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DoubleVerify Reports Third Quarter 2022 Financial Results

November 8, 2022 4:15 PM

Increased Revenue by 35% Year-over-Year to $112.3 Million, the Highest in Any Quarter, Driven by Growth in Pre-Campaign Activation Across Programmatic, Social and CTV

Activation Revenue Increased 48% to $62.2 Million

Achieved Net Income of $10.3 Million and Third Quarter Adjusted EBITDA of $34.0 Million, representing a 30% Adjusted EBITDA margin

Raised Midpoint of Full-Year 2022 Guidance Range to 36% Total Revenue Growth and 31% Adjusted EBITDA margins

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- DoubleVerify (“DV”) (NYSE: DV), a leading software platform for digital media measurement, data and analytics, today announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2022.

“We delivered another strong quarter and outstanding year-to-date performance fueled by continued momentum in programmatic activation and Social and CTV measurement,” said Mark Zagorski, CEO of DoubleVerify. “Our revenue growth of 35% in the third quarter and 40% year-to-date has significantly outpaced that of the broader digital advertising industry as we continue to win new customers and gain market share across geographies and platforms. Additionally, we continue to expand product coverage across premium CTV environments such as Netflix and pre-eminent Social media platforms such as TikTok, Linkedin and Twitter. Scaling our solutions to ‘verify everywhere’ gives advertisers the ability to consistently measure their media investment across environments, platforms, formats, devices and types of content. As the macroeconomic advertising environment becomes increasingly challenging, advertisers continue to turn to DV solutions to optimize their media investment and reduce media waste while protecting brand equity.”

Third Quarter 2022 Financial Highlights:

(All comparisons are to the third quarter of 2021)

Third Quarter and Recent Business Highlights:

“In the third quarter, we continued to deliver strong business performance with year-over-year revenue growth of 35% and adjusted EBITDA margins of 30% driven by product successes in fast-growth sectors such as programmatic Activation, Social and CTV,” said Nicola Allais, CFO of DoubleVerify. “We are raising the midpoint of our full-year guidance range by the magnitude of our outperformance in the third quarter. Our outlook for the fourth quarter is based on our current visibility and assumes a typical upswing in our Activation business into year end. We continue to monitor the impact of the macroeconomic environment on our client’s ad budgets and to engage them in regular dialogue as we execute our plan through the end of the year and the longer term.”

Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2022 Guidance:

DoubleVerify anticipates Revenue and Adjusted EBITDA to be in the following ranges:

Fourth Quarter 2022:

Full Year 2022:

With respect to the Company’s expectations under "Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2022 Guidance" above, the Company has not reconciled the non-GAAP measure Adjusted EBITDA to the GAAP measure net income in this press release because the Company does not provide guidance for stock-based compensation expense, depreciation and amortization expense, acquisition-related costs, interest income, and income taxes on a consistent basis as the Company is unable to quantify these amounts without unreasonable efforts, which would be required to include a reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to GAAP net income. In addition, the Company believes such a reconciliation would imply a degree of precision that could be confusing or misleading to investors.

Conference Call, Webcast and Other Information

DoubleVerify will host a conference call and live webcast to discuss its third quarter 2022 financial results at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time today, November 8, 2022. To access the conference call, dial (877) 841-2987 for the U.S. or Canada, or (215) 268-9878 for international callers. The webcast will be available live on the Investors section of the Company’s website at https://ir.doubleverify.com/. An archived webcast will be available approximately two hours after the conclusion of the live event.

In addition, DoubleVerify plans to post certain additional historical quarterly financial information on the investor relations portion of its website for easy access to investors.

Key Business Terms

Activation revenue is generated from the evaluation, verification and measurement of advertising impressions purchased through programmatic demand-side and social media platforms.

Measurement revenue is generated from the verification and measurement of advertising impressions that are directly purchased on digital media properties, including publishers and social media platforms.

Supply-Side revenue is generated from platforms and publisher partners who use DoubleVerify’s data analytics to evaluate, verify and measure their advertising inventory.

Gross Revenue Retention Rate is the total prior period revenue earned from advertiser customers, less the portion of prior period revenue attributable to lost advertiser customers, divided by the total prior period revenue from advertiser customers.

