TransUnion Announces First Quarter 2023 Results

• Exceeded first quarter 2023 financial guidance
  
• Grew revenues by 2 percent driven by strength in International
• Drove meaningful progress in Neustar integration, including strong cross-sell wins and data integration milestones
• Prepaid $75 million in debt in the quarter and intend to make further prepayments in the second quarter and throughout the year
• Maintaining 2023 full-year guidance to account for continued market uncertainty
  

CHICAGO, April 25, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --  TransUnion (NYSE: TRU) (the “Company”) today announced financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2023.

First Quarter 2023 Results

Revenue:

• Total revenue for the quarter was $940 million, an increase of 2 percent (4 percent on a constant currency basis and 2 percent on an organic constant currency basis), compared with the first quarter of 2022.
  

Earnings:

• Net income attributable to TransUnion was $53 million for the quarter, compared with $48 million for the first quarter of 2022. Diluted earnings per share was $0.27, compared with $0.25 in the first quarter of 2022. Net income attributable to TransUnion margin was 5.6 percent, compared with 5.2 percent in the first quarter of 2022.
• Adjusted Net Income was $155 million for the quarter, compared with $179 million for the first quarter of 2022. Adjusted Diluted Earnings per Share was $0.80, compared with $0.93 in the first quarter of 2022.
• Adjusted EBITDA was $322 million for the quarter, a decrease of 4 percent (1 percent on a constant currency basis, flat on an organic constant currency basis) compared with the first quarter of 2022. Adjusted EBITDA margin was 34.3 percent, compared with 36.3 percent in the first quarter of 2022.
  

“TransUnion exceeded first quarter financial guidance despite an uncertain economic backdrop,” said Chris Cartwright, President and CEO. “Our broad solution suite is resonating with the market, including with our financial services customers as they navigate a dynamic environment. Our International portfolio continues to deliver robust results, particularly in India, Asia Pacific, Africa and Latin America.”

“Our Neustar integration continues to track well with building cross-sell momentum across our U.S. verticals. Our data integration is creating meaningful value across our product suite with improved breadth and depth of identity data.”

“We remain highly confident in our ability to navigate this complex economic backdrop, focusing on customer partnership, acquisition integration, transformation progress and financial discipline. We are maintaining our 2023 full-year guidance to account for continued market challenges.”

First Quarter 2023 Segment Results

U.S. Markets:

U.S. Markets revenue was $620 million, an increase of 3 percent (less than 1 percent on an organic basis) compared with the first quarter of 2022.

• Financial Services revenue, which includes Argus Information and Advisory Services, Inc. and Commerce Signals, Inc. (collectively “Argus”), was $321 million, an increase of 5 percent (a decrease of 1 percent on an organic basis) compared with the first quarter of 2022.
• Emerging Verticals revenue was $300 million, an increase of 1 percent compared with the first quarter of 2022.

Adjusted EBITDA was $200 million, a decrease of 8 percent (6 percent on an organic basis) compared with the first quarter of 2022.

International:

International revenue was $197 million, an increase of 3 percent (12 percent on a constant currency basis) compared with the first quarter of 2022.

• Canada revenue was $31 million, an increase of 2 percent (9 percent on a constant currency basis) compared with the first quarter of 2022.
• Latin America revenue was $29 million, an increase of 5 percent (11 percent on a constant currency basis) compared with the first quarter of 2022.
• United Kingdom revenue was $47 million, a decrease of 16 percent (8 percent on a constant currency basis) compared with the first quarter of 2022.
• Africa revenue was $15 million, a decrease of 1 percent (an increase of 14 percent on a constant currency basis) compared with the first quarter of 2022.
• India revenue was $55 million, an increase of 21 percent (32 percent on a constant currency basis) compared with the first quarter of 2022.  
• Asia Pacific revenue was $21 million, an increase of 23 percent (25 percent on a constant currency basis) compared with the first quarter of 2022.

