SeatGeek Announces Record Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2021 Financial Results
SeatGeek announced record financial results for Q4 and FY 2021, reflecting robust growth in net revenue, gross profit, and contribution margin. Q4 net revenue reached $82.5 million, up 45% from Q3 2021, and gross profit hit $47.6 million, a 34% increase from the previous quarter. The company also noted ongoing expansion in both primary and secondary ticketing markets. Despite losses, the Q4 loss from operations improved to $16.9 million, and adjusted EBITDA showed a loss of $11.3 million. The merger with RedBall Acquisition Corp. is anticipated to close in Q2 2022.
- Q4 2021 net revenue rose to $82.5 million, increasing by 45% from Q3 2021.
- Gross profit for Q4 2021 was $47.6 million, up 34% from Q3 2021.
- Contribution margin improved to $6.8 million in Q4 2021 from $4.9 million in Q3 2021.
- Company expansion in primary and secondary ticketing markets driving growth.
- Loss from operations for Q4 2021 was $16.9 million, although an improvement from Q3 2021.
- Adjusted EBITDA showed a loss of $11.3 million for Q4 2021.
As previously announced,
Key Financial Results |
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$ Million |
For the Three Months Ended |
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Net revenue |
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Gross profit |
47.6 |
35.4 |
(3.6) |
Contribution Margin3 |
6.8 |
4.9 |
(8.6) |
Loss from operations |
(16.9) |
(17.9) |
(21.6) |
Net loss |
(18.1) |
(19.8) |
(21.5) |
Adjusted EBITDA3 |
(11.3) |
(12.1) |
(17.2) |
$ Million |
For the Twelve Months Ended |
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Net revenue |
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Gross profit |
105.4 |
(5.3) |
83.9 |
Contribution Margin3 |
5.2 |
(45.9) |
10.0 |
Loss from operations |
(73.2) |
(92.6) |
(45.8) |
Net loss |
(80.0) |
(96.9) |
(45.0) |
Adjusted EBITDA3 |
(51.8) |
(78.7) |
(35.0) |
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Sequential numbers are being presented for this period due to the negative impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic on the results for the three and twelve months ended |
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The results presented here for the three months ended |
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Contribution Margin and Adjusted EBITDA are not measures defined under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the |
“Our strong results in the fourth quarter, which capped a record 2021, showed the resilience of our business model and fulfilled the strategic initiatives made over the past two years. We’re seeing significant momentum in both the primary and secondary markets, leading to strong market share growth driven by our innovative ticketing and consumer experience technology. We’ve navigated through the pandemic with focus and precision, and have an eye toward the future for
“Looking to the year ahead, we’ll be increasing our investments in our enterprise clients. When we exceed the expectations of our partners, it gives them the opportunity to exceed expectations for their fans and create value for all stakeholders,” concluded Groetzinger.
SeatGeek’s net revenues reached a new company record, with Q4 2021 net revenue rising to
Gross profit of
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Consolidated Balance Sheets |
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(In thousands, except share and per share amounts) |
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2021 |
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2020 |
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ASSETS |
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Current assets: |
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Cash and cash equivalents |
$ |
95,811 |
|
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$ |
123,272 |
|
Restricted cash |
|
15,989 |
|
|
|
3,571 |
|
Trade accounts receivable, net |
|
18,307 |
|
|
|
6,309 |
|
Prepaid expenses and other current assets |
|
18,926 |
|
|
|
5,403 |
|
Total current assets |
|
149,033 |
|
|
|
138,555 |
|
Property and equipment, net |
|
11,941 |
|
|
|
14,585 |
|
|
|
29,622 |
|
|
|
28,563 |
|
Intangible assets, net |
|
2,007 |
|
|
|
9,678 |
|
Other assets and restricted cash |
|
20,105 |
|
|
|
9,338 |
|
Total assets |
$ |
212,708 |
|
|
$ |
200,719 |
|
LIABILITIES, CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT) |
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Current liabilities: |
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Trade accounts payable |
$ |
10,500 |
|
|
$ |
4,515 |
