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Overview

  • Vivint reported strong Q3 2020 results, highlighting improvement across revenue, subscribers, margins, and cash flow.
  • Management emphasized the strength of Vivint’s fully integrated smart‑home platform and improving customer retention.
  • Total revenue for Q3 2020 was about 10% higher year-over-year, driven primarily by subscriber growth of 8.2%.

Key Financial Highlights

  • Quarterly revenue: $319 million, up ~10% versus Q3 2019.
  • Total subscribers: 1.69 million, up from 1.56 million (8.2% growth year-over-year).
  • Adjusted EBITDA: $154.5 million, up 53% year-over-year. Margin increased from 34.6% to 48.4%.
  • Covenant adjusted EBITDA: $212.3 million, up 25% from Q3 2019.
  • Operating cash flow: $142.5 million, up sharply from $8.2 million in Q3 2019.
  • Liquidity: about $630 million as of September 30, 2020.

Operational and Subscriber Metrics

  • New subscriber originations: 126,847 (up 13.8% year-over-year).
  • Attrition improved nearly 1 percentage point sequentially and reached its lowest level in 7 quarters.
  • LTM attrition rate expected to end 2020 between 12.5% and 13%, improved from previously expected 14.5%–15%.
  • Net service cost per subscriber: $9.82, down from $14.43 in Q3 2019 and $16.38 in Q3 2018.

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Operator: Ladies and gentlemen, thanks for standing by, and welcome to the Vivint Smart Home Third Quarter 2020 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions]. I would now like to hand the conference over to your speaker today, Nate Stubbs, Head of Investor Relations. Thank you. Please go ahead. Nate Stubbs: Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for joining us this afternoon to discuss the results of Vivint Smart Home for the 3- and 9-month periods ended September 30, 2020. Joining me on the conference call this afternoon are Todd Pedersen, Vivint's CEO; and Dale Gerard, Vivint's CFO. 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, are not guarantees of performance, and you should not put undue reliance on these statements. I would direct your attention to the risk factors detailed in our most recent annual report on Form 10-K and in our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q issued in fiscal year 2020, including for our most recent quarterly period ended September 30, 2020, which we expect to file on or about the date of this earnings call. Please be aware that these risk factors may be updated from time to time in the company's periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and that the realization of any such risk factors could affect our fu

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