Spok Reports First Quarter 2022 Results

Rhea-AI Summary

Spok Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPOK) announced its first quarter 2022 results, reporting consolidated revenue of $33.8 million, down 6.1% from the previous year's $36.0 million. The company declared a $0.3125 per share dividend, totaling $6.5 million returned to shareholders. Operating expenses rose to $42.5 million, with a net loss of $7.2 million or $0.37 per share. The Board concluded its strategic alternatives review, determining to focus on executing its business plan independently. Future guidance remains unchanged, projecting total revenue between $126 million and $139.2 million for 2022.

Positive

• Declared a quarterly dividend of $0.3125 per share, returning $6.5 million to shareholders.
• Maintained a cash balance of $46.3 million and no debt.
• Implemented a new strategic business plan to enhance cash flow and shareholder value.

Negative

• Consolidated revenue decreased by 6.1% from the prior year.
• Net loss increased to $7.2 million, compared to a $2.3 million loss in Q1 2021.
• Operating expenses rose by 12.5%, including $4.5 million in restructuring costs.

Company makes progress on recently announced strategic business plan

Announces conclusion of thorough strategic alternatives review process; Spok’s Board remains open to all pathways to maximize shareholder value

ALEXANDRIA, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Spok Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPOK), a global leader in healthcare communications, today announced results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2022. In addition, the Company’s Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.3125 per share, payable on June 24, 2022, to stockholders of record on May 25, 2022.

2022 First Quarter Highlights:

• Announced new strategic business plan prioritizing maximizing free cash flow and returning capital to shareholders
• Reduced size of Board of Directors to better align the Board's size and composition with the Company's recently announced business strategy
• Capital returned to stockholders in the first quarter of 2022 totaled $6.5 million in the form of the Company's regular quarterly dividend
• Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments balance of $46.3 million at March 31, 2022, and no debt
• University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) selected Spok Care Connect^® to replace URMC's existing operator console and to support its clinical communication needs at its flagship Strong Memorial Hospital

"We have made great progress on our recently announced strategic business plan while also continuing to provide critical communications services to our healthcare customers," said Vincent D. Kelly, president and chief executive officer of Spok Holdings, Inc. "We are on target with our previously announced financial objectives, and our focus remains on creating significant value for our shareholders by maximizing revenue and cash flow generation from our established communication solutions. We continue to believe that we are on the best path forward, and we are optimistic about our prospects for the remainder of 2022 and beyond."

Strategic Review Update:

Spok has concluded the strategic alternatives review process it publicly commenced on September 3, 2021. At this time, Spok has no actionable options for a sale of the Company and the Board has determined it is in the best interests of all shareholders for Spok to focus on executing its strategic plan as a standalone company.

Since initiating the strategic review, the Board, along with its financial and legal advisors, conducted an exceptionally thorough process and reached out to and engaged with a wide range of strategic and financial parties.

Spok’s Board is fully committed to maximizing value for all shareholders.

2022 First Quarter Results:

Consolidated revenue for the first quarter of 2022 under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”) was $33.8 million, compared to $36.0 million in the first quarter of 2021.

		For the Three Months Ended March 31,
(Dollars in thousands)		2022			2021			Change (%)
Wireless revenue
Paging revenue		$	18,313		$	19,353		(5.4	) %
Product and other revenue			533			767		(30.5	) %
Total wireless revenue		$	18,846		$	20,120		(6.3	) %
Software revenue
License		$	1,824		$	1,552		17.5	%
Professional services			3,336			4,354		(23.4	) %
Hardware			589			616		(4.4	) %
Maintenance			9,230			9,394		(1.7	) %
Total software revenue			14,979			15,916		(5.9	) %
Total revenue		$	33,825		$	36,036		(6.1	) %

Operating expenses in the first quarter of 2022 totaled $42.5 million and included $4.5 million in restructuring costs, compared to $37.8 million in operating expenses in the first quarter of 2021.

Adjusted operating expenses (which excludes depreciation, amortization and accretion, and restructuring costs, and includes capitalized software development costs) totaled $37.1 million in the first quarter of 2022. Adjusted operating expenses for the first quarter of 2021 totaled $38.0 million.

