MaxPoint Interactive Announces Second Quarter 2015 Earnings Results

Revenue increases 36% and Revenue ex-TAC increases 40% from Second Quarter 2014

RALEIGH, N.C.--()--MaxPoint (NYSE: MXPT), the company that helps manufacturers and retailers generate in-store sales with its innovative Digital Zip® technology, today announced its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2015.

Financial Highlights:

  • Revenue of $34.5 million increased 36% in the second quarter of 2015, compared to $25.4 million for the second quarter of 2014.
  • Revenue ex-TAC1 of $21.3 million increased 40% in the second quarter of 2015, compared to $15.2 million for the second quarter of 2014.
  • Net loss of $4.9 million in the second quarter of 2015 compared to $3.2 million for the second quarter of 2014.
  • Adjusted EBITDA1 of $(1.8) million in the second quarter of 2015 compared to $(1.8) million for the second quarter of 2014.
  • Net loss per basic and diluted share of $0.19 in the second quarter of 2015 compared to $0.83 for the second quarter of 2014.
  • Non-GAAP net loss per basic and diluted share1 of $0.15 in the second quarter of 2015 compared to $0.15 for the second quarter of 2014.

“We continue to have solid growth in our revenue, revenue ex-TAC and enterprise customer count on a year-over-year basis,” said Joe Epperson, MaxPoint’s co-founder and CEO. “We remain focused on effectively executing the strategic goals of our company by concentrating our efforts on deepening the interactions with our current customers and forming new relationships. We are excited by the continued demonstration of how MaxPoint can provide continuing value to our advertising partners, with tangible results.”

Second Quarter Operating Highlights:

  • Our total number of enterprise customers1 increased to 601 in the second quarter, up 59% from 378 for the second quarter of 2014.
  • During the quarter, non-display advertising, which includes mobile, video and social, accounted for 29% of revenue, up from 23% of revenue in the second quarter of 2014.

Business Outlook

The following forward-looking statements reflect MaxPoint’s expectations as of August 12, 2015.

Third Quarter 2015 Guidance:

  • Revenue ex-TAC1 for the third quarter ending September 30, 2015 is expected to be between $21.2 million and $23.2 million.
  • Adjusted EBITDA1 for the third quarter ending September 30, 2015 is expected to be between $(3.5) million and $(2.5) million.

Fiscal Year 2015 Guidance:

  • Revenue ex-TAC1 for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015 is expected to be between $86.7 million and $93.2 million.
  • Adjusted EBITDA1 for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015 is expected to be between $(11.5) million and $(9.0) million.

1 Represents a Non-GAAP financial measure or operating performance metric. Please see the discussion below under the heading “Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Operating Performance Metrics” and the reconciliations that follow within this release.

Conference Call

The Company will host a conference call today, Wednesday, August 12, 2015 at 4:30PM ET to discuss these results.

The conference call can be accessed at (877) 201-0168, conference ID #86348098. The call will also be webcast simultaneously at http://ir.maxpoint.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements, including the quotations from management and the statements in "Business Outlook," that are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors that could cause actual results and the timing of certain events to differ materially from future results expressed or implied by such statements including, but not limited to: our limited operating history, particularly as a newly public company, which makes it difficult to evaluate our current business and future prospects; our ability to achieve or sustain profitability; our ability to attract new customers or increase the allocation of our existing customers' marketing spend to us; our ability to develop new products and services or enhance our existing products and services; the effects of increased competition in our market and our ability to compete effectively; our ability to comply with, and the effect on our business of, evolving legal standards and regulations, particularly concerning privacy and data protection; the seasonality of our business; our dependence on the continued growth of the digital advertising market; our ability to maintain a supply of media inventory or impressions; our ability to retain key employees and attract additional key employees; our ability to maintain effective internal controls; our recognition of revenue from customer subscriptions over the term of the customer agreements and general market, political, economic and business conditions. Additional factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated by our forward-looking statements are described under “Risk Factors” in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2015. Additional information will also be provided in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2015.

You should not rely upon forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. Furthermore, such forward-looking statements are only as of the date of this press release. Except as required by law, we disclaim any obligation to update these forward-looking statements publicly, or to update the reasons actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements, even if new information becomes available in the future.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Operating Performance Metrics

To supplement our consolidated financial statements, which are prepared and presented in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), we use the following Non-GAAP financial measures: Revenue ex-TAC, Adjusted EBITDA, Non-GAAP net loss and Non-GAAP net loss per basic and diluted share. We also use number of enterprise customers, which is an operating performance metric. The presentation of this financial information is not intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for, or superior to, the financial information prepared and presented in accordance with GAAP.

