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Exhibit 99.1

AppLovin Announces Record Second Quarter 2021 Financial Results

Software revenue grows over +200% organically1 Y/Y and +40% Q/Q

 

   

Revenue grew +123% Y/Y to $669 million, Organic growth1 increased +97% Y/Y

 

   

Business Software Platform revenue grew +256% Y/Y to $146 million

 

   

Achieved record Software Platform Enterprise Clients2 (SPEC) of 366

 

   

GAAP Net Income improved to $14 million from a Net Loss of $22 million, with GAAP net margin of 2%

 

   

Adjusted EBITDA grew 202% Y/Y to $184 million and Adjusted EBITDA margin improved to 27%

PALO ALTO – August 11, 2021 – AppLovin Corporation (NASDAQ: APP) (“AppLovin” or “we”), a leading marketing platform, today announced financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2021 and posted a letter to its shareholders on its investor relations website.

“We are pleased to report excellent progress during 2Q21, advancing our software business at record rates resulting in our best financial performance yet,” said Adam Foroughi, CEO and co-founder of AppLovin. “Our strong execution and growth this quarter, in spite of anticipated industry headwinds around data privacy, speaks to the tremendous opportunity ahead of us and to the distinct advantages leveraging our ML-based software and proprietary first-party insights to help clients grow.”

Herald Chen, CFO of AppLovin said, “In 2Q, we achieved record financial results, with total revenue more than doubling year-over-year to $669 million, and our Adjusted EBITDA more than tripling to $184 million, with Adjusted EBITDA margin improving to 27%. Our Software Platform business had exceptional performance with 2Q21 revenue more than tripling year-over-year organically and up +40% over 1Q21 and grew even faster when including the acquisition of Adjust. Our Apps business saw solid +102% year-over-year growth, and we have several new evergreen titles slated to launch later in 2021. With our strong performance and momentum, we are confident in our annual guidance with additional opportunities for growth in 2H2021.”

Second Quarter 2021 Financial Summary and Highlights

(All comparisons are versus 2Q20 unless otherwise noted)

 

   

Revenue grew 123% to $669 million with organic growth1 of 97%

 

   

Business Software Platform revenue was $146 million, an increase of 256% and organic growth1 of 203%; Year-over-year growth accelerated for the third consecutive quarter driven by our AXON-ML engine.

 

   

Total Software Transaction Value (TSTV)3 was $219 million, an increase of 361%; our platform exited 2Q at an annualized4 TSTV run-rate of approximately $900 million.

 

   

Software Platform Enterprise Clients2 grew 218% to 366 and increased 90% compared to 1Q21

 

   

Apps revenue grew 102% to $523 million

 

   

Business Apps revenue grew to $162 million, an increase of 70%

 

   

Consumer Apps revenue grew to $361 million, an increase of 122%, with 2.7 million MAPs in the quarter

 

   

GAAP Net Income improved to $14 million from a GAAP Net Loss of $22 million; a GAAP net margin of 2%

 

   

Adjusted EBITDA grew 202% to $184 million and Adjusted EBITDA margin improved to 27%


(1)

Organic growth represents revenue growth from existing Apps owned at the end of the prior period and newly developed Apps from existing Owned and Partner Studios at the end of the prior period. Organic growth also excludes contribution from our acquisition of Adjust.

(2)

Software Platform Enterprise Clients are third-party business clients from whom we have collected greater than $31,250 of revenue in the three months to a given date, equating to an annual run-rate of $125,000 in revenue.

(3)

Business Software Platform revenue is from third-party clients using our software platform. We do not recognize revenue from our own spend on our software platform. Therefore, we use TSTV to measure the scale and growth rates of our software platform as it reflects the total value on our software platform including our first-party studios as though they were stand-alone businesses. A reconciliation of TSTV to Business Software Platform Revenue is available at the end of this press release.

(4)

Represents sum of four periods at same quarterly figure for the respective period

Webcast and Conference Calls

AppLovin will host a webcast and conference call today at 2:00 PM PT / 5:00 PM ET, during which management will discuss quarterly results and provide commentary on business performance. A question-and-answer session will follow the prepared remarks.

The live audio webcast may be accessed on the Companys investor relations website. The conference call can be accessed by dialing 1-877-407-9716 for domestic callers or 1-201-493-6779 for international callers. A replay of the call via webcast will be available at: https://investors.AppLovin.com until August 18, 2021.

