Roblox Reports Third Quarter 2022 Financial Results
Roblox Corporation (NYSE: RBLX) reported its Q3 2022 results, showcasing a 2% revenue increase year over year to $517.7 million. The company generated $67.1 million in net cash from operating activities, but faced a free cash flow loss of $(67.7) million. Bookings rose by 10% to $701.7 million, with Average Daily Active Users (DAUs) at 58.8 million, up 24%. However, Average Bookings per DAU (ABPDAU) decreased by 11% to $11.94. The company aims for long-term shareholder value through disciplined capital allocation.
- Revenue increased by 2% year over year to $517.7 million.
- Bookings rose 10% year over year to $701.7 million.
- Average Daily Active Users (DAUs) grew 24% to 58.8 million.
- Hours Engaged reached 13.4 billion, up by 20% year over year.
- Free cash flow was negative at $(67.7) million.
- Average Bookings per DAU (ABPDAU) decreased by 11% to $11.94.
Strong year over year growth in Daily Active Users, Hours Engaged and Bookings
Third Quarter 2022 Financial and Operational Highlights
-
Revenue was
$517.7 million 2% year over year1 -
Net cash provided by operating activities of
$67.1 million $(67.7) million -
Bookings were
$701.7 million 10% year over year, and up15% year over year on a constant currency basis -
Average Daily Active Users (DAUs) were 58.8 million, up
24% year over year -
Hours Engaged were 13.4 billion, up
20% year over year -
Average Bookings per DAU (ABPDAU) was
$11.94 11% year over year
For
“We are delivering strong growth across our core operating metrics, powered by a growing developer community creating high-quality experiences that appeal to a broad, global audience,” said
“We are pleased with the third-quarter growth in users, engagement and bookings, which demonstrates the significant progress we are making on key platform initiatives such as aging up and international growth,” said
Earnings Q&A Session
1 In Q3 2022, our estimated paying user life changed from 25 months to 28 months. Based on the carrying amount of deferred revenue as of
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including but not limited to, statements regarding our business, product, strategy and user growth, retention and monetization plans and trends, the plans and advances of our developers, our investment strategy, including our capital allocation strategy, our opportunities for and expectations of improvements in growth rate, particularly bookings, the benefits of our product and operational initiatives, including our “group grid,” our expectation of successfully executing such strategies and plans, our employee recruitment plans, our commitment to contain share dilution, our expectations for our quarterly and monthly financial and operational results and future growth rates, our estimates of infrastructure expenses for the balance of the year, and our expectations of future net losses. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date they were first issued and were based on current expectations, estimates, forecasts, and projections as well as the beliefs and assumptions of management. Words such as “expect,” “envision,” “anticipate,” “should,” “believe,” “hope,” “target,” “continue,” “project,” “plan,” “goals,” “opportunity,” “estimate,” “potential,” “predict,” “may,” “will,” “might,” “could,” “intend,” “shall,” and “suggest,” and variations of these terms or the negative of these terms and similar expressions are intended to identify these forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, many of which involve factors or circumstances that are beyond our control. Our actual results could differ materially from those stated or implied in forward-looking statements due to a number of factors, including but not limited to risks detailed in our filings with the
The forward-looking statements included in this press release represent our views as of the date of this press release. We anticipate that subsequent events and developments will cause our views to change and all of our Key Metrics Estimates are subject to normal quarter end review and potential adjustments. We undertake no intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing our views as of any date subsequent to the date of this press release. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results and quarterly performance may materially differ from aggregation of the monthly Key Metrics for each month within the quarter.
| CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS | |||||||
| (in thousands, except par values) | |||||||
| (unaudited) | |||||||
| As of | |||||||
|
|
|
|||||
2022 |
|
2021 |
|||||
| Assets | |||||||
| Current assets: | |||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ |
3,021,507 |
|
$ |
3,004,300 |
|
|
| Accounts receivable—net of allowances |
|
185,831 |
|
|
307,349 |
|
|
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets |
|
72,925 |
|
|
32,091 |
|
|
| Deferred cost of revenue, current portion |
|
387,817 |
|
|
406,025 |
|
|
| Total current assets |
|
3,668,080 |
|
|
3,749,765 |
|
|
| Property and equipment—net |
|
525,928 |
|
|
271,352 |
|
|
| Operating lease right-of-use assets |
|
452,852 |
|
|
221,285 |
|
|
| Deferred cost of revenue, long term |
|
204,921 |
|
|
137,524 |
|
|
| Intangible assets, net |
|
53,655 |
|
|
59,666 |
|
|
|
130,453 |
|
|
118,071 |
|
||
| Other assets |
|
2,435 |
|
|
2,933 |
|
|
| Total assets | $ |
5,038,324 |
|
$ |
4,560,596 |
|
|
| Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity | |||||||
| Current liabilities: | |||||||
| Accounts payable | $ |
45,099 |
|
$ |
64,395 |
|
|
| Accrued expenses and other current liabilities |
|
273,832 |
|
|
180,769 |
|
|
| Developer exchange liability |
|
168,367 |
|
|
163,906 |
|
|
| Deferred revenue—current portion |
|
1,750,860 |
|
|
1,758,022 |
|
|
| Total current liabilities |
|
2,238,158 |
|
|
2,167,092 |
|
|
| Deferred revenue—net of current portion |
|
960,924 |
|
|
616,834 |
|
|
| Operating lease liabilities |
|
425,973 |
|
|
194,616 |
|
|
| Long-term debt, net |
|
988,663 |
|
|
987,723 |
|
|
| Other long-term liabilities |
|
13 |
|
|
1,408 |
|
|
| Total liabilities |
|
4,613,731 |
|
|
3,967,673 |
|
|
| Commitments and contingencies | |||||||
| Stockholders' Equity | |||||||
| Common stock, |
|
59 |
|
|
58 |
|
|
| Additional paid-in capital |
|
2,041,042 |
|
|
1,568,638 |
|
|
| Accumulated other comprehensive income/(loss) |
|
997 |
|
|
62 |
|
|
| Accumulated deficit |
|
(1,618,381 |
) |
|
(983,941 |
) |
|
|
423,717 |
|
|
584,817 |
|
||
| Noncontrolling interests |
|
876 |
|
|
8,106 |
|
|
| Total stockholders' equity |
|
424,593 |
|
|
592,923 |
|
|
| Total liabilities and stockholders' equity | $ |
5,038,324 |
|
$ |
4,560,596 |
|
|
| CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS | |||||||||||||||
| (in thousands, except per share amounts) | |||||||||||||||
| (unaudited) | |||||||||||||||
Three Months Ended |
|
Nine Months Ended |
|||||||||||||
2022 |
|
2021 |
|
2022 |
|
2021 |
|||||||||
| Revenue(1) | $ |
517,707 |
|
$ |
509,336 |
|
$ |
1,646,048 |
|
$ |
1,350,412 |
|
|||
| Cost and expenses: | |||||||||||||||
| Cost of revenue(1)(2) |
|
126,437 |
|
|
130,015 |
|
|
405,226 |
|
|
344,882 |
|
|||
| Developer exchange fees |
|
151,470 |
|
|
129,952 |
|
|
441,740 |
|
|
378,604 |
|
|||
| Infrastructure and trust & safety |
|
190,986 |
|
|
117,387 |
|
|
490,576 |
|
|
320,509 |
|
|||
| Research and development |
|
235,551 |
|
|
138,245 |
|
|
625,070 |
|
|
359,637 |
|
|||
| General and administrative |
|
81,165 |
|
|
51,584 |
|
|
217,613 |
|
|
243,637 |
|
|||
| Sales and marketing |
|
32,105 |
|
|
19,599 |
|
|
87,708 |
|
|
58,591 |
|
|||
| Total cost and expenses |
|
817,714 |
|
|
586,782 |
|
|
2,267,933 |
|
|
1,705,860 |
|
|||
| Loss from operations |
|
(300,007 |
) |
|
(77,446 |
) |
|
(621,885 |
) |
|
(355,448 |
) |
|||
| Interest income |
|
12,764 |
|
|
28 |
|
|
17,206 |
|
|
59 |
|
|||
| Interest expense |
|
(10,005 |
) |
|
- |
|
|
(29,895 |
) |
|
- |
|
|||
| Other income/(expense), net |
|
(4,302 |
) |
|
(770 |
) |
|
(7,732 |
) |
|
(1,810 |
) |
|||
| Loss before income taxes |
|
(301,550 |
) |
|
(78,188 |
) |
|
(642,306 |
) |
|
(357,199 |
) |
|||
| Provision for/(benefit from) income taxes |
|
352 |
|
|
(998 |
) |
|
350 |
|
|
(976 |
) |
|||
| Consolidated net loss |
|
(301,902 |
) |
|
(77,190 |
) |
|
(642,656 |
) |
|
(356,223 |
) |
|||
| Net loss attributable to the noncontrolling interest |
|
(4,104 |
) |
|
(3,188 |
) |
|
(8,216 |
) |
|
(7,870 |
) |
|||
| Net loss attributable to common stockholders | $ |
(297,798 |
) |
$ |
(74,002 |
) |
$ |
(634,440 |
) |
$ |
(348,353 |
) |
|||
| Net loss per share attributable to common stockholders, basic and diluted | $ |
(0.50 |
) |
$ |
(0.13 |
) |
$ |
(1.07 |
) |
$ |
(0.73 |
) |
|||
| Weighted-average shares used in computing net loss per share attributable to common | |||||||||||||||
| stockholders – basic and diluted |
|
597,779 |
|
|
575,932 |
|
|
593,452 |
|
|
480,357 |
|
|||
(1) In Q3 2022, our estimated paying user life changed from 25 months to 28 months. Based on the carrying amount of deferred revenue and deferred cost of revenue as of
(2) Depreciation of servers and infrastructure equipment included in infrastructure and trust & safety.
| CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS | |||||||||||||||
| (in thousands) | |||||||||||||||
| (unaudited) | |||||||||||||||
Three Months Ended |
|
Nine Months Ended |
|||||||||||||
2022 |
|
2021 |
|
2022 |
|
2021 |
|||||||||
| Cash flows from operating activities: | |||||||||||||||
| Consolidated net loss | $ |
(301,902 |
) |
$ |
(77,190 |
) |
$ |
(642,656 |
) |
$ |
(356,223 |
) |
|||
| Adjustments to reconcile net loss including noncontrolling interests to net cash provided by operations: | |||||||||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization |
|
34,052 |
|
|
19,029 |
|
|
87,545 |
|
|
53,439 |
|
|||
| Stock-based compensation expense |
|
161,359 |
|
|
89,319 |
|
|
420,042 |
|
|
221,722 |
|
|||
| Operating lease non-cash expense |
|
18,815 |
|
|
11,392 |
|
|
49,115 |
|
|
31,936 |
|
|||
| Other non-cash charges/(credits) |
|
(1,515 |
) |
|
1,121 |
|
|
(34 |
) |
|
1,137 |
|
|||
| Amortization of debt issuance costs |
|
318 |
|
|
- |
|
|
940 |
|
|
- |
|
|||
| Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effect of acquisitions: | |||||||||||||||
| Accounts receivable |
|
1,630 |
|
|
47,126 |
|
|
119,948 |
|
|
77,086 |
|
|||
| Accounts payable |
|
2,304 |
|
|
(2,543 |
) |
|
(8,331 |
) |
|
(230 |
) |
|||
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets |
|
(15,681 |
) |
|
7,763 |
|
|
(42,604 |
) |
|
(19,501 |
) |
|||
| Other assets |
|
(266 |
) |
|
2,288 |
|
|
498 |
|
|
(4,188 |
) |
|||
| Developer exchange liability |
|
21,175 |
|
|
27,141 |
|
|
4,461 |
|
|
36,844 |
|
|||
| Accrued expenses and other current liabilities |
|
2,642 |
|
|
(36,031 |
) |
|
6,982 |
|
|
38,098 |
|
|||
| Other long-term liability |
|
- |
|
|
(1,606 |
) |
|
(579 |
) |
|
(1,022 |
) |
|||
| Operating lease liabilities |
|
(11,259 |
) |
|
(11,413 |
) |
|
(32,989 |
) |
|
(24,055 |
) |
|||
| Deferred revenue |
|
187,991 |
|
|
131,439 |
|
|
336,928 |
|
|
616,375 |
|
|||
| Deferred cost of revenue |
|
(32,519 |
) |
|
(26,669 |
) |
|
(49,189 |
) |
|
(134,532 |
) |
|||
| Net cash provided by operating activities |
|
67,144 |
|
|
181,166 |
|
|
250,077 |
|
|
536,886 |
|
|||
| Cash flows from investing activities: | |||||||||||||||
| Acquisition of property and equipment |
|
(133,356 |
) |
|
(2,963 |
) |
|
(268,958 |
) |
|
(48,331 |
) |
|||
| Payments related to business combination, net of cash acquired |
|
- |
|
|
(45,692 |
) |
|
(6,165 |
) |
|
(45,692 |
) |
|||
| Purchases of intangible assets |
|
(1,500 |
) |
|
(7,600 |
) |
|
(1,500 |
) |
|
(7,856 |
) |
|||
| Net cash used in investing activities |
|
(134,856 |
) |
|
(56,255 |
) |
|
(276,623 |
) |
|
(101,879 |
) |
|||
| Cash flows from financing activities: | |||||||||||||||
| Proceeds from issuance of common stock |
|
12,830 |
|
|
20,389 |
|
|
42,706 |
|
|
62,278 |
|
|||
| Payment of term license related obligations |
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
(420 |
) |
|
- |
|
|||
| Payment of withholding taxes related to net share settlement of restricted stock units |
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
(150 |
) |
|
- |
|
|||
| Net proceeds from issuance of preferred stock |
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
534,286 |
|
|||
| Payment of debt issuance cost |
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
(154 |
) |
|
- |
|
|||
| Payments related to business combination, after acquisition date |
|
(150 |
) |
- |
|
(150 |
) |
- |
|||||||
| Net cash provided by financing activities |
|
12,680 |
|
|
20,389 |
|
|
41,832 |
|
|
596,564 |
|
|||
| Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents |
|
1,064 |
|
|
(3 |
) |
|
1,921 |
|
|
45 |
|
|||
| Net increase in cash and cash equivalents |
|
(53,968 |
) |
|
145,297 |
|
|
17,207 |
|
|
1,031,616 |
|
|||
| Cash and cash equivalents | |||||||||||||||
| Beginning of period |
|
3,075,475 |
|
|
1,780,262 |
|
|
3,004,300 |
|
|
893,943 |
|
|||
| End of period | $ |
3,021,507 |
|
$ |
1,925,559 |
|
$ |
3,021,507 |
|
$ |
1,925,559 |
|
|||
| Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information: | |||||||||||||||
| Cash paid for interest |
