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Forward Looking Statements
This stockholder letter includes forward-looking statements that are based on our management’s beliefs and assumptions and on information currently available to management, including our current expectations with respect to revenues, Adjusted EBITDA, and operating cash flow for the third quarter of 2021, and revenue, Adjusted EBITDA, and weighted average basic shares outstanding for the full year 2021; our investments in innovation, and especially around self-service and automation, as aligning us more closely to our advertisers’ and partners’ needs, as improving customer and partner satisfaction, as expanding our potential customer base to capture market share where self-service will become the norm; as reducing delivery costs; as leading to increased profitability over time, and as positioning us to capitalize on the business opportunity ahead of us; changes to our solutions, including the planned shift from our current managed services business to self-service offerings, resulting in changing, to a “net” approach, our accounting for the associated revenues; our intent to provide transparency in regard to the change in accounting approach; our expectation that all sponsored search revenue will be recognized net of third party traffic acquisition costs (TAC) and distribution fees; positive trends in bookings in both media and promotions for the third quarter of 2021; our leadership and provision of strategies and solutions to our customers and partners in helping them mitigate potential inflation and brand-erosion challenges; momentum in eCommerce and online shopping trends; momentum in mixed-mode (i.e. in-store and online) shopping; momentum in collaborative (i.e. advertiser plus retailer) spend programs; our expectations for our solutions, partnerships, and product launches including our social media, promotion amplification, and national rebates solutions; momentum and benefits relating to our sponsored search offering; trends in advertisers’ deployment of our promotion and media platforms, including growth in national promotions and shopper (i.e. retailer-specific) campaign; the launch of our media measurement offering within our Quotient Analytics Platform which sets the foundation for our automated performance-based capabilities; retailers’ plans to prioritize RPM; growth in partnerships such as eCommerce, financial services and operating system companies that complement our business and extend our reach; momentum with our DOOH offering; growth in smaller CPG customers; mix between media and promotions offerings continuing to affect gross margin, and revenue trends within the media category as resulting in lower media gross margin; and our expectation for a gradual increase in gross margin rates over time, with the expected catalysts for his change to include expected growth in higher margin national promotions campaigns as well as increasing self-service capabilities across our offerings.
Forward-looking statements are based on information available to and the good faith beliefs of our management team as of the time of this call and are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual performances or results to differ materially.
Additional information about factors that could potentially impact our financial results can be found in today's press release and in the risk factors identified in our Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on February 23, 2021 and May 10, 2021, respectively. We disclaim any obligation to update information contained in these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
In addition to the U.S. GAAP financials, this stockholder letter includes certain non-GAAP financial measures. The non-GAAP measures have limitations as analytical tools and you should not consider them in isolation or as a substitute for an analysis of our results under U.S. GAAP. There are a number of limitations related to the use of these non-GAAP financial measures versus their nearest GAAP equivalents. For example, other companies may calculate non-GAAP financial measures differently or may use other measures to evaluate their performance, all of which could reduce the usefulness of our non-GAAP financial measures as tools for comparison. We consider these non-GAAP financial measures to be important because they provide useful measures of the operating performance of the company, exclusive of unusual events or factors that do not directly affect what we consider to be our core operating performance and are used by our management for that purpose. The use of non-GAAP measures is further discussed in the accompanying press release, which has been furnished to the SEC on Form 8-K and posted on our website. The press release defines our non-GAAP financial measure of Adjusted EBITDA. This stockholder letter defines our non-GAAP financial measure of Adjusted EBITDA, non-GAAP Gross Margins and non-GAAP Operating Expenses. A reconciliation between GAAP and non-GAAP measures can also be found in the accompanying press release and accompanying presentation’s appendix. A reconciliation of Adjusted EB ITDA, non-GAAP Gross Margins and non-GAAP Operating Expenses, all of which are non-GAAP guidance measures, to a corresponding GAAP measure is not available on a forward-looking basis without unreasonable efforts due to the high variability and low visibility of certain (income) expense items that are excluded in calculating Adjusted EBITDA, non-GAAP Gross Margins and non-GAAP Operating Expenses.
