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GoHealth Reports First Quarter 2024 Results

CHICAGO, May 09, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — GoHealth, Inc. (NASDAQ: GOCO) (“GoHealth” or the “Company”), a leading health insurance marketplace and Medicare-focused digital health company, today announced financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2024.

First Quarter Highlights

Regulatory Updates

“Our first quarter results exceeded our expectations and highlight our team’s ability to be innovative and resilient amongst market conditions. The proactive work we have done to drive consumer centricity has been instrumental in our ability to navigate the ever-evolving regulatory landscape. Our model is aligned with CMS’s intentions to protect consumers, and the work we have done has prepared us well for the current regulations and those likely to come,” said Vijay Kotte, CEO of GoHealth. “Looking ahead, we remain committed to leveraging our insights and technology to further improve the healthcare journey for consumers, ensuring they have the support they need to make informed decisions.”

“While we realize that rewarding agents for doing the right thing may not maximize revenue in the short term, we stand by our belief that PlanFit is an investment in the consumer that will pay off long-term,” said Jason Schulz, CFO of GoHealth. “This alignment of improved financial outcomes with our consumer-first philosophy supports our strategic direction. We remain committed to leveraging technology for better healthcare decisions, as we are poised to drive both sustained profitability and positive consumer impact in the years to come.

(1) Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP measure. For a definition of Adjusted EBITDA and a reconciliation to the most comparable GAAP measure, please see below.

Conference Call Details

The Company will host a conference call today, Thursday, May 9, 2024 at 8:00 a.m. (ET) to discuss its financial results. Participants can pre-register for the conference call at the following link: https://register.vevent.com/register/BI3893cf432a644987bbaaed690971a174. A live audio webcast of the conference call will be available via GoHealth’s Investor Relations website, https://investors.gohealth.com/. A replay of the call will be available via webcast for on-demand listening shortly after the completion of the call.

About GoHealth, Inc.

GoHealth is a leading health insurance marketplace and Medicare-focused digital health company whose purpose is to compassionately ensure consumers’ peace of mind when making healthcare decisions so they can focus on living life. For many of these consumers, enrolling in a health insurance plan is confusing and difficult, and seemingly small differences between health plans may lead to significant out-of-pocket costs or lack of access to critical providers and medicines. GoHealth’s proprietary technology platform leverages modern machine-learning algorithms, powered by over two decades of insurance purchasing behavior, to reimagine the process of matching a health plan to a consumer’s specific needs. Its unbiased, technology-driven marketplace coupled with highly skilled licensed agents has facilitated the enrollment of millions of consumers in Medicare plans since GoHealth’s inception. For more information, visit https://www.gohealth.com.

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Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (the “Securities Act”) and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). These forward-looking statements are made in reliance upon the safe harbor provision of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements other than statements of historical facts contained in this press release may be forward-looking statements. Statements regarding our future results of operations and financial position, business strategy and plans and objectives of management for future operations, including, among others, statements regarding our expected growth, future capital expenditures and debt service obligations, are forward-looking statements.

In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terms such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “aims,” “expects,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “could,” “intends,” “targets,” “projects,” “contemplates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential,” “likely,” “future” or “continue” or the negative of these terms or other similar expressions. The forward-looking statements in this press release are only predictions, projections and other statements about future events that are based on current expectations and assumptions. Accordingly, we caution you that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to risks, assumptions and uncertainties that are difficult to predict. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable as of the date made, actual results may prove to be materially different from the results expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements.

These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release and are subject to a number of important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements, including the factors described in the sections titled “Summary Risk Factors,” “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 (“2023 Annual Report on Form 10-K”) and in our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The factors described in our 2023 Annual Report on Form 10-K should not be construed as exhaustive and should be read together with the other cautionary statements included in this press release, as well as the cautionary statements and other risk factors set forth in the forthcoming Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the first quarter ended March 31, 2024 and our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

You should read this press release and the documents that we reference in this press release completely and with the understanding that our actual future results may be materially different from what we expect. We qualify all of our forward-looking statements by these cautionary statements. Except as required by applicable law, we do not plan to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements contained herein, whether as a result of any new information, future events, changed circumstances or otherwise.

