HireRight Reports First Quarter 2023 Results
– Maintaining Full-Year Outlook –
– Repurchased 2.3 Million Shares of Common Stock –
First Quarter 2023 Highlights:
-
Revenues of
$175.4 million -
Net loss of
$7.9 million -
Adjusted EBITDA of
$33.0 million -
Net loss per share of
$0.10 -
Adjusted diluted earnings per share of
$0.18
“Our first quarter demonstrated continued progress on our technology and margin initiatives, placing us ahead of schedule in achieving our 2023 margin target despite the soft demand environment” said HireRight President and CEO Guy Abramo. “I am also pleased to highlight we have made two recent strategic investments; one to deliver leading I-9 solutions for our customers and another to bolster our presence in the very important Latin American market. Lastly, we continue to express confidence in the opportunities ahead through ongoing share repurchases as part of our strategic plan to enhance long-term shareholder value.”
Liquidity and Capital Resources
The Company had over
Cash used in operating activities was
Full-Year Outlook
Based on current expectations, HireRight is maintaining the Company's initial full-year 2023 outlook as set forth in the table below:
|
Estimated Low |
|
Estimated High |
||
|
(in thousands, except per share data) |
||||
Revenues |
$ |
720,000 |
|
$ |
745,000 |
Adjusted EBITDA (1) |
$ |
165,000 |
|
$ |
175,000 |
Adjusted Net Income (1) |
$ |
100,000 |
|
$ |
110,000 |
Adjusted Diluted EPS (1) |
$ |
1.30 |
|
$ |
1.43 |
| (1) | A reconciliation of the guidance for the Non-GAAP financial measures of Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Net Income, and Adjusted Diluted EPS in the table above cannot be provided without unreasonable effort because of the inherent difficulty of accurately forecasting the occurrence and financial impact of the various adjusting items necessary for such reconciliation that have not yet occurred, are out of our control, or cannot be reasonably predicted. For the same reasons, the Company is unable to assess the probable significance of the unavailable information, which could have a material impact on the Company's future Non-GAAP financial measures. |
|
Webcast and Conference Call
Management will discuss first quarter results on a webcast at 2 p.m. (PT) / 5 p.m. (ET) today, Tuesday, May 9, 2023. The webcast, along with the related presentation materials, may be accessed via HireRight's investor relations website page at ir.hireright.com under "News and Events." To listen by phone, please dial 1-877-704-4453 or 1-201-389-0920.
The webcast replay, along with the related presentation materials, can be accessed via HireRight's investor relations website page at ir.hireright.com under "News and Events," and will be available for 90 days. A replay of the call will also be available until Tuesday, May 16, 2023 by dialing 1-844-512-2921 or 1-412-317-6671 and entering passcode 13737147.
About HireRight
HireRight is a leading global provider of technology-driven workforce risk management and compliance solutions. We provide comprehensive background screening, verification, identification, monitoring, and drug and health screening services for approximately 38,000 customers across the globe. We offer our services via a unified global software and data platform that tightly integrates into our customers’ human capital management systems enabling highly effective and efficient workflows for workforce hiring, onboarding, and monitoring. In 2022, we screened over 24 million job applicants, employees and contractors for our customers and processed over 107 million screens. For more information, visit www.HireRight.com or contact InvestorRelations@HireRight.com.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
To supplement the financial results presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in
We believe that the presentation of our non-GAAP financial measures provides information useful to investors in assessing our financial condition and results of operations. These measures should not be considered an alternative to net income (loss) or any other measure of financial performance or liquidity presented in accordance with GAAP. These measures have important limitations as analytical tools because they exclude some but not all items that affect the most directly comparable GAAP measures. Additionally, to the extent that other companies in our industry, define similar non-GAAP measures differently than we do, the utility of those measures for comparison purposes may be limited.
The non-GAAP financial measures presented in this earnings release and/or included in management’s commentary on the earnings call described above, are Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA Margin, Adjusted Net Income, and Adjusted Diluted Earnings Per Share. Reconciliations of these non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable measures calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP are provided as schedules attached to this release.
Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin
Adjusted EBITDA represents, as applicable for the period, net income (loss) before interest expense, income taxes, depreciation and amortization expense, stock-based compensation, realized and unrealized gain (loss) on foreign exchange, restructuring charges, amortization of cloud computing software costs, legal settlement costs deemed by management to be outside the normal course of business, and other items management believes are not representative of the Company’s core operations. Adjusted EBITDA Margin is defined as Adjusted EBITDA divided by revenues for the period. Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA margin are supplemental financial measures that management and external users of our financial statements, such as industry analysts, investors, lenders and rating agencies, may use to assess our:
- Operating performance as compared to other publicly traded companies without regard to capital structure or historical cost basis;
- Ability to generate cash flow;
- Ability to incur and service debt and fund capital expenditures; and
- Viability of acquisitions and other capital expenditure projects and the returns on investment of various investment opportunities.
Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted Diluted Earnings Per Share
In addition to Adjusted EBITDA, management believes that Adjusted Net Income is a strong indicator of our overall operating performance and is useful to our management and investors as a measure of comparative operating performance from period to period. We define Adjusted Net Income as net income (loss) adjusted for amortization of acquired intangible assets, stock-based compensation, realized and unrealized gain (loss) on foreign exchange, restructuring charges, amortization of cloud computing software costs, legal settlement costs deemed by management to be outside the normal course of business, and other items management believes are not representative of the Company’s core operations, to which we apply an adjusted effective tax rate. See the footnotes to the table below for a description of certain of these adjustments. We define Adjusted Diluted Earnings Per Share as Adjusted Net Income divided by the weighted average number of shares outstanding (diluted) for the applicable period. We believe Adjusted Diluted Earnings Per Share is useful to investors and analysts because it enables them to better evaluate per share operating performance across reporting periods and to compare our performance to that of our peer companies.
Safe Harbor Statement
This press release and management's comments on the first quarter earnings call mentioned above contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws.. You can often identify forward-looking statements by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts, or by their use of words such as “anticipate,” “estimate,” “expect,” “project,” “forecast,” “plan,” “intend,” “believe,” “seek,” “could,” “targets,” “potential,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “can have,” “likely,” “continue,” and other terms of similar meaning in connection with any discussion of the timing or nature of future operating or financial performance or other events. Forward-looking statements may include, but are not limited to, statements concerning our anticipated financial performance, including, without limitation, revenue, profitability, net income (loss), adjusted EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA margin, adjusted net income, earnings per share ("EPS"), adjusted diluted earnings per share, and cash flow; strategic objectives; investments in our business, including development of our technology and introduction of new offerings; sales growth and customer relationships; our competitive differentiation; our market share and leadership position in the industry; market conditions, trends, and opportunities; future operational performance; pending or threatened claims or regulatory proceedings; and factors that could affect these and other aspects of our business.
Forward-looking statements are not guarantees. They reflect our current expectations and projections with respect to future events and are based on assumptions and estimates and subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from expectations or results projected or implied by forward-looking statements.
Factors that could affect the outcome of the forward-looking statements include, among other things, our vulnerability to adverse economic conditions, including without limitation, inflation and recession, which could increase our costs and suppress labor market activity and our revenue; the aggressive competition we face; failure to implement successfully our ongoing technology improvement and cost reduction initiatives; our heavy reliance on information management systems, vendors, and information sources that may not perform as we expect; the significant risk of liability we face in the services we perform; the fact that data security, data privacy and data protection laws, emerging restrictions on background reporting due to alleged discriminatory impacts and adverse social consequences, and other evolving regulations and cross-border data transfer restrictions may increase our