QuinStreet Reports First Quarter Fiscal Year 2022 Results
QuinStreet, Inc. (Nasdaq: QNST) reported a strong fiscal Q1 2022, ending September 30, with revenue of $159.6 million, a 15% year-over-year increase. Excluding divested businesses, revenue growth reached 25%. GAAP net income was $3.1 million or $0.06 per diluted share, while adjusted net income stood at $9.4 million or $0.17 per diluted share. The company generated $5.8 million in operating cash flow and ended the quarter with $105.9 million in cash. QuinStreet raised its revenue outlook for FY2022 to between $650 million and $670 million.
- Revenue increased by 15% year-over-year to $159.6 million.
- Adjusted net income reached $9.4 million, or $0.17 per diluted share.
- Raised full year 2022 revenue guidance to $650-$670 million.
- GAAP net income of $3.1 million reflects a modest growth rate.
- Concerns about the impact of increased claim costs on auto insurance budgets.
FOSTER CITY, Calif., Nov. 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- QuinStreet, Inc. (Nasdaq: QNST), a leader in performance marketplaces and technologies for the financial services and home services industries, today announced financial results for the fiscal first quarter ended September 30, 2021.
For the fiscal first quarter, the Company reported revenue of
GAAP net income for the fiscal first quarter was
Adjusted EBITDA for the fiscal first quarter was
The Company generated
"We delivered good results again in the September quarter due to strong momentum and execution in our client verticals. Revenue in all client verticals grew at double-digit rates or better year-over-year, including in auto insurance," commented Doug Valenti, QuinStreet CEO. "We also continued to invest and made excellent progress on key technology, product and growth initiatives. Our outlook for the business remains strongly positive."
"We are raising our outlook for full fiscal year 2022. We now expect revenue to be between
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About QuinStreet
QuinStreet, Inc. (Nasdaq: QNST) is a leader in performance marketplaces and technologies for the financial services and home services industries. QuinStreet is a pioneer in delivering online marketplace solutions to match searchers with brands in digital media, and is committed to providing consumers with the information and tools they need to research, find and select the products and brands that meet their needs.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Definitions of Client Verticals
This release and the accompanying tables include a discussion of adjusted EBITDA, adjusted net income, adjusted diluted net income per share and free cash flow and normalized free cash flow, all of which are non-GAAP financial measures that are provided as a complement to results provided in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP"). The term "adjusted EBITDA" refers to a financial measure that we define as net income less provision for income taxes, depreciation expense, amortization expense, stock-based compensation expense, interest and other expense, net, acquisition and divestiture costs, gain on divestitures of businesses, net, strategic review costs, contingent consideration adjustment, litigation settlement expense, tax settlement expense, and restructuring costs. The term "adjusted net income" refers to a financial measure that we define as net income adjusted for amortization expense, stock-based compensation expense, acquisition and divestiture costs, gain on divestitures of businesses, net, strategic review costs, contingent consideration adjustment, litigation settlement expense, tax settlement expense, and restructuring costs, net of estimated taxes. The term "adjusted diluted net income per share" refers to a financial measure that we define as adjusted net income divided by weighted average diluted shares outstanding. The term "free cash flow" refers to a financial measure that we define as net cash provided by operating activities, less capital expenditures and internal software development costs. The term "normalized free cash flow" refers to free cash flow less changes in operating assets and liabilities. These non-GAAP measures should be considered in addition to results prepared in accordance with GAAP, but should not be considered a substitute for, or superior to, GAAP results. In addition, our definition of adjusted EBITDA, adjusted net income, adjusted diluted net income per share and free cash flow and normalized free cash flow may not be comparable to the definitions as reported by other companies.
We believe adjusted EBITDA, adjusted net income and adjusted diluted net income per share are relevant and useful information because they provide us and investors with additional measurements to analyze the Company's operating performance.
Adjusted EBITDA is useful to us and investors because (i) we seek to manage our business to a level of adjusted EBITDA as a percentage of net revenue, (ii) it is used internally by us for planning purposes, including preparation of internal budgets; to allocate resources; to evaluate the effectiveness of operational strategies and capital expenditures as well as the capacity to service debt, (iii) it is a key basis upon which we assess our operating performance, (iv) it is one of the primary metrics investors use in evaluating Internet marketing companies, (v) it is a factor in determining compensation, (vi) it is an element of certain financial covenants under our historical borrowing arrangements, and (vii) it is a factor that assists investors in the analysis of ongoing operating trends. In addition, we believe adjusted EBITDA and similar measures are widely used by investors, securities analysts, ratings agencies and other interested parties in our industry as a measure of financial performance, debt-service capabilities and as a metric for analyzing company valuations.
