– Q3 2024 Revenues of $230.5 million, Net Loss of $391.5 million
(including a $361.6 million impairment of goodwill and
indefinite-lived intangibles), and Adjusted EBITDA of $141.6
million
– Identified potential medical cost savings of approximately
$6.4 billion in Q3 2024, up 10% from Q3 2023 and up 3% from Q2
2024
MultiPlan Corporation (“MultiPlan” or the “Company”) (NYSE:
MPLN), a leading provider of data-driven cost management solutions
that deliver transparency and promote fairness, quality and
affordability to the U.S. healthcare industry, today reported
financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2024
and updated its full-year 2024 guidance.
CEO Travis Dalton said, “During the third quarter, we
experienced growth in volumes of billed charges and identified
potential savings. Our Revenues and Adjusted EBITDA were in line
with the low end of our guidance for the third quarter. We are
tightening our Revenues guidance with a modest decrease to the top
end of our Adjusted EBITDA guidance for full year 2024. We
anticipate the fourth quarter to run similar to our third
quarter.”
“As I shared with our second quarter earnings results, I remain
confident in this Company and its transformation journey. With the
building of my leadership team nearly complete, this talented team
has already marched forward to clearly establish the framework for
developing a data and insights driven and technology focused
company that is fit for growth,” said Mr. Dalton.
“With our new CFO just having completed his first 90 days at
MultiPlan, we are thrilled to also welcome Tiffani Misencik into
our newly created Chief Growth Officer role that is focused on our
sales organization. I am extremely proud of the leadership team and
talent we have been able to attract and the progress we are making.
Our leaders are embedding a growth focused culture where everyone
listens, problem solves and is here to serve our clients.”
Mr. Dalton concluded, “Our multi-year transformation towards a
world-class data and technology company is underway. We will work
with all stakeholders of the healthcare continuum to positively
impact increased transparency, improved quality and lower costs.
This focus will provide the platform for our long-term sustainable
growth. I look forward to sharing the big mileposts of our
transformation journey in the months and quarters to come.”
Business and Financial Highlights
- Revenues of $230.5 million for Q3 2024, a decrease of 5.1%,
compared to revenues of $242.8 million for Q3 2023.
- Net loss of $391.5 million for Q3 2024, compared to net loss of
$24.1 million for Q3 2023. The net loss was principally due to an
impairment charge of $361.6 million for goodwill and
indefinite-lived intangibles.
- Adjusted EBITDA of $141.6 million for Q3 2024, compared to
Adjusted EBITDA of $152.3 million for Q3 2023.
- Net cash provided by operating activities of $72.8 million for
Q3 2024, compared to net cash provided by operating activities of
$72.1 million for Q3 2023.
- Free Cash Flow of $41.1 million for Q3 2024, compared to Free
Cash Flow of $49.7 million for Q3 2023.
- The Company ended Q3 2024 with $86.6 million of unrestricted
cash and cash equivalents on the balance sheet.
- The Company processed approximately $44.7 billion in claim
charges during Q3 2024, identifying potential medical cost savings
of approximately $6.4 billion.
- Based on the results of an impairment test as of September 30,
2024, the estimated fair values of our goodwill and
indefinite-lived assets were less than their carrying value and as
a result impairment charges of $355.8 million for our goodwill and
$5.8 million for our indefinite-lived intangibles were
recorded.
2024 Financial Guidance
The Company is updating certain metrics for its full-year 2024
guidance, as detailed in the table below:
Financial Metric
Prior FY 2024 Guidance
Updated FY 2024
Guidance
Revenues
$935 million to $955 million
$930 million to $940 million
Adjusted EBITDA1
$580 million to $595 million
$580 million to $590 million
Interest expense
$320 million to $330 million
(unchanged)
Cash flow from operations
$135 million to $150 million
$135 million to $145 million
Capital expenditures
$120 million to $130 million
(unchanged)
Depreciation
$80 million to $90 million
(unchanged)
Amortization of intangible assets
$345 million to $350 million
(unchanged)
Effective tax rate
25% to 28%
(unchanged)
Conference Call Information
The Company will host a conference call today, Tuesday, November
5, 2024 at 8:30 a.m. U.S. Eastern Time (ET) to discuss its
financial results. To join the conference call, please pre-register
using the following link at least ten minutes before the call
begins:
https://www.netroadshow.com/events/login?show=95da760a&confId=71678.