Media Transactions Measured (MTM) is the volume of media transactions that DoubleVerify’s software platform measures.

Measured Transaction Fee (MTF) is the fixed fee DoubleVerify charges per thousand Media Transactions Measured.

International Revenue Growth Rates are inclusive of foreign currency fluctuations.

DoubleVerify Holdings, Inc.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (UNAUDITED)

As of

As of

(in thousands, except per share data)

September 30, 2022

December 31, 2021

Assets:

Current assets

Cash and cash equivalents

$

242,687

$

221,591

Trade receivables, net of allowances for doubtful accounts of $7,860 and $6,527 as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively

141,444

122,938

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

21,215

23,295

Total current assets

405,346

367,824

Property, plant and equipment, net

42,511

17,575

Operating lease right-of-use assets, net

74,413

Goodwill

336,545

350,560

Intangible assets, net

140,841

153,395

Deferred tax assets

60

60

Other non-current assets

1,699

2,780

Total assets

$

1,001,415

$

892,194

Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity:

Current liabilities

Trade payables

$

12,489

$

3,853

Accrued expense

30,524

41,456

Operating lease liabilities, current

5,560

Income tax liabilities

1,321

Current portion of finance lease obligations

2,144

1,970

Contingent considerations, current

1,717

Other current liabilities

7,146

6,716

Total current liabilities

57,863

57,033

Operating lease liabilities, non-current

75,611

Finance lease obligations

1,120

2,579

Deferred tax liabilities

24,174

30,307

Other non-current liabilities

2,632

3,209

Total liabilities

$

161,400

$

93,128

Commitments and contingencies (Note 13)

Stockholders’ equity

Common stock, $0.001 par value, 1,000,000 shares authorized, 164,733 shares issued and 164,696 outstanding as of September 30, 2022; 1,000,000 shares authorized, 162,347 shares issued and 162,297 shares outstanding as of December 31, 2021

165

162

Additional paid-in capital

744,008

717,228

Treasury stock, at cost, 37 shares and 50 shares as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively

(1,002

)

(1,802

)

Retained earnings

109,449

84,249

Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of income taxes

(12,605

)

(771

)

Total stockholders’ equity

840,015

799,066

Total liabilities and stockholders' equity

$

1,001,415

$

892,194

DoubleVerify Holdings, Inc.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (UNAUDITED)

Three Months Ended September 30,

Nine Months Ended September 30,

(in thousands, except per share data)

2022

2021

2022

2021

Revenue

$

112,254

$

83,098

$

318,782

$

227,208

Cost of revenue (exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown separately below)

19,323

13,435

55,036

35,929

Product development

23,932

16,359

68,742

45,658

Sales, marketing and customer support

27,118

19,539

78,535

54,653

General and administrative

19,395

14,465

60,599

58,317

Depreciation and amortization

8,089

7,492

25,446

21,989

Income from operations

14,397

11,808

30,424

10,662

Interest expense

226

249

681

936

Other expense, net

231

365

422

365

Income before income taxes

13,940

11,194

29,321

9,361

Income tax expense

3,609

3,270

4,121

8,361

Net income

$

10,331

$

7,924

$

25,200

$

1,000

Earnings per share:

Basic

$

0.06

$

0.05

$

0.15

$

0.01

Diluted

$

0.06

$

0.05

$

0.15

$

0.01

Weighted-average common stock outstanding:

Basic

164,297

158,045

163,512

144,305

Diluted

170,876

167,045

170,558

153,547

Comprehensive income:

Net income

$

10,331

$

7,924

$

25,200

$

1,000

Other comprehensive income:

Foreign currency cumulative translation adjustment

(4,630

)

303

(11,834

)

(141

)

Total comprehensive income

$

5,701

$

8,227

$

13,366

$

859

DoubleVerify Holdings, Inc.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (UNAUDITED)

Accumulated

Other

Comprehensive

Additional

Income (Loss)

Total

Common Stock

Preferred Stock

Treasury Stock

Paid-in

Retained

Net of

Stockholders’

(in thousands)

Shares

Amount

Shares

Amount

Shares

Amount

Capital

Earnings

Income Taxes

Equity

Balance as of January 1, 2022

162,347

$

162

$

50

$

(1,802

)

