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AvidXchange Announces Fourth Quarter 2022 Financial Results
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AvidXchange Announces Fourth Quarter 2022 Financial Results






–Broad-based demand across verticals drives year over year Q4’22 revenue growth of 24.4%, 23.3% organically

–Combination of strong revenue growth, gross profit expansion and expense control substantially narrow year over year Q4’22 operating and adjusted EBITDA losses

–Projecting accelerated path to adjusted EBITDA profitability in 2023 versus a previous target of 2024

–Strong financial performance and financial strength drive debt reduction and lower cost refinancing

–Introducing 2023 business outlook

CHARLOTTE, N.C., March 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — AvidXchange Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: AVDX), a leading provider of accounts payable (AP) automation software and payment solutions for middle market businesses and their suppliers, today announced financial results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2022.

“We are ending 2022 on the back of another solid quarter of operating and financial results amid continued macroeconomic uncertainty. This marks our sixth straight quarter of strong operational and financial performance relative to internal expectations. With a full year of public company performance and operating track record behind us, we believe we are well positioned entering 2023. This is underscored by the acceleration in our projected path to adjusted EBITDA breakeven to 2023 from 2024, a strong balance sheet and greater agility to our organizational structure. At the same time, we continue to support our middle market customers through our innovative out-of-the-box AP and payment automation solutions to help them counter cost and demand pressures. Given our large and underpenetrated addressable market, we believe that the trend toward digital transformation of a labor-intensive AP and payments solution process remains intact over the long-term even if it that trend somewhat moderates in the near term due to macro forces,” said Michael Praeger, CEO & Co-Founder of AvidXchange.  

Fourth Quarter 2022 Financial Highlights:

  • Total revenue was $86.2 million, an increase of 24.4% year-over-year, compared with $69.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2021.
  • GAAP net loss was $(25.0) million, compared with a GAAP net loss of $(72.1) million in the fourth quarter of 2021.
  • Non-GAAP net loss was $(7.4) million, compared with a Non-GAAP net loss of $(17.7) million in the fourth quarter of 2021.
  • GAAP gross profit was $49.9 million, or 57.9% of total revenue, compared with $35.2 million, or 50.8% of revenue in the fourth quarter of 2021.
  • Non-GAAP gross profit was $56.0 million, or 64.9% of total revenue, compared with $43.1 million, or 62.2% of revenue in the fourth quarter of 2021.
  • Adjusted EBITDA was $(1.3) million compared with $(8.2) million in the fourth quarter of 2021.

Full Year 2022 Financial Highlights:

  • Total revenue was $316.4 million, an increase of 27.4% year-over-year, compared with $248.4 million in 2021.
  • GAAP net loss was $(101.3) million, compared with a GAAP net loss of $(199.6) million in 2021.
  • Non-GAAP net loss was $(47.1) million, compared with a Non-GAAP net loss of $(63.5) million in 2021.
  • GAAP gross profit was $179.5 million, or 56.7% of total revenue, compared with $128.8 million, or 51.9% of revenue in 2021.
  • Non-GAAP gross profit was $202.6 million, or 64.0% of total revenue, compared with $151.1 million, or 60.8% of revenue in 2021.
  • Adjusted EBITDA was $(15.3) million compared with $(26.2) million in 2021.

A reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP financial measures has been provided in the tables following the financial statements in this press release. An explanation of these measures is also included below under the heading "Non-GAAP Measures and Other Performance Metrics"

Fourth Quarter & Full Year 2022 Key Business Metrics and Highlights:

  • Total transactions processed in the fourth quarter of 2022 were 18.0 million, an increase of 9.2% from 16.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2021.
  • Total payment volume in the fourth quarter of 2022 was $18.3 billion, an increase of 21.2% from $15.1 billion in the fourth quarter of 2021.
  • Transaction yield in the fourth quarter of 2022 was $4.79, an increase of 13.8% from $4.21 in the fourth quarter of 2021.
  • Total transactions processed in 2022 were 70.2 million, an increase of 12.3% from 62.5 million in 2021.
  • Total payment volume in 2022 was $68.2 billion, an increase of 30.9% from $52.1 billion in 2021.
  • Transaction yield in 2022 was $4.51, an increase of 13.3% from $3.98 in 2021.

