CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. Announces First Quarter 2024 Financial Results

CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. ("CCC" or the "Company") (NASDAQ:CCCS), a leading cloud platform for the P&C insurance economy, today announced its financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2024.

"CCC delivered strong first quarter results, highlighted by 11% year-over-year revenue growth and 41% adjusted EBITDA margin –both above our guidance ranges. We believe our solid start to 2024 reflects our durable business model and ongoing innovation that is helping our clients rapidly transform their businesses," said Githesh Ramamurthy, Chairman & CEO of CCC.

"The CCC Intelligent Experience (IX) Cloud™ platform, powered by our new event-based architecture, is well-positioned to drive the next evolution of the P&C insurance economy," continued Ramamurthy. "We are excited about the accelerated AI-enabled innovation the CCC IX Cloud will unlock for customers as well as CCC's large and growing partner ecosystem."

First Quarter 2024 Financial Highlights

Revenue

• Total revenue was $227.2 million for the first quarter of 2024, an increase of 11% from $204.9 million for the first quarter of 2023.

Profitability

• GAAP gross profit was $167.9 million, representing a gross margin of 74%, for the first quarter of 2024, compared with $147.8 million, representing a gross margin of 72%, for the first quarter of 2023. Adjusted gross profit was $177.0 million, representing an adjusted gross profit margin of 78%, for the first quarter of 2024, compared with $156.6 million, representing an adjusted gross profit margin of 76%, for the first quarter of 2023.

• GAAP operating income was $7.8 million for the first quarter of 2024, compared with GAAP operating income of $13.3 million for the first quarter of 2023. Adjusted operating income was $84.1 million for the first quarter of 2024, compared with adjusted operating income of $70.3 million for the first quarter of 2023.

• GAAP net loss was $0.6 million for the first quarter of 2024, compared with GAAP net income of $2.2 million for the first quarter of 2023. Adjusted net income was $54.8 million for the first quarter of 2024, compared with adjusted net income of $46.5 million for the first quarter of 2023.

• Adjusted EBITDA was $93.7 million for the first quarter of 2024, compared with adjusted EBITDA of $79.5 million for the first quarter of 2023. Adjusted EBITDA grew 18% in the first quarter of 2024 compared with the first quarter of 2023

Liquidity

• CCC had $191.2 million in cash and cash equivalents and $782.0 million of total debt on March 31, 2024. The Company generated $55.2 million in cash from operating activities and had free cash flow of $39.6 million during the first quarter of 2024, compared with $33.1 million generated in cash from operating activities and $18.5 million in free cash flow in the first quarter of 2023.

The information presented above includes non-GAAP financial measures such as "adjusted EBITDA," "adjusted net income," "adjusted operating income," "adjusted gross profit," "adjusted gross profit margin," and "free cash flow." Refer to "Non-GAAP Financial Measures" for a discussion of these measures and reconciliations of each non-GAAP financial measure to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure.

1st Quarter and Recent Business Highlights

• CCC announced its technology-backed vision to power the next evolution of the P&C insurance economy: the CCC Intelligent Experience (IX) Cloud™ platform. The CCC IX Cloud brings intelligent experiences to life through a new event-driven architecture that overlays onto CCC's existing cloud applications, customer workflows, and customer and partner systems. Intelligent Experiences are those that work for everyone involved in a claim or repair - consumers, businesses, and their employees. Intelligent Experiences synthesize these different perspectives to help deliver the optimal outcome for everyone participating in a given interaction by orchestrating data, AI, and ecosystems at scale, shaping a world where Life Just Works for customers and the millions of their consumers involved in auto claims and repairs each year.

• With the introduction of CCC® Inbound Subrogation, CCC became the first in the industry to offer an end-to-end AI-enabled subrogation solution. Inbound subrogation, the process of evaluating and resolving claims demands initiated by third parties, is a crucial aspect of insurance operations. CCC Inbound Subrogation is part of CCC® Subrogation, a suite of solutions that apply AI and workflow automation to both outbound and inbound subrogation. For inbound subrogation, the solution leverages AI and advanced technology to streamline the claims review process, improving cycle time and reducing manual intervention. For outbound subrogation, our solutions help improve outcomes by connecting to insurer claim data, detecting subrogation potential, and streamlining demands, negotiation, and settlement.

• Certain existing shareholders recently completed two secondary offerings of the Company's common stock. The first offering of 49,450,000 shares closed in March 2024. The second offering was 20,000,000 shares closed in April 2024. The Company did not receive any proceeds from the sale of shares by the existing stockholders in either offering. CCC's publicly traded float¹ has increased from approximately 30% of shares outstanding in October 2023 to approximately 60% of shares outstanding today.

Business Outlook

Based on information as of today, April 30, 2024, the Company is issuing the following financial guidance:

¹ As measured by Bloomberg Finance L.P.

Conference Call Information

CCC will host a conference call today, April 30, 2024, at 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) to discuss the Company's financial results and financial guidance. A live webcast of this conference call will be available on the "Investor Relations" page of the Company's website at https://ir.cccis.com, and a replay will be archived on the website as well.

About CCC Intelligent Solutions

CCC Intelligent Solutions Inc. (CCC), a subsidiary of CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:CCCS), is a leading cloud platform for the multi-trillion-dollar P&C insurance economy, creating intelligent experiences for insurers, repairers, automakers, part suppliers, and more. The CCC Intelligent Experience (IX) Cloud, powered by proven AI and an innovative event-based architecture, connects more than 35,000 businesses to power customized applications and platforms for optimal outcomes, and personalized experiences that just work. Through purposeful innovation and the strength of its connections, CCC technologies empower the people and industry relied upon to keep ​lives moving forward when it matters most. Learn more about CCC at www.cccis.com.

Forward Looking Statements

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Non-GAAP Financial Measures

This press release includes certain financial measures not presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the U.S. ("GAAP"), including, but not limited to, "adjusted EBITDA," "adjusted net income," "adjusted operating income," "adjusted gross profit," "adjusted gross profit margin," "adjusted operating expenses," and "free cash flow" in each case presented on a non-GAAP basis, and certain ratios and other metrics derived therefrom. These non-GAAP financial measures are not measures of financial performance in accordance with GAAP and may exclude items that are significant in understanding and assessing the Company's financial results. Therefore, these measures should not be considered in isolation or as an alternative to other measures of profitability, liquidity or performance under GAAP. You should be aware that the Company's calculation of these non-GAAP measures may not be comparable to similarly-titled measures used by other companies.

The Company believes these non-GAAP measures of financial results provide useful information to management and investors regarding certain financial and business trends relating to the Company's financial condition and results of operations. The Company believes that the use of these non-GAAP financial measures provides an additional tool for investors to use in evaluating ongoing operating results and trends in and in comparing the Company's financial measures with other similar companies, many of which present similar non-GAAP financial measures to investors. These non-GAAP financial measures are subject to inherent limitations as they reflect the exercise of judgments by management about which expense and income are excluded or included in determining these non-GAAP financial measures. Please refer to the reconciliations of these measures below to what the Company believes are the most directly comparable measures evaluated in accordance with GAAP.

This press release also includes certain projections of non-GAAP financial measures. Due to the high variability and difficulty in making accurate forecasts and projections of some of the information excluded from these projected measures, together with some of the excluded information not being ascertainable or accessible, the Company is unable to quantify certain amounts that would be required to be included in the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures without unreasonable effort. Consequently, no disclosure of estimated comparable GAAP measures is included and no reconciliation of the forward-looking non-GAAP financial measures is included for these projections.

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