---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-23-015937"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AIOT"
cik: "0001774170"
company_name: "Powerfleet, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-05-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T09:42:29.754357+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# PowerFleet Q1 services revenue up 17% constant currency; GAAP net income $3.5M on bargain purchase gain

## Summary
- Services revenue $20.4M, up 9% GAAP and 17% constant currency YoY; total revenue $32.8M.
- Gross margin expanded to 51% from 43%; core business gross margin 53%, services gross margin 71%.
- Adjusted EBITDA improved to $1.4M from $(0.6)M; operating loss improved 49%.
- Net income $3.5M ($0.10 basic EPS) includes $7.2M bargain purchase gain from Movingdots acquisition.
- Ended quarter with $25.1M cash; expects Q2 revenue growth and EBITDA expansion from core business.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-23-015937
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AIOT
- cik: 0001774170
- company_name: Powerfleet, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-05-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1774170/000149315223015937/0001493152-23-015937-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1774170/000149315223015937/form8-k.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Powerfleet, Inc. reported first quarter ended March 31, 2023 results: revenue $32.8 million, net income $3.5 million, EPS $0.08 per fully diluted share.
  - Period: first quarter ended March 31, 2023
  - Revenue: $32.8 million
  - Net income: $3.5 million
  - EPS: $0.08 per fully diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: to deliver our strategic foundational pillars - sustainable top-line growth, increased profitability, and cash flow.” FIRST QUARTER 2023 FINANCIAL RESULTS Total revenue was $32.8 million, compared to $33.2 million in the same year-ago period, with growth in services revenue offsetting lower product sales. On a constant currency basis, total revenue would have
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1774170/000149315223015937/0001493152-23-015937-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.