Zedge Announces Third Quarter Fiscal 2025 Results

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Active subscribers 1 increased 37% to a record of nearly 900,000; subscription revenue increased 13% Cash flow from operations of $0.9 million; Free cash flow 2 of $0.8 million after ~$1.0 million of payments mainly related to the global restructuring and the tail end of the GuruShots retention bonus Revenue returned to growth despite the TikTok ban in the U.S. at the start of the quarter Launched DataSeeds.AI, a new content marketplace initiative for AI training sets, creating B2B revenue opportunities NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / June 12, 2025 / Zedge, Inc. (NYSE American:ZDGE), $ZDGE, a leader in digital marketplaces and interactive games that provide content, enable creativity, empower self-expression and facilitate community, today announced results for its third quarter fiscal 2025, ended April 30, 2025. Jonathan Reich, Zedge's CEO, commented: "Our core business demonstrated strong momentum , driving a return to revenue growth in Q3 and highlighting its resilience despite the impact on the ad market resulting from TikTok's temporary U.S. ban and tariff-related uncertainty that caused macroeconomic volatility. "We generated $0.8 million in free cash flow, despite approximately $1.0 million of certain payments - primarily severance related to our restructuring and the first portion of the final installment of the retention bonus stemming from the 2022 GuruShots acquisition. On a sequential basis our cash and cash equivalents balance at the end of the quarter increased to $20.4 million, even after repurchasing approximately 220,000 shares in Q3 for roughly $536,000. "On the bottom line, we saw meaningful year-over-year and quarter-over-quarter improvements in GAAP and non-GAAP net income and EPS 2 , and adjusted EBITDA 2 , as the cost savings from our global restructuring began to take hold. This performance was especially notable, as our headline results were partially masked by expected revenue declines at GuruShots. However, the business's bottom-line losses were meaningfully reduced due to streamlining the organization as part of the global restructuring, coupled with lower customer acquisition spend. "Our underlying business metrics were robust as well. Active subscribers reached an all-time high of nearly 900,000, representing a 37% increase from last year, while subscription revenue increased by 13%. The discrepancy between these two numbers is attributed to a mix shift driven by an increase in lifetime subscriptions, where revenue is amortized over 30 months while the related app store fees are recognized upfront. This results in an attractive recurring revenue stream with a 100% gross margin during the tail period. In fact, our deferred revenue, which is primarily tied to subscriptions, increased by 83% year-over-year and 13% sequentially, standing at nearly $5 million at quarter's end. I'm also encouraged by Zedge Premium's revenue growth, which more than doubled, fueled by availing it to web users and continued user demand for pAInt, our Gen AI creation suite and Parallax 3D Wallpapers." Fourth Quarter Fiscal 2025 Outlook Reich continued: " We're seeing continued momentum in our core business through the first month of Q4 , supported by strong user engagement. On the operational front, we're starting to reap the financial benefits of our global restructuring efforts. Year-over-year improvements in cost structure and free cash flow should become more visible in Q4 , even taking into account traditional seasonality and continued expected softness at GuruShots, providing a stronger foundation as we scale new growth initiatives. "We also announced a major strategic milestone last week - the launch of DataSeeds.AI , a content marketplace for AI training sets critical to the success of foundational models. This initiative capitalizes on Zedge's massive creator community - at both Gurushots and Zedge Marketplace - and our content catalog of tens of millions of images, creating a new potential revenue stream for us. We've already signed our first AI dataset partnership with a leading AI company and plan to evaluate opportunities that would expand the DataSeeds.AI marketplace beyond images. DataSeeds.AI is not only attractive to the market due to its ability to promptly supply bespoke content at scale but also because it has reset the bar for AI training benchmarks with the DataSeeds.AI Sample Dataset compared to legacy solutions like AWS Rekognition. "Another exciting development is the upcoming rollout of our audio AI generator within Zedge Premium . As one of the first consumer platforms to introduce this functionality, we're tapping into a powerful new dimension of personalization. By enabling users to create ringtones and notification sounds from simple prompts, we're expanding our leadership in mobile content and unlocking a new category of user expression that complements our existing image-based offerings and has the potential to contribute to our Dataseeds.AI offering. "For Emojipedia , we're gearing up for World Emoji Day in July, with plans to introduce an exciting new feature to the Emoji Sandbox ahead of the event that will deepen user interaction