Skillz Outperforms Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2020 Financial Results

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Skillz Inc. (NYSE: SKLZ) announced its financial results for Q4 and full year 2020, marking its 20th consecutive quarter of revenue growth. Q4 revenue reached $68 million, up 95% from Q4 2019. Full year revenue rose 92% to $230 million. Although gross profit also saw significant growth, with Q4 gross profit at $64 million (95% margin), the net loss widened to $44 million in Q4 and $122 million for the year. Looking ahead, the company projects 2021 revenue of $366 million, reflecting 59% growth.

Positive

• Fourth quarter revenue grew to $68 million, 95% increase year-over-year.
• Gross profit for Q4 was $64 million, a 95% increase compared to Q4 2019.
• Full year revenue surged 92% to $230 million.
• Gross Marketplace Volume (GMV) rose 78% to $463 million in Q4 2020.
• Initiated 2021 revenue guidance at $366 million representing 59% growth.

Negative

• Net loss for Q4 increased to $44 million from $9 million in Q4 2019.
• Total net loss for 2020 was $122 million, up from $24 million in 2019.

Skillz Inc. (NYSE: SKLZ) (“Skillz” or the “Company”), the leading mobile games platform bringing fair competition to players worldwide, today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2020 and initiated full year 2021 revenue guidance.

“Our first quarter as a publicly traded company was our twentieth consecutive quarter of revenue growth,” said Andrew Paradise, CEO and founder. “We look forward to many more such quarters ahead.”

Fourth Quarter Financial Highlights

• Revenue grew to $68 million during the fourth quarter of 2020, 8% higher than expectations, and up 95% compared with $35 million during the comparable quarter in 2019.
• Gross profit grew 95% to $64 million during the fourth quarter of 2020, compared with $33 million during the comparable quarter in 2019.
• Gross margin was 95% during the fourth quarter of 2020, consistent with the comparable quarter in 2019.
• Net loss was $44 million during the fourth quarter of 2020, compared with a net loss of $9 million during the comparable quarter in 2019.
• Gross Marketplace Volume¹ (“GMV”) grew 78% to $463 million during the fourth quarter of 2020, compared with $259 million during the comparable quarter in 2019.

Full Year Financial Highlights

• Revenue grew 92% to $230 million in 2020, compared with $120 million during 2019.
• Gross profit grew 91% to $218 million during 2020, compared with $114 million in 2019.
• Gross margin was 95% during 2020, the same as the year prior.
• Net loss was $122 million during 2020, compared with a net loss of $24 million during 2019.
• GMV grew 80% to $1.6 billion during 2020, compared with $886 million during 2019.
• As of December 31, 2020, the Company had $263 million of cash and no debt.

Recent Business Highlights

• Went public on the NYSE, providing greater access to capital and increasing the visibility and transparency of the platform for developers, users, and brands.
• Signed multi-year agreement with the NFL subsequent to the end of the quarter, underscoring the trusted relationship Skillz is building with leading brands.
• Blackout Bingo became Skillz’s #1 game based on GMV, highlighting the ability of the platform to enable innovative developers to build successful businesses.
• Bolstered Skillz Board of Directors with the addition of film and television producer, Jerry Bruckheimer, and Chris Gaffney, co-founder of Great Hill Partners.

1 “GMV” or “Gross Marketplace Volume” means the total entry fees paid by users for contests hosted on Skillz’s platform. Total entry fees include entry fees paid by end-users using cash deposits, prior cash winnings from end-users’ accounts that have not been withdrawn, and end-user incentives used to enter paid entry fee contests.

Financial Outlook

The Company is initiating 2021 revenue guidance of $366 million, which equates to 59% year-over-year growth.

Investor Conference Call and Webcast

The Company will host a conference call and audio webcast on Wednesday, March 10, 2021 at 5:00pm Eastern Time. The conference call can be accessed by registering online at http://www.directeventreg.com/registration/event/2977385 at which time registrants will receive dial-in information as well as a passcode and registrant ID. At the time of the call, participants will dial in using the numbers in the confirmation email and enter their passcode and ID, upon which they will enter the conference call.

