LiveVox Announces First Quarter 2022 Financial Results

First quarter contract revenue year-over-year growth of 21.4% to $25.2 million

First quarter total revenue year-over-year growth of 14.8% to $32.1 million

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- LiveVox Holdings, Inc. (“LiveVox” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: LVOX), a leading global enterprise cloud communications company, today announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2022.

“We had record revenue in Q1 of $32.1 million, driven by contract revenue which was up 21% year over year and above the high end of our guidance range, demonstrating continued momentum in the business and the CCaaS space at large,” said Louis Summe, CEO. “Our gross margins continue to expand as a result of our 100% transition to AWS, giving us excellent visibility in our march towards profitability without sacrificing future investment in the business, and we see this trend continuing throughout 2022.”

First Quarter 2022 Financial Highlights

  • Revenue: Total revenue was $32.1 million for the first quarter of 2022, up 14.8% compared to $27.9 million for the first quarter of 2021.
  • Contract Revenue: Contract revenue was $25.2 million for the first quarter of 2022, up 21.4% compared to $20.8 million for the first quarter of 2021.
  • Gross Profit: Gross profit was $18.5 million for the first quarter of 2022, up 10.1% compared to $16.8 million for the first quarter of 2021.
  • Non-GAAP Gross Profit* and Non-GAAP Gross Margin*: Non-GAAP gross profit was $19.4 million for the first quarter of 2022, up 9.4% compared to $17.7 million for the first quarter of 2021; Non-GAAP gross margin was 60.4% for the first quarter of 2022 after adjusting for stock-based compensation associated with restricted stock units and performance-based restricted stock units granted under the 2021 Equity Incentive Plan and depreciation and amortization, compared to 59.0% for the fourth quarter of 2021 and 63.4% for the first quarter of 2021.
  • Net loss: Net loss was $13.0 million for the first quarter of 2022, compared to net loss of $4.2 million for the first quarter of 2021.
  • Adjusted EBITDA*: Adjusted EBITDA loss was $8.3 million for the first quarter of 2022, compared to Adjusted EBITDA loss of $0.3 million for the first quarter of 2021.

* Additional information regarding the non-GAAP financial measures discussed in this release, including an explanation of these measures and how each is calculated, is included below under the heading “Non-GAAP Financial Measures.” A reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP financial measures has also been provided in the financial tables included below.

Business Outlook

In determining the financial guidance to provide to investors, the Company considered its recent business trends and financial results, current growth plans, strategic initiatives, global economic outlook and the continued uncertainty of COVID-19 and its potential impact on the Company’s results. LiveVox emphasizes that the guidance is subject to various important cautionary factors referenced in the section entitled "Forward-Looking Statements" below. As such, LiveVox is providing guidance for its second quarter of 2022 and reiterating its full year 2022 guidance with a positive update to its Adjusted EBITDA guidance :

  • Second Quarter of 2022 Guidance:
    • Total revenue is expected to be in the range of $33.2 million to $34.2 million, representing growth of 15% to 18% year-over-year.
    • Contract revenue is expected to be in the range of $26.3 million to $26.8 million, representing growth of 18% to 20% year-over-year.
    • Excess usage revenue is expected to be in the range of $6.9 million to $7.4 million, representing growth of 5% to 13% year-over-year.
    • Adjusted EBITDA loss is expected to be in the range of $6.7 million to $5.7 million.
  • Full Year 2022 Guidance:
    • Total revenue is expected to be in the range of $140 million to $142 million, representing growth of 17% to 19% year-over-year.
    • Contract revenue is expected to be in the range of $109 million to $111 million, representing growth of 20% to 23% year-over-year.
    • Excess usage revenue is expected to be in the range of $29 million to $34 million, representing a growth of 1% to 18% year-over-year.
    • Adjusted EBITDA loss is now expected to be in the range of $22 million to $24 million.

