Sportradar Reports Strong Second Quarter 2023 Results

Delivered 23% revenue, 42% Adjusted EBITDA growth for first six months
On track to deliver record annual revenue
Annual outlook reaffirmed with growth of 24% to 26% for revenue and 25% to 33% for Adjusted EBITDA

ST. GALLEN, Switzerland, Aug. 09, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sportradar Group AG (NASDAQ: SRAD) (“Sportradar” or the “Company”), a leading global sports technology company focused on creating immersive experiences for sports fans and bettors, today announced financial results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2023.

Carsten Koerl, Chief Executive Officer of Sportradar said: “We are very proud of our strong performance during the first half of 2023 and remain on track to achieve the highest annual revenue in the Company’s history. We hold a pivotal position in the global sports ecosystem and believe our talent, technology and diverse product offering positions us for strong future growth as we continue to execute against our strategic initiatives.”

Second Quarter 2023 Financial Highlights

• Revenue in the second quarter of 2023 increased 22% to €216.4 million compared with the second quarter of 2022 with growth across all segments.
• The Company’s customer Net Retention Ratio (NRR) remained at 120% in the second quarter of 2023, compared with the first quarter of 2023, demonstrating the Company’s strength in cross selling and upselling to its clients.
• Total Profit from continuing operations, which included an €8.0 million one-time loss on disposal of an equity investment, decreased €22.8 million compared with the same quarter last year. The primary driver for the decrease was a net negative impact from foreign exchange rates. The Company’s Adjusted EBITDA¹ for the same period increased 46% to €40.1 million compared with the second quarter of 2022, primarily due to strong revenue growth and higher operating leverage.
• Total Profit from continuing operations, as a percentage of revenue, for the second quarter of 2023 was 0% compared with 13% for the same quarter last year. Adjusted EBITDA margin¹ was 19% in the second quarter of 2023, an increase of almost 300 bps, compared with 16% in the prior year period.
• As of June 30, 2023, Sportradar had total liquidity of €484 million including cash and cash equivalents of €264 million, and an undrawn credit facility of €220 million.
  
  

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_{¹ Non-IFRS financial measure; see “Non-IFRS Financial Measures and Operating Metrics” and accompanying tables for further explanations and reconciliations of non-IFRS measures to IFRS measures.}

Recent Company Highlights

• Sportradar continued to deepen its relationships with U.S. operators, including an expansion of its long-standing agreement with Caesar’s Entertainment, establishing the Company as the official supplier of betting data from leagues including the NBA, MLB, and NHL. The Company’s recent signings demonstrate its commitment to delivering engaging experiences for its clients while effectively monetizing its league partnerships through the value-added creation of innovative products and solutions.
• Sportradar was selected as the exclusive global betting partner by CONMEBOL, the governing body of ten National Soccer Associations in South America, to enhance the accessibility and engagement of South American football for a broader global audience.
• Sportradar was appointed as the official technology partner by the Delhi Capitals. The new three-year partnership will provide innovative video technology to develop cricket talent. Sportradar continues to build relationships in emerging markets such as India with strong sports fan bases.
• Sportradar organized its inaugural Elite Prep Basketball Tournament, the “Sportradar Showdown,” held in Las Vegas in July. The tournament brought together exceptional amateur basketball teams under the Under Amour Association, Adidas 3SSB, and NBA Academy, and showcased Sportradar’s Synergy technology, capturing extensive data throughout the tournament and offering valuable insights for the use of college coaches and NBA talent scouts.
• The Company won multiple awards in the second quarter. Sportradar was named `Acquisition & Retention Partner of the Year’ by EGR North America, won the `Live Betting & Gaming Product Award’ and the `Sports Data Product Award’ from SBC North America, received the `Live Streaming Supplier Award’ at the EGR B2B Awards and, ORAKO Sportsbook solution was selected as `Best Sports Betting Technology of the Year’ at the 2023 Sports Technology Awards.
  

Segment Information

RoW Betting

• Segment revenue in the second quarter of 2023 increased by 20% to €114.1 million compared with the second quarter of 2022. This growth was driven primarily by increased sales of the Company’s higher value-add offerings including MBS, which increased 25% to €41.1 million, as well as Live Odd and Live Data products which grew 19% year over year.
• Segment Adjusted EBITDA¹ in the second quarter of 2023 increased by 18% to €51.0 million compared with the second quarter of 2022. Segment Adjusted EBITDA margin¹ remained at 45% year over year.

RoW Audiovisual (AV)

• Segment revenue in the second quarter of 2023 increased by 25% to €49.6 million compared with the second quarter of 2022. Revenue growth was driven by the new CONMEBOL deal and growth in sales to new and existing customers.
• Segment Adjusted EBITDA¹ in the second quarter of 2023 increased 26% to €16.4 million compared with the second quarter of 2022. Segment Adjusted EBITDA margin¹ remained at 33% year over year.