costs, limit the use or value of our services and adversely affect our business; our ability to maintain our professional reputation and brand name; the impacts, direct and indirect, of the pandemics or other calamitous events on our business, our personnel and vendors, and the overall economy; social, political, regulatory and legal risks in markets where we operate; the impact of foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations; unfavorable tax law changes and tax authority rulings; any impairment of our goodwill, other intangible assets and other long-lived assets; our ability to execute and integrate future acquisitions; our ability to access additional credit or other sources of financing; and the increased cybersecurity requirements, vulnerabilities, threats and more sophisticated and targeted cyber-related attacks that could pose a risk to our systems, networks, solutions, services and data. For more information on the business risks we face and factors that could affect the outcome of forward-looking statements, refer to our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 9, 2023, in particular the sections of that document entitled "Risk Factors," "Forward-Looking Statements," and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” and other filings we make from time to time with the SEC. We undertake no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
HireRight Holdings Corporation
|
|||||||
March 31, |
|
December 31, |
|||||
|
2023 |
|
2022 |
||||
|
(in thousands, except share, and per share data) |
||||||
Assets |
|
|
|
||||
Current assets |
|
|
|
||||
Cash and cash equivalents |
$ |
127,410 |
|
|
$ |
162,092 |
|
Restricted cash |
|
— |
|
|
|
1,310 |
|
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for credit losses of |
|
134,306 |
|
|
|
136,656 |
|
Prepaid expenses and other current assets |
|
20,208 |
|
|
|
18,745 |
|
Total current assets |
|
281,924 |
|
|
|
318,803 |
|
Property and equipment, net |
|
8,374 |
|
|
|
9,045 |
|
Right-of-use assets, net |
|
6,921 |
|
|
|
8,423 |
|
Intangible assets, net |
|
318,057 |
|
|
|
331,598 |
|
Goodwill |
|
811,338 |
|
|
|
809,463 |
|
Cloud computing software, net |
|
39,785 |
|
|
|
35,230 |
|
Deferred tax assets |
|
80,612 |
|
|
|
74,236 |
|
Other non-current assets |
|
20,583 |
|
|
|
18,949 |
|
Total assets |
$ |
1,567,594 |
|
|
$ |
1,605,747 |
|
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity |
|
|
|
||||
Current liabilities |
|
|
|
||||
Accounts payable |
$ |
9,442 |
|
|
$ |
11,571 |
|
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities |
|
102,923 |
|
|
|
75,208 |
|
Accrued salaries and payroll |
|
26,085 |
|
|
|
31,075 |
|
Debt, current portion |
|
8,350 |
|
|
|
8,350 |
|
Total current liabilities |
|
146,800 |
|
|
|
126,204 |
|
Debt, long-term portion |
|
681,853 |
|
|
|
683,206 |
|
Tax receivable agreement liability, long-term portion |
|
183,504 |
|
|
|
210,543 |
|
Deferred tax liabilities |
|
5,617 |
|
|
|
5,748 |
|
Other non-current liabilities |
|
10,845 |
|
|
|
11,728 |
|
Total liabilities |
|
1,028,619 |
|
|
|
1,037,429 |
|
Commitments and contingent liabilities (Note 12) |
|
|
|
||||
Preferred stock, |
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
Common stock, |
|
80 |
|
|
|
80 |
|
Additional paid-in capital |
|
809,627 |
|
|
|
805,799 |
|
Treasury stock, at cost; 3,791,229 and 1,528,829 shares repurchased at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively |
|
(42,337 |
) |
|
|
(16,827 |
) |
Accumulated deficit |
|
(223,701 |
) |
|
|
(215,790 |
) |
Accumulated other comprehensive loss |
|
(4,694 |
) |
|
|
(4,944 |
) |
Total stockholders’ equity |
|
538,975 |
|
|
|
568,318 |
|
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity |
$ |
1,567,594 |
|
|
$ |
1,605,747 |
|
HireRight Holdings Corporation
|
||||||
Three Months Ended |
||||||
|
March 31, |
|||||
|
2023 |
|
2022 |
|||
|
(in thousands, except share and per share data) |
|||||
Revenues |
$ |
175,447 |
|
|
$ |
198,711 |
|
|
|
|
|||
Expenses |
|
|
|
|||
Cost of services (exclusive of depreciation and amortization below) |
