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Media Contact:
Mark Delcorps, Overstock.com, Inc.
+1 (801) 947-3564
pr@overstock.com

Investor Contact:
Brian Keller, Overstock.com, Inc.
+1 (801) 947-5374
ir@overstock.com

Overstock.com Reports Q1 2018 Results
Consolidated revenue of $445 million (3% growth) and pre-tax loss of ($54.7) million
Retail pre-tax loss of ($33.6) million (non-GAAP financial measure)
Medici pre-tax loss of ($21.2) million (non-GAAP financial measure)

SALT LAKE CITY - May 8, 2018 - Overstock.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:OSTK), a tech-driven online retailer and advancer of blockchain technology, today reported financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2018.

Dear Owners,

We have had an exciting year. I will use the opportunity of this letter and today’s earnings call, along with tomorrow’s (webcast) shareholder meeting, to provide a fulsome update on our business. While I do not think it is my job to convince the investing public to think one way or another, I do believe I have an obligation to turn face-up as many of our cards as I possibly can, and leave their estimation to the public. In addition, I will not deny that ours has grown into an increasingly complex story, demanding of elaboration.

1)    tZERO - The opportunity that must be seized by this business is mindboggling. It is going to be a game of “Who can innovate best and fastest?” We have sent Saum Noursalehi to be CEO, and I believe he will be a decisive factor. I will remain Executive Chairman.

2)    Overstock.com Retail - We accelerated 16% this quarter (-13% to +3%), and our operating losses were slightly less than we previously indicated should be expected. I am looking for two more good quarters of acceleration and then plan on truing the craft for that rate of climb. As followers of our story know, where previously we demonstrated our prowess by showing profits where no one else did, we have switched to a more growth driven long term free cash flow strategy, where I believe our prowess will be demonstrated in other ways.

3)    Other Medici Ventures: We have a number of other quite interesting blockchain investments within Medici Ventures, some of which could prove quite valuable.

4)    Strategic Discussions: We continue active discussion with various parties including late entrants we are helping to catch up. This does not of course guarantee a strategic event. We will pursue the option we believe maximizes shareholder value.

I cannot talk much these days without someone accusing me of puffery. I worry about that, but I worry more about a Texas Gulf Sulphur. So I think my duty is simply to explain the opportunity I see and let the public make up its own mind. There will be much opportunity for discussion in today’s earnings call and tomorrow’s shareholder meeting. I look forward to it.

Your humble servant,
Patrick M. Byrne

Key Q1 2018 metrics (comparison to Q1 2017):
Revenue: $445.3M vs. $432.4M (3% increase);
Gross profit: $93.9M vs. $86.9M (8% increase);
Gross margin: 21.1% vs. 20.1% (98 basis point increase);
Sales and marketing expense: $77.2M vs. $37.6M (105% increase);
Contribution (non-GAAP financial measure): $16.7M vs. $50.0M (67% decrease);
G&A/Technology expense: $71.0M vs. $51.6M (38% increase);
Pre-tax loss: ($54.7M) vs. ($6.6M) ($48.1M increase);
Pre-tax loss - Overstock retail (non-GAAP financial measure): ($33.6M)
Pre-tax loss - Medici (non-GAAP financial measure): ($21.2M)
Net loss*: ($50.9M) vs. ($5.9M) ($45.0M increase);
Diluted net loss per share: ($1.74)/share vs. ($0.23)/share ($1.51/share increase);

*Net loss refers to Net loss attributable to stockholders of Overstock.com, Inc.

We will hold a conference call and webcast to discuss our Q1 2018 financial results Tuesday, May 8, 2018, at 4:30 p.m. ET.

Webcast information






To access the live webcast and presentation slides, go to http://investors.overstock.com. To listen to the conference call via telephone, dial (877) 673-5346 and enter conference ID 6077988 when prompted. Participants outside the U.S. or Canada who do not have Internet access should dial +1 (724) 498-4326 then enter the conference ID provided above.