		For the Three Months Ended March 31,
(Dollars in thousands)		2022			2021			Change (%)
Operating expenses		$	42,493		$	37,776		(12.5	) %
Adjusted operating expenses		$	37,064		$	37,969		2.4	%

GAAP net loss for the first quarter of 2022 was $7.2 million, or a loss of $0.37 per diluted share, compared to net loss of $2.3 million, or $0.12 per diluted share, in the first quarter of 2021. For the first quarter of 2022, adjusted EBITDA loss totaled $2.1 million compared to adjusted EBITDA of $0.3 million in the first quarter of 2021.

		For the three months ended March 31,
(Dollars in thousands)		2022				2021				Change (%)
Net loss		$	(7,214	)		$	(2,297	)		(214.1	) %
Basic and diluted net loss per common share		$	(0.37	)		$	(0.12	)		(208.3	) %
Adjusted EBITDA		$	(2,124	)		$	306			(794.1	) %

Financial Outlook:

Regarding financial guidance, the Company expects the following for fiscal year 2022, which is unchanged from the previously provided 2022 financial guidance:

(Unaudited and in millions)		Current Guidance Full Year 2022
		From			To
Revenue
Wireless		$	71.6		$	77.0
Software		$	54.4		$	62.2
Total Revenue		$	126.0		$	139.2
Adjusted Operating Expenses		$	118.8		$	128.6
Capital Expenditures		$	3.4		$	4.2

2022 First Quarter Call:

Management will host a conference call and webcast to discuss these financial results today at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time. The presentation is open to all interested parties and may include forward-looking information.

Conference Call Details

Date/Time:	Thursday, April 28, 2022, at 8:30 a.m. EDT
Webcast:	https://www.webcast-eqs.com/spok042822_en/en
U.S. Toll-Free Dial In:	877-407-0890
International Dial In:	+1-201-389-0918

To access the call, please dial in approximately ten minutes before the start of the call. After the event the OnDemand version of the webcast will be available under the URL as well.

* * * * * * * * *

About Spok

Spok, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Spok Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPOK), headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, is proud to be a global leader in healthcare communications. We deliver clinical information to care teams when and where it matters most to improve patient outcomes. Top hospitals rely on Spok Care Connect® platforms to enhance workflows for clinicians and support administrative compliance. Our customers send over 100 million messages each month through their Spok® solutions. When seconds count and patients' lives are at stake, Spok enables smarter, faster clinical communication. For more information, visit spok.com or follow @spoktweets on Twitter.

Spok is a trademark of Spok Holdings, Inc. Spok Care Connect and Spok Mobile are trademarks of Spok, Inc.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

This press release contains the following non-GAAP financial measures: adjusted operating expenses and adjusted EBITDA. Adjusted operating expenses excludes depreciation, amortization and accretion, goodwill and restructuring costs, and includes capitalized software development costs. Adjusted EBITDA represents net income/(loss) before interest income/expense, income tax expense/benefit, depreciation, amortization and accretion expense restructuring costs, and stock-based compensation expense and includes capitalized software development costs.

We believe that these non-GAAP financial measures provide useful information to management and investors regarding certain financial and business trends relating to Spok's financial condition and results of operations. We use these non-GAAP measures for financial, operational, and budgetary decision-making purposes, to understand and evaluate our core operating performance and trends, and to generate future operating plans. We believe that these non-GAAP financial measures permit us to more thoroughly analyze key financial metrics used to make operational decisions and allow us to assess our core operating results. We believe that the use of these non-GAAP financial measures provides an additional tool for investors to use in evaluating ongoing operating results and trends and in comparing our financial measures with other software companies who present similar non-GAAP financial measures. We adjust for certain items because we do not regard these costs as reflective of normal costs related to the ongoing operation of the business in the ordinary course. In general, these items possess one or more of the following characteristics: non-cash expenses, factors outside of our control, items that are non-operational in nature, and unusual items not expected to occur in the normal course of business.

We do not consider these non-GAAP measures in isolation or as an alternative to financial measures determined in accordance with GAAP. The principal of these non-GAAP financial measures is that they exclude significant expenses and income that are required by GAAP to be recorded in the Company's financial statements. In addition, they are subject to inherent limitations as they reflect the exercise of judgment by management about which expenses and income are excluded or included in determining these non-GAAP financial measures. In order to compensate for these limitations, management presents non-GAAP financial measures in connection with GAAP results. We urge investors to review the reconciliation of our non-GAAP financial measures to the comparable GAAP financial measures, which are included in this press release, and not to rely on any single financial measure to evaluate our business.

Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act

Statements contained herein or in prior press releases which are not historical fact, such as statements regarding Spok’s future operating and financial performance, are forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor provisions under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that may cause Spok’s actual results to be materially different from the future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expectations include, but are not limited to, risks related to Spok's new strategic business plan, including its ability to maximize revenue and cash generation from its established businesses and return capital to shareholders, risks related to the COVID-19 pandemic and its effect on our business and the economy, other economic conditions such as recessionary economic cycles, higher interest rates, inflation and higher levels of unemployment, declining demand for paging products and services, continued demand for our software products and services, our dependence on the U.S. healthcare industry, our ability to develop additional software solutions for our customers and manage our development as a global organization, the ability to manage operating expenses, particularly third-party consulting services and research and development costs, future capital needs, competitive pricing pressures, competition from traditional paging services, other wireless communications services and other software providers, many of which are substantially larger and have much greater financial and human capital resources, changes in customer purchasing priorities or capital expenditures, government regulation of our products and services and the healthcare and health insurance industries, reliance upon third-party providers for certain equipment and services, unauthorized breaches or failures in cybersecurity measures adopted by us and/or included in our products and services, the effects of changes in accounting policies or practices, our ability to realize the benefits associated with our deferred tax assets, future impairments of our long-lived assets, amortizable intangible assets and goodwill, the effects of our limited-duration shareholder rights plan, and the outcome of Spok's strategic alternatives review, as well as other risks described from time to time in our periodic reports and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Although Spok believes the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, it can give no assurance that its expectations will be attained. Spok disclaims any intent or obligation to update any forward-looking statements.

Tables to Follow

SPOK HOLDINGS, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (a)(b)
(Unaudited and in thousands except share, per share amounts and ARPU)
		For the three months ended
		3/31/2022				3/31/2021
Revenue:
Wireless		$	18,846			$	20,120
Software			14,979				15,916
Total revenue			33,825				36,036
Operating expenses:
Cost of revenue (exclusive of items shown separately below)			7,804				7,982
Research and development			6,497				4,444
Technology operations			7,013				7,204
Selling and marketing			5,315				5,139
General and administrative			10,435				10,280
Depreciation, amortization and accretion			934				2,727
Severance and restructuring			4,495				—
Total operating expenses			42,493				37,776
% of total revenue			125.6	%			104.8	%
Operating loss			(8,668	)			(1,740	)
% of total revenue			(25.6	) %			(4.8	) %
Interest income			67				61
Other expense			(13	)			(27	)
Loss before income taxes			(8,614	)			(1,706	)
Benefit from (provision for) income taxes			1,400				(591	)
Net loss		$	(7,214	)		$	(2,297	)
Basic and diluted net loss per common share		$	(0.37	)		$	(0.12	)
Basic weighted average common shares outstanding			19,599,526				19,272,786
Cash dividends declared per common share			0.3125				0.125
Key statistics:
Units in service			838				874
Average revenue per unit (ARPU)		$	7.24			$	7.34
Bookings		$	14,317			$	14,597
Backlog		$	40,532			$	48,849
(a) Slight variations in totals are due to rounding.
(b) Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period's presentation. These reclassifications had no effect on the reported results of operations

