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Good day, and welcome to money Lion Inc's first quarter 2022 earnings conference call joining us today our D C.
Good day and welcome to MoneyLion, Inc.'s first quarter 2022 earnings conference call.
Joining us today are Di Choube, CEO and Co-Founder, Rick Correa, Chief Financial Officer, and Sean Horgan, the company's Head of Investor Relations.
CEO and cofounder right Correa, Chief Financial Officer, and Sean, Oregon, The company's head of Investor Relations. At this time all participants are in a listen only mode. A question and answer session will follow the formal presentation. If anyone should require operator assistance during the conference. Please press star zero.
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On your telephone keypad. Please note. This conference is being recorded before we go further I would like to turn the conference over to Mr. Horgan as he reads the company's safe Harbor statement within the meaning of the private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that provides important cautions regarding forward looking statements. Sean. Please go ahead.
Please note this conference is being recorded. Before we go further, I would like to turn the conference over to Mr. Horgan as he reads the company's safe harbor statement within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that provides important cautions regarding forward-looking statements. Sean.
What's your presentation. Good morning, everyone and thank you for participating in today's conference call.
Good morning, everyone, and thank you for participating in today's conference call to discuss Moneyline's results for the first quarter ending March 31st, 2022. Joining us today are Dee Chauvet, CEO and co-founder, and Rick Correa, Chief Financial Officer. Before I introduce Dee, I'd like to remind you that any forward-looking statements made in this commentary are subject to our Safe Harbor Statement found in our SEC filings and in our press release.
Gus Moneyline's results for the first quarter ending March 31st 2022, joining us today are D childhood, CEO and co founder and Rick Korea, Chief Financial Officer before I introduce Dave I'd like to remind you that any forward looking statements made in his commentary are subject to our safe Harbor statement found in our SEC filings and our press release.
Today's call is also accompanied by an earnings presentation that you can view on our webcast and on our website at investors got Moneyline dotcom.
Today's call is also accompanied by an earnings presentation that you can view on our webcast and on our website at investors.moneyline.com. Now I'll turn
Now I'll turn the call over to Jay.
Thank you, Sean, and welcome to the Moneyline team as your newly appointed head of investor relations. Please feel free to email Sean with all your questions after this call.
Sean and welcome to somebody buying team is really pointed to head of Investor Relations. Please feel free to email challenge with all of your questions. After this call.
Welcome everyone to our first quarter's earnings announcement, we will use this opportunity to reiterate our 2022 full year guidance as well as discuss business updates and financial results.
Welcome, everyone, to our first quarter's earnings announcement. We'll use this opportunity to reiterate our 2022 full-year guidance, as well as discuss business updates and financial results.
The macro markets are volatile tech indiscriminately is down an oversold markets may be irrational in the short term, but they will certainly normalize and the long term, we can't however time or predict the market certainly can't control. What we can control is your business and I couldn't be more proud of the execution of our global money one team.
The macro markets are volatile. Tech indiscriminately is down and oversold. Markets may be irrational in the short term, but they will certainly normalize in the long term. We can't, however, time or predict the markets and certainly can't control them. What we can control is our business. And I couldn't be more proud of the execution of the Global Moneyline team. We are well capitalized, and we're seeing all the right fundamentals in our business that gives us confidence we'll scale and thrive.
We are well capitalized and we're seeing all the right fundamentals in our business that gives us confidence, we'll scale and thrive.
We've made great progress in the first quarter. Despite the noise, Moneyline has never been better positioned to execute on what we believe categorically is the most exciting strategy in FinTech.
We've made great progress in the first quarter. Despite the noise moneyline has never been better positioned to execute on what we believe categorically is the most exciting strategy and fintech.
Our business serves more customers today than it did a year ago money, one continues to efficiently grow near 100% year over year growth rates and we're doing so while spending less per unit dollars in marketing are showing decreasing customer acquisition cost and completely diversifying your revenue base not a lot of fin techs can see that.
Our business serves more customers today than it did a year ago. Moneyline continues to efficiently grow at near 100% year-over-year growth rates. And we're doing so while spending less per unit dollars in marketing. We're showing decreasing customer acquisition costs and completely diversifying our revenue base. Not a lot of FinTechs can say that.
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We set out to rewire the financial system for the hard-working American. And with that mission in mind, we have built a platform unlike any in the market. That's why we are so uniquely positioned to become the category leader through this shifting lens.
We set out to rewire, the financial system to the hard working American and what's that mission in mind, we have built a platform. Unlike any of the market. That's why we are so uniquely positioned to become the category leader through the shifting landscape.
We brought together content from diverse and influential creators to educate delight and empower our customers.
We've brought together content from diverse and influential creators to educate, delight, and empower our customers, and we've been growing a marketplace of partners that give our customers access to billions of dollars in aggregate savings through lower-cost personal loans, savings, car insurance deals, reduced wireless bills, and hundreds of personalized offers activated through our content and lifestyle feed and across our distributed platform.
And we've been growing a marketplace of partners that give our customers access to billions of dollars and aggregate savings through lower cost personal loans savings hard insurance deals reduce wireless bills and hundreds of personalized offers activated through our content in lifestyle fee and across a distributed platform our ability to connect.
Our ability to contextualize these savings as advice sets us apart. More than ever before, our products are mission critical to the lives of customers as we continue to help them navigate their financial path through changing economic environments.
July these savings are in as a dice sets us apart.
More than ever before our products are mission critical to the lives of customers as we continue to help them navigate their financial path to changing economic environments, increasing inflation and high spending environment positively impacts the consumer business by increasing the inherent demand for our products.
Increasing inflation in tight spending environments positively impacts our consumer business by increasing the inherent demand of our products.
