CommerceHub Q2 2017 Financial Results: Revenue was $25.2 million, a 9% YoY increase from $23.1 million in 2016

• Revenue of $25.2 million increases 9%, $0.05 GAAP EPS, and $0.08 adjusted EPS
• Signs Top 10 U.S. Retailer and First U.K. Drop-Ship Retailer

ALBANY, N.Y., 2017-Aug-04 — /EPR Retail News/ — CommerceHub, Inc. (NASDAQ:CHUBA) (NASDAQ:CHUBK) (“CommerceHub,” “we,” “us,” “our” or the “Company”), a leading distributed commerce network for retailers and brands, today (Aug. 02, 2017) announced financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2017.

“We are pleased with the solid second quarter results we announced today, including continued revenue growth and expanding profitability,” said Frank Poore, CommerceHub’s Founder, President and CEO. “We are excited to announce the addition of two strategic retailer customer wins during the quarter, making four year-to-date and delivering on the high-end of our goal of 2-4 new retailer customers per year. One is a top 10 U.S. retailer, and the other marks our first retail drop-ship customer in the U.K. The U.S. win demonstrates our market leadership and our ability to deliver high-volume drop-ship fulfillment at scale. The U.K. win establishes a beachhead for our drop-ship offerings and should help to further unlock the U.K. market for CommerceHub.”

“In addition to $2.2 million of net income for the quarter, we generated $8.6 million in adjusted EBITDA, representing 34 percent of revenue for the quarter and a 7 percentage point improvement over the same period last year. We also delivered strong free cash flow and continued to pay down debt, strengthening our net cash balance,” said Mark Greenquist, CommerceHub’s CFO. “We are pleased with our recent customer wins and believe this new U.S. retailer could eventually become a top 10 customer for CommerceHub.”

Second Quarter 2017 Financial Highlights

• Revenue was $25.2 million, a 9% year-over-year increase from $23.1 million in 2016. Core drop-ship revenue, which excludes revenue from our demand channel solutions, increased 14%.
• Gross margin was 78%, compared to 77% in 2016.
• Adjusted gross margin was 78%, compared to 75% in 2016.
• Net income was $2.2 million, or $0.05 per diluted share, compared to $4.4 million, or $0.10 per diluted share, in 2016.
• Adjusted net income was $3.7 million, or $0.08 per diluted share, compared to $2.6 million, or $0.06 per diluted share, in 2016.
• Adjusted EBITDA was $8.6 million, compared to $6.3 million in 2016.
• Operating cash flow was a positive $7.1 million, compared to a negative $73.3 million in 2016, which was impacted by a non-recurring cash payment of $78.5 million in share-based compensation related to our spin-off from Liberty Interactive.
• Free cash flow was a positive $6.5 million, compared to a negative $76.5 million in 2016.
• Cash at quarter end was $6.8 million and the total amount outstanding under our credit facility was $6.0 million.

An explanation of the non-GAAP financial measures discussed above is included below under the heading “Statement Regarding Non-GAAP Financial Measures.”  A reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures to the closest comparable GAAP financial measures has also been provided in the financial tables included at the end of this press release.

Other Recent Highlights

• Total customer count at June 30, 2017 was 11,274, up from 9,730 at June 30, 2016, or 16% year-over-year.
• Drop-ship order volume growth was 17% in the second quarter.
• We expanded our CommerceHub for Retailers network with the signing of a top 10 U.S. retailer that we believe has the potential to become a top 10 customer for CommerceHub. This win is a conversion of an existing in-house drop-ship program, which we believe demonstrates the complexity of such programs and the value CommerceHub can deliver through increased operational efficiencies, improved customer service and capital-efficient expansion of product assortments.
• We signed our first U.K. retailer drop-ship customer. This is a mid-sized U.K. retailer seeking to expand its ecommerce business by leveraging CommerceHub’s drop-ship model, while reducing inventory risk and operating costs.

Conference Call Details
The Company will offer a live conference call, and a live, listen-only webcast of the call via the CommerceHub Investor Relations website at 4:30 p.m., E.T., today, Wednesday, August 2, 2017.  See http://ir.commercehub.com/events.cfm, where supporting materials, including a presentation and supplemental financial data, have been posted.

About CommerceHub:
CommerceHub is a distributed commerce network connecting supply, demand and delivery that helps retailers and brands increase sales by expanding product assortments, promoting products on the channels that perform, and enabling rapid, on-time customer delivery. With its robust platform and proven scalability, CommerceHub helped over 10,000 retailers, brands, and distributors achieve an estimated $13+ billion in Gross Merchandise Value in 2016.

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Statement Regarding Non-GAAP Financial Measures
In addition to reporting financial measures calculated in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), we provide non-GAAP financial measures that management considers in reviewing our financial performance because we feel they are relevant measures of the overall efficiency of our business model. These non-GAAP financial measures are not a substitute for, or superior to, and should be considered only in addition to, financial measures calculated in accordance with GAAP. They are subject to inherent limitations and exclude significant expenses and income that are required by GAAP to be recorded in our financial statements. Certain of these adjustments are based on estimates and assumptions of management and do not purport to reflect actual historical results. In addition, you should be aware that our computation of these non-GAAP financial measures may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures computed by other companies, because all companies do not calculate these measures in the same fashion. We define “adjusted gross profit” as gross profit plus share-based compensation and acquisition-related intangible amortization. We define “adjusted gross margin” as adjusted gross profit divided by revenue. We define “adjusted operating expenses” as total operating expenses less share-based compensation and acquisition-related intangible amortization. We define “adjusted EBITDA” as net income or loss plus interest expense, income tax expense, depreciation of property and equipment, amortization of capitalized software costs and intangible assets and share-based compensation expense, less interest income and income tax benefit.  We define “adjusted net income” as net income or loss plus share-based compensation, acquisition-related intangible amortization and the tax effect of these adjustments. We define “adjusted earnings per diluted share” or “adjusted EPS” as earnings per diluted share plus the diluted per share effects of share-based compensation, acquisition-related intangible amortization and the tax effect of these adjustments.  We define “free cash flow” as net cash provided by, or used in, operating activities less purchases of property and equipment and additions to capitalized software. A reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures to the closest comparable GAAP financial measures has been provided in the financial tables included at the end of this press release.

CommerceHub Investor Relations Contact:

Sara Leggat
investor@commercehub.com

Source: CommerceHub