Press Release


Global-e Reports Third Quarter 2022 Results

Nov 16, 2022

PETAH-TIKVA, Israel, Nov. 16, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Global-e Online Ltd. (Nasdaq: GLBE) the global leader of Direct-To-Consumer cross border ecommerce enablement, today reported financial results for the third quarter of 2022.

“We are very pleased with the strong results we are reporting to you today for the third quarter of the year, with almost 80% growth in revenues, many new marquee clients and major advancements across all our areas of activity,” said Amir Schlachet, Founder and CEO of Global-e. “Despite the volatile and challenging market headwinds, we remain extremely optimistic regarding the long-term growth prospects of our market and believe we are best positioned to continue our strong growth within it well into the future.”

Q3 2022 Financial Results

  • GMV1 in the third quarter of 2022 was $621 million, an increase of 77% year over year
  • Revenue in the third quarter of 2022 was $105.6 million, an increase of 79% year over year, of which service fees revenue was $47.8 million and fulfillment services revenue was $57.8 million
  • Non-GAAP gross profit2 in the third quarter of 2022 was $43.8 million, an increase of 92% year over year. GAAP gross profit in the third quarter of 2022 was $40.8 million
  • Non-GAAP gross margin2 in the third quarter of 2022 was 41.5%, an increase of 290 basis points from 38.6% in the third quarter of 2021. GAAP gross margin in the third quarter of 2022 was 38.7%
  • Adjusted EBITDA3 in the third quarter of 2022 was $12.5 million compared to $7.7 million in the third quarter of 2021
  • Net loss in the third quarter of 2022 was $64.6 million

Recent Business Highlights

  • Continued to launch with many more brands across geographies and verticals we operate in, with notable examples being:
    • The US based toy brand Mattel Creations, part of the Mattel group of brands, the fast-growing t-shirt brand True Classic, the online store of the prominent fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld, the classic high-end London based brand Drakes, as well as the merchandize store of the famous Italian Football Club Inter Milan
    • Went live with our first ever merchant based in the UAE, the innovative sportswear brand SquatWolf
    • Continued our expansion in the luxury segment, including the high-end Spanish designer Manolo Blahnik, Buccellati of the Richemont group and three additional LVMH maisons – KVD, Ole Henriksen and Stella by Stella McCartney
  • During the quarter several brands expanded the list of their lanes operated by Global-e, including Suunto, Anine Bing which opened up its EU site, Hugo Boss and others
  • Progressing select business development initiatives:
    • The leading consumer electronics brand Jabra has expanded its suite of services with Global-e, launching its presence on Amazon Japan, through Global-e’s marketplace connectivity offering which is in a pilot phase
    • Global-e’s demand generation offering is already serving over 40 merchants
  • Continued to strengthen the US-outbound market
    • US outbound revenues were up 184% year over year driven by the accelerated penetration to the US market and the high share of US outbound of Borderfree
  • Penetration efforts into new markets are starting to show initial positive results
    • While still only 3% in share, APAC and the Middle East outbound revenues have grown 496% year-over-year
  • Strategic partnership with Shopify remains on track
    • On the direct side, acceleration in merchants going live using the new native integration, as this is now the default integration for any new Shopify-based merchant
    • On the white-label side, alpha trials successfully completed, and Shopify recently granted early access to a subset of relevant merchants
  • Continued to expand our partnership network, signing a referral partnership agreement with Google
  • Post-merger integration processes are progressing as planned

Q4 and Full Year Outlook

Global-e is introducing an updated Q4 and full year guidance. The guidance reflects unusually high FX headwinds as well as a very large merchant go-live which was postponed by a quarter. Despite the lower top-line, we are updating our full year Adjusted EBITDA guidance upwards given the resilience and the agility of our business model.

  Q4 2022 FY 2022 Previous FY 2022
  (in millions)
GMV$808 - $848 $2,419 - $2,459 $2,450 – $2,550
Revenue$135.5 - $141.5 $404.7 - $410.7 $406 - $416
Adjusted EBITDA (1)$16.5 - $19.5 $43.5 - $46.5 $41 - $46

Of this, Borderfree is expected to contribute GMV of $125-135 million for the full year, at a similar take rate to Global-e’s.

Given the macro environment uncertainty, we will provide investors with updated business trends as they evolve.

1 Gross Merchandise Value (GMV) is a non-GAAP operating metric. See “Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Key Operating Metrics” for additional information regarding this metric.