Upon registration, you will receive an email with the conference
dial-in details and a unique access code and pin.
A live webcast of the conference call can be accessed through
the Investor Relations section of the Company’s website at
investors.multiplan.com/events-and-presentations. Participants
should join the webcast ten minutes prior to the start of the
conference call. This earnings press release and a supplemental
slide deck will also be available on this section of the Company’s
website.
1 We have not reconciled the forward-looking Adjusted EBITDA
guidance included above to the most directly comparable GAAP (as
defined below) measure because this cannot be done without
unreasonable effort due to the variability and low visibility with
respect to certain costs, the most significant of which are
incentive compensation (including stock-based compensation),
transaction-related expenses, and certain fair value measurements,
which are potential adjustments to future earnings. We expect the
variability of these items to have a potentially unpredictable, and
a potentially significant, impact on our future GAAP financial
results.
For those unable to listen to the live conference call, a replay
will be available approximately two hours after the call through
the archived webcast on the Investor Relations section of the
Company’s website.
About MultiPlan
MultiPlan is committed to bending the cost curve in healthcare
by delivering transparency, fairness, and affordability to the U.S.
healthcare system. Our focus is on identifying medical savings,
helping to lower out-of-pocket costs, and reducing or eliminating
balance billing for healthcare consumers. Leveraging sophisticated
technology, data analytics, and a team rich with industry
experience, MultiPlan interprets customers’ needs and customizes
innovative solutions that combine its payment and revenue
integrity, network-based, data and decision science, and
analytics-based services. MultiPlan delivers value to more than 700
healthcare payors, over 100,000 employers, 60 million consumers,
and 1.4 million contracted providers. For more information, visit
multiplan.com.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release includes statements that express our
management’s opinions, expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives,
assumptions, or projections regarding future events or future
results and therefore are, or may be deemed to be, “forward-looking
statements”. These forward-looking statements can generally be
identified by the use of forward-looking terminology, including the
terms “believes,” “estimates,” “anticipates,” “expects,” “seeks,”
“projects,” “forecasts,” “intends,” “plans,” “may,” “will,” or
“should” or, in each case, their negative or other variations or
comparable terminology. These forward-looking statements include
all matters that are not historical facts. They appear in a number
of places throughout this press release, including the discussion
of 2024 outlook and guidance, additions to our leadership team, and
the Company’s ongoing transformation, and the long-term prospects
of the Company. Such forward-looking statements are based on
available current market information and management’s expectations,
beliefs and forecasts concerning future events impacting the
business. Although we believe that these forward-looking statements
are based on reasonable assumptions at the time they are made, you
should be aware that these forward-looking statements involve a
number of risks, uncertainties (some of which are beyond our
control) or other assumptions that may cause actual results or
performance to be materially different from those expressed or
implied by these forward-looking statements. These factors include:
loss of our customers, particularly our largest customers;
interruptions or security breaches of our information technology
systems and other cybersecurity attacks; the impact of reduced
claims volumes resulting from a nationwide outage by a vendor used
by our customers; the ability to achieve the goals of our strategic
plans and recognize the anticipated strategic, operational, growth
and efficiency benefits when expected; our ability to enter new
lines of business and broaden the scope of our services; the loss
of key members of management team or inability to maintain
sufficient qualified personnel; our ability to continue to attract,
motivate and retain a large number of skilled employees, and adapt
to the effects of inflationary pressure on wages; trends in the
U.S. healthcare system, including recent trends of unknown duration
of reduced healthcare utilization and increased patient financial
responsibility for services; effects of competition; effects of
pricing pressure; our ability to identify, complete and
successfully integrate acquisitions; the inability of our customers
to pay for our services; changes in our industry and industry
standards and technology; our ability to protect proprietary
information, processes and applications; our ability to maintain
the licenses or right of use for the software we use; our inability
to expand our network infrastructure; our ability to obtain
additional financing; our ability to pay interest and principal on
