WM Technology, Inc. Reports First Quarter 2022 Financial Results
WM Technology reported a significant 40% year-over-year revenue growth in Q1 2022, reaching $57.5 million. The increase in monthly active users (MAUs) was notable at 16.4 million, a 52% rise compared to last year. Average monthly revenue per paying client grew by 9%, with an increase of 28% in average monthly paying clients. However, the company faced a net loss of $(31.2) million compared to a profit of $7.7 million in the previous year. For Q2 2022, revenue guidance is set between $60 million and $63 million, indicating 28-34% growth.
- Revenue reached $57.5 million, a 40% increase year-over-year.
- Monthly active users increased to 16.4 million, up 52% from the prior year.
- Average monthly paying clients rose to 5,026, a 28% increase.
- Guidance for Q2 2022 estimates revenue of $60-$63 million, reflecting 28-34% growth.
- Net loss of $(31.2) million compared to a net income of $7.7 million last year.
- Adjusted EBITDA reported at $(1.0) million, down from $9.0 million in the prior year.
First Quarter Revenue increased to
“Our first quarter results demonstrate how we’re playing offense and continuing to drive outsized growth as well as creating distance from the pack as the leading cannabis technology provider and commerce-driven marketplace. We grew our revenue
First Quarter 2022 Financial Highlights
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Revenue increased to
$57.5 million 40% from the first quarter of 2021.-
Monthly active users (“MAUs”)(1)(2) increased to 16.4 million at
March 31, 2022 , up52% compared to the prior year period.-
MAU growth of
73% when adjusting the current period to exclude the MAUs attributed to the Learn section of weedmaps.com that we were not able to track during the prior period.
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MAU growth of
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Average monthly revenue per paying client(1)(3) increased to
$3,810 9% increase compared to the prior year period. -
Average monthly paying clients(1)(4) increased to 5,026, a
28% increase compared to the prior year period.
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Monthly active users (“MAUs”)(1)(2) increased to 16.4 million at
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Gross Profit was
$53.7 million 93% margin rate, which reflects a 200bps margin reduction from the prior year given previously discussed growth investments and initiatives. -
Net loss was
$(31.2) million $7.7 million -
Adjusted EBITDA(5) was
$(1.0) million $9.0 million -
Basic and diluted net loss per share was
$(0.19) - Total shares outstanding across Class A and Class V Common Stock is 144.3 million.
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Cash totaled
$55.9 million March 31, 2022 and the Company remains debt-free.
Reconciliations of GAAP to non-GAAP financial measures have been provided in the tables included in this release.
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We have modified the definition and calculation of three of our Key Operating and Financial Metrics: (a) average monthly revenue per paying client, (b) average monthly paying clients, and (c) MAUs. We made these modifications in order to better reflect our performance during a reporting period and to make these key metrics more easily comparable on a period-to-period basis. For comparison of these metrics to previous calculations see “Selected Current and Previous Operating Key Metrics” below. |
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MAUs are defined as the number of unique users opening our Weedmaps mobile app or accessing our weedmaps.com website over the course of a calendar month. This metric previously excluded the MAUs attributed to the Learn section of weedmaps.com, which we began tracking in |
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Average monthly revenue per paying client is defined as the average monthly revenue for any particular period divided by the average monthly paying clients in the same respective period. See “Selected Current and Previous Operating Metrics” below for a description of how we used to calculate average monthly revenue per paying client and what our average monthly revenue per paying client would have been using our prior definition for the applicable periods. |
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Average monthly paying clients are defined as the average of the number of paying clients billed in a month across a particular period (and for which services were provided). See “Selected Current and Previous Operating Metrics” below for a description of how we used to calculate average monthly paying clients and what our average monthly paying clients would have been using our prior definition for the applicable periods. |
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For further information about how we calculate EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA as well as limitations of their use and a reconciliation of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA to net income (loss), see “Reconciliation of Net (Loss) Income to EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA” below. |
First Quarter 2022 Operational Highlights
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Added over 250 Average Monthly Paying clients in the quarter including in new states like
Montana , which opened for recreational sales in January. - Completed the roll-out of our Admin 2.0 portal. This surface includes a data and analytics dashboard to help our paying clients understand the significant value they derive from their spending on Weedmaps as well as local market trends. Admin 2.0 also lays the groundwork for future updates like our self-serve toolset, which will automate onboarding of new clients onto our marketplace and enable cross-product adoption and purchase upsell opportunities.
