SmileDirectClub, Inc. (Nasdaq: SDC), the next generation oral care
company with the first medtech platform for teeth straightening,
today announced its financial results for the third quarter ended
September 30, 2021.
Third Quarter 2021 Financial Highlights
- Total revenue of $138 million, a
decrease of 18.3% over the prior year period.
- Net loss of $(89) million, a
decrease of 105.6% over the prior year period.
- Adjusted EBITDA of $(54) million, a
decrease of $57 million over the prior year period.
- Diluted EPS of $(0.23), a decrease
of 109.1% over the prior year period.
Year-to-Date Third Quarter 2021 Financial
Highlights
- Total revenue of $511 million, an
increase of 8.3% over the prior year period.
- Net loss of $(240) million, an
improvement of 2.1% over the prior year period.
- Adjusted EBITDA of $(72) million,
an improvement of $13 million over the prior year period.
- Diluted EPS of $(0.62), a 3.1%
improvement over the prior year period.
Key Operating Metrics
- Third quarter unique aligner
shipments of 69,906.
- Third quarter average aligner gross
sales price (“ASP”) of $1,900 for the third quarter of 2021,
compared to $1,794 for the third quarter of 2020.
“We are disappointed with our third quarter
results driven by the macroeconomic headwinds that are influencing
the spending of our core demographic,” said David Katzman, Chief
Executive Officer and Chairman of SmileDirectClub. “While we could
not have anticipated the rapidly evolving nature of this impact on
our consumer, we have responded quickly to focus our marketing on
helping support them during this time, while we also move upstream
with higher income demographics through the Challenger Campaign and
investments in our Dental Partner Network. We remain incredibly
optimistic and believe that we are well positioned to continue to
capture the global opportunity in the rapidly expanding market for
clear aligners.”
SmileDirectClub Chief Financial Officer Kyle
Wailes added, “The third quarter results do not fully reflect the
investments we have made to grow our brand, as the macro-economic
environment for our core demographic, along with Apple privacy
changes earlier this year have presented significant challenges to
digitally native brands such as SmileDirectClub. We have a product
and service offering that is highly competitive with the incumbent
in our space at a significantly lower cost and is a true
differentiator compared with teledentistry competitors. The
liquidity in our balance sheet and the strengthening of our brand
will allow us to execute on our lead strategy and change the
composition of our marketing spend to more efficiently and
effectively drive long-term growth.”
Business Outlook
SmileDirectClub’s mission is to democratize
access to a smile each and every person loves and deserves by
making it affordable and convenient for everyone. Every decision
and investment the Company has made is to support and expand this
mission and enable its long-term growth potential. SmileDirectClub
possesses the unique assets and innovation to disrupt the
incumbents, the agility to adjust to the needs of its customer, and
a sustainable brand that is top of mind with consumers. The Company
has been issued 30 patents and counting for its innovations in
orthodontic treatment planning, aligner manufacturing, smile
scanning technologies, its proprietary telehealth platform and a
variety of other areas. The most recent patent was granted for the
Company’s SmileBus concept and there are many more pending and in
the pipeline in the US and abroad on various technologies relating
to data capture, 3D image capture, intraoral scanning, monitoring,
manufacturing, and consumer products. In addition, the Company has
enabled treatment for over 1.5 million customers, built the only
end-to-end vertically integrated platform for the consumer at
scale, created a Dental Partner Network with 735 global practices
that are live or pending training, created oral care products
available at over 12,900 retail stores worldwide, and remains the
strongest teledentistry brand in terms of aided and unaided
awareness.
When consumers are considering straightening
their teeth, they typically do one or all of the following: One,
they search online to understand their options; two, they might ask
a dentist; and three, they might ask a friend or family member
which option they should choose. Based on the Company’s research,
consumers have noted its product and customer experience is nearly
identical to Invisalign, 60% less expensive, and more convenient.
For other teledentistry platforms, its research showed that
significantly fewer customers would recommend those brands compared
with SmileDirectClub customers. The U.S. Brand Tracker third
quarter survey separately noted that the Company’s unaided and
aided brand awareness continued to increase from the second quarter
with further separation from its teledentistry competitors and
closer awareness compared with Invisalign on key topics such as “a
legitimate orthodontic option for straightening teeth” and “helps
transform individuals through confident smiles they love.”
In addition to these investments in influencing
consumer decision making, the Company will continue to make
strategic investments in international growth and in penetrating
new demographics to drive controlled growth, while also executing
against its profitability goals. Lastly, favorable industry
dynamics continue to increase with broader acceptance of telehealth
and specifically tele-dentistry, minimal penetration against the
total addressable market, a number of recent regulatory wins that
should help remove barriers to access to care, and clear aligners
gaining share in the overall industry.
