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TaskUs, Inc. (Nasdaq: TASK) reported total revenues of $227.5 million for the first quarter of 2024, with a GAAP net income of $11.7 million. The company achieved a GAAP net income margin of 5.1% and Non-GAAP Adjusted Net Income of $27.3 million with a margin of 12.0%. Their GAAP diluted EPS was $0.13 and non-GAAP Adjusted EPS reached $0.30. The company's Adjusted EBITDA was $50.6 million with a margin of 22.2%. TaskUs added 1,400 teammates, ending with 49,600, and repurchased 0.3 million shares. The company expects 2024 revenues between $925 million and $950 million, showing strong growth and performance.

Positive
  • TaskUs reported revenue outperformance and exceeded the top end of their guidance, with an impressive jump in net income and EPS. The company's improved financials and strong client sales are driving revenue growth, with an anticipated annual revenue growth and increase in full-year revenue guidance.

  • TaskUs demonstrated robust financial management by converting 94.1% of Adjusted EBITDA to Free Cash Flow, reaching $47.6 million. The company's global delivery model showed strength, especially in Latin America, leading to better-than-expected results and revenue growth prospects.

Negative
  • Despite the positive revenue outlook and financial performance, TaskUs experienced a decline in Non-GAAP Adjusted Net Income by 16.1% compared to the previous year, impacting the Non-GAAP Adjusted EPS negatively by 6.3%. The company also witnessed an 8.0% decrease in Adjusted EBITDA.

Insights

TaskUs's fiscal performance for Q1 2024 shows a mixed bag of results that shareholders should scrutinize. Service revenue has declined by 3.3% year over year, which may raise questions about the company's growth trajectory. However, the reported GAAP net income increase of 23.2% is a positive indicator of cost management and operational efficiency. The significant improvement in free cash flow, up by 23.8%, alongside a 94.1% conversion of Adjusted EBITDA to Free Cash Flow, is particularly noteworthy as it reflects the company's ability to generate cash from its operations effectively.

The company's forward-looking statements, increasing the lower end of the full-year revenue guidance by $25 million and projecting a return to year-over-year revenue growth in the second quarter, are cautiously optimistic signals for investors. Nonetheless, the decline in Non-GAAP Adjusted Net Income by 16.1% could indicate underlying challenges in the company's profitability that may not be immediately apparent from GAAP figures alone.

The strategic investments TaskUs has made, combined with a strong growth in Latin America, suggests a proactive approach to diversifying and scaling their global delivery model. This may provide resilience against regional market fluctuations and could help in mitigating macroeconomic uncertainties. However, the company's service revenue decline should be viewed within the context of the broader Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) industry. If TaskUs's revenue dip is an outlier rather than a trend observed across the industry, it may suggest company-specific issues that require deeper analysis.

Investors should also consider the company's repurchase of 0.3 million shares in the quarter; such buybacks might signal management's confidence in the company's valuation, but they can also have the effect of inflating earnings per share metrics. The disclosed Net Debt to Adjusted EBITDA leverage ratio of 0.4 times is relatively low, indicating a healthy balance sheet that could afford resilience in times of market volatility.

NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- TaskUs, Inc. (Nasdaq: TASK), a leading provider of outsourced digital services and next-generation customer experience to the world’s most innovative companies, today announced its results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2024.

  • Total revenues of $227.5 million.
  • GAAP net income of $11.7 million, GAAP net income margin of 5.1%.
  • Non-GAAP Adjusted Net Income of $27.3 million, non-GAAP Adjusted Net Income margin of 12.0%.
  • GAAP diluted EPS of $0.13, non-GAAP Adjusted EPS of $0.30.
  • Adjusted EBITDA of $50.6 million, Adjusted EBITDA margin of 22.2%.
  • Net cash provided by operating activities of $51.2 million, Free Cash Flow of $47.6 million and 94.1% conversion of Adjusted EBITDA to Free Cash Flow.