$

717,228

$

84,249

$

(771

)

$

799,066

Foreign currency translation adjustment

(1,570

)

(1,570

)

Shares repurchased for settlement of employee tax withholdings

41

(1,058

)

(1,058

)

Stock-based compensation expense

10,994

10,994

Common stock issued to non-employees

4

Common stock issued upon exercise of stock options

572

1

1,677

1,678

Common stock issued upon vesting of restricted stock units

195

Net income

4,579

4,579

Balance as of March 31, 2022

163,118

$

163

$

91

$

(2,860

)

$

729,899

$

88,828

$

(2,341

)

$

813,689

Foreign currency translation adjustment

(5,634

)

(5,634

)

Shares repurchased for settlement of employee tax withholdings

320

(8,133

)

(8,133

)

Stock-based compensation expense

9,517

9,517

Common stock issued under employee purchase plan

41

768

768

Common stock issued upon exercise of stock options

176

838

838

Common stock issued upon vesting of restricted stock units

798

1

(1

)

Treasury stock reissued upon settlement of equity awards

(128

)

3,447

(3,447

)

Net income

10,290

10,290

Balance as of June 30, 2022

164,133

$

164

$

283

$

(7,546

)

$

737,574

$

99,118

$

(7,975

)

$

821,335

Foreign currency translation adjustment

(4,630

)

(4,630

)

Shares repurchased for settlement of employee tax withholdings

19

(492

)

(492

)

Stock-based compensation expense

11,080

11,080

Common stock issued upon exercise of stock options

490

1

2,390

2,391

Common stock issued upon vesting of restricted stock units

110

Treasury stock reissued upon settlement of equity awards

(265

)

7,036

(7,036

)

Net income

10,331

10,331

Balance as of September 30, 2022

164,733

$

165

$

37

$

(1,002

)

$

744,008

$

109,449

$

(12,605

)

$

840,015

Balance as of January 1, 2021

140,222

$

140

61,006

$

610

15,146

$

(260,686

)

$

620,679

$

54,941

$

1,011

$

416,695

Foreign currency translation adjustment

(799

)

(799

)

Stock-based compensation expense

2,538

2,538

Common stock issued upon exercise of stock options

180

538

538

Net income

5,644

5,644

Balance as of March 31, 2021

140,402

$

140

61,006

$

610

15,146

$

(260,686

)

$

623,755

$

60,585

$

212

$

424,616

Foreign currency translation adjustment

355

355

Stock-based compensation expense

4,714

4,714

Common stock issued upon exercise of stock options

871

2

2,907

2,909

Common stock issued upon vesting of restricted stock units

217

Conversion of Series A preferred stock to common stock

5,190

5

(61,006

)

(610

)

(15,146

)

260,686

(260,081

)

Issuance of common stock upon initial public offering

9,977

10

269,380

269,390

Private placement stock issuance concurrent with initial public offering

1,111

1

29,999

30,000

Net loss

(12,568

)

(12,568

)

Balance as of June 30, 2021

157,768

$

158

$

$

$

670,674

$

48,017

$

567

$

719,416

Foreign currency translation adjustment

303

303

Shares repurchased for settlement of employee tax withholdings

50

(1,802

)

(1,802

)

Stock-based compensation expense

4,848

4,848

Common stock issued upon exercise of stock options

651

1

2,066

2,067

Common stock issued upon vesting of restricted stock units

105

Net income

7,924

7,924

Balance as of September 30, 2021

158,524

$

159

$

50

$

(1,802

)

$

677,588

$

55,941

$

870

$

732,756

DoubleVerify Holdings, Inc.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (UNAUDITED)

Nine Months Ended

September 30,

(in thousands)

2022

2021

Operating activities:

Net income

$

25,200

$

1,000

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities

Bad debt expense (recovery)

3,629

(1,186

)

Depreciation and amortization expense

25,446

21,989

Amortization of debt issuance costs

221

221

Non-cash lease expense

5,534

Deferred taxes

(5,974

)

(4,572

)

Stock-based compensation expense

31,224

12,100

Interest expense

7

130

Loss on disposal of fixed assets

1,353

Impairment of long-lived assets

1,510

Change in fair value of contingent consideration

57

Offering costs

21,797

Other

318

661

Changes in operating assets and liabilities net of effect of business combinations