About AppLovin

AppLovin’s leading marketing software provides developers with a powerful, integrated set of solutions to grow their businesses. AppLovin enables developers to market, monetize, analyze and publish their apps. The company’s first party content includes more than 200+ popular, engaging apps and its technology brings that content to millions of users around the world. AppLovin is headquartered in Palo Alto, California with several offices globally.

Contacts:

Investors

Ryan Gee

ir@applovin.com

Press

Emelyne Interior

press@applovin.com

Source: AppLovin Corp

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Forward-looking statements generally relate to future events or our future financial or operating performance. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements because they contain words such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “going to,” “could,” “intend,” “target,” “project,” “contemplate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “potential,” or “continue,” or the negative of these words or other similar terms or expressions that concern our expectations, strategy, priorities, plans, or intentions. Forward-looking statements


in this press release include, but are not limited to, statements regarding our future financial performance, including our expected financial results and guidance; our expectations regarding our revenue and Adjusted EBITDA; our expectations regarding future product launches and our expectations regarding our market opportunity and future growth. Our expectations and beliefs regarding these matters may not materialize, and actual results in future periods are subject to risks and uncertainties, including changes in our plans or assumptions, that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. These risks include our inability to forecast our business due to our limited operating history, fluctuations in our results of operations, the competitive mobile app ecosystem, our inability to adapt to emerging technologies and business models. The forward-looking statements contained in this press release are also subject to other risks and uncertainties, including those more fully described in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2021. Additional information will also be set forth in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2021. The forward-looking statements in this press release are based on information available to us as of the date hereof, and we disclaim any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, except as required by law.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

To supplement our financial information presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”), this press release includes certain financial measures that are not prepared in accordance with GAAP, including Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA margin. A reconciliation of each such non-GAAP financial measure to the most directly comparable GAAP measure can be found below.

We define Adjusted EBITDA for a particular period as net income (loss) before interest expense and loss on settlement of debt, other (income) expense, net, provision for (benefit from) income taxes, amortization, depreciation and write-offs and as further adjusted for stock-based compensation expense, acquisition-related expense and transaction bonuses, loss (gain) on extinguishments of acquisition-related contingent consideration, non-operating foreign exchange (gains) losses, lease modification and abandonment of leasehold improvements, and change in the fair value of contingent consideration. We define Adjusted EBITDA margin as Adjusted EBITDA divided by revenue for the same period.

We believe that the presentation of these non-GAAP financial measures provides useful information to investors regarding our results of operations and operating performance, as they are similar to measures reported by our public competitors and are regularly used by securities analysts, institutional investors, and other interested parties in analyzing operating performance and prospects.

Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA margin are key measures we use to assess our financial performance and are also used for internal planning and forecasting purposes. We believe Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA margin are helpful to investors, analysts, and other interested parties because they can assist in providing a more consistent and comparable overview of our operations across our historical financial periods. In addition, these measures are frequently used by analysts, investors, and other interested parties to evaluate and assess performance. We use Adjusted EBITDA, and Adjusted EBITDA margin in conjunction with GAAP measures as part of our overall assessment of our performance, including the preparation of our annual operating budget and quarterly forecasts, to evaluate the effectiveness of our business strategies, and to communicate with our board of directors concerning our financial performance. These measures have certain limitations in that they do not include the impact of certain expenses that are reflected in our consolidated statement of operations that are necessary to run our business. Our definitions may differ from the definitions used by other companies and therefore comparability may be limited. In addition, other companies may not publish these or similar metrics. Thus, our non-GAAP financial measures should be considered in addition to, not as substitutes for, or in isolation from, measures prepared in accordance with GAAP.


AppLovin Corporation

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(in thousands, except for share and per share data)

 

     June 30,     December 31,  
     2021     2020  
     (unaudited)        

Assets

    

Current assets:

    

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 1,183,743     $ 317,235  

Accounts receivable, net

     383,133       296,964  

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

     149,969       48,795  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current assets

     1,716,845       662,994  

Property and equipment, net

     62,986       28,587  

Operating lease right-of-use assets

     80,092       84,336  

Goodwill

     1,016,074       249,773  

Intangible assets, net

     1,675,669       1,086,332  

Other assets

     47,905       42,571  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 4,599,571     $ 2,154,593  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Liabilities, redeemable noncontrolling interest, and stockholders’ equity (deficit)

    

Current liabilities:

    

Accounts payable

   $ 192,658     $ 147,275  

Accrued liabilities

     130,485       95,057  

Licensed asset obligation

     17,856       18,760  

Short-term debt

     18,310       15,210  

Deferred revenue

     90,054       86,886  

Operating lease liabilities

     24,536       22,206  

Deferred acquisition costs, current

     129,280       212,658  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

     603,179       598,052  

Non-current liabilities:

    

Long-term debt

     1,733,676       1,583,990  

Operating lease liabilities, noncurrent

     65,371       71,755  

Other non-current liabilities

     199,708       59,032  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     2,601,934       2,312,829  

Redeemable noncontrolling interest

     196       309  

Stockholders’ equity (deficit):

    

Convertible preferred stock, 100,000,000 and 109,090,908 shares authorized, nil and 109,090,908 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020; respectively

     —         399,589  

Class A, Class B and Class F common stock, $0.00003 par value—1,700,000,000 (Class A 1,500,000,000, Class B 200,000,000, Class F nil) and 429,600,000 (Class A 386,400,000, Class B nil, Class F 43,200,000) shares authorized, 372,165,319 (Class A 224,357,697, Class B 147,807,622, Class F nil) and 226,364,401 (Class A 183,800,251, Class B nil, Class F 42,564,150) shares issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively

     11       7  

Additional paid-in capital

     3,015,233       453,655  

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

     (9,305     604  

Accumulated deficit

     (1,008,498     (1,012,400
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total stockholders’ equity (deficit)

     1,997,441       (158,545
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities, redeemable noncontrolling interest, and stockholders’ equity (deficit)

   $ 4,599,571     $ 2,154,593  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 


AppLovin Corporation

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

(in thousands, except per share data)

(unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended June 30,     Six Months Ended June 30,  
     2021     2020     2021     2020  

Revenue

   $ 668,806     $ 299,331     $ 1,272,683     $ 559,509  

Costs and expenses:

        

Cost of revenue

     245,853       118,051       468,914       194,504  

Sales and marketing

     265,463       135,319       530,976       263,986  

Research and development

     77,462       29,702       138,338       48,814  

General and administrative

     45,050       15,170       88,012       25,980  

Lease modification and abandonment of leasehold improvements

     —         7,851       —         7,851  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total costs and expenses

     633,828       306,093       1,226,240       541,135  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income (loss) from operations

     34,978       (6,762     46,443       18,374  

Other income (expense):

        

Interest expense and loss on settlement of debt

     (19,030     (18,809     (54,040     (37,438

Other income (expense), net

     (1,570     3,157       8,220       4,178  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total other income (expense)

     (20,600     (15,652     (45,820     (33,260
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income (loss) before income taxes

     14,378       (22,414     623       (14,886

Provision for (benefit from) income taxes

     14       (703     (3,166     2,161  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

     14,364       (21,711     3,789       (17,047

Add: Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest

     59       320       113       320  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss) attributable to AppLovin

     14,423       (21,391     3,902       (16,727
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Less: Net income attributable to participating securities

     (1,128     —         (807     —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss) attributable to common stock—Basic

     13,295       (21,391     3,095       (16,727
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss) attributable to common stock—Diluted

     13,349       (21,391     3,137       (16,727
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss) per share attributable to common stockholders:

        

Basic

   $ 0.04     $ (0.10   $ 0.01     $ (0.08
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Diluted

   $ 0.04     $ (0.10   $ 0.01     $ (0.08
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Weighted average common shares used to compute

net income (loss) per share attributable to common stockholders:

        

Basic

     335,619,207       213,440,147       279,326,624       212,169,247  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Diluted

     353,857,814       213,440,147       298,506,265       212,169,247  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 


AppLovin Corporation

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss)

(in thousands)

(unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended June 30,     Six Months Ended June 30,  
     2021     2020     2021     2020  

Net income (loss)

   $ 14,364     $ (21,711   $ 3,789     $ (17,047

Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:

        

Foreign currency translation gain (loss), net of tax effect of $2.6 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021

     (9,188     96       (9,909     60  

Interest rate swap gain, net of tax effect of $0.4 million and $1.0 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020

     —         2,455       —         588  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total other comprehensive income (loss)

     (9,188     2,551       (9,909     648  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Add: Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest

     59       320       113       320  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income (loss) attributable to AppLovin

   $ 5,235     $ (18,840   $ (6,007   $ (16,079
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 


AppLovin Corporation

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(in thousands)

(unaudited)

 

     Six Months Ended June 30,  
     2021     2020  

Operating Activities

    

Net income (loss)

   $ 3,789     $ (17,047

Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to operating activities:

    

Amortization, depreciation and write-offs

     195,973       83,704  

Amortization of debt issuance costs and discount

     6,380       3,414  

Stock-based compensation

     57,103       8,494  

Change in operating right-of-use asset

     12,267       3,578  

Lease modification and abandonment of leasehold improvements

     —         7,851  

Loss on settlement of debt

     16,852       —    

Net unrealized gains on fair value remeasurement of financial instruments

     (9,855     (2,940

Net gain on foreign currency remeasurement

     952       203  

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

    

