Quotient Technology Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2021 Results

Fourth Quarter 2021

• Quarterly Revenue of $146.4M
• GAAP Net Loss of $7.1M
• Adjusted EBITDA of $12.1M

Full Year 2021

• Revenue of $521.5M
• GAAP Net Loss of $45.6M
• Adjusted EBITDA of $40.6M

Quotient Technology Inc. (NYSE: QUOT), the leading digital media and promotions technology company, today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2021. Quotient’s complete fourth quarter and full year 2021 financial results and management commentary can be found by accessing the Company’s stockholder letter under Key Resources on the overview page of the investor relations website.

“2021 was a year of progress for Quotient - both financially and operationally. Despite a global pandemic and numerous other challenges throughout the year, we ended strong with solid revenues and EBITDA in Q4,” said Steven Boal, CEO. “Over the past two years we have been on a transformational journey, and we believe the Quotient that emerges into 2022 is a stronger, more agile, more efficient, and better positioned company, ready to deliver sustainable and profitable growth in the future. While Q1 2022 will be challenging from an adjusted EBITDA perspective as we transition out of our relationship with Albertsons, we expect Q2 to see significant improvement in adjusted EBITDA driven by the continued shift to digital by advertisers, as well as new and exciting network partners. All of us at Quotient are laser focused on realizing these opportunities and we look forward to a strong year ahead.”

We expect our relationship with Albertsons Companies, Inc. (Albertsons) to wind down by the end of February. We have been focused on implementing cost cutting measures in advance of their transitioning off our platform and will continue to lower our operating expenses over the course of the year.

As discussed previously, due to changes in our business model, portions of our media and promotions business are moving from gross revenue recognition to net revenue recognition, excluding third-party cost of revenues. Our Q4’21 guidance assumed a reduction in our revenue guidance of $20 million based on our estimate of the impact of these changes. However, customer agreements took longer than expected to close, resulting in less of an impact than originally estimated. In Q4’21, our reported revenue includes a $4 million reduction to revenue from these business changes. There is no impact from these adjustments on gross margin dollars, adjusted EBITDA, operating cash flow or EPS. Given the impact these business changes will have on our reported revenue and our gross margin as a percentage of revenue, we believe the best way to look at our business going forward will be on a gross margin dollar basis.

Quotient continues to serve its 2,000+ brand partners in delivering performance-based marketing solutions designed to produce a high return on investment (ROI). The company’s focus remains on innovating to deliver further flexibility, automation and personalization to advertisers and retailers—through solutions such as its recently launched, industry-first Promotion Amplification tool—and on ultimately increasing value to shoppers.

Outlook

Our Q1 and FY’22 guidance reflects the loss of Albertsons in late February as well as an estimate of the impact to revenue from the transition of a portion of our promotions and media revenues to be recognized net of third-party costs.

For the first quarter of 2022 we expect:

• Revenue: $69 million to $79 million
• Non-GAAP Gross Margin: $28 million to $32 million
• Adjusted EBITDA: ($8) million to ($4) million
• Operating Cash Flow: ($3) million to $3 million

For the full year 2022 we expect:

• Revenue: $330 million to $345 million
• Non-GAAP Gross Margin: $180 million to $190 million
• Adjusted EBITDA: $35 million to $45 million
• Operating Cash Flow: $15 million to $25 million

Our current guidance includes an estimated $15 million impact in Q1’22 and $130 million impact in the full year 2022, respectively, related to the transition from gross to net revenue recognition. It is difficult to estimate the timing of operational changes such that actual gross to net revenue adjustments may differ from our current estimates. Such timing differences will have no impact on the guidance for non-GAAP gross margin, adjusted EBITDA, or operating cash flow.

Call Information

The Company has posted a stockholder letter and an earnings presentation on the Investor Relations section of the Company’s website at: http://investors.quotient.com/. Management will host a conference call and live webcast to discuss the highlights of the quarter and address questions today at 5:00 p.m. ET/ 2:00 p.m. PT.