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
$ |
19,590 |
|
|
- |
|
|||
| Cash paid for income taxes | $ |
887 |
|
|
- |
|
$ |
887 |
|
|
- |
|
|||
| Supplemental disclosure of noncash investing and financing activities: | |||||||||||||||
| Property and equipment additions in accounts payable and accrued expenses | $ |
111,121 |
|
$ |
32,935 |
|
$ |
111,121 |
|
$ |
32,935 |
|
|||
| Fair value of common stock and unregistered restricted stock units issued as consideration for business combination |
|
- |
|
$ |
31,274 |
|
|
- |
|
$ |
31,274 |
|
|||
| Conversion of convertible preferred stock to common stock upon direct listing |
|
- |
|
$ |
879,113 |
|
|
- |
|
$ |
879,113 |
|
|||
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
This press release and the accompanying tables contain the non-GAAP financial measures bookings, free cash flow, and Adjusted EBITDA.
We use this non-GAAP financial information to evaluate our ongoing operations, for internal planning and forecasting purposes, and ongoing operating trends for purposes of analyzing the covenants specified in the indenture governing our senior notes due 2030. We believe that this non-GAAP financial information may be helpful to investors because it provides consistency and comparability with past financial performance.
Bookings is defined as revenue plus the change in deferred revenue during the period and other non-cash adjustments. Bookings is equal to the amount of virtual currency purchased by users in a given period of measurement. We believe bookings provide a timelier indication of trends in our operating results that are not necessarily reflected in our revenue as a result of the fact that we recognize the majority of revenue over the estimated average lifetime of a paying user. The change in deferred revenue constitutes the vast majority of the reconciling difference from revenue to bookings. By removing these non-cash adjustments, we are able to measure and monitor our business performance based on the timing of actual transactions with our users and the cash that is generated from these transactions. Free cash flow represents the net cash provided by operating activities less purchases of property, equipment, and intangible assets. We believe that free cash flow is a useful indicator of our unit economics and liquidity that provides information to management and investors about the amount of cash generated from our core operations that, after the purchases of property, equipment, and intangible assets, can be used for strategic initiatives, including investing in our business, making strategic acquisitions, and strengthening our balance sheet. Adjusted EBITDA is a measure of operating performance used in certain covenant calculations specified in the indenture governing our senior notes due 2030 that is not calculated in accordance with GAAP and may not conform to the calculation of EBITDA in other circumstances. Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered as a substitute for net loss as determined in accordance with GAAP. We believe that, when considered together with reported amounts, Adjusted EBITDA is useful to investors and management in understanding our ongoing operations and ongoing operating trends for purposes of analyzing the covenants specified in the indenture governing our senior notes due 2030.
Non-GAAP financial measures have limitations in their usefulness to investors because they have no standardized meaning prescribed by GAAP and are not prepared under any comprehensive set of accounting rules or principles. In addition, other companies, including companies in our industry, may calculate similarly titled non-GAAP financial measures differently or may use other measures to evaluate their performance, all of which could reduce the usefulness of our non-GAAP financial information as a tool for comparison. As a result, our non-GAAP financial information is presented for supplemental informational purposes only and should not be considered in isolation from, or as a substitute for financial information presented in accordance with GAAP.