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Financial Tables
QUOTIENT TECHNOLOGY INC. |
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS |
(in thousands) |
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| June 30, 2021 | | December 31, 2020 |
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| (unaudited) | | |
Assets |
| | | |
Current assets: |
| | | |
Cash and cash equivalents |
| $ | 238,299 | | | | $ | 222,752 | | |
Accounts receivable, net |
| 134,230 | | | | 137,649 | | |
Prepaid expenses and other current assets |
| 16,094 | | | | 18,547 | | |
Total current assets |
| 388,623 | | | | 378,948 | | |
Property and equipment, net |
| 19,134 | | | | 17,268 | | |
Operating leases right-of-use-assets |
| 18,247 | | | | 16,222 | | |
Intangible assets, net |
| 27,717 | | | | 44,898 | | |
Goodwill |
| 128,427 | | | | 128,427 | | |
Other assets |
| 898 | | | | 1,029 | | |
Total assets |
| $ | 583,046 | | | | $ | 586,792 | | |
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity |
| | | |
Current liabilities: |
| | | |
Accounts payable |
| $ | 12,295 | | | | $ | 15,959 | | |
Accrued compensation and benefits |
| 14,279 | | | | 14,368 | | |
Other current liabilities |
| 73,326 | | | | 70,620 | | |
Deferred revenues |
| 17,977 | | | | 12,027 | | |
Contingent consideration related to acquisitions |
| 21,410 | | | | 8,524 | | |
Total current liabilities |
| 139,287 | | | | 121,498 | | |
Operating lease liabilities |
| 18,510 | | | | 15,956 | | |
Other non-current liabilities |
| 725 | | | | 2,358 | | |
Contingent consideration related to acquisitions |
| — | | | | 20,930 | | |
Convertible senior notes, net |
| 182,899 | | | | 177,168 | | |
Deferred tax liabilities |
| 1,853 | | | | 1,853 | | |
Total liabilities |
| 343,274 | | | | 339,763 | | |
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| | | |
Stockholders' equity: |
| | | |
Common stock |
| 1 | | | | 1 | | |
Additional paid-in capital |
| 721,795 | | | | 698,333 | | |
Accumulated other comprehensive loss |
| (1,105 | ) | | | (1,001 | ) | |
Accumulated deficit |
| (480,919 | ) |
| | (450,304 | ) | |
Total stockholders' equity |
| 239,772 | | | | 247,029 | | |
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity |
| $ | 583,046 | | | | $ | 586,792 | | |
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QUOTIENT TECHNOLOGY INC. |
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS |
(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share data) |
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| |
| | Three Months Ended June 30, | | Six Months Ended June 30, |
| | 2021 | | 2020 | | 2021 | | 2020 |
Revenues | | $ | 123,880 | | | | $ | 83,455 | | | | $ | 239,196 | | | | $ | 182,242 | | |
Cost of revenues(1) | | 82,161 |
| | | 50,731 |
| | | 154,145 | | | | 111,842 | | |
Gross Margin | | 41,719 |
| | | 32,724 |
| | | 85,051 |
| | | 70,400 |
| |
Operating Expenses: | | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
|
Sales and marketing(1) | | 28,467 | | | | 23,814 | | | | 55,832 | | | | 48,848 | | |
Research and development(1) | | 11,411 | | | | 8,621 | | | | 23,467 | | | | 19,214 | | |
General and administrative(1) | | 15,009 | | | | 12,268 | | | | 27,842 | | | | 27,358 | | |
Change in fair value of contingent consideration | | 242 | | | | 3,766 | | | | 527 | | | | 4,226 | | |
Total operating expenses | | 55,129 | | | | 48,469 | | | | 107,668 | | | | 99,646 | | |
Loss from operations | | (13,410 | ) | | | (15,745 | ) | | | (22,617 | ) | | | (29,246 | ) | |
Interest expense | | (3,767 | ) | | | (3,610 | ) | | | (7,497 | ) | | | (7,184 | ) | |