Adjusted EBITDA was $86 million, an increase of 5 percent (14 percent on a constant currency basis) compared with the first quarter of 2022.

Consumer Interactive:

Consumer Interactive revenue was $142 million, a decrease of 5 percent compared with the first quarter of 2022.

Adjusted EBITDA was $70 million, an increase of 2 percent compared with the first quarter of 2022.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Cash and cash equivalents were $439 million at March 31, 2023 and $585 million at December 31, 2022, of which $323 million and $303 million was held outside the United States in each respective period. In March 2023, we prepaid $75 million of debt, funded from our cash-on-hand.

For the three months ended March 31, 2023, cash provided by operating activities of continuing operations was $77 million, compared with $12 million in 2022. The increase in cash provided by continuing operations was due primarily to a decrease in working capital, partially offset by an increase in interest expense. For the three months ended March 31, 2023, cash used in investing activities of continuing operations was $104 million, compared with $91 million in 2022. The increase in cash used in investing activities of continuing operations was due primarily to an increase in cash used for investments in nonconsolidated affiliates. Capital expenditures were $67 million, compared with $59 million in 2022. For the three months ended March 31, 2023, cash used in financing activities of continuing operations was $122 million, compared with $468 million in 2022. The decrease in cash used in financing activities of continuing operations was due primarily to a decrease in debt prepayments and cash used to pay employee taxes on restricted stock units.

Second Quarter and Full Year 2023 Outlook

Our guidance is based on a number of assumptions that are subject to change, many of which are outside of the control of the Company, including general macroeconomic conditions, interest rates and inflation. There are numerous evolving factors that we may not be able to accurately predict. There can be no assurance that the Company will achieve the results expressed by this guidance.

1. Additional revenue growth assumptions:
   1. The impact of changing foreign currency exchange rates is expected to have approximately 1 point of headwind for Q2 2023 and 1 point of headwind for FY 2023.
   2. The impact of recent acquisitions is expected to have no impact for Q2 2023 and less than 1 point of benefit for FY 2023.
   3. The impact of mortgage is expected to be approximately 1 point of benefit for Q2 2023 and 1 point benefit for FY 2023. These impacts are calculated by removing the U.S. mortgage revenue from both the current year and prior year periods.
2. Constant currency growth rates assume foreign currency exchange rates are consistent between years. This allows financial results to be evaluated without the impact of fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates.
3. Organic constant currency growth rates are constant currency growth excluding inorganic growth. Inorganic growth represents growth attributable to the first twelve months of activity for recent business acquisitions.
4. Additional Adjusted EBITDA assumptions:
   1. The impact of changing foreign currency exchange rates is expected to have approximately 1 point of headwind for Q2 2023 and 1 point of headwind for FY 2023.
5. For a reconciliation of the above non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures, refer to Schedule 7 of this Earnings Release.
   

Earnings Webcast Details

In conjunction with this release, TransUnion will host a conference call and webcast today at 8:30 a.m. Central Time to discuss the business results for the quarter and certain forward-looking information. This session and the accompanying presentation materials may be accessed at Events | TransUnion. A replay of the call will also be available at this website following the conclusion of the call.

About TransUnion

TransUnion is a global information and insights company that makes trust possible in the modern economy. We do this by providing a comprehensive picture of each person so they can be reliably and safely represented in the marketplace. As a result, businesses and consumers can transact with confidence and achieve great things. We call this Information for Good.

A leading presence in more than 30 countries across five continents, TransUnion provides solutions that help create economic opportunity, great experiences and personal empowerment for hundreds of millions of people.

http://www.transunion.com/business

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Investors and others should note that TransUnion routinely announces material information to investors and the marketplace using SEC filings, press releases, public conference calls, webcasts and the TransUnion Investor Relations website. While not all of the information that the Company posts to the TransUnion Investor Relations website is of a material nature, some information could be deemed to be material. Accordingly, the Company encourages investors, the media and others interested in TransUnion to review the information that it shares on www.transunion.com/tru.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

This earnings release presents constant currency growth rates assuming foreign currency exchange rates are consistent between years. This allows financial results to be evaluated without the impact of fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. This earnings release also presents organic constant currency growth rates, which assumes consistent foreign currency exchange rates between years and also eliminates the impact of our recent acquisitions. This allows financial results to be evaluated without the impact of fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates and the impacts of recent acquisitions.