What are your line has been built to win in every economic cycle, we posted record revenue in the first quarter and exceeded our guidance and we're reaffirming our full year 2022 guidance, our cash position remains strong and we have ample runway to our path to profitability in the first quarter, we saw record new customer ads, while reducing our marketing spend from the <unk>.
Moneyline has been built to win in every economic cycle. We posted record revenue in the first quarter and exceeded our guidance. And we're reaffirming our full year 2022 guidance. Our cash position remains strong, and we have ample runway through our path to profitability. In the first quarter, we saw record new customer ads while reducing our marketing spend from the fourth quarter of 2021, resulting in a substantially lower CAC of $16 in the first quarter.
Fourth quarter of 2021, resulting in a substantially lower CAC of $16 in the first quarter.
We're projecting 100% growth rate in adjusted revenue in 2022, and we continue to expect to exit the year with break-even adjusted EBITDA. Moneyline has always been a...
We're projecting 100% growth rate in adjusted revenue in 2022, and we continue to expect to exit the year with breakeven adjusted EBITDA.
Anyone has always been an attractive growth investment, but we believe our shares have entered deep Valley tour territory jurist Fintech investor looking for disruptive growth story with real artificial intelligence and machine learning chops and is still nascent consumer adoption cycle, we represent an incredible opportunity at a time when the market seems to be going through an air pocket.
But we believe our shares have entered deep value toward territory.
If you're a FinTech investor looking for a disruptive growth story with real artificial intelligence and machine learning chops in a still nascent consumer adoption cycle, we represent an incredible opportunity at a time when the markets seem to be going through an air pocket.
The investment thesis is playing out just as we've always said with continued execution of our strategic plan you will see that customer growth compounds for us as we're able to increase recurring revenue from existing customers. This drive lifetime value expansion and we're seeing this nicely in the first quarter, our multiple products per customer strategy is working as.
The investment thesis is playing out, just as we've always said, with continued execution of our strategic plan. You'll see that customer growth compounds for us as we're able to increase recurring revenue from existing customers. This drives lifetime value expansion, and we're seeing this nicely in the first quarter. Are multiple products per customer strategies working as well? Lifetime value expansion gives us margin expansion over time and revenue scale as well, and it all builds on top of prior customer cohort.
Well lifetime value expansion gives us margin expansion over time and revenue scale as well and it all builds on top of prior customer cohorts with diversifying our revenue mix by expanding SaaS and fee based revenues with enterprise revenues increasingly representing a larger portion of our total revenue mix.
We're diversifying our revenue mix by expanding SAS and fee-based revenues, with enterprise revenues increasingly representing a larger portion of our total revenue mix.
We aligned our financial presentation in two categories.
We've realigned our financial presentation to two categories.
Consumer and enterprise based on the nature of the products and services provided and the channels through which the products and services are offered.
Humor and enterprise based on the nature of the products and services provided and the channels through which the products and services are offered the synergies between our consumer and enterprise businesses flagged network effects and positioned us to increase market share just by virtue of the compounding benefits and our understanding of the financial impact of the entire American.
The synergies between our consumer and enterprise businesses drive network effects and position us to increase market share just by virtue of the compounding benefits in our understanding of the financial intent of the entire American consumer base.
Consumer base.
Synergies also helped significantly reduce customer acquisition and retention costs, while sharing a common technology content and data infrastructure.
These synergies also help significantly reduce customer acquisition and retention costs while sharing a common technology, content, and data infrastructure.
Our consumer business is centered around the hyper personalized in App feed that includes engaging financial and lifestyle content from our network of content creators athletes celebrities and of course by the large amount of data produced through increasing everyday consumer transactions through our best in class financial products, our suite of consumer.
Our consumer business is centered around a hyper-personalized in-app feed that includes engaging financial and lifestyle content from our network of content creators, athletes, celebrities, and of course, by the large amount of data produced through increasing everyday consumer transactions through our best-in-class financial products.
Our suite of consumer products include automated advice, banking, credit, investing, crypto and rewards, all of which serve to provide superpowers to our consumers in times of excess as well in times of need. As we said before, this suite of capabilities is a must-have toolkit in all economic cycles.
Alex include automated advice banking credit investing brookdale and rewards all of which serve to provide superpowers for consumers in times of excess as well in tax need as we've said before this suite of capabilities is a must have to kick in all economic cycles in.
In the first quarter, we saw continued engagement with our educational resources, learning modules, roundups, investing products, crypto, and our full suite of digital banking products and capabilities. We integrated a suite of affiliate products, including credit cards, insurance, personal loans, and auto refinance options natively and seamlessly into our consumer experience. This allows us to expand our target markets to a broader spectrum of consumers, including those with higher income profiles and those that own their homes.
In the first quarter, we saw continued engagement with our educational resources learning modules Roundups investing product Brookdale and a full suite of digital banking products and capabilities, we integrated our suite of affiliate products, including credit cards insurance personal loans and auto refinance options natively and seamlessly into our consumer experience.
This allows us to expand our target markets to a broader spectrum of consumers, including those with higher income profiles and those that own their homes.
The addition of the infrastructure for enterprise business has made our consumer value proposition more robust and more rich and certainly more appealing to a broader segment of Americans overall, we saw changes in her position, making the first quarter that helped establish us as they go to one stop shop for all money mandates for all Americans.
The addition of the infrastructure for enterprise business has made our consumer value proposition more robust and more rich, and certainly more appealing to our broader segment of Americans. Overall, we saw changes in our positioning in the first quarter that helped establish us as a go-to one-stop shop for all money moments for all Americans.
Our enterprise.
Our enterprise business represents an embedded finance marketplace that provides significant value propositions to our enterprise clients by allowing them to fully monetize their own consumers to financial products.
<unk> business represents an embedded finance marketplace that provides significant value propositions to our enterprise clients by allowing them to fully monetize their own consumers to financial products Moneyline's network API can be installed via native API code CRM integrations embedded widgets or simple partner page integration.
