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Exhibit 99.1

 

 

 

 

 

Vitacost.com Announces Results for the Second Quarter 2013

 

Revenue on vitacost.com Website up 24% Year-Over-Year; Total Company Revenue Increased 22%

 

247,000 New Customers Added on vitacost.com Website

 

BOCA RATON, Fla., August 6, 2013 – Vitacost.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:VITC), a leading online retailer of healthy living products, today reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2013. The number of shipped orders on the Company’s core vitacost.com website increased 20% year-over-year in the second quarter benefiting from the addition of 247,000 new customers.

 

Revenue on the Company’s core vitacost.com website increased 24% compared to the second quarter of the prior year. The Company reported total net sales of $97.2 million for the second quarter of 2013, a 22% increase from total net sales of $79.9 million for the second quarter of 2012. The increase from the Company’s core vitacost.com website was partially offset by an expected 23% year-over-year decline in sales through Amazon.com as the Company refined its sales strategy for this channel in March 2012. Gross profit in the second quarter increased 14% year-over-year to $21.7 million. Non-GAAP adjusted EBITDA was a loss of $2.2 million for the second quarter of 2013 and 2012. The Company reported an operating loss of $4.4 million in the second quarter of 2013 compared to an operating loss of $4.3 million in the second quarter of 2012.

 

“We are pleased with our consistent growth in customer acquisition and the number of orders shipped, as we generated another quarter of strong double digit net sales growth,” stated Jeffrey Horowitz, Vitacost.com’s Chief Executive Officer. “We remain focused on continuing to expand our customer base, while also making key investments in our business to support our growth, as well as drive operational efficiencies.”

 

Second Quarter Financial Highlights

 

Customer Acquisition: The Company added 247,000 new customers in the second quarter of 2013 on its vitacost.com website, an increase of 9% year-over-year. In total, the Company added 326,000 new customers in the second quarter of 2013, an increase of 1% year-over-year, due to an expected reduction in the Company’s Amazon.com sales channel.

 

 

 
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Active Customer Base: The number of active customers from the Company’s vitacost.com website was 1.8 million at the end of the second quarter, up 18% year-over-year. The Company ended the second quarter of 2013 with 2.1 million total active customers, up 14% year-over-year.

 

Number of Shipped Orders: The Company shipped 1.3 million orders generated from its vitacost.com website, up 20% year-over-year. The Company shipped 1.4 million total orders in the second quarter of 2013, up 16% year-over-year, due to an expected reduction in the Company’s Amazon.com sales channel.

 

Average Order Value: The Company’s AOV from its vitacost.com website was $75.74, a 3% year-over-year increase. Total AOV for the second quarter of 2013 was $71.84, an increase of 5% year-over-year, due to a lower percentage of orders generated from the Company’s Amazon.com sales channel which carries a lower AOV.

 

Gross Margin: Gross margin was 22.3% in the second quarter of 2013 compared to 23.8% in the second quarter of 2012.

 

Fulfillment Expense: Fulfillment expense on a per order shipped basis decreased 4% year-over-year, excluding fees related to the Company’s freight savings program. As a percentage of net sales, fulfillment expense was 8.9% for the second quarter of 2013 compared to 9.8% in the second quarter of 2012. Excluding fees related to the Company’s current freight savings program, which is expected to expire in mid-2014, fulfillment expense as a percentage of net sales was 8.2% in the second quarter of 2013 compared to 8.9% of sales in the second quarter of 2012.

 

Sales & Marketing Expense: Sales and marketing expense was $8.6 million or 8.9% of net sales in the second quarter of 2013, compared to $8.0 million or 10.0% of net sales in the second quarter of 2012.

 

Balance Sheet: The Company had cash and cash equivalents of $30.4 million as of June 30, 2013.

 

E-Commerce Metrics

A copy of historical e-commerce metrics is available on the Company's website at http://investor.vitacost.com. 

 

Conference Call Information

The Company will host a conference call to discuss these results and will provide additional comments and details at that time. Participating on the call will be Jeff Horowitz, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Brian Helman, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer.

 

The conference call is scheduled to begin today at 10:00 a.m. ET. The call will be broadcast live over the Internet hosted on the Investor Relations section of Vitacost.com's website at http://investor.vitacost.com, and will be archived online through August 20, 2013. In addition, you may dial (877) 705-6003 to listen to the live broadcast.

 

 

 
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A telephonic playback will be available from 1:00 p.m. ET, August 6, 2013, through August 20, 2013. Participants can dial (877) 870-5176 to hear the playback. The pass code is 417267.

 

About Vitacost.com, Inc.