United States

• Segment revenue in the second quarter of 2023 increased by 31% to €38.0 million compared with the second quarter of 2022. Results were primarily driven by growth of 105% collectively in betting and gaming, and audiovisual products.
• Segment Adjusted EBITDA¹ in the second quarter of 2023 was €5.4 million compared with a loss of (€5.5) million in the second quarter of 2022, indicating the strong improvement in operational leverage in the U.S. business model despite continuous investment. Segment Adjusted EBITDA margin¹ improved to 14% from (19%), compared with the second quarter of 2022.

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_{¹ Non-IFRS financial measure; see “Non-IFRS Financial Measures and Operating Metrics” and accompanying tables for further explanations and reconciliations of non-IFRS measures to IFRS measures.}

The tables below show the information related to each reportable segment for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2022 and 2023.

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_{¹ Non-IFRS financial measure; see “Non-IFRS Financial Measures and Operating Metrics” and accompanying tables for further explanations and reconciliations of non-IFRS measures to IFRS measures.
⁽¹⁾ Unallocated corporate expenses primarily consist of salaries and wages for management, legal, human resources, finance, office, technology and other costs not allocated to the segments.}

Annual Financial Outlook

Sportradar reaffirmed its annual outlook range provided on March 15, 2023, for revenue and Adjusted EBITDA¹ for fiscal 2023 as follows:

• Revenue in the range of €902.0 million to €920.0 million, representing growth of 24% to 26% over fiscal 2022.
• Adjusted EBITDA¹ in a range of €157.0 million to €167.0 million, representing 25% to 33% growth versus last year.
• Adjusted EBITDA margin¹ in the range of 17% to 18%.
  

Conference Call and Webcast Information

Sportradar will host a conference call to discuss the second quarter 2023 results today, August 9, 2023, at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time. Those wishing to participate via webcast should access the earnings call through Sportradar’s Investor Relations website. An archived webcast with the accompanying slides will be available at the Company’s Investor Relations website for one year after the conclusion of the live event.

About Sportradar

Sportradar Group AG (NASDAQ: SRAD), founded in 2001, is a leading global sports technology company creating immersive experiences for sports fans and bettors. Positioned at the intersection of the sports, media and betting industries, the company provides sports federations, news media, consumer platforms and sports betting operators with a best-in-class range of solutions to help grow their business. As the trusted partner of organizations like the NBA, NHL, MLB, NASCAR, UEFA, FIFA, Bundesliga, ICC and ITF, Sportradar covers close to a million events annually across all major sports. With deep industry relationships and expertise, Sportradar is not just redefining the sports fan experience, it also safeguards sports through its Integrity Services division and advocacy for an integrity-driven environment for all involved. 

For more information about Sportradar, please visit www.sportradar.com

CONTACT:

Investor Relations:
Rima Hyder, SVP Head of Investor Relations
Christin Armacost, CFA, Manager Investor Relations
investor.relations@sportradar.com

Media:
Sandra Lee, EVP of Global Communications
comms@sportradar.com

Non-IFRS Financial Measures and Operating Metrics
We have provided in this press release financial information that has not been prepared in accordance with IFRS, including Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA margin, as well as operating metrics, including Net Retention Rate. We use these non-IFRS financial measures internally in analyzing our financial results and believe they are useful to investors, as a supplement to IFRS measures, in evaluating our ongoing operational performance. We believe that the use of these non-IFRS financial measures provides an additional tool for investors to use in evaluating ongoing operating results and trends and in comparing our financial results with other companies in our industry, many of which present similar non-IFRS financial measures to investors.

Non-IFRS financial measures should not be considered in isolation from, or as a substitute for, financial information prepared in accordance with IFRS. Investors are encouraged to review the reconciliation of these non-IFRS financial measures to their most directly comparable IFRS financial measures provided in the financial statement tables included below in this press release.

• “Adjusted EBITDA” represents profit for the period from continuing operations adjusted for share based compensation, depreciation and amortization (excluding amortization of sports rights), impairment loss on other financial assets, remeasurement of previously held equity-accounted investee, non-routine litigation costs, professional fees for SOX and ERP implementations, one-time charitable donation for Ukrainian relief activities, share of loss of equity-accounted investee (SportTech AG), loss on disposal of equity-accounted investee (SportTech AG), foreign currency (gains) losses, finance income and finance costs, and income tax expense (benefit) and certain other non-recurring items, as described in the reconciliation below.
  
  License fees relating to sports rights are a key component of how we generate revenue and one of our main operating expenses. Such license fees are presented either under purchased services and licenses or under depreciation and amortization, depending on the accounting treatment of each relevant license. Only licenses that meet the recognition criteria of IAS 38 are capitalized. The primary distinction for whether a license is capitalized or not capitalized is the contracted length of the applicable license. Therefore, the type of license we enter into can have a significant impact on our results of operations depending on whether we are able to capitalize the relevant license. Our presentation of Adjusted EBITDA removes this difference in classification by decreasing our EBITDA by our amortization of sports rights. As such, our presentation of Adjusted EBITDA reflects the full costs of our sports right's licenses. Management believes that, by deducting the full amount of amortization of sports rights in its calculation of Adjusted EBITDA, the result is a financial metric that is both more meaningful and comparable for management and our investors while also being more indicative of our ongoing operating performance.
  