Full Year 2023 Financial Outlook

As of March 1, 2023, AvidXchange anticipates its Full Year 2023 revenue and adjusted EBITDA to be in the following ranges (in millions):                                                

  Current
FY 2023 Guidance
Revenue $359.0 – $366.0
Adjusted EBITDA(1) $0 – $3.5

(1)   A reconciliation of adjusted EBITDA to GAAP net loss on a forward-looking basis is not available without unreasonable efforts due to the high variability, complexity and low visibility with respect to the items excluded from this non-GAAP measure.

These statements are forward-looking and actual results may differ materially. Refer to the Forward-Looking Statements safe harbor below for information on the factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from these forward-looking statements.

Earnings Teleconference Information

AvidXchange will discuss its fourth quarter 2022 financial results during a teleconference today, March 1, 2023, at 10:00 AM ET. The call will be broadcast simultaneously via webcast at https://ir.avidxchange.com/. Following the completion of the call, a recorded replay of the webcast will be available on AvidXchange’s website. In addition to the conference call, supplemental information is available on the Investor Relations section of AvidXchange’s website at https://ir.avidxchange.com/.

About AvidXchange™

AvidXchange is a leading provider of accounts payable (“AP”) automation software and payment solutions for middle market businesses and their suppliers. AvidXchange’s software-as-a-service-based, end-to-end software and payment platform digitizes and automates the AP workflows for more than 8,800 businesses and it has made payments to more than 965,000 supplier customers of its buyers over the past five years. To learn more about how AvidXchange is transforming the way companies pay their bills, visit www.AvidXchange.com

Forward-Looking Statements
This press release may contain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. In this context, forward-looking statements generally relate to future events or our future financial or operating performance and often contain words such as: “anticipate,” “intend,” “plan,” “goal,” “seek,” “believe,” “project,” “estimate,” “expect,” “future,” “likely,” “may,” “should,” “will” and similar words and phrases indicating future results. The information presented in this press release related to our expectations of future performance, including guidance for our revenue and adjusted EBITDA for the full year 2023, statements related to the significance of our string of quarterly results having beaten expectations, the agility of our organizational structure, the speed of digital transformation in our addressable markets, the acceleration of our path to breakeven, and other statements that are not purely statements of historical fact, are forward-looking in nature.  These forward-looking statements are made on the basis of management’s current expectations, assumptions, estimates and projections and are subject to significant risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking statements. We therefore cannot guarantee future results, performance or achievements. 

Factors which could cause actual results or effects to differ materially from those reflected in forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the risk factors and other cautionary statements described, from time to time, in AvidXchange’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), including, without limitation, AvidXchange’s Annual Report on Form 10-K and other documents filed with the SEC, which may be obtained on the investor relations section of our website (https://ir.avidxchange.com/) and on the SEC website at www.sec.gov.  Any forward-looking statements made by us in this press release are based only on information currently available to us and speak only as of the date they are made, and we assume no obligation to update any of these statements in light of new information, future events or otherwise unless required under the federal securities laws.

Non-GAAP Measures and Other Performance Metrics

To supplement the financial measures presented in our press release and related conference call in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”), we also present the following non-GAAP measures of financial performance: Non-GAAP Gross Profit, Adjusted EBITDA, and Non-GAAP Net Loss.

A “non-GAAP financial measure” refers to a numerical measure of our historical or future financial performance or financial position that is included in (or excluded from) the most directly comparable measure calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP in our financial statements. We provide certain non-GAAP measures as additional information relating to our operating results as a complement to results provided in accordance with GAAP. The non-GAAP financial information presented herein should be considered in conjunction with, and not as a substitute for or superior to, the financial information presented in accordance with GAAP and should not be considered a measure of liquidity. There are significant limitations associated with the use of non-GAAP financial measures. Further, these measures may differ from the non-GAAP information, even where similarly titled, used by other companies and therefore should not be used to compare our performance to that of other companies.

We have presented Non-GAAP Gross Profit, Adjusted EBITDA, and Non-GAAP Net Loss in this press release. We define Non-GAAP Gross Profit as revenue less cost of revenue excluding the portion of depreciation and amortization and stock-based compensation expense allocated to cost of revenues. We define Adjusted EBITDA as our net loss before depreciation and amortization, impairment and write-off of intangible assets, interest income and expense, income tax expense (benefit), stock-based compensation expense, transaction and acquisition-related costs expensed, change in fair value of derivative instrument, non-recurring items not indicative of ongoing operations, and charitable contributions of common stock. We define Non-GAAP Net Loss as net loss before amortization of acquired intangible assets, impairment and write-off of intangible assets, stock-based compensation expense, transaction and acquisition-related costs expensed, change in fair value of derivative instrument, non-recurring items not indicative of ongoing operations, income tax expense (benefit), and charitable contributions of common stock.