This earnings release also presents Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA, Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA Margin, Adjusted Net Income, Adjusted Diluted Earnings per Share, Adjusted Provision for Income Taxes, Adjusted Effective Tax Rate and Leverage Ratio for all periods presented. These are important financial measures for the Company but are not financial measures as defined by GAAP. These financial measures should be reviewed in conjunction with the relevant GAAP financial measures and are not presented as alternative measures of GAAP. Other companies in our industry may define or calculate these measures differently than we do, limiting their usefulness as comparative measures. Because of these limitations, these non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered in isolation or as substitutes for performance measures calculated in accordance with GAAP, including operating income, operating margin, effective tax rate, net income (loss) attributable to the Company, diluted earnings per share or cash provided by operating activities. Reconciliations of these non-GAAP financial measures to their most directly comparable GAAP financial measures are presented in the attached Schedules.

We present Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA, Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA Margin, Adjusted Net Income, Adjusted Diluted Earnings per Share, Adjusted Provision for Income Taxes and Adjusted Effective Tax Rate as supplemental measures of our operating performance because these measures eliminate the impact of certain items that we do not consider indicative of our cash operations and ongoing operating performance. These are measures frequently used by securities analysts, investors and other interested parties in their evaluation of the operating performance of companies similar to ours.

Our board of directors and executive management team use Adjusted EBITDA as an incentive compensation measure for most eligible employees and Adjusted Diluted Earnings per Share as an incentive compensation measure for certain of our senior executives.

Under the credit agreement governing our Senior Secured Credit Facility, our ability to engage in activities such as incurring additional indebtedness, making investments and paying dividends is tied to our Leverage Ratio, which is partially based on Adjusted EBITDA. Investors also use our Leverage Ratio to assess our ability to service our debt and make other capital allocation decisions.

We define Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA as net income (loss) attributable to TransUnion, less discontinued operations, net of tax, plus net interest expense, plus (less) provision (benefit) for income taxes, plus depreciation and amortization, plus stock-based compensation, plus mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and business optimization-related expenses, plus certain accelerated technology investment expenses to migrate to the cloud, plus (less) certain other expenses (income). We define Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA Margin as Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA divided by total revenue as reported.

We define Adjusted Net Income as net income (loss) attributable to TransUnion, less discontinued operations, net of tax, plus stock-based compensation, plus mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and business optimization-related expenses, plus certain accelerated technology investment expenses, plus (less) certain other expenses (income), plus amortization of certain intangible assets, plus or minus the total adjustment for income taxes included in our Adjusted Provision for Income Taxes. We define Adjusted Diluted Earnings per Share as Adjusted Net Income divided by the weighted-average diluted shares outstanding. We define Adjusted Provision for Income Taxes as our provision for income taxes, plus or minus the tax impact on the adjustment included in Adjusted Net Income, plus or minus the impact of excess tax benefits for share compensation, plus or minus other items that relate to prior periods such as valuation allowance changes, deferred tax rate and return to provision adjustments, and other unusual items that are included in our provision for income taxes. We define Adjusted Effective Tax Rate as Adjusted Provision for Income Taxes divided by Adjusted Net Income.

We define Leverage Ratio as net debt divided by Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the most recent twelve-month period, including twelve months of Adjusted EBITDA from significant acquisitions. Net debt is defined as total debt less cash and cash equivalents as reported on the balance sheet as of the end of the period.