  We present Adjusted EBITDA because management believes that some items excluded are non-recurring in nature and this information is relevant in evaluating the results of the respective segments relative to other entities that operate in the same industry. Management believes Adjusted EBITDA is useful to investors for evaluating Sportradar’s operating performance against competitors, which commonly disclose similar performance measures. However, Sportradar’s calculation of Adjusted EBITDA may not be comparable to other similarly titled performance measures of other companies. Adjusted EBITDA is not intended to be a substitute for any IFRS financial measure.
  
  Items excluded from Adjusted EBITDA include significant components in understanding and assessing financial performance. Adjusted EBITDA has limitations as an analytical tool and should not be considered in isolation, or as an alternative to, or a substitute for, profit for the period, revenue or other financial statement data presented in our consolidated financial statements as indicators of financial performance. We compensate for these limitations by relying primarily on our IFRS results and using Adjusted EBITDA only as a supplemental measure.

• “Adjusted EBITDA margin” is the ratio of Adjusted EBITDA to revenue.
  

In addition, we define the following operating metric as follows:

• “Net Retention Rate” is calculated for a given period by starting with the reported Trailing Twelve Month revenue, which includes both subscription-based and revenue sharing revenue, from our top 200 customers as of twelve months prior to such period end, or prior period revenue. We then calculate the reported trailing twelve-month revenue from the same customer cohort as of the current period end, or current period revenue. Current period revenue includes any upsells and is net of contraction and attrition over the trailing twelve months but excludes revenue from new customers in the current period. We then divide the total current period revenue by the total prior period revenue to arrive at our Net Retention Rate.
  

The Company is unable to provide a reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to profit (loss) for the period, its most directly comparable IFRS financial measure, on a forward- looking basis without unreasonable effort because items that impact this IFRS financial measure are not within the Company’s control and/or cannot be reasonably predicted. These items may include but are not limited to foreign exchange gains and losses. Such information may have a significant, and potentially unpredictable, impact on the Company’s future financial results.

Safe Harbor for Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements in this press release may constitute “forward-looking” statements and information within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and the safe harbor provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that relate to our current expectations and views of future events, including, without limitation, statements regarding future financial or operating performance, planned activities and objectives, anticipated growth resulting therefrom, market opportunities, strategies and other expectations, and expected performance for the full year 2023. In some cases, these forward-looking statements can be identified by words or phrases such as “may,” “might,” “will,” “could,” “would,” “should,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “seek,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “potential,” “projects”, “continue,” “contemplate,” “confident,” “possible” or similar words. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions, some of which are beyond our control. In addition, these forward-looking statements reflect our current views with respect to future events and are not a guarantee of future performance. Actual outcomes may differ materially from the information contained in the forward-looking statements as a result of a number of factors, including, without limitation, the following: economy downturns and political and market conditions beyond our control, including the impact of the Russia/Ukraine and other military conflicts and foreign exchange rate fluctuations; the global COVID-19 pandemic and its adverse effects on our business; dependence on our strategic relationships with our sports league partners; effect of social responsibility concerns and public opinion on responsible gaming requirements on our reputation; potential adverse changes in public and consumer tastes and preferences and industry trends; potential changes in competitive landscape, including new market entrants or disintermediation; potential inability to anticipate and adopt new technology; potential errors, failures or bugs in our products; inability to protect our systems and data from continually evolving cybersecurity risks, security breaches or other technological risks; potential interruptions and failures in our systems or infrastructure; our ability to comply with governmental laws, rules, regulations, and other legal obligations, related to data privacy, protection and security; ability to comply with the variety of unsettled and developing U.S. and foreign laws on sports betting; dependence on jurisdictions with uncertain regulatory frameworks for our revenue; changes in the legal and regulatory status of real money gambling and betting legislation on us and our customers; our inability to maintain or obtain regulatory compliance in the jurisdictions in which we conduct our business; our ability to obtain, maintain, protect, enforce and defend our intellectual property rights; our ability to obtain and maintain sufficient data rights from major sports leagues, including exclusive rights; any material weaknesses identified in our internal control over financial reporting; inability to secure additional financing in a timely manner, or at all, to meet our long-term future capital needs; risks related to future acquisitions; and other risk factors set forth in the section titled “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, and other documents filed with or furnished to the SEC, accessible on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov and on our website at https://investors.sportradar.com. These statements reflect management’s current expectations regarding future events and operating performance and speak only as of the date of this press release. One should not put undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee that future results, levels of activity, performance and events and circumstances reflected in the forward-looking statements will be achieved or will occur. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, after the date on which the statements are made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

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The following table reconciles Adjusted EBITDA to the most directly comparable IFRS financial performance measure, which is profit for the period from continuing operations:

_{⁽¹⁾ Includes legal related costs in connection with a non-routine litigation.
⁽²⁾ Related to equity-accounted investee SportTech AG.}

The most directly comparable IFRS measure of Adjusted EBITDA margin is profit for the period from continuing operations as a percentage of revenue as disclosed below: