Introduces 2025 Guidance for Revenue of
Will Report 2024 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Results on
Preliminary 2024 Fourth Quarter Results:
Preliminary 2024 Full Year Results:
“Our preliminary, record 2024 fourth quarter and full year results surpassed expectations due to our relentless focus on execution and the ability of our global portfolio of websites to continuously drive valuable, high intent traffic to our customers in a capital efficient manner,” said
The preliminary unaudited results provided in this release are derived from preliminary internal financial reports and are subject to revision based on the Company’s procedures and controls associated with the completion of its 2024 fourth quarter and full year financial reporting.
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2025 Outlook
The Company today also introduced full year 2025 guidance for revenue of between
The Company’s guidance assumes:
2024 Fourth Quarter Conference Call and Webcast
Conference Call / Webcast Details
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To access, please dial in approximately 10 minutes before the start of the call. An archived webcast of the conference call will also be available in the News & Events section of the Company’s website at gambling.com/corporate/investors/news-events. Information contained on the Company’s website is not incorporated into this press release.
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Use of Non-IFRS Measures
This press release contains certain non-IFRS financial measures, such as EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA Margin, Free Cash Flow, and related ratios. See “Supplemental Information - Non-IFRS Financial Measures” and the tables at the end of this release for an explanation of the adjustments and reconciliations to the comparable IFRS numbers.
Cautionary Note Concerning Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the safe harbor provisions of the
Supplemental Information
Rounding
We have made rounding adjustments to some of the figures included in the discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations together with our consolidated financial statements and the related notes thereto. Accordingly, numerical figures shown as totals in some tables may not be an arithmetic aggregation of the figures that preceded them.
Non-IFRS Financial Measures
Management uses several financial measures, both IFRS and non-IFRS financial measures in analyzing and assessing the overall performance of the business and for making operational decisions.
EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin
EBITDA is a non-IFRS financial measure defined as earnings excluding interest, income tax (charge) credit, depreciation, and amortization. Adjusted EBITDA is a non-IFRS financial measure defined as EBITDA adjusted to exclude the effect of non-recurring items, significant non-cash items, share-based payment expense, foreign exchange gains (losses), fair value of contingent consideration, and other items that our board of directors believes do not reflect the underlying performance of the business, including acquisition related expenses, such as acquisition related costs and bonuses. Adjusted EBITDA Margin is a non-IFRS measure defined as Adjusted EBITDA as a percentage of revenue.
We believe Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin are useful to our management team as a measure of comparative operating performance from period to period as those measures remove the effect of items not directly resulting from our core operations including effects that are generated by differences in capital structure, depreciation, tax effects and non-recurring events.
While we use Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin as tools to enhance our understanding of certain aspects of our financial performance, we do not believe that Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin are substitutes for, or superior to, the information provided by IFRS results. As such, the presentation of Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin is not intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for any measure prepared in accordance with IFRS. The primary limitations associated with the use of Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin as compared to IFRS results are that Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin as we define them may not be comparable to similarly titled measures used by other companies in our industry and that Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin may exclude financial information that some investors may consider important in evaluating our performance.
Below is a reconciliation to EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA from net income for the period attributable to shareholders (in millions USD, unaudited):
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Quarter Ended
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Year Ended
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Net income for the period attributable to the shareholders |
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7.8 |
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30.5 |
Add Back: |
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Interest expense on borrowings and lease liability |
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0.6 |
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1.5 |
Interest income |
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— |
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(0.1) |
Income tax charge |
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1.1 |
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3.5 |
Amortization and depreciation expense |
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1.8 |
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5.8 |
EBITDA |
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11.3 |
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41.2 |
Share-based payment and related expense |
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1.2 |
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4.9 |
Fair value movement on contingent consideration |
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— |
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— |
Unwinding of deferred consideration |
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0.2 |
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1.3 |
Foreign currency translation (gains) losses |
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— |
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(1.3) |
Other finance results |
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0.1 |
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0.2 |
Acquisition related costs |
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1.9 |
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2.1 |
Other transaction related costs |
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— |
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0.1 |
Adjusted EBITDA |
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14.7 |
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48.5 |
Below is the Adjusted EBITDA Margin calculation for the period (in millions USD, unaudited):
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Quarter Ended
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Year Ended
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Revenue |
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35.2 |
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127.1 |
Adjusted EBITDA |
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14.7 |
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48.5 |
Adjusted EBITDA Margin |
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42% |
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38% |
In regard to forward looking non-IFRS guidance, we are not able to reconcile the forward-looking non-IFRS Adjusted EBITDA measure to the closest corresponding IFRS measure without unreasonable efforts because we are unable to predict the ultimate outcome of certain significant items including, but not limited to, fair value movements, share-based payments for future awards, acquisition-related expenses and certain financing and tax items.
Free Cash Flow
Free Cash Flow is a non-IFRS liquidity financial measure defined as cash flow from operating activities less capital expenditures. In the second quarter of 2024, the Company changed its definition of free cash flow to exclude from capital expenditures the cash flows related to asset acquisitions, in addition to cash flows related to business combinations. Previously, cash flows related to business combinations but not asset acquisitions were excluded from capital expenditures. The Company believes that this more appropriately reflects the measurement of free cash flow as it includes capital expenditures related to internal development, ongoing maintenance and acquisition of property and equipment in the ordinary course of business but excludes discretionary acquisitions.
We believe Free Cash Flow is useful to our management team as a measure of financial performance as it measures our ability to generate additional cash from our operations. While we use Free Cash Flow as a tool to enhance our understanding of certain aspects of our financial performance, we do not believe that Free Cash Flow is a substitute for, or superior to, the information provided by IFRS metrics. As such, the presentation of Free Cash Flow is not intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for any measure prepared in accordance with IFRS.
The primary limitation associated with the use of Free Cash Flow as compared to IFRS metrics is that Free Cash Flow does not represent residual cash flows available for discretionary expenditures because the measure does not deduct the payments required for debt payments and other obligations or payments made for acquisitions. Free Cash Flow, as we define it, also may not be comparable to similarly titled measures used by other companies in the online gambling affiliate industry.
Below is a reconciliation to Free Cash Flow from cash flows generated by operating activities (in millions USD, unaudited):
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Quarter Ended
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Year Ended
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Cash flows generated by operating activities |
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13.6 |
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37.6 |
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Adjustment for items presented in operating activities: |
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Payment of deferred consideration |
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— |
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7.1 |
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Adjustment for items presenting in investing activities: |
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Capital Expenditures (1) |
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(0.5 |
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(3.2 |
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Free Cash Flow |
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13.1 |
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41.5 |
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(1) Capital expenditures are defined as the acquisition of property and equipment, and capitalized research and development costs, and excludes cash flows related to acquisitions accounted for as business combinations and asset acquisitions, as described above. |
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