Full Year 2021 Guidance
For the year ended December 31, 2021, the
Company expects total revenue to be in the range of $630 million to
$650 million. While macroeconomic trends persisted into October
2021 from a demand perspective, the Company notes that its business
can be highly variable on a month-to-month or quarter-to-quarter
basis.
The assumptions underlying the revenue estimate
include:
- Q4 revenue expected to be in the
range of $120-$140MM
- A continuation of the macroeconomic
headwind that was evident in Q3 into Q4
- A small ramp in Germany and Spain
as we continue to onboard more locations and increase marketing
investments.
- As we have continued to expand on
our Challenger Campaign, and as a result of the iOS security
changes on our targeting effectiveness, we have changed our lead
strategy to be more focused on higher funnel leads through
platforms such as TV; this strategy is expected to have an impact
on marketing effectiveness at driving near-term revenue but be more
effective and efficient at driving long-term revenue growth
The full year 2021 margin outlook is based on
the following:
- Gross margin (as a percentage of
total revenues) of ~70% for Q4 2021.
- Sales & marketing (as a
percentage of total revenues) in the range of 80%-90% for Q4
2021.
- Continued near-term rate headwinds
expected from lead-focused marketing strategy in the US and
Canada
- Accelerated marketing investments
to support relaunch ramp up and expansion in international
markets
- Added selling investment to support
planned growth in Partner Network
- G&A dollars expected to be
relatively flat to Q3 with slight pressure from seasonal
staffing.
- On liquidity, SmileDirectClub
retains approximately $263MM in accounts receivable and $308
million of cash on the balance sheet.
SmileDirectClub Third Quarter 2021 Conference Call
Details |
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|
Date: |
November 8, 2021 |
Time: |
5:00 p.m. ET (2:00 p.m.
PT) |
Dial-In: |
1-877-407-9208 (domestic) or
1-201-493-6784 (international) |
Webcast: |
Visit “Events and
Presentations” section of the company’s IR page
at http://investors.smiledirectclub.com or a direct link
to the webcast. |
A replay of the call may be accessed
from 8:00 p.m. ET on Monday, November 8,
2021 until 11:59 pm ET on Monday,
November 15, 2021 by dialing 1-844-512-2921 (domestic) or
1-412-317-6671 (international) and entering the replay PIN:
13723311. A copy of the 2021 third quarter results supplemental
earnings presentation and an archived version of the call, when
completed, will also be available on the Investor Relations section
of SmileDirectClub’s website at investors.smiledirectclub.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This earnings release contains forward-looking
statements. All statements other than statements of historical
facts may be forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements
generally relate to future events and include, without limitation,
projections, forecasts and estimates about possible or assumed
future results of our business, financial condition, liquidity,
results of operations, plans, and objectives. Some of these
statements may include words such as “expects,” “anticipates,”
“believes,” “estimates,” “targets,” “plans,” “potential,”
“intends,” “projects,” and “indicates.”
Although they reflect our current, good faith
expectations, these forward-looking statements are not a guarantee
of future performance, and involve a number of risks,
uncertainties, estimates, and assumptions, which are difficult to
predict. Some of the factors that may cause actual outcomes and
results to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied
by, the forward-looking statements include, but are not necessarily
limited to: the ongoing assessment of the cyber incident, material
legal, financial and reputational risks resulting from such
incident and the related operational disruptions; the duration and
magnitude of the COVID-19 pandemic and related containment
measures; our management of growth; the execution of our business
strategies, implementation of new initiatives, and improved
efficiency; our sales and marketing efforts; our manufacturing
capacity, performance, and cost; our ability to obtain future
regulatory approvals; our financial estimates and needs for
additional financing; consumer acceptance of and competition for
our clear aligners; our relationships with retail partners and
insurance carriers; our R&D, commercialization, and other
activities and expenditures; the methodologies, models,
assumptions, and estimates we use to prepare our financial
statements, make business decisions, and manage risks; laws and
regulations governing remote healthcare and the practice of
dentistry; our relationships with vendors; the security of our
operating systems and infrastructure; our risk management
framework; our cash and capital needs; our intellectual property
position; our exposure to claims and legal proceedings; and other
factors described in our filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, including but not limited to our Annual Report on Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020 and our Quarterly Report
on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2021.
New risks and uncertainties arise over time, and
it is not possible for us to predict all such factors or how they
may affect us. You should not place undue reliance on
forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date they
are made. We are under no duty to update any of these
forward-looking statements after the date of this earnings release
to conform these statements to actual results or revised
expectations. You should, therefore, not rely on these
forward-looking statements as representing our views as of any date
subsequent to the date of this earnings release.
