PGNY - Progyny Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2021 Results

Issues Guidance for 2022, Reflecting 50% Revenue Growth at Midpoint of the Range
Reports Full Year Revenue of $500.6 Million, Reflecting 45% Growth
Reports Fourth Quarter Revenue of $127.6 Million, Reflecting 27% Growth

NEW YORK, Feb. 28, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Progyny, Inc. (Nasdaq: PGNY), a leading benefits management company specializing in fertility and family building benefits solutions in the United States, today announced its financial results for the three- and twelve-month periods ended December 31, 2021 (“the fourth quarter of 2021” and “the full year”, respectively) as compared to the three- and twelve-month periods ended December 31, 2020 (“the fourth quarter of 2020” and “the prior year period”, respectively).

“While member utilization for October and November was strong and consistent with our expectations, the emergence and rapid spread of the COVID-19 Omicron variant affected activity in December and January,” said Pete Anevski, Chief Executive Officer of Progyny.   “As the effects of the Omicron wave began to subside, we saw our members return to care at more typical levels starting in February, demonstrating yet again the continued resilience of fertility patients in their pursuit of care, even against the backdrop of a global pandemic.

“Even with the continuing effects of the pandemic marginally affecting the business, 2021 was an exceptional year for Progyny. We reached record levels of revenue and profitability, maintained our near 100% retention of existing clients, and concluded our most successful selling season ever, adding the largest number of new clients and covered lives in our history. As we enter 2022 on the heels of this momentum, we believe we are in our strongest ever competitive standing and are well positioned to continue to lead the market as the provider of choice in fertility as companies increasingly recognize the importance of providing a comprehensive fertility benefit to their workforce.”

“In the fourth quarter, revenue grew 27% and our gross margin, excluding non-cash stock compensation expense, increased meaningfully, even as we invested to expand the functions and resources that were needed to support the onboarding of our largest-ever cohort of new members in early 2022,” said Mark Livingston, Progyny’s Chief Financial Officer. “For the full year, our Adjusted EBITDA margins in 2021 widened by 410 basis points and our Adjusted EBITDA margin on incremental revenue increased to 22.4%, highlighting our high rate of margin capture on new revenue, even when considering the impact of the pandemic.”

Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2021 Highlights

1. See Annex A of this release for a reconciliation of gross margin excluding stock-based compensation expense to gross margin, the most directly comparable financial measure stated in accordance with GAAP for each of the periods presented.
2. Net income for the fourth quarter and full year of 2020 reflects the previously disclosed impact of a $37,971 benefit, or $0.38 per diluted share, for income taxes in connection with the release of the company’s valuation allowance on deferred tax assets.
3. Net income per diluted share reflects weighted-average shares outstanding as adjusted for potential dilutive securities, including options and warrants to purchase common stock, as well as restricted stock units.
4. Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA margin are financial measures that are not required by, or presented in accordance with, U.S. GAAP. Please see Annex A of this release for a reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to net income, the most directly comparable financial measure stated in accordance with GAAP for each of the periods presented. We calculate Adjusted EBITDA margin as Adjusted EBITDA divided by revenue.

Financial Highlights
4 ^th Quarter
Revenue was $127.6 million, a 27% increase as compared to the $100.3 million reported in the fourth quarter of 2020, primarily as a result of the increase in our number of clients and covered lives.

• Fertility benefit services revenue was $89.2 million, a 19% increase from the $74.7 million reported in the fourth quarter of 2020.
• Pharmacy benefit services revenue was $38.4 million, a 50% increase as compared to the $25.6 million reported in the fourth quarter of 2020.

Gross profit was $25.1 million, an increase of 22% from the $20.7 million reported in the fourth quarter of 2020, primarily due to the higher revenue.   Gross margin was 19.7%, a decrease of 90 basis points from the prior year period primarily due to an increase in non-cash stock-based compensation expense, partially offset by operating efficiencies realized in the delivery of our care management services. Excluding the impact of stock-based compensation expense in both periods, gross margin increased 170 basis points.

Net income was $15.1 million, or $0.15 income per diluted share, a decrease of $24.0 million as compared to the net income of $39.1 million, or $0.39 income per diluted share, reported in the fourth quarter of 2020. The decrease was primarily due to a lower benefit for income taxes, as the fourth quarter of 2020 reflected a $38.0 million tax benefit in connection with the release of the company’s valuation allowance on deferred tax assets, as well as higher non-cash stock-based compensation expense, partially offset by operating efficiencies realized on our higher revenues.

