Here’s everything you need to know, and what action we suggest you take ... 2. We will no longer support the TLDs with exponential price increase - The decision to discontinue support for these select TLDs was made to protect you [resellers] and your customers [domain name registrants] from unknowingly overpaying in a price range well beyond $100 per year. No longer supported as of September 8th, 2017"--
source: OpenSRS.com
Read more at: Uniregistry price increases | OpenSRS.com (emphasis added).

d) State of the Domain Name Industry:
  • New gTLDs registry operator Minds + Machines Group Limited: "following a number of informal approaches from external parties, the Board has appointed US investment banking firm, Headwaters MB, to review the various strategic options open to the Company to maximise value for shareholders."

e) #INTA17 disaster, pity the lawyers:
Even the trademark lawyers are tired and bored of ICANN's new gTLDs (lone tweet below):

3) ICANN news:

 Proposed Renewal of .NET Registry Agreement | ICANN.org: Comments close 30 May 2017 23:59 UTC. ICANN finally answered my questions (sort of). I plan on filing a comment and attaching ICANN's answers. Stay tuned!

Pre-ICANN59 Policy Update Webinar | ICANN.org: The ICANN Policy Development Support Team will host a Policy Update Webinar on Thursday, 15 June 2017 at 10:00 and 19:00 UTC, in preparation for the upcoming ICANN59 Policy Forum in Johannesburg, South Africa. RSVP by 13 June 2017. You will receive remote participation details the week of 12 June 2017. More at the link above.

ICANN Hires First Consumer Safeguards Director | ICANN.org: Bryan Schilling will be joining as the ICANN's first Consumer Safeguards Director, and will address illegal, infringing, and abusive activity impacting the DNS, reporting directly to Jamie Hedlund, SVP Contractual Compliance and Consumer Safeguards.

Special Meeting of the ICANN Board | ICANN.org18 May 2017:

 4) ICYMI Internet Domain News 
But also note: Net Neutrality Ideals Are Already Dead | Bloomberg.com: "Netflix and other rich companies pay internet service providers to connect directly into the providers' broadband plumbing. These "paid peering" fees are perfectly legal even under the stricter regulations the FCC is seeking to unravel."
  • NSA Surveillance: U.S. Fourth Circuit decision allows Wikimedia's lawsuit against National Security Agency’s (NSA) mass interception of Americans’ international digital communications, to proceed.--TheHill.com.
  • Internet Privacy: House Republican unveils internet privacy bill | TheHill.com: "Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) introduced legislation on Friday that would force broadband providers and internet companies trying to collect and sell consumer’s digital data to first get their expressed consent."

5) Investing:
1. "A lot of other people are trying to be brilliant and we are just trying to stay rational. And it’s a big advantage.”– Charlie Munger
2. “People tend to act too frequently in the stock market because stocks are so liquid. There are no called strikes, so ignore people yelling at you ‘Swing you bum!’” – Warren Buffett
8. “When you go out in the world, look for the job that you would take if you didn’t need a job … You really want to think about what will make you feel good when you get older about your life, and you, at least generally, want to keep going in that direction.” – Warren Buffett

6) Most popular post (# of pageviews Sun-Sat) this past week on DomainMondo.com: 

-- John Poole, Editor, Domain Mondo 

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2017-02-07

Tucows $TCX Q4 2016 Earnings LIVE Webcast Feb 7, 5:00pm ET

NASDAQ: TCX
Tucows $TCX is UP 163.56% since Feb 9, 2016
Tucows Inc. (NASDAQ: TCX, TSX: TC), fourth quarter fiscal 2016 financial results via news release on Tuesday, February 7, 2017 at approximately 4:05 p.m. (ET). Tucows management will host a conference call on Feb 7th at 5:00 p.m. (ET) to discuss the results and outlook for the company.

Financial results press release (excerpt):
Tucows Reports Continuing Strong Financial Results for Fourth Quarter of 2016 | Tucows Inc.: "Financial Results--Net revenue for the fourth quarter of 2016 increased 9% to $48.8 million from $44.7 million for the fourth quarter of 2015. Net income for the fourth quarter of 2016 decreased to $2.8 million, or $0.27 per share, from $3.1 million, or $0.29 per share, for the fourth quarter of 2015. Net income for the fourth quarter of 2016 was negatively impacted during the quarter by one-time items totaling $1.0 million related to the Enom acquisition and the Ting Mobile business. Adjusted EBITDA for the fourth quarter of 2016 increased to $7.3 million from $5.5 million for the fourth quarter of 2015. Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the fourth quarter of 2016 were $15.1 million compared with $10.5 million at the end of the third quarter of 2016 and $7.7 million at the end of the fourth quarter of 2015. The increase relative to the third quarter of 2016 was primarily the result of cash provided by operating activities of $8.9 million, which was partially offset by a further investment of $4.0 million in property and equipment, primarily for the continued build out of the Ting Internet footprint and scheduled loan repayments of $0.3 million." (emphasis added)

 Tucows Financial Statement (pdf)

 SeekingAlpha.com reports that the Tucows Q4 EPS of $0.26 missed estimates by $0.15, and revenue of $48.8M (+9.2% Y/Y) missed estimates by $1.6M.

Feb. 7, 2017, 5:00 pm ET LIVE Conference Call Webcast. Participants can also join the call by dialing 1-888-231-8191 or 647-427-7450. Participants can also access the conference call via internet at tucows.com/investors.

For those unable to participate in the conference call at the scheduled time, it will be archived for replay both by telephone and via the Internet beginning approximately one hour following completion of the call. To access the archived conference call by telephone, dial 1-855-859-2056 or 416-849-0833 and enter the pass code 58593654 followed by the pound key. The telephone replay will be available until Tuesday, February 14, 2017 at midnight. To access the archived conference call as an MP3 via the Internet, go to http://www.tucows.com/investors.

Shares of Tucows ($TCX) are up 163.56% from a year ago (Feb 9, 2016)--see chart above--with the biggest advance having occurred since January 20, 2017, when it purchased the eNom domain name registrar business from Rightside.

About Tucows (sources: tucows.com; domainmondo.com):
  • Tucows (tucows.com) is a provider of network access, domain names and other internet services. 
  • Ting (https://ting.com) delivers mobile phone service and fixed Internet access
  • OpenSRS (http://opensrs.com) manages nearly 15 million domain names and value-added services through a global reseller network of over 13,000 web hosts and ISPs
  • Hover (http://hover.com) domain name registrar.
  • Information on Tucows purchase of eNom (enom.com) domain name registrar business below.
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