2 Non-GAAP Gross profit and Non-GAAP gross margin are non-GAAP financial measures. See “Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Key Operating Metrics” for additional information regarding this metric.

3 Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure. See “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” for additional information regarding this metric, including the reconciliations to Operating Profit (Loss), its most directly comparable GAAP financial measure. The Company is unable to provide a reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to Operating Profit (Loss), its most directly comparable GAAP financial measure, on a forward-looking basis without unreasonable effort because items that impact this GAAP financial measure are not within the Company’s control and/or cannot be reasonably predicted. These items may include, but are not limited to, share based compensation expenses. Such information may have a significant, and potentially unpredictable impact on the Company’s future financial results.

Conference Call Information:

Global-e will host a conference call at 4:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday, November 16, 2022.
The call will be available, live, to interested parties by dialing:

United States/Canada Toll Free:1-877-704-4453
International Toll:1-201-389-0920

A live webcast will also be available in the Investor Relations section of Global-E’s website at: https://investors.global-e.com/news-events/events-presentations 

Approximately two hours after completion of the live call, an archived version of the webcast will be available on the Investor Relations section of the Company’s web site and will remain available for approximately 30 calendar days.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

To supplement Global-e’s financial information presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, or GAAP, Global-e considers certain financial measures and key performance metrics that are not prepared in accordance with GAAP including:

  • Non-GAAP gross profit, which Global-e defines as gross profit excluding amortization of acquired intangibles. Non-GAAP gross margin is calculated Non-GAAP gross profit divided by revenues
  • Adjusted EBITDA, which Global-e defines as operating profit (loss) adjusted for stock-based compensation expenses, depreciation and amortization, commercial agreements amortization, amortization of acquired intangibles, merger related contingent consideration and acquisition related expenses. Adjusted EBITDA is frequently used by analysts, investors and other interested parties to evaluate companies in our industry. We believe that Adjusted EBITDA is an appropriate measure of operating performance because it eliminates the impact of expenses that do not relate directly to the performance of the underlying business.

Global-e uses the Non-GAAP measures in conjunction with GAAP measures as part of Global-e’s overall assessment of its performance, including the preparation of Global-e’s annual operating budget and quarterly forecasts, to evaluate the effectiveness of Global-e’s business strategies, and to communicate with Global-e’s board of directors concerning its financial performance. The Non-GAAP measures are used by our management to understand and evaluate our operating performance and trends.

Global-e’s definition of Non-GAAP measures may differ from the definition used by other companies and therefore comparability may be limited. In addition, other companies may not publish these metrics or similar metrics. Furthermore, these metrics have certain limitations in that they do not include the impact of certain expenses that are reflected in our consolidated statement of operations that are necessary to run our business. Thus, Non -GAAP measures should be considered in addition to, not as substitutes for, or in isolation from, measures prepared in accordance with GAAP.

Global-e also uses Gross Merchandise Value (GMV) as a key operating metric. Gross Merchandise Value or GMV is defined as the combined amount we collect from the shopper and the merchant for all components of a given transaction, including products, duties and taxes and shipping.

For more information on the non-GAAP financial measures, please see the reconciliation tables provided below. The accompanying reconciliation tables have more details on the GAAP financial measures that are most directly comparable to non-GAAP financial measures and the related reconciliations between these financial measures.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward Looking Statements

Certain statements in this press release may constitute “forward-looking” statements and information, within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and the safe harbor provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements regarding Global-e’s operations, strategy and Global-e’s projected revenue and other future financial and operational results. These forward-looking statements generally are identified by the words "believe," "project," "expect," "anticipate," "estimate," "intend," "strategy," "future," "opportunity," "plan," "may," "should," "will," "would," "will be," "will continue," "will likely result," and similar expressions. Forward-looking statements are predictions, projections and other statements about future events that are based on current expectations and assumptions and, as a result, are subject to risks and uncertainties. Many factors could cause actual future events to differ materially from the forward-looking statements in this announcement, including but not limited to, the ability to retain merchants or the GMV generated by such merchants; the ability to attract new merchants; our expectations regarding our revenue, expenses and operations; anticipated trends and challenges in our business and the markets in which we operate; our ability to compete in our industry; our ability to anticipate merchant needs or develop or acquire new functionality or enhance our existing platform to meet those needs; our ability to manage our growth and manage expansion into additional markets; our ability to establish and protect intellectual property rights; our ability to hire and retain key personnel; our expectations regarding the use of proceeds from our initial public offering; our ability to adapt to emerging or evolving regulatory developments, technological changes, and cybersecurity needs; our anticipated cash needs and our estimates regarding our capital requirements and our needs for additional financing; the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, including variants, and related vaccination roll out efforts; and the other risks and uncertainties described in Global-e’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2021, filed with the SEC on March 28, 2022 and other documents filed with or furnished by Global-e from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). The foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive. You should carefully consider the foregoing factors. These filings identify and address other important risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events and results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. These statements reflect management’s current expectations regarding future events and operating performance and speak only as of the date of this press release. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. Readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on forward-looking statements Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee that future results, levels of activity, performance and events and circumstances reflected in the forward-looking statements will be achieved or will occur. Except as required by applicable law, we undertake no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, after the date on which the statements are made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