We believe the use of non-GAAP financial measures, as a supplement to GAAP measures, is useful to investors in that they eliminate items that are either not part of our core operations or do not require a cash outlay, such as stock-based compensation expense. Management uses these non-GAAP financial measures when evaluating operating performance and for internal planning and forecasting purposes. We believe that these non-GAAP financial measures help indicate underlying trends in the business, are important in comparing current results with prior period results, and are useful to investors and financial analysts in assessing operating performance.

Investor Contact:

Subhaash Kumar
Skumar1@avidxchange.com
813.760.2309

AvidXchange Holdings, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Operations
(in thousands, except share and per share data)

  Three Months Ended December 31,     Year Ended December 31,  
  2022     2021     2022     2021  
Revenues $ 86,175     $ 69,265     $ 316,350     $ 248,409  
Cost of revenues (exclusive of depreciation and amortization expense)   31,188       28,747       117,864       100,090  
Operating expenses                              
Sales and marketing   19,805       19,763       77,733       63,939  
Research and development   21,729       21,922       83,905       65,147  
General and administrative   28,680       50,319       91,384       95,817  
Impairment and write-off of intangible assets         838             1,412  
Depreciation and amortization   8,458       8,404       32,842       30,738  
Total operating expenses   78,672       101,246       285,864       257,053  
Loss from operations   (23,685 )     (60,728 )     (87,378 )     (108,734 )
Other income (expense)                              
Interest income   4,258       329       7,164       661  
Interest expense   (5,488 )     (5,123 )     (20,749 )     (20,108 )
Change in fair value of derivative instrument         (11,438 )           (26,128 )
Charge for amending financing advisory engagement letter – related party                     (50,000 )
Other expenses   (1,230 )     (16,232 )     (13,585 )     (95,575 )
Loss before income taxes   (24,915 )     (76,960 )     (100,963 )     (204,309 )
Income tax expense (benefit)   114       (4,863 )     321       (4,660 )
Net loss $ (25,029 )   $ (72,097 )   $ (101,284 )   $ (199,649 )
                               
Deemed dividend on preferred stock         (9,500 )           (9,500 )
Accretion of convertible preferred stock         (724 )           (15,141 )
Net loss attributable to common stockholders $ (25,029 )   $ (82,321 )   $ (101,284 )   $ (224,290 )
Net loss per share attributable to common stockholders, basic and diluted $ (0.13 )   $ (0.47 )   $ (0.51 )   $ (2.64 )
Weighted average number of common shares used to compute net loss per share attributable to common stockholders, basic and diluted   199,041,867       175,401,322       198,045,805       85,061,417  
                               


AvidXchange Holdings, Inc.

Consolidated Balance Sheets
(in thousands, except share and per share data)

  As of December 31,  
  2022     2021  
Assets              
Current assets              
Cash and cash equivalents $ 350,563     $ 562,817  
Restricted funds held for customers   1,283,824       1,242,346  
Marketable securities   110,986        
Accounts receivable, net of allowances of $3,123 and $2,283, respectively   39,668       30,965  
Supplier advances receivable, net of allowances of $1,872 and $1,105, respectively   10,016       11,520  
Prepaid expenses and other current assets   12,561       10,237  
Total current assets   1,807,618       1,857,885  
Property and equipment, net   103,892       106,227  
Operating lease right-of-use assets   2,343       3,278  
Deferred customer origination costs, net   28,284       28,276  
Goodwill   165,921       165,921  
Intangible assets, net   98,749       100,455  
Other noncurrent assets and deposits   5,189       4,261  
Total assets $ 2,211,996     $ 2,266,303  
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity              
Current liabilities              
Accounts payable $ 13,453     $ 17,142  
Accrued expenses   73,535       56,082  
Payment service obligations   1,283,824       1,242,346  
Deferred revenue   12,063       9,530  
Current portion of contingent consideration         688  
Current maturities of lease obligations under finance leases   477       670  
Current maturities of lease obligations under operating leases   1,380       1,048  
Current maturities of long-term debt   6,425       4,800  
Total current liabilities   1,391,157       1,332,306  
Long-term liabilities              
Deferred revenue, less current   17,487       20,350  
Contingent consideration, less current portion   70       70  
Obligations under finance leases, less current maturities   61,974       61,172  
Obligations under operating leases, less current maturities   4,657       3,448  
Long-term debt   75,912       119,880  
Other long-term liabilities   3,295       6,022  
Total liabilities   1,554,552       1,543,248  
Commitments and contingencies              
Stockholders’ equity              
Preferred stock, $0.001 par value; 50,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2022 and 2021          
Common stock, $0.001 par value; 1,600,000,000 shares authorized as of December 31, 2022 and 2021; 199,433,998 and 196,804,844 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively   199       197  
Additional paid-in capital   1,632,080       1,594,780  
Accumulated deficit   (974,835 )     (871,922 )
Total stockholders’ equity   657,444       723,055  
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity $ 2,211,996     $ 2,266,303  
               