SPOK HOLDINGS, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (a)(b)
(Unaudited and in thousands except share, per share amounts and ARPU)
		For the three months ended
		3/31/2022				12/31/2021				9/30/2021				6/30/2021				3/31/2021				12/31/2020				9/30/2020				6/30/2020
Revenue:
Wireless		$	18,846			$	19,203			$	19,644			$	19,859			$	20,120			$	20,300			$	20,828			$	21,078
Software			14,979				15,341				16,207				15,864				15,916				17,180				16,865				14,661
Total revenue			33,825				34,544				35,851				35,723				36,036				37,480				37,693				35,739
Operating expenses:
Cost of revenue (exclusive of items shown separately below)			7,804				8,290				8,340				7,859				7,982				8,588				7,223				6,372
Research and development			6,497				4,851				4,063				4,156				4,444				4,122				3,445				2,740
Technology operations			7,013				7,331				7,287				7,022				7,204				7,253				7,269				7,174
Selling and marketing			5,315				5,356				5,404				5,184				5,139				5,209				4,483				4,015
General and administrative			10,435				11,099				11,664				10,481				10,280				8,882				10,206				10,162
Depreciation, amortization and accretion			934				2,694				2,568				2,457				2,727				2,503				2,335				2,072
Severance and restructuring			4,495				71				82				173				—				366				—				45
Goodwill and capitalized software development impairment			—				15,663				—				—				—				25,007				—				—
Total operating expenses			42,493				55,355				39,408				37,332				37,776				61,930				34,961				32,580
% of total revenue			125.6	%			160.2	%			109.9	%			104.5	%			104.8	%			165.2	%			92.8	%			91.2	%
Operating (loss) income			(8,668	)			(20,811	)			(3,557	)			(1,609	)			(1,740	)			(24,450	)			2,732				3,159
% of total revenue			(25.6	) %			(60.2	) %			(9.9	) %			(4.5	) %			(4.8	) %			(65.2	) %			7.2	%			8.8	%
Interest income			67				56				141				61				61				51				127				146
Other (expense) income			(13	)			54				10				29				(27	)			95				151				101
(Loss) income before income taxes			(8,614	)			(20,701	)			(3,406	)			(1,519	)			(1,706	)			(24,304	)			3,010				3,406
Benefit from (provision for) income taxes			1,400				4,032				912				800				(591	)			(22,306	)			155				353
Net (loss) income		$	(7,214	)		$	(16,669	)		$	(2,494	)		$	(719	)		$	(2,297	)		$	(46,610	)		$	3,165			$	3,759
Basic net (loss) income per common share		$	(0.37	)		$	(0.86	)		$	(0.13	)		$	(0.04	)		$	(0.12	)		$	(2.44	)		$	0.17			$	0.20
Diluted net (loss) income per common share			(0.37	)			(0.86	)			(0.13	)			(0.04	)			(0.12	)			(2.44	)			0.16				0.20
Basic weighted average common shares outstanding			19,599,526				19,483,004				19,464,893				19,395,364				19,272,786				19,088,329				19,051,502				19,016,853
Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding			19,599,526				19,483,004				19,464,893				19,395,364				19,272,786				19,088,329				19,208,452				19,115,148
Key statistics:
Units in service			838				847				853				869				874				885				898				915
Average revenue per unit (ARPU)		$	7.24			$	7.26			$	7.29			$	7.32			$	7.34			$	7.30			$	7.34			$	7.24
Bookings		$	14,317			$	14,793			$	17,116			$	13,037			$	14,597			$	16,528			$	21,414			$	15,411
Backlog		$	40,532			$	43,361			$	45,584			$	45,632			$	48,849			$	50,504			$	51,708			$	48,441
(a) Slight variations in totals are due to rounding.
(b) Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period's presentation. These reclassifications had no effect on the reported results of operations

SPOK HOLDINGS, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (a)
(In thousands)
		3/31/2022				12/31/2021
ASSETS		(Unaudited)
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents		$	31,350			$	44,583
Short-term investments			14,978				14,999
Accounts receivable, net			23,373				26,908
Prepaid expenses			8,095				6,641
Other current assets			878				922
Total current assets			78,674				94,053
Non-current assets:
Property and equipment, net			6,642				6,746
Operating lease right-of-use assets			14,993				15,821
Capitalized software development, net			—				—
Goodwill			99,175				99,175
Intangible assets, net			—				—
Deferred income tax assets, net			32,684				31,653
Other non-current assets			707				706
Total non-current assets			154,201				154,101
Total assets		$	232,875			$	248,154
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable		$	3,863			$	5,292
Accrued compensation and benefits			15,769				13,948
Deferred revenue			24,223				25,608
Operating lease liabilities			5,112				5,405
Other current liabilities			5,147				4,745
Total current liabilities			54,114				54,998
Non-current liabilities:
Asset retirement obligations			6,372				6,355
Operating lease liabilities			11,256				11,883
Other non-current liabilities			1,238				1,227
Total non-current liabilities			18,866				19,465
Total liabilities			72,980				74,463
Commitments and contingencies
Stockholders' equity:
Preferred stock		$	—			$	—
Common stock			2				2
Additional paid-in capital			97,197				97,291
Accumulated other comprehensive loss			(1,563	)			(1,588	)
Retained earnings			64,259				77,986
Total stockholders' equity			159,895				173,691
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity		$	232,875			$	248,154
(a) Slight variations in totals are due to rounding.