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Continued to improve our Deals offering with new enablement features to allow clients to publish deals at scale across their listings. We also created a new “Promotions Hub” within Admin 2.0, allowing clients to create and manage all promotions including online promo codes, in-store deals, and online deals from one place. We also rolled out new Promotions features within our
WM Store eCom embed allowing clients to showcase promotions more easily on their own channels powered byWM Store . -
Completed the acquisition of
Eyechronic, LLC (“Enlighten”). Enlighten’s ‘SmartHub’ subscription offering powers in-store digital menus and kiosks, and its ‘AdSuite’ in-store digital solution allows brands to reach consumers at the point of purchase. Enlighten adds to the value included in our WM Business platform. - Expanded our available Menu and Order integrations. We now have Menu integrations in live or beta state with the key point-of-sale systems serving Cannabis and are continuing to roll-out Orders integrations with these same partners.
- Piloted several promising new user enhancements, including ‘express reorder’ and ‘order again’ features, along with ‘order-type’ preferences, allowing users to more easily filter through available delivery versus pickup options. We also continue to test menu personalization leveraging our first-party user affinity data.
- As part of our efforts to stitch our solutions more closely together, we launched an in-app messaging feature beta where businesses using our Sprout CRM solution are able to directly reach and message their followers on the Weedmaps marketplace.
- Continued to invest in headcount, with over 150 new hires in Q1, mostly in our Engineering, Product & Design teams as well as across our regional go-to-market teams.
Second Quarter Business Outlook
Based on current business trends and conditions, our outlook for the second quarter ending
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Revenue is estimated to be between
$60 million $63 million -34% growth over the second quarter of 2021 - We continue to expect our Adj. EBITDA margins for the First Half will be breakeven to slightly positive as we front-load previously discussed investments against growth opportunities for the back half of this year and FY23 strategic opportunities
The guidance provided above is only an estimate of what we believe is realizable as of the date of this release. We are not readily able to provide a reconciliation of projected Adjusted EBITDA to projected net income without unreasonable effort. This guidance assumes that no business acquisitions, investments, restructurings, or legal settlements are concluded in the quarter. Our results are based on assumptions that we believe to be reasonable as of this date, but may be materially affected by many factors, as discussed below in “Forward-Looking Statements.” Actual results may vary from the guidance and the variations may be material. We undertake no intent or obligation to publicly update or revise any of these projections, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.
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Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes “forward-looking statements” regarding our future business expectations which involve risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of words such as “estimate,” “plan,” “project,” “forecast,” “intend,” “will,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “seek,” “target” or other similar expressions that predict or indicate future events or trends or that are not statements of historical matters. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding estimates and forecasts of financial and performance metrics and projections of market opportunity and market share. These statements are based on various assumptions, whether or not identified in this press release, and on the current expectations of the Company’s management and are not predictions of actual performance. These forward-looking statements are provided for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to serve as, and must not be relied on by any investor as, a guarantee, an assurance, a prediction or a definitive statement of fact or probability. Actual events and circumstances are difficult or impossible to predict and will differ from assumptions. Many actual events and circumstances are beyond the control of the Company. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including the Company’s financial and business performance, including key business metrics and any underlying assumptions thereunder; market opportunity and the Company’s ability to acquire new customers and retain existing customers; expectations and timing related to commercial product launches; success of the Company’s go-to-market strategy; ability to scale its business and expand its offerings; the Company’s competitive advantages and growth strategies; the Company’s future capital requirements and sources and uses of cash; the Company’s ability to obtain funding for our future operations; the outcome of any known and unknown litigation and regulatory proceedings; changes in domestic and foreign business, market, financial, political and legal conditions; risks relating to the uncertainty of the projected financial information with respect to the Company; future global, regional or local economic and market conditions affecting the cannabis industry; the development, effects and enforcement of and changes to laws and regulations, including with respect to the cannabis industry; the Company’s ability to successfully capitalize on new and existing cannabis markets, including its ability to successfully monetize its solutions in those markets; the Company’s ability to manage future growth; the Company’s ability to develop new products and solutions, bring them to market in a timely manner, and make enhancements to its platform and the Company’s ability to maintain and grow its two-sided digital network, including its ability to acquire and retain paying customers; the effects of competition on the Company’s future business; the Company’s success in retaining or recruiting, or changes required in, officers, key employees or directors; the possibility that we may be adversely affected by other economic, business or competitive factors; that the Company identified a material weakness in its internal control over financial reporting which, if not corrected, could affect the reliability of its consolidated financial statements; the possibility that the Company may be adversely affected by other economic, business or competitive and those factors discussed in the Company’s 2021 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
To provide investors with additional information regarding our financial results, we have disclosed EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA, both of which are non-GAAP financial measures that we calculate as net income (loss) before interest, taxes and depreciation and amortization in the case of EBITDA and further adjusted to exclude stock-based compensation, change in fair value of warrant liability, transaction related bonuses, transaction costs, legal settlements and other non-cash, unusual and/or infrequent costs in the case of Adjusted EBITDA. Below we have provided a reconciliation of net (loss) income (the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure) to EBITDA and from EBITDA to Adjusted EBITDA.