About Global-E Online Ltd.

Global-e (Nasdaq: GLBE) is the world's leading platform enabling and accelerating global, Direct-To-Consumer cross-border ecommerce. The chosen partner of hundreds of brands and retailers across the United States, Europe and Asia, Global-e makes selling internationally as simple as selling domestically. The company enables merchants to increase the conversion of international traffic into sales by offering online shoppers in over 200 destinations worldwide a seamless, localized shopping experience. Global-e's end-to-end ecommerce solutions combine best-in-class localization capabilities, big-data best-practice business intelligence models, streamlined international logistics and vast cross-border experience, enabling international shoppers to buy seamlessly online and retailers to sell to, and from, anywhere in the world. For more information, please visit: www.global-e.com

Investor Contact:
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Global-E Online Ltd.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands)

  

Period Ended

 
  

December 31,

  

September 30,

 
  

2021

  

2022

 
  

(Audited)

  

(Unaudited)

 

Assets

        

Current assets:

        

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

448,623

  

$

106,945

 

Short-term deposits

  

41,985

   

67,551

 

Accounts receivable, net

  

9,185

   

11,693

 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

  

46,568

   

45,885

 

Marketable securities

  

18,464

   

16,731

 

Funds receivable, including cash in banks

  

57,635

   

70,609

 

Total current assets

  

622,460

   

319,414

 

Property and equipment, net

  

3,269

   

14,732

 

Operating lease right-of-use assets

  

20,108

   

20,838

 

Long term deposits

  

2,219

   

3,011

 

Deferred contract acquisition costs, noncurrent

  

1,314

   

1,776

 

Other assets, noncurrent

  

213

   

4,254

 

Commercial agreement asset

 

196,544

   

281,912

 

Goodwill and other intangible assets

  

-

   

452,608

 

Total long-term assets

  

223,667

   

779,131

 

Total assets

 

$

846,127

  

$

1,098,545

 

Liabilities and Shareholders Equity

        

Current liabilities:

        

Accounts payable

 

$

24,064

  

$

34,244

 

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities

  

47,358

   

63,210

 

Funds payable to Customers

  

57,635

   

70,609

 

Short term operating lease liabilities

  

2,517

   

3,297

 

Total current liabilities

  

131,574

   

171,360

 

Long-term liabilities:

        

Long term operating lease liabilities

  

18,803

   

16,896

 

Other long-term liabilities

  

-

   

1,726

 

Total liabilities

 

$

150,377

  

$

189,982

 
         

Shareholders’ deficit:

        

Share capital and additional paid-in capital

  

823,550

   

1,205,356

 

Accumulated comprehensive income

  

(159

)

  

(2,218

)

Accumulated deficit

  

(127,641

)

  

(294,575

)

Total shareholders’ (deficit) equity

  

695,750

   

908,563

 

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

 

$

846,127

  

$

1,098,545

 


Global-E Online Ltd.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(In thousands, except share and per share data)

  

Three Months Ended

  

Nine Months Ended

 
  

September 30,

  

September 30,

 
  

2021

  

2022

  

2021

  

2022

 
  

(Unaudited)

  

(Unaudited)

 

Revenue

 

$

59,119

   

105,556

  

$

162,557

   

269,184

 

Cost of revenue

  

36,308

   

64,754

   

103,779

   

166,848

 

Gross profit

  

22,811

   

40,802

   

58,778

   

102,336

 
                 

Operating expenses:

                

Research and development

  

8,281

   

22,224

   

19,463

   

57,508

 

