NEW YORK, Nov. 14, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kubient, Inc. (NasdaqCM: KBNT, KBNTW) (“Kubient” or the “Company”), a cloud-based software platform for digital advertising, today reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2022.
Third Quarter 2022 and Recent Operational Highlights
Management Commentary
"The implementation of the previous quarter's cost cutting measures have helped us conserve capital and direct our attention towards further unveiling the true potential of our KAI offering," said Kubient Founder, Chairman, CEO, CSO, and President, Paul Roberts. "With the launch of the KAI Dashboard, we're progressively offering new ways for existing and future customers to utilize the power of our artificial intelligence tools to not only avoid the pitfalls of ad-fraud, but to also increase the efficiency of their digital advertising ecosystem. As a result, the quality and quantity of our partnerships and customers have grown to more comprehensive arrangements that better take advantage of our Audience Cloud platform.
“Along with KAI, another positive growth area has been the success of our Kubient Managed Services team. There is a massive opportunity to attract middle market advertisers that cannot get the attention of the largest AdTech platforms and offer them tools and team members to ensure campaign success has proven its value. This strategy combined with our Audience Marketplace has allowed clients to not only extend budgets, but net new campaign launches in the process. We will continue our investments into KAI's growing portfolio of capabilities as we look and field interest for inorganic growth opportunities. With a robust core technology, strong balance sheet, and a seasoned executive team, we seek to provide lasting value to our customers and shareholders alike."
Third Quarter 2022 Financial Results
Net revenues for the quarter ended September 30th, 2022 decreased to approximately $482,000 compared to approximately $677,000 in the same period last year. The decrease was primarily due to a decrease of net revenues associated with a major customer as compared to the 2021 period, partially offset by revenues generated in the 2022 period related to customer contracts acquired in connection with the Company’s acquisition of MediaCrossing in November 2021.
Technology expenses decreased to approximately $525,000 from approximately $777,000 in the same period last year. The year-over-year decrease is primarily due to a decrease in headcount costs, hosting fees, software-technology subscription expense, amortization and consulting expenses.
General and administrative expenses decreased to approximately $1.1 million compared to approximately $1.5 million in the same period last year. The decrease was primarily due to decreases in non-cash stock-based compensation, professional services and consulting expense.
GAAP net loss was approximately $1.7 million, or $(0.12) loss per share, compared to a net loss of approximately $2.3 million, or $(0.16) loss per share, in the same period last year.
Adjusted EBITDA loss decreased to approximately $1.5 million, or $(0.11) per basic and diluted share, compared to an adjusted EBITDA loss of approximately $1.9 million, or $(0.13) per basic and diluted share, in the same period last year.
As of September 30, 2022, the Company had a cash balance of approximately $16.9 million.
Conference Call
Kubient will hold a conference call today at 4:30 p.m. Eastern time (1:30 p.m. Pacific time) to discuss these results.
Kubient management will host the conference call, followed by a question and answer period.
Date: Monday, November 14, 2022
Time: 4:30 p.m. Eastern time (1:30 p.m. Pacific time)
U.S. dial-in: 1-877-545-0320
International dial-in: 1-973-528-0002
Operator Prompted Access Code: 229023
Please call the conference telephone number 10 minutes prior to the start time. An operator will register your name and organization. If you have any difficulty connecting with the conference call, please contact Gateway Investor Relations at 949-574-3860.
The conference call will be broadcast live and available for replay here and via the Investor Relations section of Kubient’s website.
A telephonic replay of the conference call will be available after 7:30 p.m. Eastern time on the same day through November 24, 2022.
Toll-free replay number: 1-877-481-4010
International replay number: 1-919-882-2331
Replay ID: 46914
About Kubient
Kubient is a technology company with a mission to transform the digital advertising industry to audience-based marketing. Kubient’s next generation cloud-based infrastructure enables efficient marketplace liquidity for buyers and sellers of digital advertising. The Kubient Audience Marketplace is a flexible open marketplace for advertisers and publishers to reach, monetize and connect their audiences. The Company’s platform provides a transparent programmatic environment with proprietary artificial intelligence-powered pre-bid ad fraud prevention, and proprietary real-time bidding (RTB) marketplace automation for the digital out of home industry. The Audience Marketplace is the solution for brands and publishers that demand transparency and the ability to reach audiences across all channels and ad formats. For additional information, please visit https://kubient.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
The information contained herein includes forward-looking statements. These statements relate to future events or to our future financial performance, and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance, or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements since they involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which are, in some cases, beyond our control and which could, and likely will, materially affect actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. Any forward-looking statement reflects our current views with respect to future events and is subject to these and other risks, uncertainties and assumptions relating to our operations, results of operations, growth strategy and liquidity. We assume no obligation to publicly update or revise these forward-looking statements for any reason, 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. The safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 protects companies from liability for their forward-looking statements if they comply with the requirements of the Act.
