AUXLY REPORTS FOURTH QUARTER AND FULL YEAR 2022 FINANCIAL RESULTS AND PROVIDES OUTLOOK FOR 2023
Auxly Cannabis Group reported financial results for the year ending December 31, 2022, with total net revenues reaching $94.4 million, a 13% increase from 2021. The company achieved an adjusted EBITDA of negative $16.9 million, improving by $4.8 million year-over-year. Despite a net loss of $130.3 million, management highlighted progress in margins and strategic product focus, especially in dried flower and pre-roll categories. Total assets decreased to $331.8 million, with debt rising slightly to $174.5 million.
Auxly retained its position as the #1 licensed producer for Cannabis 2.0 products in Canada while adapting to market challenges.
- Total net revenues increased to $94.4 million, up 13% from 2021.
- Adjusted EBITDA improved by $4.8 million year-over-year, reaching negative $16.9 million.
- Maintained leadership in Cannabis 2.0 product sales in Canada for three consecutive years.
- Successfully integrated Auxly Leamington, improving product quality and lowering costs.
- Achieved a gross profit margin of 17%, with significant cost reductions in SG&A.
- Net loss attributable to shareholders increased to $130.3 million from $33.7 million in 2021.
- Gross profit decreased by $2.8 million compared to 2021, leading to a lower gross profit margin of 17%.
- Total assets fell by $118.6 million year-over-year, indicating a shrinking balance sheet.
- Impairment losses included approximately $67.2 million related to asset closures.
2022 Highlights
- Total net revenues of
in 2022, an increase of$94.4 million or$10.6 million 13% compared to 2021; - Made significant improvements to Adjusted EBITDA in the fourth quarter to negative
, due to improved margins and lower SG&A, with momentum continuing into 2023;$0.8 million - Fourth quarter total net revenues of
, approximately$24.7 million lower than the same period in 2021, however$4.6 million or$4.9 million 20% greater than Q3 2022; - Retained the #1 LP position in
Canada for Cannabis 2.0 product sales for the third consecutive year, while improving sales of dried flower and pre-roll products, exiting the year with positive momentum as the #5 LP1 by share of market; - Successfully integrated Auxly Leamington and continuously improved product quality during 2022; and leveraged
Leamington 's large-scale cultivation to introduce new successful strains to the market while continuing to drive down costs to become one of the lowest cost facilities in the country; - Rationalized assets and product SKUs to improve financial performance and used non-core asset sale proceeds to further strengthen the balance sheet;
- Recorded non-cash impairment of approximately
related to the closure of Auxly Annapolis and Auxly Annapolis OG cultivation facilities during Q1 of 2022 and$25.7M in the third quarter of 2022 related to impairment of goodwill and other assets.$45 million
Financial Highlights
For the years ended | ||||||||||
(000's) | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | Change 2022 | Change 2021 | |||||
Total net revenues | 94,472 | 83,829 | 46,719 | 10,643 | 37,110 | |||||
Net income/(loss)* | (130,293) | (33,739) | (85,426) | (96,554) | 51,687 | |||||
Net income/(loss) from continuing | (130,293) | (45,895) | (83,889) | (84,398) | 37,994 | |||||
Adjusted EBITDA** | (16,878) | (21,672) | (28,523) | 4,794 | 6,851 | |||||
Weighted average shares outstanding | 889,871,187 | 783,379,798 | 631,528,750 | 106,491,389 | 151,851,048 | |||||
As at | ||||||||||
(000's) | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | Change 2022 | Change 2021 | |||||
Cash and equivalents | $ | 14,636 | $ | 14,754 | $ | 20,657 | $ | (118) | $ | (5,903) |
Total assets | $ | 331,820 | $ | 450,422 | $ | 378,963 | $ | (118,602) | $ | 71,459 |
Debt*** | $ | 174,475 | $ | 168,809 | $ | 114,825 | $ | 5,666 | $ | 53,984 |
*Attributable to shareholders of the Company. |
**Adjusted EBITDA is a Non-IFRS financial measure. Refer to the Non-GAAP Measures. |
***Debt is a supplementary financial measure. Refer to the Non-GAAP Measures. |
Results of Operations
For the years ended | ||
(000's) | 2022 | 2021 |
CONTINUING OPERATIONS | ||
Revenues | ||
Revenue from sales of cannabis products | $ 138,885 | $ 120,824 |
Excise taxes | (44,413) | (36,995) |
Total net revenues | 94,472 | 83,829 |
Costs of sales | ||
Costs of finished cannabis inventory sold | 70,262 | 62,754 |
Biological asset impairment | 704 | - |
Inventory (gain)/impairment | 10,732 | 3,264 |
Gross profit/(loss) excluding fair value items | 12,774 | 17,811 |