We use adjusted EBITDA as a key performance measure because we believe it facilitates operating performance comparisons from period to period by excluding potential differences caused by variations in capital structures (affecting interest expense), tax positions (such as the impact of changes in effective tax rates or fluctuations in permanent differences or discrete quarterly items), non-recurring charges, certain other items that we do not believe are indicative of core operating activities (such as litigation settlement expense, tax settlement expense, acquisition and divestiture costs, gain or loss on divestitures of businesses, contingent consideration adjustment, strategic review costs, restructuring costs and other income and expense) and the non-cash impact of depreciation expense, amortization expense and stock-based compensation expense.
With respect to our adjusted EBITDA guidance, the Company is not able to provide a quantitative reconciliation without unreasonable efforts to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure due to the high variability, complexity and low visibility with respect to certain items such as taxes, and income and expense from changes in fair value of contingent consideration from acquisitions. We expect the variability of these items to have a potentially unpredictable and potentially significant impact on future GAAP financial results, and, as such, we also believe that any reconciliations provided would imply a degree of precision that would be confusing or misleading to investors.
Adjusted net income and adjusted diluted net income per share are useful to us and investors because they present an additional measurement of our financial performance, taking into account depreciation, which we believe is an ongoing cost of doing business, but excluding the impact of certain non-cash expenses (stock-based compensation, amortization of intangible assets, and contingent consideration adjustment), non-recurring charges and certain other items that we do not believe are indicative of core operating activities. We believe that analysts and investors use adjusted net income and adjusted diluted net income per share as supplemental measures to evaluate the overall operating performance of companies in our industry.
Free cash flow is useful to investors and us because it represents the cash that our business generates from operations, before taking into account cash movements that are non-operational, and is a metric commonly used in our industry to understand the underlying cash generating capacity of a company's financial model. Normalized free cash flow is useful as it removes the fluctuations in operating assets and liabilities that occur in any given quarter due to the timing of payments and cash receipts and therefore helps investors understand the underlying cash flow of the business as a quarterly metric and the cash flow generation potential of the business model. We believe that analysts and investors use free cash flow multiples as a metric for analyzing company valuations in our industry.
We intend to provide these non-GAAP financial measures as part of our future earnings discussions and, therefore, the inclusion of these non-GAAP financial measures will provide consistency in our financial reporting. A reconciliation of these non-GAAP measures to GAAP is provided in the accompanying tables.
FY2020 results in our Education Client Vertical include revenue from US, (historically) Brazil, and India. Revenue in our Financial Services Client Vertical includes Auto Insurance (auto, home, motorcycle, and small business), Life Insurance, Health Insurance, Personal Loans, Credit Cards, Banking, and (historically) Mortgage. Revenue in our Other Client Vertical includes Home Services and (historically) B2B. In fiscal Q3 2020, we divested our B2B client vertical and Brazil operations. In fiscal Q4 2020, we divested our Mortgage business. In fiscal Q1 2021, we divested our Education business.
