ShareTotal Revenue for 2015 Increased 27% Year Over Year
Mobile
Revenue for 2015 Increased 84% Year Over Year
Adjusted
EBITDA for 2015 Increased 303% Year Over Year
Full Year
Adjusted EBITDA Margin Increased to 36%
Net Income for 2015
was a Record $6.0 Million
NEW HOPE, Pa.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–
MeetMe, Inc. (NASDAQ: MEET), a public market leader for social
discovery, today reported financial results for its full year and fourth
quarter ended December 31, 2015.
Full Year 2015 Financial Highlights
- Total revenue was a record $56.9 million, up 27% year over year.
- Mobile revenue was a record $45.3 million, up 84% year over year.
- Mobile revenue represented 80% of total revenue, up from 55% in 2014.
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Adjusted EBITDA was a record $20.2 million, or a 36% margin, up 303%
year over year. (See the important discussion about the presentation
of non-GAAP financial measures, and reconciliation to the most direct
comparable GAAP financial measure, below.) -
Net income was a record $6.0 million, compared to a net loss of $4.0
million for 2014.
Fourth Quarter 2015 Financial Highlights
-
Total revenue was a record $19.9 million, up 53% from the fourth
quarter of 2014. -
Mobile revenue was a record $17.2 million, up 126% from the fourth
quarter of 2014. -
Mobile revenue represented 86% of total revenue, the highest in
MeetMe’s history. -
Adjusted EBITDA was a record $9.0 million, an increase of 247% year
over year. (See the important discussion about the presentation of
non-GAAP financial measures, and reconciliation to the most direct
comparable GAAP financial measure, below.) -
Adjusted EBITDA margin increased to 45%, up from 20% in the fourth
quarter of 2014. -
Net income was a record $6.1 million, compared to net income of
$847,000 for the fourth quarter of 2014. - Cash and Cash Equivalents totaled $19.3 million at December 31, 2015.
Geoff Cook, Chief Executive Officer of MeetMe, stated, “We believe our
record revenue, adjusted EBITDA and net income reflect the increasing
value of our audience to mobile advertisers and the continued growth in
mobile engagement by our users. We saw record engagement in the fourth
quarter and experienced tremendous growth in chats this past year,
reaching a new milestone of 30 million user-to-user chats in a single
day at the end of the year. In the fourth quarter, our mobile daily
active users increased 20% year over year and our total mobile monthly
active users increased 32% year over year.”
David Clark, Chief Financial Officer of MeetMe, added, “Mobile revenue
for 2015 increased 84% year over year and represented 80% of our total
revenue, up from 55% in 2014. We believe our increasing revenue was
driven by our growing mobile engagement as well as continued strength in
the mobile advertising industry. Much of the increased revenue flowed
through to adjusted EBITDA, which increased to a record $20 million for
the year, resulting in a 36% adjusted EBITDA margin.”
Webcast and Conference Call Details
Management will host a webcast and conference call to discuss full year
and fourth quarter 2015 financial results today, February 29, 2016, at
10:30 a.m. Eastern time. To access the call dial 888-427-9419 (+1
719-325-2435 outside the United States) and when prompted provide the
participant passcode 5399747 to the operator. In addition, a webcast of
the conference call will be available live on the Investor Relations
section of the Company’s website at www.meetmecorp.com
and a replay of the webcast will be available for 90 days.
About MeetMe, Inc.
MeetMe® is a leading social network for meeting new people in the U.S.
and the public market leader for social discovery (NASDAQ: MEET). MeetMe
makes it easy to discover new people to chat with on mobile devices.