A reconciliation table of the most comparable GAAP financial measure to each non-GAAP financial measure used in this press release is included at the end of this release. We encourage investors and others to review our business, results of operations, and financial information in their entirety, not to rely on any single financial measure, and to view these non-GAAP measures in conjunction with the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure.
The following table presents a reconciliation of revenue, the most directly comparable financial measure calculated in accordance with GAAP, to bookings, for each of the periods presented:
Three Months Ended |
|
Nine Months Ended |
||||||||||||||
2022 |
|
2021 |
|
2022 |
|
2021 |
||||||||||
| (dollars in thousands) | (dollars in thousands) | |||||||||||||||
| Reconciliation of revenue to bookings: | ||||||||||||||||
| Revenue | $ |
517,707 |
|
$ |
509,336 |
|
$ |
1,646,048 |
|
$ |
1,350,412 |
|
||||
| Add (deduct): | ||||||||||||||||
| Change in deferred revenue |
|
187,991 |
|
|
131,439 |
|
|
336,928 |
|
|
616,375 |
|
||||
| Other |
|
(3,982 |
) |
|
(2,942 |
) |
|
(10,152 |
) |
|
(11,197 |
) |
||||
| Bookings | $ |
701,716 |
|
$ |
637,833 |
|
$ |
1,972,824 |
|
$ |
1,955,590 |
|
||||
As used in the press release, constant currency is calculated by converting our current period financial results into
The following table presents a reconciliation of net cash from operating activities, the most directly comparable financial measure calculated in accordance with GAAP, to free cash flow, for each of the periods presented:
Three Months Ended |
|
Nine Months Ended |
||||||||||||||
2022 |
|
2021 |
|
2022 |
|
2021 |
||||||||||
(dollars in thousands) |
|
(dollars in thousands) |
||||||||||||||
| Reconciliation of net cash from operating activities to free cash flow: | ||||||||||||||||
| Net cash provided by operating activities | $ |
67,144 |
|
$ |
181,166 |
|
$ |
250,077 |
|
$ |
536,886 |
|
||||
| Add (deduct): | ||||||||||||||||
| Acquisition of property and equipment |
|
(133,356 |
) |
|
(2,963 |
) |
|
(268,958 |
) |
|
(48,331 |
) |
||||
| Purchases of intangible assets |
|
(1,500 |
) |
|
(7,600 |
) |
|
(1,500 |
) |
|
(7,856 |
) |
||||
| Free cash flow | $ |
(67,712 |
) |
$ |
170,603 |
|
$ |
(20,381 |
) |
$ |
480,699 |
|
||||
Acquisition of property and equipment primarily includes servers, infrastructure equipment and tenant improvements.
The following table presents a reconciliation of consolidated net loss, the most directly comparable financial measure calculated in accordance with GAAP, to adjusted EBITDA, for each of the periods presented:
Three Months Ended |
|
Nine Months Ended |
||||||||||||||
2022 |
|
2021 |
|
2022 |
|
2021 |
||||||||||
| Reconciliation of consolidated net loss to adjusted EBITDA: | (dollars in thousands) | (dollars in thousands) | ||||||||||||||
| Consolidated net loss | $ |
(301,902 |
) |
$ |
(77,190 |
) |
$ |
(642,656 |
) |
$ |
(356,223 |
) |
||||
| Add (deduct): | ||||||||||||||||
| Interest income |
|
(12,764 |
) |
|
(28 |
) |
|
(17,206 |
) |
|
(59 |
) |
||||
| Interest expense |
|
10,005 |
|
|
- |
|
|
29,895 |
|
|
- |
|
||||
| Other income/(expense), net |
|
4,302 |
|
|
770 |
|
|
7,732 |
|
|
1,810 |
|
||||
| Provision for/(benefit from) income taxes |
|
352 |
|
|
(998 |
) |
|
350 |
|
|
(976 |
) |
||||
| Depreciation and amortization |
|
34,052 |
|
|
19,029 |
|
|
87,545 |
|
|
53,439 |
|
||||
| Stock-based compensation expense |
|
161,359 |
|
|
89,319 |
|
|
420,042 |
|
|
221,722 |
|
||||
| Change in deferred revenue |
|
187,991 |
|
|
131,439 |
|
|
336,928 |
|
|
616,375 |
|
||||
| Change in deferred cost of revenue |
|
(32,519 |
) |
|
(26,669 |
) |
|
(49,189 |
) |
|
(134,532 |
) |
||||
| Fees related to equity offering |
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
50,586 |
|
||||
| Fees related to certain legal settlements |
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
53,775 |
|
||||
| Adjusted EBITDA | $ |
50,876 |
|
$ |
135,672 |
|
$ |
173,441 |
|
$ |
505,917 |
|
||||
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