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Cardlytics Announces Third Quarter 2024 Financial Results

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Cardlytics, Inc.
Cardlytics, Inc.

ATLANTA, Nov. 06, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cardlytics, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDLX), a digital advertising platform, today announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2024.

"Our third quarter results beat the high end of our guidance, which reflects our relentless focus on addressing our short-term challenges," said Amit Gupta, CEO of Cardlytics. "We maintain that our business transformation will take time, but we believe our priorities to build a more performant network and scale our partnerships will maximize consumer engagement and rewards."

Third Quarter 2024 Financial Results

  • Revenue was $67.1 million, a decrease of (15)% year-over-year, or (13)% excluding Entertainment.

  • Billings, a non-GAAP metric, was $112.0 million, a decrease of (4)% year-over-year, or (2)% excluding Entertainment.

  • Adjusted Contribution, a non-GAAP metric, was $36.4 million, a decrease of (15)% year-over-year, (11)% excluding Entertainment.

  • Net Loss was $(145.2) million, or $(2.90) per diluted share, based on 50.0 million fully diluted weighted-average common shares, compared to a Net Loss of $(24.0) million, or $(0.63) per diluted share, based on 38.0 million fully diluted weighted-average common shares in the third quarter of 2023.

  • Adjusted EBITDA, a non-GAAP metric, was a loss of $(1.8) million compared to a gain of $3.9 million in the third quarter of 2023.

  • Adjusted Net Loss was $(7.5) million, or $(0.15) per diluted share, based on 50.0 million fully diluted weighted-average common shares, compared to Adjusted Net Income of $0.5 million, or $0.01 per diluted share, based on 38.0 million fully diluted weighted-average common shares in the third quarter of 2023.

  • Net cash provided by operating activities was $1.4 million, an increase of $0.2 million compared to $1.2 million in the third quarter of 2023.

  • Free Cash Flow, a non-GAAP metric, was $(3.9) million, a decrease of $1.9 million compared to $(2.0) million in the third quarter of 2023.

Key Metrics

  • Cardlytics MAUs were 166.4 million, an increase of 2% year-over-year, compared to 162.5 million in the third quarter of 2023.

  • Cardlytics ARPU was $0.40 compared to $0.49 in the third quarter of 2023.

Definitions of MAUs and ARPU are included below under the caption “Non-GAAP Measures and Other Performance Metrics."


CARDLYTICS, INC.

SUMMARY OF GAAP AND NON-GAAP RESULTS (UNAUDITED)
(Dollars in thousands)

 

Three Months Ended September 30,

 

 

 

 

2024

 

 

 

2023

 

 

2023 Results
Excluding
Entertainment
(2)

 

Change %

 

Change %
Excluding
Entertainment
(2)

Billings(1)

$

111,958

 

 

$

116,430

 

 

$

114,276

 

 

(4)%

 

(2)%

Consumer Incentives

 

44,901

 

 

 

37,425

 

 

 

37,425

 

 

20%

 

20%

Revenue

 

67,057

 

 

 

79,005

 

 

 

76,851

 

 

(15)%

 

(13)%

Partner Share and other third-party costs

 

30,675

 

 

 

36,144

 

 

 

36,105

 

 

(15)%

 

(15)%

Adjusted Contribution(1)

 

36,382

 

 

 

42,861

 

 

 

40,746

 

 

(15)%

 

(11)%

Delivery costs

 

7,830

 

 

 

7,012

 

 

 

7,012

 

 

12%

 

12%

Gross Profit

$

28,552

 

 

$

35,849

 

 

$

33,734

 

 

(20)%

 

(15)%

Net Loss

$

(145,182

)

 

$

(23,966

)

 

$

(23,638

)

 

n/a

 

n/a

Adjusted EBITDA(1)

$

(1,816

)

 

$

3,946

 

 

$

3,593

 

 

n/a

 

n/a

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjusted Contribution

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

% of Billings

 

32.5

%

 

 

36.8

%

 

 

35.7

%

 

 

 

 

% of Revenue

 

54.3

%

 

 

54.3

%

 

 

53.0

%

 

 

 

 

Adjusted EBITDA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

% of Billings

(1.6)%

 

 

3.4

%

 

 

3.1

%

 

 

 

 

% of Revenue

(2.7)%

 

 

5.0

%

 

 

4.7

%

 

 

 

 

(1)  Billings, Adjusted Contribution and Adjusted EBITDA are non-GAAP measures. Reconciliations of these non-GAAP measures to the most comparable GAAP measures are presented below under the headings "Reconciliation of GAAP Revenue to Billings," "Reconciliation of GAAP Gross Profit to Adjusted Contribution" and "Reconciliation of GAAP Net Loss to Adjusted EBITDA."

(2)  The column excludes results from the Entertainment business. We sold and transferred substantially all of the assets of Entertainment in December 2023.


Fourth Quarter 2024 Financial Expectations

Cardlytics anticipates Billings, Revenue, Adjusted Contribution and Adjusted EBITDA to be in the following ranges (in millions, except for percentage change rates):