With approximately 90 percent of traffic coming from mobile and more
than one million total daily active users, MeetMe is fast becoming the
social gathering place for the mobile generation. MeetMe is a leader in
mobile monetization with a diverse revenue model comprising advertising,
native advertising, virtual currency, and subscription. MeetMe apps are
available on iPhone, iPad, and Android in multiple languages, including
English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, German, Chinese
(Traditional and Simplified), Russian, Japanese, Dutch, Turkish, and
Korean. For more information, please visit meetmecorp.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this press release are forward-looking statements
within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995, including whether our total revenue and mobile revenue will
continue to grow; whether our adjusted EBITDA will continue to grow;
whether our net income will continue to grow; whether our mobile revenue
will continue to constitute an increasing percentage of our total
revenue; whether our revenue, adjusted EBITDA, and net income will
reflect the increasing value of our audience to mobile advertisers and
the continued growth in mobile engagement by our users; whether net
income will continue to grow; whether our record revenue, adjusted
EBITDA, and net income reflect the increasing value of our audience to
mobile advertisers and the continued growth in mobile engagement by our
users; whether our increasing revenue was driven by our growing mobile
engagement as well as continued strength in the mobile advertising
industry; whether our mobile engagement will continue to grow; and
whether our growing mobile engagement and continued strength in the
advertising industry will drive our revenue. All statements other than
statements of historical facts contained herein are forward-looking
statements. The words “believe,” “may,” “estimate,” “continue,”
“anticipate,” “intend,” “should,” “plan,” “could,” “target,”
“potential,” “project,” “is likely,” “expect,” and similar expressions,
as they relate to us, are intended to identify forward-looking
statements. We have based these forward-looking statements largely on
our current expectations and projections about future events and
financial trends that we believe may affect our financial condition,
results of operations, business strategy, and financial needs. Important
factors that could cause actual results to differ from those in the
forward-looking statements include the risk that our applications will
not function easily or otherwise as anticipated, the risk that we will
not launch additional features and upgrades as anticipated, the risk
that unanticipated events affect the functionality of our applications
with popular mobile operating systems, any changes in such operating
systems that degrade our mobile applications’ functionality, and other
unexpected issues which could adversely affect usage on mobile devices.
Further information on our risk factors is contained in our filings with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), including the Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2014, and the Current Report on Form 8-K
filed with the SEC on June 3, 2015. Any forward-looking statement made
by us herein speaks only as of the date on which it is made. Factors or
events that could cause our actual results to differ may emerge from
time to time, and it is not possible for us to predict all of them. We
undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking
statement, whether as a result of new information, future developments,
or otherwise, except as may be required by law.
Regulation G – Non-GAAP Financial Measures
The Company uses financial measures which are not calculated and
presented in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting
principles (“GAAP”) in evaluating its financial and operational decision
making and as a means to evaluate period-to-period comparison. The
Company uses these non-GAAP financial measures for financial and
operational decision making and as a means to evaluate period-to-period
comparisons. The Company presents these non-GAAP financial measures
because it believes them to be an important supplemental measure of
performance that is commonly used by securities analysts, investors, and
other interested parties in the evaluation of companies in our industry.
We refer you to the reconciliations below.
The Company defines Adjusted EBITDA as earnings (or loss) from
continuing operations before interest expense, change in warrant
liability, income taxes, depreciation and amortization, and non-cash
stock-based compensation, non-recurring acquisition and restructuring
expenses, loss on cumulative foreign currency translation adjustment,
gain on sale of asset, bad debt expense outside the normal range, and
the goodwill impairment charges. The Company excludes stock-based
compensation because it is non-cash in nature.
Non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered as an alternative
to net income, operating income, cash flow from operating activities, as
a measure of liquidity, or any other financial measure. They may not be
indicative of the historical operating results of the Company nor is it
intended to be predictive of potential future results. Investors should
not consider non-GAAP financial measures in isolation or as a substitute
for performance measures calculated in accordance with GAAP.