Other income (expense), net | | 194 | | | | 187 | | | | (34 | ) | | | 767 | | |
Loss before income taxes | | (16,983 | ) | | | (19,168 | ) | | | (30,148 | ) | | | (35,663 | ) | |
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes | | 218 | | | | (35 | ) | | | 467 | | | | 195 | | |
Net loss | | $ | (17,201 | ) | | | $ | (19,133 | ) | | | $ | (30,615 | ) | | | $ | (35,858 | ) | |
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Net loss per share, basic and diluted | | $ | (0.18 | ) | | | $ | (0.21 | ) | | | $ | (0.33 | ) | | | $ | (0.40 | ) | |
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| | |
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Weighted-average shares used to compute net loss per share, basic and diluted | | 93,645 | | | | 90,112 | | | | 93,038 | | | | 89,875 | | |
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(1) The stock-based compensation expense included above was as follows: |
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| | Three Months Ended June 30, | | Six Months Ended June 30, |
| | 2021 | | 2020 | | 2021 | | 2020 |
Cost of revenues | | $ | 401 | | | | $ | 387 | | | | $ | 824 | | | | $ | 822 | | |
Sales and marketing | | 1,181 | | | | 1,323 | | | | 2,436 | | | | 2,725 | | |
Research and development | | 977 | | | | 839 | | | | 1,949 | | | | 1,720 | | |
General and administrative | | 3,981 | | | | 4,457 | | | | 7,175 | | | | 9,265 | | |
Total stock-based compensation | | $ | 6,540 | | | | $ | 7,006 | | | | $ | 12,384 | | | | $ | 14,532 | | |
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QUOTIENT TECHNOLOGY INC. |
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS |
(Unaudited, in thousands) |
|
| |
| | Six Months Ended June 30, |
| | 2021 | | 2020 |
| | | | |
Cash flows from operating activities: | | | | |
Net loss | | $ | (30,615 | ) | | | $ | (35,858 | ) | |
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities: | | | | |
Depreciation and amortization | | 17,138 | | | | 17,843 | | |
Stock-based compensation | | 12,384 | | | | 14,532 | | |
Amortization of debt discount and issuance cost | | 5,731 | | | | 5,432 | | |
Impairment of promotion service right | | 2,580 | | | | — | | |
Allowance (recovery) for credit losses | | (13 | ) | | | 263 | | |
Deferred income taxes | | 467 | | | | 195 | | |
Change in fair value of contingent consideration | | 527 | | | | 4,226 | | |
Other non-cash expenses | | 1,906 | | | | 1,442 | | |
Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | | | | |
Accounts receivable | | 3,431 | | | | 30,730 | | |
Prepaid expenses and other current assets | | 2,467 | | | | (2,470 | ) | |
Accounts payable and other current liabilities | | (1,670 | ) | | | (7,551 | ) | |
Payments for contingent consideration and bonuses | | (2,901 | ) | | | (15,418 | ) | |
Accrued compensation and benefits | | 119 | | | | (7,478 | ) | |
Deferred revenues | | 5,950 | | | | 2,108 | | |
Net cash provided by operating activities | | 17,501 | | | | 7,996 | | |
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Cash flows from investing activities: | | | | |
Purchases of property and equipment | | (6,426 | ) | | | (4,689 | ) | |
Net cash used in investing activities | | (6,426 | ) | | | (4,689 | ) | |
| | | | |
Cash flows from financing activities: | | | | |
Proceeds from issuances of common stock under stock plans | | 14,794 | | | | 1,762 | | |
Payments for taxes related to net share settlement of equity awards | | (4,110 | ) | | | (3,327 | ) | |
Principal payments on promissory note and finance lease obligations | | (167 | ) | | | (91 | ) | |