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Investor Contact:
Hayden Blair
(650) 578-7824
hblair@quinstreet.com
QUINSTREET, INC. | ||||||||
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS | ||||||||
(In thousands) | ||||||||
(Unaudited) | ||||||||
September 30, | June 30, | |||||||
2021 | 2021 | |||||||
Assets | ||||||||
Current assets: | ||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 105,928 | $ | 110,318 | ||||
Accounts receivable, net | 88,421 | 87,928 | ||||||
Prepaid expenses and other assets | 8,466 | 7,930 | ||||||
Total current assets | 202,815 | 206,176 | ||||||
Property and equipment, net | 7,333 | 6,849 | ||||||
Operating lease right-of-use assets | 9,802 | 10,983 | ||||||
Goodwill | 117,833 | 117,833 | ||||||
Other intangible assets, net | 56,161 | 59,177 | ||||||
Deferred tax assets, noncurrent | 42,802 | 43,336 | ||||||
Other assets, noncurrent | 5,187 | 5,161 | ||||||
Total assets | $ | 441,933 | $ | 449,515 | ||||
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity | ||||||||
Current liabilities: | ||||||||
Accounts payable | $ | 48,354 | $ | 45,231 | ||||
Accrued liabilities | 48,897 | 57,650 | ||||||
Deferred revenue | 34 | 33 | ||||||
Other liabilities | 13,171 | 12,697 | ||||||
Total current liabilities | 110,456 | 115,611 | ||||||
Operating lease liabilities, noncurrent | 7,248 | 8,545 | ||||||
Other liabilities, noncurrent | 24,534 | 30,211 | ||||||
Total liabilities | 142,238 | 154,367 | ||||||
Stockholders' equity: | ||||||||
Common stock | 54 | 54 | ||||||
Additional paid-in capital | 321,769 | 320,315 | ||||||
Accumulated other comprehensive loss | (255) | (255) | ||||||
Accumulated deficit | (21,873) | (24,966) | ||||||
Total stockholders' equity | 299,695 | 295,148 | ||||||
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity | $ | 441,933 | $ | 449,515 | ||||
QUINSTREET, INC. | ||||||||
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS | ||||||||
(In thousands, except per share data) | ||||||||
(Unaudited) | ||||||||
Three Months Ended | ||||||||
September 30, | ||||||||
2021 | 2020 | |||||||
Net revenue | $ | 159,608 | $ | 139,269 | ||||
Cost of revenue (1) | 141,505 | 122,231 | ||||||
Gross profit | 18,103 | 17,038 | ||||||
Operating expenses: (1) | ||||||||
Product development | 4,625 | 4,891 | ||||||
Sales and marketing | 2,906 | 2,643 | ||||||
General and administrative | 6,634 | 6,581 | ||||||
Operating income | 3,938 | 2,923 | ||||||
Interest income | — | 22 | ||||||
Interest expense | (273) | (339) | ||||||
Other income, net | 4 | 16,689 | ||||||
Income before income taxes | 3,669 | 19,295 | ||||||
Provision for income taxes | (576) | (4,614) | ||||||
Net income | $ | 3,093 | $ | 14,681 | ||||
Net income per share: | ||||||||
Basic | $ | 0.06 | $ | 0.28 | ||||
Diluted | $ | 0.06 | $ | 0.27 | ||||
Weighted average shares used in computing net income per share: | ||||||||
Basic | 53,993 | 52,492 | ||||||
Diluted | 55,789 | 54,269 | ||||||
(1) Cost of revenue and operating expenses include stock-based compensation expense as follows: | ||||||||
Cost of revenue | $ | 1,821 | $ | 2,201 | ||||
Product development | 606 | 549 | ||||||
Sales and marketing | 732 | 547 | ||||||
General and administrative | 1,747 | 1,483 | ||||||
QUINSTREET, INC. | ||||||||
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS | ||||||||
(In thousands) | ||||||||
(Unaudited) | ||||||||
Three Months Ended | ||||||||
September 30, | ||||||||
2021 | 2020 | |||||||
Cash Flows from Operating Activities | ||||||||
Net income | $ | 3,093 | $ | 14,681 | ||||
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: | ||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 4,200 | 4,133 | ||||||
Provision for (benefit from) sales returns and doubtful accounts receivable | 200 | (95) | ||||||
Stock-based compensation | 4,906 | 4,780 | ||||||
Non-cash lease expense | (230) | (169) | ||||||
Deferred income taxes | 555 | 4,525 | ||||||
Gain on divestitures of businesses, net | — | (16,615) | ||||||
Other adjustments, net | 84 | 339 | ||||||
Changes in assets and liabilities: | ||||||||
Accounts receivable | (693) | (296) | ||||||
Prepaid expenses and other assets | (559) | (19) | ||||||
Accounts payable | 3,161 | 8,982 | ||||||
Accrued liabilities | (8,965) | (2,713) | ||||||
Deferred revenue | 1 | 25 | ||||||
Net cash provided by operating activities | 5,753 | 17,558 | ||||||
Cash Flows from Investing Activities | ||||||||
Capital expenditures | (409) | (437) | ||||||
Internal software development costs | (965) | (696) | ||||||
Business acquisitions, net of cash acquired | — | (40,304) | ||||||
Proceeds from divestitures of businesses, net of cash divested | — | 20,730 | ||||||
