Pagaya Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2022 Results
Source: Business Wire
Full Year 2022 Network Volume grew 49% year-over-year to $7.3 billion; Total Revenue and Other Income grew 58% to record $749 million, above high end of 2022 guidance; Adjusted EBITDA of ($4.8) million
Fourth Quarter Network Volume grew 10% year-over-year to $1.8 billion; Total Revenue and Other Income grew 25% to $193 million; Adjusted EBITDA of ($9.0) million
Company provides 2023 financial outlook
Pagaya Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: PGY) (“Pagaya”, the “Company” or “we”), a global technology company delivering artificial intelligence infrastructure for the financial ecosystem, today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and full year of 20221.
“2022 was a record year for Pagaya,” said Gal Krubiner, Chief Executive Officer of Pagaya. “We reached over $7 billion in network volume and grew revenue by 58% to $749 million, approximately 7 times our revenue in 2020. We delivered near break-even adjusted EBITDA while operating in the most challenging credit and rate environment in our company’s history. We went public, strengthened our management team, onboarded large strategic partners, including Visa, Klarna and a top 3 auto lender and elevated our SFR offering with our first acquisition. As we continue the momentum into 2023, we will remain focused on driving further expansion and monetization of our network and achieving sustainable profitability on an adjusted EBITDA basis.”
Full Year and Fourth Quarter 2022 Financial Highlights
All comparisons are made versus the same period in 2021 unless otherwise stated
Network Volume increased 49% to $7.3 billion in FY22 and increased 10% to $1.8 billion in 4Q22, reflecting growth from existing partners and faster growth from newer products, including auto
Total revenue and other income increased 58% to $748.9 million in FY22 and increased 25% to $192.9 million in 4Q22, mainly due to increased fee revenue from Network Volume growth
Net loss attributable to Pagaya shareholders of $302.3 million in FY22 and $34.0 million in 4Q22, impacted by share-based compensation expense in both periods of $241.7 million and $18.7 million, respectively. Adjusted net loss of $32.7 million in FY22 and $3.7 million in 4Q22, which excludes share-based compensation expense, a change in fair value of warrant liability, other than temporary impairment loss on certain investments, impairment of goodwill and other intangible assets, and non-recurring expenses
Adjusted EBITDA of negative $4.8 million in FY22 and negative $9.0 million in 4Q22, reflecting investment in newer products and partners and ongoing financial markets volatility
2022 Business Highlights
Expanding the network: 6 partners joined the Pagaya network in 2022, including a top 3 lender in auto and Klarna in the Company’s point-of-sale product. Pagaya’s solution is now connected to approximately 20,000 franchise and independent auto dealerships through its partners, with approximately $110 billion in auto application volume evaluated in 2022. The Company expanded its single-family rental (“SFR”) offering with the acquisition of Darwin Homes, creating a technologically sophisticated, fully integrated property technology platform
Enabling better outcomes for partners & investors: Continued strong application flow from existing and new partners, with over 53 million applications evaluated in 2022, representing 98% growth compared to the prior year. At the same time, with the benefit of AI-driven insights, the Company proactively reduced its conversion ratio by nearly 50% year-over-year, optimizing for investor returns in this environment by shifting the portfolio to a more resilient borrower archetype
Consistently raising capital: Raised over $7 billion in funding into financing vehicles in FY22
Improving operating efficiency: The Company remains focused on improving profitability and driving operating leverage with increasing scale and disciplined cost management. Its operating expense ratio, defined as operating expenses excluding stock-based compensation expense as a percentage of total revenue & other income, declined from 43% in the first half of 2022 to 39% in the second half of 2022
2023 Outlook
First Quarter of 2023
Network Volume
Expected to range between $1.7 billion and $1.8 billion
Total Revenue
Expected to range between $175 million and $180 million
Adjusted EBITDA
Expected to range between negative $5 million and $0
Full Year 2023
Network Volume
Expected to range between $7.5 billion and $8.0 billion
Total Revenue
Expected to range between $775 million and $825 million
Adjusted EBITDA
Expected to range between $10 million and $25 million
Webcast
The Company will hold a webcast and conference call today, February 15, 2023 at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time. A live webcast of the call will be available via the Investor Relations section of the Company’s website at investor.pagaya.com. To listen to the live webcast, please go to the site at least five minutes prior to the scheduled start time in order to register, download and install any necessary audio software. Shortly before the call, a copy of the accompanying presentation will be made available on the Company’s website. Shortly after the call, a replay of the webcast will be available for 90 days on the Company’s website.
The conference call can also be accessed by dialing 1-877-407-9208 or 1-201-493-6784. The telephone replay can be accessed by dialing 1-844-512-2921 or 1-412-317-6671 and providing the conference ID# 13735076. The telephone replay will be available starting shortly after the call until Wednesday, March 1st, 2023. A replay will also be available on the Investor Relations website following the call.
About Pagaya Technologies
Pagaya (NASDAQ: PGY) is a global technology company making life-changing financial products and services available to more people nationwide. By using machine learning, a vast data network and a sophisticated AI-driven approach, Pagaya provides comprehensive consumer credit and residential real estate solutions for its partners, their customers, and investors. Its proprietary API and capital solutions integrate into its network of partners to deliver seamless user experiences and greater access to the mainstream economy. Pagaya has offices in New York and Tel Aviv. For more information, visit pagaya.com.
Cautionary Note About Forward-Looking Statements
This document 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, that involve risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements generally are identified by the words “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “can,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “opportunity,” “future,” “strategy,” “might,” “outlook,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “strive,” “will,” “would,” “will be,” “will continue,” “will likely result,” and similar expressions. All statements other than statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements, including statements regarding: the finalization of any adjustments identified by the Company’s auditors in the course of their review and audit, of the Company's financial statements for the fourth fiscal quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2022; the Company’s strategy and future operations, including the Company’s partnerships with certain key providers; the development, innovation, introduction and performance of, and demand for, the Company’s products and services; the Company’s ability to continue to invest in the long-term growth and scalability of its business; the Company’s future growth, investments, brand awareness, financial position, gross market value, revenue, transaction costs, operating income, provision for credit losses, and cash flows; general economic trends and trends in the Company’s industry and markets; anticipated annualized cost savings and expectations with respect to the reduction in force, including anticipated benefits and cost reductions; integration of Darwin Homes and ability to achieve anticipated benefits for such acquisition; ability to scale and increase growth in auto sector and single-family rental sector; targeted operating expense ratio for 2023; our focus on driving further expansion and monetization of our network and achieving sustainable profitability on an adjusted EBITDA basis; and the Company’s financial outlook for the first quarter and full year of 2023. These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that may cause the Company's actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Risks, uncertainties and assumptions include factors relating to: the Company's ability to attract new partners and to retain and grow its relationships with existing partners to support the underlying investment needs for its securitizations and funds products; the need to maintain a consistently high level of trust in its brand; the concentration of a large percentage of its investment revenue with a small number of partners and platforms; its ability to sustain its revenue growth rate or the growth rate of its related key operating metrics; its ability to improve, operate and implement its technology, its existing funding arrangements for the Company and its affiliates that may not be renewed or replaced or its existing funding sources that may be unwilling or unable to provide funding to it on terms acceptable to it, or at all; the performance of loans facilitated through its model; changes in market interest rates; its securitizations, warehouse credit facility agreements; the impact on its business of general economic conditions, including, but not limited to rising interest rates, inflation, supply chain disruptions, exchange rate fluctuations and labor shortages; the effect of and uncertainties related to the COVID-19 pandemic (including any government responses thereto); the financial performance of its partners, and fluctuations in the U.S. consumer credit and housing market; its ability to grow effectively through strategic alliances; seasonal fluctuations in our revenue as a result of consumer spending and saving patterns; pending and future litigation, regulatory actions and/or compliance issues including with respect to the merger with EJF Acquisition Corp.; and other risks that are described in and the Company’s Form 6-K filed on August 16, 2022 and subsequent filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. These forward-looking statements reflect the Company's views with respect to future events as of the date hereof and are based on assumptions and subject to risks and uncertainties. Given these uncertainties, investors should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements are made as of the date hereof, reflect the Company’s current beliefs and are based on information currently available as of the date they are made, and the Company assumes no obligation and does not intend to update these forward-looking statements.
Financial Information; Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Some of the unaudited financial information and data contained in this press release and Form 6-K, such as Adjusted EBITDA, have not been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). To supplement the unaudited consolidated financial statements prepared and presented in accordance with GAAP, management uses the non-GAAP financial measures Adjusted Net Income (Loss) and Adjusted EBITDA to provide investors with additional information about our financial performance and to enhance the overall understanding of the results of operations by highlighting the results from ongoing operations and the underlying profitability of our business. Management believes it provides an additional tool for investors to use in comparing our core financial performance over multiple periods with the performance of other companies. However, non-GAAP financial measures have limitations in their usefulness to investors because they have no standardized meaning prescribed by GAAP and are not prepared under any comprehensive set of accounting rules or principles. In addition, non-GAAP financial measures may be calculated differently from, and therefore may not be directly comparable to, similarly titled measures used by other companies. As a result, non-GAAP financial measures should be viewed as supplementing, and not as an alternative or substitute for, our unaudited consolidated financial statements prepared and presented in accordance with GAAP. To address these limitations, management provides a reconciliation of Adjusted Net Income (Loss) and Adjusted EBITDA to net income (loss) attributable to Pagaya’s shareholders. Management encourages investors and others to review our financial information in its entirety, not to rely on any single financial measure and to view Adjusted Net Income (Loss) and Adjusted EBITDA in conjunction with its respective related GAAP financial measures.
Non-GAAP financial measures include the following item:
Adjusted Net Income (Loss) is defined as net income (loss) attributable to Pagaya Technologies Ltd.’s shareholders excluding share-based compensation expense, change in fair value of warrant liability, and non-recurring expenses associated with the business combination with EJF Acquisition Corp. (the “Merger”).
Adjusted EBITDA is defined as net income (loss) attributable to Pagaya Technologies Ltd.’s shareholders excluding share-based compensation expense, change in fair value of warrant liability, non-recurring expenses associated with the Merger, interest expense, depreciation expense, and provision for income taxes.
These items are excluded from our Adjusted Net Income (Loss) and Adjusted EBITDA measures because they are noncash in nature, or because the amount and timing of these items is unpredictable, is not driven by core results of operations and renders comparisons with prior periods and competitors less meaningful.
We believe Adjusted Net Income (Loss) and Adjusted EBITDA provide useful information to investors and others in understanding and evaluating our results of operations, as well as providing a useful measure for period-to-period comparisons of our business performance. Moreover, we have included Adjusted Net Income (Loss) and Adjusted EBITDA because these are key measurements used by our management internally to make operating decisions, including those related to operating expenses, evaluate performance, and perform strategic planning and annual budgeting. However, this non-GAAP financial information is presented for supplemental informational purposes only, should not be considered a substitute for or superior to financial information presented in accordance with GAAP and may be different from similarly titled non-GAAP financial measures used by other companies. The tables below provide reconciliations of Adjusted EBITDA to Net Loss Attributable to Pagaya Technologies Ltd., its most directly comparable GAAP amount.
In addition, outlook for the fiscal year, where adjusted, is provided on a non-GAAP basis, which Pagaya will continue to identify as it reports its future financial results. The Company cannot reconcile its expected Adjusted EBITDA to expected Net Loss Attributable to Pagaya under “2023 Outlook” without unreasonable effort because certain items that impact net income (loss) and other reconciling items are out of the Company's control and/or cannot be reasonably predicted at this time, which unavailable information could have a significant impact on the Company’s GAAP financial results.
PAGAYA TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (UNAUDITED)
(In thousands, except share and per share data)
Three Months Ended
December 31,
Year Ended
December 31,
?
2022
2021
2022
2021
Revenue
?
?
Revenue from fees
$
178,173
$
144,262
$
685,414
$
445,866
Other Income
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