About SmileDirectClub
SmileDirectClub, Inc. (Nasdaq: SDC)
(“SmileDirectClub”) is an oral care company and creator of the
first medtech platform for teeth straightening. Through its
cutting-edge telehealth technology and vertically integrated model,
SmileDirectClub is revolutionizing the oral care industry, offering
consumers the ability to get clinically safe and effective
treatment but without the 3x markup. SmileDirectClub’s mission is
to democratize access to a smile each and every person loves by
making it affordable and convenient for everyone. SmileDirectClub
is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee and operates in the U.S.,
Canada, Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany,
Austria, Hong Kong, Singapore, Spain, Mexico and France. For more
information, please visit SmileDirectClub.com.
Investor Relations:Tripp
Sullivan SCR Partners, LLCinvestorrelations@smiledirectclub.com
Media Relations:Kim
AtkinsonVice President, Communicationspress@smiledirectclub.com
SmileDirectClub, Inc.Condensed
Consolidated Balance Sheets(in
thousands)
|
September
30, |
|
December
31, |
|
2021 |
|
2020 |
ASSETS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash |
$ |
307,648 |
|
|
$ |
316,724 |
|
Accounts receivable |
195,778 |
|
|
221,973 |
|
Inventories |
38,953 |
|
|
29,247 |
|
Prepaid and other current
assets |
19,886 |
|
|
12,832 |
|
Total current assets |
562,265 |
|
|
580,776 |
|
Accounts receivable,
non-current |
66,862 |
|
|
71,355 |
|
Property, plant and equipment,
net |
218,412 |
|
|
189,995 |
|
Operating lease right-of-use
asset |
24,103 |
|
|
31,176 |
|
Other assets |
14,455 |
|
|
11,487 |
|
Total assets |
$ |
886,097 |
|
|
$ |
884,789 |
|
LIABILITIES AND
EQUITY |
|
|
Accounts payable |
$ |
19,909 |
|
|
$ |
36,848 |
|
Accrued liabilities |
117,166 |
|
|
100,589 |
|
Deferred revenue |
22,224 |
|
|
26,619 |
|
Current portion of long-term
debt |
9,717 |
|
|
15,664 |
|
Other current liabilities |
5,992 |
|
|
6,821 |
|
Total current liabilities |
175,008 |
|
|
186,541 |
|
Long-term debt, net of current
portion |
733,184 |
|
|
392,939 |
|
Operating lease liabilities,
net of current portion |
20,810 |
|
|
27,771 |
|
Other long-term
liabilities |
2,811 |
|
|
43,400 |
|
Total liabilities |
931,813 |
|
|
650,651 |
|
Commitment and
contingencies |
|
|
Equity |
|
|
Class A common stock, par
value $0.0001 and 119,103,923 shares issued and outstanding at
September 30, 2021 and 115,429,319 shares issued and
outstanding at December 31, 2020 |
12 |
|
|
11 |
|
Class B common stock, par
value $0.0001 and 269,243,501 shares issued and outstanding at
September 30, 2021 and 270,908,566 shares issued and
outstanding at December 31, 2020 |
27 |
|
|
27 |
|
Additional
paid-in-capital |
442,743 |
|
|
483,393 |
|
Accumulated other
comprehensive income (loss) |
109 |
|
|
(102 |
) |
Accumulated deficit |
(266,060 |
) |
|
(192,879 |
) |
Noncontrolling interest |
(240,167 |
) |
|
(73,932 |
) |
Warrants |
17,620 |
|
|
17,620 |
|
Total equity |
(45,716 |
) |
|
234,138 |
|
Total liabilities and equity |
$ |
886,097 |
|
|
$ |
884,789 |
|
SmileDirectClub, Inc.Condensed
Consolidated Statements of Operations(in
thousands, except share and per share amounts)
|
Three Months Ended September 30, |
|
Nine Months Ended September 30, |
|
2021 |
|
2020 |
|
2021 |
|
2020 |
Revenue, net |
$ |
126,796 |
|
|
$ |
156,459 |
|
|
$ |
478,185 |
|
|
$ |
434,796 |
|
Financing revenue |
10,887 |
|
|
12,042 |
|
|
33,140 |
|
|
37,428 |
|
Total revenues |
137,683 |
|
|
168,501 |
|
|
511,325 |
|
|
472,224 |
|
Cost of revenues |
39,412 |
|
|
49,760 |
|
|
133,233 |
|
|
158,313 |
|
Gross profit |
98,271 |
|
|
118,741 |
|
|
378,092 |
|
|
313,911 |
|
Marketing and selling
expenses |
96,175 |
|
|
66,722 |
|
|
289,241 |
|
|
243,564 |
|
General and administrative
expenses |
85,658 |
|
|
74,110 |
|
|
251,778 |
|
|
233,828 |
|
Lease abandonment and
impairment of long-lived assets |
1,378 |
|
|
3,960 |
|
|
1,378 |
|
|
28,593 |
|
Other store closure and
related costs |
95 |
|
|
1,714 |
|
|
1,759 |
|
|
6,190 |
|
Loss from operations |
(85,035 |
) |
|
(27,765 |
) |
|
(166,064 |
) |
|
(198,264 |
) |
Interest expense |
1,772 |
|
|
15,555 |
