LiveOne Breaks Multiple Membership Records
LiveOne (LVO) reported a record total of 2.7 million members, including 1.9 million paid members. Paid membership grew by 8% in Q3 FY2023, representing 160,000 new paid members. Over the past year, membership increased by 532,000 or 40%. LiveOne raised its guidance for the Audio Division to $17.5 million - $19 million in adjusted EBITDA for FY2023. The company is also planning to IPO Slacker Radio in FY2024.
- 2.7 million total members, including 1.9 million paid members.
- 8% growth in paid members in Q3 FY2023 (160,000 new members).
- 40% increase in membership over the last 12 months (532,000 new members).
- Increased guidance for Audio Division to $17.5 million - $19 million in adjusted EBITDA for FY2023.
- Plans to IPO Slacker Radio in FY2024.
- None.
Total Free and Paid Members Reach 2.7 Million Including Over 1.9 Million Paid Members**
160K Paid Members in Q3 Fiscal 2023 - an
414K + Last 9 Months - a
532K + Last 12 Months - a
LiveOne Plans to IPO Slacker Radio Next Year
LiveOne Increases Guidance for Its Audio Division’s Positive Adjusted EBITDA* to
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To supplement our consolidated financial statements, which are prepared and presented in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in
We use Contribution Margin (Loss) and Adjusted EBITDA to evaluate the performance of our operating segment. We believe that information about these non-GAAP financial measures assists investors by allowing them to evaluate changes in the operating results of our business separate from non-operational factors that affect operating income (loss) and net income (loss), thus providing insights into both operations and the other factors that affect reported results. Adjusted EBITDA is not calculated or presented in accordance with GAAP. A limitation of the use of Adjusted EBITDA as a performance measure is that it does not reflect the periodic costs of certain amortizing assets used in generating revenue in our business. Accordingly, Adjusted EBITDA should be considered in addition to, and not as a substitute for operating income (loss), net income (loss), and other measures of financial performance reported in accordance with GAAP. Furthermore, this measure may vary among other companies; thus, Adjusted EBITDA as presented herein may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies.
Contribution Margin (Loss) is defined as Revenue less Cost of Sales. Adjusted EBITDA is defined as earnings before interest, other (income) expense, income tax expense, depreciation and amortization and before (a) non-cash GAAP purchase accounting adjustments for certain deferred revenue and costs, (b) legal, accounting and other professional fees directly attributable to acquisition activity, (c) employee severance payments and third party professional fees directly attributable to acquisition or corporate realignment activities, (d) certain non-recurring expenses associated with legal settlements or reserves for legal settlements in the period that pertain to historical matters that existed at acquired companies prior to their purchase date and a one-time minimum guarantee to effectively terminate a live events distribution agreement post COVID-19, (e) depreciation and amortization (including goodwill impairment, if any), and (f) certain stock-based compensation expense. Management does not consider these costs to be indicative of our core operating results.
With respect to projected full year 2023 Adjusted EBITDA, a quantitative reconciliation is not available without unreasonable efforts due to the high variability, complexity and low visibility with respect to purchase accounting adjustments, acquisition-related charges and legal settlement reserves excluded from Adjusted EBITDA. We expect that the variability of these items to have a potentially unpredictable, and potentially significant, impact on our future GAAP financial results.
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** Included in the total number of members for the reported periods are certain members which are the subject of a contractual dispute.
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