Moneyline's network APIs can be installed via native API code, CRM integrations, embedded widgets, or simple partner page integrations at any consumer-facing application or website. This allows us to sit in the center of an extensive distribution network that serves as an efficient matching engine for consumers reached through our business partners and product providers.
But any consumer facing application or website.
It allows us to sit in the center of an extensive distribution network that serves as an efficient matching engine for consumers reached through our business partners and product providers.
Our embedded finance marketplace provides access to the widest range of financial offerings to meet consumer financial needs to do.
Our embedded finance marketplace provides access to the widest range of financial offerings to meet consumer financial needs. The distribution power is immense. Any website, bank, credit union or aggregator can offer their customers and members monetization to financial products, access to our marketplace. As a result, our vantage point in TAM has significantly expanded.
Distribution powers of match any website bank credit union or aggregator can offer their customers and members modest monetization through financial products access to our marketplace. As a result, our vantage point it can have significantly expanded.
99% of households in America can theoretically become customers with multi line coupled with our low cost highly engaging content, we're seeking to become the daily destination to get advice on the right financial product at any moment in time.
99% of households in America can theoretically become customers of Moneyline. Coupled with our low cost, highly engaging content, we're seeking to become the daily destination to get advice on the right financial product in any moment in time.
The combination of our consumer enterprise assets drives a powerful new business model for Moneyline. Additional data and customers further enhances our value proposition to enterprise partners creating a virtuous cycle.
The combination or for consumer enterprise assets drives a powerful new business model for money, what additional data and customers further enhances our value proposition to enterprise partners, creating a virtuous cycle.
Let's discuss in detail our acquisition and retention breslin advantages through our data advantage, we're able to much better personalized products to consumers, meaning more users' trust money line for all money not.
Let's discuss in detail our acquisition and retention growth loop advantage.
Through our data advantage, we're able to much better personalize products for consumers, meaning more users trust Moneyline for all money moments, not just single-point solutions like banking or credit. Consumer preference data gathering allows us to provide better conversion and fulfillment rates for our enterprise clients. More consumers with better data then allows better monetization opportunities for demand generators who choose Moneyline's embedded marketplace capabilities over competitors.
Not just single point solutions like banking or credit consumer preference data gathering allows us to provide better conversion and fulfillment rates for enterprise clients more consumers with better data that allows better monetization opportunities for demand generally generators.
Whose money lines embedded marketplace capabilities over competitors.
Big ideas. This money one becomes a substantial walled garden for financial products that doesn't necessarily compete with what is adjacent and an extension of consumer destinations like Amazon Apple, Google and Facebook ads for financial products are targeted with limited financial data on the consumer within these walled gardens.
Moneyline becomes a substantial walled garden for financial products that doesn't necessarily compete with but is adjacent and an extension of consumer destinations like Amazon, Apple, Google, and Facebook.
Ads for financial products are targeted with limited financial data of the consumer within these walled gardens. Because of our data advantage, we're able to disrupt the expansive targeted ad market dominated by Google, Facebook, Amazon, and others by offering an advice-driven ad unit using AI-driven financial matching capabilities to match the right customers with the right product driving positive outcomes for our enterprise and our consumer customers.
Cause if our data advantage, we're able to disrupt the expansive targeted AD market dominated by Google Facebook, Amazon and others by offering advice driven AD unit, using AI driven financial matching capabilities to match the right customers with the right product driving positive outcomes for enterprise and our consumer customers. This.
This matching can happen right in the MoneyLine app or website in a natural and seamless manner. Our median creator network capabilities allow us to position recommendations as prescient advice as opposed to unknowing ads. Or the matching can happen anywhere on the Internet where MoneyLine's embedded finance network APIs are connected like CNBC's mortgage calculator and many other examples like that.
Batching can happen right in the moneyline, app or website, and a natural and seamless manner.
Our median cleaner network capabilities allow us to position recommendations and suppression advice as opposed to annoying ads or the matching can happen anywhere on the internet where money lines embedded finance network API connected like CNBC mortgage calculator and many other examples like that we.
We estimate our enterprise business unlocks an additional $24 billion of revenue opportunity and an additional expansion of our targeted addressable market.
We estimate our enterprise business unlock some additional $24 billion of revenue opportunity and an additional expansion of our targeted addressable market.
Moving onto total customers, we continue to drive new customer adds as we execute on our plan to add scale across our business. We ended the first quarter were $3 9 million customers up 117% year over year.
Moving on to total customers, we continue to drive new customer ads as we execute in our plan to add scale across our business.
We ended the first quarter with 3.9 million customers, up 117% year-over-year. Interestingly, we're scaling users while spending less. Fourth and first quarter total customers leveraged our network and media capabilities. This is a key differentiator of the Moneyline platform and gives us significant durability in this market environment. We will grow our customers at the rate we projected while still converging to profitability. We're very glad.
Stingley, we're scaling users while spending less growth in first quarter total customers leverage our network and media capabilities. This is a key differentiator for the money one platform. It gives us significant durability in this market environment, we will hear our customers at the rate, we projected while still converging to profitability.
Very glad to have these levers.
In addition to millions of consumers that use moneyline's app and financial products, our enterprise business has seen growth and product partners and channel partners.
In addition to millions of consumers that use MoneyLine App in financial products, our enterprise business has seen growth in product partners and channel partners. Product partners drive multiple monetization opportunities as we expand product asset classes, like personal loans, mortgages, product cards, and insurance. Asset classes can include financial and non-financial products. Channel partners drive top-of-the-funnel, which is translated into quarter-over-quarter growth and applications for products received.
<unk> partners drive multiple monetization opportunities as we expand product asset classes like personal loans mortgages credit cards insurance asset.
Classes can include financial and non financial products Channel partners drive top of the funnel, which is translated into quarter over quarter growth in applications for products received.