our notes and other indebtedness; lowering or withdrawal of our
credit ratings; adverse outcomes related to litigation or
governmental proceedings; inability to preserve or increase our
market share or the size of our PPO networks; decreases in
discounts from providers; pressure to limit access to preferred
provider networks; the loss of our existing relationships with
providers; changes in our regulatory environment, including
healthcare law and regulations; the expansion of privacy and
security laws; heightened enforcement activity by government
agencies; the possibility that we may be adversely affected by
other political economic, business and/or competitive factors;
changes in accounting principles or the incurrence of impairment
charges our ability to remediate any material weaknesses or
maintain effective internal controls over financial reporting;
other factors disclosed in our Securities and Exchange Commission
(“SEC”) filings from time to time, including, without limitation,
those factors described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 and our filings with the SEC;
and other factors beyond our control. Should one or more of these
risks or uncertainties materialize, or should any of the
assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary in material
respects from those projected in these forward-looking
statements.
There can be no assurance that future developments affecting our
business will be those that we have anticipated. Forward-looking
statements speak only as of the date made.
We do not undertake any obligation to update or revise any
forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise, except as may be required under
applicable securities laws.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
In addition to the financial measures prepared in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States
(“GAAP”), this press release contains certain non-GAAP financial
measures, including EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Free Cash Flow,
Unlevered Free Cash Flow and Adjusted Cash Conversion Ratio. A
non-GAAP financial measure is generally defined as a numerical
measure of a company’s financial or operating performance that
excludes or includes amounts so as to be different than the most
directly comparable measure calculated and presented in accordance
with GAAP.
EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Free Cash Flow, Unlevered Free Cash
Flow and Adjusted Cash Conversion Ratio are supplemental measures
of MultiPlan’s performance that are not required by or presented in
accordance with GAAP. These measures are not measurements of our
financial or operating performance under GAAP, have limitations as
analytical tools and should not be considered in isolation or as an
alternative to net income, cash flows or any other measures of
performance prepared in accordance with GAAP.
EBITDA represents net income before interest expense, interest
income, income tax provision, depreciation, amortization of
intangible assets, and non-income taxes. Adjusted EBITDA is EBITDA
as further adjusted by certain items as described in the table
below.
In addition, in evaluating EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA you should
be aware that, in the future, we may incur expenses similar to the
adjustments in the presentation of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA. The
presentation of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA should not be construed
as an inference that our future results will be unaffected by
unusual or non-recurring items. The calculations of EBITDA and
Adjusted EBITDA may not be comparable to similarly titled measures
reported by other companies. Based on our industry and debt
financing experience, we believe that EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA
are customarily used by investors, analysts and other interested
parties to provide useful information regarding a company’s ability
to service and/or incur indebtedness.
We also believe that Adjusted EBITDA is useful to investors and
analysts in assessing our operating performance during the periods
these charges were incurred on a consistent basis with the periods
during which these charges were not incurred. Both EBITDA and
Adjusted EBITDA have limitations as analytical tools, and you
should not consider either in isolation, or as a substitute for
analysis of our results as reported under GAAP. Some of the
limitations are:
- EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA do not reflect changes in, or cash
requirements for, our working capital needs;
- EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA do not reflect interest expense, or
the cash requirements necessary to service interest or principal
payments on our debt;
- EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA do not reflect our tax expense or
the cash requirements to pay our taxes; and
- Although depreciation and amortization are non-cash charges,
the tangible assets being depreciated will often have to be
replaced in the future, and EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA do not
reflect any cash requirements for such replacements.
