Michael O. Randolfi - Groupon, Inc.
Management
Thanks, Rich. Adjusted EBITDA in the third quarter of $56 million is up 21% on a year-over-year basis. And above what we anticipated during the last earnings call. Year-to-date, adjusted EBITDA is up 14%. In Q3, we generated gross profit of $306 million as compared to our expectations of $315 million to $320 million with the unfavorability mainly attributable to lower traffic. In North America, gross profit was $204 million, down $4 million or 2% on a year-over-year basis. Excluding the impact of the impressions utilized to support Groupon+ and the sale of OrderUp assets, gross profit would have been up slightly. Q3 Local gross profit was $159 million, down $4 million or 2%. Q3 Goods gross profit was $31 million flat compared to the prior year. In total, gross profit per customer for Q3 on a trailing 12-month basis in North America was $28.96, up 3% versus the prior-year-period, highlighting the benefit of our customer segmentation efforts. Turning to International. We added over 260,000 net new customers, and generated International gross profit of $102 million for the third quarter, up $2 million or 2%. Q3 Local gross profit was $72 million, up $5 million or 7%, and Q3 Goods gross profit was $22 million, down $3 million or 11%. International Q3 gross profit per customer on a trailing 12-month basis was $24.89, up 7% as reported, highlighting the ability to both grow customer count and generate incremental value from those customers. In the third quarter, on a consolidated basis, marketing expense was $93 million, down $9 million or 9%. In North America, Q3 marketing expense was down $15 million. As we continue to refine our marketing spend to ensure our targeted payback within 12 months to 18 months, we are selectively choosing which customers we acquire and retain. These marketing segmentation enhancements, along with traffic trends, contributed to the 800,000 North America customer decline this quarter. In International, Q3 marketing was up $6 million or 23%, as we continue to invest in customer acquisition. SG&A excluding the impact of the IBM settlement for the third quarter was $201 million, down $14 million or 7% as we continue to benefit from our ongoing efficiency efforts. As previously disclosed, we settled our patent litigation with IBM during the third quarter for approximately $58 million, which includes a cross license agreement. As a result of the settlement, we reversed $40 million of the previously-recorded charge, which benefited SG&A in the quarter. This reversal was excluded from adjusted EBITDA. On liquidity, we ended the quarter with $572 million in cash, in addition to our $250 million undrawn revolver. Regarding the full-year 2018, we are reiterating our adjusted EBITDA guidance of $280 million to $290 million. And with a revised view of working capital for the year, we continue to expect free cash flow, excluding IBM, to be significantly above 2017's free cash flow of $71 million but below our prior view of approximately $200 million. With that, let's open the call to questions.