• CompoSecure Reports Third Quarter 2023 Financial Results

    Source: Nasdaq GlobeNewswire / 09 Nov 2023 15:01:01   America/Chicago

    SOMERSET, N.J., Nov. 09, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CompoSecure, Inc. (Nasdaq: CMPO), a leader in metal payment cards, security, and authentication solutions, today announced its financial and operating results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2023.

    “During the quarter, we exceeded our record US revenue from the year-ago period overcoming global economic uncertainty that impacted our international business, which was down albeit on a smaller revenue base,” said Jon Wilk, President and CEO of CompoSecure.

    “Consumer demand for premium metal cards remains strong based on card issuer feedback and industry sentiment. At the same time, select customers are more tightly managing inventory levels, which impacted order volumes in Q3 and into Q4. As a result, we are revising our full year 2023 outlook which lowers our sales guidance and captures the low end of our previously issued Adjusted EBITDA guidance.”

    Mr. Wilk added: “We are on track to achieve the most successful year in our company's history in terms of Net Sales, Adjusted EBITDA, and Operating Cash Flow, following a record year of growth and profitability in 2022. We continue to optimize our balance sheet and prudently manage operating expenses while investing in growth, including incrementally reducing our outstanding debt this quarter to further improve our leverage ratio.”

    Q3 2023 Financial Highlights (vs. Q3 2022)

    • Net Sales: Net Sales were $96.9 million compared to $103.3 million. The decrease was driven by lower international sales, which is a more variable market due to global economic uncertainty, customer mix and a smaller sales base. Domestic sales increased modestly compared to the record year-ago period.
    • Gross Profit: Gross Profit was $48.9 million or 50.5% of Net Sales, compared to $61.8 million or 59.8%. The decrease was primarily due to lower production efficiencies from new and innovative card constructions, as well as an impact from inflationary pressure on wages and materials.
    • Net Income/EPS: Net Income increased 74% to $38.0 million compared to $21.9 million. The increase was primarily driven by prudent operating expense controls, as reflected by a reduction in selling, general and administrative expenses, as well as changes to the fair value of warrant liabilities, earnout consideration liability and derivative liability. Net Income per share attributable to class A common stockholders was $0.39 (Basic) and $0.34 (Diluted), compared to $0.18 (Basic) and (Diluted) in the year-ago period.
    • Adjusted Net Income/Adjusted EPS: Adjusted Net Income (a non-GAAP measure) increased 10% to $21.7 million compared to $19.8 million in the year-ago period. Adjusted EPS (a non-GAAP measure), which includes both class A and class B shares, was $0.27 (Basic) and $0.24 (Diluted) compared to $0.26 (Basic) and $0.22 (Diluted) in the year-ago period (see reconciliation of non-GAAP measures shown in table below).
    • Adjusted EBITDA: Adjusted EBITDA (a non-GAAP measure) increased 9% to $35.5 million compared to $32.7 million, with the increase driven in-part by the aforementioned operating expense controls.
    • Balance Sheet: At September 30, 2023, the Company’s secured debt leverage ratio decreased to 1.48x compared to 2.92x at September 30, 2022.

    Recent Operational Highlights

    • Customers launched several new metal card programs this quarter including Amex Hilton Aspire, Amex SAS Elite and Axis Magnus, to name a few.
    • Arculus Authenticate hardware passkeys received official designation as a Microsoft FIDO2 security key vendor and is now compatible within the Microsoft ecosystem, offering users a reliable and user-friendly secure passwordless authentication solution
    • Arculus Cold Storage enhancements included:
      • Custom tokens across three additional chains—Binance Smart Chain, Ethereum, and Polygon; now supporting 95% of crypto tokens by market cap.
      • Expanded Arculus integration with MetaMask, bolstering security by enabling the Arculus card as a signing device for safe offline private key storage.
      • Cross-chain DeFi capabilities via WalletConnect across major chains—Binance Smart Chain, Ethereum, Polygon, Avalanche.

    2023 Financial Outlook
    The Company is revising its guidance for full year 2023 results, and now expects net sales to be in the range of $386-$392 million (previously $400-$425 million) and adjusted EBITDA in the range of $141-$146 million (previously $145-$155 million).