|
Rightsholder and seller accounts payable |
|
58,157 |
|
|
|
16,165 |
|
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities |
|
84,581 |
|
|
|
57,249 |
|
Debt, current portion |
|
6,250 |
|
|
|
— |
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Total current liabilities |
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159,488 |
|
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|
77,929 |
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Long-term debt |
|
59,432 |
|
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|
65,317 |
|
Deferred tax liabilities, net |
|
462 |
|
|
|
350 |
|
Other long-term liabilities |
|
8,113 |
|
|
|
9,727 |
|
Total liabilities |
|
227,495 |
|
|
|
153,323 |
|
Commitment and contingencies (Note 16) |
|
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|
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Convertible preferred stock – par value |
|
272,252 |
|
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272,252 |
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Stockholders’ equity (deficit): |
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Common stock – par value |
|
19 |
|
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|
15 |
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Additional paid-in capital |
|
35,177 |
|
|
|
18,878 |
|
Accumulated deficit |
|
(326,414 |
) |
|
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(246,455 |
) |
Accumulated other comprehensive income |
|
4,179 |
|
|
|
2,706 |
|
Total stockholders’ equity (deficit) |
|
(287,039 |
) |
|
|
(224,856 |
) |
Total liabilities, convertible preferred stock and stockholders’ equity (deficit) |
$ |
212,708 |
|
|
$
|
200,719
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Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss |
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(In thousands, except share and per share amounts) |
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Year Ended |
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2021 |
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2020 |
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2019 |
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Net revenue |
$ |
186,330 |
|
|
$ |
33,237 |
|
|
$ |
142,170 |
|
Cost of revenue |
|
80,962 |
|
|
|
38,499 |
|
|
|
58,258 |
|
Gross profit |
|
105,368 |
|
|
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(5,262 |
) |
|
|
83,912 |
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Operating expenses: |
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|
|
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Sales and marketing |
|
100,171 |
|
|
|
40,612 |
|
|
|
73,956 |
|
General and administrative |
|
32,722 |
|
|
|
14,768 |
|
|
|
21,930 |
|
Research and development |
|
45,654 |
|
|
|
31,910 |
|
|
|
33,790 |
|
Total operating expenses |
|
178,547 |
|
|
|
87,290 |
|
|
|
129,676 |
|
Loss from operations |
|
(73,179 |
) |
|
|
(92,552 |
) |
|
|
(45,764 |
) |
Other income |
|
224 |
|
|
|
1,843 |
|
|
|
1,950 |
|
Interest expense, net |
|
(6,957 |
) |
|
|
(5,875 |
) |
|
|
(884 |
) |
Other (expense) income |
|
(6,733 |
) |
|
|
(4,032 |
) |
|
|
1,066 |
|
Loss before income taxes |
|
(79,912 |
) |
|
|
(96,584 |
) |
|
|
(44,698 |
) |
Provision for income tax |
|
(47 |
) |
|
|
(297 |
) |
|
|
(343 |
) |
Net loss |
|
(79,959 |
) |
|
|
(96,881 |
) |
|
|
(45,041 |
) |
Other comprehensive income, net of tax: |
|
|
|
|
|
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Cumulative translation adjustment |
|
1,473 |
|
|
|
812 |
|
|
|
2,817 |
|
Total other comprehensive income |
|
1,473 |
|
|
|
812 |
|
|
|
2,817 |
|
Total comprehensive loss |
$ |
(78,486 |
) |
|
$ |
(96,069 |
) |
|
$ |
(42,224 |
) |
Net loss attributable to common stockholders |
$ |
(79,959 |
) |
|
$ |
(96,881 |
) |
|
$ |
(45,041 |
) |
Net loss per share attributable to common stockholders, basic and diluted |
$ |
(2.65 |
) |
|
$ |
(3.64 |
) |
|
$ |
(1.80 |
) |
Weighted-average shares used in computing net loss per share attributable to common stockholders, basic and diluted |
|
30,225,758 |
|
|
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26,634,124 |
|
|
|
25,033,014 |
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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows |
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(In thousands) |
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Year Ended |
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2021 |
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2020 |
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2019 |
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OPERATING ACTIVITIES |