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Key Performance Indicators

In this press release we use supplemental measures of our performance that are derived from our consolidated financial information, but which are not presented in our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements prepared in accordance with GAAP. These non-GAAP financial measures include net income (loss) before interest expense, income tax (benefit) expense and depreciation and amortization expense, or EBITDA; Adjusted EBITDA; Cash Adjusted EBITDA; Adjusted EBITDA margin; Sales per Submission; Cost per Submission and Adjusted Gross Margin per Submission. Adjusted EBITDA is the primary financial performance measure used by management to evaluate the business and monitor the results of operations. Cash Adjusted EBITDA is used by management to assess Adjusted EBITDA excluding the effect of LTV estimates period over period. Sales per Submission, Cost per Submission and Adjusted Gross Margin per Submission are key operating metrics used by management to understand the Company’s underlying financial performance and trends.

Additional non-GAAP financial measures, including net revenues excluding the Lookback Adjustments, Adjusted EBITDA excluding the Lookback Adjustments, net revenues excluding both the Non-Encompass BPO Services revenue and the Lookback Adjustments and Adjusted EBITDA excluding both the Non-Encompass BPO Services gross margin and the Lookback Adjustments, are also included in this presentation. The Lookback Adjustments are revenue adjustments that represent changes in estimates relating to performance obligations satisfied in prior periods and relate to fiscal years 2021 and prior.

Adjusted EBITDA represents, as applicable for the period, EBITDA as further adjusted for certain items summarized in the table below. Adjusted EBITDA margin represents Adjusted EBITDA divided by net revenues. Cash Adjusted EBITDA represents Adjusted EBITDA plus a decrease or less an increase in the period over period change in our net contract assets. Sales per Submission represents Medicare Revenue per Submission as further adjusted for certain items summarized in the table furnished below in this press release. Cost per Submission represents Operating Expense per Submission as further adjusted for certain items summarized in the table furnished below in this press release. Adjusted Gross Margin represents Sales per Submission less Cost per Submission.

We use non-GAAP financial measures to supplement financial information presented on a GAAP basis. We believe that excluding certain items from our GAAP results allows management to better understand our consolidated financial performance from period to period and better project our future consolidated financial performance as forecasts are developed at a level of detail different from that used to prepare GAAP-based financial measures. Moreover, we believe these non-GAAP financial measures provide our stakeholders with useful information to help them evaluate our operating results by facilitating an enhanced understanding of our operating performance and enabling them to make more meaningful period to period comparisons. Adjusted EBITDA is used as a basis for certain compensation programs sponsored by the Company. There are limitations to the use of the non-GAAP financial measures presented in this press release. For example, our non-GAAP financial measures may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies. Other companies, including companies in our industry, may calculate non-GAAP financial measures differently than we do, limiting the usefulness of those measures for comparative purposes.

The non-GAAP financial measures are not meant to be considered as indicators of performance in isolation from or as a substitute for the most directly comparable measures prepared in accordance with GAAP, and should be read only in conjunction with financial information presented on a GAAP basis. Reconciliations of each of EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Cash Adjusted EBITDA, Sales per Submission, Cost per Submission and Adjusted Gross Margin per Submission to its most directly comparable GAAP financial measure, are presented in the tables furnished below in this press release. We encourage you to review the reconciliations in conjunction with the presentation of the non-GAAP financial measures for each of the periods presented. In future periods, we may exclude similar items, may incur income and expenses similar to these excluded items and may include other expenses, costs and non-routine items.