We present EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA because these metrics are a key measure used by our management to evaluate our operating performance, generate future operating plans and make strategic decisions regarding the allocation of investment capacity. Accordingly, we believe that EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA provide useful information to investors and others in understanding and evaluating our operating results in the same manner as our management.
EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA have limitations as an analytical tool, and you should not consider it in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP. Some of these limitations are as follows:
- although depreciation and amortization are non-cash charges, the assets being depreciated and amortized may have to be replaced in the future, and both EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA do not reflect cash capital expenditure requirements for such replacements or for new capital expenditure requirements;
- EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA do not reflect changes in, or cash requirements for, our working capital needs; and
- EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA do not reflect tax payments that may represent a reduction in cash available to us.
Because of these limitations, you should consider EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA alongside other financial performance measures, including net income (loss) and our other GAAP results.
Definition of Key Operating and Financial Metrics
- MAUs: We define MAUs as the number of unique users opening our Weedmaps mobile app or accessing our weedmaps.com website over the course of a calendar month. In any particular period, we determine our number of MAUs by counting the total number of users who have engaged with the weedmaps.com site during the final calendar month of the given period.
- Average Monthly Revenue Per Paying Client: Average monthly revenue per paying client measures how much clients, for the period of measurement, are willing to pay us for our subscription and additional offerings and the efficiency of the bid-auction process for our featured listings placements. We calculate this metric by dividing the average monthly revenue for any particular period by the average monthly number of paying clients in the same respective period. The calculation of monthly revenue includes revenue from any clients that cease to be paying clients during the applicable month.
- Average Monthly Paying Clients: We define average monthly paying clients as the monthly average of clients billed each month over a particular period (and for which services were provided).
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Assets |
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Current assets |
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Cash |
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$ |
55,857 |
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$ |
67,777 |
Accounts receivable, net |
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|
23,657 |
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17,550 |
Prepaid expenses and other current assets |
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12,031 |
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|
13,607 |
Total current assets |
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91,545 |
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98,934 |
Property and equipment, net |
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17,339 |
|
|
13,283 |
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|
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65,722 |
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45,295 |
Intangible assets, net |
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13,488 |
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|
8,299 |
Right-of-use assets |
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35,404 |
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36,549 |
Deferred tax assets |
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171,021 |
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152,097 |
Other assets |
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10,687 |
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|
10,687 |
Total assets |
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$ |
405,206 |
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$ |
365,144 |
Liabilities and Equity |
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Current liabilities |
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Accounts payable and accrued expenses |
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$ |
22,355 |
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$ |
23,155 |
Deferred revenue |
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7,897 |
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|
8,057 |
Operating lease liabilities, current |
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5,673 |
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|
5,463 |
Other current liabilities |
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1,000 |
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1,125 |
Total current liabilities |
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36,925 |
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37,800 |
Operating lease liabilities, non-current |
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37,886 |
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39,377 |
Tax receivable agreement liability |
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134,118 |
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128,567 |
Warrant liability |
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45,679 |
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27,460 |
Other long-term liabilities |
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1,627 |
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— |
Total liabilities |
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256,235 |
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233,204 |
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Stockholders’ equity/Members’ equity |
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Preferred Stock - |
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— |
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— |
Class A Common Stock - |
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8 |
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7 |
Class V Common Stock - |
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6 |
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|
7 |
Additional paid-in capital |
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43,970 |
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2,173 |
Retained earnings |
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47,476 |
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61,369 |
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91,460 |
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63,556 |
Noncontrolling interests |
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57,511 |
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68,384 |
Total equity |
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148,971 |
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131,940 |
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity/members’ equity |
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$ |
405,206 |
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$ |
365,144 |
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Three Months Ended |
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2022 |
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2021 |
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Revenues |
$ |
57,452 |
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$ |
41,154 |
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Operating expenses |
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Cost of revenues |
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3,740 |
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1,857 |
Sales and marketing |
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21,882 |
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9,117 |
Product development |
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13,090 |
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|
7,868 |
General and administrative |
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29,055 |
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13,366 |
Depreciation and amortization |
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3,945 |
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|
1,002 |
Total operating expenses |
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71,712 |
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33,210 |
Operating (loss) income |
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(14,260 |
) |
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7,944 |
Other income (expenses) |
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Change in fair value of warrant liability |
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(18,219 |
) |
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— |
Other (expense) income, net |
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(502 |
) |
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|
28 |
(Loss) income before income taxes |
|
(32,981 |
) |
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|
7,972 |
(Benefit from) provision for income taxes |
|
(1,748 |
) |
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|
241 |
Net (loss) income |
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(31,233 |
) |
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|
7,731 |
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests |
|
(17,340 |
) |
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— |
Net (loss) income attributable to |
$ |
(13,893 |
) |
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$ |
7,731 |
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Class A Common Stock: |
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Basic and diluted loss per share |
$ |