|
|
21,277 |
|
|
29,627 |
|
Loss on extinguishment of
debt |
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
47,631 |
|
|
13,781 |
|
Other expense (income) |
2,695 |
|
|
(1,028 |
) |
|
3,737 |
|
|
2,131 |
|
Net loss before provision for income tax expense (benefit) |
(89,502 |
) |
|
(42,292 |
) |
|
(238,709 |
) |
|
(243,803 |
) |
Provision for income tax
expense (benefit) |
(119 |
) |
|
1,190 |
|
|
1,576 |
|
|
1,745 |
|
Net loss |
(89,383 |
) |
|
(43,482 |
) |
|
(240,285 |
) |
|
(245,548 |
) |
Net loss attributable to
noncontrolling interest |
(61,991 |
) |
|
(30,892 |
) |
|
(167,104 |
) |
|
(176,909 |
) |
Net loss attributable to SmileDirectClub, Inc. |
$ |
(27,392 |
) |
|
$ |
(12,590 |
) |
|
$ |
(73,181 |
) |
|
$ |
(68,639 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
Earnings (loss) per
share of Class A common stock: |
|
|
|
|
Basic |
$ |
(0.23 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.11 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.62 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.63 |
) |
Diluted |
$ |
(0.23 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.11 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.62 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.64 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted average
shares outstanding: |
|
|
|
|
Basic |
118,918,072 |
|
111,703,080 |
|
118,081,711 |
|
108,459,488 |
Diluted |
388,161,573 |
|
385,672,677 |
|
387,554,625 |
|
384,888,849 |
SmileDirectClub, Inc.Condensed
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows(in
thousands)
|
Nine Months Ended September 30, |
|
2021 |
|
2020 |
Operating
Activities |
|
|
Net loss |
$ |
(240,285 |
) |
|
$ |
(245,548 |
) |
Adjustments to reconcile net
loss to net cash used in operating activities: |
|
|
Depreciation and amortization |
51,655 |
|
|
39,399 |
|
Deferred loan cost amortization |
4,069 |
|
|
3,021 |
|
Equity-based compensation |
37,659 |
|
|
38,189 |
|
Loss on extinguishment of debt |
47,631 |
|
|
13,594 |
|
Paid in kind interest expense |
3,324 |
|
|
5,118 |
|
Asset impairment and related charges |
1,378 |
|
|
30,903 |
|
Changes in ROU asset |
977 |
|
|
5,797 |
|
Changes in operating assets
and liabilities: |
|
|
Accounts receivable |
30,845 |
|
|
43,755 |
|
Inventories |
(9,706 |
) |
|
(8,456 |
) |
Prepaid and other current assets |
(10,062 |
) |
|
(2,844 |
) |
Accounts payable |
(20,984 |
) |
|
(9,441 |
) |
Accrued liabilities |
9,827 |
|
|
(8,559 |
) |
Deferred revenue |
(4,395 |
) |
|
26,416 |
|
Net cash used in operating activities |
(98,067 |
) |
|
(68,656 |
) |
Investing
Activities |
|
|
Purchases of property,
equipment, and intangible assets |
(70,284 |
) |
|
(68,768 |
) |
Net cash used in investing activities |
(70,284 |
) |
|
(68,768 |
) |
Financing
Activities |
|
|
IPO proceeds, net of discount
and related fees |
— |
|
|
(1,155 |
) |
Proceeds from warrant
exercise |
— |
|
|
922 |
|
Repurchase of Class A shares
to cover employee tax withholdings |
(9,055 |
) |
|
(6,976 |
) |
Proceeds from stock purchase
plan |
632 |
|
|
— |
|
Repayment of HPS Credit
Facility |
(396,497 |
) |
|
— |
|
Payment of extinguishment
costs |
(37,701 |
) |
|
— |
|
Proceeds from HPS Credit
Facility and Warrants, net |
— |
|
|
388,000 |
|
Borrowings of long-term
debt |
747,500 |
|
|
16,807 |
|
Payments of issuance
costs |
(21,179 |
) |
|
(11,784 |
) |
Purchase of capped call
transactions |
(69,518 |
) |
|
— |
|
Final payment of Align
arbitration |
(43,400 |
) |
|
— |
|
Principal payments on
long-term debt |
(4,609 |
) |
|
(187,579 |
) |
Payments of finance
leases |
(8,046 |
) |
|
(7,543 |
) |
Other |
684 |
|
|
1,319 |
|
Net cash provided by financing activities |
158,811 |
|
|
192,011 |
|
Effect of exchange rates change on cash and cash equivalents |
464 |
|
|
— |
|
Increase (decrease) in
cash |
(9,076 |
) |
|
54,587 |
|
Cash at beginning of
period |
316,724 |
|
|
318,458 |
|
Cash at end of period |
$ |
307,648 |
|
|
$ |
373,045 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Use of Non-GAAP Financial
Measures
This earnings release contains certain non-GAAP
financial measures, including adjusted EBITDA (“Adjusted EBITDA”).