Adjusted EBITDA was $15.1 million, a 28% increase from the $11.9 million reported in the fourth quarter of 2020, reflecting the operating efficiencies realized on our higher revenues. Adjusted EBITDA margin was 11.9%, an increase of 10 basis points from the 11.8% Adjusted EBITDA margin in the fourth quarter of 2020.

Please refer to Annex A for a reconciliation of gross margin excluding the impact of stock-based compensation expense to gross margin and Adjusted EBITDA to net income.

Full Year
Revenue was $500.6 million, a 45% increase as compared to the $344.9 million reported in the prior year period, primarily as a result of the increase in our number of clients and covered lives.

• Fertility benefit services revenue was $355.6 million, a 40% increase from the $253.6 million reported in the prior year period.
• Pharmacy benefit services revenue was $145.0 million, a 59% increase as compared to the $91.3 million reported in the prior year period.

Gross profit was $112.1 million, an increase of 60% from the $70.1 million reported in the prior year period, primarily due to the higher revenue. Gross margin was 22.4%, an increase of 210 basis points from the prior year period, due to the net impact of renewals with our providers and pharmacy program partners, as well as operating efficiencies realized in the delivery of our care management services as we continue to grow. Excluding the impact of stock-based compensation expense in both periods, gross margins increased 300 basis points.

Net income was $65.8 million, or $0.66 income per diluted share, an increase of $19.3 million as compared to the net income of $46.5 million, or $0.47 income per diluted share, reported in the prior year period. The higher net income was due primarily to operating efficiencies realized throughout the business on our higher revenues, partially offset by a lower benefit for income taxes as 2020 reflected a tax benefit in connection with the release of the company’s valuation allowance on deferred tax assets.

Adjusted EBITDA was $67.3 million, an increase of $35.0 million from the $32.4 million reported in the prior year period. Adjusted EBITDA margin was 13.5%, an increase of 410 basis points from the 9.4% margin in the prior year period. The increase in both Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA margin reflect the operating efficiencies realized on our higher revenues.   Adjusted EBITDA margin on incremental revenue in 2021 was 22.4%.

Please refer to Annex A for a reconciliation of gross margin excluding the impact of stock-based compensation expense to gross margin and Adjusted EBITDA to net income, as well as the calculation of Adjusted EBITDA margin on incremental revenue.

Cash Flow
Net cash provided by operating activities in 2021 was $26.0 million, compared to net cash provided by operating activities of $36.2 million in 2020. The decrease was primarily due to the previously disclosed revisions in the arrangements with pharmacy partners, which changed the timing of the payments we receive, and other timing items in each period.   Net cash provided by operating activities for the fourth quarter of 2021 was $8.8 million, compared to net cash provided by operating activities of $6.5 million in the prior year period. The improvement was due primarily to the higher profitability, as well as the timing of billing and collections on quarterly cash flows.

Balance Sheet and Financial Position
As of December 31, 2021, the company had total working capital of approximately $159.7 million and no debt. This included cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities of $119.4 million, reflecting an increase of $5.1 million from the balances as of September 30, 2021.

Key Metrics
The company had 191 clients as of December 31, 2021, as compared to 135 clients as of December 31, 2020.

Financial Outlook
“Coming off of a record sales season, we are excited for the year ahead, after successfully launching with the largest number of new clients and new covered lives in our history,” said Mr. Anevski. “We believe that Progyny is in its best-ever competitive position, and all of the macro trends that have been fueling our rapid growth remain intact. Our focus has always been to continue to build and enhance our business so that we are capable of achieving sustained, long-term success. We are achieving this through the platform that we have built, which has enabled us to continue our high rate of client retention as well as accelerate our new client additions each year. We are cautiously optimistic that the pandemic may be coming to an end, and the world hopefully will be returning to a more normal state. At this point, every indicator we monitor supports that we will have another successful selling season, driven by our superior solution, our delivery of the highest levels of service, and our industry-leading clinical outcomes.

We are pleased to announce our guidance for the first quarter and the full year 2022, which reflects both significant ongoing topline growth of 50% at the midpoint of the range for 2022, as well as the continued expansion of our margins.”