Similarly, total products consumed on our platform continues to grow over 9 million products were consumed by the end of the first quarter. We've always been proud of our platform approach and those investments continue to help increase lifetime value. We operate a capital light model, meaning we have little to no balance sheet credit exposure as we offload creditor.
Similarly, total products consumed on our platform continues to grow. Over 9 million products were consumed by the end of the first quarter. We've always been proud of our platform approach, and those investments continue to help increase lifetime value.
We operate a capital light model, meaning we have little to no balance sheet credit exposure as we offload credit originated through our banking services to warehouse facilities.
Origination through our banking services to warehouse facilities. Nevertheless, we saw decrease in provision as a percentage of finance receivables from five 5% in the fourth quarter of 2021 to four 8% in the first quarter of 2022. This continues to demonstrate what showing strong performance from returning.
Nevertheless, we saw a decrease in the provision as a percentage of finance receivables from 5.5% in the fourth quarter of 2021 to 4.8% in the first quarter of 2022.
This continues to demonstrate recurring strong performance from returning customers. And the strong originations in underwriting DNA were built over the years here at Moneyline.
Customers and a strong originations and underwriting DNA built over the years here at money like.
We have a near decade track record in managing credit risk. This is also where our data advantage shines. It will be hard for new entrants to gain this level of scale in these markets while expanding margins to a larger turning customer base.
We have a near decade track record of managing credit risk. This is also where our data advantage chance it will be hard for new entrants to gain this level of scale in these markets, while expanding margins through a large returning customer base.
Our record performance continues in the first quarter.
We continue to perform and revenue growth customer growth gross profit margin and importantly, we very efficiently use the cash on our balance sheet.
We continue to perform in revenue growth, customer growth, gross profit margin, and importantly, we very efficiently use the cash on our balance sheet.
We expect to continue efficiently, adding scale throughout 2022.
We expect to continue efficiently adding scale throughout 2022.
We have the team that we want and from an expense base perspective, we expect to deliver significant operating leverage throughout 2022.
We have the team that we want, and from an expense-based perspective, we expect to deliver significant operating leverage throughout 2022. With that, I'd like to pass it off to our CFO , Rick Korea, to walk us through the financial performance in detail.
With that I'd like to pass it off to our CFO with Korea to walk us through the financial performance in detail.
Thanks, Dee. Good morning to everyone. Looking forward to sharing details about our records financial performance and new economics driven by our key metrics that Dee presented.
Thanks, Steve Good morning to everyone looking forward to sharing details about our record financial performance and unit economics, driven by our key metrics that he presented.
We're going through the financials. Please note that unless otherwise stated I will be referring to adjusted results in all quarter period references refer to the first quarter of 2022 versus the first quarter of 2021.
As we're going through the financials, please note that unless otherwise stated, I will be referring to adjusted results and all quarter period references referred to the first quarter of 2022 versus the first quarter of 2021.
Our GAAP consolidated financial statements and reconciliations are available in the appendix of today's presentation, today's earnings release, and our upcoming 10-Q filing.
Our GAAP consolidated financial statements and reconciliations are available in the appendix of today's presentation.
Today's earnings release, and our upcoming 10-Q filing.
Off the back of our Q4 Q1 acquisitions, we have realigned our financials to better reflect our consumer and enterprise businesses and Kpis, let's take a deeper look at these two businesses in terms of their respective revenue streams.
Off the back of our Q4 and Q1 acquisitions, we have realigned our financials to better reflect our consumer and enterprise businesses and KPIs. Let's take a deeper look at these two businesses in terms of their respective revenue streams.
Our consumer revenue includes our highly successful into cash and credit builder plus fee based revenue.
Our consumer revenue includes our highly successful Instacash and Credit Builder Plus fee-based revenue.
These products represent the bulk of the consumer business and have approximately 80 to 90 percent recurring revenue.
These products represent the bulk of the consumer business and of approximately 80% to 90% recurring revenue.
This is driven by having a returning customer base and cohort revenue retention trends as shown on slide 19 of our presentation.
This is driven by having a returning customer base and cohort revenue retention trends as shown on slide 19 of our presentation.
Our war money Bank account is a critical driver for extending customer lifetime value, while generating interchange and card holder fees.
Our War Money bank account is a critical driver for extending customer lifetime value while generating interchange and cardholder fees.
Finally, Moneyline Investing and Moneyline Crypto generate revenue share on crypto transactions and a monthly per account fee on investment accounts.
Finally, moneyline investing and moneyline crypto generate revenue share on crypto transactions and a monthly per account fee on investment accounts.
Our enterprise business revenue includes affiliate fees. If you recall this was our fastest growing revenue stream in Q4 of 2021 and is now included in the enterprise business. Following the acquisition of even financial and its consolidation into our expanded marketplace offering.
Our enterprise business revenue includes affiliate fees. If you recall, this was our fastest growing revenue stream in Q4 of 2021 and is now included in the enterprise business following the acquisition of Even Financial and its consolidation into our expanded marketplace offering.
We accelerated our marketplace strategy and importantly, the marketplaces, where a significant majority of the affiliate fees are now generated.
We accelerated our marketplace strategy, and importantly, the marketplace is where a significant majority of the affiliate fees are now generated.
I highlight this specifically when looking at our consumer revenue in Q4 2021 of $45 million versus Q1, 2022, a $46 million is important to note that this high growth affiliate fee revenue stream was moved from consumer into enterprise.
I highlight this specifically as when looking at our consumer revenue in Q4 2021 of 45 million versus Q1 2022 of 46 million, it is important to note that this high growth affiliate fee revenue stream was moved from consumer into enterprise.
MoneyLion also earns revenue from SaaS contracts for providing infrastructure to our enterprise accounts for connecting financial institutions to consumers through channel partners.
Maam. Your line also earns revenue from SaaS contracts for providing infrastructure to our enterprise accounts for connecting financial institutions to consumers through channel partners.
Additionally, given our deep understanding of customers' interest and transactions, we're able to offer our customers targeted content and offers that generate advertising fees.
Additionally, given our deep understanding of customers' interests and transactions, we're able to offer our customers targeted content and offers that generate advertising.
Lastly, our media division, which was established through our acquisition of Malka Media, generates revenue from providing content management, creator and influencer management to creators, influencers and corporate clients. This is an important benefit for generating enterprise revenue.
Lastly, our media Division, which was established through our acquisition of multimedia generates revenue from providing content management creator and Influencer management to creators influencers.
Influencers and corporate clients. This is an important benefit for generating enterprise revenue.
We also realize synergies by providing low-cost content and customer acquisition in our consumer business.
We also realized synergies by providing low cost content and customer acquisition in our consumer business.
As we look ahead, the enterprise business is expected to rapidly scale to become nearly half of our overall revenue mix in the near term.
As we look ahead the enterprise business is expected to rapidly scale to become nearly half of our overall revenue mix in the near term.
This creates both revenue diversification and as Tee mentioned significant customer acquisition and engagement strict synergies for the consumer business. This mix reflects both our success and rewiring the financial system and our unique business model with even more powerful unit economics.
This creates both revenue diversification and, as Dee mentioned, significant customer acquisition and engagement synergies for the consumer business.
This mix reflects both our success in rewiring the financial system and our unique business model with even more powerful unit economics.
Our powerful unit economics are once again evident in our <unk> CAC sub six month payback period, and another record quarter of new customer adds.
Our powerful unit economics are once again evident in our ARPU, CAC, sub-six-month payback period, and another record quarter of new customer ads.
These metrics are even more impressive against the rising cap backdrop for most other consumer finance businesses.
These metrics are even more impressive against a rising cash backdrop for most other consumer finance businesses.
This outcome is the result of a vast top of funnel and our high customer conversion rates. Looking ahead, our enterprise business represents additional revenue diversification and synergies that further distinguish Moneyline's customer acquisition strategy and de-risks our growth plan and accelerates our path to profitability.
This outcome is the result of a vast top of funnel and our high customer conversion rates looking ahead, our enterprise business represents additional revenue diversification and synergies that further distinguish moneyline's customer acquisition strategy and Derisked, our growth plan and accelerates our path to.
Profitability.
We have consistently acquired customers with a sub six month payback period. Additionally, our historical customer revenue cohorts demonstrate the power of the multi line platform and our ability to generate recurring revenue and extend lifetime customer value with these cohorts tell us.
We have consistently acquired customers with a sub-six-month payback period. Additionally, our historical customer revenue cohorts demonstrate the power of the Moneyline platform and our ability to generate recurring revenue and extend lifetime customer value. What these cohorts tell us is that our customer value proposition is highly compelling and we are growing efficiently.
Is that our customer value proposition is highly compelling and we are growing efficiently.
That gives us considerable confidence as we march towards another 100% year-over-year growth in 2022 while exiting the year at break-even EBITDA.
That gives us considerable confidence as we march towards another hundred percent year over year growth in 2022, while exiting the year at breakeven EBITDA.
As we grow our top line. We are also rapidly realizing operating leverage from the platform expenses as a percentage of revenue are expected to improve 122% in Q2 2022.
As we grow our top line, we are also rapidly realizing operating leverage from the platform. Expenses as a percentage of revenue are expected to improve 122% in 2Q2022 from 138% in 1Q2022.
138% in <unk> 2022.
Keeping us on track to exit 2022 with breakeven EBITDA.
keeping us on track to exit 2022 with breakeven EBITDA. Importantly, we believe we have more than adequate cash runway through profitability and expect to be operating cashflow positive in the second half of this year.
Importantly, we believe we have more than adequate cash runway through profitability and expect to be operating cash flow positive in the second half of this year.
Looking at our record first quarter performance adjusted revenue for the quarter grew a 105% year over year to 66 million another record quarter for us and our fifth consecutive quarter with 100 plus percent year over year growth.
Looking at our record first quarter performance, adjusted revenue for the quarter grew 105% year-over-year to $66 million, another record quarter for us and our fifth consecutive quarter with 100-plus percent year-over-year growth.
We expect to continue our remarkable growth trend with a Q2 guidance of 78 to 83 million.
We expect to continue our remarkable growth trend with our Q2 guidance of $78 million to $83 million.
of adjusted revenue representing 114 to 120% year-over-year growth, an acceleration from the first quarter of 2022.
Adjusted revenue, representing 114% to 120% year over year growth and acceleration from the first quarter 2022.
Off the back of our full year 2021 adjusted revenue of $165 million, our last 12 months of adjusted revenue is nearly $200 million, representing a 21% increase. Given our strong momentum, we are reaffirming our adjusted revenue full year guidance of $325 to $335 million, which is a 100% increase over 2021 at the midpoint of our guidance.
Off the back of our full year 2021 adjusted revenue of $165 million. Our last 12 months of adjusted revenue is nearly 200 million representing a 21% increase given our strong momentum we are reaffirming our adjusted revenue full year guidance of 325 to 335.
$5 million, which is 100% increase over 2021 at the midpoint of our guidance.
In Q1, 2022, we generated $40 million of adjusted gross profit, which is an increase of 108% over our Q1 2021 adjusted gross profit of $19 million.
In Q1 2022, we generated $40 million of adjusted gross profit, which is an increase of 108% over our Q1 2021 adjusted gross profit of $19 million.
The Q1 2022 adjusted gross profit was realized at a slightly higher gross profit margin of 61% versus 60% in Q1 2021. However.
The Q1 2022 adjusted growth profit was realized a slightly higher gross profit margin of 61% versus 60% in Q1 2021. However, it was slightly lower quarter over quarter given the slightly lower gross profit margin of the enterprise bid.
However, it was slightly lower quarter over quarter, given the slightly lower gross profit margin of the enterprise business.
We expect a reversion to our mid-60s gross profit margin on a forward basis as we realize near-term synergies, and specifically in Q2, we expect to continue to realize a gross profit margin of between 60 and 65%.
We expect a reversion to our mid sixties gross profit margin on a forward basis as we realize near term synergies and specifically in Q2, we expect to continue to realize a gross profit margin of between 60 and 65%.
Our adjusted gross profit for the last 12 months is $125 million, representing a 20% increase over full year 2021.
Our adjusted gross profit for the last 12 months is $125 million, representing a 20% increase over full year 2021.
That gives us confidence to reaffirm our 2022 adjusted gross profit margin of 60 to 65 percent. This is a critical
That gives us confidence to reaffirm our 2022 adjusted gross profit margin of 60% to 65%.
This is a critical differentiator for moneyline.
Historical investments in our technology, platform, data, and artificial intelligence-driven processes are translating into strong margin performance. Now, taking a look.
Historical investments in our technology platform data and artificial intelligence driven processes are translating into strong margin performance now.
Now taking a look at our quarterly guidance.
In Q1, we guided to $60 million to $65 million of adjusted revenue and we generated $66 million.
In Q1, we guided to $60 million to $65 million of adjusted revenue, and we generated $66 million. This represents 105% growth versus our guidance of 85% to 100%.
This represents a 105% growth versus our guidance of 85% to 100%.
We are targeting $78 to $83 million of adjusted revenue in Q2 2022, representing 114 to 128 percent year-over-year growth.
We are targeting 78 to 83 million of adjusted revenue in Q2, 2022, representing a 114% to 128% year over year growth.
As mentioned, we expect reversion back to our historical adjusted gross profit margin as we realize the acquisition related integration synergies, we are guiding to 60% to 65% adjusted gross profit margin.
As mentioned, we expect reversion back to our historical adjusted gross profit margin as we realize acquisition-related integration synergies. We are guiding to 60 to 65% adjusted gross profit margin.
Our Q1 adjusted EBITDA continues to show a very strong trend and was also within range at a loss of $24 9 million.
Our Q1 adjusted EBITDA continues to show a very strong trend and was also within range at a loss of $24.9 million.
Given this trend we are guiding Q2, 2022, adjusted EBIT loss between 15, and $20 million, representing a 30% quarter over quarter improvement at the midpoint and a 16 percentage point margin improvement compared to Q1.
Given this trend, we are guiding Q2 2022 Adjusted EBITDA loss between 15 and 20 million, representing a 30% quarter-over-quarter improvement at the midpoint and a 16 percentage point margin improvement compared to Q1.
Looking at our full year guidance.
As we stated our business is built to win in any economic cycle.
As we stated, our business is built to win in any economic cycle.
As a result.
As a result, we are reaffirming our full year 2022 guidance for adjusted revenue, gross profit margin, and EBITDA.
We are reaffirming our full year 2022 guidance for adjusted revenue gross profit margin and EBITDA.
This represents a 100% year over year revenue growth at the midpoint of our guidance, 29% EBITDA improvement and a strong 26 percentage point margin improvement.
This represents 100% year-over-year revenue growth at the midpoint of our guidance, 29% EBITDA improvement, and a strong 26 percentage point margin improvement.
Our focus on the top-line growth, coupled with material improvements to our operating leverage, give us the confidence to reiterate our target to exit 2022 with break-even EBITDA, and importantly, to be operating cash flow positive in the second half of 2022.
Our focus on the top line growth coupled with material improvements to our operating leverage gives us the confidence to reiterate our target to exit 2022 with breakeven EBITDA and importantly to the operating cash flow positive in the second half of 2022.
In summary, we believe money line is the most exciting growth story into finance and represents the most a unique strategic positioning given the highly synergistic consumer and enterprise businesses.
In summary, we believe Moneyline is the most exciting growth story in finance and represents the most unique strategic positioning given the highly synergistic consumer and enterprise businesses.
with consistent market-leading unit economics all led by a proven management team.
With consistent market, leading unit economics, all led by a proven management team.
With that I'll turn it back over to D for closing remarks.
With that, I'll turn it back over to the closing remarks.
Thanks, Rick. As you can see, the current market backdrop is not reflected of our company's fundamental strengths or the strategic opportunities ahead. The fact of the matter is, we continue to execute, and we continue to do everything we promised our stakeholders. We beat on Q1, and we're reaffirming fiscal year 2022 guidance. We're witnessing increased operating leverage, and we plan to continue keeping fixed costs down and actively manage every expense line item throughout 2022.
Thanks, Rick as you can see the current market backdrop is not reflected in our company's fundamental strengths or the strategic opportunities ahead. The fact of the matter is we continue to execute and we continue to do everything we promised our stakeholders. We beat on Q1, we are reaffirming our fiscal year 2022 guidance, we're witnessing any.
<unk> operating leverage and we plan to continue keeping fixed costs down and actively manage every expense line item throughout through 2022.
We've diversified our revenue model. We've expanded our SAS and fee-based revenues, creating even more durability across cycles. And finally, our growth continues to yield industry-best payback periods. Our cash position is strong, and we expect to have more than ample buffer to get to profitability. Very few investment opportunities like ours exist in the markets today. With a balance of 100% revenue growth and a line of sight to profitability in the near term.
We have diversified our revenue model with expanded our SaaS and fee based revenues, creating even more durability across cycles and finally, our growth continues to yield industry best payback periods. Our cash position is strong and we expect to have more than ample buffer to get to profitability.
Very few investment opportunities like ours exist in our markets today.
With a balance of 100% revenue growth and a line of sight to profitability in the near term.
We will continue to focus on what we can control and believe our resiliency and execution will create tremendous value creation for our shareholders.
