The Beachbody Company, Inc. Announces Q4 and FY 2023 Financial Results; Expects Positive Cash Flow from Operating Activities and Free Cash Flow in Q1 2024

The Beachbody Company, Inc. (NYSE: BODi) (“BODi” or the “Company”), a leading subscription health and wellness company, today announced financial results for its fourth quarter ended December 31, 2023.

"2023 was a transformational year at BODi. Our turnaround plan successfully simplified our digital platform, lowering our breakeven point and enhancing our liquidity position,” said Carl Daikeler, BODi’s Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer. "In 2024, our objective is fostering more profitable revenue streams and sustainable free cash flows, with a renewed focus on reshaping our nutrition business. Our accomplishments in 2023 set the foundation for continued execution of our turnaround in 2024. We expect to have positive cash flow from operating activities and free cash flow in the first quarter.”

Fourth Quarter 2023 Results

• Total revenue was $119.0 million compared to $148.2 million in the prior year period and exceeded the high end of the guidance range.
  • Digital revenue was $64.0 million compared to $68.7 million in the prior year period and digital subscriptions totaled 1.31 million in the fourth quarter.
  • Nutrition and Other revenue was $51.8 million compared to $74.7 million in the prior year period and nutritional subscriptions totaled 0.16 million in the fourth quarter.
  • Connected Fitness revenue was $3.2 million compared to $4.7 million in the prior year period and approximately 4,100 bikes were delivered in the fourth quarter.
• Total operating expenses were $134.3 million, which included a $43.1 million impairment of goodwill and intangible assets, compared to $132.8 million in the prior year period, which included an $18.9 million impairment of intangible assets.
• Operating loss increased by $12.2 million to $60.4 million compared to an operating loss of $48.1 million in the prior year period.
• Net loss was $65.0 million, which included a $43.1 million impairment of goodwill and intangible assets, compared to a net loss of $44.9 million in the prior year period, which included an $18.9 million impairment of intangible assets.
• Adjusted EBITDA¹ was $2.8 million compared to $3.5 million in the prior year period.

Full Year 2023 Results

• Total revenue was $527.1 million compared to $692.2 million in the prior year.
  • Digital revenue was $258.4 million compared to $300.7 million in the prior year.
  • Nutrition and Other revenue was $249.5 million compared to $353.3 million in the prior year.
  • Connected Fitness revenue was $19.2 million compared to $38.2 million in the prior year and approximately 20,850 bikes were delivered in 2023.
• Total operating expenses were $464.1 million, which included a $43.1 million impairment of goodwill and intangible assets, compared to $572.7 million in the prior year, which included a $19.9 million impairment of intangible assets.
• Operating loss decreased by $62.2 million to $141.0 million compared to an operating loss of $203.2 million in the prior year.
• Net loss was $152.6 million, which included a $43.1 million impairment of goodwill and intangible assets, compared to a net loss of $194.2 million in the prior year, which included a $19.9 million impairment of intangible assets.
• Adjusted EBITDA¹ was $(8.7) million compared to $(23.3) million in the prior year.
• Cash used in operating activities for the year ended December 31, 2023 was $22.5 million compared to $47.2 million in the prior year, and cash used in investing activities was $10.8 million compared to $26.5 million in the prior year. Total cash used in operating activities minus the purchase of property and equipment, which we call free cash flow, was $29.1 million compared to $73.7 million in the prior year.

Marc Suidan, Chief Financial Officer, stated: "With our new cost structure in place, we should have positive free cash flow in the first quarter of 2024. We have significantly reduced our breakeven point and are projecting to achieve approximately $200 million in fixed costs and capital expenditure savings in 2024 over 2021. The annualized cost savings increased from approximately $165 million in 2023 to an estimate of approximately $200 million in 2024, as compared to our 2021 cost structure."

Key Operational and Business Metrics

Outlook for The First Quarter of 2024

¹ A definition of Adjusted EBITDA and reconciliation to net loss is at the end of this release.

Conference Call and Webcast Information

BODi will host a conference call at 5:00pm ET on Monday, March 11, 2024, to discuss its financial results and matters other than past results, such as guidance. To participate in the live call, please dial (833) 470-1428 (U.S. & Canada), or +1 (929) 526-1599 (all other locations) and provide the conference identification number: 485492. The conference call will also be available to interested parties through a live webcast at https://investors.thebeachbodycompany.com/.

A replay of the call will be available until March 18, 2024, by dialing (866) 813-9403 (U.S. & Canada), or + 44 (204) 525-0658 (all other locations). The replay passcode is 109802.