Forward-Looking Statements

This earnings release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on the current beliefs and expectations of TransUnion’s management and are subject to significant risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. Any statements made in this earnings release that are not statements of historical fact, including statements about our beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include information concerning possible or assumed future results of operations, including our guidance and descriptions of our business plans and strategies. These statements often include words such as “anticipate,” “expect,” “guidance,” “suggest,” “plan,” “believe,” “intend,” “estimate,” “target,” “project,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “may,” “will,” “forecast,” “outlook,” “potential,” “continues,” “seeks,” “predicts,” or the negatives of these words and other similar expressions.

Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements, or that could materially affect our financial results or such forward-looking statements include:

• macroeconomic effects and changes in market conditions, including the impact of inflation, risk of recession and industry trends and adverse developments in the debt, consumer credit and financial services markets;
• our ability to provide competitive services and prices;
• our ability to retain or renew existing agreements with large or long-term customers;
• our ability to maintain the security and integrity of our data;
• our ability to deliver services timely without interruption;
• our ability to maintain our access to data sources;
• government regulation and changes in the regulatory environment;
• litigation or regulatory proceedings;
• our ability to effectively manage our costs;
• economic and political stability in the United States and international markets where we operate;
• the war in Ukraine and escalating geopolitical tensions as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine;
• the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, including the prevalence and severity of variants;
• our ability to effectively develop and maintain strategic alliances and joint ventures;
• our ability to timely develop new services and the market’s willingness to adopt our new services;
• our ability to manage and expand our operations and keep up with rapidly changing technologies;
• our ability to acquire businesses, successfully secure financing for our acquisitions, timely consummate our acquisitions, successfully integrate the operations of our acquisitions, control the costs of integrating our acquisitions and realize the intended benefits of such acquisitions;
• our ability to protect and enforce our intellectual property, trade secrets and other forms of unpatented intellectual property;
• our ability to defend our intellectual property from infringement claims by third parties;
• the ability of our outside service providers and key vendors to fulfill their obligations to us;
• further consolidation in our end-customer markets;
• the increased availability of free or inexpensive consumer information;
• losses against which we do not insure;
• our ability to make timely payments of principal and interest on our indebtedness;
• our ability to satisfy covenants in the agreements governing our indebtedness;
• our ability to maintain our liquidity;
• share repurchase plans; and
• our reliance on key management personnel.
  

There may be other factors, many of which are beyond our control, that may cause our actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements, including factors disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, and any subsequent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. You should evaluate all forward-looking statements made in this report in the context of these risks and uncertainties.

The forward-looking statements contained in this earnings release speak only as of the date of this earnings release. We undertake no obligation to publicly release the result of any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect the impact of events or circumstances that may arise after the date of this earnings release.

For More Information

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Telephone: 312.985.2860

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Revenue and Adjusted EBITDA growth rates as Reported, CC, Inorganic, Organic and Organic CC
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1. Constant Currency (“CC”) growth rates assume foreign currency exchange rates are consistent between years. This allows financial results to be evaluated without the impact of fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates.
2. Inorganic growth rate represents growth attributable to the first twelve months of activity for recent business acquisitions.
3. Organic growth rate is the reported growth rate less the inorganic growth rate.
4. Organic CC growth rate is the CC growth rate less inorganic growth rate.

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1. Segment Adjusted EBITDA margins are calculated using segment gross revenue and segment Adjusted EBITDA.
   
   

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1. Consisted of stock-based compensation, including amounts which are cash settled.
2. Mergers and acquisitions, divestitures and business optimization consisted of the following adjustments:
   For the three months ended March 31, 2023, $6.0 million of Neustar integration costs; a $2.5 million adjustment to a liability from a recent acquisition; $1.4 million of acquisition expenses; a $0.4 million adjustment to the fair value of a put option liability related to a minority investment; a $(0.8) million gain on the settlement of a Cost Method Investment; and $(0.6) million of reimbursements for transition services related to divested businesses, net of separation expenses.
   
   For the three months ended March 31, 2022, $9.0 million of Neustar integration costs; $8.9 million of acquisition expenses; a $0.2 million adjustment to fair value of put options; and a $(3.5) million reimbursement for transition services related to divested businesses, net of separation expenses.
   
