NRG Energy, Inc. Q1 FY2022 Earnings Call

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Quarter Overview

  • Total revenue grew 14.7% year-over-year to $392.7 million, compared to $342.4 million in Q1 2021.
  • Adjusted EBITDA rose 25.9% year-over-year to $202.3 million, up from $160.7 million in the prior-year quarter.
  • Vivint added a first‑quarter record of 66,734 new subscribers, driven largely by inside sales and contributions from Smart Energy bundling.
  • Total subscribers increased 9.6% to 1.87 million (up from 1.71 million YoY).
  • Attrition improved to 11.2%, a 15‑quarter low and 60 bps better than the prior-year period.
  • Average monthly recurring revenue per user (AMRRU) grew 3.1% year-over-year to $67.87.
  • Total monthly recurring revenue increased 12.9% year-over-year to $126.5 million (vs. $112 million).

Key Operational and Strategic Highlights

  • Net service cost per subscriber dropped to $10.18, improving from $10.77 a year earlier and near all-time lows.
  • Net subscriber acquisition cost (including financing fees) increased slightly to $618 from $577 YoY, but remains down ~50% from 2019 levels.
  • Vivint continues strengthening its integrated platform, processing 1.1 billion daily events with customers interacting with devices 11 times per day on average.
  • Leadership updates:
    • Rasesh Patel appointed Chief Operating Officer, joining mid‑May.

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Operator: Good afternoon. Thank you for attending today's Vivint Smart Home First Quarter 2022 Financial Results Conference Call. My name is Nate, and I will be your moderator for today's call. [Operator Instructions] I'd like to pass the conference over to our host, Nate Stubbs with Vivint. Nate, please go ahead. Nate Stubbs: Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for joining us to discuss the results of Vivint Smart Home for the 3 months ended March 31, 2022. Joining me this afternoon are David Bywater, Vivint Smart Home's Chief Executive Officer; and Dale R. Gerard, Vivint's Chief Financial Officer. I would like to begin by reminding everyone that the discussion today may contain forward-looking statements, including with regard to the company's future performance and prospects. Forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual outcomes or results to differ materially from those indicated in any such statements. We describe some of these risks and uncertainties in the Risk Factors section in our annual report on Form 10-K, which was filed on March 1, 2022, and in other filings we make with the SEC from time to time. The company undertakes no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. In today's remarks, we will refer to certain non-GAAP financial measures. Reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures to the most comparable m

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