Phunware Announces Third Quarter 2019 Financial Results

Strong revenue and gross margin growth fuel progress towards cash neutrality

AUSTIN, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–$PHUN #AI—Phunware, Inc. (NASDAQ: PHUN) (the “Company”), a fully-integrated enterprise cloud platform for mobile that provides products, solutions, data and services for brands worldwide, today announced financial results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2019, and provided an update on recent business developments.

“We continued to execute our organic growth strategies this quarter with key customer wins across our healthcare, real estate and travel verticals,” said Alan S. Knitowski, President, CEO and Co-Founder of Phunware. “We also look forward to further expanding our diverse customer base while controlling our spending, accelerating our growth and achieving self-sufficiency from operations.”

Third Quarter 2019 Financial Highlights

• Net revenues increased 8% year-over-year to $5.6 million
• Platform subscriptions and services revenue increased 19% year-over-year to $5.2 million
• Gross margin was 57.1%, representing 9.0 percentage points higher than the prior year
• Net loss was ($2.4) million, an improvement of $1.1 million year-over-year
• Net loss per share improved $0.08 per share to ($0.06) compared to ($0.14), a 57% improvement year-over-year
• Non-GAAP adjusted EBITDA loss improved $1.7 million to ($1.5) million, an improvement of 53% year-over-year
• Net cash used in operating activities for the quarter was ($33) thousand, which represented a 98% lower quarter-over-quarter improvement

“We are pleased to see that our operational cash burn is decreasing in line with our expectations,” said Matt Aune, CFO of Phunware. “Our efforts to improve margins while lowering operational expenses continue to push us closer to zero operational cash burn by the end of the fiscal year.”

Recent Business Highlights and Announcements

• Notable customer and partner wins:
  • Partnered with Midway and MKT Consulting to Unveil Premium Mobile Experience for Buffalo Heights
  • Partnered with Macerich to Deliver Special Access at Scottsdale Fashion Square
  • Launched End-to-End Location Solution for Top U.S. Nonprofit Academic Medical Center
• Product updates:
  • Released New Blockchain-Enabled Data Exchange Capabilities
  • Launched Location Experience Kit
  • Integrated Blockchain-Enabled Data Exchange with Programmatic Advertising Platforms
• Awards and recognition:
  • Accepted 2019 Patient Experience Solutions Company of the Year at the Frost & Sullivan Growth Innovation and Leadership Awards Gala
  • Announced Analyst Coverage Initiated by WallStreet Research^TM and Wall Street Reporter
  • CEO Named Top Finalist for Austin Business Journal’s Best CEO Award
• Conferences and events:
  • Alan S. Knitowski, CEO and Matt Lindenberger, EVP of Products, presented at GDS’ North America Omnichannel Insight Summit
  • Randall Crowder, COO, presented at Fall Investor Summit
  • Alan S. Knitowski, CEO, presented at GDS’ North America Digital Innovation Summit

Audiocast and Presentation Information

A pre-recorded audiocast announcement will be made available today at 1:30pm Pacific / 3:30pm Central / 4:30pm Eastern discussing the Company’s financial results, product announcements and business highlights. The audiocast and investor presentation will be accessible on the Phunware Investor Relations website at investors.phunware.com.

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About Phunware, Inc.

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Phunware, Inc. (NASDAQ: PHUN), is the pioneer of Multiscreen-as-a-Service (MaaS), an award-winning, fully integrated enterprise cloud platform for mobile that provides companies the products, solutions, data and services necessary to engage, manage and monetize their mobile application portfolios and audiences globally at scale. Phunware’s Software Development Kits (SDKs) include location-based services, mobile engagement, content management, messaging, advertising, loyalty (PhunCoin & Phun) and analytics, as well as a mobile application framework of pre-integrated iOS and Android software modules for building in-house or channel-based mobile application and vertical solutions. Phunware helps the world’s most respected brands create category-defining mobile experiences, with more than one billion active devices touching its platform each month. For more information about how Phunware is transforming the way consumers and brands interact with mobile in the virtual and physical worlds, visit www.phunware.com, www.phuncoin.com, www.phuntoken.com, and follow @phunware, @phuncoin and @phuntoken on all social media platforms.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Reconciliation

Adjusted Net Revenues and Adjusted EBITDA should be considered in addition to, not as a substitute for, or superior to, financial measures calculated in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the United States (“GAAP”). It is not a measurement of our financial performance under GAAP and should not be considered as an alternative to net revenues or net income (loss), as applicable, or any other performance measures derived in accordance with GAAP and may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures of other businesses. Adjusted Net Revenues and Adjusted EBITDA have limitations as analytical tools and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of our operating results as reported under GAAP. Some of these limitations include: (i) Non-cash compensation is and will remain a key element of our overall long-term incentive compensation package, although we exclude it as an expense when evaluating its ongoing operating performance for a particular period, (ii) Adjusted Net Revenues and Adjusted EBITDA do not reflect the impact of certain cash charges resulting from matters we consider not to be indicative of ongoing operations, and (iii) other companies in our industry may calculate Adjusted Net Revenues or Adjusted EBITDA differently than we do, limiting their usefulness as comparative measures.

We compensate for these limitations to Adjusted Net Revenues and Adjusted EBITDA by relying primarily on its GAAP results and using Adjusted Net Revenues and Adjusted EBITDA only for supplemental purposes. Adjusted Net Revenues and Adjusted EBITDA include adjustments for items that may not occur in future periods. However, we believe these adjustments are appropriate because the amounts recognized can vary significantly from period to period, do not directly relate to the ongoing operations of our business and complicate comparisons of our internal operating results and operating results of other peer companies over time. Each of the normal recurring adjustments and other adjustments described in this paragraph help management with a measure of our operating performance over time by removing items that are not related to day-to-day operations or are non-cash expenses.

Contacts

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