A replay of the conference call will be available at http://investors.overstock.com starting two hours after the live call has ended, or on Overstock's YouTube channel, accessible at https://www.overstock.com/2018-Q1-earnings. An audio replay of the webcast will be available via telephone starting at 7:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday, May 8, 2018, through 7:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday, May 22, 2018. To listen to the recorded webcast by phone, dial (855) 859-2056 then enter the conference ID provided above. Outside the U.S. or Canada dial +1 (404) 537-3406 and enter the conference ID provided above.

Please email all questions in advance of the call to ir@overstock.com.

Key financial and operating metrics:

Investors should review our financial statements and publicly-filed reports in their entirety and not rely on any single financial measure.

Total net revenue - Total net revenue was $445.3 million and $432.4 million for Q1 2018 and 2017, respectively, a 3% increase. This growth was primarily driven by increased marketing expenses as we have shifted our retail strategy to more aggressively pursue revenue growth and new customers. Our increased marketing expenses resulted in a 6% increase in orders in Q1 2018, and we also had a 3% increase in average order size primarily due to a continued sales mix shift into home and garden products. These increases were partially offset by increased promotional activities, including coupons and site sales (which we recognize as a reduction of revenue) due to our driving a higher proportion of our sales using such promotions, and an increase in product sales for which we record only our commission as revenue.

We continue to experience difficulties which we believe are due in part to changes that Google, Inc. ("Google") has made in its natural search engine algorithms. It is taking us longer to analyze and to seek to adapt to the 2017 algorithm adjustments than it took us to respond to Google's changes in previous years. We have reorganized a large number of resources around addressing this challenge, as well as seeking to prevent it from occurring again. We have implemented a variety of innovations and technical improvements in this area and expect to continue to do so.

Gross profit - Gross profit was $93.9 million and $86.9 million for Q1 2018 and 2017, respectively, an 8% increase, representing 21.1% and 20.1% gross margin for those respective periods. The increase in gross margin was primarily due to a continued shift in sales mix into higher margin home and garden products and an increase in marketplace sales (for which we record only our commission as revenue), partially offset by increased promotional activities.

Sales and marketing expenses - Sales and marketing expenses totaled $77.2 million and $37.6 million for Q1 2018 and 2017, respectively, a 105% increase, and representing 17.3% and 8.7% of total net revenue for those respective periods. This significant increase in sales and marketing expenses was primarily due to our recently adopted retail growth strategy to more aggressively pursue increased revenue and new customers, and also to help offset the effects of the Google algorithm changes described above. This included increased spending in the sponsored search, display ads on social media, and television marketing channels. We also had a $2.9 million increase in marketing costs at tZERO for employee severance and a special restricted stock grant which fully vested during the quarter.






Consolidated contribution (a non-GAAP financial measure) and contribution margin (a non-GAAP financial measure) - Contribution for Q1 2018 and 2017 was $16.7 million and $50.0 million, respectively, a 67% decrease, representing 3.7% and 11.6% of total net revenue for those respective periods.

Contribution and contribution margin (non-GAAP financial measures - which we reconcile to "Gross Profit" in our consolidated statement of operations) consist of gross profit less sales and marketing expense plus Club O Rewards and gift card breakage and reflects an additional way of viewing our results. Contribution margin is contribution as a percentage of total net revenue. We believe contribution and contribution margin provide management and users of the financial statements information about our ability to cover our operating costs, such as technology and general and administrative expenses, while reflecting the selling costs we incurred to generate our revenues and adding back Club O Rewards and gift card breakage. Contribution and contribution margin are used in addition to and in conjunction with results presented in accordance with GAAP and should not be relied upon to the exclusion of GAAP financial measures. The material limitation associated with the use of contribution is that it is an incomplete measure of profitability as it does not include all operating expenses or all non-operating income and expenses. Management compensates for these limitations when using this measure by looking at other GAAP measures, such as operating income and net income. You should review our financial statements and publicly-filed reports in their entirety and not rely on any single financial measure. For additional information about our non-GAAP financial measures, including “Retail pre-tax income” and “Medici pre-tax loss” please see the "Additional Non-GAAP Financial Measure Reconciliations" section below.

Our calculation of our consolidated contribution and contribution margin is set forth below (in thousands):
 
 
Three months ended
 March 31,
 
 
2018
 
2017
Total net revenue
 
$
445,331

 
100
%
 
$
432,435

 
100
%
Cost of goods sold
 
351,462

 
78.9
%
 
345,528

 
79.9
%
Gross profit
 
93,869

 
21.1
%
 
86,907

 
20.1
%
Less: Sales and marketing expense
 
77,214

 
17.3
%
 
37,618

 
8.7
%
Plus: Club O Rewards and gift card breakage (1)
 

 
%
 
671

 
0.2
%
Contribution and contribution margin
 
$
16,655

 
3.7
%
 
$
49,960

 
11.6
%
 ___________________________________________
(1)
 — Effective January 1, 2018, we made a change in accounting principle to present Club O Rewards and gift card breakage in Partner and other revenue instead of Other expense, net on our consolidated statements of operations. This change impacts the presentation of Revenue, net, Gross profit and Other expense, net, but does not impact the calculation of contribution.

Technology expenses - Technology expenses totaled $31.3 million and $29.0 million for Q1 2018 and 2017, respectively, an 8% increase, and representing 7.0% and 6.7% of total revenue for those respective periods. The increase was primarily due to an increase in staff related costs of $2.5 million and an increase in technology licenses and maintenance costs of $1.7 million, partially offset by a decrease in depreciation of $1.3 million.

General and administrative ("G&A") expenses - G&A expenses totaled $39.8 million and $22.6 million for Q1 2018 and 2017, respectively, a 76% increase, and representing 8.9% and 5.2% of total revenue for those respective periods. The increase was primarily due to an $8.8 million increase in impairment losses on cryptocurrency holdings due to larger than normal cryptocurrency holdings as of March 31, 2018 (primarily related to the tZERO security token offering) and a large decrease in market values during Q1 2018, partially offset by an increase in realized gains on the sale of cryptocurrencies of $1.5 million. We also had an increase in stock compensation expense of $4.4 million, including $3.4 million for a special tZERO restricted stock grant which fully vested during the quarter. In addition, we had an increase in staff





related costs of $2.4 million and an increase in legal fees and consulting costs of $2.3 million, including $1.0 million due to the write-off of costs associated with an equity offering that we terminated in late March 2018, as well as costs related to an SEC inquiry.

We continue to seek opportunities for growth, in our retail business and through our Medici blockchain and financial technology initiatives and through other means. As a result of these initiatives, we will continue to incur additional expenses and expect to purchase interests in, or make acquisitions of, other technologies and businesses. We anticipate that our initiatives will cause us to incur losses in the foreseeable future. These losses, additional expenses, acquisitions or purchases may be material, and, coupled with existing marketing expense trends, increased marketing and branding expenditures, and strategic changes in our retail business, may lead to increased consolidated losses in some periods, and to reduced liquidity. Additionally, we may recognize additional impairment charges from our ownership interest in other entities.

Other expense, net - Other expense, net totaled $9,000 and $3.7 million for Q1 2018 and 2017, respectively. The decrease is primarily due to a decrease in asset impairment charges of $4.5 million.

Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities - Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities was ($22.3) million and $51.0 million for the twelve months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. The $73.3 million decrease is primarily due to increased losses.

Free cash flow (a non-GAAP financial measure) - Free cash flow totaled ($38.6) million and ($13.1) million for the twelve months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. The $25.5 million decrease was due to a $73.3 million decrease in operating cash flow, partially offset by a $47.8 million decrease in capital expenditures including costs related to the development of our new corporate headquarters.

Free cash flow reflects an additional way of viewing our cash flows and liquidity that, when viewed with our GAAP results, provides a more complete understanding of factors and trends affecting our cash flows and liquidity. Free cash flow, which we reconcile to “net cash provided by operating activities,” is cash flow from operations, reduced by “expenditures for fixed assets, including internal-use software and website development.” We believe that cash flows from operating activities is an important measure since it includes both the cash impact of the continuing operations of the business and changes in the balance sheet that impact cash. Also, we believe free cash flow is a useful measure to evaluate our business since purchases of fixed assets, including internal-use software and website development, are a necessary component of ongoing operations and free cash flow measures the amount of cash we have available for mandatory debt service and financing obligations, changes in our capital structure, and future investments, after we have paid our operating expenses. Therefore, we believe it is important to view free cash flow as a complement to our entire consolidated statements of cash flows.

Our calculation of free cash flow is set forth below (in thousands):
 
 
Three months ended
 March 31,
 
Twelve months ended
 March 31,
 
 
2018
 
2017
 
2018
 
2017
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities
 
$
(10,182
)
 
$
(23,097
)
 
$
(22,306
)
 
$
50,970

Expenditures for fixed assets, including internal-use software and website development
 
(4,029
)
 
(11,344
)
 
(16,271
)
 
(64,033
)
Free cash flow
 
$
(14,211
)
 
$
(34,441
)
 
$
(38,577
)
 
$
(13,063
)
Cash - We had cash and cash equivalents of $259.6 million and $203.2 million at March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively. These increases are primarily due to proceeds received from our tZERO security token offering and the exercise of a stock warrant in Q1 2018, partially offset by cash used for acquisitions and other investments.







About Overstock.com
Overstock.com, Inc. Common Shares (NASDAQ:OSTK) / Series A Preferred (Medici Ventures’ tZERO platform:OSTKP) / Series B Preferred (OTCQX:OSTBP) is an online retailer based in Salt Lake City, Utah that sells a broad range of products at low prices, including furniture, décor, rugs, bedding, and home improvement. In addition to home goods, Overstock.com offers a variety of products including jewelry, electronics, apparel, and more, as well as a marketplace providing customers access to hundreds of thousands of products from third-party sellers. Additional stores include Worldstock.com, dedicated to selling artisan-crafted products from around the world. Forbes ranked Overstock in its list of the Top 100 Most Trustworthy Companies in 2014. Overstock regularly posts information about the company and other related matters under Investor Relations on its website.

O, Overstock.com, O.com, O.co, Club O, Main Street Revolution, Worldstock and OVillage are registered trademarks of Overstock.com, Inc.  O.biz and Space Shift are also trademarks of Overstock.com, Inc. Other service marks, trademarks and trade names which may be referred to herein are the property of their respective owners.

# # #

This press release and the May 8, 2018 conference call and webcast to discuss our financial results may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such forward-looking statements include all statements other than statements of historical fact, including forecasts of trends. These forward-looking statements are inherently difficult to predict. Actual results could differ materially for a variety of reasons, including the amount and timing of our capital expenditures, the mix of products we sell, the results of legal proceedings and claims and the amounts we spend relating to them, the extent to which we owe income taxes, competition, fluctuations in operating results, Google and other search engine companies changing their natural search engine algorithms periodically resulting in lower ranking of our products, any inability to raise capital if needed on acceptable terms, our efforts to expand both domestically and internationally, risks of inventory management and seasonality. Other risks and uncertainties include, among others, risks related to new products and services we may offer, and difficulties with our infrastructure, our fulfillment partners or our payment processors, including cyber-attacks or data breaches affecting us or any of them. More information about factors that could potentially affect our financial results is included in our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017 which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 15, 2018, and in our subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Form 10-K and our subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission identify important factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those contained in our projections, estimates and other forward-looking statements. Average order size is measured at the time of order, before promotional discounts and shipping revenue.






Overstock.com, Inc.
Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)
(in thousands)
 
March 31,
2018
 
December 31,
2017
Assets
 

 
 

Current assets:
 

 
 

Cash and cash equivalents
$
259,569

 
$
203,215

Restricted cash
447

 
455

Accounts receivable, net
21,798

 
30,080

Inventories, net
12,471

 
13,703

Prepaid inventories, net
858

 
1,625

Prepaids and other current assets
22,091

 
16,119

Total current assets
317,234

 
265,197

Fixed assets, net
126,765

 
129,343

Intangible assets, net
24,653

 
7,337

Goodwill
22,058

 
14,698

Other long-term assets, net
35,564

 
17,240

Total assets
$
526,274

 
$
433,815

Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
 

 
 

Current liabilities:
 

 
 

Accounts payable
$
89,666

 
$
85,406

Accrued liabilities
92,105

 
82,611

Deferred revenue
41,712

 
46,468

Other current liabilities, net
182

 
178

Total current liabilities
223,665

 
214,663

Long-term debt, net - related party
39,977

 
39,909

Other long-term liabilities
6,539

 
7,120

Total liabilities
270,181

 
261,692

Stockholders’ equity:
 

 
 

Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value, authorized shares - 5,000
 

 
 

Series A, issued and outstanding - 127 and 127

 

Series B, issued and outstanding - 555 and 555

 

Common stock, $0.0001 par value
 

 
 

Authorized shares - 100,000
 

 
 

Issued shares - 32,048 and 30,632
 

 
 

Outstanding shares - 28,866 and 27,497
3

 
3

Additional paid-in capital
547,184

 
494,732

Accumulated deficit
(300,561
)
 
(254,692
)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
(595
)
 
(599
)
Treasury stock:
 

 
 

Shares at cost - 3,182 and 3,135
(66,170
)
 
(63,816
)
Equity attributable to stockholders of Overstock.com, Inc.
179,861

 
175,628

Equity attributable to noncontrolling interests
76,232

 
(3,505
)
Total equity
256,093

 
172,123

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
$
526,274

 
$
433,815







Overstock.com, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited)
(in thousands, except per share data)
 
Three months ended
 March 31,
 
2018
 
2017
Revenue, net
 

 
 

Direct
$
16,270

 
$
22,828

Partner and other
429,061

 
409,607

Total net revenue
445,331

 
432,435

Cost of goods sold
 

 
 

Direct
14,772

 
20,963

Partner and other
336,690

 
324,565

Total cost of goods sold
351,462

 
345,528

Gross profit
93,869

 
86,907

Operating expenses:
 

 
 

Sales and marketing
77,214

 
37,618

Technology
31,294

 
28,992

General and administrative
39,755

 
22,610

Total operating expenses
148,263

 
89,220

Operating loss
(54,394
)
 
(2,313
)
Interest income
544

 
125

Interest expense
(874
)
 
(710
)
Other expense, net
(9
)
 
(3,724
)
Loss before income taxes
(54,733
)
 
(6,622
)
Benefit from income taxes
(277
)
 
(340
)
Net loss
$
(54,456
)
 
$
(6,282
)
Less: Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests
(3,547
)
 
(379
)
Net loss attributable to stockholders of Overstock.com, Inc.
$
(50,909
)
 
$
(5,903
)
Net loss per common share—basic:
 

 
 

Net loss attributable to common shares—basic
$
(1.74
)
 
$
(0.23
)
Weighted average common shares outstanding—basic
28,566

 
25,290

Net loss per common share—diluted:
 

 
 

Net loss attributable to common shares—diluted
$
(1.74
)
 
$
(0.23
)
Weighted average common shares outstanding—diluted
28,566

 
25,290







Overstock.com, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)
(in thousands)
 
Three months ended
 March 31,
 
Twelve months ended
 March 31,
 
2018
 
2017
 
2018
 
2017
Cash flows from operating activities:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Consolidated net loss
$
(54,456
)
 
$
(6,282
)
 
$
(160,096
)
 
$
(8,128
)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Depreciation of fixed assets
6,581

 
7,698

 
27,731

 
28,792

Amortization of intangible assets
918

 
945

 
3,972

 
3,815

Stock-based compensation to employees and directors
6,435

 
940

 
9,572

 
4,863

Deferred income taxes, net
(267
)
 
(806
)
 
65,738

 
(771
)
Gain on investment in precious metals

 

 
(1,971
)
 
(201
)
Impairment of cryptocurrencies
8,793

 

 
8,793

 

Gain on sale of cryptocurrencies

(1,529
)
 

 
(3,524
)
 

Impairment of equity investment

 
4,500

 
987

 
7,350

Early extinguishment costs of long term debts

 

 
2,464

 

Other
185

 
38

 
1,023

 
381

Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Accounts receivable, net
8,282

 
6,527

 
(183
)
 
(2,528
)
Inventories, net
1,232

 
1,211

 
5,255

 
1,713

Prepaid inventories, net
767

 
(626
)
 
1,880

 
(1,536
)
Prepaids and other current assets
1,471

 
(1,173
)
 
(642
)
 
(1,891
)
Other long-term assets, net
(2,261
)
 
(404
)
 
(4,164
)
 