3. Represents expenses associated with our accelerated technology investment to migrate to the cloud.
   
4. Net other consisted of the following adjustments:
   For the three months ended March 31, 2023, $1.1 million of deferred loan fees written off as a result of the prepayment on our debt; and a $3.5 million net loss from currency remeasurement of our foreign operations, loan fees and other.
   
   For the three months ended March 31, 2022, $28.4 million for certain legal and regulatory expenses; $6.5 million of deferred loan fees written off as a result of the prepayments on our debt; and $0.7 million of net other, which includes net losses from currency remeasurement of our foreign operations, loan fees and other.
   
5. Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA margin is calculated by dividing Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA by total revenue.

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1. Consisted of stock-based compensation, including amounts which are cash settled.
2. Mergers and acquisitions, divestitures and business optimization consisted of the following adjustments:
   For the three months ended March 31, 2023, $6.0 million of Neustar integration costs; a $2.5 million adjustment to a liability from a recent acquisition; $1.4 million of acquisition expenses; a $0.4 million adjustment to the fair value of a put option liability related to a minority investment; a $(0.8) million gain on the settlement of a Cost Method Investment; and $(0.6) million of reimbursements for transition services related to divested businesses, net of separation expenses.
   
   For the three months ended March 31, 2022, $9.0 million of Neustar integration costs; $8.9 million of acquisition expenses; a $0.2 million adjustment to fair value of put options; and a $(3.5) million reimbursement for transition services related to divested businesses, net of separation expenses.
   
3. Represents expenses associated with our accelerated technology investment to migrate to the cloud.
   
4. Net other consisted of the following adjustments:
   For the three months ended March 31, 2023, $1.1 million of deferred loan fees written off as a result of the prepayment on our debt; and a $2.7 million net loss from currency remeasurement of our foreign operations, loan fees and other.
   
   For the three months ended March 31, 2022, $28.4 million for certain legal and regulatory expenses; $6.5 million of deferred loan fees written off as a result of the prepayments on our debt; and $0.4 million of net other, which includes net losses from currency remeasurement of our foreign operations and other.
   
5. Consisted of amortization of intangible assets from our 2012 change-in-control transaction and amortization of intangible assets established in business acquisitions after our 2012 change-in-control transaction.

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1. Tax rates used to calculate the tax expense impact are based on the nature of each item.
2. For the three months ended March 31, 2023, $0.9 million of other adjustments, $0.4 million of deferred tax rate adjustments, and ($0.1) million of valuation allowances related to prior periods.
   
   For the three months ended March 31, 2022, $2.1 million of deferred tax rate adjustments; $0.6 million of return to provision and audit adjustments related to prior periods; $0.9 million of other adjustments, and $0.5 million of valuation allowances.

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1. Consisted of stock-based compensation, including amounts which are cash settled.
2. Mergers and acquisitions, divestitures and business optimization consisted of the following adjustments: $30.1 million of Neustar integration costs; $16.3 million of acquisition expenses; $4.6 loss on the impairment of a cost method investment; a $2.5 million adjustment to a liability from a recent acquisition; a $(0.4) million adjustment to the fair value of a put option liability related to a minority investment; a $(0.8) million gain on the settlement of a Cost Method Investment; $(3.4) million gain related to a government tax reimbursement from a recent business acquisition; and $(3.9) million of reimbursements for transition services related to divested businesses, net of separation expense.
3. Represents expenses associated with our accelerated technology investment to migrate to the cloud.
4. Net other consisted of the following adjustments: $3.9 million of deferred loan fees written off as a result of the prepayments on our debt; and $11.1 million net loss from currency remeasurement of our foreign operations, loan fees and other.

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1. These adjustments include the same adjustments we make to our Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted Net Income as discussed in the Non-GAAP Financial Measures section of our Earnings Release.
2. Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA margin is calculated by dividing Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA by total revenue.