Quarterly Conference Call

LiveVox will host a conference call today at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time to review the Company’s financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2022. To access this call, dial 855-327-6837 for the U.S. or Canada, or 631-891-4304 for callers outside the U.S. or Canada. A live webcast of the conference call will be accessible from the Investor Relations section of LiveVox’s website, and a recording will be archived. An audio replay of this conference call will also be available through May 24, 2022, by dialing 844-512-2921 for the U.S. or Canada (or 412-317-6671 for callers outside the U.S. or Canada) and entering passcode 10018874.

About LiveVox, Inc.

LiveVox (NASDAQ: LVOX) is a next-generation contact center platform that powers more than 14 billion interactions a year. By seamlessly integrating omnichannel communications, CRM, AI, and WFO capabilities, the Company’s technology delivers an exceptional agent and customer experience while reducing compliance risk. With 20 years of cloud experience and expertise, LiveVox’s CCaaS 2.0 platform is at the forefront of cloud contact center innovation. The Company has approximately 650 global employees and is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices in Atlanta, Columbus, Denver, New York City, St. Louis, Medellin (Colombia) and Bangalore (India). For more information visit: http://www.livevox.com

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements made in this release are "forward looking statements" within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. When used in this press release, the words "estimates," "projected," "expects," "anticipates," "forecasts," "plans," "intends," "believes," "seeks," "may," "will," "would," "should," "future," "propose," "target," "goal," "objective," "outlook" and variations of these words or similar expressions (or the negative versions of such words or expressions) are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements relating to expected bookings, expected revenue and annual recurring revenue from contracts, growth expectations, and future financial results, including guidance. These statements are not guarantees of future performance, conditions or results, and involve a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other important factors, many of which are outside LiveVox’s control, that could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements. Any such forward-looking statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions available under applicable securities laws and speak only as of the date of this presentation. LiveVox assumes no obligation to update or revise any such forward-looking statements except as required by law.

Important factors, among others, that may affect actual results or outcomes include risks or liabilities assumed as a result of our ability to meet financial and operating guidance, ability to achieve financial targets, and successfully manage capital expenditures; risks related to the high level of competition in the cloud contact center industry and the intense competition and competitive pressures from other companies in the industry in which the Company operates; risks related to the Company’s reliance on information systems and the ability to properly maintain the confidentiality and integrity of data; risks related to the occurrence of cyber incidents or a deficiency in cybersecurity protocols; risks related to the ability to obtain third-party software licenses for use in or with the Company’s products; general economic and business conditions; the impact of COVID-19 on LiveVox’s business; risks related to our intellectual property rights, risks related to our ability to secure additional financing on favorable terms, or at all, to meet our future capital needs; increased taxes and surcharges (including Universal Service Fund, whether labeled a “tax,” “surcharge,” or other designation) on our products which may increase our customers’ cost of using our products and/or increase our costs and reduce our profit margins to the extent the costs are not passed through to our customers, and our potential liability for past sales and other taxes, surcharges and fees; changes in government regulation applicable to the collections industry or any failure of us or our customers to comply with existing regulations; changes in base interest rates and significant market volatility on the Company’s business, the Company’s industry and the global economy as well as those factors described in the "Risk Factors" section of our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC").

The information contained in this press release is summary information that is intended to be considered in the context of LiveVox’s SEC filings and other public announcements that LiveVox may make, by press release or otherwise, from time to time. LiveVox also uses its website to distribute company information, including performance information, and such information may be deemed material. Accordingly, investors should monitor LiveVox’s website (http://www.livevox.com). LiveVox undertakes no duty or obligation to publicly update or revise the forward-looking statements or other information contained in this presentation. These materials contain information about LiveVox and its affiliates and certain of their respective personnel and affiliates, information about their respective historical performance and general information about the market. You should not view information related to the past performance of LiveVox or information about the market, as indicative of future results, the achievement of which cannot be assured.

Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss

(Unaudited) (In thousands, except per share data)

 

For the three months ended March 31,

 

 

2022

 

 

 

2021

 

Revenue

$

32,093

 

 

$

27,945

 

Cost of revenue

 

13,632

 

 

 

11,180

 

Gross profit

 

18,461

 

 

 

16,765

 

Operating expenses

 

 

 

Sales and marketing expense

 

14,652

 

 

 

8,908

 

General and administrative expense

 

7,468

 

 

 

4,880

 

Research and development expense

 

8,490

 

 

 

6,180

 

Total operating expenses

 

30,610

 

 

 

19,968

 

Loss from operations

 

(12,149

)

 

 

(3,203

)

Interest expense, net

 

750

 

 

 

944

 

Change in the fair value of warrant liability

 

(392

)

 

 

 

Other income, net

 

(64

)

 

 

(7

)

Total other expense, net

 

294

 

 

 

937

 

Pre-tax loss

 

(12,443

)

 

 

(4,140

)

Provision for income taxes

 

544

 

 

 

35

 

Net loss

$

(12,987

)

 

$

(4,175

)

Comprehensive loss

 

 

 

Net loss

$

(12,987

)

 

$

(4,175

)

Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax

 

 

 

Foreign currency translation adjustment

 

(49

)

 

 

39

 

Net unrealized loss on marketable securities

 

(888

)

 

 

 

Total other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax

 

(937

)

 

 

39

 

Comprehensive loss

$

(13,924

)

 

$

(4,136

)

Net loss per share

 

 

 

Net loss per share—basic and diluted

$

(0.14

)

 

$

(0.06

)

Weighted average shares outstanding—basic and diluted

 

91,478

 

 

 

66,637

 

Consolidated Balance Sheets

 

(In thousands, except per share data)

As of

 

March 31,
2022

 

December 31,
2021

 

(Unaudited)

 

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

Current assets:

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

$ 32,092

 

$ 47,217

Restricted cash, current

100

 

100

Marketable securities, current

48,067

 

7,226

Accounts receivable, net

19,441

 

20,128

Deferred sales commissions, current

2,733

 

2,691

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

6,321

 

6,151

Total Current Assets

108,754

 

83,513

Property and equipment, net

3,289

 

3,010

Goodwill

47,481

 

47,481

Intangible assets, net

19,123

 

20,195

Operating lease right-of-use assets

5,058

 

5,483

Deposits and other

511

 

664

Marketable securities, net of current

 

42,148

Deferred sales commissions, net of current

6,661

 

6,747

Deferred tax asset, net

77

 

Total Assets

$ 190,954

 

$ 209,241

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES & STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

 

 

Current liabilities:

 

 

 

Accounts payable

$ 4,357

 

$ 6,490

Accrued expenses

10,139

 

13,855

Deferred revenue, current

1,329

 

1,307

Term loan, current

561

 

561

Operating lease liabilities, current

1,886

 

1,946

Finance lease liabilities, current

27

 

26

Total current liabilities

18,299

 

24,185

Long term liabilities:

 

 

 

Deferred revenue, net of current

418

 

456

Term loan, net of current

54,345

 

54,459

Operating lease liabilities, net of current

3,642

 

4,046

Finance lease liabilities, net of current

5

 

11

Deferred tax liability, net

 

2

Warrant liability

375

 

767

Other long-term liabilities

337

 

337

Total liabilities

77,421

 

84,263

 

 

 

 

Commitments and contingencies

 

 

 

Stockholders’ equity:

 

 

 

Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value per share; 25,000 shares authorized and none issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021.

 

Common stock, $0.0001 par value per share; 500,000 shares authorized and 90,697 shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021.