Unrealized fair value gain/(loss) on biological transformation | 28,518 | 2,384 |
Realized fair value gain/(loss) on inventory | (24,780) | (905) |
Gross profit | 16,512 | 19,290 |
Expenses | ||
Selling, general, and administrative expenses | 46,649 | 44,288 |
Equity-based compensation | 4,023 | 1,433 |
Depreciation and amortization | 14,816 | 12,507 |
Interest expense | 21,578 | 17,668 |
Total expenses | 87,066 | 75,896 |
Other income/(loss) | ||
Fair value gain/(loss) for financial instruments accounted under FVTPL | - | 6 |
Interest and other income | 337 | 1,591 |
Impairment of assets | (67,180) | (11,426) |
Gain/(loss) on settlement of assets and liabilities and other expenses | (2,231) | 20,289 |
Gain on disposal of assets held for sale | 2,150 | - |
Gain/(loss) on disposal of subsidiary | - | 1,355 |
Share of gain/(loss) on investment in joint venture | - | (4,661) |
Foreign exchange gain/(loss) | 923 | (788) |
Total other income/(loss) | (66,001) | 6,366 |
Net loss before income tax | (136,555) | (50,240) |
Income tax recovery | 6,262 | 4,330 |
Net loss from continuing operations | $ (130,293) | $ (45,910) |
Net income/(loss) from discontinued operations | - | 12,156 |
Net income/(loss) | $ (130,293) | $ (33,754) |
Net income/(loss) attributable to shareholders of the Company | $ (130,293) | $ (33,739) |
Net loss attributable to non-controlling interest | - | (15) |
Adjusted EBITDA | $ (16,878) | $ (21,672) |
From continuing operations | $ (0.15) | $ (0.06) |
From discontinued operations | - | 0.02 |
Net income/(loss) per common share (basic and diluted) | $ (0.15) | $ (0.04) |
Weighted average shares outstanding (basic and diluted) | 889,871,187 | 783,379,798 |
Net Revenues
For the year ended
Consistent with prior periods, as the Company does not participate in the
Gross Profit
Auxly realized a gross profit of
Following the acquisition of Auxly Leamington in
Biological and inventory impairments during the year were
Total Expenses
Selling, general and administrative expenses ("SG&A") are comprised of wages and benefits, office and administrative, professional fees, business development, and selling expenses. SG&A expenses were
Wages and benefits were
Office and administrative expenses were
Auxly's professional fees were
Business development expenses were
Selling expenses were
Equity-based compensation for the year ended
Depreciation and amortization expenses were
Interest expenses were
Total Other Incomes and Losses
Total other incomes and losses for the year were a net loss of
In 2022, foreign exchange gains were
Net Income and Loss
Net losses attributable to shareholders of the Company for the year ended
Adjusted EBITDA
Adjusted EBITDA during the year ended
Discontinued Operations
On
Outlook
In 2022, we committed to building on our success as a Canadian market leader. We planned on driving organic growth through continued innovation, increasing brand traction, and strengthening distribution, while prioritizing operational efficiencies and profitability. Our high-level objectives for 2022 were:
- Improve revenue and Gross Profit Margin to achieve positive Adjusted EBITDA
- Our key priority in 2022 was to achieve Adjusted EBITDA profitability by continuing to grow top line revenue while enhancing Gross Profit Margins through leveraging the increasing flower output from our Auxly Leamington facility, focused and differentiated brand and product offerings, increased depth and breadth of distribution, and cost optimization through investments in automation to increase production capabilities and efficiency and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Win with consumers and increase brand traction
- We continue to be deeply committed to understanding our targeted consumers and to developing products and brands that help them live happier lives. Driven by deep consumer insights, we will continue to evolve our brand portfolio to earn and maintain the trust and loyalty of our customers and consumers and be the choice of consumers in-store. We will service the evolving preferences of our consumers by bringing new and innovative branded products to market and ensuring that our consumers can access those products broadly and reliably.
Looking back on the year, the Canadian cannabis industry continued to face challenges posed by increasing competition and fragmentation, oversupply of cannabis, high taxation, restrictive regulations, a robust illicit market and severe price compression which were further exacerbated by inflation, global conflict, negative macroeconomic impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic, global supply chain disruptions, and constrained capital markets.