Sales and marketing

  

34,853

   

52,883

   

67,970

   

153,508

 

General and administrative

  

7,762

   

18,926

   

14,813

   

45,537

 

Total operating expenses, net

  

50,896

   

94,033

   

102,246

   

256,553

 

Operating profit (loss)

  

(28,085

)

  

(53,231

)

  

(43,468

)

  

(154,217

)

Financial expenses (income), net

  

(217

)

  

10,890

   

7,912

   

11,876

 

Loss before income taxes

  

(27,868

)

  

(64,121

)

  

(51,380

)

  

(166,093

)

Income taxes

  

601

   

430

   

1,062

   

841

 

Net loss attributable to ordinary shareholders

 

$

(28,469

)

  

(64,551

)

 

$

(52,442

)

  

(166,934

)

Basic and diluted net loss per share attributable to ordinary shareholders

 

$

(0.19

)

  

(0.41

)

 

$

(0.61

)

  

(1.07

)

Basic and diluted weighted average ordinary shares

  

146,629,361

   

158,792,119

   

85,714,176

   

156,700,221

 


Global-E Online Ltd.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In thousands)

  

Three Months Ended

  

Nine Months Ended

 
  

September 30,

  

September 30,

 
  

2021

  

2022

  

2021

  

2022

 
  

(Unaudited)

  

(Unaudited)

 

Operating activities

                

Net profit (loss)

 

$

(28,469

)

 

$

(64,551

)

 

$

(52,442

)

 

$

(166,934

)

Adjustments to reconcile net profit (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities:

                

Depreciation and amortization

  

79

   

421

   

210

   

1,015

 

Share-based compensation expense

  

5,464

   

9,025

   

8,082

   

29,797

 

Commercial agreement asset

  

29,406

   

37,432

   

54,892

   

111,615

 

Amortization of intangible assets

  

-

   

8,695

   

-

   

21,360

 

Long term deposit revaluation

  

-

   

(723

)

  

-

   

(717

)

Accounts receivable

  

283

   

2,672

   

(290

)

  

7,393

 

Prepaid expenses and other assets

  

(6,753

)

  

7,854

   

(12,185

)

  

3,128

 

Funds receivable

  

(4,091

)

  

(11,902

)

  

(13,611

)

  

8,223

 

Long-term receivables

  

-

   

455

   

-

  

455

 

Funds payable to customers

  

5,442

   

6,981

   

1,942

   

10,219

 

Operating lease ROU assets

  

193

   

677

   

783

   

2,132

 

Deferred contract acquisition costs

  

(291

)

  

(209

)

  

(665

)

  

(684

)

Accounts payable

  

(1,389

)

  

(3,488

)

  

(1,395

)

  

(1,225

)

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

  

5,857

   

3,633

   

1,451

   

(909

)

Deferred tax liabilities

  

29

   

(179

)

  

48

   

(179

)

Operating lease liabilities

  

(287

)

  

(1,005

)

  

(915

)

  

(3,990

)

Impairment of marketable securities

  

-

   

-

   

-

   

62

 

Warrants liabilities to preferred shares

  

-

   

-

   

5,872

   

-

 

Net cash generated by (used in) operating activities

  

5,473

   

(4,211

)

  

(8,223

)

  

20,761

 

Investing activities

                

Investment in marketable securities

  

-

   

(743

)

  

(2,154

)

  

(8,298

)

Proceeds from marketable securities

 

-

   

-

  

257

   

7,910

 

Purchases of short-term investments

  

(4,681

)

  

(60,472

)

  

(76,594

)

  

(91,967

)

Proceeds of long-term investments

  

115

   

-

   

66

   

-

 

Proceeds from short-term investments

  

-

   

28,000

   

-

   

66,400

 

Purchases of property and equipment

  

(361

)

  

(1,398

)

  

(624

)

  

(7,982

)

Payments for business combinations, net of cash acquired

  

-

   

(92,881

)

  

-

   

(309,964

)

Net cash used in investing activities

  

(4,927

)

  

(127,494

)

  

(79,049

)

  

(343,901

)

Financing activities

                

Exercise of Warrants to ordinary shares

  

-

  

15

   

-

  

58

 

Proceeds from issuance of Ordinary shares in IPO, net of issuance costs

 

-

   

-

  

396,983

   

-

 

Proceeds from exercise of share options

  

838

   

551

   

1,011

   

1,039

 

Net cash provided by financing activities

  

838

   

566

   

397,994

   

1,097

 
                 

Net Increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash

  

1,384

   

(131,139

)

  

310,722

   

(322,043

)

Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash—beginning of period

  

394,371

   

267,995

   

85,033

   

458,899

 

Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash—end of period

 

$

395,755

  

$

136,856

  

$

395,755

  

$

136,856

 


Global-E Online Ltd.