Access to a live audio-webcast of the discussion in listen-only mode will be available through the “Investors” section of the Skillz website at www.skillz.com. A replay of the webcast will be archived on the Company’s website.

About Skillz Inc.

Skillz (NYSE: SKLZ) is the leading mobile games platform that connects players around the world in fair, fun, and meaningful competition. The Skillz platform helps developers build multi-million dollar franchises by enabling social competition in their games. Leveraging its patented technology, Skillz hosts billions of casual esports tournaments for millions of mobile players worldwide, and distributes millions in prizes each month. Skillz has earned recognition as one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies, CNBC’s Disruptor 50, Forbes’ Next Billion-Dollar Startups, and the #1 fastest-growing company in America on the Inc. 5000. www.skillz.com

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measure

In this press release, the Company includes Adjusted EBITDA which is a non-GAAP performance measure that the Company uses to supplement its results presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP. As required by the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), the Company has provided herein a reconciliation of the non-GAAP financial measure contained in this press release to the most directly comparable measures under GAAP. The Company’s management believes Adjusted EBITDA is useful in evaluating its operating performance and is a similar measure reported by publicly-listed U.S. competitors, and regularly used by security analysts, institutional investors, and other interested parties in analyzing operating performance and prospects. By providing this non-GAAP measure, the Company’s management intends to provide investors with a meaningful, consistent comparison of the Company’s profitability for the periods presented. Adjusted EBITDA is not intended to be a substitute for any U.S. GAAP financial measure and, as calculated, may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures of performance of other companies in other industries or within the same industry.

The Company defines and calculates Adjusted EBITDA as net loss before interest, other non-operating expense or income, provision for income taxes, and depreciation and amortization, and further adjusted for stock-based compensation and other special items determined by management, including, but not limited to, fair value adjustments for certain financial liabilities (including derivatives) associated with debt and equity transactions and impairment charges as they are not indicative of business operations.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The Company’s actual results may differ from its expectations, estimates, and projections and, consequently, you should not rely on these forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. Words such as “expect,” “estimate,” “project,” “budget,” “forecast,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “plan,” “may,” “will,” “could,” “should,” “believes,” “predicts,” “potential,” “continue,” and similar expressions (or the negative versions of such words or expressions) are intended to identify such forward-looking statements.

These forward-looking statements involve significant risks and uncertainties that could cause the Company’s actual results to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements. Most of these factors are outside of the Company’s control and are difficult to predict. Factors that may cause such differences include, but are not limited to, the ability of Skillz to: realize the benefits expected from the business combination; effectively compete in the global entertainment and gaming industries; attract and retain successful relationships with the third party developers that develop and update all of the games hosted on Skillz’s platform; comply with laws and regulations applicable to its business; and as well as other risks and uncertainties indicated from time to time in the Company’s SEC filings, including those under “Risk Factors” therein, which are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Additional information will be made available in other filings that the Company makes from time to time with the SEC. In addition, any forward-looking statements contained in this press release are based on assumptions that the Company believes to be reasonable as of this date. The Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this press release or to reflect new information or the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as required by law.

Source: Skillz Inc.

Skillz Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Operations
(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)
​		Three months ended December 31,								Year ended December 31,
​		2020				2019				2020				2019
		(unaudited)				(unaudited)
Revenue		$	67,723			$	34,746			$	230,115			$	119,872
Costs and expenses										​				​
Cost of revenue		3,475				1,878				12,281				5,713
Research and development		9,972				3,438				23,225				11,241
Sales and marketing		79,560				33,428				251,941				111,370
General and administrative		17,953				4,385				42,289				16,376
Total costs and expenses		110,960				43,129				329,736				144,700
Loss from operations		(43,237		)		(8,383		)		(99,621		)		(24,828		)
Interest expense, net		(28		)		(370		)		(1,325		)		(2,497		)
Other income (expense), net		(651		)		67				(21,400		)		3,720
Loss before income taxes		(43,916		)		(8,686		)		(122,346		)		(23,605		)
Provision for income taxes		15				—				115				—
Net loss		$	(43,931	)		$	(8,686	)		$	(122,461	)		$	(23,605	)
Net loss per share attributable to common stockholders – basic and diluted		$	(0.14	)		$	(0.07	)		$	(0.42	)		$	(0.09	)
Weighted average common shares outstanding – basic and diluted		311,259,678				120,926,970				294,549,146				261,228,108