Payments for contingent consideration | | (6,121 | ) | | | (14,582 | ) | |
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities | | 4,396 | | | | (16,238 | ) | |
Effect of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents | | 76 | | | | 39 | | |
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents | | 15,547 | | | | (12,892 | ) | |
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period | | 222,752 | | | | 224,764 | | |
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period | | $ | 238,299 | | | | $ | 211,872 | | |
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QUOTIENT TECHNOLOGY INC. |
RECONCILIATION OF NET LOSS TO ADJUSTED EBITDA |
(Unaudited, in thousands) |
|
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| |
| | Three Months Ended June 30, | | Six Months Ended June 30, |
| | 2021 | | 2020 | | 2021 | | 2020 |
Net loss | | $ | (17,201 | ) | | | $ | (19,133 | ) | | | $ | (30,615 | ) | | | $ | (35,858 | ) | |
Adjustments: | | | | | | | | |
Stock-based compensation | | 6,540 | | | | 7,006 | | | | 12,384 | | | | 14,532 | | |
Depreciation and amortization | | 7,707 | | | | 8,958 | | | | 17,138 | | | | 17,843 | | |
Acquisition related costs and other(1) | | 3,251 | | | | 387 | | | | 3,733 | | | | 2,096 | | |
Change in fair value of contingent consideration | | 242 | | | | 3,766 | | | | 527 | | | | 4,226 | | |
Interest expense | | 3,767 | | | | 3,610 | | | | 7,497 | | | | 7,184 | | |
Other (income) expense, net | | (194 | ) | | | (187 | ) | | | 34 | | | | (767 | ) | |
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes | | 218 | | | | (35 | ) | | | 467 | | | | 195 | | |
| | | | | | | | |
Total adjustments | | $ | 21,531 | | | | $ | 23,505 | | | | $ | 41,780 | | | | $ | 45,309 | | |
| | | | | | | | |
Adjusted EBITDA | | $ | 4,330 | | | | $ | 4,372 | | | | $ | 11,165 | | | | $ | 9,451 | | |
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(1) For the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, "other" includes a charge of $2.6 million related to the impairment of a promotion service right, and restructuring charges of $0.2 million, for both respective periods. The three months ended June 30, 2020, include no other costs. For the six months ended June 30, 2020, other includes restructuring charges of $1.5 million. Acquisition related costs primarily include certain bonuses contingent upon the acquired company meeting certain financial metrics over the contingent consideration period and diligence, accounting, and legal expenses incurred related to certain acquisitions. Restructuring charges relate to severance for certain executive management changes and impacted employees. |
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QUOTIENT TECHNOLOGY INC. |
|
RECONCILIATION OF GROSS MARGIN TO NON-GAAP GROSS MARGIN |
|
(Unaudited, in thousands) |
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| |
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| Q2 FY 20 |
| Q1 FY 21 |
| Q2 FY 21 |
|
Revenues |
| $ | 83,455 | |
| $ | 115,316 | |
| $ | 123,880 | |
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| |
Cost of revenues (GAAP) |
| $ | 50,731 | |
| $ | 71,984 | |
| $ | 82,161 | |
|
(less) Stock-based compensation |
| | (387 | ) |
| | (423 | ) |
| | (401 | ) |
|
(less) Amortization of acquired intangible assets |
| | (6,278 | ) |
| | (6,593 | ) |
| | (5,276 | ) |
|
(less) Impairment of promotion service right |
| | — | |
| | — | |
| | (2,580 | ) |
|
Cost of revenues (Non-GAAP) |
| $ | 44,066 | |
| $ | 64,968 | |
| $ | 73,904 | |