“Our teams have continued to deliver in the face of an unpredictable macro environment. As a result of their efforts we, again, outperformed the top end of our revenue and Adjusted EBITDA guidance,” said Co-Founder and CEO, Bryce Maddock. “We have seen a pick up in momentum among some of our largest clients and continued strong new client sales. So we are increasing the lower end of our full-year revenue guidance by $25 million. We now expect 2024 revenues to be between $925 million and $950 million. We expect to return to year-over-year revenue growth in the second quarter and to achieve annual revenue growth at any point in our updated guidance range.”

First Quarter 2024 Financial and Frontline Highlights

($ in thousands, except per share amounts)

Three months ended
March 31,

 

 

2024

 

2023

 

% Change

Service revenue

$

227,470

 

 

$

235,306

 

 

(3.3

)%

GAAP net income

$

11,714

 

 

$

9,509

 

 

23.2

%

GAAP net income margin

 

5.1

%

 

 

4.0

%

 

 

Non-GAAP Adjusted Net Income

$

27,272

 

 

$

32,511

 

 

(16.1

)%

Non-GAAP Adjusted Net Income margin

 

12.0

%

 

 

13.8

%

 

 

GAAP diluted EPS

$

0.13

 

 

$

0.09

 

 

44.4

%

Non-GAAP Adjusted EPS

$

0.30

 

 

$

0.32

 

 

(6.3

)%

Adjusted EBITDA

$

50,605

 

 

$

55,033

 

 

(8.0

)%

Adjusted EBITDA margin

 

22.2

%

 

 

23.4

%

 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

$

51,177

 

 

$

43,683

 

 

17.2

%

Free Cash Flow

$

47,605

 

 

$

38,439

 

 

23.8

%

Conversion of Adjusted EBITDA

 

94.1

%

 

 

69.8

%

 

 

  • Added 1,400 teammates since the fourth quarter, ending the first quarter of 2024 with 49,600 teammates.
  • The only BPO provider to be recognized as a Leader in each of the Everest Group’s Trust and Safety Services PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2024, Financial Crime and Compliance Operations Services PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2024 and Data Annotation and Labeling Solutions for AI/ML PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2024.
  • Repurchased 0.3 million shares in the first quarter ended March 31, 2024.
  • Net Debt to Adjusted EBITDA leverage ratio was 0.4 times.

“We outperformed our guidance as a result of new client ramps and existing client volumes, both of which came in better than we expected. Our global delivery model continued to demonstrate its strength, with particularly strong growth in Latin America,” said Balaji Sekar, Chief Financial Officer. “Along with managing our cost structure, we also delivered on our cash flow goals while continuing to make strategic investments. We now anticipate full year 2024 total revenues to be in the range of $925 million to $950 million. We are maintaining our Adjusted EBITDA margin and Free Cash Flow guidance.”

Second Quarter and Full Year 2024 Outlook

For the second quarter and full year 2024, TaskUs expects its financial results to include1, 2:

 

2024 Outlook

 

Second Quarter

 

Full Year

Revenue (in millions)

$230 to $232

 

$925 to $950

Revenue change (YoY) at midpoint

0.8%

 

1.4%

Adjusted EBITDA Margin1

22.0% to 22.5%

 

22% to 23%

Free Cash Flow (in millions)2

N/A

 

$120 to $130

  1. With respect to the non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA margin outlook provided above, a reconciliation to the closest GAAP financial measure has not been provided as the quantification of certain items included in the calculation of GAAP net income (loss) cannot be calculated or predicted at this time without unreasonable efforts. For example, the non-GAAP adjustment for stock-based compensation expense requires additional inputs such as number of shares granted and market price that are not currently ascertainable, and the non-GAAP adjustment for foreign currency gains or losses depends on the timing and magnitude of changes in foreign currency exchange rates and cannot be accurately forecasted. For the same reasons, the Company is unable to address the probable significance of the unavailable information, which could have a potentially unpredictable, and potentially significant, impact on its future GAAP financial results.
  2. Free Cash Flow is calculated as net cash provided by operating activities in the period minus cash used for purchase of property and equipment in the period. At the mid-point of our guidance, net cash provided by operating activities for the full year 2024 is expected to be approximately $164 million and purchase of property and equipment is expected to be approximately $39 million. Our Free Cash Flow and net cash provided by operating activities guidance excludes the impact of certain litigation costs, which are non-recurring and outside the ordinary course of business, due to the unpredictability of the costs and timing of payments.