 

Vitacost.com, Inc. (Nasdaq:VITC) is a leading online retailer of healthy living products, including dietary supplements such as vitamins, minerals, herbs and other botanicals, amino acids and metabolites, as well as cosmetics, organic body and personal care products, pet products, sports nutrition and health foods.  Vitacost.com, Inc. sells these products directly to consumers through its website, www.vitacost.com.  Vitacost.com, Inc. strives to offer its customers the broadest selection of healthy living products, while providing superior customer service and timely and accurate delivery.

 

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

Except for historical information contained herein, the statements in this release are forward-looking and made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements made herein, which include statements regarding the Company’s future growth prospects, the Company’s expectations regarding customer growth and future investments to support growth and drive operational efficiencies, involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, which may cause the Company’s actual results in current or future periods to differ materially from those anticipated or projected herein. Those risks and uncertainties include, among other things, significant competition in the Company’s industry; unfavorable publicity or consumer perception of the Company’s products on the Internet; the incurrence of material product liability and product recall costs; costs of compliance and the Company’s failure to comply with government regulations; inability to defend intellectual property claims; the Company’s failure to keep pace with the demands of customers for new products; the current global economic climate; disruptions in the Company’s information technology systems, and the lack of long-term experience with human consumption of some of the Company’s products with innovative ingredients. Those and other risks are more fully described in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company’s Form 10-K for the full year ended December 31, 2012 and in the Company's subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission made prior to or after the date hereof.

 

 

 
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Discussion of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

 

To supplement the consolidated financial statements presented in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Vitacost.com uses the non-GAAP measure of adjusted EBITDA, defined as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization of intangible assets. To adjust for the impact of certain matters in 2012 and 2013, the Company has further adjusted its EBITDA calculation to exclude the impact of stock-based compensation expense and expenses from certain legal actions, settlements and related costs, severance costs, and certain other charges and credits. These non-GAAP measures are provided to enhance the user’s overall understanding of the Company’s current financial performance. Management believes that adjusted EBITDA provides useful information to the Company and to investors by excluding certain items that may not be indicative of the Company’s core operating results. However, adjusted EBITDA should not be considered in isolation, or as a substitute for, or as superior to, net income/loss, cash flows, or other consolidated income/loss or cash flow data prepared in accordance with GAAP, or as a measure of the Company’s profitability or liquidity. Although adjusted EBITDA is frequently used as a measure of operating performance, it is not necessarily comparable to other similarly titled captions of other companies due to differences in methods of calculation. Operating income (loss) is the closest financial measure prepared by the Company in accordance with GAAP in terms of comparability to adjusted EBITDA. Attached at the end of this release is a reconciliation of reported operating income (loss) determined under GAAP to the presentation of adjusted EBITDA.

 

 
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Vitacost.com, Inc.

Consolidated Balance Sheets

(In thousands, except par value)

 

 

As of

Assets

June 30, 2013

December 31, 2012

Current Assets

               

Cash and cash equivalents

  $ 30,423   $ 32,152

Accounts receivable, net

    3,144     2,613

Inventory

    39,053     33,319

Prepaid expenses

    1,581     1,270

Other receivables

    1,184     2,054

Restricted cash

    225     -

Other assets

    78     93

Total current assets

    75,688     71,501
                 

Property and equipment, net

    33,609     33,491
                 

Restricted cash

    250     225

Deposits

    166     246

Goodwill

    2,200     2,200
      2,616     2,671
                 

Total assets

  $ 111,913   $ 107,663
                 

Liability and Stockholders' Equity

               

Current Liabilities

               

Accounts payable

    35,876     28,696

Deferred revenue

    5,205     5,414

Accrued expenses

    9,187     6,545

Total current liabilities

    50,268     40,655
                 

Deferred tax liability

    376     350

Total liabilities

  $ 50,644   $ 41,005
                 

Commitments and Contingencies

               
                 

Stockholders' Equity

               

Preferred stock, par value $.00001 per share; 25,000 shares authorized; no shares issued and outstanding

    -     -

Common stock, par value $.00001 per share; 100,000 shares authorized; 33,622 and 33,500 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, respectively

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Additional paid-in capital

    110,922     109,022

Warrants

    4,348     4,262

Accumulated deficit

    (54,001 )     (46,626 )

Total stockholders' equity

    61,269     66,658

Total liabilities and stockholders' equity

  $ 111,913   $ 107,663

 

   

 
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Vitacost.com, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

(In thousands, except per share)

(Unaudited)

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

June 30, 2013

June 30, 2012

 

As

 

Excluding

As

 

Excluding

 

Reported

Adjustments

Adjustments

Reported

Adjustments

Adjustments

                                     