Trade receivables

(23,842

)

690

Prepaid expenses and other assets

(2,110

)

4,428

Trade payables

3,452

425

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

(7,607

)

694

Net cash provided by operating activities

58,361

58,434

Investing activities:

Purchase of property, plant and equipment

(27,719

)

(5,499

)

Acquisition of business, net of cash acquired

(24,323

)

Net cash (used in) investing activities

(27,719

)

(29,822

)

Financing activities:

Payments of long-term debt

(22,000

)

Deferred payment related to Zentrick acquisition

(50

)

Payment of contingent consideration related to Zentrick acquisition

(3,247

)

Proceeds from common stock issued upon exercise of stock options

4,907

5,514

Proceeds from common stock issued under employee purchase plan

768

Proceeds from issuance of common stock upon initial public offering

269,390

Proceeds from issuance of common stock in connection to concurrent private placement

30,000

Payments related to offering costs

(6

)

(21,797

)

Finance lease payments

(1,286

)

(1,222

)

Shares repurchased for settlement of employee tax withholdings

(9,683

)

(1,802

)

Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities

(8,547

)

258,033

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash

(1,015

)

(173

)

Net increase in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash

21,080

286,472

Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash - Beginning of period

221,725

33,395

Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash - End of period

$

242,805

$

319,867

Cash and cash equivalents

242,687

319,825

Restricted cash (included in prepaid expenses and other current assets on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets)

118

42

Total cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash

$

242,805

$

319,867

Supplemental cash flow information:

Cash paid for taxes

10,210

5,586

Cash paid for interest

519

580

Non-cash investing and financing activities:

Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease liabilities, net of impairments

80,060

Acquisition of equipment under finance lease

1,518

Capital assets financed by accounts payable

5,305

41

Conversion of Series A preferred stock to common stock

610

Treasury stock reissued upon the conversion of Series A preferred stock for common stock

260,686

Stock-based compensation included in capitalized software development costs

367

Comparison of the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2022 and September 30, 2021

Revenue

Three Months Ended September 30,

Change

Change

Nine Months Ended September 30,

Change

Change

2022

2021

$

%

2022

2021

$

%

(In Thousands)

(In Thousands)

Revenue by customer type:

Measurement (f/k/a Advertiser - direct)

$

38,847

$

34,057

$

4,790

14

%

$

111,584

$

93,260

$

18,324

20

%

Activation (f/k/a Advertiser - programmatic)

62,170

41,902

20,268

48

175,696

113,694

62,002

55

Supply-side customer

11,237

7,139

4,098

57

31,502

20,254

11,248

56

Total revenue

$

112,254

$

83,098

$

29,156

35

%

$

318,782

$

227,208

$

91,574

40

%

Adjusted EBITDA

In addition to our results determined in accordance with GAAP, we believe that certain non-GAAP financial measures, including Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin, are useful in evaluating our business. We calculate Adjusted EBITDA Margin as Adjusted EBITDA divided by total revenue. The following table presents a reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA, a non-GAAP financial measure, to the most directly comparable financial measure prepared in accordance with GAAP.

Three Months Ended September 30,

Nine Months Ended September 30,

2022

2021

2022

2021

(In Thousands)

(In Thousands)

Net income

$

10,331

$

7,924

$

25,200

$

1,000

Net income margin

9

%

10

%

8

%

0

%

Depreciation and amortization

8,089

7,492

25,446

21,989

Stock-based compensation

10,971

4,848

31,224

12,100

Interest expense

226

249

681

936

Income tax expense

3,609

3,270

4,121

8,361

M&A and restructuring costs (a)

39

1,079

1,219

1,128

Offering, IPO readiness and secondary offering costs (b)

726

318

726

22,465

Other (recoveries) costs (c)

(228

)

878

3,659

987

Other expense (d)

231

365

422

365

Adjusted EBITDA

$

33,994

$

26,423

$

92,698

$

69,331

Adjusted EBITDA margin

30

%

32

%

29

%

31

%

_____________________

(a)

M&A and restructuring costs for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 consist of transaction costs, integration and restructuring costs related to the acquisition of OpenSlate. M&A costs for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 consist of transaction costs related to the acquisition of Meetrics and other reductions to deferred compensation liabilities related to acquisitions.