SPOK HOLDINGS, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (a)
(Unaudited and in thousands)
		For the three months ended
		3/31/2022				3/31/2021
Operating activities:
Net loss		$	(7,214	)		$	(2,297	)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash net (used ) provided by operating activities:
Depreciation, amortization and accretion			934				2,727
Deferred income tax (benefit) expense			(1,024	)			510
Stock-based compensation			1,115				2,239
Provisions for credit losses, service credits and other			594				215
Changes in assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable			2,951				1,039
Prepaid expenses and other assets			(1,421	)			457
Net operating lease liabilities			(91	)			338
Accounts payable, accrued liabilities and other			879				(3,038	)
Deferred revenue			(1,602	)			(1,471	)
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities			(4,879	)			719
Investing activities:
Purchases of property and equipment			(679	)			(727	)
Capitalized software development			—				(2,920	)
Purchase of short-term investments			(14,967	)			(14,995	)
Maturity of short-term investments			15,000				15,000
Net cash used in investing activities			(646	)			(3,642	)
Financing activities:
Cash distributions to stockholders			(6,524	)			(2,730	)
Purchase of common stock for tax withholding on vested equity awards			(1,209	)			(1,444	)
Net cash used in financing activities			(7,733	)			(4,174	)
Effect of exchange rate on cash and cash equivalents			25				14
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents			(13,233	)			(7,083	)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period			44,583				48,729
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period		$	31,350			$	41,646
Supplemental disclosure:
Income tax refunds received		$	(39	)		$	(118	)
(a) Slight variations in totals are due to rounding.

SPOK HOLDINGS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED REVENUE
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION (a)
(Unaudited and in thousands)
		For the three months ended
		3/31/2022			12/31/2021			9/30/2021			6/30/2021			3/31/2021			12/31/2020			9/30/2020			6/30/2020
Revenue
Paging		$	18,313		$	18,513		$	18,844		$	19,135		$	19,353		$	19,513		$	19,961		$	19,990
Non-paging		$	533		$	690		$	800		$	724		$	767		$	787		$	867		$	1,088
Total wireless revenue		$	18,846		$	19,203		$	19,644		$	19,859		$	20,120		$	20,300		$	20,828		$	21,078
License		$	1,824		$	1,650		$	1,807		$	908		$	1,552		$	1,528		$	2,012		$	749
Services		$	3,336		$	3,783		$	4,159		$	4,865		$	4,354		$	4,778		$	4,772		$	3,812
Equipment		$	589		$	573		$	596		$	482		$	616		$	961		$	554		$	601
Operations revenue		$	5,749		$	6,006		$	6,562		$	6,255		$	6,522		$	7,267		$	7,338		$	5,162
Maintenance revenue		$	9,230		$	9,335		$	9,645		$	9,609		$	9,394		$	9,913		$	9,527		$	9,499
Total software revenue		$	14,979		$	15,341		$	16,207		$	15,864		$	15,916		$	17,180		$	16,865		$	14,661
Total revenue		$	33,825		$	34,544		$	35,851		$	35,723		$	36,036		$	37,480		$	37,693		$	35,739
(a) Slight variations in totals are due to rounding.