Conference Call Information

TaskUs senior management will host a conference call today to discuss the Company’s first quarter 2024 financial results and financial outlook. This call is scheduled to begin at 5:00 pm ET. Analysts and investors who wish to participate in the call can register by visiting https://register.vevent.com/register/BIa75dd55520e44a14a713730a652b678b. To listen to a live audio webcast, please visit TaskUs’ Investor Relations website at IR.Taskus.com. A replay of the audio webcast will be available on the same website for 12 months following the call. At the time of the conference call and webcast, the Company will post a slide presentation and other materials on its website.

About TaskUs

TaskUs is a leading provider of outsourced digital services and next-generation customer experience to the world’s most innovative companies, helping its clients represent, protect, and grow their brands. Leveraging a cloud-based infrastructure, TaskUs serves clients in the fastest-growing sectors, including social media, e-commerce, gaming, streaming media, food delivery and ride-sharing, Technology, FinTech, and HealthTech. As of March 31, 2024, TaskUs had a worldwide headcount of approximately 49,600 people across 27 locations in 12 countries, including the United States, the Philippines, and India.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include all statements that are not historical facts, and further include, without limitation, statements reflecting our current views with respect to, among other things, our operations, our financial performance, our industry, the impact of the macroeconomic environment on our business, and other non-historical statements including the statements in the “Second Quarter and Full Year 2024 Outlook” section of this press release. In some cases, you can identify these forward-looking statements by the use of words such as “outlook,” “believes,” “expects,” “potential,” “continues,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “seeks,” “predicts,” “intends,” “trends,” “plans,” “estimates,” “anticipates,” “position us” or the negative version of these words or other comparable words. Such forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties. Accordingly, there are or will be important factors that could cause actual outcomes or results to differ materially from those indicated in these statements. These factors include but are not limited to: the dependence of our business on key clients; the risk of loss of business or non-payment from clients; our failure to cost-effectively acquire and retain new clients; the risk that we may provide inadequate service or cause disruptions in our clients’ businesses or fail to comply with the quality standards required by our clients under our agreements; utilization of artificial intelligence by our clients or our failure to incorporate artificial intelligence into our operations; our inability to anticipate clients’ needs by adapting to market and technology trends; unauthorized or improper disclosure of personal or other sensitive information, or security breaches and incidents; negative publicity or liability or difficulty recruiting and retaining employees; our failure to detect and deter criminal or fraudulent activities or other misconduct by our employees or third parties; global economic and political conditions, especially in the social media and meal delivery and transport industries from which we generate significant revenue; the dependence of our business on our international operations, particularly in the Philippines and India; our failure to comply with applicable data privacy and security laws and regulations; fluctuations against the U.S. dollar in the local currencies in the countries in which we operate; our inability to maintain and enhance our brand; competitive pricing pressure; our dependence on senior management and key employees; increases in employee expenses and changes to labor laws; failure to attract, hire, train and retain a sufficient number of skilled employees to support operations; our inability to effectively expand our operations into countries or industries in which we have no prior operating experience and in which we may be subject to increased business, economic and regulatory risks; reliance on owned and third-party technology and computer systems; failure to maintain asset utilization levels, price appropriately and control costs; the control of affiliates of Blackstone Inc. and our Co-Founders over us; and the dual class structure of our common stock. Additional risks and uncertainties include but are not limited to those described under “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on March 8, 2024, as such factors may be updated from time to time in our periodic filings with the SEC, which are accessible on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. These factors should not be construed as exhaustive and should be read in conjunction with the other cautionary statements that are included in the Company’s SEC filings. TaskUs undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise, except as required by law.