We will continue to focus on what we can control and believe our resiliency and execution will create tremendous value creation for our shareholders. Thank you very much.
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Hi, good morning, Thanks for taking my call clearly CAC improved significantly this quarter and is the trigger point of differentiation for the company should we be thinking about the $16 tack as sort of the new normal and how do you expect CAC that trend over the rest of the year.
Hi, good morning. Thanks for taking my call. Clearly, CAC improved significantly this quarter and is the true point of differentiation for the company. Should we be thinking about the $16 CAC as sort of the new normal? And how do you expect CAC to trend over the rest of the year?
Hey, Josh.
Thanks for the question.
So look this is the big differentiator for Moneyline.
So, look, this is the big differentiator for Moneyline. Our investments in the Today feed or the strategy is to become the daily destination for money adjacent conversations powered by...
Our investments in the today feed or the strategy is to become the daily destination for money adjacent conversations powered by Influencers creators by owning the culture. If money is driving a lot of.
influencers, creators by owning the culture of money is driving a lot of word of mouth.
Word of mouth as well as social proliferation of the money wine brand in the multi line product and Thats. What we saw in Q1, a lot of it is organic but a lot of it is the synergies from our enterprise business, we're seeing that the top of the funnel becomes incredibly expanded we're also able to expand.
as well as social proliferation of the Moneyline brand and the Moneyline product. And that's what we saw in Q1.
A lot of it is organic, but a lot of it is the synergies from our enterprise business. We're seeing that the top of the funnel becomes incredibly expanded. We're also able to expand the target addressable market. If you look back historically, the target addressable market for our consumers were hardworking Americans. What we're seeing now with our enterprise business is that our banking, investing and credit products are appealing to more segments of the American middle class.
And the target addressable market, if you look back historically.
The target addressable market for our consumers were hard working Americans, what we're seeing now with our enterprise business is that our banking investing in credit products are appealing to more segments of American middle class and that's really what's driving.
And that's really what's driving, you know, tack down in Q1, and we do expect it to stay stable in Q2 as well at those levels.
CAC down in Q1, and we do expect it to stay stable in Q2 as well at those levels.
Yeah.
Thank you very helpful.
Thank you. Very helpful. I'd also appreciate some color on which levers MoneyLion plans to pull to continue to improve the adjusted EBITDA moving forward. You know, is it primarily coming from the reduced marketing spend or are there other areas you plan to cut spending on in the future?
Also appreciate some color on which levers moneyline plans to pull to continue to improve the adjusted EBITDA moving forward. You know is it primarily coming from the reduced marketing spend or are there. Other areas you plan to cut spending on in the future.
I'll I'll start that and Rick you can chime in as well so on the expense base.
I'll start that and Rick, you can chime in as well. So on the expense base, you know, this is a management team that is always optimizing our expense base and our operating leverage. We're incredibly efficient with how we spend.
This is a management team that is always optimizing our expense base and our operating leverage we're incredibly efficient with how we spend from a team perspective.
From a team perspective, more than half of our team is in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and we get a lot of operating leverage and benefits out of that. We've also made some adjustments to our team in Q1 as well, and we feel that we have the team now to execute on our growth plans. We don't need to make further investments. We've made those investments in Q4 of 2021, and from a fixed-cost perspective, we feel like we're in a good place.
Of that half of our team is.
All of them for Malaysia, and we get a lot of operating leverage and benefits out of that we've also made some adjustments to our team in Q1 as well and we feel that we have the team now to execute on our growth plans, we don't need to make further investments. We've made those investments in Q4 of 2021 and from a fixed cost perspective, we feel like we are.
In a good place at the same time, we're managing expenses.
At the same time, we're managing expenses very carefully from a processing perspective as well as other variable costs that we have.
Very carefully from a processing perspective, as well as other variable costs that we have so.
So, we feel very good about the levers that we have from a fixed cost perspective. On the variable cost perspective, you know, the big idea here is that we are becoming our own walled garden, which means...
So we feel very good about the levers that we have.
From a fixed cost perspective on a variable cost perspective, you got all the big idea here is that we were becoming our own walled garden, which means that given the data advantage that we have and our ability to see consumer intent when consumers are searching for a mortgage loan or personal loan or other financial products across the cros.
Given the data advantage that we have and our ability to see consumer intent, when consumers are searching for a mortgage loan or personal loan or other financial product across the network,
The network, we have incredible data on re targeting and creating content for those users in ways that just require less nominal marketing dollars than any of our peers and that's really the big idea that from a capital intensity perspective, we have to expand the less marketing dollars to get similar new customer adds.
We have incredible data on retargeting and creating content for those users in ways that just require less nominal marketing dollars than any of our peers.
and that's really the big idea that from a capital intensity perspective we have to expand the last marketing dollars to get similar new customer ads
And then that's really where the flywheel, the conversion funnels for Moneyline work really well to get those customers into a bank account, into an investment account, into one of our affiliate or advice products, and into some of our engagement loops that we've built into the product.
And then that's really where the flywheel the conversion funnels for moneyline worked really well.
Those customers into a bank account into an investment account into one of our affiliate or advice products and into some of our engagement loops that we built into the product.
Yeah, and this is what we've been playing for, Josh. If you look at page 19 in our presentation, and just the recurring nature of every cohort that we've had pre-2019 through to this quarter, what you're seeing is that that recurring revenue gives us a lot of confidence in terms of continuing to drive the top line, while of course, as I said, what we've been playing for as a platform is to be at the point where we're getting that operating leverage as we continue to scale our revenue.
Yeah, and this is what we've been planning for Josh Yeah. If you look at page 19 in our presentation and just the recurring nature of every cohort that we've had in 2019 through to this quarter.
What you're seeing is that that recurring revenue gives us a lot of confidence in terms of continuing to drive the top line while of course.