In light of these challenges, we adapted our approach, and at the end of the third quarter, streamlined our product assortment to run off certain low-margin or low-demand SKUs and increased our focus on the dried flower, pre-roll and vape product categories. Concurrently, we reduced costs throughout the organization, and internalized our sales team providing us with a sales team that focuses exclusively on our brands and products when communicating with our retail partners. While we did not meet all of our objectives for 2022, we are pleased with the progress made during the year and, in particular, with the impact that our actions taken at the end of the third quarter have had on our business. We have seen improvements in our margins, our fourth quarter sales (even with fewer SKUs), especially in the key dried flower and pre-roll categories; and material improvements in our Adjusted EBITDA resulting from significant reductions in our supporting cost structure.
As a backdrop to the year ahead, we have been working hard on updating and expanding our dried flower and pre-roll product portfolio utilizing Auxly Leamington's competitive advantage of high-quality, large-scale and low-cost cultivation. Starting in 2023, we have increased our listed flower SKUs by
- Increase net revenues by
15% , with a focus on key product categories, enhanced by strategic expansion of our product portfolio, while supporting strong retail distribution through our internal sales team. - Continue to leverage Auxly Leamington's large-scale, low-cost cultivation facility and the Company's manufacturing automation to increase blended Cost of Finished Cannabis Inventory Sold Margin to an average of 35
-40% . - Vigorously manage SG&A as a percentage of net revenues to keep it below
40% , further building upon savings realized in Q4 2022. - Prudently manage the Company's balance sheet and streamline assets where possible.
We believe we have an achievable plan built upon proven demand for our products, outstanding employees, top-tier assets and an underlying desire to continue to put our consumers first by delivering safe, effective, high-quality products that address their evolving needs and preferences and help them live happier lives.
Non-GAAP Measures
Please see the Company's MD&A for the three and twelves months ended
Financial Measures
EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA
These are non-GAAP measures used in the cannabis industry and by the Company to assess operating performance removing the impacts and volatility of non-cash adjustments. The definition may differ by issuer. The Adjusted EBITDA reconciliation is as follows:
(000's) | Q4/22 | Q3/22 | Q2/22 | Q1/22 | Q4/21 | Q3/21 | Q2/21 | Q1/21 |
Net loss from continuing operations | $ (16,056) | $ (14,289) | $ (39,846) | $ (18,376) | $ (13,527) | $ (3,685) | $ (10,322) | |
Interest expense | 5,655 | 5,507 | 5,336 | 5,080 | 4,348 | 3,932 | 4,787 | 4,601 |
Interest income | (63) | (105) | (84) | (85) | (308) | (436) | (431) | (416) |
Income tax recovery | (1,112) | (2,110) | (85) | (2,955) | - | - | (4,291) | (39) |
Depreciation and amortization | 1,296 | 681 | 2,180 | 1,211 | 689 | 386 | 326 | 141 |
Depreciation and amortization | 2,791 | 3,525 | 3,900 | 4,600 | 5,678 | 2,223 | 2,174 | 2,432 |
EBITDA | (7,489) | (52,604) | (3,042) | (31,995) | (7,969) | (7,422) | (1,120) | (3,603) |
Impairment of biological assets | - | - | - | 704 | - | - | - | - |
Impairment of inventory | 2,062 | 2,014 | 1,778 | 4,878 | 2,194 | 716 | 124 | 230 |
Unrealized fair value loss / (gain) on | (2,814) | (7,496) | (11,735) | (6,473) | (1,462) | (352) | (315) | (255) |
Realized fair value loss / (gain) on | 7,382 | 8,175 | 6,898 | 2,325 | 904 | 1 | 1 | (1) |
Restructuring related costs | - | 193 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Equity-based compensation | 429 | 475 | 2,916 | 203 | 212 | 55 | 960 | 206 |
Fair value loss / (gain) for financial | - | - | - | - | 408 | (223) | (75) | (116) |
Impairment of assets | 676 | 42,831 | - | 23,673 | - | 60 | 11,366 | - |
(Gain) / loss on settlement of | (1,330) | 1,574 | (163) | - | 815 | (1,396) | (16,995) | (4,068) |
Share of loss on investment in joint | - | - | - | - | (1,387) | 3,095 | 2,494 | 459 |
Foreign exchange loss / (gain) | 301 | (938) | (647) | 361 | 242 | (633) | 571 | 608 |
Adjusted EBITDA | $ (783) | $ (5,776) | $ (3,995) | $ (6,324) | $ (6,043) | $ (6,099) | $ (2,989) | $ (6,540) |
Supplementary Financial Measures
Cost of Finished Cannabis Inventory Sold Margin
"Cost of Finished Cannabis Inventory Sold Margin" is a supplementary financial measure and is defined as Cost of Finished Cannabis Inventory Sold divided by net revenues.
