NRG Energy, Inc. Q1 FY2020 Earnings Call

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Overall Performance

  • Revenue grew 9.8% year-over-year to $303.2 million (up from $276.1 million in Q1 2019).
  • Total subscribers increased 7.1% year-over-year, from 1.45 million to 1.55 million.
  • Adjusted EBITDA margin expanded significantly to 44.5%, up 570 basis points from 38.8% in Q1 2019.
  • Covenant Adjusted EBITDA margin also improved to 62.6%, up from 54.2% in Q1 2019.
  • Vivint reports strong resilience despite COVID-19 disruptions, particularly benefiting from its large base of recurring revenue (over 95%).

Key Metrics and Financial Highlights

  • Average Monthly Revenue per User (AMRU) rose 2.3% year-over-year to $65.27.
  • New subscriber originations reached 50,053, slightly higher than Q1 2019 despite pausing direct-to-home sales mid-March.
  • Net service cost per subscriber dropped to $11.76, an improvement from $13.83 in Q1 2019 and $17.04 in Q1 2018 — the lowest in five years.
  • Net service margin increased to 77%, up from 74% in Q1 2019 and 68.6% in Q1 2018.
  • Net subscriber acquisition cost fell 16% year-over-year to $960 due to reduced reliance on retail installment contracts and better pricing leverage.
  • Backlog grew to $5.73 billion, up 9% from $5.24 billion one year prior.
  • Attrition rose slightly to 14.1% (up 20 bps sequentially), driven largely by life cycle timing rather than COVID-related issues.

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Operator: Welcome to the Vivint Smart Home First Quarter 2020 Earnings Call. At this time all participants are in a listen-only mode. After the speakers’ presentation, there will be a question and answer session. [Operator Instructions] I would now like to hand the conference over to your speaker today, Nate Stubbs, VP, Investor Relations. Thank you. Please go ahead, sir. Nate Stubbs: Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for joining us this afternoon to discuss the results of Vivint Smart Home and APX Group Holdings for the three month period ended March 31, 2020. On today’s call, we will be presenting the results for Vivint Smart Home. In the press release we issued today as well as the accompanying presentation, we also provide tables with reconciliations for the results of APX Group Holdings. Joining me on the conference call this afternoon are Todd Pedersen, Vivint Smart Home’s Chief Executive Officer; Dale R. Gerard, Vivint’s CFO; and Scott Hardy, Vivint’s COO. I would like to begin by reminding everyone that the discussion today may contain forward-looking statements, including with regards to the company’s future performance and prospects. Forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions and are not guarantees of performance. You should not put undue reliance on these statements. You should understand that a number of important factors, including the items discussed in our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended Dece

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