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Business Wire
3 days ago
- Health
- Business Wire
AndHealth Dermatology Welcomes Dr. Drew Kurtzman to Its Practice in Kentucky and Ohio
COLUMBUS, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AndHealth Dermatology has welcomed Dr. Drew Kurtzman to its practice starting in May 2025. Dr. Kurtzman is a renowned board-certified dermatologist from Kentucky who will now see patients in Kentucky and Ohio as a part of AndHealth Dermatology. Appointments can be scheduled by calling 614-398-0582, by emailing appointments@ or by visiting AndHealth Dermatology epitomizes the real definition of healthcare: supporting a person's ability to heal and be whole. Dr. Kurtzman brings a deep commitment to providing compassionate, expert care for patients with complex skin conditions. He has advanced training in both dermatology and rheumatology, allowing him to offer highly specialized care for patients with autoimmune and inflammatory skin conditions. Dr. Kurtzman's approach blends cutting-edge medical knowledge with a genuine focus on patient well-being, ensuring each individual receives personalized treatment tailored to their unique needs. With over a decade of clinical experience, Dr. Kurtzman has served in both academic and private practice settings. Patients value his thoroughness, clear communication, and dedication to improving quality of life through effective dermatologic care. Whether managing chronic conditions or evaluating new concerns, Dr. Kurtzman strives to make every patient feel heard, informed, and supported throughout their journey to healthier skin. By practicing at AndHealth, Dr. Kurtzman will now offer access to an integrated care model that provides everything patients need to be well. AndHealth combines convenient, affordable, and high-quality dermatology and rheumatology care with pharmacy services and comprehensive support for root causes, such as medically tailored meal delivery, sleep, movement, remote monitoring, and continuous access to providers and health coaching. AndHealth upholds ambitious benchmarks for patients, including a 94 Net Promoter Score (NPS) for patient satisfaction. Patients will also no longer face long drives or delays, as patients can be seen virtually or in person and nine out of 10 patients have their first visit in under just two weeks. Dr. Kurtzman is looking forward to continuing patient care at AndHealth and said, 'AndHealth Dermatology epitomizes the real definition of healthcare: supporting a person's ability to heal and be whole. AndHealth Dermatology does this by leveraging technology, behavioral change and cutting-edge medicines to empower our patients to own their health outcomes. These resources and core values are why I couldn't imagine practicing medicine anywhere other than AndHealth Dermatology.' About AndHealth Dermatology AndHealth Dermatology provides comprehensive dermatology care alongside unique world-class services to meet the unique needs of patients with chronic autoimmune conditions, by directly integrating pharmacy support for complex specialty medications and personalized care plans that include continuous care delivery including health coaching, medically tailored meals, sleep and movement support, remote monitoring, and everything else patients need to be well. Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, AndHealth Dermatology treats patients in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Boston, and soon Illinois (coming in mid-2025). To learn more or schedule, visit
Business Wire
06-05-2025
- Health
- Business Wire
AndHealth Rheumatology Welcomes Dr. Gregory M. Bell to Its Practice in Indiana and Ohio
COLUMBUS, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AndHealth Rheumatology has welcomed Dr. Gregory M. Bell to its practice starting in May 2025. Dr. Bell is a renowned board-certified rheumatologist from Indianapolis who will now see patients in Indiana and Ohio as a part of AndHealth Rheumatology. Appointments can be scheduled by calling 317-643-9412, by emailing appointments@ or by visiting 'AndHealth takes the same patient first approach to rheumatology that I have prioritized throughout my career." Dr. Bell is passionate about building strong, trusting relationships with his patients and believes that exceptional care begins with truly listening. His patient-centered approach is rooted in empathy, open communication, and a deep commitment to helping individuals improve their quality of life through personalized treatment. Dr. Bell earned his medical degree from Indiana University School of Medicine and completed his internal medicine residency and rheumatology fellowship at the University of Miami. Before joining AndHealth, Dr. Bell spent 10 years in private practice in South Florida and another 