| MEETME, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES | |||||||||||||||||
| CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS | |||||||||||||||||
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December 31, |
December 31, |
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| ASSETS | |||||||||||||||||
| CURRENT ASSETS: | |||||||||||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 19,298,038 | $ | 17,041,050 | |||||||||||||
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Accounts receivable, net of allowance of $133,000 and $586,000, at December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively |
16,509,291 | 9,045,269 | |||||||||||||||
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 970,239 | 790,031 | |||||||||||||||
| Total current assets | 36,777,568 | 26,876,350 | |||||||||||||||
| Goodwill | 70,646,036 | 70,646,036 | |||||||||||||||
| Property and equipment, net | 2,610,307 | 2,458,897 | |||||||||||||||
| Intangible assets, net | 1,278,498 | 2,894,330 | |||||||||||||||
| Other assets | 178,264 | 338,146 | |||||||||||||||
| TOTAL ASSETS | $ | 111,490,673 | $ | 103,213,759 | |||||||||||||
| LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY | |||||||||||||||||
| CURRENT LIABILITIES: | |||||||||||||||||
| Accounts payable | $ | 2,776,710 | $ | 2,985,259 | |||||||||||||
| Accrued liabilities | 4,127,634 | 3,249,404 | |||||||||||||||
| Current portion of capital lease obligations | 366,114 | 872,761 | |||||||||||||||
| Current portion of long-term debt | – | 2,068,326 | |||||||||||||||
| Deferred revenue | 293,414 | 218,484 | |||||||||||||||
| Total current liabilities | 7,563,872 | 9,394,234 | |||||||||||||||
| Long-term capital lease obligation, less current portion, net | 221,302 | 587,416 | |||||||||||||||
| Long-term debt, less current portion, net | – | 556,612 | |||||||||||||||
| Other liabilities | 1,035,137 | 418,530 | |||||||||||||||
| TOTAL LIABILITIES | $ | 8,820,311 | $ | 10,956,792 | |||||||||||||
| STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY: | |||||||||||||||||
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Preferred stock, $.001 par value, authorized – 5,000,000 Shares; Convertible Preferred Stock Series A-1, $.001 par value; authorized – 1,000,000 shares; 0 and 1,000,000 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2015 and 2014 |
$ | – | $ | 1,000 | |||||||||||||
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Common stock, $.001 par value; authorized – 100,000,000 Shares; 47,179,486 and 44,910,034 issued and outstanding at December 31, 2015 and 2014 |
47,183 | 44,914 | |||||||||||||||
| Additional paid-in capital | 300,725,791 | 297,001,168 | |||||||||||||||
| Accumulated deficit | (198,102,612 | ) | (204,072,240 | ) | |||||||||||||
| Accumulated other comprehensive loss | – | (717,875 | ) | ||||||||||||||
| TOTAL STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY | 102,670,362 | 92,256,967 | |||||||||||||||
| TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY | $ | 111,490,673 | $ | 103,213,759 | |||||||||||||
| MEETME, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND |
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| Three Months Ended December 31, | Year Ended December 31, | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | 2014 | 2015 | 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Revenues | $ | 19,879,840 | $ | 13,021,878 | $ | 56,903,773 | $ | 44,817,436 | ||||||||||||||||
| Operating Costs and Expenses: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sales and marketing | 2,826,198 | 1,666,406 | 6,618,837 | 7,277,719 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Product development and content | 6,036,478 | 7,589,911 | 24,615,304 | 28,324,443 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| General and administrative | 3,337,598 | 1,962,026 | 14,534,861 | 8,017,970 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization | 760,201 | 922,852 | 3,140,205 | 4,223,507 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Restructuring costs | – | – | – | 120,202 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total Operating Costs and Expenses | 12,960,475 | 12,141,195 | 48,909,207 | 47,963,841 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Income (Loss) from Operations | 6,919,365 | 880,683 | 7,994,566 | (3,146,405 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Other Income (Expense): | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest income | 5,304 | 5,958 | 21,037 | 10,352 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest expense | (84,723 | ) | (183,754 | ) | (459,962 | ) | (1,052,620 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
