CHICAGO, April 16, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Professional Diversity Network, Inc. (NASDAQ:IPDN), (“IPDN” or the “Company”), a global developer and operator of online and in-person networks that provides access to networking, training, educational and employment opportunities for diverse individuals, today announced its financial results for the year ended December 31, 2018.
Fiscal Year 2018 Financial Highlights:
- Net loss from continuing operations was $14.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2018, a decrease of 32.5% from $21.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2017.
- Total costs and expenses was $24.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2018, a 37.5% decrease compared to $39.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2017.
- From January 9, 2019 to April 2, 2019, the Company sold an aggregate of 232,515 shares of its common stock at a purchase price ranging from $1.146 to $3.85 per share, representing 120% of the closing price the trading day immediately prior to the date of subscription. As of the date of this annual report, the Company has received an aggregate gross proceeds of $479,931 under this private placement.
Michael Wang, Chairman and CEO of Professional Diversity Network, said, "In the year 2018, we have made great efforts on rebranding our business and conducted rigorous cost control to reduce losses. As a result, our net loss from continuing operations decreased 7 million or 32.5% from the year ended December 31, 2017. ”
Mr. Wang continued, “This year we will continue enhancing our diversity recruitment and women's networking segments and expanding our China business to increase shareholder value and move toward sustainable profitability.”
Fiscal Year 2018 Financial Results
Revenue
For the year ended December 31, 2018, IPDN reported total revenue of $8.5 million, a 47.4% decrease from $16.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2017. The decrease is mainly the result of management’s focus on reduction in sales and operations workforce as a means to cost savings and rebranding the business.
Costs and Expenses
Total costs and expenses was $24.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2018, a 37.5% decrease compared to $39.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2017. This decrease is primarily the result of decrease in impairment charge of $6.6 million or 44.9%, combined with $3.6 million or 31.0% decrease in general and administrative expenses, and $3.3 million or 45.4% decrease in sales and marketing expenses.
Net Loss
Net loss for the year ended December 31, 2018 was $15.1 million or $3.29 per share - compared to a net loss of $22.3 million, or $5.68 per share, for the year ended December 31, 2017.
Net Loss from Continuing Operations
Net loss from continuing operations was $14.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2018, a decrease of 32.5% from $21.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2017. The changes were primarily attributable to a $6.6 million decrease in impairment charge taken against NAPW Network, and reduction of revenue by $7.6 million year over year at NAPW Network and China Operations. Reduction of year over year net loss from continuing operations was also caused by continuing efforts to reduce sales and marketing and general administrative expenses.
Cash and Financial Position
As of December 31, 2018, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of $1.4 million, compared to $2.9 million as of December 31, 2017. The Company had a working capital deficiency of of $3.4 million as of December 31, 2018, compared to a working capital deficiency of $1.1 million as of December 31, 2017.
Net cash used in operating activities in continuing operations was $5.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2018, and net cash used in operating activities in continuing operations was 6.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2017.
Professional Diversity Network, Inc. and Subsidiaries
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
| December 31, | ||||||||
| 2018 | 2017 | |||||||
| Current Assets: | ||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents (Amount related to variable interest entity of $683,043, and $1,671,378 in 2018 and 2017, respectively) | $ | 1,441,607 | $ | 2,926,088 | ||||
| Accounts receivable, net | 816,698 | 905,723 | ||||||
| Incremental direct costs | 20,797 | 145,292 | ||||||
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 350,906 | 478,379 | ||||||
| Current assets from discontinued operations | 126,270 | 1,180,099 | ||||||
| Total current assets | 2,756,278 | 5,635,581 | ||||||
| Property and equipment, net | 83,608 | 221,184 | ||||||
| Capitalized technology, net | 194,833 | 153,381 | ||||||
| Goodwill | 339,451 | 5,590,150 | ||||||
| Intangible assets, net | 1,020,942 | 6,264,706 | ||||||
| Merchant reserve | 760,849 | 760,849 | ||||||
| Security deposits | 82,139 | 225,957 | ||||||
| Long-term assets from discontinued operations | - | 137,114 | ||||||
| Total assets | $ | 5,238,100 | $ | 18,988,922 | ||||
| Current Liabilities: | ||||||||
| Accounts payable | $ | 1,843,688 | $ | 1,120,444 | ||||
| Accrued expenses | 989,626 | 1,166,214 | ||||||
| Deferred revenue | 2,460,436 | 4,004,015 | ||||||
| Note Payable – related party | 500,000 | - | ||||||
| Current liabilities from discontinued operations | 346,528 | 484,524 | ||||||
| Total current liabilities | 6,140,278 | 6,775,197 | ||||||
| Deferred tax liability | 194,786 | 1,803,519 | ||||||
| Deferred rent | 13,742 | 56,082 | ||||||
| Other liabilities | 82 | 52,321 | ||||||
| Total liabilities | 6,348,888 | 8,687,119 | ||||||
| Commitments and contingencies | ||||||||
| Stockholders’ Equity | ||||||||
