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DoubleVerify Reports Third Quarter 2023 Financial Results

DoubleVerify (“DV”) (NYSE: DV), a leading software platform for digital media measurement, data and analytics, today announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2023. “...

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Increased Revenue by 28% Year-over-Year to $144.0 Million Driven by Global Growth in Social, CTV Measurement and Programmatic Activation

Achieved Net Income of $13.3 Million and Adjusted EBITDA of $45.7 Million, representing a 32% Adjusted EBITDA margin

Completed the Acquisition of Scibids, the Global Leader in AI Powered Digital Campaign Optimization

NEW YORK: DoubleVerify (“DV”) (NYSE: DV), a leading software platform for digital media measurement, data and analytics, today announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2023.

“We delivered an outstanding third quarter with business momentum far outpacing the industry and our competitors across all key geographies and digital media environments. We also completed the acquisition of Scibids, an AI powered optimization platform that will dynamically optimize DV & client data in programmatic activation applications, creating a highly differentiated product offering,” said Mark Zagorski, CEO of DoubleVerify. “We grew Advertiser revenue by 32% year-over-year in Q3, fueled by market share gains across Measurement and Activation, both of which delivered more than 30% growth on a year-over-year basis. Our strong business performance was driven by existing customers meaningfully growing their use of DV’s solutions as well as expanding market share through recently won customers ramping business on our platform. Rapid, AI-driven product innovation and unparalleled global coverage across Social, Programmatic, CTV and Retail Media environments have made DV the end-to-end platform for reducing media waste and maximizing campaign effectiveness with advertisers continuing to turn to DV solutions to optimize their media investment while protecting their brand equity.”

Third Quarter 2023 Financial Highlights:

(All comparisons are to the third quarter of 2022)

  • Total revenue of $144.0 million, an increase of 28%.
  • Activation revenue of $81.7 million, an increase of 31%.
  • Measurement revenue of $51.3 million, an increase of 32%.
    • Media Transactions Measured (“MTM”) for Social and CTV increased by 61% and 29%, respectively.
    • International measurement revenue increased by 62% with EMEA growth of 75% and APAC growth of 46%.
  • Supply-Side revenue of $11.0 million, a decrease of 2%.
  • Net income of $13.3 million and adjusted EBITDA of $45.7 million, which represented a 32% adjusted EBITDA margin.

Third Quarter and Recent Business Highlights:

  • Grew Total Advertiser revenue by 32% year-over-year in the third quarter primarily due to a 27% increase in Media Transactions Measured (“MTM”) and a 2% increase in Measured Transaction Fee (“MTF”).
  • Continued to achieve a Gross Revenue Retention rate of over 95% in the third quarter.
  • Grew premium-priced Authentic Brand Suitability (ABS) revenues by 40% year-over-year in the third quarter primarily due to volume expansion by large existing global advertisers as well as by new customer activations.
  • Drove global market share growth through product upsells, international expansion and new enterprise logo wins. Notable new business wins include:
    • Expansions: Uber and Colgate
    • New enterprise customer wins: Total Energie, Miele, Mizkan, Riyadh Expo and Saudi Coffee Company
  • Planned testing third-party brand suitability verification for Facebook and Instagram Feed, as well as Instagram and Facebook Reels in the fourth quarter.
  • Expanded measurement capabilities by being the first third-party verification solution to offer brand suitability, viewability, attention, fraud and invalid traffic protection to advertisers using Amazon custom audiences in Amazon DSP.
  • Expanded fraud, viewability and geo coverage to Twitch inventory via both Amazon’s DSP and the Twitch Ad Server.
  • Developing platform-wide invalid traffic detection and viewability verification on Instacart, the leading grocery technology company in North America, to enable media verification and maximize advertiser performance across the platform.
  • Partnered with Attain to directly connect attention data to real-time sales, at scale. Advertisers working with both companies have the unique advantage of connecting attention metrics with sales outcomes, enabling a more comprehensive understanding of the consumer’s path from ad exposure and engagement to purchase.
  • Partnered with Magnite to provide brand safety and contextual insights to evaluate premium quality publishers.
  • Launched a platform-wide agreement with Liftoff to provide invalid traffic detection and avoidance across the Vungle Exchange, helping advertisers ensure their ads are seen by real people.

“We expanded DV’s global footprint within our existing customer base and ramped our recent customer wins as demand for our solutions rose across key digital media environments, especially on Social,” said Nicola Allais, CFO of DoubleVerify. “DV’s 28% year-over-year revenue growth and 32% adjusted EBITDA margins in the third quarter underscore the strength of our platform as well as our ability to balance innovation and new business growth with strong profitability and cash flow generation. We are pleased to be raising our revenue and adjusted EBITDA guidance for the full year, while reiterating our industry-leading revenue growth and profitability expectations for the fourth quarter as we continue to meaningfully outpace the digital advertising industry and gain market share.”

Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2023 Guidance:

DoubleVerify anticipates Revenue and Adjusted EBITDA to be in the following ranges:

Fourth Quarter 2023:

  • Revenue of $170 to $174 million, a year-over-year increase of 29% at the midpoint.
  • Adjusted EBITDA in the range of $57 to $61 million, representing a 34% margin at the midpoint.

Full Year 2023:

  • Revenue of $570 to $574 million, a year-over-year increase of 27% at the midpoint.
  • Adjusted EBITDA in the range of $179 to $183 million, representing a 32% margin at the midpoint.