| Change in warrant liability | (622,819 | ) | 144,037 | (616,607 | ) | 226,508 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Loss on cumulative foreign currency translation adjustment | 5,640 | – | (856,438 | ) | – | |||||||||||||||||||
| Gain on sale of asset | – | – | 163,333 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total Other Income (Expense) | (696,598 | ) | (33,759 | ) | (1,748,637 | ) | (815,760 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
| Income (loss) before Income Taxes | 6,222,767 | 846,924 | 6,245,929 | (3,962,165 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Income taxes | (149,500 | ) | – | (276,301 | ) | – | ||||||||||||||||||
| Net Income (Loss) | $ | 6,073,267 | $ | 846,924 | $ | 5,969,628 | $ | (3,962,165 | ) | |||||||||||||||
| Preferred stock dividends | – | – | – | – | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income (loss) allocable to Common Stockholders | $ | 6,073,267 | $ | 846,924 | $ | 5,969,628 | $ | (3,962,165 | ) | |||||||||||||||
| Basic and diluted income (loss) per common stockholders: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Basic income (loss) per common stockholders | $ | 0.13 | $ | 0.02 | $ | 0.13 | $ | (0.10 | ) | |||||||||||||||
| Diluted income (loss) per common stockholders | $ | 0.12 | $ | 0.02 | $ | 0.12 | $ | (0.10 | ) | |||||||||||||||
| Weighted average number of shares outstanding: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Basic | 46,090,961 | 44,879,982 | 45,419,175 | 41,328,699 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Diluted | 51,735,136 | 48,181,596 | 49,535,826 | 41,328,699 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net Income (Loss) | $ | 6,073,267 | $ | 846,924 | $ | 5,969,628 | $ | (3,962,165 | ) | |||||||||||||||
| Foreign currency translation adjustment | – | (25,134 | ) | – | (99,523 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Comprehensive Loss | $ | 6,073,267 | $ | 821,790 | $ | 5,969,628 | $ | (4,061,688 | ) | |||||||||||||||
| MEETME, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| RECONCILIATION OF GAAP NET INCOME (LOSS) ALLOCABLE TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS TO ADJUSTED EBITDA |
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| Three Months Ended December 31, | Year Ended December 31, | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | 2014 | 2015 | 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income (loss) allocable to Common Stockholders | $ | 6,073,267 | $ | 846,924 | $ | 5,969,628 | $ | (3,962,165 | ) | |||||||||||||||
| Interest expense | 84,723 | 183,754 | 459,962 | 1,052,620 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization | 760,201 | 922,852 | 3,140,205 | 4,223,507 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stock-based compensation expense | 1,332,223 | 787,738 | 3,341,965 | 3,810,209 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Change in warrant liability | 622,819 | (144,037 | ) | 616,607 | (226,508 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Income taxes | 149,500 | – | 276,301 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Acquisition and restructuring costs | – | – | – | 120,202 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Bad debt expense outside normal range | – | – | 5,735,204 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Loss on cumulative effect of foreign currency translation adjustment | (5,640 | ) | – | 856,438 | – | |||||||||||||||||||
| Gain on sale of asset | – | – | (163,333 | ) | – | |||||||||||||||||||
| Adjusted EBITDA | $ | 9,017,093 | $ | 2,597,231 | $ | 20,232,977 | $ | 5,017,865 | ||||||||||||||||
| GAAP basic and diluted net income (loss) per common stockholders | $ | 0.13 | $ | 0.02 | $ | 0.13 | $ | (0.10 | ) | |||||||||||||||
| Basic adjusted EBITDA per common stockholders | $ | 0.20 | $ | 0.06 | $ | 0.45 | $ | 0.12 | ||||||||||||||||
| Diluted adjusted EBITDA per common stockholders | $ | 0.17 | $ | 0.05 | $ | 0.41 | $ | 0.11 | ||||||||||||||||
| Weighted average number of shares outstanding, Basic | 46,090,961 | 44,879,982 | 45,419,175 | 41,328,699 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weighted average number of shares outstanding, Diluted | 51,735,136 | 48,181,596 | 49,535,826 | 45,563,736 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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