Life360 reports CY 2023 results

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — San Francisco area-based Life360, Inc. (Life360 or the Company) (ASX: 360) today reported audited financial results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2023. Life360 Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Chris Hulls said: “We are incredibly proud that more than 61 million monthly active users (MAU) globally enjoy the peace of mind that comes with the location sharing and safety features of Life360. In CY23 we made significant strides in our member experience, showing our users what their family members are up to, whether they’re driving, walking or biking. We put pets and other valuables on the map with Tile, all in the service of our mission to keep people close to the ones they love.

“At the same time we made meaningful progress on our path to profitability as we significantly reduced our net loss, and achieved a major milestone by delivering our first full year of positive Adjusted EBITDA1 and Operating Cash Flow. We are excited to continue building on our leading global position in location sharing, and see exciting opportunities in CY24 and beyond to broaden our reach and deepen engagement with our members. We look forward to bringing the benefits of our subscriptions to more markets globally, and creating new revenue streams that utilize the scale and quality of our member base.

“In 2023, we delivered on our commitment to balance fiscal responsibility and prudent investment to position the business for long-term success. We delivered YoY revenue growth of 33% while GAAP operating expenses increased only 4% YoY. We met or exceeded all of the guidance metrics we provided to the market for CY23.”

Looking forward to CY24, we are excited to announce the creation of a new advertising revenue stream that offers partners unparalleled reach to Life360’s enormous free user base, and more than 20 million daily active users (DAU) connecting with their families and friends. We have consistently spoken of the potential that our investment in the core user experience, and the scaling of our MAU base, would provide for the future. We are encouraged by the success of early testing and see the opportunity to deliver an attractive platform to advertisers, while continuing to provide a great user experience.

CY23 Financial Highlights 

Revenue of $305 million, a YoY increase of 33%, in line with guidance of $300 million – $310 million;
Core Life360 subscription revenue2 of $200 million, up 52% YoY, ahead of guidance for more than a 50% YoY increase;
Net loss of $28.2 million, a $63.5 million improvement from CY22;
Positive Adjusted EBITDA of $20.6 million ahead of guidance of $12 million – $16 million, with consistent Positive Adjusted EBITDA delivered in each quarter of CY23;
Positive Operating Cash Flow (OCF) of $7.5 million, a $64.6 million improvement versus CY22;
Year-end cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash of $70.7 million up from $63.7 million at the end of Q3’23

CY23 Operating Highlights and CY24 Outlook

Significant CY23 operating leverage with revenue growth of $76.2 million on an operating expense increase of $9.6 million, yielding increasing Adjusted EBITDA margins and positive Adjusted EBITDA in each quarter.
Global Monthly Active Users (MAU) grew nearly 13 million or 26% to 61.4 million, driven by ongoing investment in our core location sharing experience.
International MAU grew 7 million, or 40% YoY to 24.6 million as we increased the speed and responsiveness of the app, and achieved international feature parity with the U.S.
Global Paying Circles grew to 1.8 million, up 21% YoY, despite significant price increases implemented in Q3/Q4’22 and Q2’23, underscoring the value our subscribers perceive in the Life360 services. Q4’23 net subscriber additions were 54 thousand.
U.S. Average Revenue Per Paying Circle (ARPPC) increased 32% YoY, driven by price increases.
International Paying Circles increased 43% YoY to 474 thousand, benefiting from strong growth in both the UK and Australia.
Triple Tier Membership launched in the UK in October, with an Australian launch planned for Q2’24.
Looking forward to CY24, we are pursuing new value-added revenue streams including advertising, utilizing Life360’s enormous free user base. We expect some set-up costs in the first half of CY24, and a modest revenue contribution in the second half of the year.
CY24 guidance: Consolidated revenue of $365–$375 million; Adjusted EBITDA2 of $30 million – $35 million; EBITDA loss of $(8) million – $(13) million; year-end cash balance of $80 million – $90 million.

Key Performance Indicators

Global MAU increased 26% YoY to 61.4 million, with Q4’23 net additions of 3.0 million. U.S. MAU increased 19% YoY, with Q4’23 net adds of 1.4 million. International MAU were 40% higher YoY, with Q4’23 net adds of 1.6 million. Australian MAU increased 36% YoY to 1.9 million.
Q4’23 Paying Circle net additions of 54 thousand reflected usual quarterly seasonality and natural churn following Q3’23’s record-breaking growth. U.S. Paying Circles increased 14% YoY despite the effect of price increases implemented from August 2022. Our U.S. Membership plan subscribers comprise Silver 15%, Gold 81% and Platinum 4% of total.
International Paying Circles maintained strong momentum, up 43% YoY. The UK delivered a 47% YoY increase in Paying Circles and Australia achieved a 51% YoY increase. Triple Tier Membership launched in the UK in October with plans on track for a Triple Tier launch in Australia in Q2’24.
Q4’23 global ARPPC increased 17% YoY and 4% QoQ. The benefit from U.S. price increases implemented from August 2022 saw Q4’23 U.S. ARPPC increase 24% YoY.