We provide a reconciliation of this non-GAAP financial measure to
the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure below and in
our Current Report on Form 8-K announcing our quarterly earnings
results, which can be found on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov and
our website at investors.smiledirectclub.com.
We utilize certain non-GAAP financial measures,
including Adjusted EBITDA, to evaluate our actual operating
performance and for planning and forecasting of future periods.
We define Adjusted EBITDA as net loss, plus
depreciation and amortization, interest expense, income tax expense
(benefit), equity-based compensation, loss on extinguishment of
debt, impairment of long-lived assets, abandonment and other
related charges and certain other non-operating expenses, such as
one-time store closure costs associated with our real estate
repositioning strategy, severance and other labor costs, and
unrealized foreign currency adjustments. We use Adjusted EBITDA
when evaluating our performance when we believe that certain items
are not indicative of operating performance. Adjusted EBITDA
provides useful supplemental information to management regarding
our operating performance, and we believe it will provide the same
to members/stockholders.
We believe that Adjusted EBITDA will provide
useful information to members/stockholders about our performance,
financial condition, and results of operations for the following
reasons: (i) Adjusted EBITDA is among the measures used by our
management team to evaluate our operating performance and make
day-to-day operating decisions and (ii) Adjusted EBITDA is
frequently used by securities analysts, investors, lenders, and
other interested parties as a common performance measure to compare
results or estimate valuations across companies in our
industry.
Adjusted EBITDA does not have a definition under
GAAP, and our definition of Adjusted EBITDA may not be the same as,
or comparable to, similarly titled measures used by other
companies. Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered in isolation
from, or as a substitute for, financial information prepared in
accordance with GAAP. A reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to net
loss, the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure, is set
forth below.
SmileDirectClub, Inc.Reconciliation of
Net Loss to Adjusted EBITDA(in
thousands)
|
Three Months EndedSeptember 30, |
|
Nine Months EndedSeptember 30, |
|
2021 |
|
2020 |
|
2021 |
|
2020 |
|
(unaudited) |
Net loss |
$ |
(89,383 |
) |
|
$ |
(43,482 |
) |
|
$ |
(240,285 |
) |
|
$ |
(245,548 |
) |
Depreciation and
amortization |
18,486 |
|
|
14,042 |
|
|
51,655 |
|
|
39,399 |
|
Total interest expense |
1,772 |
|
|
15,555 |
|
|
21,277 |
|
|
29,627 |
|
Income tax expense
(benefit) |
(119 |
) |
|
1,190 |
|
|
1,576 |
|
|
1,745 |
|
Lease abandonment and
impairment of long-lived assets |
1,378 |
|
|
3,960 |
|
|
1,378 |
|
|
28,593 |
|
Other store closure and
related costs |
95 |
|
|
1,714 |
|
|
1,759 |
|
|
6,190 |
|
Loss on extinguishment of
debt |
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
47,631 |
|
|
13,781 |
|
Equity-based compensation |
10,492 |
|
|
10,972 |
|
|
37,659 |
|
|
38,189 |
|
Other non-operating general
and administrative losses (gains) |
3,264 |
|
|
(930 |
) |
|
5,777 |
|
|
3,775 |
|
Adjusted EBITDA |
$ |
(54,015 |
) |
|
$ |
3,021 |
|
|
$ |
(71,573 |
) |
|
$ |
(84,249 |
) |
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