As I said, well, we've been playing for as a platform is to be at the point, where we're getting that operating leverage as we continue to scale our revenue.
Very helpful. Thank you very much.
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Thank you a very good results guys I was intrigued.
Thank you, very good results, guys. I was intrigued, Dee, by your mention of...
Intrigued by your mention of inflation.
And the opportunity that that creates for you and given that we don't know FICO or income details about your customers I'm. Just wondering if you could give us a little more detail about the customer mix and how youre expecting to benefit from the inflationary environment.
Okay.
Sure Hey, George Good morning, Thanks for the question. So if you remember historically, we've always said that.
If you remember historically, weíve always said that Moneyline provides mission-critical products for hard-working American households. Weíve always defined that as households that make $40,000 to $150,000 of income.
<unk> provides mission critical products for hard working American households have always defined that as households that make 40000 to $150000 of household income.
household income, what we're seeing is that those consumers, regardless of what's happening in a stock market, are always oscillating between a time of excess and a time of need. Whether it's 2022 or 2021 or 2020, we've seen this customer base a couple times a year always go through a personal recession.
We're seeing is that those consumers regardless of what's happening in the stock market are always oscillating between the kind of access in a time of need.
Whether it's 2022 or 2021 or 2020, we've seen this customer base a couple of times a year always go through a personal recession.
And the way we've constructed our product, it's a private bank for the American middle class, right? So you invest in roundups, you invest in auto invest in those 10 months where you're making more than you're spending.
And the way we've constructed our product it's a private banks for the American Middle class right, you invest and Roundups you invest in auto invest in those 10 months, where youre, making more than your spending and then in those two or three months, where you need a credit product, we're able to holistically give credit for your good behavior in good times.
And then in those two or three months where you need a credit product, we're able to holistically give credit for your good behavior and good times.
To provide credit access that others wouldn't.
So those products are.
Really working.
Synergy right now what we saw in Q1 was that our provision as a percentage of finance receivables come down and that's just kind of showing that the demand for our products continue to be really high and we're actually getting customers that wouldnt have taken the product last year come into some of our credit products right. So the quality of the book continues to be really healthy and really strong.
really high and we're actually getting customers that wouldn't have taken the product last year come into some of our credit products, right, so the quality of the book continues to be really healthy and really strong. And if you look back to past recessionary environments, it's usually the super prime segments of the credit spectrum that get more impacted. Those super prime consumers then come into, you know, more kind of safe haven products like ours and we expect, you know, the demand for our products to be incredibly high and it also gives us an opportunity to be slightly, you know,
If you look back the past recessionary environments, it's usually the super Prime segments.
of the credit spectrum, they get more impact.
Uh huh.
Credit spectrum, they get more impacted.
Those super-prime consumers then come into more kind of safe-haven products like ours, and we expect the demand for our products to be incredibly high. It also gives us an opportunity to be slightly picky in terms of the risk that we put on our books. Even if consumers can't get a credit product on Moneyline's platform, there's so much to engage with from a content and education perspective, from credit building, from just kind of getting better at the other parts of life. So we're seeing that there's no shortage of demand for the holistic Moneyline platform. Even on the enterprise side, we're now connected from the top to the bottom. So the super-prime personal loan providers, the super-prime insurance providers, all the way down to near and emerging prime products as well. So we see that there's inherent hedges built in from a demand perspective.
That was Super Prime consumers then come into Ma.
More kind of safe Haven products like ours, and we expect the demand for our products to be incredibly high and it also gives us an opportunity to be slightly up.
Picky in terms of the risk that we put on our books right. So even if consumers can't get a cleaner product on <unk> platform Theres. So much to engage with all the content and education perspective from credit building from just kind of getting better at the other parks flight. So we're seeing that theres no shortage of demand for the holistic moneyline platform.
On the enterprise side.
Now connected from the top to the bottom right. So the Super Prime personal loan providers are super proud of insurance providers, all the way down to near an emerging prime products as well. So we see that there is inherent hedges built in from a demand perspective as it relates to the American household you know in an inflationary environment because people are just having to spend more.
As it relates to the American household, in inflationary environments, people are just having to spend more, so it just makes cash flow management all the more important from a household perspective.
So it just makes cash flow management all the all the more important from a front for me from a from a household perspective, and we're seeing all of that really play out and it's sort of a demand curve sort of the product.
And we're seeing all of that really play out in sort of the demand curves for the product. Perfect. I wanted to walk through a concept.
Perfect.
I wanted to walk through.
On Sept around your registered users and I didn't see an updated number but.
I certainly understand you're expanding the universe of customers you can target and I would think you can target more and more of those registered users better how much information do you have about them and how much is is that helping with with more content now to provide more broadly.
Okay.
Yeah, that's a great question and that's in fact, one of the reasons. We're so excited about.
That's a great question. In fact, one of the reasons we're so excited about the expansion and acceleration of our marketplace strategy, which is the ability now to not only retarget 11 plus million registered users that
The expansion and acceleration of our marketplace strategy, which is the ability now to not only re target.
11, plus million registered users that we already have but looking forward at the massive top of funnel that our new marketplace asset brings us allows us to now leverage the 500 plus product partners.
funnel that our new marketplace asset brings us, allows us to now leverage the 500 plus product partners that we are able to take those products and whether it's kind of extending our first party retargeting or importantly the third party products that they bring us into that 11 plus million existing registered users and again on top of that, now looking at somewhere in the neighborhood of increasing that from a quarterly perspective in that kind of high 30s range.
We are able to take those products and what are kind of extending our first party re targeting or importantly, the third party products that they bring us into that you know 11 plus million existing registered users and again on top of that.
Now looking at somewhere in the neighborhood of increasing that.
And from a quarterly perspective in.
In that kind of high Thirty's range.
Beautiful okay. Thanks, guys appreciate it.
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