10 years with a large Indiana health system. He is board-certified in internal medicine and rheumatology and treats a wide range of rheumatic conditions, with a focus on spondyloarthropathies and rheumatoid arthritis. Dr. Bell can also offer care in Spanish, which he speaks and writes fluently. By practicing at AndHealth, Dr. Bell will now offer access to an integrated care model that provides everything patients need to be well. AndHealth combines convenient, affordable, and high-quality rheumatology care with pharmacy services and comprehensive support for root causes, such as medically tailored meal delivery, sleep, movement, remote monitoring, and continuous access to providers and health coaching. AndHealth upholds ambitious benchmarks for patients, including a 94 Net Promoter Score (NPS) for patient satisfaction. Patients will also no longer face long drives or delays, as patients can be seen virtually or in person and nine out of 10 patients have their first visit in under just two weeks. Dr. Bell is looking forward to continuing patient care at AndHealth and said, 'AndHealth takes the same patient first approach to rheumatology that I have prioritized throughout my career. I'm thrilled my patients will now have access to a robust suite of services—including directly integrated pharmacy and health coaching—in addition to high-level rheumatology care.' About AndHealth Rheumatology AndHealth Rheumatology provides comprehensive rheumatology care alongside unique world-class services to meet the unique needs of patients with chronic autoimmune conditions, by directly integrating pharmacy support for complex specialty medications and personalized care plans that include continuous care delivery including health coaching, medically tailored meals, sleep and movement support, remote monitoring, and everything else patients need to be well. Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, AndHealth Rheumatology treats patients in Ohio, Indiana, Boston, and soon Illinois (coming in mid-2025).
Yahoo
30-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
CoStar Group Inc (CSGP) Q1 2025 Earnings Call Highlights: Strong Revenue Growth and Strategic ...
Revenue: $732 million in Q1 2025, a 12% increase year over year. Adjusted EBITDA: $66 million, a 429% increase over Q1 2024. Profit Margin: 43% for commercial real estate and information marketplace businesses. Net New Bookings: $56 million in Q1 2025, up 6% sequentially from Q4 2024. International Business ARR: Over $5 million in Q1 2025, representing 56% year over year growth. CoStar Revenue: $265 million in Q1 2025, up 6% year over year. LoopNet Net New Bookings: 200% year over year increase. BizBuySell Revenue: $8.7 million in Q1 2025, a 10% increase year over year. Revenue: $282 million, an 11% increase over Q1 2024. Unaided Awareness: Increased 9 times to 36% in 14 months. Net Loss: $15 million due to onetime costs from Matterport acquisition. Cash and Investment Income: $38.5 million net investment income on $3.8 billion in cash. Contract Renewal Rate: 89% in Q1 2025, 94% for subscribers of five years or longer. Share Repurchase: 240,000 shares for $18.5 million in Q1 2025. Full Year 2025 Revenue Guidance: $3.115 billion to $3.155 billion, 14% to 15% growth. Full Year 2025 Adjusted EBITDA Guidance: $355 million to $385 million, approximately 12% margin. Warning! GuruFocus has detected 3 Warning Sign with CSGP. Release Date: April 29, 2025 For the complete transcript of the earnings call, please refer to the full earnings call transcript. CoStar Group Inc (NASDAQ:CSGP) reported Q1 2025 revenue of $732 million, marking a 12% increase year over year and exceeding consensus expectations. The company achieved a 43% profit margin in its commercial real estate and information marketplace businesses, showcasing strong operational efficiency. CoStar's international businesses achieved three consecutive quarters of all-time net new bookings, with a 56% year over year growth in Q1 2025. reported a strong quarter with revenue of $282 million, an 11% increase over Q1 2024, and added 4,300 new communities, the most in a single quarter in almost 10 years. has rapidly increased its unaided brand awareness 9 times to 36% in just 14 months, becoming the second most visited US residential portal. The commercial real estate environment remains challenging, with high vacancy rates and low real asking rents impacting market conditions. CoStar Group Inc (NASDAQ:CSGP) posted a $15 million net loss for the first quarter, primarily due to onetime costs from the Matterport acquisition. The company anticipates slight headwinds from government contract cancellations expected throughout 2025. Matterport contributed an adjusted EBITDA loss of $2.7 million for the first quarter stub period. experienced early cancellations