Skillz Inc.
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)
​		December 31,
​		2020				2019
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents		$	262,728			$	25,628
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		10,491				9,464
Total current assets		273,219				35,092
Property and equipment, net		5,292				3,648
Other long-term assets		3,910				116
Total assets		$	282,421			$	38,856
Liabilities and stockholders’ equity		​				​
Current liabilities:		​				​
Accounts payable		$	22,039			$	2,944
Accrued professional fees		5,699				—
Other current liabilities		19,618				7,537
Total current liabilities		47,356				10,481
Long-term debt, non-current		—				9,628
Other long-term liabilities		46				82
Total liabilities		47,402				20,191
Commitments and contingencies
Stockholders’ equity:		​				​
Preferred stock $0.0001 par value; 10 million shares authorized — 0 issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2020 and 2019		—				—
Common stock $0.0001 par value; 625 million shares authorized; Class A common stock – 500 million shares authorized; 292 million and 99 million shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively; Class B common stock – 125 million shares authorized; 78 million and 51 million shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively		37				29
Additional paid-in capital		450,248				108,892
Accumulated deficit		(215,266		)		(90,256		)
Total stockholders’ equity		235,019				18,665
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity		$	282,421			$	38,856

Skillz Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(in thousands)
​		Year ended December 31,
​		2020				2019
Operating Activities		​				​
Net loss		$	(122,461	)		$	(23,605	)
Adjustment to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:		​				​
Depreciation and amortization		1,609				711
Stock-based compensation		23,757				1,237
Accretion of unamortized discount and amortization of issuance costs		558				2,139
Fair value adjustment of derivatives		21,463				(3,649		)
Impairment charges		3,573				—
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:		​				​
Prepaid expenses and other assets		(7,505		)		(4,307		)
Accounts payable		10,729				(54		)
Other liabilities		12,045				5,591
Net cash used in operating activities		(56,232		)		(21,937		)
Investing Activities		​				​
Purchases of property and equipment, including internal-use software		(3,246		)		(3,223		)
Net cash used in investing activities		(3,246		)		(3,223		)
Financing Activities		​				​
Borrowings under debt agreements, net of issuance costs		–				9,563
Payments for issuance costs		(201		)		—
Payments under debt agreements		(10,000		)		(3,500		)
Net Business Combination and Private Placement Financing		246,484				—
Payments made towards offering costs		(1,993		)		—
Proceeds from issuance of redeemable convertible preferred stock, net of issuance costs		76,617				24,908
Proceeds from exercise of stock options and issuance of common stock		1,243				197
Proceeds from exercise of common stock warrants		379				—
Proceeds from exercise of preferred stock warrants		3				—
Taxes paid related to net share settlement of equity awards		(13,404		)		—
Payments made to repurchase common stock		(1,339		)		—
Payments for redemption of preferred stock		(1,211		)		—
Net cash provided by financing activities		296,578				31,168
Net change in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash		237,100				6,008
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash – beginning of year		28,548				22,540
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash – end of year		$	265,648			$	28,548
Supplemental cash flow data:		​				​
Cash paid during the period for:		​				​
Interest		$	815			$	269
Noncash investing and financing activities:		​				​
Carrying value of long-term debt and accrued interest converted to redeemable convertible preferred stock		$	—			$	14,852
Deferred offering costs in accounts payable and accrued liabilities		$	14,065			$	—
Payment of promissory notes through surrender of shares		$	18,673			$	—