SELECTED OTHER DATA
(In thousands)

  

Three Months Ended

  

Nine Months Ended

 
  

September 30,

  

September 30,

 
  

2021

  

2022

  

2021

  

2022

 
  

(Unaudited)

  

(Unaudited)

 

Key performance metrics

      

Gross Merchandise Value

      

351,591

   

621,011

           

944,377

   

1,610,763

     

Adjusted EBITDA (a)

      

7,743

   

12,537

           

20,595

   

26,949

     
                                 

Revenue by Category

                                

Service fees

  

22,959

   

39

%

  

47,782

   

45

%

  

61,161

   

38

%

  

119,054

   

44

%

Fulfillment services

  

36,160

   

61

%

  

57,774

   

55

%

  

101,396

   

62

%

  

150,130

   

56

%

Total revenue

 

$

59,119

   

100

%

 

$

105,556

   

100

%

 

$

162,557

   

100

%

 

$

269,184

   

100

%

                                 

Revenue by merchant outbound region

                                

United Kingdom

  

27,142

   

46

%

  

36,249

   

34

%

  

76,392

   

47

%

  

98,494

   

37

%

United States

  

16,877

   

29

%

  

48,005

   

46

%

  

46,722

   

29

%

  

109,867

   

41

%

European Union

  

14,577

   

25

%

  

18,189

   

17

%

  

38,158

   

23

%

  

55,040

   

20

%

Israel

  

153

   

0

%

  

271

   

0

%

  

647

   

0

%

  

899

   

0

%

Other

 

370

  

1

%

  

2,842

   

3

%

 

638

  

0

%

  

4,884

   

2

%

Total revenue

 

$

59,119

   

100

%

 

$

105,556

   

100

%

 

$

162,557

   

100

%

 

$

269,184

   

100

%

      (a) See reconciliation to adjusted EBITDA table

Global-E Online Ltd.
RECONCILIATION TO Non-GAAP GROSS PROFIT

(In thousands)

  

Three Months Ended

  

Nine Months Ended

  
  

September 30,

  

September 30,

  
  

2021

  

2022

  

2021

  

2022

  
 

 (Unaudited)

Gross Profit

  

22,811

   

40,802

   

58,778

   

102,336

  
                  

Amortization of acquired intangibles included in cost of revenue

  

-

   

2,951

   

-

   

7,826

  

Non-GAAP gross profit

  

22,811

   

43,753

   

58,778

   

110,162

  


Global-E Online Ltd.
RECONCILIATION TO ADJUSTED EBITDA
(In thousands)

  

Three Months Ended

  

Nine Months Ended

 
  

September 30,

  

September 30,

 
  

2021

  

2022

  

2021

  

2022

 
  

(Unaudited)

  

(Unaudited)

 

Operating profit (loss)

  

(28,085

)

  

(53,231

)

  

(43,468

)

  

(154,217

)

(1)    Stock-based compensation:

                

  Cost of revenue

  

20

   

79

   

59

   

167

 

  Research and development

  

1875

   

5,667

   

2,319

   

16,115

 

  Selling and marketing

  

264

   

747

   

708

   

3,212

 

  General and administrative

  

3,305

   

2,532

   

4,996

   

10,303

 

  Total stock-based compensation

  

5,464

   

9,025

   

8,082

   

29,797

 
                 

(2)    Depreciation and amortization

  

79

   

421

   

210

   

1,015

 
                 

(3)    Commercial agreement asset amortization

 

29,406

   

37,432

  

54,892

   

111,615

 
               

(4)     Amortization of acquired intangibles

 

-

   

8,695

  

-

   

21,360

 
               

(5)     Secondary Offering Costs

 

879

   

-

  

879

   

-

 
               

(5)     Merger related contingent consideration

 

-

   

3,027

  

-

   

9,013

 
               

(6)     Acquisition related costs

 

-

   

7,168

  

-

   

8,366

 

Adjusted EBITDA

  

7,743

   

12,537

   

20,595

   

26,949