and negative Net Promoter Scores initially, although these metrics have improved over time. Q: Andy, could you provide additional comments on the delayed market listing exemption discussed by the NAR and Zillow's reaction? Have you spoken to brokerage firms about their views on Zillow's actions? A: The feedback I've received is overwhelmingly negative. Many agents see Zillow's requirement for early listing as a way to ensure monetization before listings go to market. This move is perceived as a sign of weakness and has created opportunities for us. Q: Chris, can you share the non-residential EBITDA margin for Q1 and confirm if the outlook for residential spending in 2025 remains unchanged? A: The commercial margin was 43% for the first quarter. We are focused on managing expenses, particularly around and remain on track with our budget for with no changes to our spending outlook. Q: Can you elaborate on how Matterport will be integrated into CoStar's platform over the next 12 to 18 months and the monetization strategy? A: Matterport will be integrated into all our platforms, enhancing features and user engagement. We plan to invest in R&D and sales to grow revenue and margins. Matterport's technology will lower cancellations and increase site usage, providing financial tailwinds. Q: You mentioned $50 million in residential savings this quarter. How does this affect your investment plans for the year, especially with the capital allocation committee's work? A: The $900 million investment plan remains unchanged. The savings were a proactive decision to reallocate costs from to expand our sales force, aligning with our growth strategy. Q: Regarding multifamily, what is driving the growth deceleration in Q2 to 10%, and how confident are you in the acceleration in the second half of the year? A: The second quarter is typically slower due to the timing of industry conferences. We expect acceleration in the third and fourth quarters, driven by our expanded sales force and strategic focus on rooftops and pricing. For the complete transcript of the earnings call, please refer to the full earnings call transcript. This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Sign in to access your portfolio
Techday NZ
24-04-2025
- Business
- Techday NZ
Amplifier Security secures USD $5.6 million for AI platform
Amplifier Security has raised USD $5.6 million in a seed funding round as it launches new technology to automate user engagement and address security gaps in real time. The Atlanta-based cyber security company reported that the investment was led by TechOperators, with participation from Cota Capital, WestWave Capital, and several security industry veterans including Brian NeSmith, Ash Devata, Shawn Bass, and Kabir Barday. Amplifier Security stated that current security challenges often stem from organisations struggling to identify and directly engage high-risk users. Common tasks such as patching, software removal, correcting misconfigured endpoints, and responding to anomalies can be delayed or overlooked, increasing an organisation's vulnerability to breaches. According to the National Cyber Security Centre, over 50% of breaches are linked to poor user and endpoint security hygiene, a situation made more complex as AI accelerates attack speed and precision. The company has launched two new technologies: the User Security Graph and the AI Automation Studio. These are designed to enable its customers to identify risky user behaviours in real time and automate remediation without disrupting productivity. Amplifier's approach seeks to move away from traditional compliance-focused tools, instead making users active participants in maintaining their organisation's security posture. With the new seed round, Amplifier Security has raised a total of USD $9 million to date. The company says it will use the latest investment to expand its platform and reach more customers. An alliance partnership with Jamf has also been established to further support these ambitions. The User Security Graph maps real-time data across multiple tools—including identity management, endpoint protection, vulnerability management, SIEM, SaaS security, and employee training systems—to create live profiles of each employee's security posture. By leveraging AI, the technology highlights the most vulnerable users, visualises potential attack paths, and identifies where controls are missing. Employees receive personal dashboards to monitor and address their own security risks. The AI Automation Studio allows IT and Security teams to design automation for security workflows using a drag-and-drop interface and natural language prompts. The tool drives user engagement through targeted, contextual conversations, escalating issues to managers or technical teams as necessary, but without building