Q1 - excellent update9 Apr 2025 07:08
S Number : 2120E
Audioboom Group PLC
09 April 2025
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Audioboom Group plc
("Audioboom", the "Group" or the "Company")
Q1 Trading Update
10X EBITDA increase and continued revenue growth
Audioboom (AIM: BOOM), the leading global podcast company, is pleased to provide a trading update for the quarter ended 31 March 2025.
Financial and operating highlights
· Q1 adjusted EBITDA(1) profit of US$0.7 million, up 10X on Q1 2024 (US$0.07 million), highlighting the continued strong performance of the business model
· Q1 revenue of US$17.3 million, up 1% on Q1 2024 (US$17.1 million). The Company continues to focus on high-quality revenue generation, relinquishing and replacing low performing contracts with higher quality revenue that is driving higher adjusted EBITDA profit
· With Q1 historically the seasonal low point for revenue and EBITDA profit, we expect revenue growth to accelerate in future quarters alongside further gearing of adjusted EBITDA profit
· Significant growth of Showcase - our higher gross margin, tech-based global advertising marketplace - with Q1 revenue up 36% year-on-year
· Record Q1 RPM (average revenue per 1,000 downloads) of US$60.83, up 17% (Q1 2024: US$52.17)
· Record Q1 average total brand advertiser count of 8,974, up 14% (Q1 2024: 7,839)
· Q1 average monthly distribution of 94.8 million downloads and video views (Q1 2024: 110.0 million). We expect Q1 2025 to be the final period impacted by the Apple iOS17 update with a return to positive distribution growth expected in Q2 2025
· Group cash at 31 March 2025 of US$4.3 million (31 December 2024: US$3.9 million)
· The Company is confident it will at least meet its revenue and adjusted EBITDA profit goals for 2025, and has made significant progress with contracted revenue of more than US$63 million for the year through advanced advertising bookings - more than US$9 million added since the January 2025 Trading Update and US$8 million more than at the same point last year
· The Company expects minimal impact to its performance as a direct result of the recently announced US tariffs, due to the production and sale of its inventory being within specific territories. In addition, as the majority of Company employees are based in the US, the increase in UK employers' national insurance from April 2025 will not have a material impact on the Company's operating costs
Commercial highlights
· Launched a new partnership with Sounder to equip Showcase with Artificial Intelligence capabilities. Showcase will utilise AI to expand our work with global blue-chip brands through contextual ad targeting and brand safety controls, enabling us to contract with brands that were not previously able to trade with us
· Expansion of the Audioboom Creator Network through new tier one conten