(b)

Offering, IPO readiness and secondary offering costs for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 consist of third-party costs incurred for the Company’s filing of a “shelf” registration statement on Form S-3. Offering, IPO readiness and secondary offering costs for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 consist of third-party costs incurred for the Company’s IPO and an underwritten secondary public offering by certain stockholders of the Company.

(c)

Other (recoveries) costs for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 consist of sublease income for lease office space, offset by costs related to the departures of the Company’s former Chief Operating Officer and Chief Customer Officer, impairment related to a subleased office space and costs related to the disposal of furniture for unoccupied lease office space. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, other costs include reimbursements paid to Providence for costs incurred prior to the IPO date, and non-recurring recognition of a cease-use liability related to unoccupied lease office space.

(d)

Other expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 and September 30, 2021 consists of the impact of foreign currency transaction gains and losses associated with monetary assets and liabilities.

We use Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin as measures of operational efficiency to understand and evaluate our core business operations. We believe that these non-GAAP financial measures are useful to investors for period to period comparisons of our core business and for understanding and evaluating trends in our operating results on a consistent basis by excluding items that we do not believe are indicative of our core operating performance.

These non-GAAP financial measures have limitations as analytical tools and should not be considered in isolation or as substitutes for an analysis of our results as reported under GAAP. Some of the limitations of these measures are:

In addition, other companies in our industry may calculate these non-GAAP financial measures differently than we do, limiting their usefulness as a comparative measure. You should compensate for these limitations by relying primarily on our GAAP results and using the non-GAAP financial measures only supplementally.

Total stock-based compensation expense recorded in the Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income is as follows:

Three Months Ended

Nine Months Ended

September 30,

September 30,

(in thousands)

2022

2021

2022

2021

Product development

$

3,665

$

1,239

$

10,575

$

1,953

Sales, marketing and customer support

4,302

1,423

10,718

3,743

General and administrative

3,004

2,186

9,931

6,404

Total stock-based compensation

$

10,971

$

4,848

$

31,224

$

12,100

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release includes “forward-looking statements”. Forward-looking statements generally can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “may,” “plan,” “seek,” “will,” “expect,” “intend,” “estimate,” “anticipate,” “believe” or “continue” or the negative thereof or variations thereon or similar terminology. Any statements in this press release regarding future revenues, earnings, margins, financial performance or results of operations (including the guidance provided under “Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2022 Guidance”), and any other statements that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties, many of which may be beyond our control. We caution you that the forward-looking information presented in this press release is not a guarantee of future events, and that actual events may differ materially from those made in or suggested by the forward-looking information contained in this press release. These risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors include, but are not limited to, the competitiveness of our solutions amid technological developments or evolving industry standards, the competitiveness of our market, system failures, security breaches, cyberattacks or natural disasters, economic downturns and unstable market conditions, our ability to collect payments, data privacy legislation and regulation, public criticism of digital advertising technology, our international operations, our use of “open source” software, our limited operating history and the potential for our revenues and results of operations to fluctuate in the future. Moreover, we operate in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment, and new risks may emerge from time to time. It is not possible for us to predict all risks, nor can we assess the impact of all factors on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements we may make.

Further information on these and additional risks, uncertainties, and other factors that could cause actual outcomes and results to differ materially from those included in or contemplated by the forward-looking statements contained in this press release are included under the caption “Risk Factors” under our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 8, 2022 and other filings and reports we make with the SEC from time to time.

We have based our forward-looking statements on our management’s beliefs and assumptions based on information available to our management at the time the statements are made. Any forward-looking information presented herein is made only as of the date of this press release, and, except as required by law, we do not undertake any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking information to reflect changes in assumptions, the occurrence of unanticipated events, or otherwise.

About DoubleVerify

DoubleVerify is a leading software platform for digital media measurement and analytics. Our mission is to make the digital advertising ecosystem stronger, safer and more secure, thereby preserving the fair value exchange between buyers and sellers of digital media. Hundreds of Fortune 500 advertisers employ our unbiased data and analytics to drive campaign quality and effectiveness, and to maximize return on their digital advertising investments – globally.

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