Total users grew to over 8.2 million, up 19% over Q1 2022

Paid subscribers increased to over 2.7 million, up 17% over Q1 2022

Delivered 17th consecutive quarter of profitability with net income of $9.1 million

Delivered Q1 2023 revenue of $181.2 million, 26% decline compared to Q1 2022

SOUTH JORDAN, Utah, May 09, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cricut, Inc. (“Cricut”) (NASDAQ: CRCT), the creative technology company that has brought a connected platform for making to millions of users worldwide, today announced financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2023.

“Despite softer than expected Q1 results, we are very encouraged by our subscriptions revenue growth which increased 16% year over year and 6% quarter over quarter. The Cricut platform now has over 8.2 million total users, up 19% over Q1 last year. We saw 3.7 million users, or 45% of total users, cut a project at least once within the first quarter. This creates a tremendous opportunity for us to build deeper user engagement on our platform. Our goal is to bring a majority of our users into Design Space monthly to be inspired,” said Ashish Arora, Chief Executive Officer of Cricut. “Our international growth efforts are seeing material traction demonstrated by the milestone that we just crossed over 1.1 million international users outside of North America as of the end of Q1.”

First Quarter 2023 Financial Results

• Revenue was $181.2 million, down 26% from Q1 2022.
• Connected machine revenue was $34.1 million, down 45% from Q1 2022.
• Subscriptions revenue was $75.1 million, up 16% over Q1 2022.
• Accessories and materials revenue was $72.0 million, down 39% from Q1 2022.
• International revenue decreased by 8% over Q1 2022 and was 18% of total revenue, up from 15% of total revenue in Q1 2022.
• Gross margin was 42.3%, up from 40.5% in Q1 2022.
• Operating income was $10.5 million, or 5.8% of total revenue or 10.5% excluding an $8.6 million inventory write-down and related tax effect, compared to $31.4 million, or 12.8% of revenue in Q1 2022.
• Net income was $9.1 million, or 5.0% of revenue, and included an $8.6 million inventory write-down. Net income in Q1 2022 was $23.5 million, or 9.6% of revenue.
• Diluted earnings per share was $0.04 or $0.07 excluding the inventory write-down and related tax effect, down from $0.11 per share in Q1 2022.
• Generated $95.2 million in Cash from Operations at the end of Q1 2023. Used $3.2 million of cash to repurchase 347 thousand shares of our common stock and $75.5 million to pay a special shareholder dividend.

"We delivered our 17th consecutive quarter of positive net income and continue to generate healthy cash flow on an annual basis. For the quarter, we generated $95.2 million in cash from operations, ending with a balance of $307.3 million and we continue to remain debt free. As part of the Company’s ongoing evaluation of capital allocation, we seek to balance multiple considerations, including ensuring that the Company has more than adequate liquidity and financial flexibility, evaluating opportunities to invest in our business to drive long-term shareholder returns (organically or through potential acquisitions) and returning capital to our shareholders. During the quarter, we used $3.2 million of cash to repurchase 347 thousand shares of our stock. In addition, in Q1 we used $75.5 million to pay a special shareholder dividend,” said Kimball Shill, Chief Financial Officer of Cricut. “We remain committed to our long-term operating margin targets of 15-19%. Our proven model has demonstrated that when we operate at scale and drive top line growth, these margins are achievable.”

Recent Business Highlights

• Total user base grew to over 8.2 million, or 19% year over year. This includes 1.1 million international users outside of North America, a major milestone that reflects growth from continued investments in global markets.
• As of the end of Q1 2023, there were 3.7 million engaged users cutting on the Cricut platform in the past 90 days, or 45% of our total user base.
• Paid subscribers grew to over 2.7 million by the end of Q1, up 17% year over year, with steady attach rate of 33%.
• Our Contributing Artists Program (CAP) continues to expand. The program includes diverse artists from around the world and represents an increasingly significant portion of new images on Design Space.
• Launched new exclusive Cricut Access feature, Warp, which enables creative effects on any text object. Over 50% of projects made on our platform contain text, making Warp a highly valuable tool for many Paid Subscribers.
  

Key Performance Metrics  

Webcast and Conference Call Information

Cricut management will host a conference call and webcast to discuss the results today, Tuesday, May 9, 2023 at 3:00 p.m. Mountain Time (5:00 p.m. Eastern Time). Information about Cricut’s financial results, including a link to the live and archived webcast of the conference call, will be made available on Cricut’s investor relations website at https://investor.cricut.com/.