inflexible, multi-branch workflow processes. Shreyas Sadalgi, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer at Amplifier, said: "Amplifier is the system of record for user risk, and the system of action that engages users to reduce it. Our mission is to transform workforce security with a platform loved by employees that helps security and IT teams improve their Net Promoter Score (NPS) to build a positive security culture without all of the toil." Jason Kikta, Chief Information Security Officer of Automox, commented: "What we have is a failure to communicate and inform in a way that meets employees where they are and in their context. Instead we bombard them with training, simulation tests, and instructions that they do not understand or assimilate to meet compliance objectives. Amplifier closes the gap that security tools cannot address - by guiding the right person to take the right action, which helps users understand the 'why' thereby unlocking true engagement and value. Amplifier creates the resilient enterprise we have all been chasing instead of chasing our users." Daniel Ingevaldson, General Partner at TechOperators, said: "We've seen incumbent and new security companies in this space still treat users as passive participants without respecting users' intelligence. Amplifier flips the script, engaging employees to make security intuitive, friendly, and actionable. We're proud to back Shreyas Sadalgi, Tommy Donnelly and the team as they redefine the human risk management category." Brian NeSmith, Co-founder and Chairman of Arctic Wolf, added: "The lack of human engagement in user security automation is a missed opportunity to educate people on the why behind the risk of each security finding and required immediate actions. Because of today's hybrid and dynamic workplaces where everyone is moving fast in the age of AI and hyperproductivity, this problem has become harder to solve at scale. I'm a firm believer in Amplifier's vision of engaging the workforce for security automation – the only modern way to solve today's dynamic cybersecurity threat landscape." Ash Devata, Chief Executive Officer of Greynoise and previous Vice President Product at Duo/Cisco, stated: "Security is fundamentally about both people and technology, yet the industry has largely built security tools focused solely on the technology element. When it comes to cybersecurity actions in workplaces, engaging employees is a big opportunity because they have a lot of business context. I'm a big fan of Amplifier's unique human-in-the-loop approach that engages employees in everyday security workflows - automation that reduces friction for both security practitioners and employees alike" Aditya Singh, Partner at Cota Capital, said: "To decentralize security means shifting ownership out to where risk actually lives, empowering people to take direct action on devices and systems at the edge. To make security autonomous means those actions happen intelligently and automatically, without needing tickets, follow-ups, or top-down enforcement. That's the ethos behind Amplifier: a system where security happens in real time, by design — not by escalation. We're proud to continue supporting the team and their unique vision that is much needed at the intersection of security and AI"
Yahoo
18-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Ally Financial Inc (ALLY) Q1 2025 Earnings Call Highlights: Strong Auto Originations and ...
Adjusted Earnings Per Share: $0.58 Core Pretax Income: $247 million Adjusted Net Revenue: $2.1 billion Net Interest Margin: 3.35% Consumer Auto Originations: $10.2 billion Originated Yield: 9.8% Insurance Written Premiums: $385 million Corporate Finance Pretax Income: $76 million Deposits: $146 billion Net Financing Revenue (excluding OID): Approximately $1.5 billion Adjusted Other Revenue: $571 million Adjusted Provision Expense: $497 million Retail Auto Net Charge-Offs: 212 basis points Consolidated Net Charge-Off Rate: 150 basis points Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) Ratio: 9.5% Warning! GuruFocus has detected 3 Warning Signs with IDGXF. Release Date: April 17, 2025 For the complete transcript of the earnings call, please refer to the full earnings call transcript. Ally Financial Inc (NYSE:ALLY) reported adjusted earnings per share of $0.58, core pretax income of $247 million, and adjusted net revenue of $2.1 billion, reflecting solid execution across core businesses. The company achieved a Net Promoter Score well ahead of industry averages, with positive brand social sentiment nearly 90%, indicating strong customer trust and loyalty. Ally Financial Inc (NYSE:ALLY) successfully closed the sale of its credit card business, strengthening its balance sheet and reducing interest rate risk. The Auto Finance business saw