(0.19 |
) |
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N/A¹ |
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Class A Common Stock: |
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Weighted average basic and diluted shares outstanding |
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72,450,204 |
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N/A¹ |
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1 |
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Prior to the Business Combination on |
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Three Months Ended |
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2022 |
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2021 |
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Cash flows from operating activities |
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Net (loss) income |
$ |
(31,233 |
) |
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$ |
7,731 |
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Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities: |
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Depreciation and amortization |
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3,945 |
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1,002 |
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Change in fair value of warrant liability |
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18,219 |
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— |
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Stock-based compensation |
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7,517 |
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— |
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Deferred income taxes |
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(1,748 |
) |
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— |
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Provision for doubtful accounts |
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2,759 |
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|
115 |
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Changes in operating assets and liabilities: |
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Accounts receivable |
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(7,802 |
) |
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1,760 |
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Prepaid expenses and other assets |
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1,617 |
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(2,524 |
) |
Accounts payable and accrued expenses |
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(11 |
) |
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1,578 |
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Deferred revenue |
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(256 |
) |
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|
925 |
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Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities |
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(6,993 |
) |
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10,587 |
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Cash flows from investing activities |
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Purchases of property and equipment |
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(4,201 |
) |
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(283 |
) |
Cash paid for acquisitions, net of cash acquired |
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(713 |
) |
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— |
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Net cash used in investing activities |
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(4,914 |
) |
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(283 |
) |
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Cash flows from financing activities |
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Taxes paid related to net share settlement of equity awards |
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(13 |
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— |
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Distributions to members |
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— |
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(10,513 |
) |
Repurchase of Class |
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— |
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(106 |
) |
Net cash used in financing activities |
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(13 |
) |
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(10,619 |
) |
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Net decrease in cash |
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(11,920 |
) |
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(315 |
) |
Cash – beginning of period |
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67,777 |
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19,919 |
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Cash – end of period |
$ |
55,857 |
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$ |
19,604 |
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Three Months Ended |
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2022 |
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2021 |
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(in thousands) |
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Net (loss) income |
$ |
(31,233 |
) |
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$ |
7,731 |
(Benefit from) provision for income taxes |
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(1,748 |
) |
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|
241 |
Depreciation and amortization expenses |
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3,945 |
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|
1,002 |
EBITDA |
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(29,036 |
) |
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|
8,974 |
Stock-based compensation |
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7,517 |
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— |
Change in fair value of warrant liability |
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18,219 |
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— |
Transaction related bonuses |
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1,957 |
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|
— |
Transaction costs |
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251 |
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|
— |
Legal settlements |
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139 |
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— |
Adjusted EBITDA |
$ |
(953 |
) |
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$ |
8,974 |
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Stock-based compensation expense is recorded in the following expense categories on the accompanying consolidated statements of operations for the three months ended |
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Three Months Ended
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Sales and marketing |
$ |
1,811 |
Product development |
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1,412 |
General and administrative |
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4,294 |
Total stock-based compensation expense |
$ |
7,517 |
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Three Months Ended |
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2022 |
2021 |
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Average monthly paying clients |
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5,026 |
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3,916 |
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Average monthly revenue per paying client |
$ |
3,810 |
$ |
3,503 |
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MAUs (in thousands) |
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16,437 |
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10,800 |
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Selected Previously Reported Key Operating and Financial Metrics |
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Three Months Ended |
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2022 |
2021 |
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Paying clients(1) |
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5,141 |
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4,058 |
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Monthly revenue per paying client(2) |
$ |
4,052 |
$ |
3,689 |
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MAUs (in thousands)(3) |
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15,866 |
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9,163 |
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Metric was previously defined as the number of clients billed during the last month of a particular period. We changed our definition because we believe using the average number of paying clients across the entire period is a better reflection of our results during such period than the average paying clients for only the last month of the period and believe our modified definition will be less susceptible to monthly fluctuations and therefore more reliable when comparing period-to-period results. |
(2) |
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Metric was previously calculated by dividing total monthly revenue for the last month of any particular period by the number of paying clients in that last month of a particular period. We changed our definition because we believe using monthly revenue across the entire period is a better reflection of our results during such period than monthly revenue for only the last month of the period and believe our modified definition will be less susceptible to monthly fluctuations and therefore more reliable when comparing period-to-period results. |
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Metric previously excluded the MAUs attributed to the Learn section of weedmaps.com, which we began tracking in |
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