| Common stock, $0.01 par value, 45,000,000 shares authorized, 4,856,213 shares and 3,963,864 shares issued as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively, and 4,855,165 and 3,962,816 shares outstanding as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively | 48,562 | 39,639 | ||||||
| Additional paid in capital | 83,728,903 | 80,016,218 | ||||||
| Accumulated other comprehensive income | (24,340 | ) | 28,848 | |||||
| Accumulated deficit | (84,826,796 | ) | (69,745,785 | ) | ||||
| Treasury stock, at cost; 1,048 shares at December 31, 2018 and 2017 | (37,117 | ) | (37,117 | ) | ||||
| Total stockholders’ equity | (1,110,788 | ) | 10,301,803 | |||||
| Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity | $ | 5,238,100 | $ | 18,988,922 | ||||
Professional Diversity Network, Inc. and Subsidiaries
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
| Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||
| 2018 | 2017 | |||||||
| Revenues: | ||||||||
| Membership fees and related services | $ | 4,991,950 | $ | 9,371,843 | ||||
| Recruitment services | 2,571,935 | 2,578,597 | ||||||
| Product sales and other | 19,239 | 100,289 | ||||||
| Education and training | 606,557 | 3,776,546 | ||||||
| Consumer advertising and marketing solutions | 262,946 | 252,980 | ||||||
| Total revenues | 8,452,627 | 16,080,255 | ||||||
| Costs and expenses: | ||||||||
| Cost of revenues | 1,612,858 | 2,693,408 | ||||||
| Sales and marketing | 3,969,508 | 7,269,001 | ||||||
| General and administrative | 8,016,716 | 11,612,024 | ||||||
| Litigation settlement | 342,472 | 155,216 | ||||||
| Impairment charge | 8,047,090 | 14,611,040 | ||||||
| Depreciation and amortization | 2,617,774 | 3,007,664 | ||||||
| Total costs and expenses | 24,606,418 | 39,348,353 | ||||||
| Loss from operations | (16,153,791 | ) | (23,268,098 | ) | ||||
| Other (expense) income | ||||||||
| Interest expense | (4,637 | ) | (12,399 | ) | ||||
| Interest and other income | 299 | 8,165 | ||||||
| Other income (expense) | 22,558 | 8,421 | ||||||
| Other income, net | 18,220 | 4,187 | ||||||
| Loss before income tax expense (benefit) | (16,135,571 | ) | (23,263,911 | ) | ||||
| Income tax expense (benefit) | (1,563,712 | ) | (1,687,370 | ) | ||||
| Loss from continuing operations | (14,571,859 | ) | (21,576,541 | ) | ||||
| Loss from discontinued operations (net of tax benefit of $52,340, and net of tax benefit of $58,144 in 2018 and 2017, respectively), including gain on sale of $63,687 in 2018 | (509,153 | ) | (711,008 | ) | ||||
| Net loss | $ | (15,081,012 | ) | (22,287,549 | ) | |||
| Other comprehensive loss: | ||||||||
| Foreign currency translation adjustment | (53,188 | ) | 28,848 | |||||
| Comprehensive loss | $ | (15,134,200 | ) | (22,258,701 | ) | |||
| Basic and diluted loss per share: | ||||||||
| Continuing operations | $ | (3.18 | ) | $ | (5.50 | ) | ||
| Discontinued operations | $ | (0.11 | ) | $ | (0.18 | ) | ||
| Net loss | $ | (3.29 | ) | $ | (5.68 | ) | ||
| Weighted average outstanding shares used in computing net loss per common share: | ||||||||
| Basic and diluted | 4,578,834 | 3,920,849 | ||||||
We believe Adjusted EBITDA provides a meaningful representation of our operating performance that provides useful information to investors regarding our financial condition and results of operations. Adjusted EBITDA is commonly used by financial analysts and others to measure operating performance. Furthermore, management believes that this non-GAAP financial measure may provide investors with additional meaningful comparisons between current results and results of prior periods as they are expected to be reflective of our core ongoing business. However, while we consider Adjusted EBITDA to be an important measure of operating performance, Adjusted EBITDA and other non-GAAP financial measures have limitations, and investors should not consider them in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP. Further, Adjusted EBITDA, as we define it, may not be comparable to EBITDA, or similarly titled measures, as defined by other companies.
The following table provides a reconciliation of Net Loss from continuing operations to Adjusted EBITDA, the most directly comparable GAAP measure reported in our consolidated financial statements:
| Year Ended | ||||||||
| December 31, | ||||||||
| 2018 | 2017 | |||||||
| (in thousands) | ||||||||
| Loss from Continuing Operations | $ | (14,572 | ) | $ | (21,577 | ) | ||
| Stock-based compensation expense | 800 | 900 | ||||||
| Impairment charge | 8,047 | 14,611 | ||||||
| Depreciation and amortization | 2,618 | 3,008 | ||||||
| Litigation settlement | 342 | 155 | ||||||
| Interest Expense | 5 | 12 | ||||||
| Interest and other income | - | (8 | ) | |||||
| Income tax expense (benefit) | (1,564 | ) | (1,687 | ) | ||||
| Adjusted EBITDA | $ | (4,324 | ) | $ | (4,586 | ) | ||
About Professional Diversity Network
Professional Diversity Network, Inc. (NASDAQ: IPDN) is a global developer and operator of online and in-person networks that provides access to networking, training, educational and employment opportunities for diverse professionals. We operate subsidiaries in the United States and China including International Association of Women (IAW), which is one of the largest, most recognized networking organizations of professional women in the country, spanning more than 200 industries and professions. Through an online platform and our relationship recruitment affinity groups, we provide our employer clients a means to identify and acquire diverse talent and assist them with their efforts to comply with the Equal Employment Opportunity Office of Federal Contract Compliance Program. Our mission is to utilize the collective strength of our affiliate companies, members, partners and unique proprietary platform to be the standard in business diversity recruiting, networking and professional development for women, minorities, veterans, LGBT and disabled persons globally.
Forward-Looking Statements
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