Net Sales

  $ 97,234     $ 97,234   $ 79,877     $ 79,877
                                     

Cost of Goods Sold

    75,535       75,535     60,886       60,886

Gross Profit

    21,699       21,699     18,991       18,991
                                     

Fulfillment

    8,660       8,660     7,803       7,803

Sales & Marketing

    8,610       8,610     8,003       8,003

General & Administrative

    8,829       8,829     7,495       7,495

Total Operating Expenses

    26,099       26,099     23,301       23,301
                                     

Operating Loss

    (4,400 )       (4,400 )     (4,310 )       (4,310 )
                                     

Other Income

    37       37     21       21
                                     

Loss Before Income Taxes

    (4,363 )       (4,363 )     (4,289 )       (4,289 )

Income Tax Expense

    (13 )       (13 )     (13 )       (13 )
                                     

Net Loss

  $ (4,376 )     $ (4,376 )   $ (4,302 )     $ (4,302 )
                                     

EPS

                                   

Basic

  $ (0.13 )     $ (0.13 )   $ (0.13 )     $ (0.13 )

Fully Diluted

  $ (0.13 )     $ (0.13 )   $ (0.13 )     $ (0.13 )
                                     

Basic Shares Outstanding

    33,612       33,612     33,277       33,277

Fully Diluted Shares Outstanding*

    33,612       33,612     33,277       33,277

 

*The inclusion of common stock equivalents in the calculation of diluted earnings per share during the periods was anti-dilutive

 

 

 
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Vitacost.com, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

(In thousands, except per share)

(Unaudited)

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

June 30, 2013

June 30, 2012

 

As

       

Excluding

As

       

Excluding

 

Reported

Adjustments

Adjustments

Reported

Adjustments

Adjustments

                                                 

Net Sales

  $ 194,990           $ 194,990   $ 163,470           $ 163,470
                                                 

Cost of Goods Sold

    150,662             150,662     125,330             125,330

Gross Profit

    44,328             44,328     38,140             38,140
                                                 

Fulfillment

    17,576     135     17,441     16,216             16,216

Sales & Marketing

    17,026             17,026     17,136             17,136

General & Administrative

    17,132             17,132     15,669     570     15,099

Total Operating Expenses

    51,734             51,599     49,021             48,451
                                                 

Operating Loss

    (7,406 )             (7,271 )     (10,881 )             (10,311 )
                                                 

Other Income

    57             57     51             51
                                                 

Loss Before Income Taxes

    (7,349 )             (7,214 )     (10,830 )             (10,260 )

Income Tax Expense

    (26 )             (26 )     (26 )             (26 )
                                                 

Net Loss

  $ (7,375 )           $ (7,240 )   $ (10,856 )           $ (10,286 )
                                                 

EPS

                                               

Basic

  $ (0.22 )           $ (0.22 )   $ (0.34 )           $ (0.32 )

Fully Diluted

  $ (0.22 )           $ (0.22 )   $ (0.34 )           $ (0.32 )
                                                 

Basic Shares Outstanding

    33,566             33,566     31,934             31,934

Fully Diluted Shares Outstanding*

    33,566             33,566     31,934             31,934

 

 

*The inclusion of common stock equivalents in the calculation of diluted earnings per share during the periods was anti-dilutive

 

 

 
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Vitacost.com - Supplemental Net Sales Information

($ in 000s)

 

 

Three Months Ended June 30,

 

2013

2012

Third-party products

  $ 73,305   $ 57,925

Proprietary products

    20,105     18,991

Freight

    3,824     2,961

Net sales

  $ 97,234   $ 79,877
                 
                 
 

Six Months Ended June 30,

 

2013

2012

Third-party products

  $ 147,850   $ 119,811

Proprietary products

    39,487     37,005

Freight

    7,653     6,654

Net sales

  $ 194,990   $ 163,470

 

 

 

Adjusted EBITDA Calculation ($ in 000s)

 

   

Three Months Ended June 30,

 

2013

2012

Reported operating loss

  $ (4,400 )   $ (4,310 )

Depreciation and amortization

    1,654     1,589

Stock-based compensation expense

    539     564
                 

Adjusted EBITDA

  $ (2,207 )   $ (2,157 )
                 
                 
   

Six Months Ended June 30,

 
 

2013

2012

Reported operating loss

  $ (7,406 )   $ (10,881 )

Depreciation and amortization

    3,309     3,143

Stock-based compensation expense

    1,315     1,055

Adjustments:

               

- Severance/recruiting for executives

    135     273

- Financing fees

            161

- Additional legal/consulting expenses

            135
                 
                 

Adjusted EBITDA

  $ (2,647 )   $ (6,114 )

 

 

 

 
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Investor Contact:

Vitacost.com

Kathleen Reed

Director of Investor Relations

561.982.4180

 

ICR, Inc.

Katie Turner

Managing Director

646.277.1228

 

 

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