Grubhub Reports Third Quarter 2020 Results

October 28, 2020

Grubhub generates 53% revenue growth in the third quarter

CHICAGO, Oct. 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Grubhub Inc. (NYSE: GRUB), a leading online and mobile food-ordering and delivery marketplace, today announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2020 and also posted a letter to shareholders on its investor relations website. The Company reported revenues of $494 million, which is a 53% year-over-year increase from $322 million in the same period last year. Gross Food Sales grew 68% year-over-year to $2.4 billion, up from $1.4 billion in the same period last year.

“Connecting restaurants and diners is more important than ever given the challenges our restaurant partners still face because of the pandemic. Since March, we have supported our restaurant partners with hundreds of millions of dollars through increased marketing support, reduced commissions, and bonuses and personal protective equipment for drivers,” said Matt Maloney, Grubhub founder and CEO. “Earlier this month, the Just Eat Takeaway.com shareholders overwhelmingly voted in favor of the proposed acquisition of Grubhub, which is on track for completion in the first half of 2021.”

Third Quarter 2020 Highlights
The following results reflect the financial performance and key operating metrics of our business for the three months ended September 30, 2020, as compared to the same period in 2019.

Third Quarter Financial Highlights

  • Revenues: $494.0 million, a 53% year-over-year increase from $322.1 million in the third quarter of 2019.
  • Net Income (Loss): $(9.2) million, or $(0.10) per diluted share, a decrease from $1.0 million, or $0.01 per diluted share, in the third quarter of 2019.
  • Non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA: $43.8 million, a 19% year-over-year decrease from $53.8 million in the third quarter of 2019.
  • Non-GAAP Net Income: $15.2 million, or $0.16 per diluted share, a decrease from $24.7 million, or $0.27 per diluted share, in the third quarter of 2019.

Third Quarter Key Business Metrics Highlights1

  • Active Diners: 30.0 million, a 41% year-over-year increase from 21.2 million Active Diners in the third quarter of 2019.
  • Daily Average Grubs (DAGs): 668,600, a 46% year-over-year increase from 457,300 DAGs in the third quarter of 2019.
  • Gross Food Sales: $2.4 billion, a 68% year-over-year increase from $1.4 billion in the third quarter of 2019.

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Key Business Metrics are defined on pages 28 – 29 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 28, 2020.

“Diner and order growth further accelerated in the third quarter as consumers across the country increasingly embraced the control, ease and convenience of ordering through Grubhub,” said Adam DeWitt, Grubhub president and CFO. “We continued to invest aggressively in new diner acquisition and support for our restaurant partners while also generating our highest Adjusted EBITDA per order in a year. This quarter again showcased the strength and sustainability of our business and ability to drive results for our restaurant partners in this challenging time.”

Guidance
Given Grubhub’s pending acquisition by Just Eat Takeaway.com, it is no longer issuing forward-looking guidance.

About Grubhub
Grubhub (NYSE: GRUB) is a leading online and mobile food-ordering and delivery marketplace with the largest and most comprehensive network of restaurant partners, as well as nearly 30 million active diners. Dedicated to connecting diners with the food they love from their favorite local restaurants, Grubhub elevates food ordering through innovative restaurant technology, easy-to-use platforms and an improved delivery experience. Grubhub features over 300,000 restaurants and is proud to partner with approximately 245,000 of these restaurants in over 4,000 U.S. cities. The Grubhub portfolio of brands includes Grubhub, Seamless, LevelUp, AllMenus and MenuPages.

Use of Forward-Looking Statements
This communication contains “forward-looking statements” regarding Grubhub, Just Eat Takeaway.com or their respective management’s future expectations, beliefs, intentions, goals, strategies, plans and prospects, which, in the case of Grubhub, are made in reliance on the “safe harbor” provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements involve substantial risks, known and unknown, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors that may cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements including, but not limited to, the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstances that could give rise to the right of one or both of Grubhub or Just Eat Takeaway.com to terminate the merger agreement; the ability to obtain approval by Grubhub stockholders on the expected schedule or at all; difficulties and delays in integrating Grubhub’s and Just Eat Takeaway.com’s businesses; risks that the proposed merger disrupts Grubhub’s or Just Eat Takeaway.com’s current plans and operations; failing to fully realize anticipated synergies, cost savings and other anticipated benefits of the proposed merger when expected or at all; potential adverse reactions or changes to business relationships resulting from the announcement or completion of the proposed merger; the risk that unexpected costs will be incurred; the ability of Grubhub or Just Eat Takeaway.com to retain and hire key personnel; the diversion of management’s attention from ongoing business operations; uncertainty as to the value of the Just Eat Takeaway.com ordinary shares to be issued in connection with the proposed merger; uncertainty as to the long-term value of the common stock of the combined company following the proposed merger; the continued availability of capital and financing following the proposed merger; the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against Grubhub, Just Eat Takeaway.com or their respective directors and officers; changes in global, political, economic, business, competitive, market and regulatory forces; changes in tax laws, regulations, rates and policies; future business acquisitions or disposals; competitive developments; and the timing and occurrence (or non-occurrence) of other events or circumstances that may be beyond Grubhub’s and Just Eat Takeaway.com’s control.