Operating Results

Revenue

Q4’23 Consolidated subscription revenue increased 32% YoY (including hardware subscriptions) to $59.8 million. Life360 core subscription revenue increased 40% YoY supported by the 21% YoY increase in Paying Circles, and 17% higher ARPPC, as a result of the price increases described above. CY23 Consolidated subscription revenue growth of 44% was underpinned by Core Life360 subscription revenue which increased 52% YoY, ahead of guidance of 50%.
Q4’23 Hardware revenue delivered a seasonal uplift versus Q3, increasing 8% YoY to $21.1 million driven by lower returns and channel marketing versus Q4’23. CY23 Non-GAAP hardware revenue6 growth of 14% was in line with guidance, with GAAP hardware revenue growth of 21% benefiting from the contribution from bundling.
Q4’23 Other revenue of $6.1 million was in line with the prior period reflecting the terms associated with the single data partnership. CY23 revenue of $25.5 million was in line with guidance of approximately $26 million.
December AMR increased 22% YoY, cycling a very strong December 2022 base which included the impact of the U.S. price increases.

Gross Profit

Q4’23 gross profit margin increased to 69% from 63% in the prior year period, reflecting the improvement in subscription only margins to 86% due to higher pricing. CY23 gross margins increased from 65% to 73% due to higher prices as well as the significant YoY improvement in Hardware gross margins which benefited from successful initiatives and a favorable return adjustment recorded in Q2’23.

Q4’23 operating expenses increased 12% YoY, largely due to higher general and administrative costs primarily arising from increased accounting costs related to Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, and higher legal expenses. Commissions were higher YoY in line with the growth in subscription revenue. CY23 operating expenses increased 4% for the year, benefiting from a 1% reduction in R&D expenses which reflected cost reduction measures undertaken in Q1’23.

EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA7

Q4’23 delivered a positive Adjusted EBITDA contribution of $8.9 million versus $1.6 million in the prior corresponding period as a result of continued strong subscription revenue growth, higher hardware revenue, improved margins and continuing cost efficiencies. These same drivers supported the $60.7 million improvement in Adjusted EBITDA in CY23.

Balance Sheet and Cash Flow 

Life360 ended Q4’23 with cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash of $70.7 million, with unrestricted cash increasing by $7.1 million from Q3’23. Q4’23 operating cash flow of $9.0 million was offset by $1.0 million used in investing activities related to payments for internally developed software, and $0.9 million used in financing activities related to taxes paid for the net settlement of equity awards, offset by proceeds from the exercise of options.
Q4’23 net cash provided by operating activities of $9.0 million was largely in line with Adjusted EBITDA of $8.9 million.
In CY23, cash and cash equivalents decreased by $19.7 million from CY22. CY23 operating cash flow of $7.5 million was offset by $2.2 million used in investing activities and $25.0 million used in financing activities.
CY23 cash provided by operating activities of $7.5 million saw a differential to Adjusted EBITDA of $20.6 million due to timing of receipts, manufacturing payments, and Q1 restructuring costs.

Earnings Guidance8

For CY24 Life360 expects to deliver the following metrics which include both the early revenue, and set-up costs, for the new advertising business:

Consolidated revenue of $365 million – $375 million, with core Life360 subscription revenue growth of at least 20% YoY;
Positive Adjusted EBITDA9 of $30 million – $35 million;
EBITDA7 loss of $(8) million to $(13) million;
Positive Operating Cash Flow for each quarter of CY24, with the usual seasonal low point in Q1;
Year-end cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash of $80 million – $90 million.

The company expects to continue to be Adjusted EBITDA positive on a quarterly basis going forward, and to achieve positive EBITDA in the first half of CY25.

Investor Conference Call

A conference call will be held today at 9.30am AEDT, Friday 1 March 2024 (Thursday 29 February U.S. PT at 2.30pm). The call will be held as a Zoom audio webinar.

Participants wishing to ask a question should register and join via their browser here. Participants joining via telephone will be in listen only mode.

Dial in details

Australia: +61 2 8015 6011
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Meeting ID: 951 2669 6840

A replay will be available after the call at https://investors.life360.com 

Authorization

Chris Hulls, Director, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Life360 authorized this announcement being given to ASX.

About Life360

Life360 delivers peace of mind for families of all types. The company’s category leading mobile app and Tile tracking devices help members protect the people, pets and things they care about most, with a range of services including location sharing, safe driver reports, and crash detection with emergency dispatch. Life360 is based in San Mateo and has approximately 61 million monthly active users (MAU) located in more than 150 countries. For more information, please visit life360.com and Tile.com.

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Forward-looking statements

This announcement and the accompanying conference call contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Life360 intends such forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions for forward-looking statements contained in Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These forward-looking statements regarding Life360’s intentions, objectives, plans, expectations, assumptions and beliefs about future events, including Life360’s expectations with respect to the financial and operating performance of its business, including subscription revenue, hardware revenue, advertising revenue, other revenue, consolidated revenue and ability to create new revenue streams, such as advertising; Adjusted EBITDA, and operating cash flow; its capital position; future growth; the impact of past price increases on future results of operations and subscriber churn; scaling its MAU base; its ability to continue building on its leading global position and the strategic value and opportunities for global expansion; operating cost savings, including through reduced commissions; as well as Life360’s expectations of any changes to the information disclosed herein. The words “anticipate”, “believe”, “expect”, “project”, “predict”, “will”, “forecast”, “estimate”, “likely”, “intend”, “outlook”, “should”, “could”, “may”, “target”, “plan” and other similar expressions can generally be used to identify forward-looking statements. Indications of, and guidance or outlook on, future earnings or financial position or performance are also forward-looking statements. Investors and prospective investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements as they involve inherent risk and uncertainty (both general and specific) and should note that they are provided as a general guide only and should not be relied on as an indication or guarantee of future performance. There is a risk that such predictions, forecasts, projections and other forward-looking statements will …

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