(1,202
)
Accounts payable
4,325

 
(20,456
)
 
3,786

 
6,236

Accrued liabilities
9,274

 
(13,689
)
 
10,652

 
16,583

Deferred revenue
284

 
(1,593
)
 
6,565

 
(2,625
)
Other long-term liabilities
(216
)
 
73

 
(144
)
 
119

Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities
(10,182
)
 
(23,097
)
 
(22,306
)
 
50,970

Cash flows from investing activities:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Purchase of intangible assets
(9,181
)
 

 
(9,604
)
 

Proceeds from sale of precious metals

 

 
11,917

 
1,610

Investment in precious metals

 

 

 
(1,633
)
Disbursement of note receivable

 
(250
)
 
(500
)
 
(1,068
)
Investments in equity securities
(16,970
)
 
(777
)
 
(21,381
)
 
(5,527
)
Acquisitions of businesses, net of cash acquired
(11,769
)
 

 
(11,769
)
 
43

Expenditures for fixed assets, including internal-use software and website development
(4,029
)
 
(11,344
)
 
(16,271
)
 
(64,033
)
Other
(1
)
 
(118
)
 
187

 
(92
)
Net cash used in investing activities
(41,950
)
 
(12,489
)
 
(47,421
)
 
(70,700
)
Cash flows from financing activities:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Payments on capital lease obligations
(123
)
 

 
(206
)
 

Payments on finance obligations

 
(817
)
 
(14,499
)
 
(2,348
)
Payments on interest swap

 

 
(1,535
)
 
(422
)
Proceeds from finance obligations

 

 

 
7,978

Proceeds from long-term debt

 

 
40,000

 
25,150

Payments on long-term debt

 
(187
)
 
(45,579
)
 
(187
)
Payments of preferred dividends

 

 
(109
)
 

Proceeds from exercise of stock options

 
654

 
10

 
1,473

Proceeds from rights offering, net of offering costs

 

 

 
7,591

Proceeds from issuance of stock warrants

 

 
6,462

 

Proceeds from exercise of stock warrants
50,562

 

 
150,562

 

Proceeds from security token offering, net of offering costs
62,073

 

 
62,978

 

Purchase of treasury stock

 
(10,000
)
 

 
(10,000
)
Payments of taxes withheld upon vesting of restricted stock
(4,034
)
 
(822
)
 
(4,441
)
 
(1,354
)
Payment of debt issuance costs

 

 
(670
)
 

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
108,478

 
(11,172
)
 
192,973

 
27,881

Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
56,346

 
(46,758
)
 
123,246

 
8,151

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, beginning of period
203,670

 
183,528

 
136,770

 
128,619

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, end of period
$
260,016

 
$
136,770

 
$
260,016

 
$
136,770


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Overstock.com, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)
(Continued)
(in thousands)
 
Three months ended
 March 31,
 
Twelve months ended
 March 31,
 
2018
 
2017
 
2018
 
2017
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Cash paid during the period:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Interest paid, net of amounts capitalized
$
789

 
$
646

 
$
3,083

 
$
1,636

Income taxes paid, net of refunds
7

 

 
494

 
859

Non-cash investing and financing activities:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Fixed assets, including internal-use software and website development, costs financed through accounts payable and accrued liabilities
$
965

 
$
1,317

 
$
965

 
$
1,317

Equipment acquired under capital lease obligations

 

 
1,421

 

Capitalized interest cost

 

 

 
66

Change in value of cash flow hedge

 
(240
)
 
(1,498
)
 
(2,493
)
Note receivable converted to equity investment
200

 

 
1,568

 
2,850

Cryptocurrency received in security token offering
13,878

 

 
13,878

 







Additional Non-GAAP Financial Measure Reconciliations

As described above, contribution and contribution margin (non-GAAP financial measures - which we reconcile to "Gross Profit" in our consolidated statement of operations) consist of gross profit less sales and marketing expense plus Club O Rewards and gift card breakage and reflects an additional way of viewing our results. Contribution margin is contribution as a percentage of total net revenue.