Non-GAAP Measures

TaskUs supplements results reported in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), with non-GAAP financial measures, such as Adjusted Net Income, Adjusted Net Income Margin, Adjusted EPS, EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA Margin, Free Cash Flow and Conversion of Adjusted EBITDA. Management believes these measures help illustrate underlying trends in TaskUs’ business and uses the measures to establish budgets and operational goals, communicate internally and externally, and manage TaskUs’ business and evaluate its performance. Management also believes these measures help investors compare TaskUs’ operating performance with its results in prior periods. TaskUs anticipates that it will continue to report both GAAP and certain non-GAAP financial measures in its financial results, including non-GAAP results that exclude the impact of certain costs, losses and gains that are required to be included in our profit and loss measures under GAAP. Because TaskUs’ reported non-GAAP financial measures are not calculated in accordance with GAAP, these measures are not comparable to GAAP and may not be comparable to similarly described non-GAAP measures reported by other companies within TaskUs’ industry. Consequently, TaskUs’ non-GAAP financial measures should not be evaluated in isolation or supplant comparable GAAP measures, but rather, should be considered together with the information in TaskUs’ consolidated financial statements, which are prepared in accordance with GAAP. Definitions of non-GAAP financial measures and the reconciliations to the most directly comparable measures in accordance with GAAP are provided in subsequent sections of this press release narrative and supplemental schedules.

TaskUs, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (unaudited)

(in thousands, except per share data)

 

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

2024

 

2023

Service revenue

$

227,470

 

 

$

235,306

 

Operating expenses:

 

 

 

Cost of services

 

135,411

 

 

 

137,762

 

Selling, general, and administrative expense

 

52,904

 

 

 

64,294

 

Depreciation

 

10,789

 

 

 

9,661

 

Amortization of intangible assets

 

4,985

 

 

 

5,124

 

Loss (gain) on disposal of assets

 

(177

)

 

 

65

 

Total operating expenses

 

203,912

 

 

 

216,906

 

Operating income

 

23,558

 

 

 

18,400

 

Other income, net

 

(202

)

 

 

(2,177

)

Financing expenses

 

5,538

 

 

 

5,099

 

Income before income taxes

 

18,222

 

 

 

15,478

 

Provision for income taxes

 

6,508

 

 

 

5,969

 

Net income

$

11,714

 

 

$

9,509

 

Net income per common share:

 

 

 

Basic

$

0.13

 

 

$

0.10

 

Diluted

$

0.13

 

 

$

0.09

 

Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding:

 

 

 

Basic

 

88,795,211

 

 

 

97,561,650

 

Diluted

 

91,849,886

 

 

 

100,952,573

 

TaskUs, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (unaudited)

(in thousands)

 

 

March 31,
2024

 

December 31,
2023

Assets

 

 

 

Current assets:

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

$

165,350

 

$

125,776

Accounts receivable, net of allowance for credit losses of $1,658 and $1,978, respectively

 

165,494

 

 

176,812

Income tax receivable

 

1,042

 

 

2,021

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

24,170

 

 

23,909

Total current assets

 

356,056

 

 

328,518

Noncurrent assets:

 

 

 

Property and equipment, net

 

61,777

 

 

68,893

Operating lease right-of-use assets

 

39,144

 

 

44,326

Deferred tax assets

 

5,915

 

 

4,857

Intangibles

 

187,771

 

 

192,958

Goodwill

 

217,613

 

 

218,108

Other noncurrent assets

 

6,235

 

 

6,542

Total noncurrent assets

 

518,455

 

 

535,684

Total assets

$

874,511

 

$

864,202

Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity

 

 

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

Current liabilities:

 

 

 

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

$

24,684

 

$

26,054

Accrued payroll and employee-related liabilities

 

40,346

 

 

40,291

Current portion of debt

 

9,747

 

 

8,059

Current portion of operating lease liabilities

 

15,107

 

 

15,872

Current portion of income tax payable

 

12,035

 

 

7,451

Deferred revenue

 

4,120

 

 

4,077

Total current liabilities

 

106,039

 

 

101,804

Noncurrent liabilities:

 

 

 

Income tax payable

 

4,620

 

 

4,621

Long-term debt

 

252,885

 

 

256,166

Operating lease liabilities

 

26,605

 

 

31,475

Accrued payroll and employee-related liabilities

 

4,354

 

 

3,978

Deferred tax liabilities

 

25,184

 

 

25,214

Other noncurrent liabilities

 

230

 

 

233

Total noncurrent liabilities

 

313,878

 

 