Net cash used in investing activities | (1,374) | (20,707) | ||||||
Cash Flows from Financing Activities | ||||||||
Proceeds from exercise of common stock options | 393 | 1,167 | ||||||
Payment of withholding taxes related to release of restricted stock, net of share settlement | (3,847) | (2,874) | ||||||
Post-closing payments and contingent consideration related to acquisitions | (5,310) | (348) | ||||||
Net cash used in financing activities | (8,764) | (2,055) | ||||||
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash | (5) | (61) | ||||||
Net decrease in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash | (4,390) | (5,265) | ||||||
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period | 110,333 | 107,523 | ||||||
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period | $ | 105,943 | $ | 102,258 | ||||
Reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash to the condensed consolidated balance sheets | ||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 105,928 | $ | 102,244 | ||||
Restricted cash included in other assets, noncurrent | 15 | 14 | ||||||
Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash | $ | 105,943 | $ | 102,258 | ||||
QUINSTREET, INC. | ||||||||
RECONCILIATION OF NET INCOME TO | ||||||||
ADJUSTED NET INCOME | ||||||||
(In thousands, except per share data) | ||||||||
(Unaudited) | ||||||||
Three Months Ended | ||||||||
September 30, | ||||||||
2021 | 2020 | |||||||
Net income | $ | 3,093 | $ | 14,681 | ||||
Amortization of intangible assets | 3,016 | 3,128 | ||||||
Stock-based compensation | 4,906 | 4,780 | ||||||
Acquisition and divestiture costs | 362 | 276 | ||||||
Gain on divestitures of businesses, net | — | (16,615) | ||||||
Restructuring costs | 33 | 391 | ||||||
Tax impact of non-GAAP items | (2,001) | 2,204 | ||||||
Adjusted net income | $ | 9,409 | $ | 8,845 | ||||
Adjusted diluted net income per share | $ | 0.17 | $ | 0.16 | ||||
Weighted average shares used in computing adjusted diluted net income per share | 55,789 | 54,269 | ||||||
QUINSTREET, INC. | ||||||||
RECONCILIATION OF NET INCOME TO | ||||||||
ADJUSTED EBITDA | ||||||||
(In thousands) | ||||||||
(Unaudited) | ||||||||
Three Months Ended | ||||||||
September 30, | ||||||||
2021 | 2020 | |||||||
Net income | $ | 3,093 | $ | 14,681 | ||||
Interest and other expense, net | 269 | 243 | ||||||
Provision for income taxes | 576 | 4,614 | ||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 4,200 | 4,133 | ||||||
Stock-based compensation | 4,906 | 4,780 | ||||||
Acquisition and divestiture costs | 362 | 276 | ||||||
Gain on divestitures of businesses, net | — | (16,615) | ||||||
Restructuring costs | 33 | 391 | ||||||
Adjusted EBITDA | $ | 13,439 | $ | 12,503 | ||||
QUINSTREET, INC. | ||||||||
RECONCILIATION OF CASH PROVIDED BY | ||||||||
OPERATING ACTIVITIES TO FREE CASH FLOW | ||||||||
AND NORMALIZED FREE CASH FLOW | ||||||||
(In thousands) | ||||||||
(Unaudited) | ||||||||
Three Months Ended | ||||||||
September 30, | ||||||||
2021 | 2020 | |||||||
Net cash provided by operating activities | $ | 5,753 | $ | 17,558 | ||||
Capital expenditures | (409) | (437) | ||||||
Internal software development costs | (965) | (696) | ||||||
Free cash flow | $ | 4,379 | $ | 16,425 | ||||
Changes in operating assets and liabilities | 7,055 | (5,979) | ||||||
Normalized free cash flow | $ | 11,434 | $ | 10,446 | ||||
QUINSTREET, INC.
DISAGGREGATION OF REVENUE
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)
In the first quarter of fiscal year 2021, the Company completed the acquisition of Modernize, Inc. to increase the scale and capabilities in the home services client vertical. In addition, the Company divested its former education client vertical to narrow its focus to the best performing businesses and market opportunities. As a result of these activities, in the second quarter of fiscal year 2021, the Company updated its reporting structure which resulted in two client verticals: financial services and home services, which was applied on a retrospective basis. All remaining businesses that are not significant enough for separate reporting are included in other revenue. The following table presents the Company's net revenue disaggregated by vertical:
Three Months Ended | ||||||||
September 30, | ||||||||
2021 | 2020 | |||||||
Net revenue: | ||||||||
Financial Services | $ | 117,912 | $ | 94,213 | ||||
Home Services | 39,986 | 33,469 | ||||||
Other Revenue | 1,710 | — | ||||||
Divested Business | — | 11,587 | ||||||
Total net revenue | $ | 159,608 | $ | 139,269 | ||||
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