Key Terms and Performance Indicators; Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Throughout this press release, we use a number of key terms and provide a number of key performance indicators used by management. We define these terms and key performance indicators as follows:

The following tables set forth the components of our results of operations for the periods indicated (unaudited):

    Three months ended Mar. 31,        
      2024       2023          
(in thousands, except percentages and per share amounts)   Dollars   % of Net Revenues   Dollars   % of Net Revenues   $ Change   % Change
Net revenues   $ 185,600     100.0 %   $ 183,158     100.0 %   $ 2,442     1.3 %
Operating expenses:                        
Revenue share     38,013     20.5 %     45,462     24.8 %     (7,449 )   (16.4 )%
Marketing and advertising     52,775     28.4 %     45,743     25.0 %     7,032     15.4 %
Consumer care and enrollment     47,861     25.8 %     42,027     22.9 %     5,834     13.9 %
Technology     10,550     5.7 %     9,543     5.2 %     1,007     10.6 %
General and administrative     16,919     9.1 %     22,618     12.3 %     (5,699 )   (25.2 )%
Amortization of intangible assets     23,514     12.7 %     23,514     12.8 %         %
Total operating expenses     189,632     102.2 %     188,907     103.1 %     725     0.4 %
Income (loss) from operations     (4,032 )   (2.2 )%     (5,749 )   (3.1 )%     1,717     (29.9 )%
Interest expense     17,951     9.7 %     16,891     9.2 %     1,060     6.3 %
Other (income) expense, net     (566 )   (0.3 )%     (53 )   %     (513 )   967.9 %
Income (loss) before income taxes     (21,417 )   (11.5 )%     (22,587 )   (12.3 )%     1,170     (5.2 )%
Income tax (benefit) expense     (71 )   %     (44 )   %     (27 )   61.4 %
Net income (loss)   $ (21,346 )   (11.5 )%   $ (22,543 )   (12.3 )%   $ 1,197     (5.3 )%
Net income (loss) attributable to non-controlling interests     (12,130 )   (6.5 )%     (13,364 )   (7.3 )%     1,234     (9.2 )%
Net income (loss) attributable to GoHealth, Inc.   $ (9,216 )   (5.0 )%   $ (9,179 )   (5.0 )%   $ (37 )   0.4 %
Net income (loss) per share:                        
Net income (loss) per share of Class A common stock — basic and diluted   $ (1.04 )       $ (1.12 )            
Weighted-average shares of Class A common stock outstanding — basic and diluted     9,715           8,965              
Non-GAAP financial measures:                        
EBITDA   $ 22,780         $ 20,571              
Adjusted EBITDA   $ 26,894         $ 28,778              
Adjusted EBITDA margin     14.5 %         15.7 %            
                                 

The following tables set forth the reconciliations of GAAP net income (loss) to EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA for the periods indicated (unaudited):

    Three months ended Mar. 31,
(in thousands)     2024       2023  
Net revenues   $ 185,600     $ 183,158  
Net income (loss)     (21,346 )     (22,543 )
Interest expense     17,951       16,891  
Income tax expense (benefit)     (71 )     (44 )
Depreciation and amortization expense     26,246       26,267  
EBITDA     22,780       20,571  
Share-based compensation expense (benefit)(1)     1,783       6,584  
Legal fees(2)     503       1,623  
Severance costs(3)     1,828        
Adjusted EBITDA   $ 26,894     $ 28,778  
Adjusted EBITDA margin     14.5 %     15.7 %
                 

(1) Represents non-cash share-based compensation expense (benefit) relating to equity awards as well as share-based compensation expense (benefit) relating to liability classified awards that will be settled in cash.
(2) Represents legal fees, settlement accruals and other expenses related to certain litigation, Credit Agreement amendments and other non-routine legal or regulatory matters
(3) Represents severance costs and associated fees associated with a reduction in workforce.