SPOK HOLDINGS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED OPERATING EXPENSES
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION (a)(b)
(Unaudited and in thousands)
		For the three months ended
		3/31/2022				12/31/2021				9/30/2021				6/30/2021				3/31/2021				12/31/2020				9/30/2020				6/30/2020
Cost of revenue
Payroll and related		$	5,110			$	5,268			$	5,208			$	4,720			$	5,139			$	5,244			$	4,743			$	4,158
Cost of sales			1,557				1,713				1,699				1,633				1,386				1,924				1,165				1,193
Recoverable taxes and fees			712				781				792				903				867				798				803				591
Stock-based compensation			109				127				220				262				291				112				121				111
Other			316				401				421				341				299				510				391				319
Total cost of revenue			7,804				8,290				8,340				7,859				7,982				8,588				7,223				6,372
Research and development
Payroll and related			4,305				4,329				4,291				4,333				4,475				4,358				4,147				4,115
Outside services			1,899				1,760				1,759				2,060				2,277				2,358				2,113				1,803
Capitalized software development			—				(2,603	)			(2,621	)			(2,698	)			(2,920	)			(3,046	)			(2,906	)			(3,596	)
Stock-based compensation			130				234				435				305				475				246				240				243
Other			163				1,131				199				156				137				206				(149	)			175
Total research and development			6,497				4,851				4,063				4,156				4,444				4,122				3,445				2,740
Technology operations
Payroll and related			2,509				2,584				2,585				2,323				2,467				2,467				2,246				2,213
Site rent			3,067				3,104				3,122				3,143				3,196				3,313				3,467				3,399
Telecommunications			771				826				828				825				837				857				949				961
Stock-based compensation			55				53				139				131				137				48				52				47
Other			611				764				613				600				567				568				555				554
Total technology operations			7,013				7,331				7,287				7,022				7,204				7,253				7,269				7,174
Selling and marketing
Payroll and related			3,468				3,383				3,592				3,361				3,365				3,115				2,971				2,730
Commissions			1,024				1,153				924				1,244				1,105				1,178				1,059				852
Stock-based compensation			79				114				264				277				350				216				235				217
Advertising and events			568				630				527				247				161				539				151				160
Other			176				76				97				55				158				161				67				56
Total selling and marketing			5,315				5,356				5,404				5,184				5,139				5,209				4,483				4,015
General and administrative
Payroll and related			4,051				4,040				3,911				3,564				3,818				3,373				3,476				3,355
Stock-based compensation			742				675				958				806				986				726				968				744
Facility rent, office, and technology costs			2,680				2,579				2,692				2,484				2,480				2,412				2,260				2,276
Outside services			1,900				2,392				3,078				2,219				1,825				1,584				2,148				2,043
Taxes, licenses and permits (b)			265				408				211				214				214				(314	)			190				213
Bad debt			(14	)			255				(29	)			328				106				202				178				628
Other			811				750				843				866				851				899				986				903
Total general and administrative			10,435				11,099				11,664				10,481				10,280				8,882				10,206				10,162
Depreciation, amortization and accretion			934				2,694				2,568				2,457				2,727				2,503				2,335				2,072
Severance and restructuring			4,495				71				82				173				—				366				—				45
Goodwill and capitalized software development impairment			—				15,663				—				—				—				25,007				—				—
Operating expenses		$	42,493			$	55,355			$	39,408			$	37,332			$	37,776			$	61,930			$	34,961			$	32,580
Capital expenditures		$	684			$	1,295			$	905			$	1,480			$	727			$	638			$	934			$	846
(a) Slight variations in totals are due to rounding.
(b) Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period's presentation. These reclassifications had no effect on the reported results of operations

SPOK HOLDINGS, INC.
UNITS IN SERVICE ACTIVITY, MARKET SEGMENT, CHURN
AND AVERAGE REVENUE PER UNIT (ARPU) (a)
(Unaudited and in thousands)
		For the three months ended
		3/31/2022				12/31/2021				9/30/2021				6/30/2021				3/31/2021				12/31/2020				9/30/2020				6/30/2020
Paging units in service
Beginning units in service (000's)			847				853				869				874				885				898				915				926
Gross placements			19				19				23				31				20				20				25				35
Gross disconnects			(28	)			(25	)			(39	)			(36	)			(31	)			(33	)			(42	)			(46	)
Net change			(9	)			(6	)			(16	)			(5	)			(11	)			(13	)			(17	)			(11	)
Ending units in service			838				847				853				869				874				885				898				915
End of period units in service % of total (b)
Healthcare			84.7	%			84.7	%			84.6	%			84.5	%			84.1	%			83.6	%			83.7	%			83.6	%
Government			4.7	%			4.8	%			4.8	%			4.9	%			4.8	%			5.3	%			5.3	%			5.5	%
Large enterprise			3.9	%			3.9	%			4.1	%			4.1	%			4.3	%			4.3	%			4.3	%			4.4	%
Other(b)			6.7	%			6.6	%			6.4	%			6.4	%			6.8	%			6.8	%			6.6	%			6.6	%
Total			100.0	%			100.0	%			100.0	%			100.0	%			100.0	%			100.0	%			100.0	%			100.0	%
Account size ending units in service (000's)
1 to 100 units			54				55				57				58				59				61				63				65
101 to 1,000 units			150				154				154				155				163				167				167				165
>1,000 units			634				638				642				656				652				657				668				685
Total			838				847				853				869				874				885				898				915
Account size net loss rate (c)
1 to 100 units			(1.8	) %			(3.5	) %			(1.1	) %			(1.7	) %			(3.3	) %			(3.2	) %			(2.9	) %			(3.1	) %
101 to 1,000 units			(2.6	) %			—	%			(0.9	) %			(4.9	) %			(2.4	) %			—	%			1.5	%			(4.2	) %
>1,000 units			(0.6	) %			(0.6	) %			(2.2	) %			0.6	%			(0.8	) %			(1.6	) %			(2.5	) %			(0.4	) %
Total			(1.1	) %			(0.7	) %			(1.8	) %			(0.6	) %			(1.2	) %			(1.4	) %			(1.9	) %			(1.3	) %
Account size ARPU
1 to 100 units		$	11.52			$	11.58			$	11.67			$	11.69			$	11.72			$	11.62			$	11.80			$	11.65
101 to 1,000 units			8.24				8.30				8.38				8.35				8.33				8.35				8.37				8.24
>1,000 units			6.64				6.63				6.65				6.68				6.68				6.62				6.67				6.57
Total		$	7.24			$	7.26			$	7.29			$	7.32			$	7.34			$	7.30			$	7.34			$	7.24
(a) Slight variations in totals are due to rounding.
(b) Other includes hospitality, resort and indirect units
(c) Net loss rate is net current period placements and disconnected units in service divided by prior period ending units in service.

