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Mogo Announces Q4 & Full-Year 2017 Financial Results Highlighted by 96% Growth in Subscription and Fee Based Revenue
Monday, March 12, 2018Company Profile | Follow Company
Subscription and fee based revenue now represents 31% of total revenue
Record annual gross profit margin of 67%, up from 62% last year
Company launches MogoProtect and prepares for launch of MogoCrypto
Vancouver, BC, March 12, 2018--(T-Net)--Mogo Finance Technology Inc. (TSX:MOGO), one of Canada's leading financial technology companies, today announced its financial and operational results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2017.
"It was a strong fourth quarter for Mogo both operationally and financially, highlighted by an almost doubling of subscription and fee based revenue, which clearly underscores our continued success as a multi-product company built on a leading, mobile-first digital platform," said David Feller, Mogo's Founder and CEO.
"We continued to execute on our mission of empowering consumers with simple solutions to improve their financial health with the introduction of three new products in 2017, including MogoProtect in the fourth quarter, and we are advancing our MogoCrypto product toward launch this quarter, which will represent our sixth product. We are also encouraged by the early results of our efforts to cross-sell and monetize new products through our fast-growing member base, including through our premium account features. Our model is simple, the more we help our members improve their financial health, the more we grow our revenue."
"In the fourth quarter, our subscription and fee based revenue increased 96% to $4.1 million as compared to the fourth quarter of 2016. This was the fourth sequential quarter of accelerating year-over-year revenue growth, beginning with 28% growth in the fourth quarter of 2016," said Greg Feller, President & CFO.
"Subscription and fee based revenue now represents 31% of our current annualized revenue run rate of over $53 million, up from only 18% in the fourth quarter of 2016. This keeps us on track towards our target of 50% by year end. Importantly, an increasing portion of this is monthly recurring revenue. The impact of this higher margin, subscription and fee based revenue is also evident in our record gross margins which rose to 68% in the fourth quarter. Lastly, we finished the year with a strong cash and liquidity position with over $40 million of cash that positions us extremely well to execute on our growth strategy in 2018 and beyond."
Fourth-Quarter 2017 Financial Highlights
Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year Business Highlights
Full-Year 2017 Financial Highlights
Outlook
Mogo expects accelerating revenue growth in 2018 based mainly on the ramp up of its existing subscription and fee based products and the launch of new fee-based products. The Company expects continued growth in subscription and fee based revenue and for this segment to represent an increasing percentage of total revenue, approaching 50% by the end of 2018. In addition, the Company expects continued strong member growth and is targeting 800,000 - 1,000,000 members by the end of 2018.
1) Non-IFRS Financial Measures
This press release makes reference to certain non-IFRS financial measures. These 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. These measures are provided as additional information to complement the IFRS financial measures contained herein by providing further metrics to understand the Company's results of operations from management's perspective. Accordingly, they should not be considered in isolation nor as a substitute for analysis of our financial information reported under IFRS. We use non-IFRS financial measures, including contribution, contribution margin, adjusted EBITDA, adjusted net income (loss), cash provided by (used in) operating activities before investment in loans receivable, charge-off rate, average revenue per member, and gross loans receivable (short-term and long-term), to provide investors with supplemental measures of our operating performance and thus highlight trends in our core business that may not otherwise be apparent when relying solely on IFRS financial measures. Our management also uses non-IFRS financial measures in order to facilitate operating performance comparisons from period to period, prepare annual operating budgets and assess our ability to meet our capital expenditure and working capital requirements.
For further information:
Craig Armitage
Investor Relations
craiga@mogo.ca
(416) 347-8954
About Mogo
Mogo — a Vancouver-based financial technology company — is focused on building the leading digital financial platform in Canada and empowering consumers with simple solutions to help them improve their financial health. Built mobile first, users can sign up for a free MogoAccount in only three minutes and get access to 5 products including free credit score monitoring, identity fraud protection, the Mogo Platinum Prepaid Visa® Card, mortgages and personal loans. The platform is engineered to deliver multiple financial products at scale through one account and enable the rapid launch of new features and products, including the Company's recently announced MogoCrypto account which is expected to launch in 2018. With more than 500,000 members and growing, Mogo continues to execute on its vision of becoming the leading financial brand and platform for the next generation of Canadians. To learn more, please visit mogo.ca or download the mobile app (iOS or Android).
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding Mogo's revenue, revenue growth, member growth, the future growth of Mogo's business, its intention to expand into other products and markets, and Mogo's financial expectations and outlook for 2018.
Forward-looking statements are necessarily based upon a number of estimates and assumptions that, while considered reasonable by management, are inherently subject to significant business, economic and competitive uncertainties and contingencies. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual financial results, performance or achievements to be materially different from the estimated future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by those forward-looking statements and the forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance.
Mogo's growth, its ability to expand into new products and markets and its expectations for its financial performance for 2018 are subject to a number of conditions, many of which are outside of Mogo's control. For a description of the risks associated with Mogo's business please refer to the "Risk Factors" section of Mogo's annual information form dated March 6, 2018 which is available at www.sedar.com. Except as required by law, Mogo disclaims any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, events or otherwise.
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