    Conference Call
    The Company will host a conference call and live audio webcast today at 5:00 p.m. Eastern time to discuss its financial and operational results, followed by a question-and-answer period.

    Date: Thursday, November 9, 2023
    Time: 5:00 p.m. Eastern time
    Dial-in registration link: here
    Live webcast registration link: here

    If you have any difficulty registering or connecting with the conference call, please contact Elevate IR at (720) 330-2829.

    A live webcast and replay of the conference call will be available on the investor relations section of the Company’s website at https://ir.composecure.com/news-events/events.

    About CompoSecure
    Founded in 2000, CompoSecure (Nasdaq: CMPO) is a technology partner to market leaders, fintechs and consumers enabling trust for millions of people around the globe. The company combines elegance, simplicity and security to deliver exceptional experiences and peace of mind in the physical and digital world. CompoSecure’s innovative payment card technology and metal cards with Arculus security and authentication capabilities deliver unique, premium branded experiences, enable people to access and use their financial and digital assets, and ensure trust at the point of a transaction. For more information, please visit www.CompoSecure.com and www.GetArculus.com.

    Forward-Looking Statements
    This press release contains forward-looking statements as defined by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on the beliefs and assumptions of management. Although the Company believes that its plans, intentions, and expectations reflected in or suggested by these forward-looking statements are reasonable, the Company cannot assure you that it will achieve or realize these plans, intentions, or expectations. Forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks, uncertainties, and assumptions. Generally, statements that are not historical facts, including statements concerning the Company’s possible or assumed future actions, business strategies, events, or results of operations, are forward-looking statements. In some instances, these statements may be preceded by, followed by or include the words “believes,” “estimates,” “expects,” “projects,” “forecasts,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “seeks,” “plans,” “scheduled,” “anticipates” or “intends” or the negatives of these terms or variations of them or similar terminology. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of performance. You should not put undue reliance on these statements which speak only as of the date hereof. You should understand that the following important factors, among others, could affect the Company’s future results and could cause those results or other outcomes to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the Company’s forward-looking statements: the ability of the Company to grow and manage growth profitably, maintain relationships with customers, compete within its industry and retain its key employees; the possibility that the Company may be adversely impacted by other global economic, business, competitive and/or other factors; the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against the Company or others; future exchange and interest rates; and other risks and uncertainties, including those under “Risk Factors” in filings that have been made or will be made with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company undertakes no obligations to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.

    Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
    This press release includes certain non-GAAP financial measures that are not prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) and that may be different from non-GAAP financial measures used by other companies. The Company believes EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted EPS are useful to investors in evaluating the Company’s financial performance. The Company uses these measures internally to establish forecasts, budgets and operational goals to manage and monitor its business, as well as evaluate its underlying historical performance and to measure incentive compensation, as we believe that these non-GAAP financial measures depict the true performance of the business by encompassing only relevant and controllable events, enabling the Company to evaluate and plan more effectively for the future. Due to the forward-looking nature of the financial guidance included above, specific quantification of the charges excluded from the non-GAAP financial measures included in such financial guidance, including with respect to depreciation, amortization, interest, and taxes, that would be required to reconcile the non GAAP financial measures included in such financial guidance to GAAP measures are not available, so it is not feasible to provide accurate forecasted non-GAAP reconciliations without unreasonable effort. Consequently, no disclosure of estimated comparable GAAP measures is included, and no reconciliation of the forward looking non-GAAP financial measures is included. In addition, the Company’s debt agreements contain covenants that use a variation of these measures for purposes of determining debt covenant compliance. The Company believes that investors should have access to the same set of tools that its management uses in analyzing operating results. EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted EPS should not be considered as measures of financial performance under U.S. GAAP, and the items excluded from EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted EPS are significant components in understanding and assessing the Company’s financial performance. Accordingly, these key business metrics have limitations as an analytical tool. They should not be considered as an alternative to net income or any other performance measures derived in accordance with U.S. GAAP or as an alternative to cash flows from operating activities as a measure of the Company’s liquidity and may be different from similarly titled non-GAAP measures used by other companies. Please refer to the tables below for the reconciliation of GAAP measures to these non-GAAP measures for the quarter ended September 30, 2023.