consumer originations of $10.2 billion, driven by a record 3.8 million applications, highlighting strong dealer relationships and franchise scale. The Corporate Finance segment delivered a strong quarter with pretax income of $76 million and a 25% ROE, demonstrating resilience across economic cycles. GAAP noninterest expense was impacted by a write-down of goodwill associated with the transfer of card assets to held for sale, contributing to a GAAP loss per share of $0.82 for the quarter. The insurance segment faced elevated weather-related losses totaling $58 million, marking the highest first quarter of weather-related losses in the company's history. Retail auto net charge-offs, while improved, remain elevated, with ongoing macroeconomic uncertainty posing potential risks to credit performance. The sale of the credit card business is expected to have a 20 basis point negative impact on net interest margin on a run rate basis. The company faces uncertainty due to evolving trade policies and tariffs, which could impact used car prices and overall business performance. Q: Michael, how do you think the evolving uncertainty related to tariffs impacts your business? A: Michael Rhodes, CEO: The environment is fluid, but we are in a position of strength. Our balance sheet, capital strength, and credit risk position are robust. We've taken strategic steps like selling our credit card business and repositioning our securities portfolio to manage this uncertainty. In the near term, tariffs might benefit used car prices and demand. In the medium term, the focus will be on macroeconomic impacts like inflation and consumer health. Overall, we are executing well and are well-positioned to handle this environment. Q: Russ, regarding the NIM, how does the current rate backdrop align with your guidance, and what is the mix of originations you're seeing now? A: Russ Hutchinson, CFO: Our guidance of $3.4 billion to $3.5 billion for 2025 considers various rate scenarios, including potential rate cuts. Our business adjusts over time, and we avoid quarter-by-quarter guidance. Our application volume is at record levels, allowing us to be selective in credit and rate. Our originated yield is strong at 9.8%, with a high proportion of originations in our highest credit quality tier. Q: Jeff Adelson from Morgan Stanley asked about the NIM outlook for the second quarter and the rest of the year. A: Russ Hutchinson, CFO: We reiterated our full-year guidance of $340 million to $350 million. The sale of our credit card business will impact NIM by 20 basis points in Q2, but we expect to offset this through deposit pricing changes, CD maturities, and benefits from securities repositioning. Our fundamentals remain strong, and we anticipate continued NIM expansion. Q: On credit performance, how quickly can you achieve a loss rate below 2%? A: Russ Hutchinson, CFO: We provided a full-year range of 2% to 2.25% for 2025. While flow to loss rates are strong and delinquency trends show improvement, we remain cautious due to elevated delinquencies and macroeconomic uncertainty. We will keep the full range intact and update as necessary. Q: Robert Wildhack from Autonomous Research asked about unwinding curtailment and its impact on yield and NIM. A: Russ Hutchinson, CFO: We are cautious about unwinding curtailment due to the uncertain environment. Our 2024 vintages are outperforming expectations, providing some cushion. We will continue to monitor the market closely and adjust accordingly. Q: Moshe Orenbuch from TD Cowen inquired about the factors driving changes in origination yield. A: Russ Hutchinson, CFO: The increase in originated yield to 9.8% is primarily due to a shift in our origination mix, with a decrease in the highest credit quality tier from 49% to 44%. This drove the majority of the yield increase. Q: John Armstrom from RBC Capital Markets asked about strategic priorities following the sale of the card business. A: Michael Rhodes, CEO: Our focus is on achieving mid-teens returns by executing on our commitments. Strategically, we are deepening relationships in our core businesses, such as dealer financial services and our digital bank. We are not pursuing new diversification or M&A but are focused on areas where we have a competitive advantage. Q: What is the outlook for used car prices, and how does it affect your business? A: Russ Hutchinson, CFO: Our models anticipate used car prices to remain elevated, about 20% above pre-pandemic levels. Tariffs could positively impact used vehicle values, benefiting our credit side and lease gains. However, it's too early to predict exact outcomes. For the complete transcript of the earnings call, please refer to the full earnings call transcript. This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Sign in to access your portfolio