With respect to the Company’s expectations under "Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2023 Guidance" above, the Company has not reconciled the non-GAAP measure Adjusted EBITDA to the GAAP measure net income in this press release because the Company does not provide guidance for depreciation and amortization expense, acquisition-related costs, interest income, and income taxes on a consistent basis as the Company is unable to quantify these amounts without unreasonable efforts, which would be required to include a reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to GAAP net income. In addition, the Company believes such a reconciliation would imply a degree of precision that could be confusing or misleading to investors.

Conference Call, Webcast and Other Information

DoubleVerify will host a conference call and live webcast to discuss its third quarter 2023 financial results at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time today, November 9, 2023. To access the conference call, dial (877) 841-2987 for the U.S. or Canada, or (215) 268-9878 for international callers. The webcast will be available live on the Investors section of the Company’s website at https://ir.doubleverify.com/. An archived webcast will be available approximately two hours after the conclusion of the live event.

In addition, DoubleVerify plans to post certain additional historical quarterly financial information on the investor relations portion of its website for easy access to investors.

Key Business Terms and Notes

Activation revenue is generated from the evaluation, verification and measurement of advertising impressions purchased through programmatic demand-side and social media platforms.

Measurement revenue is generated from the verification and measurement of advertising impressions that are directly purchased on digital media properties, including publishers and social media platforms.

Supply-Side revenue is generated from platforms and publisher partners who use DoubleVerify’s data analytics to evaluate, verify and measure their advertising inventory.

Gross Revenue Retention Rate is the total prior period revenue earned from advertiser customers, less the portion of prior period revenue attributable to lost advertiser customers, divided by the total prior period revenue from advertiser customers.

Media Transactions Measured (MTM) is the volume of media transactions that DoubleVerify’s software platform measures.

Measured Transaction Fee (MTF) is the fixed fee DoubleVerify charges per thousand Media Transactions Measured.

International Revenue Growth Rates are inclusive of foreign currency fluctuations.

DoubleVerify Holdings, Inc.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (UNAUDITED)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As of

 

As of

(in thousands, except per share data)

 

September 30, 2023

 

December 31, 2022

Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

259,212

 

 

$

267,813

 

Trade receivables, net of allowances for doubtful accounts of $10,397 and $8,893 as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively

 

 

190,673

 

 

 

167,122

 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

 

19,473

 

 

 

10,161

 

Total current assets

 

 

469,358

 

 

 

445,096

 

Property, plant and equipment, net

 

 

55,764

 

 

 

47,034

 

Operating lease right-of-use assets, net

 

 

61,480

 

 

 

64,692

 

Goodwill

 

 

431,307

 

 

 

343,011

 

Intangible assets, net

 

 

147,306

 

 

 

135,429

 

Deferred tax assets

 

 

7,983

 

 

 

35

 

Other non-current assets

 

 

1,981

 

 

 

1,731

 

Total assets

 

$

1,175,179

 

 

$

1,037,028

 

Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trade payables

 

$

9,638

 

 

$

6,675

 

Accrued expenses

 

 

41,751

 

 

 

33,085

 

Operating lease liabilities, current

 

 

9,080

 

 

 

7,041

 

Income tax liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

11,953

 

Current portion of finance lease obligations

 

 

3,101

 

 

 

1,846

 

Contingent consideration

 

 

1,193

 

 

 

 

Other current liabilities

 

 

9,987

 

 

 

8,310

 

Total current liabilities

 

 

74,750

 

 

 

68,910

 

Operating lease liabilities, non-current

 

 

72,802

 

 

 

74,086

 

Finance lease obligations

 

 

3,406

 

 

 

779

 

Deferred tax liabilities

 

 

9,334

 

 

 

12,890

 

Other non-current liabilities

 

 

3,602

 

 

 

3,504

 

Total liabilities

 

 

163,894

 

 

 

160,169

 

Commitments and contingencies (Note 14)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stockholders’ equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common stock, $0.001 par value, 1,000,000 shares authorized, 169,918 shares issued and 169,905 outstanding as of September 30, 2023; 1,000,000 shares authorized, 165,448 shares issued and 165,417 outstanding as of December 31, 2022

 

 

170

 

 

 

165

 

Additional paid-in capital

 

 

857,561

 

 

 

756,299

 

Treasury stock, at cost, 13 shares and 31 shares as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively

 

 

(397

)

 

 

(796

)

Retained earnings

 

 

165,878

 

 

 

127,517

 

Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of income taxes

 

 

(11,927

)

 

 

(6,326

)

Total stockholders’ equity

 

 

1,011,285

 

 

 

876,859

 

Total liabilities and stockholders' equity

 

$

1,175,179

 

 

$

1,037,028

 

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DoubleVerify Holdings, Inc.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (UNAUDITED)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30,

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

(in thousands, except per share data)

 

2023

 

2022

 

2023

 

2022

Revenue

 

$

143,974

 

 

$

112,254

 

 

$

400,312

 

 

$

318,782

 

Cost of revenue (exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown separately below)

 

 

26,466

 

 

 

19,323

 

 

 

76,609

 

 

 

55,036

 

Product development

 

 

32,315

 

 

 

23,932

 

 

 

92,811

 

 

 

68,742

 

Sales, marketing and customer support

 

 

32,971

 

 

 

27,118

 

 

 

90,220

 

 

 

78,535

 

General and administrative

 

 

23,280

 

 

 

19,395