• Full Year 2022 Outlook:
  • Revenue is expected to be $730.0 million to $775.0 million, reflecting growth of 46% to 55%
  • Net (loss) income is projected to be $(1.4) million to $7.0 million, or $(0.01) to $0.07 per diluted share, on the basis of approximately 105 million assumed weighted-average fully diluted-shares outstanding
  • Adjusted EBITDA ¹ is projected to be $110.0 million to $122.0 million

• First Quarter of 2022 Outlook:
  • Revenue is projected to be $165.0 million to $170.0 million, reflecting growth of 35% to 39%
  • Net loss is projected to be $(2.1) million to $(1.4) million, or $(0.02) to $(0.01) per diluted share, on the basis of approximately 102 million assumed weighted-average fully diluted-shares outstanding
  • Adjusted EBITDA ¹ is projected to be $23.5 million to $24.5 million

1. Adjusted EBITDA is a financial measure that is not required by, or presented in accordance with, U.S. GAAP. Please see Annex A of this release for a reconciliation of forward-looking Adjusted EBITDA to forward-looking net income, the most directly comparable financial measure stated in accordance with GAAP for the period presented.
   
   

Conference Call Information
Progyny will host a conference call at 4:45 P.M. Eastern Time (1:45 P.M. Pacific Time) today to discuss its financial results. Interested participants from the United States may join by calling 1.866.825.7331 and using conference ID 265484. Participants from international locations may join by calling 1.973.413.6106 and using the same conference ID. A replay of the call will be available until March 7, 2022 at 11:59 P.M. Eastern Time by dialing 1.800.332.6854 (U.S. participants) or 1.973.528.0005 (international) and entering passcode 265484. A live audio webcast of the call and subsequent replay will also be available through the Events & Presentations section of the Company’s Investor Relations website at investors.progyny.com.

About Progyny
Progyny (Nasdaq: PGNY) is a leading fertility benefits management company in the US. We are redefining fertility and family building benefits, proving that a comprehensive and inclusive fertility solution can simultaneously benefit employers, patients, and physicians.

Our benefits solution empowers patients with education and guidance from a dedicated Patient Care Advocate (PCA), provides access to a premier network of fertility specialists using the latest science and technologies, reduces healthcare costs for the nation’s leading employers, and drives optimal clinical outcomes. We envision a world where anyone who wants to have a child can do so.

Headquartered in New York City, Progyny has been recognized for its leadership and growth by CNBC Disruptor 50, Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to Work in Healthcare, Financial Times, INC. 5000, and Crain’s Fast 50 for NYC. For more information, visit www.progyny.com .

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This press release includes forward-looking statements that are based on our management’s beliefs and assumptions and on information currently available to management. We intend such forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions for forward-looking statements contained in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements include, without limitation, statements regarding our positioning to successfully manage the ongoing impact of COVID-19, including variants, and the associated economic uncertainty on our business; the timing of client decisions; our financial outlook for the first quarter and full year 2022, including our expected utilization rates and mix; our ability to retain existing clients and acquire new clients; our plans for, and the timing of, leadership and board changes; and our business strategy, plans, goals and expectations concerning our market position, future operations, and other financial and operating information, including our topline growth and margin expansion. The words “anticipates,”, “assumes,” “believes,” “continues,” “could,” “estimates,” “expects,” “future,” “intends,” “may,” “plans,” “project,” “seeks,” “should,” “will,” and the negative of these or similar terms and phrases are intended to identify forward-looking statements.

Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. These risks include, without limitation, risks related to the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 global pandemic, such as the scope and duration of the outbreak, the spread of new variants, government actions and restrictive measures implemented in response, material delays and cancellations of fertility procedures and other impacts to the business; failure to meet our publicly announced guidance or other expectations about our business; competition in the market in which we operate; our history of operating losses and ability to sustain profitability in the future; our limited operating history and the difficulty in predicting our future results of operations; our ability to attract and retain clients and increase the adoption of services within our client base; the loss of any of our largest client accounts; changes in the technology industry; changes in the health insurance market; negative publicity in the health benefits industry; lags, failures or security breaches in our computer systems or those of our vendors; a significant change in the utilization of our solutions; our ability to offer high-quality support; positive references from our existing clients; our ability to develop and expand our marketing and sales capabilities; the rate of growth of our future revenues; the accuracy of the estimates and assumptions we use to determine the size of target markets; our ability to successfully manage our growth; unfavorable conditions in our industry or the United States economy, such as conditions resulting from outbreaks of contagious diseases, including COVID-19 and variants; reductions in employee benefits spending; seasonal fluctuations in our sales; the adoption of new solutions and services by our clients or members; our ability to innovate and develop new offerings; our ability to adapt and respond to the medical landscape, regulations, client needs, requirements or preferences; our ability to maintain and enhance our brand; our ability to attract and retain members of our management team, key employees, or other qualified personnel; our ability to maintain our company culture; our ability to maintain our Center of Excellence network of healthcare providers; our strategic relationships with and monitoring of third parties; our ability to maintain or any disruption of our pharmacy distribution network; our relationship with key pharmacy program partners or any decline in rebates provided by them; our ability to maintain our relationships with benefits consultants; exposure to credit risk from our members; risks related to government regulation; risks related to potential sales to government entities; our ability to protect our intellectual property rights; risks related to any litigation against us; risks related to acquisitions, strategic investments, partnerships, or alliances; federal tax reform and changes to our effective tax rate; the imposition of state and local state taxes; our ability to utilize a significant portion of our net operating loss or research tax credit carryforwards; our ability to develop or maintain effective internal control over financial reporting and the increased costs of operating as a public company. For a detailed discussion of these and other risk factors, please refer to our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), including in the section entitled “Risk Factors” in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2021, and subsequent reports that we file with the SEC which are available at http://investors.progyny.com and on the SEC’s website at https://www.sec.gov .