Skillz Inc.
Reconciliation of GAAP Net loss to Adjusted EBITDA
(UNAUDITED)
(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)
​		Three months ended December 31,								Year ended December 31,
​		2020				2019				2020				2019
Net loss		$	(43,931	)		$	(8,686	)		$	(122,461	)		$	(23,605	)
Interest expense, net		28				370				1,325				2,497
Stock-based compensation		14,192				268				23,757				1,237
Provision for income taxes		15				—				115				—
Depreciation and amortization		517				269				1,609				711
Other non-operating costs (income)(1)(2)		651				(67		)		21,400				(3,648		)
Impairment charge(3)		—				—				3,395				—
One-time transaction related expenses(4)		4,747				—				4,747				—
Adjusted EBITDA		$	(23,781	)		$	(7,846	)		$	(66,113	)		$	(22,808	)

(1) For 2020, other non-operating costs (income) is primarily attributed to a $20.8 million adjustment to the fair value of the redeemable convertible Series E preferred stock forward contract liability.

(2) For 2019, other non-operating costs (income) include a $3.6 million remeasurement gain for the bifurcated derivative liability related to the Company’s 2018 Convertible Promissory Notes.

(3) This represents an impairment charge of a lease deposit and prepayment in connection with a lease agreement related to our new corporate facilities in San Francisco.

(4) For 2020, amounts represent one-time transaction expenses related to the Business Combination.

Skillz Inc.
Supplemental Financial Information
(UNAUDITED)
(in millions, except ARPU and ARPPU)
		Three months ended December 31,								Year Ended December 31,
		2020				2019				2020				2019
Monthly active users (“MAUs”)(1)			2.4				2.0				2.6				1.6
Average revenue per user (“ARPU”)(2)		$	9.42			$	5.86			$	7.49			$	6.30
Paying monthly active users (“pMAUs”)(3)			0.391				0.177				0.324				0.161
Average revenue per paying user (“ARPPU”)(4)		$	58			$	66			$	58			$	62
Gross marketplace volume (“GMV”)(5)		$	463			$	259			$	1,592			$	886

(1) “Monthly Active Users” or “MAUs” means the number of end-users who entered into a paid or free contest hosted on Skillz’s platform at least once in a month, averaged over each month in the period.

(2) “Paying Monthly Active Users” or “pMAUs” means the number of end-users who entered into a paid contest hosted on Skillz’s platform at least once in a month, averaged over each month in the period.

(3) “Average Revenue Per Monthly Active User” or “ARPU” means the average revenue in a given month divided by MAUs in that month, averaged over the period.

(4) “Average Revenue Per Paying Monthly Active User” or “ARPPU” means the average revenue in a given month divided by Paying MAUs in that month, averaged over the period.

(5) “GMV” or “Gross Marketplace Volume” means the total entry fees paid by users for contests hosted on Skillz’s platform. Total entry fees include entry fees paid by end-users using cash deposits, prior cash winnings from end-users’ accounts that have not been withdrawn, and end-user incentives used to enter paid entry fee contests.

 

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FAQ

What were the revenue results for Skillz in Q4 2020?

Skillz reported a revenue of $68 million in Q4 2020, an increase of 95% compared to Q4 2019.

What is Skillz's revenue guidance for 2021?

Skillz has initiated a revenue guidance of $366 million for 2021, which equates to a 59% increase year-over-year.

How much did Skillz lose in net income for the full year 2020?

Skillz reported a net loss of $122 million for the full year 2020, compared to a loss of $24 million in 2019.

What is the Gross Marketplace Volume (GMV) for Skillz in Q4 2020?

The Gross Marketplace Volume for Skillz in Q4 2020 was $463 million, a 78% increase from the same quarter in 2019.

How much cash does Skillz have as of December 31, 2020?

As of December 31, 2020, Skillz had $263 million in cash and no debt.