Accounts receivable

     (69,881     7,708  

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

     (92,851     (16,840

Other assets

     5,269       2,598  

Accounts payable

     33,936       (5,713

Operating lease liabilities

     (12,083     (2,828

Accrued and other liabilities

     6,752       (2,839

Deferred revenue

     (2,327     15,915  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

     152,276       85,258  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investing Activities

    

Purchase of property and equipment

     (653     (1,183

Acquisitions, net of cash acquired

     (1,017,012     (523,202

Purchase of non-marketable investments and other

     (14,000     —    

Proceeds from other investing activities

     10,000       —    

Capitalized software development costs

     (1,517     —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash used in investing activities

     (1,023,182     (524,385
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Financing Activities

    

Proceeds from issuance of common stock in initial public offering, including cost reimbursement

     1,744,240       —    

Proceeds from debt issuance, net of issuance costs

     844,729       331,346  

Payments of debt principal

     (706,905     (56,690

Payments of finance leases

     (4,621     (4,356

Proceeds from exercise of stock options

     17,888       262  

Payments of deferred acquisition costs

     (157,565     (11,020

Repurchases of common stock

     —         (1,766
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by financing activities

     1,737,766       257,776  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Effect of foreign exchange rate on cash and cash equivalents

     (352     9  

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

     866,508       (181,342

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the period

     317,235       396,247  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of the period

   $ 1,183,743     $ 214,905  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 


AppLovin Corporation

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (continued)

(in thousands)

(unaudited)

 

     Six Months Ended June 30,  
     2021      2020  

Supplemental non-cash investing and financing activities disclosures:

 

  

Issuance of convertible security related to acquisitions

   $ 342,170      $ —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Acquisitions of business through issuance of common stock and common stock warrants

   $ —        $ 38,167  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Acquisitions not yet paid

   $ 119,256      $ 9,169  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Deferred IPO costs not yet paid

   $ 986      $ —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Assets acquired under finance leases

   $ 2,658      $ 2,780  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Right of use assets acquired under operating leases

   $ —        $ 6,937  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:

     

Cash paid for interest on debt

   $ 31,767      $ 30,236  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Cash paid for income taxes

   $ 32,737      $ 1,866  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 


AppLovin Corporation

Reconciliation of Net Income (Loss) to Adjusted EBITDA

(in thousands)

(unaudited)

The following table provides our Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA

margin and a reconciliation of Net income (loss) to Adjusted EBITDA:

 

     Three Months Ended June 30,  
     2021     2020  

Revenue

   $ 668,806     $ 299,331  

Net income (loss)

   $ 14,364     $ (21,711
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Margin

     2.1     (7.3 %) 

Interest expense

     19,030       18,809  

Other (income) / expense, net1

     1,671       (3,413

Provision for (benefit from) income taxes

     14       (703

Amortization, depreciation and write-offs

     107,156       51,425  

Non-operating foreign exchange losses

     6       40  

Stock-based compensation2

     29,435       5,032  

Acquisition-related expense and transaction bonus

     12,056       3,554  

Lease modification and abandonment of leasehold improvements

     —         7,851  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total adjustments

     169,368       82,595  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Adjusted EBITDA

   $ 183,732     $ 60,884  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Adjusted EBITDA Margin

     27.5     20.3

 

1 

Excludes recurring operational foreign exchange gains and losses.

2 

The three and six months ended June 30, 2021 includes $2.3 million of bonus compensation settled in stock outside of the scope of ASC 718.


Key Metrics

We review the following key metrics on a regular basis in order to evaluate the health of our business, identify trends affecting our performance, prepare financial projections, and make strategic decisions.

Quarterly Key Metrics

Total Software Transaction Value. Business Software Platform revenue is from third-party clients using our software platform. We do not recognize revenue from our own spend on our software platform. Therefore, we use TSTV to measure the scale and growth rates of our software platform as it reflects the total value on our software platform including our first-party studios as though they were stand-alone businesses. Below is a reconciliation of our Business Software Platform Revenue to Total Software Transaction Value.

 

($ in thousands)

   2Q 2021      2Q 2020  

Business Software Platform Revenue

   $ 145,664      $ 40,909  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Software Platform fee collected from AppLovin Apps

   $ 73,414      $ 6,637  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Software Transaction Value

   $ 219,078      $ 47,546