Comscore Reports Second Quarter 2023 Results

Comscore Reports Second Quarter 2023 ResultsRESTON, Va., August 8, 2023 Comscore, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCOR), a trusted partner for planning, transacting, and evaluating media across platforms, today reported financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2023.

Q2 2023 Financial Highlights

Revenue for the second quarter was $93.7 million compared to $91.4 million in Q2 2022

Net loss of $44.9 million compared to $5.1 million in Q2 2022, resulting primarily from a non-cash goodwill impairment charge of $44.1 million and restructuring costs of $4.1 million in Q2 2023

Adjusted EBITDA of $8.8 million compared to $6.5 million in Q2 2022

FX adjusted EBITDA of $9.0 million compared to $4.0 million in Q2 2022

Refining full year revenue guidance and maintaining adjusted EBITDA guidance

The second quarter that were announcing today represents meaningful progress as we remain focused on becoming a more profitable, scalable and nimble organization, said Jon Carpenter, CEO of Comscore. We saw strength in our digital business and particularly in Proximic, our activation business. We continued our double-digit growth in local TV measurement and showed a substantial increase in adjusted EBITDA vs. the second quarter a year ago all clear signs that we are moving in the right direction. Leaning into our digital heritage and unique scale and granularity, in ways that only Comscore can, we believe we can solve some of the inefficiencies in measurement that media companies and advertisers have tolerated for too long. We are intent on making audience data and measurement actionable for a cross-platform and cookieless world. While there is much work to do, I am confident that the focus and execution we demonstrated in the second quarter will drive us forward as we move into the back half of 2023.

Second Quarter Summary Results

Revenue in the second quarter was $93.7 million, up 2.5% from $91.4 million in Q2 2022, driven by growth in both Digital Ad Solutions and Cross Platform Solutions. Digital Ad Solutions revenue was up 2.0% from Q2 2022, primarily due to increased usage of our Activation product (up 32% from the prior year quarter), along with higher revenue from certain custom digital products, which offset a decline in our syndicated digital revenue. Cross Platform Solutions revenue was up 3.1% from Q2 2022, with double-digit growth in local TV and continued strength in our movies business.

Our core operating expenses, which include cost of revenues, sales and marketing, research and development and general and administrative expenses, were $92.1 million, a decrease of 4.1% compared to $96.0 million in Q2 2022. The primary driver of the decline was employee compensation, which decreased from ongoing restructuring efforts and a higher amount of capitalization related to internally developed software as we increased our focus on product infrastructure and innovation in 2023. In connection with the restructuring plan announced in September 2022, we incurred restructuring costs of $4.1 million in Q2 2023.

Due in part to a decline in our stock price and market capitalization, we performed an interim review of our goodwill at quarter-end, resulting in a non-cash goodwill impairment charge of $44.1 million as of June 30, 2023. This charge does not directly impact the Companys liquidity, cash flows or future operations.

Primarily due to the goodwill impairment charge and restructuring costs, net loss for the quarter was $44.9 million, compared to $5.1 million in Q2 2022. After accounting for dividends on our convertible preferred stock, loss per share attributable to common shares was $(0.51) and $(0.10) for Q2 2023 and Q2 2022, respectively.

Adjusted EBITDA for the quarter was $8.8 million, compared to $6.5 million in Q2 2022, resulting in adjusted EBITDA margins of 9.4% and 7.1%, respectively. Excluding the impact of foreign currency transactions, FX adjusted EBITDA for the quarter was $9.0 million, compared to $4.0 million in Q2 2022. Adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA margin exclude stock-based compensation, impairment of goodwill, restructuring costs, amortization of cloud-computing implementation costs, change in fair value of contingent consideration and warrants liability, and other items as presented in the accompanying tables. FX adjusted EBITDA excludes these items as well as gain/loss from foreign currency transactions.

Balance Sheet and Liquidity

As of June 30, 2023, cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash totaled $23.1 million. Total debt principal, including $16.0 million in outstanding borrowings under our senior secured revolving credit agreement, was $18.0 million.

2023 Outlook

Based on current trends and expectations, we believe full-year 2023 revenue growth will be in the lower end of the range we previously provided, with growth in the low single digits over 2022, and are reaffirming our guidance for an adjusted EBITDA margin in the double digits.

We do not provide GAAP net (loss) income on a forward-looking basis because we are unable to predict with reasonable certainty our future stock-based compensation expense, fair value adjustments, variable interest expense, litigation and restructuring expense and any unusual gains or losses without unreasonable effort. These items are uncertain, depend on various factors, and could be material to results computed in accordance with GAAP. For this reason, we are unable without unreasonable effort to provide a reconciliation of adjusted EBITDA or adjusted EBITDA margin to the most directly comparable GAAP measure, GAAP net (loss) income, on a forward-looking basis.

Conference Call Information for Today, Tuesday, August 8, 2023 at 5:00 p.m. ET

Management will host a conference call to discuss the results on Tuesday, August 8, 2023 at 5:00 p.m. ET. The live audio webcast along with supplemental information will be accessible at ir.

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