9

 

9

Additional paid-in capital

255,947

 

253,468

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

(1,414)

 

(477)

Accumulated deficit

(141,009)

 

(128,022)

Total stockholders’ equity

113,533

 

124,978

Total liabilities & stockholders’ equity

$ 190,954

 

$ 209,241

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

 

(Unaudited) (Dollars in thousands)

 

For the three months ended March 31,

 

2022

 

2021

Operating activities:

 

 

 

Net loss

$ (12,987)

 

$ (4,175)

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

274

 

475

Amortization of identified intangible assets

1,073

 

1,129

Amortization of deferred loan origination costs

27

 

36

Amortization of deferred sales commissions

740

 

397

Non-cash lease expense

453

 

377

Stock-based compensation expense

2,479

 

139

Bad debt expense

33

 

43

Deferred income tax benefit

(78)

 

(77)

Loss on sale of marketable securities

10

 

Amortization of premium paid on marketable securities

131

 

Change in the fair value of the warrant liability

(392)

 

Changes in assets and liabilities

 

 

 

Accounts receivable

655

 

(139)

Other assets

(19)

 

(2,296)

Deferred sales commissions

(695)

 

(643)

Accounts payable

(2,134)

 

3,178

Accrued expenses

(3,716)

 

(2,979)

Deferred revenue

(16)

 

(209)

Operating lease liabilities

(464)

 

(347)

Net cash used in operating activities

(14,626)

 

(5,091)

Investing activities:

 

 

 

Purchases of property and equipment

(536)

 

(190)

Purchases of marketable securities

(1,477)

 

Proceeds from sale of marketable securities

1,515

 

Principal collected on matured marketable securities

242

 

Proceeds from asset acquisition, net of cash paid

 

1,326

Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities

(256)

 

1,136

Financing activities:

 

 

 

Repayment on loan payable

(140)

 

(1,176)

Repayments on finance lease obligations

(6)

 

(143)

Net cash used in financing activities

(146)

 

(1,319)

Effect of foreign currency translation

(97)

 

(21)

Net increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

(15,125)

 

(5,295)

Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash beginning of period

47,317

 

19,566

Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash end of period

$ 32,192

 

$ 14,271

 

For the three months ended March 31,

 

2022

 

2021

Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:

 

 

 

Interest paid

$ 801

 

$ 897

Income taxes paid

56

 

29

Supplemental schedule of noncash investing activities:

 

 

 

Change in unrealized loss on marketable securities

$ 888

 

$ —

Additional right-of-use assets

 

2,637

Contingent consideration in asset acquisition

 

5,969

Reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash to the consolidated balance sheets (dollars in thousands):

 

As of March 31,

 

2022

 

2021

Cash and cash equivalents

$ 32,092

 

$ 14,171

Restricted cash, current

100

 

Restricted cash, net of current

 

100

Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

$ 32,192

 

$ 14,271

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Management uses non-GAAP financial measures to evaluate operating performance. We believe non-GAAP financial measures provide useful information to investors and others to understand and evaluate our operating results in the same manner as our management and board of directors and allows for better comparison of financial results among our competitors.

Adjusted EBITDA

We monitor Adjusted EBITDA, a non-generally accepted accounting principle (“Non-GAAP”) financial measure, to analyze our financial results and believe that it is useful to investors, as a supplement to U.S. GAAP measures, in evaluating our ongoing operational performance and enhancing an overall understanding of our past financial performance. We believe that Adjusted EBITDA helps illustrate underlying trends in our business that could otherwise be masked by the effect of the income or expenses that we exclude from Adjusted EBITDA. Furthermore, we use this measure to establish budgets and operational goals for managing our business and evaluating our performance. We also believe that Adjusted EBITDA provides an additional tool for investors to use in comparing our recurring core business operating results over multiple periods with other companies in our industry. Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered in isolation from, or as a substitute for, financial information prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP, and our calculation of Adjusted EBITDA may differ from that of other companies in our industry. We compensate for the inherent limitations associated with using Adjusted EBITDA through disclosure of these limitations, presentation of our consolidated financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP and reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP measure, net loss. We calculate Adjusted EBITDA as net loss before (i) depreciation and amortization, (ii) long-term equity incentive bonus, (iii) stock-based compensation expense, (iv) interest expense, net, (v) change in the fair value of warrant liability, (vi) other expense (income), net, (vii) provision for income taxes, and (viii) other items that do not directly affect what we consider to be our core operating performance.