These and other risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors may be amplified or made more uncertain by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has caused significant economic uncertainty. The extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic impacts Grubhub’s and Just Eat Takeaway.com’s businesses, operations and financial results, including the duration and magnitude of such effects, will depend on numerous factors, which are unpredictable, including, but not limited to, the duration and spread of the outbreak, its severity, the actions taken to contain the virus or treat its impact, and how quickly and to what extent normal economic and operating conditions can resume. Forward-looking statements generally relate to future events or Grubhub and Just Eat Takeaway.com’s future financial or operating performance and include, without limitation, statements relating to the proposed merger and the potential impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on Grubhub and Just Eat Takeaway.com’s business and operations. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements because they contain words such as “anticipates,” “believes,” “contemplates,” “could,” “seeks,” “estimates,” “intends,” “may,” “plans,” “potential,” “predicts,” “projects,” “should,” “will,” “would” or similar expressions and the negatives of those terms.

While forward-looking statements are Grubhub’s and Just Eat Takeaway.com’s current predictions at the time they are made, you should not rely upon them. Forward-looking statements represent Grubhub’s and Just Eat Takeaway.com’s management’s beliefs and assumptions only as of the date of this communication, unless otherwise indicated, and there is no implication that the information contained in this communication is made subsequent to such date. For additional information concerning factors that could cause actual results and outcomes to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements, please refer to the cautionary statements and risk factors included in Grubhub’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), including Grubhub’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 28, 2020, Grubhub’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and any further disclosures Grubhub makes in Current Reports on Form 8-K. Grubhub’s SEC filings are available electronically on Grubhub’s investor website at investors.grubhub.com or the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. For additional information concerning factors that could cause future results to differ from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements, please refer to Just Eat Takeaway.com’s non-exhaustive list of key risks and cautionary statements included in Just Eat Takeaway.com’s Annual Report, which is available electronically on Just Eat Takeaway.com’s investor website at www.justeattakeaway.com. Except as required by law, Grubhub and Just Eat Takeaway.com assume no obligation to update these forward-looking statements or this communication, or to update, supplement or correct the information set forth in this communication or the reasons actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements, even if new information becomes available in the future. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to Grubhub, Just Eat Takeaway.com or any person acting on behalf of either party are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements referenced above.

Additional Information and Where to Find It
In connection with the proposed merger, Just Eat Takeaway.com will file with the SEC a registration statement on Form F-4 to register the shares to be issued in connection with the proposed merger. The registration statement will include a preliminary proxy statement of Grubhub/prospectus of Just Eat Takeaway.com which, when finalized, will be sent to the stockholders of Grubhub seeking their approval of the respective merger-related proposals. Also in connection with the proposed merger, Just Eat Takeaway.com will file with the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (“AFM”) and/or the UK Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) a prospectus for the listing and admission to trading on Euronext Amsterdam and/or the admission to listing on the FCA’s Official List and to trading on the London Stock Exchange’s Main Market for listed securities of the shares to be issued in connection with the proposed merger (the “Prospectus”).

INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM F-4 AND THE RELATED PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS INCLUDED WITHIN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM F-4, THE PROSPECTUS, AS WELL AS ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS TO THOSE DOCUMENTS AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED OR TO BE FILED WITH THE SEC, THE AFM AND/OR THE FCA IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROPOSED MERGER, WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE, BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT GRUBHUB, JUST EAT TAKEAWAY.COM AND THE PROPOSED MERGER.

Investors and security holders may obtain copies of these documents and any other documents filed with or furnished to the SEC by Grubhub or Just Eat Takeaway.com free of charge through the website maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov, from Grubhub at its website, investors.grubhub.com, or from Just Eat Takeaway.com at its website www. justeattakeaway.com. The Prospectus, as well as any supplement thereto, will be made available on the website of Just Eat Takeaway.com at its website www. justeattakeaway.com.