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Gross margin (GAAP) |
| $ | 32,724 | |
| $ | 43,332 | |
| $ | 41,719 | |
|
Gross margin percentage (GAAP) |
| | 39.2 | % |
| | 37.6 | % |
| | 33.7 | % |
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Gross margin (Non-GAAP)* |
| $ | 39,389 | |
| $ | 50,348 | |
| $ | 49,976 | |
|
Gross margin percentage (Non-GAAP) |
| | 47.2 | % |
| | 43.7 | % |
| | 40.3 | % |
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* Non-GAAP gross margin excludes stock-based compensation, amortization of acquired intangible assets and impairment of a promotion service right. |
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QUOTIENT TECHNOLOGY INC. |
|
RECONCILIATION OF OPERATING EXPENSES TO NON-GAAP OPERATING EXPENSES |
|
(Unaudited, in thousands) |
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| Q2 FY 20 |
| Q3 FY 20 |
| Q4 FY 20 |
| Q1 FY 21 |
| Q2 FY 21 |
|
Revenues |
| $ | 83,455 | |
| $ | 121,116 | |
| $ | 142,529 | |
| $ | 115,316 | |
| $ | 123,880 | |
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Sales and marketing expenses |
| | 23,814 | |
| | 24,555 | |
| | 31,124 | |
| | 27,365 | |
| | 28,467 | |
|
(less) Stock-based compensation |
| | (1,323 | ) |
| | (1,187 | ) |
| | (1,399 | ) |
| | (1,255 | ) |
| | (1,181 | ) |
|
(less) Amortization of acquired intangible assets |
| | (914 | ) |
| | (866 | ) |
| | (866 | ) |
| | (866 | ) |
| | (866 | ) |
|
(less) Restructuring charges |
| | — | |
| | — | |
| | — | |
| | — | |
| | (217 | ) |
|
Non-GAAP Sales and marketing expenses |
| $ | 21,577 | |
| $ | 22,502 | |
| $ | 28,859 | |
| $ | 25,244 | |
| $ | 26,203 | |
|
Non-GAAP Sales and marketing percentage |
| | 26 | % |
| | 19 | % |
| | 20 | % |
| | 22 | % |
| | 21 | % |
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Research and development |
| | 8,621 | |
| | 9,744 | |
| | 11,358 | |
| | 12,056 | |
| | 11,411 | |
|
(less) Stock-based compensation |
| | (839 | ) |
| | (1,003 | ) |
| | (1,108 | ) |
| | (972 | ) |
| | (977 | ) |
|
Non-GAAP Research and development expenses |
| $ | 7,782 | |
| $ | 8,741 | |
| $ | 10,250 | |
| $ | 11,084 | |
| $ | 10,434 | |
|
Non-GAAP Research and development percentage |
| | 9 | % |
| | 7 | % |
| | 7 | % |
| | 10 | % |
| | 8 | % |
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General and administrative expenses |
| | 12,268 | |
| | 12,099 | |
| | 14,720 | |
| | 12,833 | |
| | 15,009 | |
|
(less) Stock-based compensation |
| | (4,457 | ) |
| | (3,857 | ) |
| | (4,364 | ) |
| | (3,194 | ) |
| | (3,981 | ) |
|
(less) Acquisiton related costs |
| | (387 | ) |
| | (393 | ) |
| | (1,039 | ) |
| | (482 | ) |
| | (453 | ) |
|
Non-GAAP General and administrative expenses |
| $ | 7,424 | |
| $ | 7,849 | |
| $ | 9,317 | |
| $ | 9,157 | |
| $ | 10,575 | |
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Non-GAAP General and administrative percentage |
| | 9 | % |
| | 6 | % |
| | 7 | % |
| | 8 | % |
| | 9 | % |
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Non-GAAP Operating expenses* |
| $ | 36,783 | |
| $ | 39,092 | |
| $ | 48,426 | |
| $ | 45,485 | |
| $ | 47,212 | |
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Non-GAAP Operating expense percentage |
| | 44 | % |
| | 32 | % |
| | 34 | % |
| | 39 | % |
| | 38 | % |
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* Non-GAAP operating expenses excludes changes in fair value of contingent consideration, stock-based compensation, amortization of acquired intangible assets, restructuring charges, and acquisition related costs. |
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