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Net loss |
$ |
(79,959 |
) |
|
$ |
(96,881 |
) |
|
$ |
(45,041 |
) |
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities: |
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Depreciation and amortization |
|
11,621 |
|
|
|
11,115 |
|
|
|
8,976 |
|
Provision for bad debt |
|
816 |
|
|
|
215 |
|
|
|
338 |
|
Stock-based compensation |
|
6,784 |
|
|
|
2,763 |
|
|
|
2,033 |
|
Noncash partner incentives |
|
1,502 |
|
|
|
291 |
|
|
|
1,352 |
|
Deferred tax benefit |
|
113 |
|
|
|
(46 |
) |
|
|
140 |
|
Other noncash charges |
|
514 |
|
|
|
609 |
|
|
|
165 |
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Changes in operating assets and liabilities: |
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Trade accounts receivable |
|
(9,264 |
) |
|
|
7,944 |
|
|
|
(5,385 |
) |
Prepaid expenses and other current assets |
|
(11,408 |
) |
|
|
3,212 |
|
|
|
554 |
|
Other assets |
|
(5,160 |
) |
|
|
928 |
|
|
|
(1,690 |
) |
Trade accounts payable |
|
5,976 |
|
|
|
(193 |
) |
|
|
203 |
|
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities |
|
25,405 |
|
|
|
11,639 |
|
|
|
9,640 |
|
Other long-term liabilities |
|
(1,639 |
) |
|
|
184 |
|
|
|
7,293 |
|
Net cash used in operating activities |
|
(54,699 |
) |
|
|
(58,220 |
) |
|
|
(21,422 |
) |
INVESTING ACTIVITIES |
|
|
|
|
|
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Purchases of property and equipment |
|
(1,389 |
) |
|
|
(2,352 |
) |
|
|
(10,944 |
) |
Capitalized internal-use software costs |
|
(28 |
) |
|
|
(1,622 |
) |
|
|
(881 |
) |
Net cash used in investing activities |
|
(1,417 |
) |
|
|
(3,974 |
) |
|
|
(11,825 |
) |
FINANCING ACTIVITIES |
|
|
|
|
|
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Funds held for settlement |
|
40,028 |
|
|
|
10,202 |
|
|
|
9,326 |
|
Borrowing of Term Loan, net of fees |
|
— |
|
|
|
36,992 |
|
|
|
22,981 |
|
Borrowing of PPP Loan, net of fees |
|
— |
|
|
|
6,250 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Borrowing under other loans |
|
— |
|
|
|
128 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Proceeds from issuance of preferred stock, net of issuance costs |
|
— |
|
|
|
103,606 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Repayment of long-term debt |
|
— |
|
|
|
(128 |
) |
|
|
(212 |
) |
Payments of capitalized transaction costs |
|
(3,086 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
Proceeds from exercises of stock options and warrants |
|
4,237 |
|
|
|
1,153 |
|
|
|
734 |
|
Net cash provided by financing activities |
|
41,179 |
|
|
|
158,203 |
|
|
|
32,829 |
|
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents |
|
(228 |
) |
|
|
372 |
|
|
|
76 |
|
Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash |
|
(15,165 |
) |
|
|
96,381 |
|
|
|
(342 |
) |
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, beginning of year |
|
132,682 |
|
|
|
36,301 |
|
|
|
36,643 |
|
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, end of year |
$ |
117,517 |
|
|
$ |
132,682 |
|
|
$ |
36,301 |
|
Reconciliation to the consolidated balance sheets: |
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Cash and cash equivalents |
$ |
95,811 |
|
|
$ |
123,272 |
|
|
$ |
27,608 |
|
Restricted cash |
|
15,989 |
|
|
|
3,571 |
|
|
|
2,159 |
|
Restricted cash included in other assets and restricted cash |
|
5,717 |
|
|
|
5,839 |
|
|
|
6,534 |
|
Total cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash |
$ |
117,517 |
|
|
$ |
132,682 |
|
|
$ |
36,301 |
|
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION |
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Cash paid for income taxes |
$ |
158 |
|
|
$ |
560 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
Cash paid for interest expense |
$ |
6,388 |
|
|
$ |
5,393 |
|
|
$ |
994 |
|
Stock-based compensation capitalized as internal-use software |
$ |
22 |
|
|
$ |
428 |
|
|
$ |
240 |
|
Accrued property and equipment purchases |
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
304 |
|
|
$ |
785 |
|
Noncash issuance of convertible preferred stock warrants |
$ |
5,076 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
Deferred transaction costs in accounts payable and accrued liabilities |
$ |
492 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
Use of Non-GAAP Measures
Contribution margin is a supplemental measure of operating performance monitored by management that is not defined under GAAP and that does not represent, and should not be considered as, an alternative to gross profit, as determined by GAAP. We define Contribution Margin as gross profit less sales and marketing expense. We use Contribution Margin to understand and evaluate the efficacy of our demand-side spend.