Non-GAAP Measures
The Company defines EBITDA as net income (loss) before interest (including non-cash interest), taxes and depreciation and amortization. The Company defines Adjusted EBITDA as EBITDA, further adjusted to eliminate the impact of certain non-recurring items and other items that we do not consider in our evaluation of our ongoing operating performance from period to period. These items will include stock-based compensation that the Company does not believe reflects the underlying business performance.
EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are financial measures that are not calculated in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”). Management believes that because Adjusted EBITDA excludes (a) certain non-cash expenses (such as depreciation, amortization and stock-based compensation) and (b) expenses that are not reflective of the Company’s core operating results over time (such as stock based compensation expense), this measure provides investors with additional useful information to measure the Company’s financial performance, particularly with respect to changes in performance from period to period. The Company’s management uses EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA (a) as a measure of operating performance, (b) for planning and forecasting in future periods, and (c) in communications with the Company’s board of directors concerning the Company’s financial performance. The Company’s presentation of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are not necessarily comparable to other similarly titled captions of other companies due to different methods of calculation and should not be used by investors as a substitute or alternative to net income or any measure of financial performance calculated and presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Instead, management believes EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA should be used to supplement the Company’s financial measures derived in accordance with U.S. GAAP to provide a more complete understanding of the trends affecting the business.
Although Adjusted EBITDA is frequently used by investors and securities analysts in their evaluations of companies, Adjusted EBITDA has limitations as an analytical tool, and investors should not consider it in isolation or as a substitute for, or more meaningful than, amounts determined in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Some of the limitations to using non-GAAP measures as an analytical tool are (a) they do not reflect the Company’s interest income and expense, or the requirements necessary to service interest or principal payments on the Company’s debt, (b) they do not reflect future requirements for capital expenditures or contractual commitments, and (c) although depreciation and amortization charges are non-cash charges, the assets being depreciated and amortized will often have to be replaced in the future, and non-GAAP measures do not reflect any cash requirements for such replacements.
Kubient Investor Relations
Gateway Investor Relations
Matt Glover and John Yi
T: 1-949-574-3860
Kubient@gatewayir.com
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Consolidated Statements of Operations
(Unaudited) For the Three Months Ended For the Nine Months Ended September 30, September 30, 2022 2021 2022 2021 Net Revenues$481,812 $676,986 $2,127,467 $1,882,311 Costs and Expenses: Sales and marketing 735,296 715,820 3,118,729 1,977,150 Technology 525,383 776,573 2,640,239 1,916,020 General and administrative 1,132,649 1,514,913 4,824,406 3,878,765 Impairment loss on intangible assets - - 2,626,974 - Impairment loss on property and equipment - - 49,948 - Impairment loss on goodwill - - 463,000 - Loss accrual on customer contract (232,964) - 142,723 - Total Costs and Expenses 2,160,364 3,007,306 13,866,019 7,771,935 Loss From Operations (1,678,552) (2,330,320) (11,738,552) (5,889,624) Other (Expense) Income: Interest expense (2,508) (2,098) (8,916) (5,308) Interest income 6,896 21,805 11,921 84,469 Change in fair value of contingent consideration - - 613,000 - Other income - - 11,000 233 Total Other Income 4,388 19,707 627,005 79,394 Net Loss$(1,674,164) $(2,310,613) $(11,111,547) $(5,810,230) Net Loss Per Share - Basic and Diluted$(0.12) $(0.16) $(0.78) $(0.43) Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding - Basic and Diluted 14,337,412 14,252,886 14,300,022 13,627,435