Non-GAAP Gross Profit and Non-GAAP Gross Margin Percentage

U.S. GAAP defines gross profit as revenue less cost of revenue. Cost of revenue includes all expenses associated with our various product offerings. We define Non-GAAP gross profit as gross profit after adding back the following items: (i) depreciation and amortization; (ii) long-term equity incentive bonus and stock-based compensation expenses; and (iii) other non-recurring expenses. We add back depreciation and amortization, long-term equity incentive bonus and stock-based compensation expenses and other non-recurring expenses because they are one-time or non-cash items. We eliminate the impact of these one-time or non-cash items because we do not consider them indicative of our core operating performance. Their exclusion facilitates comparisons of our operating performance on a period-to-period basis. Therefore, we believe showing Non-GAAP gross margin to remove the impact of these one-time or non-cash expenses is helpful to investors in assessing our gross profit and gross margin performance in a way that is similar to how management assesses our performance. We calculate Non-GAAP gross margin percentage by dividing Non-GAAP gross profit by revenue, expressed as a percentage of revenue.

Management uses Non-GAAP gross profit and Non-GAAP gross margin percentage to evaluate operating performance and to determine resource allocation among our various product offerings. We believe Non-GAAP gross profit and Non-GAAP gross margin percentage provide useful information to investors and others to understand and evaluate our operating results in the same manner as our management and board of directors and allows for better comparison of financial results among our competitors. Non-GAAP gross profit and Non-GAAP gross margin percentage may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies because other companies may not calculate Non-GAAP gross profit and Non-GAAP gross margin percentage or similarly titled measures in the same manner as we do.

Please see tables below for a reconciliation of non-GAAP measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures for the periods presented.

GAAP Net Loss to Adjusted EBITDA

 

(Unaudited) (Dollars in thousands)

 

Three Months Ended
March 31,

 

2022

 

2021

Net loss

$ (12,987)

 

$ (4,175)

Non-GAAP adjustments:

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

1,347

 

1,604

Long-term equity incentive bonus and stock-based compensation expenses

2,479

 

139

Interest expense, net

750

 

944

Change in the fair value of warrant liability

(392)

 

Other expense (income), net

(64)

 

(7)

Acquisition and financing related fees and expenses

10

 

284

Transaction-related costs

 

733

Golden Gate Capital management fee expenses

 

171

Provision for income taxes

544

 

35

Adjusted EBITDA

$ (8,313)

 

$ (272)

GAAP Gross Profit to Adjusted Gross Profit

 

(Unaudited) (Dollars in thousands)

 

Three Months Ended
March 31,

 

2022

 

2021

Gross profit

$ 18,461

 

$ 16,765

Depreciation and amortization

609

 

944

Long-term equity incentive bonus and stock-based compensation expenses

312

 

14

Non-GAAP gross profit

$ 19,382

 

$ 17,723

 

 

 

 

Gross margin %

57.5 %

 

60.0 %

Non-GAAP gross margin %

60.4 %

 

63.4 %

The following table presents the stock-based compensation expenses included in Company’s results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 (dollars in thousands):

 

Three Months Ended

March 31,

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

(Unaudited)

 

(Unaudited)

Cost of revenue

$

312

 

$

15

Sales and marketing expense

 

607

 

 

28

General and administrative expense

 

660

 

 

68

Research and development expense

 

900

 

 

28

Total stock-based compensation

$

2,479

 

$

139

There were no long-term equity incentive bonus in the periods presented.

Investor:
Alexis Waadt
awaadt@livevox.com

Ryan Gardella
livevoxIR@icrinc.com

Press:
Nick Bandy
nbandy@livevox.com

Katie Creaser
livevoxPR@icrinc.com

Source: LiveVox Holdings, Inc.