MultiPlan’s presentation of Adjusted EBITDA should not be
construed as an inference that our future results and financial
position will be unaffected by unusual items.
Free Cash Flow is defined as net cash provided by operating
activities less capital expenditures, all as disclosed in the
Statements of Cash Flows. Unlevered Free Cash Flow is defined as
net cash provided by operating activities less capital
expenditures, plus cash interest paid, all as disclosed in the
Statements of Cash Flows. Free Cash Flow and Unlevered Free Cash
Flow are measures of our operational performance used by management
to evaluate our business after purchases of property and equipment
and, in the case of Unlevered Free Cash Flow, prior to the impact
of our capital structure. Free Cash Flow and Unlevered Free Cash
Flow should be considered in addition to, rather than as a
substitute for, consolidated net income as a measure of our
performance and net cash provided by operating activities as a
measure of our liquidity. Additionally, MultiPlan’s definitions of
Free Cash Flow and Unlevered Free Cash Flow are limited, in that
they do not represent residual cash flows available for
discretionary expenditures, due to the fact that the measures do
not deduct the payments required for debt service, in the case of
Unlevered Free Cash Flow, and other contractual obligations or
payments made for business acquisitions.
Adjusted Cash Conversion Ratio is defined as Unlevered Free Cash
Flow divided by Adjusted EBITDA. MultiPlan believes that the
presentation of the Adjusted Cash Conversion Ratio provides useful
information to investors because it is a financial performance
measure that shows how much of its Adjusted EBITDA MultiPlan
converts into Unlevered Free Cash Flow.
MULTIPLAN CORPORATION
Unaudited Condensed
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(in thousands, except share and
per share data)
September 30,
2024
December 31,
2023
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents
$
86,598
$
71,547
Restricted cash
10,570
9,947
Trade accounts receivable, net
82,132
76,558
Prepaid expenses
16,536
23,432
Prepaid taxes
—
1,364
Unbilled IDR fees, net
13,975
8,197
Other current assets, net
1,719
2,548
Total current assets
211,530
193,593
Property and equipment, net
292,870
267,429
Operating lease right-of-use assets
13,572
19,680
Goodwill
2,403,140
3,829,002
Other intangibles, net
2,366,794
2,633,207
Other assets, net
31,298
21,776
Total assets
$
5,319,204
$
6,964,687
Liabilities and Shareholders’
Equity
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable
$
22,547
$
19,590
Accrued interest
74,314
56,827
Accrued taxes
8,123
—
Operating lease obligation, short-term
4,585
4,792
Current portion of long-term debt
13,250
13,250
Accrued compensation
33,624
44,720
Accrued legal contingencies
23,123
12,123
Other accrued expenses
21,931
15,437
Total current liabilities
201,497
166,739
Long-term debt
4,510,245
4,532,733
Operating lease obligation, long-term
9,716
17,124
Private Placement Warrants and Unvested
Founder Shares
1
477
Deferred income taxes
378,508
521,707
Other liabilities
11,675
16,783
Total liabilities
5,111,642
5,255,563
Shareholders’ equity:
Shareholder interests
Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value —
10,000,000 shares authorized; no shares issued
—
—
Common stock, $0.0001 par value —
1,500,000,000 shares authorized; 16,914,056 and 16,695,207 issued;
16,171,197 and 16,207,984 shares outstanding(1)
2
2
Additional paid-in capital(1)
2,365,928
2,348,570
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
(12,462
)
(11,778
)
Retained deficit
(2,007,173
)
(499,307
)
Treasury stock — 742,859 and 487,223
shares(1)
(138,733
)
(128,363
)
Total shareholders’ equity
207,562
1,709,124
Total liabilities and shareholders’
equity
$
5,319,204
$
6,964,687
(1)Shares, common stock and additional paid-in capital have been
retroactively adjusted for all periods presented to reflect the
one-for-forty (1-for-40) reverse stock split that became effective
on September 20, 2024.