We use these Non-GAAP financial measures for financial and operational decision-making and as a means to evaluate period-to-period performance. Our management believes that these Non-GAAP financial measures provide meaningful supplemental information regarding our results by (1) excluding certain expenses and charges that may not be indicative of our recurring core business activities; and (2) providing information for comparable periods that help both management and investors assess our operating performance. We believe these Non-GAAP financial measures are useful to investors both because they allow for greater transparency with respect to key metrics used by management in its financial and operational decision-making and because they help our institutional investors and the analyst community analyze our business.

For more information on these Non-GAAP financial measures, see the following descriptions and the tables below captioned "Supplemental Information Including Reconciliations of Non-GAAP Measures to the Nearest Comparable GAAP Measure."

Revenue ex-TAC

Revenue ex-TAC is a Non-GAAP financial measure defined by us as revenue less traffic acquisition costs. Traffic acquisition costs consist of purchases of advertising impressions from real-time bidding exchanges. We believe that Revenue ex-TAC is a meaningful measure of operating performance because it is frequently used for internal management purposes, indicates the effectiveness of delivering results to advertisers and facilitates a more complete period-to-period understanding of factors and trends affecting our underlying revenue performance. A limitation of Revenue ex-TAC is that it is a measure that other companies, including companies in our industry that have similar business arrangements, either may not use or may calculate differently, which reduces its usefulness as a comparative measure. Because of these and other limitations, we consider, and you should consider, Revenue ex-TAC alongside other GAAP financial measures, such as revenue, gross profit and total operating expenses.

Adjusted EBITDA

To provide investors with additional information regarding our financial results, we provide Adjusted EBITDA, a Non-GAAP financial measure. We define Adjusted EBITDA as net loss before income taxes, interest expense, amortization of debt discount, amortization of deferred financing costs and depreciation and amortization, adjusted to eliminate stock-based compensation expense and change in fair value of common stock warrant liabilities.

We have presented Adjusted EBITDA because it is a key measure used by our management and board of directors to understand and evaluate our core operating performance and trends, to prepare and approve our annual budget and to develop short- and long-term operating plans. In particular, we believe the exclusion of certain items in calculating Adjusted EBITDA can provide a useful measure for period-to-period comparisons of our business. Accordingly, we believe that Adjusted EBITDA provides useful information to investors in understanding and evaluating our operating results.

Our use of Adjusted EBITDA has limitations as an analytical tool, and you should not consider it in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP. Some of these limitations are:

  • Although depreciation and amortization are non-cash charges, the assets being depreciated and amortized may have to be replaced in the future, and Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect cash capital expenditure requirements for such replacements or for new capital expenditure requirements;
  • Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect changes in, or cash requirements for, our working capital needs;
  • Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect the potentially dilutive impact of equity-based compensation;
  • Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect interest or tax payments that may represent a reduction in cash available to us; and
  • Other companies, including companies in our industry, may calculate Adjusted EBITDA differently, which reduces its usefulness as a comparative measure.

Because of these and other limitations, we consider, and you should consider, Adjusted EBITDA together with other GAAP-based financial performance measures, including various cash flow metrics, net loss and our other GAAP results.

Number of Enterprise Customers

Our number of enterprise customers is a key operating metric. We believe our ability to increase the revenue we generate from existing customers and attract new customers is an important component of our growth strategy. We also believe that those customers from which we have generated more than $10,000 of revenue during any trailing twelve-month period best identifies customers that are actively using our solution and contribute more meaningfully to revenue. We refer to these customers as our enterprise customers. Our ability to generate additional revenue from our enterprise customers is an important indicator of our ability to grow revenue over time.

In those cases where we work with multiple brands or divisions within the same company or where the company runs marketing campaigns in multiple geographies, even though multiple insertion orders may be involved, we count that company as a single customer. When an insertion order is with an advertising agency, we consider the company on behalf of which the marketing campaign is conducted as our enterprise customer. If a company has its marketing spend with us managed by multiple advertising agencies, that company is counted as a single enterprise customer.

While the number of our enterprise customers has increased over time, this number can also fluctuate from quarter to quarter due to the seasonal trends in the advertising spend of our enterprise and other customers, which can impact the timing and amount of revenue we generate from them. Therefore, there is not necessarily a direct correlation between a change in the number of enterprise customers for a particular period and an increase or decrease in our revenue during that period.