The following table summarizes net revenues and Adjusted EBITDA excluding the Non-Encompass BPO Services for the periods indicated (unaudited):

    Three months ended Mar. 31,
(in thousands)     2024       2023  
Net revenues   $ 185,600     $ 183,158  
Exit of Non-Encompass BPO Services           (6,794 )
Net revenues excluding Non-Encompass BPO Services     185,600       176,364  
         
Adjusted EBITDA   $ 26,894     $ 28,778  
Exit of Non-Encompass BPO Services           (1,402 )
Adjusted EBITDA excluding Non-Encompass BPO Services   $ 26,894     $ 27,376  
Adjusted EBITDA margin excluding Non-Encompass BPO Services     14.5 %     15.5 %
                 

The following table sets forth the reconciliations of Adjusted EBITDA to Cash Adjusted EBITDA for the periods indicated (unaudited):

    Three months ended Mar. 31,
(in thousands)     2024       2023  
Adjusted EBITDA   $ 26,894     $ 28,778  
Beginning commissions receivable     911,697       1,031,433  
Beginning commissions payable     (321,987 )     (375,141 )
Beginning net contract assets     589,710       656,292  
Ending commissions receivable     843,127       936,804  
Ending commissions payable     (296,549 )     (329,435 )
Ending net contract assets     546,578       607,369  
(Increase)/decrease in contract assets     43,132       48,923  
Cash Adjusted EBITDA   $ 70,026     $ 77,701  
                 

The table below depicts the disaggregation of revenue and is consistent with how the Company evaluates its financial performance (unaudited):

    Three months ended Mar. 31,
(in thousands)     2024       2023  
Medicare Revenue        
Agency Revenue        
Commission Revenue(1)   $ 79,733     $ 97,531  
Partner Marketing and Other Revenue     19,391       27,124  
Total Agency Revenue     99,124       124,655  
Non-Agency Revenue     85,902       44,972  
Total Medicare Revenue     185,026       169,627  
Other Revenue        
Non-Encompass BPO Services Revenue           6,794  
Other Revenue     574       6,737  
Total Other Revenue     574       13,531  
Total Net Revenues   $ 185,600     $ 183,158  

(1) Commission revenue excludes commissions generated through the Company’s Non-Encompass BPO Services as well as from the sale of individual and family plan insurance products.

The following table summarizes share-based compensation expense (benefit) by operating function for the periods indicated (unaudited):

    Three months ended Mar. 31,
(in thousands)     2024       2023  
Marketing and advertising   $ 76     $ 66  
Customer care and enrollment     324       604  
Technology     239       767  
General and administrative(1)     1,144       5,147  
Total share-based compensation expense (benefit)   $ 1,783     $ 6,584  

(1) For the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, share-based compensation expense includes expense related to the stock appreciation rights (“SARs”), which are liability classified awards.

The following table sets forth our balance sheets for the periods indicated (unaudited):

(in thousands, except per share amounts)   Mar. 31, 2024   Dec. 31, 2023
Assets        
Current assets:        
Cash and cash equivalents   $ 97,818     $ 90,809  
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $6 in 2024 and $27 in 2023     9,226       250  
Commissions receivable – current     269,799       336,215  
Prepaid expense and other current assets     20,254       49,166  
Total current assets     397,097       476,440  
Commissions receivable – non-current     573,328       575,482  
Operating lease ROU asset     21,008       21,995  
Other long-term assets     2,118       2,256  
Property, equipment, and capitalized software, net     28,667       26,843  
Intangible assets, net     373,040       396,554  
Total assets   $ 1,395,258     $ 1,499,570  
Liabilities, Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock and Stockholders’ Equity        
Current liabilities:        
Accounts payable   $ 5,773     $ 17,705  
Accrued liabilities     66,595       86,254  
Commissions payable – current     94,896       118,732  
Short-term operating lease liability     5,309       5,797  
Deferred revenue     38,723       52,403  
Current portion of long-term debt     75,000       75,000  
Other current liabilities     13,707       14,122  
Total current liabilities     300,003       370,013  
Non-current liabilities:        
Commissions payable – non-current     201,653       203,255  
Long-term operating lease liability     38,198       39,547  
Long-term debt, net of current portion     410,324       422,705  
Other non-current liabilities     9,247       9,095  
Total non-current liabilities     659,422       674,602  
Commitments and Contingencies        
Series A redeemable convertible preferred stock — $0.0000 par value; 50 shares authorized; 50 shares issued and outstanding as of both March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023. Liquidation preference of $51.9 million and $50.9 million as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively.     50,193       49,302  
Stockholders’ equity:        
Class A common stock – $0.0000 par value; 1,100,000 shares authorized; 10,160 and 9,823 shares issued; 9,898 and 9,651 shares outstanding as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively.     1       1  
Class B common stock – $0.0000 par value; 615,987 and 616,018 shares authorized; 12,783 and 12,814 shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively.     1       1  
Preferred stock – $0.0001 par value; 20,000 shares authorized (including 50 shares of Series A redeemable convertible preferred stock authorized and 200 shares of Series A-1 convertible preferred stock authorized); 50 shares issued and outstanding as of both March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023.            
Series A-1 convertible preferred stock— $0.0001 par value; 200 shares authorized; no shares issued and outstanding as of both March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023.            
Treasury stock – at cost; 262 and 173 shares of Class A common stock as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively.     (3,582 )     (2,640 )
Additional paid-in capital     659,080       654,059  
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)     (129 )     (127 )
Accumulated deficit     (429,496 )     (420,280 )
Total stockholders’ equity attributable to GoHealth, Inc.     225,875       231,014  
Non-controlling interests     159,765       174,639  
Total stockholders’ equity     385,640       405,653  
Total liabilities, redeemable convertible preferred stock and stockholders’ equity   $ 1,395,258     $ 1,499,570  
                 