Retail and Medici pre-tax income or loss (non-GAAP financial measures - which we reconcile to Consolidated pre-tax income or loss) consist of income or loss before taxes of our Retail and Medici businesses, excluding intercompany transactions eliminated in consolidation. We believe these measures provide management and users of the financial statements useful information, because they provide financial results for our separate businesses which are distinct in nature. The material limitation associated with these measures is that they are an incomplete measure of our consolidated operations.

We determined our segments based on how we manage our business, which, in our view, consists primarily of our Retail and Medici businesses. Our Retail business consists of our Direct and Partner reportable segments. We use gross profit as the measure to determine our reportable segments because there is not discrete financial information available below gross profit for our Direct and Partner segments. As a result, our Medici business is not significant as compared to our Direct and Partner segments. Our Other segment consists of Medici. We do not allocate assets between our segments for our internal management purposes.

Contribution, contribution margin, Retail pre-tax income or loss and Medici pre-tax income or loss are used in addition to and in conjunction with results presented in accordance with GAAP and should not be relied upon to the exclusion of GAAP financial measures. You should review our financial statements and publicly-filed reports in their entirety and not rely on any single financial measure.






Our calculations of our contribution and contribution margin by Retail Total (which consists of Direct and Partner) and Other (which consists of Medici) are set forth below (in thousands):
 
Three months ended
 March 31,
 
Direct
Partner
Retail Total
 
Other
 
Total
2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Total net revenue
$
16,270

$
423,726

$
439,996

 
$
5,335

 
$
445,331

Cost of goods sold
14,772

332,808

347,580

 
3,882

 
351,462

Gross profit
$
1,498

$
90,918

$
92,416

 
$
1,453

 
$
93,869

Less: Sales and marketing expense
 
 
73,917

 
3,297

 
77,214

Contribution
 
 
$
18,499

 
$
(1,844
)
 
$
16,655

Contribution margin
 
 
4.2
%
 
(34.6
)%
 
3.7
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2017
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Total net revenue
$
22,828

$
405,261

$
428,089

 
$
4,346

 
$
432,435

Cost of goods sold
20,963

321,297

342,260

 
3,268

 
345,528

Gross profit
$
1,865

$
83,964

$
85,829

 
$
1,078

 
$
86,907

Less: Sales and marketing expense
 
 
37,325

 
293

 
37,618

Plus: Club O Rewards and gift card breakage (included in Other expense, net)
 
 
671

 

 
671

Contribution
 
 
$
49,175

 
$
785

 
$
49,960

Contribution margin
 
 
11.5
%
 
18.1
 %
 
11.6
%

Our calculations of Retail Total (which consists of Direct and Partner) and Other (which consists of Medici) pre-tax income or loss are set forth below excluding intercompany transactions eliminated in consolidation (in thousands):
 
Three months ended
 March 31,
 
Direct
Partner
Retail Total
 
Other
 
Total
2018
 

 

 
 
 
 
 

Revenue, net
$
16,270

$
423,726

$
439,996

 
$
5,335

 
$
445,331

Cost of goods sold
14,772

332,808

347,580

 
3,882

 
351,462

Gross profit
$
1,498

$
90,918

$
92,416

 
$
1,453

 
$
93,869

Operating expenses
 
 
125,532

 
22,731

 
148,263

Interest and other expense, net
 
 
(455
)
 
116

 
(339
)
Pre-tax loss
 
 
(33,571
)
 
(21,162
)
 
(54,733
)
Benefit from income taxes
 
 
(88
)
 
(189
)
 
(277
)
Net loss
 
 
$
(33,483
)
 
$
(20,973
)
 
$
(54,456
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2017
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Revenue, net
$
22,828

$
405,261

$
428,089

 
$
4,346

 
$
432,435

Cost of goods sold
20,963

321,297

342,260

 
3,268

 
345,528

Gross profit
$
1,865

$
83,964

$
85,829

 
$
1,078

 
$
86,907

Operating expenses
 
 
84,538

 
4,682

 
89,220

Interest and other income (expense), net
 
 
102

 
(4,411
)
 
(4,309
)
Pre-tax income (loss)
 
 
1,393

 
(8,015
)
 
(6,622
)
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes
 
 
889

 
(1,229
)
 
(340
)
Net income (loss)
 
 
$
504

 
$
(6,786
)
 
$
(6,282
)