Non-GAAP Net Loss

We define Non-GAAP net loss as net loss less non-cash stock-based compensation expense. We believe the exclusion of this non-cash charge can provide a useful measure for period-to-period comparisons of our business. A limitation of Non-GAAP net loss is that it is a measure that other companies, including companies in our industry that have similar business arrangements, either may not use or may calculate differently, which reduces its usefulness as a comparative measure. Because of these and other limitations, we consider, and you should consider, Non-GAAP net loss together with other GAAP-based financial performance measures, including various cash flow metrics, net loss and our other GAAP results.

Non-GAAP Net Loss per Basic and Diluted Share

We define Non-GAAP net loss per basic and diluted share as net loss less non-cash stock-based compensation expense per basic and diluted share as adjusted for the conversion of preferred stock in periods presented to assume the conversion of all outstanding shares of convertible preferred stock into common stock, as of the beginning of the period. We consider, and you should consider, Non-GAAP net loss per basic and diluted share together with other GAAP-based financial performance measures, including net loss per basic and diluted share, weighted-average shares used to compute net loss per basic and diluted share, net loss and our other GAAP results.

MaxPoint is not able to provide a reconciliation to GAAP revenue or GAAP net loss for its third quarter and full year 2015 Revenue ex-TAC and Adjusted EBITDA guidance at this time because of the difficulty of estimating certain items that are excluded from Revenue ex-TAC and Adjusted EBITDA guidance, such as traffic acquisition costs and the items excluded from net loss to calculate Adjusted EBITDA, the effect of which may be significant.

About MaxPoint

MaxPoint provides a leading business intelligence and digital marketing solution that enables national brands to drive local, in-store sales. The company’s proprietary Digital Zip® technology and the MaxPoint Intelligence Platform predict the most likely local buyers of a specific product at a particular retail location and then execute cross-channel digital marketing programs to reach these buyers. MaxPoint has worked with each of the top 20 leading national advertisers and each of the top 10 advertising agencies in the United States as ranked by Advertising Age.

For more information, visit www.maxpoint.com, follow MaxPoint on Twitter @maxpoint_int, and subscribe to the OnPoint Blog.

   
MaxPoint Interactive, Inc. and Subsidiary
 
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(Unaudited)
(in thousands, except share data)
 
As of December 31, As of June 30,
  2014     2015  
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents $ 12,949 $ 54,591
Accounts receivable, net 41,303 35,109
Prepaid expenses and other current assets 879 1,742
Restricted cash, short-term       3,298  
Total current assets   55,131     94,740  
Property, equipment and software, net 10,653 16,260
Deferred offering costs 2,845
Restricted cash, long-term 4,900
Other long-term assets   168     90  
Total assets $ 73,697   $ 111,090  
Liabilities, Convertible preferred stock and Stockholders’ (deficit) equity
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable $ 18,141 $ 16,356
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities 7,796 9,072
Short-term debt       26,550  
Total current liabilities   25,937     51,978  
Long-term debt, net 44,127
Other long-term liabilities   2,316     738  
Total liabilities   72,380     52,716  
Commitments and contingencies
Convertible preferred stock:

Convertible Series A preferred stock, $0.00005 par value; 2,486,507 shares authorized, 2,383,745 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2014; no shares authorized, issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2015; liquidation preference of $1,387 as of December 31, 2014

1,387

Convertible Series B preferred stock, $0.00005 par value; 3,649,368 shares authorized, 3,649,368 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2014; no shares authorized, issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2015; liquidation preference of $3,089 as of December 31, 2014

3,089

Convertible Series C preferred stock, $0.00005 par value; 5,406,501 shares authorized, 5,406,501 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2014; no shares authorized, issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2015; liquidation preference of $8,000 as of December 31, 2014

8,000

Convertible Series D preferred stock, $0.00005 par value; 3,409,250 shares authorized, 3,409,210 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2014; no shares authorized, issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2015; liquidation preference of $13,000 as of December 31, 2014

  13,000      
Total convertible preferred stock   25,476      
Stockholders’ (deficit) equity:
Common stock, $0.00005 par value; 22,000,000 shares authorized, 4,217,419 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2014; 500,000,000 shares authorized, 25,934,717 shares issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2015 1
Additional paid-in capital 4,732 100,280
Accumulated other comprehensive loss (44 ) (36 )
Accumulated deficit   (28,847 )   (41,871 )
Total stockholders’ (deficit) equity   (24,159 )   58,374  
Total liabilities, convertible preferred stock and stockholders’ (deficit) equity $ 73,697   $ 111,090  
   
