DALLAS, Aug. 09, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Avantax, Inc. ( AVTA), a leading provider of technology-enabled, tax-intelligent financial solutions, today announced financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2023.
Second Quarter Highlights and Recent Developments
- Reported total revenue of $186.9 million, a new record, for the second quarter. This represents an increase of 15% compared to the second quarter of the prior year.
- Continued to deliver net positive asset flows for the sixth consecutive quarter with approximately $390 million for the second quarter.
- Ended the second quarter with total client assets of $83.8 billion, $42.6 billion of which were advisory assets, representing 50.9% of total client assets, a new record.
- Added approximately $141 million of newly recruited assets during the second quarter.
- Ended the second quarter with $109.8 million in cash and cash equivalents.
- Implemented a cash sweep hedging program and transacted on multiple derivative instruments which allow the Company to benefit from interest rates up to 5.5%, while protecting against future rate reductions below 2.5%, for a substantial portion of client assets held in the Company’s cash sweep program.
Chris Walters, Chief Executive Officer of Avantax said, “With two quarters behind us as a pure-play wealth management business, we have maintained strong operational performance across several key metrics. We continue to break records in revenue and advisory assets as a percentage of client assets. Also, during the quarter we delivered our sixth consecutive quarter of net positive asset flows and we continue to see a stabilization in our financial professional count.” Mr. Walters continued, “I am also pleased to report that we completed our first acquisition of a wealth management firm not affiliated with Avantax and we look forward to others in the future.”
| Summary Financial Performance: Q2 2023 | ||||||||||
| ($ in millions, except per share amounts) | Q2 2023 | Q2 2022 | Change | |||||||
| GAAP: | ||||||||||
| Revenue | $ | 186.9 | $ | 162.7 | 14.9 | % | ||||
| Income from continuing operations, net of income taxes | $ | 3.6 | $ | 0.8 | 350.0 | % | ||||
| Income from discontinued operations, net of income taxes | — | 38.6 | (100.0 | )% | ||||||
| Net Income | $ | 3.6 | $ | 39.4 | (90.9 | )% | ||||
| Net Income per share — Basic: | ||||||||||
| Continuing operations | $ | 0.09 | $ | 0.02 | 350.0 | % | ||||
| Discontinued operations | — | 0.81 | (100.0 | )% | ||||||
| Net Income per share — Basic | $ | 0.09 | $ | 0.83 | (89.2 | )% | ||||
| Net Income per share — Diluted: | ||||||||||
| Continuing operations | $ | 0.09 | $ | 0.02 | 350.0 | % | ||||
| Discontinued operations | — | 0.79 | (100.0 | )% | ||||||
| Net Income per share — Diluted | $ | 0.09 | $ | 0.81 | (88.9 | )% | ||||
| Non-GAAP: | ||||||||||
| Adjusted EBITDA(1) | $ | 31.1 | $ | 5.2 | 498.1 | % | ||||
| Net Income(1) | $ | 13.9 | $ | 1.7 | 717.6 | % | ||||
| Net Income per share — Diluted(1) | $ | 0.36 | $ | 0.03 | 1100.0 | % | ||||
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| Note: Totals may not foot due to rounding. | ||
| (1) | See reconciliations of all non-GAAP to GAAP measures presented in this release in the tables below, including the definitions in the notes to such tables. | |
Full Year 2023 Outlook
| ($ in millions, except per share amounts) | Full Year 2023 Outlook |
| GAAP: | |
| Revenue | $753.0 - $756.0 |
| Net Income | $16.0 - $18.0 |
| Net Income per share — Diluted | $0.40 - $0.45 |
| Non-GAAP: | |
| Adjusted EBITDA(1) | $124.5 - $126.5 |
| Non-GAAP Net Income(1) | $49.0 - $52.3 |
| Non-GAAP Net Income per share — Diluted(1) | $1.22 - $1.30 |
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| (1) | See reconciliations of all non-GAAP to GAAP measures presented in this release in the tables below, including the definitions in the notes to such tables. | |
Our revised expectations for 2023 financials assume 1% market growth per quarter from the end of Q2 2023. As it relates to Fed Funds rates, we are including the recent 25 bps increase, which occurred in late July 2023 and no additional rate hikes or cuts for the remainder of 2023.
Conference Call and Webcast
A conference call and live webcast will be held on Thursday, August 10, 2023 at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time during which the Company will further discuss second quarter results and its outlook for full year 2023. We will also provide supplemental financial information to our results on the Investor Relations section of the Avantax corporate website at www.avantax.com prior to the call. A replay of the call will be available on our website.
About Avantax®
Avantax, Inc. ( AVTA) delivers tax-intelligent wealth management solutions for Financial Professionals, tax professionals and CPA firms, supporting our goal of minimizing clients’ tax burdens through comprehensive tax-intelligent financial planning. We have two distinct, but related, models within our business: the independent Financial Professional model and the employee-based model. We refer to our independent Financial Professional model as Avantax Wealth Management®. Avantax Wealth Management works with a nationwide network of Financial Professionals operating as independent contractors and offers its services through its registered broker-dealer, which is a leading U.S. tax-focused independent broker-dealer, registered investment advisor (RIA), and insurance agency subsidiaries. We refer to our employee-based model as Avantax Planning Partners℠. Avantax Planning Partners offers services through its RIA and insurance agency by partnering with CPA firms to provide their consumer and small-business clients with holistic financial planning and advisory services. Collectively, we had $83.8 billion in total client assets as of June 30, 2023. For more information on Avantax, visit www.avantax.com.