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Consolidated Balance Sheets September 30, December 31, 2022 2021 (unaudited) Assets Current Assets: Cash and cash equivalents$16,897,563 $24,907,963 Accounts receivable, net 448,815 2,291,533 Other receivables - 526,070 Prepaid expenses and other current assets 502,912 495,178 Total Current Assets 17,849,290 28,220,744 Intangible assets, net - 2,946,610 Goodwill - 463,000 Property and equipment, net - 44,756 Deferred offering costs 10,000 10,000 Total Assets$17,859,290 $31,685,110 Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity Current Liabilities: Accounts payable - suppliers$727,432 $1,844,544 Accounts payable - trade 369,040 659,362 Accrued expenses and other current liabilities 716,484 2,493,287 Deferred revenue 767,833 395,914 Notes payable 1,539 151,336 Total Current Liabilities 2,582,328 5,544,443 Contingent consideration - 613,000 Notes payable, non-current portion 77,361 77,407 Total Liabilities 2,659,689 6,234,850 Commitments and contingencies Stockholders' Equity: Preferred stock, $0.00001 par value; 5,000,000 shares authorized; No shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021 - - Common stock, $0.00001 par value; 95,000,000 shares authorized; 14,402,500 and 14,253,948 shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively 144 143 Additional paid-in capital 52,891,794 52,030,907 Accumulated deficit (37,692,337) (26,580,790) Total Stockholders' Equity 15,199,601 25,450,260 Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity$17,859,290 $31,685,110
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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(Unaudited) For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2022 2021 Cash Flows From Operating Activities: Net loss$(11,111,547) $(5,810,230) Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities: Bad debt expense 7,000 - Impairment loss on intangible assets 2,626,974 - Impairment loss on property and equipment 49,948 - Impairment loss on goodwill 463,000 - Depreciation and amortization 330,993 304,068 Change in fair value of contingent consideration (613,000) - Stock-based compensation: Common stock 872,123 516,381 Options 6,598 7,618 Changes in operating assets and liabilities: Accounts receivable 1,835,718 1,000,783 Other receivable 507,387 - Prepaid expenses and other current assets 350,132 (155,367) Accounts payable - suppliers (1,117,112) 115,681 Accounts payable - trade (290,321) (289,215) Accrued expenses and other current liabilities (1,817,278) (274,667) Accrued interest - 7,025 Deferred revenue 371,919 - Net Cash Used In Operating Activities (7,527,466) (4,577,923) Cash Flows From Investing Activities: Purchase of intangible assets - (1,133,072) Purchase of property and equipment (16,549) (24,331) Net Cash Used In Investing Activities (16,549) (1,157,403) Cash Flows From Financing Activities: Proceeds from exercise of warrants [1] - 9,787,149 Proceeds from exercise of options - 8,361 Repayment of PPP loan (149,843) (68,346) Repayment of financed director and officer insurance premiums (316,542) - Payment of deferred offering costs - (27,510) Net Cash (Used In) Provided By Financing Activities (466,385) 9,699,654 Net (Decrease) Increase In Cash and Cash Equivalents (8,010,400) 3,964,328 Cash and Cash Equivalents - Beginning of the Period 24,907,963 24,782,128 Cash and Cash Equivalents - End of the Period$16,897,563 $28,746,456
[1] Includes gross proceeds of $10,169,027, less issuance costs of $381,878.
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Reconciliation of GAAP EBITDA to Non- GAAP Adjusted EBITDA
(Unaudited) For the Three Months Ended For the Nine Months Ended September 30, September 30, 2022 2021 2022 2021 Net Loss$(1,674,164) $(2,310,613) $(11,111,547) $(5,810,230) Interest expense 2,508 2,098 8,916 5,308 Interest income (6,896) (21,805) (11,921) (84,469) Depreciation and amortization - 144,775 330,993 304,068 EBITDA (1,678,552) (2,185,545) (10,783,559) (5,585,323) Adjustments: Stock-based compensation expense$157,094 $263,247 878,721 523,999 Impairment loss on intangible assets - - 2,626,974 - Impairment loss on property and equipment - - 49,948 - Impairment loss on goodwill - - 463,000 - Change in fair value of contingent consideration - - (613,000) - Adjusted EBITDA$(1,521,458) $(1,922,298) $(7,377,916) $(5,061,324) Adjusted Loss Per Share$(0.11) $(0.13) $(0.52) $(0.37) Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding - Basic and Diluted 14,337,412 14,252,886 14,300,022 13,627,435