Business Context and Reporting Period
Company: REED's, INC.
Filing Type: Form 8-K (Current Report)
Date of Report: November 13, 2017
Event: Announcement of 2017 Third Quarter earnings results.
Key Financial Metrics
The filing text does not provide specific numerical values for revenue, profit, cash flow, margins, debt, or liquidity. The document serves as a notification of the earnings release and defines the methodology for a non-GAAP measure.
Non-GAAP Measure Defined: Adjusted EBITDA.
Definition: Net income (loss) plus interest expense, depreciation and amortization, stock-based compensation, financing costs, and changes in fair value of warrant liability.
Material Changes
The filing does not contain specific data regarding material changes versus the prior comparable period. It references a press release (Exhibit 99.1) containing the full earnings details, which is furnished but not filed as part of this text.
Guidance, Outlook, and Management Commentary
Management Commentary: Management utilizes Adjusted EBITDA to evaluate core operating performance, develop internal budgets, analyze business strategies, evaluate acquisitions, and make compensation decisions. They believe this metric assists investors in comparing performance across periods by excluding items not indicative of core operations.
Limitations of Adjusted EBITDA:
- Does not reflect cash expenditures for capital expenditures or contractual commitments.
- Does not reflect changes in or cash requirements for working capital needs.
- Does not reflect future interest expense or cash requirements to service debt.
- Does not reflect cash requirements for replacing depreciated assets.
Conference Call: Scheduled for November 13, 2017, at 4:30 PM Eastern Time. A replay is available on the company website.
Investor Verification Checklist
- Review Exhibit 99.1 (Press Release) for specific revenue, net income, and Adjusted EBITDA figures for Q3 2017.
- Verify the reconciliation between GAAP Net Income and Adjusted EBITDA to understand the magnitude of non-recurring items.
- Check the company website for the earnings call replay to hear management's detailed commentary on the results.
- Confirm if the "changes in fair value of warrant liability" mentioned in the Adjusted EBITDA definition impacted the current quarter significantly.