Gross Profit Margin
"Gross Profit Margin" is defined as gross profit divided by net revenues. Gross Profit Margin is a supplementary financial measure.
Debt
"Debt" is defined as current and long-term debt and is a supplementary financial measure. It is a useful measure in managing our capital structure and financing requirements.
Conference Call
Auxly's management team will host a conference call today,
For those unable to participate in the conference call at the scheduled time, it will be available for replay on the Company's website within 24 hours after the conclusion of the call.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
"Hugo Alves" CEO
About
Auxly is a leading Canadian consumer packaged goods company in the cannabis products market, headquartered in
Our vision is to be a leader in branded cannabis products that deliver on our consumer promise of quality, safety and efficacy.
Learn more at www.auxly.com and stay up to date at Twitter: @AuxlyGroup; Instagram: @auxlygroup; Facebook: @auxlygroup; LinkedIn: company/auxlygroup/.
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This news release contains certain "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities law. Forward-looking information is frequently characterized by words such as "plan", "continue", "expect", "project", "intend", "believe", "anticipate", "estimate", "may", "will", "potential", "proposed" and other similar words, or information that certain events or conditions "may" or "will" occur. This information is only a prediction. Various assumptions were used in drawing the conclusions or making the projections contained in the forward-looking information throughout this news release. Forward-looking information includes, but is not limited to: the proposed operation of Auxly and its subsidiaries; the intention to grow the business, operations and existing and potential activities of Auxly; the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Company's current and future operations; the Company's execution of its innovative product development, commercialization strategy and expansion plans; the Company's intention to introduce innovative new cannabis products to the market and the timing thereof; the anticipated benefits of the Company's partnerships, research and development initiatives and other commercial arrangements; the anticipated benefits of the Company's acquisition of Auxly Leamington; the expectation and timing of future revenues and of positive Adjusted EBITDA; expectations regarding the Company's expansion of sales, operations and investment into foreign jurisdictions; future legislative and regulatory developments involving cannabis and cannabis products; the timing and outcomes of regulatory or intellectual property decisions; the relevance of Auxly's subsidiaries' current and proposed products with provincial purchasers and consumers; consumer preferences; political change; competition and other risks affecting the Company in particular and the cannabis industry generally.
A number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from a conclusion, forecast or projection contained in the forward-looking information in this release including, but not limited to, whether: the Company will be able to execute on its business strategy; Auxly's subsidiaries are able to obtain and maintain the necessary governmental and regulatory authorizations to conduct business; the Company is able to successfully manage the integration of its various business units with its own; there are not materially more closures or lockdowns related to the COVID–19 pandemic; the Company's subsidiaries obtain and maintain all necessary governmental and regulatory permits and approvals for the operation of their facilities and the development of cannabis products, and whether such permits and approvals can be obtained in a timely manner; the Company will be able to continue to successfully integrate Auxly Leamington's operations with its own, and whether the expected benefits of the acquisition materialize in the manner expected, or at all; the Company will be able to successfully launch new product formats and enter into new markets; there is acceptance and demand for current and future Company products by consumers and provincial purchasers; the Company will be able to increase revenues and achieve positive Adjusted EBITDA; and general economic, financial market, legislative, regulatory, competitive and political conditions in which the Company and its subsidiaries and partners operate will remain the same. Additional risk factors are disclosed in the annual information form of the Company for the financial year ended
New factors emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for management to predict all of those factors or to assess in advance the impact of each such factor on the Company's business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking information. The forward-looking information in this release is based on information currently available and what management believes are reasonable assumptions. Forward-looking information speaks only to such assumptions as of the date of this release. In addition, this release may contain forward-looking information attributed to third party industry sources, the accuracy of which has not been verified by the Company. The forward-looking information is being provided for the purposes of assisting the reader in understanding the Company's financial performance, financial position and cash flows as at and for periods ended on certain dates and to present information about management's current expectations and plans relating to the future, and the reader is cautioned that such forward-looking information may not be appropriate for any other purpose. Readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information contained in this release.
The forward-looking information contained in this release is expressly qualified by the foregoing cautionary statements and is made as of the date of this release. Except as may be required by applicable securities laws, the Company does not undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking information to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this release or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, whether as a result of new information, future events or results, or otherwise.
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