The Baldwin Group Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2024 Results

- Fourth Quarter 2024 Total Revenue Growth of 16%; Organic Revenue Growth⁽¹⁾ of 19% -

- Full Year 2024 Total Revenue Growth of 14%; Organic Revenue Growth of 17% -

- Fourth Quarter 2024 Net Loss of $34.8 Million and Diluted Loss Per Share of $0.31; Adjusted Diluted EPS⁽²⁾ Growth of 93% to $0.27 -

- Fourth Quarter 2024 Adjusted EBITDA⁽³⁾ Growth of 38% and Pro Forma Adjusted EBITDA⁽⁴⁾ Growth of 42% Year-Over-Year to $63.2 Million; Adjusted EBITDA Margin⁽³⁾ of 19%, a 310 Basis Point Expansion Compared to the Prior-Year Period -

- Full Year 2024 Adjusted EBITDA Margin of 22.5%, a 200 Basis Point Expansion Compared to 2023 -

The Baldwin Group, the brand name for The Baldwin Insurance Group, Inc. ("Baldwin" or the "Company") (NASDAQ:BWIN), an independent insurance distribution firm delivering tailored insurance solutions to a wide range of personal and commercial clients, today announced its results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2024.

FOURTH QUARTER 2024 HIGHLIGHTS

• Total revenue increased 16% year-over-year to $329.9 million

• Organic revenue growth of 19% year-over-year

• GAAP net loss of $34.8 million and GAAP diluted loss per share of $0.31

• Adjusted net income⁽²⁾ of $32.1 million

• Adjusted diluted EPS grew 93% year-over-year to $0.27

• Adjusted EBITDA grew 38% year-over-year to $63.2 million

• Adjusted EBITDA margin of 19.1%, a 310 basis point expansion compared to 16.0% in the prior year

• Pro forma adjusted EBITDA grew 42% year-over-year to $63.2 million

"We saw continued momentum across our business with organic growth of 19% for the fourth quarter, 17% for the full year, and double digits across all three of our segments showcasing the strength of our colleague and client franchise," said Trevor Baldwin, Chief Executive Officer of The Baldwin Group. "Our continued focus on efficient execution across our business and thoughtful investments in innovative and proprietary technology platforms delivered 200 basis points of adjusted EBITDA margin expansion and adjusted free cash flow growth of 97% alongside our industry leading organic growth profile in 2024. With the vast majority of our earn-out obligations satisfied, we anticipate a meaningful inflection in free cash flow generation and significant growth and flexibility in capital allocation to support continued strength in our financial performance."

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

As of December 31, 2024, cash and cash equivalents were $148.1 million and the Company had $588.0 million of borrowing capacity under its revolving credit facility.

FULL YEAR 2024 HIGHLIGHTS

• Total revenue increased 14% year-over-year to $1.4 billion

• Organic revenue growth of 17% year-over-year

• GAAP net loss of $41.1 million and GAAP diluted loss per share of $0.39

• Adjusted net income of $176.9 million

• Adjusted diluted EPS grew 34% year-over-year to $1.50

• Adjusted EBITDA grew 25% year-over-year to $312.5 million

• Adjusted EBITDA margin of 22.5%, a 200 basis point expansion compared to 20.5% in the prior year

• Pro forma adjusted EBITDA grew 27% year-over-year to $310.9 million

• Net cash provided by operating activities of $102.2 million

• Adjusted free cash flow⁽⁵⁾ grew 97% year-over-year to $134.9 million

WEBCAST AND CONFERENCE CALL INFORMATION

Baldwin will host a webcast and conference call to discuss fourth quarter 2024 results today at 5:00 PM ET. A live webcast and a slide presentation of the conference call will be available on Baldwin's investor relations website at ir.baldwin.com. The dial-in number for the conference call is (877) 451-6152 (toll-free) or (201) 389-0879 (international). Please dial the number 10 minutes prior to the scheduled start time.

A webcast replay of the call will be available at ir.baldwin.com for one year following the call.