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This release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including without limitation, statements regarding the outlook of Avantax, Inc. (the “Company”), the anticipated business strategy and corporate focus of the Company following consummation of the sale of our tax software business (the “TaxAct Sale”) and the intended use of proceeds from the TaxAct Sale. Forward-looking statements provide current expectations of future events based on certain assumptions and include any statement that does not directly relate to any historical or current fact. 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Actual results may differ significantly from management’s expectations due to various risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to: our ability to effectively compete within our industry; our ability to generate strong performance for our clients and the impact of the financial markets on our clients’ portfolios; our expectations concerning the revenues we generate from fees associated with the financial products that we distribute; our ability to attract and retain financial professionals, employees, and clients, as well as our ability to provide strong client service; the impact of significant interest rate changes; our ability to maintain our relationships with third-party partners, providers, suppliers, vendors, distributors, contractors, financial institutions, industry associations, and licensing partners, and our expectations regarding and reliance on the products, tools, platforms, systems, and services provided by these third parties; political and economic conditions and events that directly or indirectly impact the wealth management industry; our ability to respond to rapid technological changes, including our ability to successfully release new products and services or improve upon existing products and services; our future capital requirements and the availability of financing, if necessary; the impact of new or changing legislation and regulations (or interpretations thereof) on our business, including our ability to successfully address and comply with such legislation and regulations (or interpretations thereof) and increased costs, reductions of revenue, and potential fines, penalties, or disgorgement to which we may be subject as a result thereof; risks, burdens, and costs, including fines, penalties, or disgorgement, associated with our business being subjected to regulatory inquiries, investigations, or initiatives, including those of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. and the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”); any compromise of confidentiality, availability, or integrity of information, including cyberattacks; risks associated with legal proceedings, including litigation and regulatory proceedings; our ability to close, finance, and realize all of the anticipated benefits of acquisitions, as well as our ability to integrate the operations of recently acquired businesses, and the potential impact of such acquisitions on our existing indebtedness and leverage; our ability to retain employees and acquired client assets following acquisitions; our ability to manage leadership and employee transitions, including costs and time burdens on management and our board of directors related thereto; our ability to develop, establish, and maintain strong brands; our ability to comply with laws and regulations regarding privacy and protection of user data; our assessments and estimates that determine our effective tax rate; our ability to protect our intellectual property and the impact of any claim that we infringed on the intellectual property rights of others; risks related to goodwill and acquired intangible asset impairment; our failure to realize the expected benefits of the TaxAct Sale; disruptions to our business and operations resulting from our compliance with the terms of the transition services agreement entered into in connection with the TaxAct Sale; and our ability to mitigate and manage risks caused by yield curve, duration and interest rate fluctuations, and other macroeconomic factors upon our business and financing arrangements through derivative transactions pursuant to our recently implemented hedging policy. A more detailed description of these and certain other factors that could affect actual results is included in the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. The Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof, except as may be required by law.
| AVANTAX, INC. CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) (Unaudited) (In thousands, except per share amounts) | |||||||||||||||
| Three Months Ended June 30, | Six Months Ended June 30, | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | 2022 | 2023 | 2022 | ||||||||||||
| Revenue | $ | 186,928 | $ | 162,669 | $ | 364,908 | $ | 329,072 | |||||||
| Operating expenses: | |||||||||||||||
| Cost of revenue | 110,847 | 114,446 | 219,099 | 235,634 | |||||||||||
| Engineering and technology | 2,191 | 2,302 | 4,912 | 4,116 | |||||||||||
| Sales and marketing | 27,423 | 24,882 | 53,604 | 47,056 | |||||||||||
| General and administrative | 26,335 | 21,721 | 58,736 | 45,596 | |||||||||||
| Acquisition and integration | (39 | ) | (6,792 | ) | 83 | (5,126 | ) | ||||||||
| Depreciation | 3,588 | 2,642 | 7,176 | 5,085 | |||||||||||
| Amortization of acquired intangible assets | 6,231 | 6,462 | 12,569 | 13,093 | |||||||||||
| Total operating expenses | 176,576 | 165,663 | 356,179 | 345,454 | |||||||||||
| Operating income (loss) from continuing operations | 10,352 | (2,994 | ) | 8,729 | (16,382 | ) | |||||||||
| Interest expense and other, net | (4,698 | ) | (212 | ) | (3,804 | ) | (265 | ) | |||||||
| Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes | 5,654 | (3,206 | ) | 4,925 | (16,647 | ) | |||||||||
| Income tax benefit (expense) | (2,073 | ) | 4,053 | (1,592 | ) | 21,046 | |||||||||
| Income from continuing operations | 3,581 | 847 | 3,333 | 4,399 | |||||||||||
| Discontinued operations | |||||||||||||||
| Income from discontinued operations before gain on disposal and income taxes | — | 45,874 | — | 96,517 | |||||||||||
| Pre-tax gain on disposal | — | — | 2,539 | — | |||||||||||
| Income from discontinued operations before income taxes | — | 45,874 | 2,539 | 96,517 | |||||||||||
| Income tax benefit (expense) | — | (7,296 | ) | (618 | ) | (26,871 | ) | ||||||||
| Income from discontinued operations | — | 38,578 | $ | 1,921 | $ | 69,646 | |||||||||
| Net income | $ | 3,581 | $ | 39,425 | $ | 5,254 | $ | 74,045 | |||||||
| Basic net income per share: | |||||||||||||||
| Continuing operations | $ | 0.09 | $ | 0.02 | $ | 0.08 | $ | 0.09 | |||||||
| Discontinued operations | — | 0.81 | 0.05 | 1.45 | |||||||||||
| Basic net income per share | $ | 0.09 | $ | 0.83 | $ | ||||||||||