MaxPoint Interactive, Inc. and Subsidiary
 
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
(Unaudited)
(in thousands, except share and per share data)
 
Three Months
Ended June 30,
Six Months
Ended June 30,
  2014       2015     2014       2015  
Revenue, net $ 25,371 $ 34,450 $ 40,724 $ 63,166
Traffic acquisition costs 10,139 13,189 16,671 25,118
Other cost of revenue   1,807     3,632     3,066     6,583  
Gross profit 13,425 17,629 20,987 31,465
Operating expenses:
Sales and marketing 9,324 12,835 16,271 25,638
Research and development 3,371 5,437 6,373 10,079
General and administrative   3,643     3,716     5,320     7,095  
Total operating expenses   16,338     21,988     27,964     42,812  
Loss from operations (2,913 ) (4,359 ) (6,977 ) (11,347 )
Other expense (income):
Interest expense 254 176 399 870
Amortization of debt discount 13 316 13 1,108
Amortization of deferred financing costs 3 52 3 181
Derivative fair value adjustment related to common stock warrants 41 41 (482 )
Other income   (2 )       (2 )    
Total other expense 309 544 454 1,677
Loss before income taxes   (3,222 )   (4,903 )   (7,431 )   (13,024 )
Provision for income taxes                
Net loss $ (3,222 ) $ (4,903 ) $ (7,431 ) $ (13,024 )
 
Net loss per basic and diluted share of common stock $ (0.83 ) $ (0.19 ) $ (1.94 ) $ (0.74 )
 
Weighted-average shares used to compute net loss per basic and diluted share of common stock   3,878,047     25,897,233     3,836,795     17,516,884  
 
MaxPoint Interactive, Inc. and Subsidiary
 
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(Unaudited)
(in thousands)
 
Six Months
Ended June 30,
  2014       2015  
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net loss $ (7,431 ) $ (13,024 )
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization 1,420 2,642
Stock-based compensation expense 685 1,706
Change in fair value of warrants 41 (482 )
Amortization of debt discount 13 1,108
Amortization of deferred financing costs 3 181
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable (1,758 ) 6,194
Prepaid expenses and other current assets (1,002 ) (892 )
Security deposits (25 ) (13 )
Accounts payable 795 (3,591 )
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities 2,969 2,562
Other long-term liabilities   258     497  
Net cash used in operating activities   (4,032 )   (3,112 )
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of property, equipment and software (917 ) (3,593 )
Capitalized internal-use software costs (1,750 ) (3,064 )
Changes to restricted cash   3,500     1,602  
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities   833     (5,055 )
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from the issuance of common stock in initial public offering, net of underwriting discounts and commissions 69,518
Payments of costs related to initial public offering (77 ) (1,953 )
Proceeds from debt 40,758 9,150
Repayment of debt (31,177 ) (27,500 )
Proceeds from stock option exercises 153 645
Payments of issuance costs related to debt (146 ) (57 )
Proceeds from unvested stock option exercises   57      
Net cash provided by financing activities   9,568     49,803  
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents (10 ) 6
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents 6,359 41,642
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period   8,805     12,949  
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period $ 15,164   $ 54,591  
 
Supplemental disclosures of other cash flow information:
Cash paid for interest $ 357   $ 1,024  
   
MaxPoint Interactive, Inc. and Subsidiary
 
Supplemental Information Including Reconciliations of Non-GAAP Measures
to the Nearest Comparable GAAP Measure
 

Unaudited Key Financial and Operating Performance Metrics

(in thousands, except number of enterprise customers)

 
Three Months
Ended June 30,
Six Months
Ended June 30,
  2014       2015     2014       2015  
(in thousands, except number of

enterprise customers)

Revenue $ 25,371 $ 34,450 $ 40,724 $ 63,166
Revenue ex-TAC $ 15,232 $ 21,261 $ 24,053 $ 38,048
Adjusted EBITDA $ (1,774 ) $ (1,789 ) $ (4,870 ) $ (6,999 )
Number of enterprise customers 378 601 378 601
   

Unaudited Reconciliation from GAAP Revenue to Non-GAAP Revenue ex-TAC

(in thousands)