and further elevate our brand's profile. We also remain on track for modernizing and upgrading the emojipedia.org website in the months to come. "We're actively ideating about the direction for GuruShots 2.0 , including onboarding, voting mechanic and progression. Related to this is how we create a synergistic relationship with DataSeeds.AI - incentivizing players to create content that can be used for AI training. We are being deliberate in our planning in order to deliver the best comprehensive outcome for all relevant parties. "We're energized by the innovation happening across the company and remain focused on disciplined execution, platform synergy and creating long-term value for users, creators and shareholders alike." Third Quarter Highlights (fiscal 2025 versus fiscal 2024) Third Quarter Select Financial Metrics: FY25 versus FY24* Select Zedge Marketplace Metrics: FY25 versus FY24* Trended Financial Information* nm = not measurable/meaningful *numbers may not add due to rounding 1 We use the following supplemental business metrics in this release because we believe they are useful in evaluating Zedge's operational performance. 2 Throughout this release, Non-GAAP Net Income, Non-GAAP EPS, Free Cash Flow (FCF), FCF Yield and Adjusted EBITDA/Margin are non-GAAP financial measures intended to provide useful information that supplement Zedge's results in accordance with GAAP. Please refer to the Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial measures at the end of this release for an explanation of Zedge's formulations of Non-GAAP Net Income, Non-GAAP EPS, Free Cash Flow and Adjusted EBITDA and reconciliations to the most directly comparable GAAP measures. Earnings Announcement and Supplemental Information Management will host an earnings conference call today at 4:30 PM Eastern to discuss its earnings results, outlook, and strategy, followed by a Q&A session with investors. Live Call-in Info: Toll Free: 888-506-0062 International: 973-528-0011 Participant Access Code: 253956 Webcast URL: https://www.webcaster4.com/Webcast/Page/2205/52502 Replay: Toll Free: 877-481-4010 International: 919-882-2331 Replay Passcode: 52502 About Zedge Zedge empowers tens of millions of consumers and creators each month with its suite of interconnected platforms that enable creativity, self-expression and e-commerce and foster community through fun competitions. Zedge's ecosystem of product offerings includes the Zedge Marketplace, a freemium marketplace offering mobile phone wallpapers, video wallpapers, ringtones, notification sounds, and pAInt, a generative AI image maker; GuruShots, "The World's Greatest Photography Game," a skill-based photo challenge game; and Emojipedia, the #1 trusted source for ‘all things emoji.' For more information, visit: investor.zedge.net Follow us on X: @Zedge Follow us on LinkedIn Forward-Looking Statements All statements above that are not purely about historical facts, including, but not limited to, those in which we use the words "believe," "anticipate," "expect," "plan," "intend," "estimate," "target" and similar expressions, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. While these forward-looking statements represent our current judgment of what may happen in the future, actual results may differ materially from the results expressed or implied by these statements due to numerous important factors. Our filings with the SEC provide detailed information on such statements and risks and should be consulted along with this release. To the extent permitted under applicable law, we assume no obligation to update any forward-looking statements. Contact: Brian Siegel, IRC, MBA Senior Managing Director Hayden IR (346) 396-8696 [email protected] CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (in thousands, except par value data) ZEDGE, INC. CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS (in thousands, except per share data) (Unaudited) ZEDGE, INC. CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (in thousands) (Unaudited) Use of Non-GAAP Measures Adjusted EBITDA, defined as earnings (loss) before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, stock compensation expense, transaction-related expenses and other non-recurring expenses, Free Cash Flow, and non-GAAP net income and EPS (which adjust out stock compensation expense, transaction-related expenses and other non-recurring expenses from GAAP net income and EPS), represent measures that we believe are customarily used by investors and analysts to evaluate the financial performance of companies in addition to the GAAP measures we present. Our management also believes these measures are useful in evaluating our core operating results. However, these are not measures of financial performance under GAAP and should not be considered an alternative to net income or operating income/margin as an indicator of our operating performance or to net cash provided by operating activities as a measure of our liquidity. Numbers in the following reconciliation tables may not add due to rounding. *numbers may not add due to rounding *numbers may not add due to rounding SOURCE: Zedge, Inc. View the original press release on ACCESS Newswire

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