MULTIPLAN CORPORATION
Unaudited Condensed
Consolidated Statements of Loss and Comprehensive Loss
(in thousands, except share and
per share data)
Three Months Ended September
30,
Nine Months Ended September
30,
2024
2023
2024
2023
Revenues
$
230,495
$
242,804
$
698,479
$
717,389
Costs of services (exclusive of
depreciation and amortization of intangible assets shown below)
60,825
60,949
182,271
174,806
General and administrative expenses
37,725
36,779
107,133
107,996
Depreciation
22,572
19,586
65,372
56,693
Amortization of intangible assets
85,971
85,971
257,913
256,724
Loss on impairment of goodwill and
intangible assets
361,612
—
1,434,363
—
Total expenses
568,705
203,285
2,047,052
596,219
Operating (loss) income
(338,210
)
39,519
(1,348,573
)
121,170
Interest expense
81,792
84,300
245,119
250,203
Interest income
(1,245
)
(1,505
)
(2,722
)
(7,110
)
Gain on extinguishment of debt
—
(10,129
)
(5,913
)
(46,907
)
(Gain) loss on change in fair value of
Private Placement Warrants and Unvested Founder Shares
(87
)
(2,127
)
(476
)
267
Net loss before taxes
(418,670
)
(31,020
)
(1,584,581
)
(75,283
)
Benefit for income taxes
(27,220
)
(6,875
)
(76,715
)
(14,977
)
Net loss
$
(391,450
)
$
(24,145
)
$
(1,507,866
)
$
(60,306
)
Weighted average shares outstanding –
Basic(1)
16,143,520
16,161,095
16,139,523
16,096,395
Weighted average shares outstanding –
Diluted(1)
16,143,520
16,161,095
16,139,523
16,096,395
Net loss per share – Basic(1)
$
(24.25
)
$
(1.49
)
$
(93.43
)
$
(3.75
)
Net loss per share – Diluted(1)
$
(24.25
)
$
(1.49
)
$
(93.43
)
$
(3.75
)
Net loss
(391,450
)
(24,145
)
(1,507,866
)
(60,306
)
Other comprehensive income:
Change in unrealized gains (losses) on
interest rate swaps, net of tax
(11,341
)
382
(684
)
382
Comprehensive loss
$
(402,791
)
$
(23,763
)
$
(1,508,550
)
$
(59,924
)
(1)Shares and net loss per share have been retroactively
adjusted for all periods presented to reflect the one-for-forty
(1-for-40) reverse stock split that became effective on September
20, 2024.
MULTIPLAN CORPORATION
Unaudited Condensed
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(in thousands)
Nine Months Ended September
30,
2024
2023
Operating activities:
Net loss
$
(1,507,866
)
$
(60,306
)
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net
cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation
65,372
56,693
Amortization of intangible assets
257,913
256,724
Amortization of the right-of-use asset
3,377
4,329
Loss on impairment of goodwill and
intangible assets
1,434,363
—
Stock-based compensation
19,829
13,357
Deferred income taxes
(142,999
)
(87,278
)
Amortization of debt issuance costs and
discounts
8,788
7,967
Gain on extinguishment of debt
(5,913
)
(46,907
)
Loss on disposal of property and
equipment
155
452
(Gain) loss on change in fair value of
Private Placement Warrants and Unvested Founder Shares
(476
)
267
Changes in assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable, net
(5,574
)
11,621
Prepaid expenses and other assets
(9,466
)
(759
)
Prepaid taxes
1,364
(5,224
)
Operating lease obligation
(4,884
)
(5,041
)
Accounts payable, accrued interest,
accrued taxes, accrued expenses, legal contingencies and other
27,046
(1,877
)
Net cash provided by operating
activities
141,029
144,018
Investing activities:
Purchases of property and equipment
(87,689
)
(77,509
)
BST Acquisition, net of cash acquired
—
(140,940
)
