Craig Phillips
Analyst · Wedbush Securities. Please go ahead
Thanks, Joe. As you mentioned earlier, for the three months ended September 30, 2019, net revenue was 117.4 million, up 65.8% compared to 70.8 million in the prior-year period. The revenue increase was primarily due to continued wholesale door expansion, combined with higher replenishment orders following strong sell-through during the quarter. Gross profit dollars were 52.9 million during the third quarter of 2019 compared to 28.1 million during the same period in 2018, with gross margin at 45% versus 39.7% in the third quarter of 2018. The significant year-over-year increase in gross margin was attributable to efficiencies in operations and logistics, along with benefits from product mix, partially offset by changes in channel mix. Wholesale channel revenue, which carries lower gross margins than our direct-to-consumer channel, comprised approximately 42% of net revenue for the quarter compared with approximately 16% last year and 38% in the second quarter of 2019. Operating expenses were 41.9 million in the third quarter of 2019 versus 31.6 million in the prior-year period. The increase in operating expenses was mainly driven by investments in marketing and advertising, resources and infrastructure to drive sales growth, as well as 2.9 million increase in noncash stock compensation expense related to the conversion of Class B shares held by current employees. Marketing and selling expenses as a percentage of net revenue improved 660 basis points to 29% from 35.6% in the third quarter of 2018, driven by improved efficiencies in our marketing initiatives and higher net revenue from the wholesale channel. Compared with our forecast, marketing and selling expenses were lower than planned by approximately $4 million of discretionary spend we may use in the third quarter of 2018, after adjusting for primarily legal fees, equity incentive compensation, interim CFO costs and severance and executive search for 2018. During the third quarter, we recorded expense of approximately 1.4 million from a change in the fair value of the incremental loan warrants issued in conjunction with the amended and restated credit agreement we announced in February 2019. Inclusive of this noncash expense, net income for the quarter was 8.4 million compared to a net loss of 4.4 million in the year-ago period. EBITDA for the quarter was positive 10.5 million compared to negative EBITDA of 2.9 million in the third quarter of 2018. Adjusted EBITDA, which excludes the same nonrecurring costs I just mentioned, plus warrant liability was positive 15.3 million versus negative adjusted EBITDA of 2.7 million in the same quarter last year. Moving to our cash balance sheet. As of September 30, 2019, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of 31.3 million, up from $20.3 million at June 30, 2019. Our cash position at the end of the third quarter compared with the end of Q2 was primarily driven by the positive EBITDA results in this quarter and an increase in payables and accruals, net of an increase in receivables and inventory. Net inventories totaled 34.8 million at September 30, 2019, compared with 25.1 million at June 30, 2019. The increase in inventory reflects the strong top line growth we experienced in the third quarter, particularly in our wholesale channel, the addition of Max 5 in July and our expectation for a successful holiday season. Turning to our guidance. Based on our year to date net revenue results, we are reiterating our previous guidance from full-year net revenue to be between 400 million to 425 million with the expectation to be toward the higher end of that range. We're anticipating our gross margin rate in the fourth quarter to be similar to the 45% third-quarter rate, while expecting marketing and selling expenses as a percentage of net revenue to increase to approximately 35% compared with approximately 29% in the third quarter. As a result, we expect to exceed our current full-year adjusted EBITDA range of 24 million to 27 million. Fourth-quarter adjusted EBITDA, however, is expected to be lower than the third quarter due to the savings generated in the third quarter from the shift in timing of discretionary investments to the fourth quarter, as well as the additional marketing and selling expenses planned for the fourth quarter. Operator, we are now ready to open the call up for questions.