AvidXchange Holdings, Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(in thousands)

  Year Ended December 31,  
  2022     2021     2020  
Cash flows from operating activities                      
Net loss $ (101,284 )   $ (199,649 )   $ (101,246 )
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used by operating activities                      
Depreciation and amortization expense   32,842       30,738       27,514  
Amortization of deferred financing costs   1,357       1,357       1,182  
Provision for doubtful accounts   4,989       2,147       1,442  
Stock-based compensation   31,838       21,428       1,630  
Fair value adjustment of contingent consideration         (122 )      
Warrants vested in connection with consulting services               101  
Accrued interest   815       881       913  
Impairment and write-off on intangible and right-of-use assets   2,777       1,412       997  
Loss on fixed asset disposal   36       36       14  
Amortization of investments held to maturity   (2,108 )            
Debt extinguishment loss   1,579              
Value of donated common stock   1,473       4,143        
Noncash expense on contract modification – related party         50,000        
Fair value adjustment to derivative instrument         26,128       7,537  
Deferred income taxes   216       (4,728 )     181  
Changes in operating assets and liabilities                      
Accounts receivable   (10,289 )     (4,713 )     (5,711 )
Prepaid expenses and other current assets   (2,324 )     (1,759 )     (1,245 )
Other noncurrent assets   (707 )     (2,367 )     359  
Deferred customer origination costs   (8 )     (4,152 )     (2,876 )
Accounts payable   (3,385 )     (12,377 )     14,149  
Deferred revenue   (330 )     21,910       289  
Accrued expenses and other liabilities   14,036       1,560       11,619  
Operating lease liabilities   (224 )     (540 )     (978 )
Total adjustments   72,583       130,982       57,117  
Net cash used in operating activities   (28,701 )     (68,667 )     (44,129 )
Cash flows from investing activities                      
Purchases of equipment   (3,149 )     (1,395 )     (703 )
Purchases of real estate   (767 )     (14,050 )     25  
Purchases of intangible assets   (24,655 )     (16,931 )     (11,346 )
Proceeds from sales of property and equipment         5        
Purchases of short-term investments held to maturity   (385,022 )            
Proceeds from maturity of short-term investments held to maturity   276,144              
Acquisition of business, net of cash acquired         (46,089 )     (19,829 )
Contingent consideration and deferred obligation payments near acquisition date         (1,292 )      
Supplier advances, net   (2,899 )     (4,355 )     (4,707 )
Net cash used in investing activities   (140,348 )     (84,107 )     (36,560 )
Cash flows from financing activities                      
Proceeds from issuance of common stock upon initial public offering, net of underwriting discounts and commissions and other offering costs, including exercise of overallotment option         627,981        
Proceeds from the issuance of long-term debt   67,367       3,471       4,472  
Repayments of long-term debt   (106,390 )            
Principal payments on land promissory note   (4,800 )     (1,000 )     (1,000 )
Principal payments on finance leases   (844 )     (1,139 )     (1,582 )
Proceeds from issuance of preferred and common stock   1,448       2,820       322,288  
Proceeds from issuance of shares under ESPP   1,570              
Common stock repurchased               (148,763 )
Convertible preferred stock redeemed         (169,000 )     (46,980 )
Transaction costs related to issuance of stock               (1,327 )
Transaction costs related to issuance of stock – related party               (19,227 )
Debt issuance costs   (1,212 )            
Payment on earn-out agreement   (344 )            
Payment service obligations   41,478       1,104,726       85,913  
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities   (1,727 )     1,567,859       193,794  
Net (decrease) increase in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted funds held for customers   (170,776 )     1,415,085       113,105  
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted funds held for customers                      
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted funds held for customers, beginning of year   1,805,163       390,078       276,973  
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted funds held for customers, end of year $ 1,634,387     $ 1,805,163     $ 390,078  
Supplementary information of noncash investing and financing activities                      
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new finance lease obligations $ 712     $ 174     $ 544  
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease obligations   2,831       877       163  
Purchase of real estate in exchange for promissory note         21,500        
Common stock issued on conversion of convertible preferred stock and convertible common stock liability         724,649        
Common stock issued in business combination         31,000       5,988  
Common stock issued as contingent consideration   344       500        
Initial fair value of contingent consideration and deferred payment obligation at acquisition date         2,672        
Property and equipment and intangible asset purchases in accounts payable and accrued expenses   400       768        
Interest paid on notes payable   12,880       10,486       10,798  
Interest paid on finance leases   5,774       7,384       7,187  
Options issued in connection with bonus compensation         49        
                       


AvidXchange Holdings, Inc.