 
Three Months
Ended June 30,
Six Months
Ended June 30,
  2014       2015     2014       2015  
(in thousands)
Revenue $ 25,371 $ 34,450 $ 40,724 $ 63,166
Less: traffic acquisition costs   (10,139 )   (13,189 )   (16,671 )   (25,118 )
Revenue ex-TAC $ 15,232   $ 21,261   $ 24,053   $ 38,048  
   

Unaudited Reconciliation from GAAP Net Loss to Non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA

(in thousands)

 
Three Months
Ended June 30,
Six Months
Ended June 30,
  2014       2015     2014       2015  
(in thousands)
Net loss $ (3,222 ) $ (4,903 ) $ (7,431 ) $ (13,024 )
Adjustments:
Interest expense 254 176 399 870
Amortization of debt discount 13 316 13 1,108
Amortization of deferred financing costs 3 52 3 181
Provision for income taxes
Depreciation and amortization 692 1,436 1,420 2,642
Stock-based compensation 445 1,134 685 1,706
Change in fair value of warrants   41         41     (482 )
Adjusted EBITDA $ (1,774 ) $ (1,789 ) $ (4,870 ) $ (6,999 )
       

Unaudited Depreciation and Amortization included in GAAP Net Loss

(in thousands)

 
Three Months
Ended June 30,
Six Months
Ended June 30,
2014     2015 2014     2015
(in thousands)
Other cost of revenue $ 320 $ 998 $ 701 $ 1,798
Sales and marketing 117 101 220 189
Research and development 233 316 458 618
General and administrative   22   21   41   37
Total depreciation and amortization $ 692 $ 1,436 $ 1,420 $ 2,642
   

Unaudited Reconciliation from GAAP Net Loss to Non-GAAP Net Loss

(in thousands)

 
Three Months
Ended June 30,
Six Months
Ended June 30,
  2014       2015     2014       2015  
(in thousands)
Net loss $ (3,222 ) $ (4,903 ) $ (7,431 ) $ (13,024 )
Stock-based compensation   445     1,134     685     1,706  
Non-GAAP net loss $ (2,777 ) $ (3,769 ) $ (6,746 ) $ (11,318 )
       

Unaudited Stock-Based Compensation included in GAAP Net Loss

(in thousands)

 
Three Months
Ended June 30,
Six Months
Ended June 30,
2014     2015 2014     2015
(in thousands)
Other cost of revenue $ 5 $ 25 $ 7 $ 38
Sales and marketing 99 271 170 421
Research and development 141 372 245 547
General and administrative   200   466   263   700
Total stock-based compensation $ 445 $ 1,134 $ 685 $ 1,706
   

Unaudited Reconciliation from GAAP Net Loss per Basic and Diluted Share to

Non-GAAP Net Loss per Basic and Diluted Share

(in thousands, except share and per share data)

 
Three Months
Ended June 30,
Six Months
Ended June 30,
  2014       2015     2014       2015  
(in thousands, except share and per share data)
Net loss $ (3,222 ) $ (4,903 ) $ (7,431 ) $ (13,024 )
Weighted-average shares used to compute net loss per basic and diluted share of common stock   3,878,047     25,897,233     3,836,795     17,516,884  
Net loss per basic and diluted share of common stock $ (0.83 ) $ (0.19 ) $ (1.94 ) $ (0.74 )
 
 
Non-GAAP net loss $ (2,777 ) $ (3,769 ) $ (6,746 ) $ (11,318 )
 
Weighted-average share impact based on actual conversion of convertible preferred stock (9,106,185 )
Non-GAAP adjustment for convertible preferred stock 14,848,824 14,848,824 14,848,824
Non-GAAP shares used to compute Non-GAAP net loss per basic and diluted share of common stock   18,726,871     25,897,233     18,685,619     23,259,523  
Non-GAAP net loss per basic and diluted share of common stock $ (0.15 ) $ (0.15 ) $ (0.36 ) $ (0.49 )

Contacts

MaxPoint
Public Relations Contact:
Tod Freeman, 512-964-6488
tod.freeman@maxpoint.com
or
Investor Relations Contact:
Michael Purcell, 800-916-9960
ir@maxpoint.com

Release Summary

MaxPoint 2Q15 earnings announcement

Contacts

MaxPoint
Public Relations Contact:
Tod Freeman, 512-964-6488
tod.freeman@maxpoint.com
or
Investor Relations Contact:
Michael Purcell, 800-916-9960
ir@maxpoint.com