The Real Brokerage Inc. Announces Second Quarter 2023 Financial Results

The Real Brokerage Inc. (TSX: REAX) (NASDAQ: REAX), the fastest-growing publicly traded real estate brokerage, announced results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2023.

“The second quarter was an inflection point for our company, with the achievement of adjusted EBITDA profitability earlier than anticipated, and I’m enormously proud of the work that our employees and agents have put in to get us here,” said Tamir Poleg, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. “Real now has an agent base that is more than twice the size it was a year ago, placing us in a strong position in the back half of the year. We are focused on executing Real’s mission to reinvent the way that consumers purchase homes, and I am excited to announce that we plan to release the first version of our new consumer app at our annual RISE conference in October later this year.”

Q2 2023 Financial Highlights

• Revenue increased 65% year-over-year to $185.3 million.
• Gross profit increased 91% year-over-year to $17.8 million.
• Adjusted EBITDA profit of $2.6 million, compared to a $583,000 loss in Q2 2022.
• Net loss attributable to owners of the Company of $4.1 million, compared to $4.2 million from Q2 2022.
• Loss per share of $0.02, unchanged from Q2 2022.
• Unrestricted cash and investments increased by $8.6 million during the quarter. As of June 30, 2023 the Company held $17.2 million in cash and an additional $10.9 million held in investments in financial assets, not including $29.6 million of restricted cash associated with customer deposits.
• The Company repurchased 601,000 common shares for $806,000 pursuant to its normal course issuer bid.

Q2 2023 Operational Highlights

• Reached nearly 11,500 agents at the end of the second quarter, a 105% year-over-year increase.
• The number of transactions executed in Q2 2023 grew 72% year-over-year to 17,537, and the total value of completed real estate transactions grew 66% year-over-year to $7.0 billion.
• Commission revenue per productive agent was $34,700, below $41,400 in Q2 2022 but significantly improved from $26,000 in Q1 2023. These agents on average closed 3.4 transactions during the quarter, compared to 3.8 in Q2 2022 and 2.7 in Q1 2023.
• Operating expenses per transaction, excluding revenue share, declined 12% year-over-year to $788.
• As of June 30, 2023, Real’s headcount efficiency ratio, defined as full-time brokerage employees excluding Real Title and One Real Mortgage (formerly LemonBrew Lending) employees, divided by the number of agents on our platform, was 1 to 113. This is little changed from 1 to 114 in Q1 2023 and represents a significant improvement from 1 to 62 as of Q2 2022.
• Subsequent to the end of the quarter, Real announced it intends to voluntarily delist from the Toronto Stock Exchange. Shares will be delisted effective as of close of markets on August 11, 2023 and will continue to trade on Nasdaq Capital Market under the same ticker.
• Subsequent to the end of the quarter, Real announced the public release of Leo, its new AI-powered virtual concierge that is fully integrated into the reZEN transaction management platform. Leo can answer agent questions in real time 24/7, leveraging Real’s extensive proprietary knowledge base to save agents time and make our already lean support team even more efficient. Real will host a live webinar to showcase Leo’s capabilities today, August 9, at 12 p.m. ET. All interested parties can join by registering here.

The Company will discuss the results on a conference call and live webcast today at 11:00 a.m. ET.

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Additional information concerning Real’s audited consolidated financial statements and related management’s discussion and analysis for the three months ended June 30, 2023 can be found on the Company’s profile at www.sedarplus.ca.

Non-IFRS Measures

This news release includes reference to “Adjusted EBITDA”, which is a non-International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) financial measure. Non-IFRS measures are not recognized measures under IFRS, do not have a standardized meaning prescribed by IFRS and are therefore unlikely to be comparable to similar measures presented by other companies. Adjusted EBITDA is used as an alternative to net income by removing major non-cash items such as amortization, interest, stock-based compensation, current and deferred income tax expenses and other items management considers non-operating in nature. Adjusted EBITDA has no direct comparable IFRS financial measures. The Company has used or included these non-IFRS measures solely to provide investors with added insight into Real’s financial performance. Readers are cautioned that such non-IFRS measures may not be appropriate for any other purpose. Non-IFRS measures should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for measures of performance prepared in accordance with IFRS. Our Adjusted EBITDA for the three months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022 is presented in the table below labeled Reconciliation of Total Comprehensive Loss Attributable to Owners of the Company to Adjusted EBITDA.