321,687

Total liabilities

 

419,917

 

 

423,491

Total shareholders’ equity

 

454,594

 

 

440,711

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

$

874,511

 

$

864,202

TaskUs, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows (unaudited)

(in thousands)

 

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

2024

 

2023

Cash flows from operating activities:

 

 

 

Net income

$

11,714

 

 

$

9,509

 

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

 

 

 

Depreciation

 

10,789

 

 

 

9,661

 

Amortization of intangibles

 

4,985

 

 

 

5,124

 

Amortization of debt financing fees

 

149

 

 

 

149

 

Loss (gain) on disposal of assets

 

(177

)

 

 

65

 

Benefit from credit losses

 

(258

)

 

 

 

Unrealized foreign exchange losses (gains) on forward contracts

 

1,497

 

 

 

(6,336

)

Deferred taxes

 

(1,094

)

 

 

(90

)

Stock-based compensation expense

 

10,235

 

 

 

13,464

 

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

 

 

 

Accounts receivable

 

11,296

 

 

 

8,070

 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

(331

)

 

 

(16

)

Operating lease right-of-use assets

 

3,941

 

 

 

3,825

 

Other noncurrent assets

 

207

 

 

 

34

 

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

 

(3,866

)

 

 

(5,356

)

Accrued payroll and employee-related liabilities

 

805

 

 

 

3,520

 

Operating lease liabilities

 

(4,374

)

 

 

(3,310

)

Income tax payable

 

5,614

 

 

 

5,789

 

Deferred revenue

 

47

 

 

 

(417

)

Other noncurrent liabilities

 

(2

)

 

 

(2

)

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

51,177

 

 

 

43,683

 

Cash flows from investing activities:

 

 

 

Purchase of property and equipment

 

(3,572

)

 

 

(5,244

)

Investment in loan receivable

 

 

 

 

(1,000

)

Net cash used in investing activities

 

(3,572

)

 

 

(6,244

)

Cash flows from financing activities:

 

 

 

Payments on long-term debt

 

(1,688

)

 

 

(675

)

Proceeds from employee stock plans

 

195

 

 

 

209

 

Payments for taxes related to net share settlement

 

(1,574

)

 

 

(257

)

Payments for stock repurchases

 

(2,597

)

 

 

(6,374

)

Net cash used in financing activities

 

(5,664

)

 

 

(7,097

)

Increase in cash and cash equivalents

 

41,941

 

 

 

30,342

 

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash

 

(2,367

)

 

 

2,677

 

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

 

125,776

 

 

 

133,992

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

$

165,350

 

 

$

167,011

 

TaskUs, Inc.

Non-GAAP Reconciliations

Adjusted EBITDA (unaudited)

(in thousands, except margin amounts)

 

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

2024

 

2023

Net income

$

11,714

 

 

$

9,509

 

Provision for income taxes

 

6,508

 

 

 

5,969

 

Financing expenses

 

5,538

 

 

 

5,099

 

Depreciation

 

10,789

 

 

 

9,661

 

Amortization of intangible assets

 

4,985

 

 

 

5,124

 

EBITDA

$

39,534

 

 

$

35,362

 

Transaction costs(1)

 

 

 

 

245

 

Earn-out consideration(2)

 

 

 

 

6,648

 

Foreign currency losses (gains)(3)

 

1,014

 

 

 

(1,982

)

Loss (gain) on disposal of assets

 

(177

)

 

 

65

 

Severance costs(4)

 

487

 

 

 

1,218

 

Litigation costs(5)

 

300

 

 

 

 

Stock-based compensation expense(6)

 

10,564

 

 

 

13,672

 

Interest income(7)

 

(1,117

)

 

 

(195

)

Adjusted EBITDA

$

50,605

 

 

$

55,033

 

Net Income Margin(8)

 

5.1

%

 

 

4.0

%

Adjusted EBITDA Margin(8)

 

22.2

%

 

 

23.4

%

(1)

Represents professional service fees related to non-recurring transactions.

(2)

Represents earn-out consideration recognized as compensation expense related to the acquisition of heloo.