To access the call, we encourage you to pre-register to eliminate long wait times using this link: Quotient Q4 2021 Earnings Pre Registration. After registering, a confirmation will be sent via email and will include dial-in details and a unique PIN code for entry to the call. Registration will be open through the live call. We suggest registering at least 15 minutes before the start of the call to receive your unique PIN code. You may also access the call and register with a live operator by dialing (844) 200-6205, 1 (833) 950-0062 for Canada, and +1 (929) 526-1599 for outside the U.S. You will be able to access the call by using code 087053. We suggest registering for call at least 15 minutes prior to the 2:00 p.m. PDT start time. The live webcast and all accompanying materials can be accessed on the Investor Relations section of the Company website at: http://investors.quotient.com/. A replay of the webcast will be available on the website following the conference call.

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Quotient reports its financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (GAAP) and the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). To supplement its financial statements presented in accordance with GAAP, Quotient provides investors in this press release with non-GAAP Gross Margin, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA margin and non-GAAP Operating Expenses, each a non-GAAP financial measure. Quotient believes that these non-GAAP measures provide investors with additional useful information used by Quotient’s management and Board of Directors for financial and operating decision making. In particular, Quotient believes that the exclusion of certain income and expenses in calculating these metrics can provide useful measures for period-to-period comparisons of its core business as well as a useful comparison to peer companies.

Quotient defines non-GAAP Gross Margin as revenue less cost of revenues adjusted for stock-based compensation, amortization of acquired intangible assets, loss contingency/settlement related to a contract dispute, impairment of certain intangible assets, and restructuring charges.

Quotient defines Adjusted EBITDA as net income (loss) adjusted for interest expense, provision for (benefit from) income taxes, other (income) expense, net, depreciation and amortization, stock-based compensation, change in fair value of contingent consideration, impairment of certain intangible assets, certain acquisition-related costs, loss contingency/settlement related to a contract dispute, and restructuring charges. In addition, Quotient defines Adjusted EBITDA margin as the ratio of Adjusted EBITDA and revenues; and non-GAAP operating expenses as operating expenses adjusted for changes in fair value of contingent consideration, stock-based compensation, amortization of acquired intangible assets, restructuring charges and acquisition related costs.

Quotient excludes certain GAAP items from these measures because it believes these items are not indicative of ordinary results of operations and do not reflect expected future operating expenses. Additionally, certain items are inconsistent in size and frequency—making it difficult to contribute to a meaningful evaluation of Quotient's current or past operating performance.

There are a number of limitations related to the use of these non-GAAP financial measures. Quotient compensates for these limitations by providing specific information regarding the GAAP amount excluded from these non-GAAP financial measures and evaluating these non-GAAP financial measures together with their relevant GAAP financial measures.

These non-GAAP financial measures are not intended to be considered in isolation from, as substitute for, or as superior to the corresponding financial measure prepared in accordance with GAAP. Because of these and other limitations, the non-GAAP financial measures used in this press release should be considered along with other GAAP-based financial performance measures, including various cash flow metrics, net income (loss) and Quotient’s other GAAP financial results.

For a reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures to the nearest comparable GAAP financial measures, see “Reconciliation of Net Loss to Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin”, "Reconciliation of Gross Margin to Non-GAAP Gross Margin", "Reconciliation of Operating Expenses to Non-GAAP Operating Expenses" and “Reconciliation of Forecasted Gross Margin to Forecasted Non-GAAP Gross Margin” included in this press release.

A reconciliation of the Adjusted EBITDA guidance metrics, which are non-GAAP guidance measures, to a corresponding GAAP measure is not available on a forward-looking basis without unreasonable efforts due to the high variability and low visibility of certain (income) expense items that are excluded in calculating Adjusted EBITDA.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements concerning the Company’s current expectations and projections about future events and financial trends affecting its business. Forward-looking statements in this press release include the Company in 2022 being stronger, more agile, more efficient and better positioned than in previously; the Company’s ability to deliver sustainable growth in the future; challenges the Company faces in the first half of 2022 due to the Company’s transitioning out of a large retailer partnership; the Company experiencing significant growth in the second half of 2022 driven by the continued shift by advertisers from offline to digital solutions, and also driven by the launch of new partnerships; the timing of the Company’s wind down of the Albertsons partnership and the Company’s continuing to implement cost cutting measures in advance of completing the wind down; the Company’s intent to lower operating expenses over the course of the year ahead; the Company’s focus on innovating to deliver further flexibility, automation and personalization to advertisers and retailers—through solutions such as its recently-launched promotion amplification tool—and on ultimately increasing value to shoppers; and the future financial performance of Quotient; Forward-looking statements are based on the Company’s current plans, objectives, estimates, expectations and intentions and inherently involve significant risks and uncertainties. Actual results and the timing of events could differ materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking statements as a result of these risks and uncertainties, which include, without limitation, the Company’s strategies relating to the growth of its platforms and its business, including pricing strategies; the Company’s expectations regarding the shift to digital promotions and advertising from off-line channels, and the size of the addressable market for the solutions the Company offers; the Company’s ability to adapt to consumer packaged goods (CPGs) and retailer's changes in marketing goals, strategies and budgets and the timing of their spending on media and promotions solutions; the rate at which transitions in the Company’s business model will occur and the expected benefits to advertisers and retail partners; the Company’s ability to successfully and timely implement changes in its business model, including transitioning the pricing of promotions offerings from cost-per-acquisition to duration-based pricing and increasing the proportion of self-service and automated solutions on the Company’s platforms; the Company’s ability to maintain and grow the size of its targetable audience; the Company’s ability to expand the use of its media and promotions offerings by consumers; the Company’s ability to innovate its consumer solutions and experiences to retain and grow its consumer base; the Company’s ability to increase revenues from CPGs already on its platforms, as well as expand its CPG base of customers; the Company’s ability to increase the number of smaller CPG advertisers that use, or desire to use, the Company’s solutions; the Company’s ability to maintain and grow retailers in its network, increase the number of marketing distribution partners in its network, and expand its network with new verticals; the Company’s ability to expand the number, variety, quality, and relevance of promotions available on the Company’s platforms and through its network; the Company’s ability to grow its digital promotions business by increasing the reach of its promotions platforms, and the Company’s ability to successfully execute and expand its promotions solutions into areas such as national promotions and national rebates; and the Company’s ability to demonstrate the value of its platforms through trusted measurement metrics; the impacts of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which may continue to impact the Company's business, plans and results of operations, as well as the value of the Company's common stock; and other factors identified in the Company’s filings with the SEC, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 23, 2021 and Quarterly Reports on Forms 10-Q filed with the SEC on May 10, 2021, August 6, 2021, and November 5, 2021 and future filings and reports by the Company. Quotient disclaims any obligation to update information contained in these forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise and does not assume responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of the forward-looking statements.

About Quotient Technology Inc.

Quotient Technology (NYSE: QUOT) is the leading digital media and promotions technology company for advertisers, retailers and consumers. Quotient's omnichannel platform is powered by exclusive consumer spending data, location intelligence and purchase intent data to reach millions of shoppers daily and deliver measurable, incremental sales.

Quotient partners with leading advertisers and retailers, including Clorox, Procter & Gamble, General Mills, Unilever, CVS, Dollar General and Peapod Digital Labs, a company of Ahold Delhaize USA. Quotient is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, and has offices across the US as well as in Bangalore, Paris, London and Tel Aviv. For more information visit www.quotient.com.

Quotient and the Quotient logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Quotient Technology Inc. and its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries. Other marks are the property of their respective owners.

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