The live call may also be accessed via telephone. Please pre-register using this link: https://register.vevent.com/register/BIcad720d3a0c148d584555fdf3dc6ebd2. After registering, a confirmation will be sent via email and will include dial-in details and a unique PIN code for entry to the call. To avoid long wait times, we suggest registering at minimum 15 minutes before the start of the call to receive your unique PIN code.

About Cricut, Inc.

Cricut, Inc. is a creative technology platform company whose cutting machines and design software help people lead creative lives. Cricut hardware and software work together as a connected platform for consumers to make beautiful, high-quality DIY projects quickly and easily. These industry-leading products include a flagship line of smart cutting machines — the Cricut Maker^® family, the Cricut Explore^® family, and Cricut Joy^® — accompanied by other unique tools like Cricut EasyPress^®, the Infusible Ink^™ system, and a diverse collection of materials. In addition to providing tools and materials, Cricut fosters a thriving community of millions of dedicated users worldwide.

Cricut has used, and intends to continue using, its investor relations website and the Cricut News Blog (https://cricut.com/blog/news/) to disclose material non-public information and to comply with its disclosure obligations under Regulation FD. Accordingly, you should monitor our investor relations website and the Cricut News Blog in addition to following our press releases, SEC filings and public conference calls and webcasts.

Media Contact:
Kriselle Laran
pr@cricut.com

Investor Contact:
Jim Suva
investors@cricut.com

Source: Cricut, Inc.

Key Performance Metrics

In addition to the measures presented in our consolidated financial statements, we use the following key business metrics to help us evaluate our business, identify trends affecting our business, formulate business plans and make strategic decisions. We believe these metrics are useful to investors because they can help in monitoring the long-term health of our business. Our determination and presentation of these metrics may differ from that of other companies. The presentation of these metrics is meant to be considered in addition to, not as a substitute for or in isolation from, our financial measures prepared in accordance with GAAP.

Glossary of Terms

Users: We define a User as a registered user of at least one registered connected machine as of the end of a period. One user may own multiple registered connected machines, but is only counted once if that user registers those connected machines by using the same email address.

Engaged Users: We define the Engaged Users as users who have used a connected machine for any activity, such as cutting, writing or any other activity enabled by our connected machines, in the past 90 days.

Percentage of Users Creating in Trailing 90 Days: We define the Percentage of Users Creating in Trailing 90 Days (Engaged Users) as the percentage of users who have used a connected machine for any activity, such as cutting, writing or any other activity enabled by our connected machines, in the past 90 days. We calculate the percentage by dividing the number of Engaged Users in the period by the total user base.

Paid Subscribers: We define Paid Subscribers as the number of users with a subscription to Cricut Access or Cricut Access Premium, excluding cancelled, unpaid or free trial subscriptions, as of the end of a period.

Subscription ARPU: We define Subscription ARPU as Subscriptions revenue divided by average users in a period.

Accessories and Materials ARPU: We define Accessories and Materials ARPU as Accessories and Materials revenue divided by average users in a period. Accessories and Materials ARPU fluctuates over time as we introduce new accessories and materials at various price points and as the volume and mix of accessories and materials purchased changes.

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Numerous factors could cause our actual results and events to differ materially from those expressed or implied by forward-looking statements including, but not limited to, risks and uncertainties associated with: our ability to attract and engage with our users; competitive risks; supply chain, manufacturing, distribution and fulfillment risks; international risks, including regulation and tariffs that have materially increased our costs and the potential for further trade barriers or disruptions; sales and marketing risks, including our dependence on sales to brick-and-mortar and online retail partners and our need to continue to grow online sales; risks relating to the complexity of our business, which includes connected machines, custom tools, hundreds of materials, design apps, e-commerce software, subscriptions, content, international production, direct sales and retail distribution; risks related to product quality, safety and warranty claims and returns; risks related to the fluctuation of our quarterly results of operations and other operating metrics; risks related to intellectual property, cybersecurity and potential data breaches; risks related to our dependence on our Chief Executive Officer; risks related to our status as a “controlled company”; and the impact of economic and geopolitical events, natural disasters and actual or threatened public health emergencies, current recessionary pressures and any resulting economic slowdown from any of these events, or other resulting interruption to our operations. These risks and uncertainties are described in greater detail under the heading “Risk Factors” in the most recent form 10-K that we have filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).