The following table sets forth the net cash provided by (used in) operating activities for the periods presented (unaudited):

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities   Three months ended Mar. 31,   Trailing Twelve Months ended Mar. 31,
    2024       2023       2024       2023  
  $ 12,512     $ 20,479     $ 101,174     $ 26,897  
                                 

In addition to traditional financial metrics, we rely upon certain business and operating metrics to evaluate our business performance and facilitate our operations. Below are the most relevant business and operating metrics, besides EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and Cash Adjusted EBITDA for our single operating and reportable segment.

The following tables set forth the reconciliations of Medicare Revenue per Submission, Operating Expense per Submission, and Gross Margin per Submission to Sales per Submission, Cost Per Submission, and Adjusted Gross Margin per Submission for the periods indicated (unaudited):

  Three months ended Mar. 31,
    2024       2023  
Sales per Submission      
Medicare Revenue per Submission $ 856     $ 794  
Sales per Submission $ 856     $ 794  
       
Cost per Submission      
Operating Expense per Submission $ 877     $ 884  
Indirect operating expenses(1)   (235 )     (261 )
Exit of Non-Encompass BPO Services         (25 )
Share-based compensation expense(2)   (2 )     (6 )
Cost per Submission $ 640     $ 592  
       
Gross Margin per Submission(3) $ (21 )   $ (90 )
Adjusted Gross Margin per Submission(4) $ 216     $ 202  
               

(1) Indirect operating expenses include technology, general and administrative, amortization of intangible assets, operating lease impairment charges and restructuring and other related charges.
(2) Share-based compensation expense included within marketing and advertising expenses and customer care and enrollment expenses.
(3) Medicare Revenue per Submission less Operating Expense per Submission.
(4) Sales per Submission less Cost per Submission.

The following table presents the number of Submissions for the periods presented (unaudited):

Submissions   Three months ended Mar. 31,            
    2024       2023       Change     % Change
    216,148       213,645       2,503       1.2 %
                                 

The following table presents the Sales per Submission for the periods presented (unaudited):

Sales Per Submission   Three months ended Mar. 31,        
    2024       2023     $ Change   % Change
  $ 856     $ 794     $ 62       7.8 %
                                 

The following are our Sales/Cost of Submission, Cost of Submission (in thousands) and Cost Per Submission for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023 (unaudited):

    Three months ended Mar. 31,
      2024       2023  
Sales/Cost of Submission     1.3       1.3  
Cost of Submission   $ 138,250     $ 126,402  
Cost per Submission   $ 640     $ 592  
                 


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