Freight Technologies Announces Full Year 2024 Results and Outlook for 2025
HOUSTON, April 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Freight Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:FRGT, "Fr8Tech" or the "Company")), a logistics management innovation company offering a diverse portfolio of technology-driven solutions, today announced its results for the full year ended December 31, 2024.
"2024 was a transformative year for Fr8Tech, highlighted by improvements across several key metrics including gross margins and cash flow from operations. In July, we launched Waavely, a state-of-the-art platform for ocean freight booking and management which continues to successfully handle ocean freight. The Company also on-boarded many new customers to its platform in 2024, with continued momentum in the first quarter 2025, including new or expanded agreements with several multi-national enterprises. In 2025 we continue to demonstrate our commitment to innovation, with the successful launch of Fleet Rocket, our cost-effective Transportation Management System (TMS) for brokers, shippers and other logistics operators, and the introduction of our advanced AI Tendering Bot, designed to automate and streamline the load tendering process. Cumulatively, these activities and advancements position Fr8Tech as a comprehensive digital freight-logistics technology company. We remain focused on the expansion and adoption of our innovative and cost-effective solutions, and our automation-driven service offerings and lean corporate positioning enable the Company and our customers to best navigate the current macroeconomic trade environment," said Javier Selgas, CEO of Fr8Tech.
Business Highlights
The Company released many new features and capabilities to Fr8App including:18 tracking integrations with GPS providers; ETA calculations; automatic status updates; WhatsApp notifications; bespoke integrations with customer platforms; facilities management; and, new reports and analytics.
The Company made substantial progress with the development and showcasing of Fleet Rocket, which was formally launched in February 2025.
Waavely, an ocean freight booking and management platform for container shipments, was launched in July 2024.
Fr8Fleet, the Company's dedicated capacity service, realized 42% year-over-year revenue growth.
With a more than 80% response rate on a customer satisfaction survey, Fr8Tech received highly positive customer feedback on logistics and customer service with average scores greater than four out of five.
The Company achieved ISO 9001:2015 certification, demonstrating its commitment to quality controls and best-in-class management standards.
Financial Highlights
Gross margin percentage increased 1.8% year-over-year to 9.8% in 2024 from 7.9% in 2023 as the Company actively sought more profitable routes in the cross-border and domestic spot markets and made operational efficiency improvements to its dedicated services.
Cash flow from operations improved by $1.6 million year-over-year to -$4.2 million from -$5.8 million in 2023 primarily due to improved margins, faster collections and better working capital management.
Net loss improved year-over-year by $3.7 million to -$5.6 million in 2024 from -$9.3 million in 2023, despite lower revenue, due to higher gross margin percentage, lower operating expenses and efficiencies, and extinguishing long-term debt.
2025 Annual Outlook
The Company expects to continue to improve its financial results in 2025, as it transitions further to a leading logistics technology provider with its software offering and AI-powered solutions across the Fr8App platform.
Revenue: $20 million to $25 million
Gross Profit: $2 million to $3 million
Operating Loss: -$4 million to -$5.5 million
About Freight Technologies Inc.
Freight Technologies (NASDAQ:FRGT) ("Fr8Tech") is a technology company offering a diverse portfolio of proprietary platform solutions powered by AI and machine learning to optimize and automate the supply chain process. Focused on addressing the distinct challenges within the supply chain ecosystem, the Company's portfolio of solutions includes the Fr8App platform for seamless Over-the-Road (OTR) B2B cross-border shipping across the USMCA region; Fr8Now, a specialized service for less-than-truckload (LTL) shipping; Fr8Fleet, a dedicated capacity service for enterprise clients in Mexico; Waavely, a digital platform for efficient ocean freight booking and management of container shipments between North America and ports worldwide and Fleet Rocket a nimble, scalable and cost-effective Transportation Management System (TMS) for brokers, shippers, and other logistics operator Together, each product is interconnected within a unified platform to connect carriers and shippers and significantly improve matching and operation efficiency via innovative technologies such as live pricing and real-time tracking, digital freight marketplace, brokerage support, transportation management, fleet management, and committed capacity solutions. The company is headquartered in Houston, Texas. For more information, please visit fr8technologies.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Fr8Tech's and Fr8App Inc.'s actual results may differ from their expectations, estimates and projections and, consequently, readers should not rely on these forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. Words such as "expect," "estimate," "project," "budget," "forecast," "anticipate," "intend," "plan," "may," "will," "could," "should," "believes," "predicts," "potential," "continue" and similar expressions (or the negative versions of such words or expressions) are intended to identify such forward-looking statements.
These forward-looking statements involve significant risks and uncertainties that could cause the actual results to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements. Most of these factors are outside Fr8Tech's and Fr8App Inc.'s control and are difficult to predict. Factors that may cause such differences include, but are not limited to: (1) the inability to obtain or maintain the listing of Fr8Tech's ordinary shares on Nasdaq; (2) changes in applicable laws or regulations; (3) the possibility that Fr8Tech or Fr8App Inc. may be adversely affected by other economic, business and/or competitive factors; (4) risks relating to the uncertainty of the projected financial information with respect to Fr8App Inc.; (5) risks related to the organic and inorganic growth of Fr8App Inc.'s business and the timing of expected business milestones; and (6) other risks and uncertainties identified, including those under "Risk Factors," to be filed in Fr8Tech other filings with the Securities Exchange Commission.
Fr8Tech cautions that the foregoing list of factors is not exclusive. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those indicated or anticipated by such forward-looking statements. Fr8Tech and Fr8App Inc. caution readers not to place undue reliance upon any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. Fr8Tech and Fr8App Inc. do not undertake or accept any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect any change in their expectations or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based.
Year ended December 31, 2024 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2023
Schedule I
FREIGHT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
Years Ended December 31,
2024
2023
Revenue
$
13,728,922
$
17,060,753
Cost and expenses
Cost of revenue (exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown separately below)
12,389,520
15,709,673
Compensation and employee benefits
5,349,764
5,963,713
General and administrative
1,983,901
3,163,639
Sales and marketing
65,574
80,328
Depreciation and amortization
430,414
404,598
Total cost and expenses
20,219,173
25,321,951
Operating loss
(6,490,251
)
(8,261,198
)
Other income and expenses
Interest expense, net
(673,858
)
(807,939
)
Other expense, net
-
(498,917
)
Gain from extinguishment of debts
1,607,766
-
Change in fair value of convertible note
22,602
345,396
Income (loss) before provision for income taxes
(5,533,741
)
(9,222,658
)
Income tax expense
67,486
104,948
Net loss
$
(5,601,227
)
$
(9,327,606
)
Net loss per share attributable to ordinary shareholders, basic and diluted
$
(6.14
)
$
(194.87
)
Weighted average number of ordinary shares
912,837
47,867
Net loss
$
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