After the conference call, a webcast replay will remain available on the investor relations section of the Company’s website for one year.

About BODi and The Beachbody Company, Inc.

Originally known as Beachbody, BODi has been innovating structured step-by-step home fitness and nutrition programs for 25 years such as P90X, Insanity, and 21-Day Fix, plus the first premium superfood nutrition supplement, Shakeology. Headquartered in El Segundo, California, BODi helps people feel great while they pursue extraordinary life-changing results. The BODi community represents millions of people helping each other stay accountable to goals of healthy weight loss, improved strength and energy, and resilient mental and physical well-being.

Ticker Symbol Changed to BODi 

On March 4, 2024, the Company transitioned its stock ticker from "BODY" to "BODi" on the NYSE, in line with its rebrand from Beachbody to BODi. There were no changes made to the CUSIP or the stock's listing status on the NYSE.

Safe Harbor Statement

This press release of The Beachbody Company, Inc. (“we,” “us,” “our,” and similar terms) 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, which are statements other than statements of historical facts and statements in future tense. These statements include but are not limited to, statements regarding our future performance and our market opportunity, including expected financial results for the second quarter and full year, our business strategy, our plans, and our objectives and future operations.

Forward-looking statements are based upon various estimates and assumptions, as well as information known to us as of the date hereof, and are subject to risks and uncertainties. Accordingly, actual results could differ materially due to a variety of factors, including: our ability to effectively compete in the fitness and nutrition industries; our ability to successfully acquire and integrate new operations; our reliance on a few key products; market conditions and global and economic factors beyond our control; intense competition and competitive pressures from other companies worldwide in the industries in which we operate; and litigation and the ability to adequately protect our intellectual property rights. You can identify these statements by the use of terminology such as "believe", “plans”, "expect", "will", "should," "could", "estimate", "anticipate" or similar forward-looking terms. You should not rely on these forward-looking statements as they involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to vary materially from the forward-looking statements. For more information regarding the risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in these forward-looking statements, as well as risks relating to our business in general, we refer you to the "Risk Factors" section of our Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings, including those risks and uncertainties included in the Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 11, 2024 and any subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q or Current Reports on Form 8-K, which are available on the Investor Relations page of our website at https://investors.thebeachbodycompany.com and on the SEC website at www.sec.gov.

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We use Adjusted EBITDA, which is a non-GAAP performance measure, to supplement our results presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP"). We believe Adjusted EBITDA is useful in evaluating our operating performance, as it is similar to measures reported by our public competitors and is regularly used by security analysts, institutional investors, and other interested parties in analyzing operating performance and prospects. Adjusted EBITDA is not intended to be a substitute for any GAAP financial measure and, as calculated, may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures of performance of other companies in other industries or within the same industry.

We define and calculate Adjusted EBITDA as net income (loss) adjusted for impairment of goodwill and intangible assets, depreciation and amortization, amortization of capitalized cloud computing implementation costs, amortization of content assets, interest expense, income tax provision (benefit), equity-based compensation, and other items that are not normal, recurring, operating expenses necessary to operate the Company’s business as described in the reconciliation below.

We include this non-GAAP financial measure because it is used by management to evaluate BODi’s core operating performance and trends and to make strategic decisions regarding the allocation of capital and new investments. Adjusted EBITDA excludes certain expenses that are required in accordance with GAAP because they are non-cash (for example, in the case of depreciation and amortization, impairment of goodwill and intangible assets and equity-based compensation) or are not related to our underlying business performance (for example, in the case of restructuring costs, interest income and expense).

The table below presents our Adjusted EBITDA reconciled to our net loss, the closest GAAP measure, for the periods indicated:

¹ Represents the loss related to the $15.0 million partial debt prepayment that the Company made on July 24, 2023.

² The non-cash charge for employee incentives which were expected to be settled in equity was recorded and included in the Adjusted EBITDA calculation during the year ended December 31, 2022. During the three months ended March 31, 2023, we reclassified the non-cash charge from employee incentives expected to be settled in equity to equity-based compensation because we settled certain employee incentives with restricted stock unit awards during the period.

³ Represents a non-cash expense to reduce the carrying value of our connected fitness inventory and related future commitments. This adjustment was included during the three months and year ended December 31, 2022, because of its unusual magnitude due to disruptions in the connected fitness market.

⁴ Includes restructuring expense and personnel costs associated with executing our key growth priorities during the year ended December 31, 2023, and with the consolidation of our digital platforms during the three months and year ended December 31, 2022. The costs primarily relates to termination benefits related to headcount reductions.

⁵ Primarily includes interest income.

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