Mar 31, 2020

Veritone Q1 2020 Earnings Report

Veritone's financial performance was reported for Q1 2020, showing resilience amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.

Key Takeaways

Veritone reported a decrease in net revenues to $11.9 million, a 1.8% decrease compared to Q1 2019. However, aiWARE SaaS net revenues increased by 13% year-over-year, and the company managed to improve its loss from operations and net loss compared to the previous year.

Net revenues decreased by 1.8% year-over-year to $11.9 million.

aiWARE SaaS net revenues increased 13% year-over-year to a record $3.1 million.

Advertising net revenues were $6.0 million, impacted by COVID-19.

Loss from operations improved $3.7 million to $12.8 million.

Total Revenue
$11.9M
Previous year: $12.1M
-1.8%
EPS
-$0.25
Previous year: -$0.84
-70.2%
Cash and Equivalents
$49.2M

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Forward Guidance

For the second quarter ending June 30, 2020, Veritone expects total net revenues to be in the range of $11.8 million to $12.2 million, and non-GAAP net loss to be in the range of $6.5 million to $6.1 million.

Positive Outlook

  • Expects a rebound in its Advertising businesses.
  • New client wins.
  • Growth in its VeriAds business.

Challenges Ahead

  • Cancellations and delays of sporting events impacting its content licensing business.
  • Slowness in film and television production impacting its content licensing business.
  • Some delays in certain expected SaaS revenues due to the economic shutdown.