Participants in the Solicitation
Grubhub, Just Eat Takeaway.com and their respective directors and certain of their respective executive officers and employees may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies in respect of the proposed merger under the rules of the SEC. Information about Grubhub’s directors and executive officers is available in Grubhub’s proxy statement dated April 9, 2020 for its 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. To the extent holdings of Grubhub securities by directors or executive officers of Grubhub have changed since the amounts contained in the definitive proxy statement for Grubhub’s 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, such changes have been or will be reflected on Statements of Change in Ownership on Form 4 filed with the SEC. These documents are available free of charge from the sources indicated above, and from Grubhub by going to its investor relations page on its corporate website at investors.grubhub.com.  Information about Just Eat Takeaway.com’s directors and executive officers and a description of their interests are set forth in Just Eat Takeaway.com’s 2019 Annual Report, which may be obtained free of charge from Just Eat Takeaway.com’s website, www.justeattakeaway.com. Other information regarding the participants in the proxy solicitation and a description of their direct and indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, will be contained in the proxy statement/prospectus and other relevant materials to be filed with the SEC regarding the proposed merger when they become available. Investors should read the proxy statement/prospectus carefully when it becomes available before making any voting or investment decisions. You may obtain free copies of these documents from Grubhub or Just Eat Takeaway.com using the sources indicated above.

No Offer or Solicitation
This communication shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. No offer of securities shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and applicable United Kingdom, Dutch and other European regulations.

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Adjusted EBITDA, non-GAAP net income (loss) and non-GAAP net income (loss) per diluted share attributable to common stockholders are financial measures that are not calculated in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, or GAAP.

We define Adjusted EBITDA as net income (loss) adjusted to exclude merger, acquisition, restructuring and certain legal costs, income taxes, net interest expense, depreciation and amortization and stock-based compensation expense. Non-GAAP net income (loss) and non-GAAP net income (loss) per diluted share attributable to common stockholders exclude merger, acquisition, restructuring and certain legal costs, amortization of acquired intangible assets, stock-based compensation expense and other nonrecurring items as well as the income tax effects of these non-GAAP adjustments. We use these non-GAAP financial measures as key performance measures because we believe they facilitate operating performance comparisons from period to period by excluding potential differences primarily caused by variations in capital structures, tax positions, the impact of acquisitions, restructuring and certain legal costs, the impact of depreciation and amortization expense on our fixed assets and the impact of stock-based compensation expense. Adjusted EBITDA, non-GAAP net income (loss) and non-GAAP net income (loss) per diluted share attributable to common stockholders are not measurements of our financial performance under GAAP and should not be considered as an alternative to performance measures derived in accordance with GAAP.

See “Non-GAAP Financial Measures Reconciliation” below for a reconciliation of net income (loss) to Adjusted EBITDA, non-GAAP net income (loss) and non-GAAP net income (loss) per diluted share attributable to common stockholders.

GRUBHUB INC.
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(in thousands, except per share data)

Three Months Ended

September 30,

Nine Months Ended
September 30,

2020

2019

2020

2019

Revenues

$

493,981

$

322,053

$

1,316,243

$

970,881

Costs and expenses:

Operations and support

316,456

161,387

849,884

485,143

Sales and marketing

97,817

71,617

282,563

224,199

Technology (exclusive of amortization)

30,796

29,483

92,297

86,133

General and administrative

27,484

25,329

98,670

73,900

Depreciation and amortization

36,556

30,649

104,476

82,961

Total costs and expenses

509,109

318,465

1,427,890

952,336

Income (loss) from operations

(15,128)

3,588

(111,647)

18,545

Interest expense, net

6,979

6,025

20,175

14,304

Income (loss) before provision for income taxes

(22,107)

(2,437)

(131,822)

4,241

Income tax benefit

(12,869)

(3,447)

(43,746)

(4,911)

Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders

$

(9,238)

$

1,010

$

(88,076)

$

9,152

Net income (loss) per share attributable to common
stockholders:

Basic

$

(0.10)

$

0.01

$

(0.96)

$

0.10

Diluted

$

(0.10)

$

0.01

$

(0.96)

$

0.10

Weighted-average shares used to compute net income
(loss) per share attributable to common stockholders:

Basic

92,496

91,349

92,135

91,159

Diluted

92,496

92,847

92,135

92,850

 

KEY BUSINESS METRICS

Three Months Ended
September 30,

Nine Months Ended
September 30,

2020

2019

2020

2019

Active Diners (000s)

29,956

21,197

29,956

21,197

Daily Average Grubs

668,600

457,300

610,900

488,800

Gross Food Sales (millions)

$

2,354

$

1,400

$

6,308

$

4,362

 

GRUBHUB INC.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(in thousands, except share data)

September 30,
2020

December 31,

  2019

ASSETS

CURRENT ASSETS:

Cash and cash equivalents

$

405,273

$

375,909

Short-term investments

61,497

49,275

Accounts receivable, less allowances for doubtful accounts

75,793

119,658

Income tax receivable

22,577

3,960

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

17,875

17,515

Total current assets

583,015

566,317

PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT:

Property and equipment, net of depreciation and amortization

217,923

172,744

OTHER ASSETS:

Other assets

42,510

26,836

Operating lease right-of-use asset

95,863

100,632

Goodwill

1,007,968

1,007,968

Acquired intangible assets, net of amortization

465,041

500,481

Total other assets

1,611,382

1,635,917

TOTAL ASSETS

$

2,412,320

$

2,374,978

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

CURRENT LIABILITIES:

Restaurant food liability

$

115,584

$

131,753

Accounts payable

16,974

26,748

Accrued payroll

33,871

19,982

Current operating lease liability

16,667

9,376

Other accruals

156,552

61,504

Total current liabilities

339,648

249,363

LONG-TERM LIABILITIES:

Deferred taxes, non-current

1,404

27,163

Noncurrent operating lease liability

106,836

111,056

Long-term debt

493,876

493,009

Other accruals

4,531

817

Total long-term liabilities

606,647

632,045

STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY:

Common stock, $0.0001 par value

9

9

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

(1,866)

(1,628)

Additional paid-in capital

1,225,169

1,164,400

Retained earnings

242,713

330,789

Total Stockholders’ Equity

$

1,466,025

$

1,493,570

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

$

2,412,320

$

2,374,978

 

GRUBHUB INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(in thousands)

Nine Months Ended
September 30,

2020

2019

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES

Net income (loss)

$

(88,076)

$

9,152

Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash from operating
activities:

Depreciation

30,089

21,665

Amortization of intangible assets and developed software

74,387

61,296

Stock-based compensation

62,060

54,806

Deferred taxes

(25,759)

(6,208)

Other

3,279

5,210

Change in assets and liabilities:

Accounts receivable

42,636

(13,335)

Income taxes receivable

(18,617)

7,722

Prepaid expenses and other assets

(10,228)

(11,955)

Restaurant food liability

(16,111)

3,247

Accounts payable

(5,371)

(50)

Accrued payroll

13,888

4,366

Other accruals

93,285

20,088

Net cash provided by operating activities

155,462

156,004

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES

Purchases of investments

(87,260)

(49,506)

Proceeds from maturity of investments

75,350

31,736

Capitalized website and development costs

(43,532)

(35,068)

Purchases of property and equipment

(53,232)

(42,702)

Acquisition of other intangible assets

(510)

(8,889)

Acquisitions of businesses, net of cash acquired

127

Other cash flows from investing activities

(525)

(250)

Net cash used in investing activities

(109,709)

(104,552)

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES

Proceeds from the issuance of long-term debt

175,000

500,000

Repayments of borrowings under the credit facility

(175,000)

(342,313)

Taxes paid related to net settlement of stock-based
compensation awards

(23,561)

(20,503)

Proceeds from exercise of stock options

7,484

4,040

Payments for debt issuance costs

(89)

(9,136)

Other cash flows from financing activities

(1,063)

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

(17,229)

132,088

Net change in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash

28,524

183,540

Effect of exchange rates on cash, cash equivalents and
restricted cash

(217)

(293)

Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at beginning of year

379,595

215,802

Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at end of the period

$

407,902

$

399,049

SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF NON-CASH ITEMS

Cash paid for income taxes

$

136

$

567

 

GRUBHUB INC.
NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES RECONCILIATION
(in thousands, except per share and per order data)

Three Months Ended
September 30,

Nine Months Ended
September 30,

2020

2019

2020

2019

Net income (loss)

$

(9,238)

$

1,010

$

(88,076)

$

9,152

Income taxes

(12,869)

(3,447)

(43,746)

(4,911)

Interest expense, net

6,979

6,025

20,175

14,304

Depreciation and amortization

36,556

30,649

104,476

82,961

EBITDA

21,428

34,237

(7,171)

101,506

Merger, acquisition, restructuring and certain
legal costs

1,518

1,312

23,210

3,139

Stock-based compensation

20,839

18,279

62,060

54,806

Adjusted EBITDA

$

43,785

$

53,828

$

78,099

$

159,451

Net income (loss) per order

$

(0.15)

$

0.02

$

(0.53)

$

0.07

Adjusted EBITDA per order

$

0.71

$

1.28

$

0.47

$

1.19

Three Months Ended
September 30,

Nine Months Ended
September 30,

2020

2019

2020

2019

Net income (loss)

$

(9,238)

$

1,010

$

(88,076)

$

9,152

Stock-based compensation

20,839

18,279

62,060

54,806

Amortization of acquired intangible assets

11,268

13,575

35,440

37,345

Merger, acquisition, restructuring and certain legal costs

1,518

1,312

23,210

3,139

Income tax adjustments

(9,227)

(9,510)

(33,437)

(26,967)

Non-GAAP income (loss)

$

15,160

$

24,666

$

(803)

$

77,475

Weighted-average diluted shares used to compute
income (loss) per share attributable to common stockholders

94,575

92,847

92,135

92,850

Non-GAAP income (loss) per diluted share attributable to common
stockholders

$

0.16

$

0.27

$

(0.01)

$

0.83