|
98,451 |
|
|
|
112,403 |
Selling, general and administrative |
|
59,726 |
|
|
|
48,267 |
Depreciation and amortization |
|
18,417 |
|
|
|
18,061 |
Total expenses |
|
176,594 |
|
|
|
178,731 |
Operating income (loss) |
|
(1,147 |
) |
|
|
19,980 |
|
|
|
|
|||
Other expenses |
|
|
|
|||
Interest expense, net |
|
12,402 |
|
|
|
7,557 |
Other expense, net |
|
306 |
|
|
|
41 |
Total other expenses |
|
12,708 |
|
|
|
7,598 |
Income (loss) before income taxes |
|
(13,855 |
) |
|
|
12,382 |
Income tax expense (benefit) |
|
(5,944 |
) |
|
|
818 |
Net income (loss) |
$ |
(7,911 |
) |
|
$ |
11,564 |
|
|
|
|
|||
Net income (loss) per share: |
|
|
|
|||
Basic |
$ |
(0.10 |
) |
|
$ |
0.15 |
Diluted |
$ |
(0.10 |
) |
|
$ |
0.15 |
Weighted average shares outstanding: |
|
|
|
|||
Basic |
|
77,285,116 |
|
|
|
79,392,937 |
Diluted |
|
77,285,116 |
|
|
|
79,392,937 |
HireRight Holdings Corporation
|
|||||||
Three Months Ended March 31, |
|||||||
|
2023 |
|
2022 |
||||
|
(in thousands) |
||||||
Cash flows from operating activities |
|
|
|
||||
Net income (loss) |
$ |
(7,911 |
) |
|
$ |
11,564 |
|
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash used in operating activities: |
|
|
|
||||
Depreciation and amortization |
|
18,417 |
|
|
|
18,061 |
|
Deferred income taxes |
|
(6,590 |
) |
|
|
205 |
|
Amortization of debt issuance costs |
|
803 |
|
|
|
821 |
|
Amortization of contract assets |
|
1,212 |
|
|
|
1,091 |
|
Amortization of right-of-use assets |
|
2,384 |
|
|
|
686 |
|
Amortization of unrealized gains on terminated interest rate swap agreements |
|
(2,527 |
) |
|
|
(2,181 |
) |
Amortization of cloud computing software costs |
|
1,571 |
|
|
|
151 |
|
Stock-based compensation |
|
3,828 |
|
|
|
2,794 |
|
Other non-cash charges, net |
|
(383 |
) |
|
|
496 |
|
Changes in operating assets and liabilities: |
|
|
|
||||
Accounts receivable |
|
2,838 |
|
|
|
(29,852 |
) |
Prepaid expenses and other current assets |
|
(1,465 |
) |
|
|
4,115 |
|
Cloud computing software |
|
(6,125 |
) |
|
|
(8,548 |
) |
Other non-current assets |
|
(1,893 |
) |
|
|
(1,411 |
) |
Accounts payable |
|
(1,804 |
) |
|
|
(7,095 |
) |
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities |
|
(771 |
) |
|
|
14,920 |
|
Accrued salaries and payroll |
|
(5,140 |
) |
|
|
(6,240 |
) |
Operating lease liabilities, net |
|
(1,284 |
) |
|
|
(1,068 |
) |
Other non-current liabilities |
|
(175 |
) |
|
|
(524 |
) |
Net cash used in operating activities |
|
(5,015 |
) |
|
|
(2,015 |
) |
Cash flows from investing activities |
|
|
|
||||
Purchases of property and equipment |
|
(693 |
) |
|
|
(1,867 |
) |
Capitalized software development |
|
(2,918 |
) |
|
|
(2,662 |
) |
Other investing |
|
(1,000 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
Net cash used in investing activities |
|
(4,611 |
) |
|
|
(4,529 |
) |
Cash flows from financing activities |
|
|
|
||||
Repayments of debt |
|
(2,088 |
) |
|
|
(2,088 |
) |
Payments for termination of interest rate swap agreements |
|
— |
|
|
|
(18,445 |
) |
Repurchase of common stock |
|
(24,584 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
Net cash used in financing activities |
|
(26,672 |
) |
|
|
(20,533 |
) |
Net decrease in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash |
|
(36,298 |
) |
|
|
(27,077 |
) |
Effect of exchange rates |
|
306 |
|
|
|
(420 |
) |
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash |
|
|
|
||||
Beginning of year |
|
163,402 |
|
|
|
116,214 |
|
End of period |
$ |
127,410 |
|
|
$ |
88,717 |
|
Cash paid for |
|
|
|
||||
Interest |
$ |
15,221 |
|
|
$ |
8,772 |
|
Income taxes |
$ |
639 |
|
|
$ |
902 |
|
Supplemental schedule of non-cash activities |
|
|
|
||||
Unpaid property and equipment and capitalized software purchases |
$ |
821 |
|
|
$ |
561 |
|
Reconciliation of GAAP Measures to Non-GAAP Measures (Unaudited)
The following table reconciles our non-GAAP financial measure of Adjusted EBITDA to net income (loss), our most directly comparable financial measures calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP, for the periods presented.
|
Three Months Ended |
||||||
|
March 31, |
||||||
|
2023 |
|
2022 |
||||
|
(in thousands, except percents) |
||||||
Net income (loss) |
$ |
(7,911 |
) |
|
$ |
11,564 |
|
Income tax (benefit) expense |
|
(5,944 |
) |
|
|
818 |
|
Interest expense, net |
|
12,402 |
|
|
|
7,557 |
|
Depreciation and amortization |
|
18,417 |
|
|
|
18,061 |
|
EBITDA |
|
16,964 |
|
|
|
38,000 |
|
Stock-based compensation |
|
3,828 |
|
|
|
2,794 |
|
Realized and unrealized gain (loss) on foreign exchange |
|
307 |
|
|
|
(79 |
) |
Restructuring charges (1) |
|
9,874 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Amortization of cloud computing software costs (2) |
|
1,571 |
|
|
|
151 |
|
Other items (3) |
|
497 |
|
|
|
860 |
|
Adjusted EBITDA |
$ |
33,041 |
|
|
$ |
41,726 |
|
Net income (loss) margin (4) |
|
(4.5 |
)% |
|
|
5.8 |
% |
Adjusted EBITDA margin |
|
18.8 |
% |
|
|
21.0 |
% |
| (1) |
Restructuring charges represent costs incurred in connection with the Company’s global restructuring plan. Costs incurred in connection with the plan include: (i) |
|
| (2) | Amortization of cloud computing software costs consists of expense recognized in selling, general and administrative expenses for capitalized implementation costs for cloud computing IT systems incurred in connection with our platform and fulfillment technology initiatives that are intended to achieve greater operational efficiencies. This expense is not included in depreciation and amortization above. |
|
| (3) |
Other items for the three months ended March 31, 2023 comprise professional services fees not related to core operations. Other items for the three months ended March 31, 2022 include (i) costs of |
|
| (4) | Net income (loss) margin represents net income (loss) divided by revenues for the period. |
|
The following table reconciles our non-GAAP financial measure of Adjusted Net Income to net income (loss), our most directly comparable financial measure calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP, for the periods presented:
|
Three Months Ended |
||||||
|
March 31, |
||||||
|
2023 |
|
2022 |
||||
|
(in thousands) |
||||||
Net income (loss) |
$ |
(7,911 |
) |
|
$ |
11,564 |
|
Income tax (benefit) expense |
|
(5,944 |
) |
|
|
818 |
|
Income (loss) before income taxes |
|
(13,855 |
) |
|
|
12,382 |
|
Amortization of acquired intangible assets |
|
15,394 |
|
|
|
15,505 |
|
Interest expense swap adjustments (1) |
|
(2,527 |
) |
|
|
(2,181 |
) |
Interest expense discounts (2) |
|
803 |
|
|
|
821 |
|
Stock-based compensation |
|
3,828 |
|
|
|
2,794 |
|
Realized and unrealized gain (loss) on foreign exchange |
|
307 |
|
|
|
(79 |
) |
Restructuring charges (3) |
|
9,874 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Amortization of cloud computing software costs (4) |
|
1,571 |
|
|
|
151 |
|
Other items (5) |
|
497 |
|
|
|
860 |
|
Adjusted income before income taxes |
|
15,892 |
|
|
|
30,253 |
|
Adjusted income taxes (6) |
|
2,346 |
|
|
|
439 |
|
Adjusted Net Income |
$ |
13,546 |
|
|
$ |
29,814 |
|
The following table sets forth the calculation of Adjusted Diluted Earnings Per Share for the periods presented.
|
Three Months Ended |
||||||
|
March 31, |
||||||
|
2023 |
|
2022 |
||||
Diluted net income (loss) per share |
$ |
(0.10 |
) |
|
$ |
0.15 |
|
Income tax (benefit) expense |
|
(0.08 |
) |
|
|
0.01 |
|
Amortization of acquired intangible assets |
|
0.20 |
|
|
|
0.19 |
|
Interest expense swap adjustments (1) |
|
(0.03 |
) |
|
|
(0.03 |
) |
Interest expense discounts (2) |
|
0.01 |
|
|
|
0.01 |
|
Stock-based compensation |
|
0.05 |
|
|
|
0.04 |
|
Realized and unrealized gain (loss) on foreign exchange |
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
Restructuring charges (3) |
|
0.13 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Amortization of cloud computing software costs (4) |
|
0.02 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Other items (5) |
|
0.01 |
|
|
|
0.01 |
|
Adjusted income taxes (6) |
|
(0.03 |
) |
|
|
(0.01 |
) |
Adjusted Diluted Earnings Per Share |
$ |
0.18 |
|
|
$ |
0.37 |
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Weighted average number of shares outstanding - diluted |
|
77,285,116 |
|
|
|
79,392,937 |
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| (1) | Interest expense swap adjustments consist of amortization of unrealized gains on our terminated interest rate swap agreements, which will be recognized through December 2023 as a reduction in interest expense. |
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| (2) | Interest expense discounts consist of amortization of original issue discount and debt issuance costs. |
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Restructuring charges represent costs incurred in connection with the Company’s global restructuring plan. Costs incurred in connection with the plan include: (i) |
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| (4) | Amortization of cloud computing software costs consists of expense recognized in selling, general and administrative expenses for capitalized implementation costs for cloud computing IT systems incurred in connection with our platform and fulfillment technology initiatives that are intended to achieve greater operational efficiencies. This expense is not included in depreciation and amortization above. |
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Other items for the three months ended March 31, 2023 comprise professional services fees not related to core operations. Other items for the three months ended March 31, 2022 include (i) costs of |
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The tax effect of each adjustment is determined based on the tax laws and valuation allowance status of the jurisdiction to which the adjustment relates. An adjusted effective income tax rate has been determined for each period presented by applying the statutory income tax rate, net of applicable adjustments for valuation allowances, which was used to compute Adjusted Net Income for the periods presented. Due to the existence of a |
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