    Corporate Contact
    Anthony Piniella
    Head of Communications, CompoSecure
    (917) 208-7724
    apiniella@composecure.com

    Investor Relations Contact
    Sean Mansouri, CFA
    Elevate IR
    (720) 330-2829
    CMPO@elevate-ir.com

    CompoSecure, Inc.
    Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet Data
     (in thousands)
        
     September 30, 2023 December 31, 2022
     (unaudited)  
    ASSETS   
    Cash and cash equivalents$23,817  $13,642 
    Accounts Receivable, net 48,533   37,272 
    Inventories 51,988   42,374 
    Prepaid expenses and other current assets 3,911   3,824 
    Property and equipment, net 23,076   22,655 
    Right of use assets operating, net 7,950   8,932 
    Deferred tax asset 27,693   25,569 
    Derivative asset - interest rate swap 8,055   8,651 
    Deposits and other assets 24   24 
    TOTAL ASSETS$195,047  $162,943 
        
    LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY   
    Current portion of long-term debt$10,333  $14,372 
    Current portion of lease liabilities 1,910   1,846 
    Current portion of tax receivable agreement liability 1,668   2,367 
    Accounts payable 14,065   7,127 
    Accrued expenses 14,218   10,154 
    Commission payable 3,847   3,317 
    Bonus payable 6,828   8,177 
    Long-term debt, net of deferred finance costs 202,839   216,276 
    Convertible notes, net of debt discount 127,708   127,348 
    Derivative liability - convertible notes 650   285 
    Warrant liability 14,570   16,341 
    Earnout consideration liability 4,550   15,090 
    Lease liabilities, operating 6,751   7,766 
    Tax receivable agreement liability 23,953   24,475 
    Total stockholders' (deficit) (238,843)  (291,998)
    TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY$195,047  $162,943 
        


    CompoSecure, Inc.    
    Consolidated Statements of Operations    
    (in thousands, except per share amounts)    
    (unaudited)    
            
     Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,
      2023   2022   2023   2022 
    Net sales$96,886  $103,305  $290,729  $284,687 
            
    Operating expenses:       
    Cost of sales 47,990   41,547   134,542   115,318 
    Selling, General and administrative 20,095   36,116   67,627   79,325 
    Total operating expenses 68,085   77,663   202,169   194,643 
            
    Income from operations 28,801   25,642   88,560   90,044 
            
    Total other income (expense), net 10,197   (3,355)  (6,408)  23,153 
    Income before income taxes 38,998   22,287   82,152   113,197 
    Income tax (expense) benefit (949)  (393)  (656)  (3,738)
    Net income 38,049   21,894   81,496   109,459 
            
    Net income attributable to non-controlling interests 30,574   19,077   65,653   93,973 
    Net income attributable to CompoSecure, Inc$7,475  $2,817  $15,843  $15,486 
            
    Net income per share attributable to Class A common stockholders -basic$0.39  $0.18  $0.86  $1.02 
    Net income per share attributable to Class A common stockholders - diluted$0.34  $0.18  $0.75  $0.94 
            
    Weighted average shared used to compute net income per share attributable to Class A common stockholders - basic (in thousands) 19,075   15,433   18,420   15,141 
    Weighted average shared used to compute net income per share attributable to Class A common stockholders - diluted (in thousands) 35,765   19,662   35,362   32,815 
                    


    CompoSecure, Inc.
    Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
    (in thousands)
    (unaudited)
        