(3)

Realized and unrealized foreign currency losses (gains) include the effect of fair market value changes of forward contracts and remeasurement of U.S. dollar-denominated accounts to foreign currency.

(4)

Represents severance payments as a result of certain cost optimization measures we undertook during the period to restructure support roles.

(5)

Represents only those litigation costs that are considered non-recurring and outside of the ordinary course of business.

(6)

Represents stock-based compensation expense, as well as associated payroll tax.

(7)

Represents interest earned on short-term savings, time-deposits and money market funds.

(8)

Net Income Margin represents net income divided by service revenue and Adjusted EBITDA Margin represents Adjusted EBITDA divided by service revenue.

TaskUs, Inc.

Non-GAAP Reconciliations

Adjusted Net Income (unaudited)

(in thousands, except margin amounts)

 

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

2024

 

2023

Net income

$

11,714

 

 

$

9,509

 

Amortization of intangible assets

 

4,985

 

 

 

5,124

 

Transaction costs(1)

 

 

 

 

245

 

Earn-out consideration(2)

 

 

 

 

6,648

 

Foreign currency losses (gains)(3)

 

1,014

 

 

 

(1,982

)

Loss (gain) on disposal of assets

 

(177

)

 

 

65

 

Severance costs(4)

 

487

 

 

 

1,218

 

Litigation costs(5)

 

300

 

 

 

 

Stock-based compensation expense(6)

 

10,564

 

 

 

13,672

 

Tax impacts of adjustments(7)

 

(1,615

)

 

 

(1,988

)

Adjusted Net Income

$

27,272

 

 

$

32,511

 

Net Income Margin(8)

 

5.1

%

 

 

4.0

%

Adjusted Net Income Margin(8)

 

12.0

%

 

 

13.8

%

(1)

Represents professional service fees related to non-recurring transactions.

(2)

Represents earn-out consideration recognized as compensation expense related to the acquisition of heloo.

(3)

Realized and unrealized foreign currency losses (gains) include the effect of fair market value changes of forward contracts and remeasurement of U.S. dollar-denominated accounts to foreign currency.

(4)

Represents severance payments as a result of certain cost optimization measures we undertook during the period to restructure support roles.

(5)

Represents only those litigation costs that are considered non-recurring and outside of the ordinary course of business.

(6)

Represents stock-based compensation expense, as well as associated payroll tax.

(7)

Represents tax impacts of adjustments to net income which resulted in a tax benefit during the period, including stock-based compensation expense and earn-out consideration.

(8)

Net Income Margin represents net income divided by service revenue and Adjusted Net Income Margin represents Adjusted Net Income divided by service revenue.

TaskUs, Inc.

Non-GAAP Reconciliations

Adjusted EPS (unaudited)

 

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

2024

 

2023

GAAP diluted EPS

$

0.13

 

$

0.09

Per share adjustments to net income(1)

 

0.17

 

 

0.23

Adjusted EPS

$

0.30

 

$

0.32

 

 

 

 

Weighted-average common shares outstanding – diluted

 

91,849,886

 

 

100,952,573

(1)

Reflects the aggregate adjustments made to reconcile net income to Adjusted Net Income, as noted in the above table, divided by the GAAP diluted weighted-average number of shares outstanding for the relevant period.

TaskUs, Inc.

Non-GAAP Reconciliations

Free Cash Flow (unaudited)

(in thousands, except percentages)

 

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

2024

 

2023

Net cash provided by operating activities

$

51,177

 

 

$

43,683

 

Purchase of property and equipment

 

(3,572

)

 

 

(5,244

)

Free Cash Flow

$

47,605

 

 

$

38,439

 

Conversion of Adjusted EBITDA(1)

 

94.1

%

 

 

69.8

%

(1)

Conversion of Adjusted EBITDA represents Free Cash Flow divided by Adjusted EBITDA

Definitions of Non-GAAP Metrics

EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA

EBITDA is a non-GAAP profitability measure that represents net income or loss for the period before the impact of the benefit from or provision for income taxes, financing expenses, depreciation, and amortization of intangible assets. EBITDA eliminates potential differences in performance caused by variations in capital structures (affecting financing expenses), tax positions (such as the availability of net operating losses against which to relieve taxable profits), the cost and age of tangible assets (affecting relative depreciation expense) and the extent to which intangible assets are identifiable (affecting relative amortization expense).

Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP profitability measure that represents EBITDA before certain items that are considered to hinder comparison of the performance of our businesses on a period-over-period basis or with other businesses. During the periods presented, we excluded from Adjusted EBITDA transaction costs, earn-out consideration, the effect of foreign currency gains and losses, gains and losses on disposals of assets, non-recurring severance costs, certain non-recurring litigation costs, stock-based compensation expense and associated employer payroll tax and interest income, which include costs that are required to be expensed in accordance with GAAP. Our management believes that the inclusion of supplementary adjustments to EBITDA applied in presenting Adjusted EBITDA are appropriate to provide additional information to investors about certain material non-cash items and about unusual items that we do not expect to continue at the same level in the future.

Adjusted EBITDA Margin represents Adjusted EBITDA divided by service revenue.

Adjusted Net Income

Adjusted Net Income is a non-GAAP profitability measure that represents net income or loss for the period before the impact of amortization of intangible assets and certain items that are considered to hinder comparison of the performance of our businesses on a period-over-period basis or with other businesses. During the periods presented, we excluded from Adjusted Net Income amortization of intangible assets, transaction costs, earn-out consideration, the effect of foreign currency gains and losses, gains and losses on disposals of assets, non-recurring severance costs, certain non-recurring litigation costs, stock-based compensation expense and associated employer payroll tax and the related effect on income taxes of certain pre-tax adjustments, which include costs that are required to be expensed in accordance with GAAP. Our management believes that the inclusion of supplementary adjustments to net income applied in presenting Adjusted Net Income are appropriate to provide additional information to investors about certain material non-cash items and about unusual items that we do not expect to continue at the same level in the future.

Adjusted Net Income Margin represents Adjusted Net Income divided by service revenue.

Adjusted EPS

Adjusted EPS is a non-GAAP profitability measure that represents earnings available to shareholders excluding the impact of certain items that are considered to hinder comparison of the performance of our business on a period-over-period basis or with other businesses. Adjusted EPS is calculated as Adjusted Net Income divided by our diluted weighted-average number of shares outstanding. Our management believes that the inclusion of supplementary adjustments to earnings per share applied in presenting Adjusted EPS are appropriate to provide additional information to investors about certain material non-cash items and about unusual items that we do not expect to continue at the same level in the future.

Free Cash Flow

Free Cash Flow is a non-GAAP liquidity measure that represents our ability to generate additional cash from our business operations. Free Cash Flow is calculated as net cash provided by operating activities in the period minus cash used for purchase of property and equipment in the period. Our management believes that the inclusion of this non-GAAP measure, when considered with our GAAP results, provides management and investors with an additional understanding of our ability to generate additional cash for ongoing business operations and other capital deployment.

Conversion of Adjusted EBITDA represents Free Cash Flow divided by Adjusted EBITDA.

Investor Contact

Trent Thrash

IR@taskus.com



Media Contact

Heidi Lemmetyinen

heidi.lemmetyinen@taskus.com

Source: TaskUs, Inc.

FAQ

What are TaskUs' first quarter 2024 total revenues and net income?

TaskUs reported total revenues of $227.5 million and a GAAP net income of $11.7 million for the first quarter of 2024.

How many teammates did TaskUs add in the first quarter of 2024?

TaskUs added 1,400 teammates in the first quarter of 2024, ending with 49,600 teammates.

What is TaskUs' full-year 2024 revenue guidance range?

TaskUs expects 2024 revenues to be between $925 million and $950 million, with an increase of $25 million from the previous guidance.

What was TaskUs' Free Cash Flow in the first quarter of 2024?

TaskUs generated a Free Cash Flow of $47.6 million in the first quarter of 2024, with a 94.1% conversion of Adjusted EBITDA to Free Cash Flow.

What was TaskUs' Net Debt to Adjusted EBITDA leverage ratio at the end of the first quarter of 2024?

TaskUs' Net Debt to Adjusted EBITDA leverage ratio was 0.4 times at the end of the first quarter of 2024.

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