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Gaia Reports Third Quarter 2022 Results
Tenth Consecutive Quarter of Positive EBITDA BOULDER, Colo., Nov. 07, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gaia, Inc. (NASDAQ: GAIA), a conscious media and community
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[{"type":"text","content":"Tenth Consecutive Quarter of Positive EBITDA\nBOULDER, Colo., Nov. 07, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gaia, Inc. (NASDAQ: GAIA), a conscious media and community company, reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2022. Highlights Tenth consecutive quarter of positive EBITDASecured $10 million revolving line of credit “The third quarter continued to be impacted by the trends that developed in the spring,” said Paul Tarell, Gaia’s CFO. “Consumers shifted their attention and spending to travel and recreational activities, which affected our ability to cost efficiently add new members. We also experienced elevated cancellations in March through July from members that joined us during the peak COVID periods in 2020 and 2021. While these cancellations began to dissipate in the second half of August, the combination of both headwinds impacted our member and revenue growth objectives in the quarter. We remain focused on continuing to attract and retain high lifetime value members, albeit at a lower volume, which allows us to focus on our long-term plan of growing a highly engaged community that generates significant cashflows over many years.” Third Quarter 2022 Financial Results Revenues decreased 2.5% to $19.9 million from $20.4 million in the year-ago quarter. For the nine months ended September 30, revenues increased 6.3% to $62.5 million in 2022 from $58.7 million from the same period in 2021. The member count as of September 30, 2021 was 776,000 compared to 790,500 as of September 30, 2021. Gross profit in the third quarter decreased to $17.2 million compared to $17.8 million in the year-ago quarter as a result of the decreased revenues. Gross margin decreased slightly to 86.7% from 87.1% in the year ago quarter as a result of increased content amortization from our investment in exclusive and compelling original content. Total operating expenses were $17.6 million or 88% of revenues compared to $17.1 million or 84% of revenues in the year-ago quarter. The slight increase is primarily related to elevated legal expenses during 2022 related to an SEC investigation and a $2.0 million accrual for the anticipated settlement, which would resolve the investigation. The anticipated resolution with the SEC concerns certain historical matters that are described in the Form 10-Q filed today. As a result of the elevated le...