Forward-looking statements represent our management’s beliefs and assumptions only as of the date of this press release. Our actual future results could differ materially from what we expect. Except as required by law, we assume no obligation to update these forward-looking statements publicly, or to update the reasons.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures
In addition to disclosing financial measures prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), this press release and the accompanying tables include the non-GAAP financial measures Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA margin, as well as gross margin excluding the impact of stock-based compensation expense.

Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA margin and gross margin excluding the impact of stock-based compensation expense are supplemental financial measures that are not required by, or presented in accordance with, GAAP. We believe that these non-GAAP measures, when taken together with our GAAP financial results, provides meaningful supplemental information regarding our operating performance and facilitates internal comparisons of our historical operating performance on a more consistent basis by excluding certain items that may not be indicative of our business, results of operations or outlook. In particular, we believe that the use of Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA margin and gross margin excluding the impact of stock-based compensation expense are helpful to our investors as they are measures used by management in assessing the health of our business, determining incentive compensation, evaluating our operating performance, and for internal planning and forecasting purposes.

Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA margin and gross margin excluding the impact of stock-based compensation expense are presented for supplemental informational purposes only, have limitations as analytical tools and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for financial information presented in accordance with GAAP. Some of the limitations of Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA margin include: (1) it does not properly reflect capital commitments to be paid in the future; (2) although depreciation and amortization are non-cash charges, the underlying assets may need to be replaced and Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect these capital expenditures; (3) it does not consider the impact of stock-based compensation expense; (4) it does not reflect other non-operating expenses, including other (income) expense, net and interest (income) expense, net; (5) it does not reflect tax payments that may represent a reduction in cash available to us; and (6) it does not include legal fees associated with a vendor arbitration. Gross margin excluding the impact of stock-based compensation expense does not reflect the impact of stock-based compensation, which is an important component of our compensation strategy. In addition, our non-GAAP measures may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies because they may not calculate such measures in the same manner as we calculate these measures, limiting their usefulness as comparative measures. Because of these limitations, when evaluating our performance, you should consider Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA margin and gross margin excluding the impact of stock-based compensation expense alongside other financial performance measures, including our net income, gross margin, and our other GAAP results.

We calculate Adjusted EBITDA as net income, adjusted to exclude depreciation and amortization; stock-based compensation expense; other income; interest income, net; provision for income taxes; and legal fees associated with a vendor arbitration. We calculate Adjusted EBITDA margin as Adjusted EBITDA divided by revenue. Please see Annex A: “Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Measures” elsewhere in this press release.

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Costs of Services, Gross Margin and Operating Expenses Excluding Stock-Based Compensation Calculation
The following table provides a reconciliation of cost of services, gross profit, sales and marketing and general and administrative expenses to each of these measures excluding the impact of stock-based compensation expense for each of the periods presented:

Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin on Incremental Revenue Calculation
The following table provides a reconciliation of net income to Adjusted EBITDA for each of the periods presented:

Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Guidance for the Three Months Ending March 31, 2022 and Year Ending December 31, 2022

* All of the numbers in the table above reflect our future outlook as of the date hereof.  Net income and Adjusted EBITDA ranges do not reflect any estimate for other potential activities and transactions, nor do they contemplate any discrete income tax items, including the income tax impact related to equity compensation activity.