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Open Lending Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2024 Financial Results

Open Lending Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2024 Financial Results

AUSTIN, Texas, March 31, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Open Lending Corporation (Nasdaq: LPRO) (the “Company” or “Open Lending”), an industry trailblazer in lending enablement and risk analytics solutions for financial institutions, today reported financial results for its fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2024.

In a separate press release today, the Company announced that its Board of Directors (the “Board”) has appointed Jessica Buss, Chairman of the Board, as Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. The Board has also appointed Michelle Glasl as Chief Operating Officer. Charles Jehl will continue to serve as Interim Chief Financial Officer and as a member of the Board.

Three Months Ended December 31, 2024 Highlights

  • The Company facilitated 26,065 certified loans during the fourth quarter of 2024, compared to 26,263 certified loans in the fourth quarter of 2023.
  • Total revenue was $(56.9) million during the fourth quarter of 2024, compared to $14.9 million in the fourth quarter of 2023. The fourth quarter of 2024 was negatively impacted by a $81.3 million reduction in estimated profit share revenues related to business in historic vintages as compared to a $14.3 million reduction in the fourth quarter of 2023.
  • Gross loss was $63.2 million during the fourth quarter of 2024, compared to gross profit of $9.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2023.
  • Net loss was $144.4 million during the fourth quarter of 2024, compared to a net loss of $4.8 million in the fourth quarter of 2023. The fourth quarter of 2024 was negatively impacted by the recording of a valuation allowance on our deferred tax assets of $86.1 million, which increased our income tax expense during the period.
  • Adjusted EBITDA was $(73.1) million during the fourth quarter of 2024, compared to $(2.1) million in the fourth quarter of 2023.

Twelve Months Ended December 31, 2024 Highlights

  • The Company facilitated 110,652 certified loans during the year ended December 31, 2024, compared to 122,984 certified loans in the prior year.
  • Total revenue was $24.0 million during the year ended December 31, 2024, compared to $117.5 million in the prior year. The year ended December 31, 2024 was negatively impacted by a $96.1 million reduction in estimated profit share revenues related to business in historic vintages as compared to a $22.8 million reduction in the prior year.
  • Gross profit was $0.2 million during the year ended December 31, 2024, compared to $95.2 million in the prior year.
  • Net loss was $135.0 million during the year ended December 31, 2024, compared to net income of $22.1 million in the prior year.
  • Adjusted EBITDA was $(42.9) million during the year ended December 31, 2024, compared to $50.2 million in the prior year.

Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure. A reconciliation of this non-GAAP financial measure to its most directly comparable GAAP financial measure is provided in the financial table included at the end of this press release. An explanation of this measure and how it is calculated is also included under the heading “Non-GAAP Financial Measures.”

Fourth Quarter 2024 Impact Related to Profit Share Revenue Change in Estimates

Each quarter, the Company evaluates and updates its profit share revenue forecast and makes adjustments to its profit share revenue and related contract assets accordingly. Following this evaluation, for the fourth quarter of 2024, adjustments attributable to the Company's profit share revenue forecast resulted in a negative change in estimate of $81.3 million, primarily due to heightened delinquencies and corresponding defaults associated with loans originated in 2021 through 2024.

As discussed below, three factors primarily contributed to this reduction of estimated profit share.

First, there was continued deterioration of the Company's 2021 and 2022 vintages. These certified loans were generated when used car values reached an all-time high in late 2021, driven by pandemic-related disruptions in the supply chain. The subsequent decline in used car values has increased the likelihood of default on vehicles that are now worth significantly less than their corresponding outstanding loan balances. Adjustments to the forecasted performance of the Company's 2021 and 2022 vintages accounted for approximately 40% of the Company's total negative change in estimate for the fourth quarter of 2024.

Second, continued elevated delinquencies and ultimate defaults as a result of broader macroeconomic conditions accounted for approximately 20% of the Company's total negative change in estimate for the fourth quarter of 2024.

Finally, the Company identified two cohorts of borrowers, borrowers with credit builder tradelines and borrowers with fewer positive tradelines, that caused its 2023 and 2024 vintages to underperform. Adjustments to the forecasted performance of loans to these two cohorts of borrowers accounted for approximately 40% of the Company's total negative change in estimate for the fourth quarter of 2024.

As a result of the profit share change in estimate adjustment, for the fourth quarter of 2024, the Company reduced its contract assets by $33.7 million and recorded an excess profit share receipts liability of $47.6 million, attributable to the change in its expected profit share revenue. Any future adjustments to the Company's profit share revenue forecasts, positive or negative, will impact profit share revenue.

First Quarter 2025 Outlook

For the first quarter of 2025, the Company currently expects total certified loans to be between 27,000 and 28,000.

The guidance provided includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of U.S. securities laws. See “Forward-Looking Statements” below.

Board Changes

Jessica Buss will continue to serve as Chairman of the Board but will no longer be a member of the nominating and corporate governance and audit committees of the Board. Thomas Hegge will join the audit committee effective immediately.

Conference Call

Open Lending will host a conference call to discuss the fourth quarter and full year 2024 financial results tomorrow, April 1, 2025, at 8:00 am ET. The conference call will be webcast live from the Company's investor relations website at / under the “Events” section. The conference call can also be accessed live over the phone by dialing (877) 407-4018, or for international callers (201) 689-8471; the conference ID is 13752724. An archive of the webcast will be available at the same location on the website shortly after the call has concluded.

About Open Lending

Open Lending (Nasdaq: LPRO) provides loan analytics, risk-based pricing, risk modeling and default insurance to auto lenders throughout the United States. For over 20 years, we have been empowering financial institutions to create profitable auto loan portfolios with less risk and more reward. For more information, please visit

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release includes certain statements that are not historical facts but are forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor provisions under the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements related to market trends, consumer behavior and demand for automotive loans, as well as future financial performance under the heading "First Quarter 2025 Outlook" above. Forward-looking statements generally are accompanied by words such as “believe,” “may,” “will,” “estimate,” “continue,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “expect,” “should,” “would,” “plan,” “predict,” “potential,” “seem,” “seek,” “future,” “outlook,” and similar expressions that predict or indicate future events or trends or that are not statements of historical matters. These statements are based on various assumptions and on the current expectations of the Company’s management and are not predictions of actual performance. These forward-looking statements are provided for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to serve as, and must not be relied on by any investor as, a guarantee, an assurance, a prediction or a definitive statement of fact or probability. Actual events and circumstances are difficult or impossible to predict and will differ from assumptions. Many actual events and circumstances are beyond the Company’s control. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including general economic, market, political and business conditions; applicable taxes, inflation, tariffs, supply chain disruptions including global hostilities and responses thereto, interest rates and the regulatory environment; the outcome of judicial proceedings to which Open Lending may become a party; and other risks discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024. If the risks materialize or assumptions prove incorrect, actual results could differ materially from the results implied by these forward-looking statements. There may be additional risks that the Company presently does not know or that it currently believes are immaterial that could also cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements. In addition, forward-looking statements reflect the Company’s expectations, plans or forecasts of future events and views as of the date of this press release. The Company anticipates that subsequent events and developments will cause its assessments to change. However, while the Company may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in the future, the Company specifically disclaims any obligation to do so. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing the Company’s assessments as of any date subsequent to the date of this press release. Accordingly, undue reliance should not be placed upon the forward-looking statements.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

The non-GAAP financial measures included in this press release are financial information that has not been prepared in accordance with GAAP. The Company uses Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA margin internally in analyzing our financial results and believes these measures are useful to investors, as a supplement to GAAP measures, in evaluating our ongoing operational performance. The Company believes that the use of non-GAAP financial measures provides an additional tool for investors to use in evaluating ongoing operating results and trends and in comparing our financial results with other companies in our industry, many of which present similar non-GAAP financial measures to investors.

The Company believes these measures provide useful information to investors and others in understanding and evaluating its operating results in the same manner as its management and board of directors. In addition, these measures provide useful measures for period-to-period comparisons of our business, as they remove the effect of certain non-cash items and certain non-recurring variable charges. Adjusted EBITDA is defined as GAAP net income (loss) excluding interest expense, income tax expense, depreciation and amortization expense, and share-based compensation expense. Adjusted EBITDA margin is defined as Adjusted EBITDA expressed as a percentage of total revenue.

Non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered in isolation from, or as a substitute for, financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP. Investors are encouraged to review the reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures to their most directly comparable GAAP financial measure provided in the financial statement tables included below in this press release.

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OPEN LENDING CORPORATION

Consolidated Balance Sheets

(Unaudited, in thousands, except share data)


 
  December 31, 2024 December 31, 2023
Assets    
Current assets    
Cash and cash equivalents $243,164  $240,206 
Restricted cash  10,760   6,463 
Accounts receivable, net  5,055   4,616 
Current contract assets, net  9,973   28,704 
Income tax receivable  3,558   7,035 
Other current assets  3,215   2,852 
Total current assets  275,725   289,876 
Property and equipment, net  729   826 
Capitalized software development costs, net  5,386   3,087 
Operating lease right-of-use assets, net  3,878   3,990 
Contract assets  5,094   610 
Deferred tax asset, net     70,113 
Other assets  5,556   5,535 
Total assets $296,368  $374,037 
Liabilities and stockholders’ equity    
Current liabilities    
Accounts payable $953  $375 
Accrued expenses  5,166   8,131 
Current portion of debt  7,500   4,688 
Third-party claims administration liability  10,797   6,464 
Current portion of excess profit share receipts  19,346    
Other current liabilities  3,490   932 
Total current liabilities  47,252   20,590 
Long-term debt, net of deferred financing costs  132,217   139,357 
Operating lease liabilities  3,273   3,450 
Excess profit share receipts  28,210    
Other liabilities  7,329   5,060 
Total liabilities  218,281   168,457 
Commitments and contingencies     
Stockholders’ equity    
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value; 10,000,000 shares authorized and none issued and outstanding      
Common stock, $0.01 par value; 550,000,000 shares authorized, 128,198,185 shares issued and 119,350,001 shares outstanding as of December 31, 2024 and 128,198,185 shares issued and 118,819,795 shares outstanding as of December 31, 2023  1,282   1,282 
Additional paid-in capital  502,664   502,032 
Accumulated deficit  (328,759)  (193,749)
Treasury stock at cost, 8,848,184 shares at December 31, 2024 and 9,378,390 at December 31, 2023  (97,100)  (103,985)
Total stockholders’ equity $78,087  $205,580 
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity $296,368  $374,037 