Unaudited Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Measures
(in thousands)

  Three Months Ended December 31,     Year Ended December 31,  
  2022     2021     2022     2021  
Reconciliation from Revenue to Non-GAAP Gross Profit and Non-GAAP Gross Margin:                              
Total revenues $ 86,175     $ 69,265     $ 316,350     $ 248,409  
Expenses:                              
Cost of revenues (exclusive of depreciation and amortization expense)   (31,188 )     (28,747 )     (117,864 )     (100,090 )
Depreciation and amortization expense   (5,074 )     (5,327 )     (19,004 )     (19,498 )
GAAP Gross profit $ 49,913     $ 35,191     $ 179,482     $ 128,821  
Adjustments:                              
Stock-based compensation expense   983       2,545       4,113       2,775  
Depreciation and amortization expense   5,074       5,327       19,004       19,498  
Non-GAAP gross profit $ 55,970     $ 43,063     $ 202,599     $ 151,094  
GAAP Gross margin   57.9 %     50.8 %     56.7 %     51.9 %
Non-GAAP gross margin   64.9 %     62.2 %     64.0 %     60.8 %
                               
Reconciliation from Net Loss to Non-GAAP Net Loss:                              
Net loss $ (25,029 )   $ (72,097 )   $ (101,284 )   $ (199,649 )
Amortization of acquired intangible assets   3,623       3,675       14,575       12,856  
Impairment and write-off of intangible assets         838             1,412  
Income tax expense (benefit)   114       (4,863 )     321       (4,660 )
Stock-based compensation expense   8,071       18,319       31,838       21,428  
Transaction and acquisition-related costs   1,708       17,241       1,988       20,949  
Change in fair value of derivative instrument         11,438             26,128  
Non-recurring items not indicative of ongoing operations (1)   2,659       3,628       3,945       53,852  
Charitable contribution of stock   1,473       4,143       1,473       4,143  
Total net adjustments   17,648       54,419       54,140       136,108  
Non-GAAP net loss $ (7,381 )   $ (17,678 )   $ (47,144 )   $ (63,541 )
                               
Reconciliation from Net Loss to Adjusted EBITDA:                              
Net loss $ (25,029 )   $ (72,097 )   $ (101,284 )   $ (199,649 )
Depreciation and amortization   8,458       8,404       32,842       30,738  
Impairment and write-off of intangible assets         838             1,412  
Interest income   (4,258 )     (329 )     (7,164 )     (661 )
Interest expense   5,488       5,123       20,749       20,108  
Income tax expense (benefit)   114       (4,863 )     321       (4,660 )
Stock-based compensation expense   8,071       18,319       31,838       21,428  
Transaction and acquisition-related costs   1,708       17,241       1,988       20,949  
Change in fair value of derivative instrument         11,438             26,128  
Non-recurring items not indicative of ongoing operations (1)   2,659       3,628       3,945       53,852  
Charitable contribution of stock   1,473       4,143       1,473       4,143  
Adjusted EBITDA $ (1,316 )   $ (8,155 )   $ (15,292 )   $ (26,212 )
                               
Reconciliation from Revenue Growth to Organic Revenue Growth:                              
Revenues $ 86,175     $ 69,265     $ 316,350     $ 248,409  
Less: Revenues from acquisitions (2)   (776 )           (9,447 )      
Organic revenues $ 85,399     $ 69,265     $ 306,903     $ 248,409  
Revenue growth   24.4 %             27.4 %        
Organic revenue growth   23.3 %             23.5 %        
(1) For the three months ended December 31, 2022, includes $2,777 related to impairment of ROU asset. For the twelve months ended December 31, 2022, includes $1,526 of restructuring costs and a benefit of $308 for a liability release related to the FastPay acquisition that closed in July 2021.  
(2) Acquisitions include FastPay and PayClearly, which were not in the prior year comparable periods.  

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