     Nine Months Ended September 30,
      2023   2022 
    CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:   
    Net income$81,496  $109,459 
    Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities  
    Depreciation 6,249   6,577 
    Stock-based compensation expense 13,052   7,736 
    Amortization of deferred finance costs 1,262   1,798 
    Change in fair value of earnout consideration liability (10,540)  (21,676)
    Revaluation of warrant liability (1,771)  (16,363)
    Change in fair value of derivative liability 364   (185)
    Deferred tax (benefit) expense (1,485)  3,191 
    Changes in assets and liabilities   
    Accounts receivable (11,261)  (17,871)
    Inventories (9,614)  (13,322)
    Prepaid expenses and other assets (87)  (225)
    Accounts payable 6,938   5,568 
    Deposits and other assets -   (14)
    Accrued expenses 4,065   1,403 
    Other liabilities (789)  15,885 
    Net cash provided by operating activities 77,879   81,961 
    CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:   
    Acquisition of property and equipment (6,669)  (7,221)
    Net cash used in investing activities (6,669)  (7,221)
    CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:   
    Proceeds from employee stock purchase plan and exercise of equity awards 1,024   2 
    Payments for taxes related to net share settlement of equity awards (3,126)  - 
    Payment of line of credit -   (5,000)
    Payment of Tax receivable agreement liability (2,193)  - 
    Deferred finance costs related to debt modification (256)  - 
    Payment of term loan (18,122)  (16,878)
    Distributions (38,362)  (35,545)
    Payment of issuance cost related to business combination -   (23,833)
    Net cash used in financing activities (61,035)  (81,254)
    Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 10,175   (6,514)
    Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period 13,642   21,944 
    Cash and cash equivalents, end of period$23,817  $15,430 
        
    Supplementary disclosure of cash flow information   
    Cash paid for interest expense$18,296  $14,937 
    Supplemental disclosure of non-cash financing activity:   
    Derivative asset - interest rate swap$8,055  $9,392 
        


    CompoSecure, Inc.
    Non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA Reconciliation
    (in thousands)
    (unaudited)
            
     Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,
      2023   2022   2023   2022 
    Net income$38,049  $21,894  $81,496  $109,459 
    Add:       
    Depreciation 2,078   2,010   6,249   6,577 
    Interest expense, net (1) 6,010   5,850   18,355   16,362 
    Income tax expense (benefit) 949   393   656   3,738 
    EBITDA$47,086  $30,147  $106,756  $136,136 
    Stock-based compensation 4,637   3,715   13,052   7,736 
    Mark to market adjustments (2) (16,207)  (1,204)  (11,947)  (38,224)
    Adjusted EBITDA$35,516  $32,658  $107,861  $105,648 
            

    (1) Includes amortization of deferred financing cost for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
    (2) Includes the changes in fair value of warrant liability, derivative liabilities and earnout consideration liability for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively

    CompoSecure, Inc.
    Non-GAAP Adjusted EPS Reconciliation
    (in thousands)
    (unaudited)
            
     Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,
      2023   2022   2023   2022 
     (in thousands) except per share amounts
    Basic and Diluted:       
    Net income$38,049  $21,894  $81,496  $109,459 
    Add: provision for income taxes 949   393   656   3,738 
    Income before Income taxes 38,998   22,287   82,152   113,197 
    Income tax expense (1) (5,868)  (5,266)  (17,639)  (17,432)
    Adjusted net income before adjustments 33,130   17,021   64,513   95,765 
    (Less): mark-to-market adjustments (2) (16,058)  (957)  (12,311)  (38,040)
    Add: stock-based compensation 4,637   3,715   13,052   7,736 
    Adjusted net income$21,709  $19,779  $65,254  $65,461 
    Common shares outstanding used in computing earnings per share, basic:       
    Class A and Class B common shares (3) 79,033   76,020   78,378   75,728 
    Common shares outstanding used in computing earnings per share, diluted:       
    Warrants (Public and Private) (4) 8,094   8,094   8,094   8,094 
    Equity awards 3,690   4,229   3,942   4,674 
    Total Shares outstanding used in computing adjusted earnings per share - diluted 90,817   88,343   90,414   88,496 
            
    Adjusted net income per share- basic$0.27  $0.26  $0.83  $0.86 
    Adjusted net income per share- diluted$0.24  $0.22  $0.72  $0.74 
            

    1) Calculated using the Company's blended tax rate.
    2) Includes the changes in fair value of warrant liability and earnout consideration liability.
    3) Assumes both Class A shares and Class B shares participate in earnings and are outstanding at the end of the period.
    4) Assumes treasury stock method, valuation at assumed fair market value of $18.00.
    5) The Company did not include the effect of Exchangeable Notes to its total shares outstanding used in diluted adjusted net income per share.


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