Marchex Inc. Reports Operating Results (10-K)

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Mar 12, 2012
Marchex Inc. (MCHX, Financial) filed Annual Report for the period ended 2011-12-31.

Marchex Inc has a market cap of $156.9 million; its shares were traded at around $4.31 with a P/E ratio of 140.3 and P/S ratio of 1.1. The dividend yield of Marchex Inc stocks is 1.9%.

Highlight of Business Operations:

Revenue increased 50% from $97.6 million for 2010 compared to $146.7 million in 2011. The partner and other revenues increased $54.7 million due almost entirely to increased revenues from our call advertising services, which includes approximately $17.0 million indirectly attributable to the pre-existing customers from the Jingle acquisition, and small business solutions products which in part was driven by adding tens of thousands of national and small business accounts across our call advertising services and small business solutions product platforms and certain pricing reductions and incentives provided to AT&T in 2010. We estimated these incentives in comparison to the prior pricing arrangement likely generated an estimated $8 million in savings to AT&T during 2010. This increase was offset by an $800,000 decrease in revenue from our pay-per-click services.

Product Development. Product development expenses increased 36% from $16.8 million in 2010 to $22.8 million in 2011. The increase in dollars was primarily due to an increase in personnel costs and stock-based compensation of $5.0 million partially related to the Jingle acquisition. As a percentage of revenue, product development expenses were 17% and 16% in 2010 and 2011, respectively. The 2011 decrease as a percentage of revenue in product development expense as compared to 2010 was primarily a result of revenues increasing at a greater rate when compared to the increase in product development costs. We expect product development

Product development expenses increased 16% from $14.5 million in 2009 to $16.8 million in 2010. The increase in dollars was primarily due to an increase in personnel costs and stock-based compensation of $2.9 million. As a percentage of revenue, product development expenses were 16% and 17% in 2009 and 2010, respectively. The 2010 increase as a percentage of revenue in product development expense as compared to 2009 was primarily a result of an increase in the proportion of personnel costs and stock-based compensation relative to revenue.

General and administrative expenses increased 9%, from $16.0 million in 2009 to $17.5 million in 2010. The increase in dollars was primarily due to an increase in stock-based compensation, personnel costs, fees paid to outside service providers, and bad debt expense of $1.9 million offset by a decrease in facility and other operating costs of $487,000. As a percentage of revenue, general and administrative expenses were 17% and 18% in 2009 and 2010, respectively.

Cash used in investing activities for the year ended December 31, 2011 of approximately $10.4 million was primarily attributable to the cash paid at closing of $15.8 million related to the Jingle acquisition, and purchases for property and equipment of $4.0 million which were partially offset by proceeds from the sales of intangible assets of approximately $9.5 million. In April 2011, we acquired Jingle in which $15.8 million, net of cash acquired, was paid at closing. The acquisition includes deferred acquisition payments of $17.6 million and $18.0 million to be paid in cash or shares of Class B common stock or a combination of both at the Marchexs option on the 12th and 18th month anniversaries of closing. Any deferred acquisition payments paid in shares will be increased by 5%. Cash provided by investing activities for the year ended December 31, 2010 of approximately $3.2 million was primarily attributable to proceeds from the sales of intangible assets of approximately $6.8 million which were primarily offset by net purchases for property and equipment of $3.4 million. Cash provided by investing activities for the year ended December 31, 2009 of approximately $2.5 million was primarily attributable to proceeds from the sales of intangible assets of approximately $4.9 million primarily offset by net purchases for property and equipment of $2.4 million.

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