Adjusted EBITDA is a supplemental measure of operating performance monitored by management that is not defined under GAAP and that does not represent, and should not be considered as, an alternative to net loss, as determined by GAAP. We define Adjusted EBITDA as loss from operations, adjusted for depreciation and amortization, equity-based compensation expense and transaction and public readiness costs. We use Adjusted EBITDA to understand and evaluate our core operating performance and trends.
We use Contribution Margin and Adjusted EBITDA in conjunction with GAAP measures as part of our overall assessment of our performance, including the preparation of our annual operating budget and quarterly forecasts, to evaluate the effectiveness of our business strategies, including assessing the efficacy of our marketing spend, and to communicate with our board of directors concerning our financial performance. We believe our non-GAAP measures are also helpful to investors, analysts and other interested parties because they can assist in providing a more consistent and comparable overview of our operations across our historical financial periods. Our non-GAAP measures have limitations as analytical tools, and you should not consider them in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP. Because of these limitations, you should consider our non-GAAP measures alongside other financial performance measures, including gross margin, loss from operations and our other GAAP results. In evaluating our non-GAAP measures, you should be aware that in the future, we may incur expenses that are the same as or similar to some of the adjustments in this presentation. Our presentation of non-GAAP measures should not be construed as an inference that our future results will be unaffected by the types of items excluded from the calculation of our non-GAAP measures. Our non-GAAP measures are not a presentation made in accordance with GAAP and the use of the terms varies from others in our industry.
A reconciliation of Contribution Margin to gross profit, the most directly comparable GAAP measure, is as follows:
$ Million |
For the Three Months Ended |
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Gross profit |
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|
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Sales and marketing expense |
(40.9) |
(30.5) |
(5.0) |
Contribution Margin |
6.8 |
4.9 |
(8.6) |
$ Million |
For the Twelve Months Ended |
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|
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Gross profit |
|
|
|
Sales and marketing expense |
(100.2) |
(40.6) |
(73.9) |
Contribution Margin |
5.2 |
(45.9) |
10.0 |
A reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to loss from operations, the most directly comparable GAAP measure, is as follows:
$ Million |
For the Three Months Ended |
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|
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Loss from operations |
|
|
|
Depreciation and amortization |
2.9 |
2.8 |
3.2 |
Equity based compensation1 |
1.9 |
2.0 |
1.2 |
Transactions & public readiness costs2 |
0.8 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
Adjusted EBITDA |
(11.3) |
(12.1) |
(17.2) |
$ Million |
For the Twelve Months Ended |
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|
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Loss from operations |
|
|
|
Depreciation and amortization |
11.6 |
11.1 |
9.0 |
Equity based compensation1 |
6.8 |
2.8 |
1.8 |
Transactions & public readiness costs2 |
3.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
Adjusted EBITDA |
(51.8) |
(78.7) |
(35.0) |
1 |
Non-cash equity-based compensation expenses. |
2
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Transaction and public readiness costs include non-capitalizable costs related to the Business Combination and non-recurring expenses related to our public company readiness initiative undertaken in anticipation of becoming subject to |
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