Net cash used in investing activities
(87,689
)
(218,449
)
Financing activities:
Repurchase of 5.750% Notes
—
(134,975
)
Repayments of Term Loan B
(9,938
)
(9,938
)
Repurchase of Senior Convertible PIK
Notes
(14,886
)
—
Taxes paid on settlement of vested share
awards
(3,355
)
(461
)
Purchase of treasury stock
(10,370
)
(13,140
)
Proceeds from issuance of common stock
under Employee Stock Purchase Plan
883
—
Net cash used in financing activities
(37,666
)
(158,514
)
Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash
equivalents and restricted cash
15,674
(232,945
)
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
at beginning of period
81,494
340,559
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
at end of period
$
97,168
$
107,614
Cash and cash equivalents
$
86,598
$
101,320
Restricted cash
10,570
6,294
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
at end of period
$
97,168
$
107,614
Noncash investing and financing
activities:
Purchases of property and equipment not
yet paid
$
11,928
$
7,319
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow
information:
Cash paid during the period for:
Interest
$
(218,590
)
$
(223,640
)
Income taxes, net of refunds
$
(57,860
)
$
(78,582
)
MULTIPLAN CORPORATION
Calculation of EBITDA and
Adjusted EBITDA
Three Months Ended September
30,
Nine Months Ended September
30,
(in thousands)
2024
2023
2024
2023
Net loss
$
(391,450
)
$
(24,145
)
$
(1,507,866
)
$
(60,306
)
Adjustments:
Interest expense
81,792
84,300
245,119
250,203
Interest income
(1,245
)
(1,505
)
(2,722
)
(7,110
)
Benefit for income taxes
(27,220
)
(6,875
)
(76,715
)
(14,977
)
Depreciation
22,572
19,586
65,372
56,693
Amortization of intangible assets
85,971
85,971
257,913
256,724
Non-income taxes
515
669
1,623
1,672
EBITDA
$
(229,065
)
$
158,001
$
(1,017,276
)
$
482,899
Adjustments:
Other expenses (income), net(1)
1,517
521
2,584
759
Integration expenses
850
891
1,994
2,722
Change in fair value of Private Placement
Warrants and unvested founder shares
(87
)
(2,127
)
(476
)
267
Transaction-related expenses
—
269
—
8,105
Gain on extinguishment of debt
—
(10,129
)
(5,913
)
(46,907
)
Loss on impairment of goodwill and
intangible assets
361,612
—
1,434,363
—
Stock-based compensation
6,818
4,835
19,829
13,357
Adjusted EBITDA
$
141,645
$
152,261
$
435,105
$
461,202
(1) "Other expenses (income), net" represent miscellaneous
non-recurring income, miscellaneous non-recurring expense, gain or
loss on disposal of assets, impairment of other assets, gain or
loss on disposal of leases, tax penalties, and non-integration
related severance costs.
Calculation of Unlevered Free
Cash Flow and Adjusted Cash Conversion Ratio
Three Months Ended September
30,
Nine Months Ended September
30,
(in thousands)
2024
2023
2024
2023
Net cash provided by operating
activities
$
72,842
$
72,118
$
141,029
$
144,018
Purchases of property and equipment
(31,700
)
(22,414
)
(87,689
)
(77,509
)
Free Cash Flow
41,142
49,704
53,340
66,509
Interest paid
60,195
62,156
218,590
223,640
Unlevered Free Cash Flow
$
101,337
$
111,860
$
271,930
$
290,149
Adjusted EBITDA
$
141,645
$
152,261
$
435,105
$
461,202
Adjusted Cash Conversion Ratio
72
%
73
%
62
%
63
%
Net cash used in investing activities
$
(31,700
)
(22,060
)
$
(87,689
)
$
(218,449
)
Net cash used in financing activities
$
(3,143
)
(38,338
)
$
(37,666
)
$
(158,514
)
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