Autobytel Inc. (ABTL, Financial) filed Annual Report for the period ended 2011-12-31.
Autobytel Inc has a market cap of $47 million; its shares were traded at around $1.01 with and P/S ratio of 0.9.
We derive more than 87% of our revenues from Vehicle Purchase Request fees paid by Dealers and Manufacturers participating in our Purchase Request programs. Our ability to increase revenues from sales of Vehicle Purchase Requests is dependent on a mix of interrelated factors that include increasing Vehicle Purchase Request revenues by attracting and retaining Dealers and Manufacturers, increasing the number of high quality Vehicle Purchase Requests we sell to individual Dealers and Manufacturers, and improving margins by increasing the number of Internally-Generated Purchase Requests that we sell to our customers. During 2011 we began focusing our Dealer acquisition and retention strategies on dealerships where we could deliver a higher percentage of our Internally-Generated Purchase Requests. We are also focused on higher revenue Dealers, which purchase more of our Internally-Generated Purchase Requests and are more cost-effective to support. These changes in our sales strategy are intended to result in more profitable relationships with our Dealers both in terms of cost to supply Purchase Requests and to support the Dealers. For 2011, we experienced attrition in the number of our Dealers and ended the year with 2% fewer Dealers compared to the number of Dealers at year-end 2010. If Dealer attrition continues to occur and our new sales focus does not mitigate the loss in revenues by maintaining the overall number of Purchase Requests sold by increasing sales to other Dealers or Manufacturers while maintaining the overall margins we receive from the Purchase Requests sold, our revenues would decrease. We cannot provide any assurances that we will be able to prevent Dealer attrition or to offset the revenues lost due to Dealer attrition by other means, and our failure to do so could materially and adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.
Purchase Requests. Purchase Requests revenues increased $12.1 million or 25% in 2011 compared to 2010. The increase in Purchase Requests revenues was primarily due to the acquisition of Autotropolis, Inc. and Cyber Ventures, Inc. (“Auto/Cyber”) as of September 17, 2010 and corresponding volume, as well as an increase in finance Purchase Request revenues. Vehicle Purchase Request volume increased over 30%, while Finance Purchase Requests growth was driven by better monetization of volume.
Advertising. The $35,000 or 1% increase in advertising revenues in 2011 compared to 2010 was primarily due to recognition of $0.3 million of deferred advertising revenues related to advertising campaigns that were closed out with one of the Company s advertisers offset by a decrease in advertising revenues as a result of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
Sales and Marketing. Sales and marketing expense includes costs for developing our brand equity, personnel costs, and other costs associated with Dealer sales, website advertising, Dealer support, and bad debt expense. Sales and marketing expense for the year ended December 31, 2011 decreased by $2.7 million or 23% compared to the prior year, due principally to decreased personnel costs. Sales and marketing expense also included $42,000 and $0.3 million in severance related costs during 2011 and 2010, respectively.
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Autobytel Inc has a market cap of $47 million; its shares were traded at around $1.01 with and P/S ratio of 0.9.
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varying by contract. Revenues from retail new Vehicle Purchase Requests accounted for 30% and 37% of total revenues in 2011 and 2010, respectively. Revenues from wholesale Purchase Requests accounted for 46% and 34% of total revenues in 2011 and 2010, respectively.We derive more than 87% of our revenues from Vehicle Purchase Request fees paid by Dealers and Manufacturers participating in our Purchase Request programs. Our ability to increase revenues from sales of Vehicle Purchase Requests is dependent on a mix of interrelated factors that include increasing Vehicle Purchase Request revenues by attracting and retaining Dealers and Manufacturers, increasing the number of high quality Vehicle Purchase Requests we sell to individual Dealers and Manufacturers, and improving margins by increasing the number of Internally-Generated Purchase Requests that we sell to our customers. During 2011 we began focusing our Dealer acquisition and retention strategies on dealerships where we could deliver a higher percentage of our Internally-Generated Purchase Requests. We are also focused on higher revenue Dealers, which purchase more of our Internally-Generated Purchase Requests and are more cost-effective to support. These changes in our sales strategy are intended to result in more profitable relationships with our Dealers both in terms of cost to supply Purchase Requests and to support the Dealers. For 2011, we experienced attrition in the number of our Dealers and ended the year with 2% fewer Dealers compared to the number of Dealers at year-end 2010. If Dealer attrition continues to occur and our new sales focus does not mitigate the loss in revenues by maintaining the overall number of Purchase Requests sold by increasing sales to other Dealers or Manufacturers while maintaining the overall margins we receive from the Purchase Requests sold, our revenues would decrease. We cannot provide any assurances that we will be able to prevent Dealer attrition or to offset the revenues lost due to Dealer attrition by other means, and our failure to do so could materially and adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.
Purchase Requests. Purchase Requests revenues increased $12.1 million or 25% in 2011 compared to 2010. The increase in Purchase Requests revenues was primarily due to the acquisition of Autotropolis, Inc. and Cyber Ventures, Inc. (“Auto/Cyber”) as of September 17, 2010 and corresponding volume, as well as an increase in finance Purchase Request revenues. Vehicle Purchase Request volume increased over 30%, while Finance Purchase Requests growth was driven by better monetization of volume.
Advertising. The $35,000 or 1% increase in advertising revenues in 2011 compared to 2010 was primarily due to recognition of $0.3 million of deferred advertising revenues related to advertising campaigns that were closed out with one of the Company s advertisers offset by a decrease in advertising revenues as a result of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
Sales and Marketing. Sales and marketing expense includes costs for developing our brand equity, personnel costs, and other costs associated with Dealer sales, website advertising, Dealer support, and bad debt expense. Sales and marketing expense for the year ended December 31, 2011 decreased by $2.7 million or 23% compared to the prior year, due principally to decreased personnel costs. Sales and marketing expense also included $42,000 and $0.3 million in severance related costs during 2011 and 2010, respectively.
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