Inuvo announces revenue increase of 83% year-over-year for the third quarter ending september 30, 2021

LITTLE ROCK, AR., November 11, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Inuvo, Inc. (NYSE American: INUV), a leading provider of marketing technology, powered by artificial intelligence (AI) that serves brands and agencies, today announced its financial results for the third quarter and nine-month periods ending September 30, 2021.

Richard Howe, CEO of Inuvo, stated, “Revenue for the third quarter grew 83% year-over-year and 33% sequentially driven by significant growth in both platforms. We signed in excess of $10 million worth of IntentKey orders within the quarter that we expect to deliver over a nine-month period beginning in the fourth quarter and as we had been messaging throughout the year, we achieved a positive Adjusted EBITDA in September. We expect to continue growing throughout the last quarter of 2021.”

Financial Results for the Third Quarter and Nine Month Periods Ended September 30, 2021:

Inuvo experienced higher year-over-year revenue for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 as compared to the same periods in 2020. Net revenue for the third quarter and first nine months ended September 30, 2021 totaled $16.8 million and $40.1 million, respectively, an increase of 82.8% and 26.3% as compared to $9.2 million and $31.7 million for the same period the prior year.

Revenue from both platforms, ValidClick and IntentKey exceeded the prior year. IntentKey revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2021 exceeded the prior year quarter by 71%. ValidClick revenue exceeded the revenue in the third quarter of last year by 88%.

Revenue increased sequentially 33% for the third quarter of 2021 as compared to the second quarter of 2021. IntentKey revenue increased 75% sequentially.

Cost of revenue for the third quarter and first nine months ended September 30, 2021, totaled $3.8 million and $7.5 million as compared to $1.6 million and $6.2 million during the same periods the year prior. The increase in the cost of revenue for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 as compared to the same quarter in 2020 was related to the growth within both platforms.

Gross profit for the third quarter and first nine months ended September 30, 2021, totaled $13.1 million and $32.6 million as compared to $7.6 million and $25.6 million during the same periods the year prior. Gross profit margin for the third quarter of 2021 was 77.7% as compared to 82.1% for the same period the year prior. Gross profit margin for the first nine months ending September 30, 2021 was 81.4% as compared to 80.6% for the same period the year prior.

The net loss for the third quarter of 2021 totaled $1.8 million or $0.02 per basic and diluted share as compared to the net loss of $2.4 million or $0.03 per basic and diluted share for the same period the year prior. The net loss for the first nine months period of 2021 totaled $6.4 million or $0.05 per basic and diluted share as compared to the net loss of $6.6 million or $0.09 per basic and diluted share for the same period the year prior.

Non-cash based expenses totaled roughly $1.5 million and $4.2 million for the three and nine month periods respectively.

Adjusted EBITDA was a loss of $338 thousand in the third quarter of 2021. Adjusted EBITDA was positive in the month of September.

Liquidity and Capital Resources:

On September 30, 2021, Inuvo had $14.6 million in cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities, $13.0 million of working capital, an unused working capital facility of $5 million and no debt.

As of November 11, 2021, Inuvo had 118,747,447 common shares issued and outstanding.