red violet Announces Second Quarter 2019 Financial Results

Record Revenue of $7.2 Million Delivers Positive Cash Flow from Operating Activities

BOCA RATON, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Red Violet, Inc. (NASDAQ: RDVT), a leading analytics and information solutions provider, today announced financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2019.

“We had a remarkable quarter with sequential record revenue of $7.2 million, driven by broad-based new and existing customer growth. Put simply, we are experiencing greater demand today than our current resources can accommodate,” stated Derek Dubner, red violet’s CEO. “Achieving positive adjusted EBITDA and cash flow from operations is a huge milestone for us and we are well positioned to generate free cash flow in the near term. Additionally, we see ample opportunity to further accelerate our current strong growth trajectory as we turn the corner on free cash flow and reinvest in the business, enabling us to exploit opportunities otherwise restrained by prudent cash management. There has never been a more exciting time for our business.”

Second Quarter Financial Results

For the three months ended June 30, 2019 as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2018:

  • Total revenue increased 85% to $7.2 million.
  • Net loss was $3.9 million (including share-based compensation expense of $3.6 million, which includes a one-time $2.4 million as a result of achieving certain financial milestones) as compared to $1.5 million (including share-based compensation expense of $0.0 million).
  • Loss per share was $0.37 ($0.15 excluding the one-time $2.4 million expense referenced above) as compared to $0.15.
  • Adjusted gross profit increased 130% to $4.2 million.
  • Adjusted gross margin increased to 58% from 47%.
  • Adjusted EBITDA was $0.4 million as compared to a negative $1.1 million.

Second Quarter and Recent Business Highlights

  • Customer adoption of idiCORE™ has been strong with 350 new customers added to the platform in the second quarter.
  • Broad-based revenue growth from both new customer adoption and existing customer expansion. New customer revenue grew 99% and growth revenue from existing customers grew 84% over prior year.
  • FOREWARN®, our subscription app-based solution for the real estate industry, powered by CORE™, continues to see strong adoption, adding over 4,200 users in the second quarter.
  • FOREWARN was honored to be named second runner up in the 2019 Inman Innovator Awards for Most Innovative Real Estate Technology, competing against real estate technology giants including REDFIN, NRT and Zillow®.

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Management evaluates the financial performance of our business on a variety of key indicators, including non-GAAP metrics of adjusted EBITDA, adjusted gross profit and adjusted gross margin. Adjusted EBITDA is a financial measure equal to net loss, the most directly comparable financial measure based on US GAAP, excluding interest income, net, depreciation and amortization, share-based compensation expense, litigation costs, net, transition service income, and write-off of long-lived assets and others, as noted in the tables below. We define adjusted gross profit as revenue less cost of revenue (exclusive of depreciation and amortization), and adjusted gross margin as adjusted gross profit as a percentage of revenue.

About red violet®

At red violet, we believe that time is your most valuable asset. Through powerful analytics, we transform data into intelligence, in a fast and efficient manner, so that our clients can spend their time on what matters most – running their organizations with confidence. Through leading-edge, proprietary technology and a massive data repository, our analytics and information solutions harness the power of data fusion, uncovering the relevance of disparate data points and converting them into comprehensive and insightful views of people, businesses, assets and their interrelationships. We empower clients across markets and industries to better execute all aspects of their business, from managing risk, recovering debt, identifying fraud and abuse, and ensuring legislative compliance, to identifying and acquiring customers. At red violet, we are dedicated to making the world a safer place and reducing the cost of doing business. For more information, please visit www.redviolet.com.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This press release contains “forward-looking statements,” as that term is defined under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA), which statements may be identified by words such as “expects,” “plans,” “projects,” “will,” “may,” “anticipate,” “believes,” “should,” “intends,” “estimates,” and other words of similar meaning. Such forward looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that are often difficult to predict, are beyond our control and which may cause results to differ materially from expectations, including whether we will generate free cash flow in the near term, whether there is ample opportunity to further accelerate our current strong growth trajectory and whether free cash flow will enable us to exploit opportunities otherwise restrained by prudent cash management. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which are based on our expectations as of the date of this press release and speak only as of the date of this press release and are advised to consider the factors listed above together with the additional factors under the heading “Forward-Looking Statements” and “Risk Factors” in red violet’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018 filed on March 7, 2019, as may be supplemented or amended by the Company’s other SEC filings. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.

Use and Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

vManagement evaluates the financial performance of our business on a variety of key indicators, including non-GAAP metrics of adjusted EBITDA, adjusted gross profit and adjusted gross margin. Adjusted EBITDA is a financial measure equal to net loss, the most directly comparable financial measure based on US GAAP, excluding interest income, net, depreciation and amortization, share-based compensation expense, litigation costs, net, transition service income, and write-off of long-lived assets and others, as noted in the tables below. We define adjusted gross profit as revenue less cost of revenue (exclusive of depreciation and amortization), and adjusted gross margin as adjusted gross profit as a percentage of revenue.

We present adjusted EBITDA, adjusted gross profit and adjusted gross margin as supplemental measures of our operating performance because we believe they provide useful information to our investors as they eliminate the impact of certain items that we do not consider indicative of our cash operations and ongoing operating performance. In addition, we use them as an integral part of our internal reporting to measure the performance of our business, evaluate the performance of our senior management and measure the operating strength of our business.

Adjusted EBITDA, adjusted gross profit and adjusted gross margin are measures frequently used by securities analysts, investors and other interested parties in their evaluation of the operating performance of companies similar to ours and are indicators of the operational strength of our business. Adjusted EBITDA eliminates the uneven effect of considerable amounts of non-cash depreciation and amortization, share-based compensation expense and the impact of other items. Adjusted gross profit and adjusted gross margin are calculated by using cost of revenue (exclusive of depreciation and amortization).

Adjusted EBITDA, adjusted gross profit and adjusted gross margin are not intended to be performance measures that should be regarded as an alternative to, or more meaningful than, either loss before income taxes or net loss as indicators of operating performance or to cash flows from operating activities as a measure of liquidity. The way we measure adjusted EBITDA, adjusted gross profit and adjusted gross margin may not be comparable to similarly titled measures presented by other companies, and may not be identical to corresponding measures used in our various agreements.

SUPPLEMENTAL METRICS

The following metrics are intended as a supplement to the financial statements found in this release and other information furnished or filed with the SEC. These supplemental metrics are not necessarily derived from any underlying financial statement amounts. We believe these supplemental metrics help investors understand trends within our business and evaluate the performance of such trends quickly and effectively. In the event of discrepancies between amounts in these tables and the Company’s historical disclosures or financial statements, readers should rely on the Company’s filings with the SEC and financial statements in the Company’s most recent earnings release.

We intend to periodically review and refine the definition, methodology and appropriateness of each of these supplemental metrics. As a result, metrics are subject to removal and/or changes, and such changes could be material.

Contacts

Investor Relations Contact: 
Camilo Ramirez 
Red Violet, Inc. 
561-757-4500 
ir@redviolet.com