SPOK HOLDINGS, INC.
RECONCILIATION OF NET LOSS TO EBITDA AND ADJUSTED EBITDA (a)
(Unaudited and in thousands)
		For the three months ended
		3/31/2022				3/31/2021
Net loss		$	(7,214	)		$	(2,297	)
Add back:
(Benefit from) provision for income taxes			(1,400	)			591
Other expenses			13				27
Interest income			(67	)			(61	)
Operating loss			(8,668	)			(1,740	)
Depreciation, amortization and accretion			934				2,727
EBITDA		$	(7,734	)		$	987
Capitalized software development costs			—				(2,920	)
Stock-based compensation			1,115				2,239
Severance and restructuring			4,495				—
Adjusted EBITDA		$	(2,124	)		$	306
(a) Slight variations in totals are due to rounding.

RECONCILIATION OF OPERATING EXPENSES TO ADJUSTED OPERATING EXPENSES (a)
(Unaudited and in thousands)
		For the three months ended
		3/31/2022				3/31/2021
Operating expenses		$	42,493			$	37,776
Add back:
Depreciation, amortization and accretion			(934	)			(2,727	)
Capitalized software development costs			—				2,920
Severance and restructuring			(4,495	)			—
Adjusted operating expenses		$	37,064			$	37,969
(a) Slight variations in totals are due to rounding.

SPOK HOLDINGS, INC.
2022 FINANCIAL OUTLOOK
(Unaudited and in millions)
		Guidance Range
		From				To
Revenues
Wireless		$	71.6			$	77.0
Software			54.4				62.2
Total Revenues		$	126.0			$	139.2
Adjusted Operating Expenses (a)		$	118.8			$	128.6
Capital Expenditures		$	3.4			$	4.2
RECONCILIATION OF OPERATING EXPENSES TO ADJUSTED OPERATING EXPENSES (a)
(Unaudited and in millions)
		Guidance Range
		From				To
Operating expenses		$	128.7			$	142.3
Add back:
Depreciation, amortization and accretion			(3.5	)			(3.5	)
Severance and restructuring		$	(6.4	)		$	(10.2	)
Adjusted operating expenses		$	118.8			$	128.6
(a) Adjusted operating expenses exclude depreciation, amortization and accretion, goodwill and capitalized software development impairment costs, and severance and restructuring costs, and includes capitalized software development costs.

 

View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220428005372/en/

Lisa Fortuna or Mike Cummings

312-445-2866

spok@alpha-ir.com

Source: Spok Holdings, Inc.

FAQ

What were Spok's financial results for Q1 2022?

Spok reported $33.8 million in revenue for Q1 2022, a decrease of 6.1% from Q1 2021.

How much was the dividend declared by Spok in Q1 2022?

Spok declared a quarterly dividend of $0.3125 per share, totaling $6.5 million returned to shareholders.

What is the net loss reported by Spok for Q1 2022?

Spok reported a net loss of $7.2 million, or $0.37 per diluted share, for Q1 2022.

What future revenue guidance did Spok provide for 2022?

Spok maintains its revenue guidance, projecting total revenue between $126 million and $139.2 million for 2022.

What was the strategic review outcome for Spok?

Spok concluded its strategic alternatives review and has decided to focus on executing its strategic plan as a standalone company.