 
OPEN LENDING CORPORATION

Consolidated Statements of Operations

(Unaudited, in thousands, except share data)
 
 Three Months Ended December 31,  Year Ended December 31,
  2024   2023   2024   2023 
Revenue       
Program fees$13,734  $13,482  $57,040  $64,092 
Profit share (73,160)  (1,132)  (43,123)  43,301 
Claims administration and other service fees 2,502   2,589   10,107   10,067 
Total revenue (56,924)  14,939   24,024   117,460 
Cost of services 6,265   5,365   23,855   22,282 
Gross profit (loss) (63,189)  9,574   169   95,178 
Operating expenses       
General and administrative 10,549   12,002   43,867   43,043 
Selling and marketing 3,958   4,349   17,218   17,485 
Research and development 861   1,500   4,462   5,575 
Total operating expenses 15,368   17,851   65,547   66,103 
Operating income (loss) (78,557)  (8,277)  (65,378)  29,075 
Interest expense (2,849)  (2,820)  (11,317)  (10,661)
Interest income 2,812   3,018   12,090   10,335 
Other income (expense), net    118      109 
Income (loss) before income taxes (78,594)  (7,961)  (64,605)  28,858 
Income tax expense (benefit) 65,842   (3,119)  70,405   6,788 
Net income (loss)$(144,436) $(4,842) $(135,010) $22,070 
Net income (loss) per common share       
Basic$(1.21) $(0.04) $(1.13) $0.18 
Diluted$(1.21) $(0.04) $(1.13) $0.18 
Weighted average common shares outstanding       
Basic 119,331,553   119,366,013   119,179,766   120,826,644 
Diluted 119,331,553   119,366,013   119,179,766   121,474,880 



 
OPEN LENDING CORPORATION

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(Unaudited, in thousands)
 
  Year Ended December 31,
   2024   2023 
Cash flows from operating activities    
Net income (loss) $(135,010) $22,070 
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities:    
Share-based compensation  8,677   9,492 
Depreciation and amortization  1,674   1,159 
Amortization of debt issuance costs  427   428 
Non-cash operating lease cost  705   620 
Deferred income taxes  70,113   (4,985)
Other  127   15 
Changes in assets & liabilities:    
Accounts receivable, net  (439)  1,105 
Contract assets, net  14,247   46,116 
Excess profit share receipts  47,556    
Other current and non-current assets  (429)  (507)
Accounts payable  578   86 
Accrued expenses  (2,473)  1,183 
Income tax receivable, net  4,198   2,699 
Operating lease liabilities  (624)  (561)
Third-party claims administration liability  4,333   2,409 
Other current and non-current liabilities  3,938   1,329 
Net cash provided by operating activities  17,598   82,658 
Cash flows from investing activities    
Purchase of property and equipment  (165)  (123)
Capitalized software development costs  (3,731)  (2,055)
Net cash used in investing activities  (3,896)  (2,178)
Cash flows from financing activities    
Payments on term loans  (4,688)  (3,750)
Payment of excise tax on shares repurchased  (314)   
Shares repurchased     (37,322)
Shares withheld for taxes related to restricted stock units  (1,445)  (1,258)
Net cash used in financing activities  (6,447)  (42,330)
Net change in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash  7,255   38,150 
Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash at the beginning of the period  246,669   208,519 
Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash at the end of the period $253,924  $246,669 
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:    
Interest paid $12,590  $10,313 
Income tax paid (refunded), net  (3,907)  9,075 
Non-cash investing and financing:    
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations $594  $ 
Share-based compensation for capitalized software development  285   88 
Capitalized software development costs accrued but not paid  15   248 
Accrued excise tax associated with share repurchases     314 



 
OPEN LENDING CORPORATION

Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Measures

(Unaudited, in thousands)
 
 Three Months Ended December 31,  Year Ended December 31,
  2024   2023   2024   2023 
Net income (loss)$(144,436) $(4,842) $(135,010) $22,070 
Non-GAAP adjustments:       
Interest expense 2,849   2,820   11,317   10,661 
Income tax expense (benefit) 65,842   (3,119)  70,405   6,788 
Depreciation and amortization expense 393   335   1,674   1,159 
Share-based compensation 2,269   2,666   8,677   9,492 
Total adjustments 71,353   2,702   92,073   28,100 
Adjusted EBITDA$(73,083) $(2,140) $(42,937) $50,170 
Total revenue$(56,924) $14,939  $24,024  $117,460 
Adjusted EBITDA margin 128% (14)% (179)%  43%


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31/03/2025

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