ABOUT THE BALDWIN GROUP

The Baldwin Group, the brand name for The Baldwin Insurance Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:BWIN) and its affiliates, is an independent insurance distribution firm providing indispensable expertise and insights that strive to give our clients the confidence to pursue their purpose, passion and dreams. As a team of dedicated entrepreneurs and insurance professionals, we have come together to help protect the possible for our clients. We do this by delivering bespoke client solutions, services, and innovation through our comprehensive and tailored approach to risk management, insurance, and employee benefits. We support our clients, colleagues, insurance company partners, and communities through the deployment of vanguard resources and capital to drive our organic and inorganic growth. The Baldwin Group proudly represents over three million clients across the United States and internationally. For more information, please visit www.baldwin.com.

FOOTNOTES

NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This press release may contain various "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which represent Baldwin's expectations or beliefs concerning future events. Forward-looking statements are statements other than historical facts and may include statements that address future operating, financial or business performance or Baldwin's strategies or expectations. In some cases, you can identify these statements by forward-looking words such as "may," "might," "will," "should," "expects," "plans," "anticipates," "believes," "estimates," "predicts," "projects," "potential," "outlook" or "continue," or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. Forward-looking statements are based on management's current expectations and beliefs and involve significant risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results, developments and business decisions to differ materially from those contemplated by these statements.

Factors that could cause actual results or performance to differ from the expectations expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, those described under the caption "Risk Factors" in Baldwin's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 and in Baldwin's other filings with the SEC, which are available free of charge on the SEC's website at: www.sec.gov, including those risks and other factors relevant to the business, financial condition and results of operations of Baldwin. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those indicated. All forward-looking statements and all subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to Baldwin or to persons acting on behalf of Baldwin are expressly qualified in their entirety by reference to these risks and uncertainties. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and Baldwin does not undertake any obligation to update them in light of new information, future developments or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable law.

NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES

Adjusted EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA margin, organic revenue, organic revenue growth, adjusted net income, adjusted diluted earnings per share ("EPS"), pro forma revenue, pro forma adjusted EBITDA, pro forma adjusted EBITDA margin and adjusted net cash provided by operating activities ("adjusted free cash flow") are not measures of financial performance under GAAP and should not be considered substitutes for GAAP measures, including commissions and fees (for organic revenue and organic revenue growth), revenues (for pro forma revenue), net income (loss) (for adjusted EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA margin, pro forma adjusted EBITDA and pro forma adjusted EBITDA margin), net income (loss) attributable to Baldwin (for adjusted net income), diluted earnings (loss) per share (for adjusted diluted EPS) or net cash provided by (used in) operating activities (for adjusted free cash flow), which we consider to be the most directly comparable GAAP measures. These non-GAAP financial measures have limitations as analytical tools, and when assessing our operating performance, you should not consider these non-GAAP financial measures in isolation or as substitutes for commissions and fees, revenues, net income (loss), net income (loss) attributable to Baldwin, diluted earnings (loss) per share, net cash provided by (used in) operating activities or other consolidated income statement data prepared in accordance with GAAP. Other companies in our industry may define or calculate these non-GAAP financial measures differently than we do, and accordingly, these measures may not be comparable to similarly titled measures used by other companies.

We define adjusted EBITDA as net income (loss) before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization, change in fair value of contingent consideration and certain items of income and expense, including share-based compensation expense, transaction-related partnership and integration expenses, severance, and certain non-recurring items, including those related to raising capital. We believe that adjusted EBITDA is an appropriate measure of operating performance because it eliminates the impact of income and expenses that do not relate to business performance, and that the presentation of this measure enhances an investor's understanding of our financial performance.

Adjusted EBITDA margin is adjusted EBITDA divided by total revenues. Adjusted EBITDA margin is a key metric used by management and our board of directors to assess our financial performance. We believe that adjusted EBITDA margin is an appropriate measure of operating performance because it eliminates the impact of income and expenses that do not relate to business performance, and that the presentation of this measure enhances an investor's understanding of our financial performance. We believe that adjusted EBITDA margin is helpful in measuring profitability of operations on a consolidated level.

Adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA margin have important limitations as analytical tools. For example, adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA margin:

• do not reflect any cash capital expenditure requirements for the assets being depreciated and amortized that may have to be replaced in the future;

• do not reflect changes in, or cash requirements for, our working capital needs;

• do not reflect the impact of certain cash charges resulting from matters we consider not to be indicative of our ongoing operations;

• do not reflect the interest expense or the cash requirements necessary to service interest or principal payments on our debt;

• do not reflect share-based compensation expense and other non-cash charges; and

• exclude certain tax payments that may represent a reduction in cash available to us.

We calculate organic revenue based on commissions and fees for the relevant period by excluding (i) the first twelve months of commissions and fees generated from new partners and (ii) commissions and fees from divestitures. Organic revenue growth is the change in organic revenue period-to-period, with prior period results adjusted to (i) include commissions and fees that were excluded from organic revenue in the prior period because the relevant partners had not yet reached the twelve-month owned mark, but which have reached the twelve-month owned mark in the current period, and (ii) exclude commissions and fees related to divestitures from organic revenue. For example, revenues from a partner acquired on June 1, 2023 are excluded from organic revenue for 2023. However, after June 1, 2024, results from June 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023 for such partners are compared to results from June 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024 for purposes of calculating organic revenue growth in 2024. Organic revenue growth is a key metric used by management and our board of directors to assess our financial performance. We believe that organic revenue and organic revenue growth are appropriate measures of operating performance as they allow investors to measure, analyze and compare growth in a meaningful and consistent manner.

We define adjusted net income as net income (loss) attributable to Baldwin adjusted for depreciation, amortization, change in fair value of contingent consideration and certain items of income and expense, including share-based compensation expense, transaction-related partnership and integration expenses, severance, and certain non-recurring costs that, in the opinion of management, significantly affect the period-over-period assessment of operating results, and the related tax effect of those adjustments. We believe that adjusted net income is an appropriate measure of operating performance because it eliminates the impact of income and expenses that do not relate to business performance.

Adjusted diluted EPS measures our per share earnings excluding certain expenses as discussed above and assuming all shares of Class B common stock were exchanged for Class A common stock on a one-for-one basis. Adjusted diluted EPS is calculated as adjusted net income divided by adjusted diluted weighted-average shares outstanding. We believe adjusted diluted EPS is useful to investors because it enables them to better evaluate per share operating performance across reporting periods.

The pro forma information presented herein removes the effects of 2024 divestitures for all periods in 2024 and 2023 as if the divestitures had occurred on January 1, 2024 and January 1, 2023, respectively. Pro forma revenue reflects GAAP revenues less revenue derived from business divestitures that occurred during 2024.

Pro forma net income (loss) reflects GAAP net income (loss) less net income or loss derived from business divestitures that occurred during 2024, including the gain on divestitures. We define pro forma adjusted EBITDA as pro forma net income (loss) before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization, change in fair value of contingent consideration and certain items of income and expense, including share-based compensation expense, transaction-related partnership and integration expenses, severance, and certain non-recurring costs, including those related to raising capital, after removing the effect of divestitures that occurred during 2024. We believe that pro forma adjusted EBITDA is an appropriate measure of operating performance because it eliminates the impact of income and expenses that do not relate to ongoing business performance, and that the presentation of this measure enhances an investor's understanding of our financial performance.

Pro forma adjusted EBITDA margin is pro forma adjusted EBITDA divided by pro forma revenue. Pro forma adjusted EBITDA margin is a key metric used by management and our board of directors to assess our ongoing business performance. We believe that pro forma adjusted EBITDA margin is an appropriate measure of operating performance because it eliminates the impact of expenses that do not relate to ongoing business performance, and that the presentation of this measure enhances an investor's understanding of our financial performance. We believe that pro forma adjusted EBITDA margin is helpful in measuring profitability of operations on a consolidated level.

We calculate adjusted free cash flow because we hold fiduciary cash designated for our insurance company partners on behalf of our clients and incur substantial earnout liabilities in conjunction with our partnership strategy. Adjusted free cash flow is calculated as net cash provided by (used in) operating activities excluding the impact of: (i) the change in premiums, commissions and fees receivable, net; (ii) the change in accounts payable, accrued expenses and other current liabilities; (iii) the payment of contingent earnout consideration in excess of purchase price accrual; and (iv) the payment of colleague earnout incentives. We believe that adjusted free cash flow is an important measure of our ability to generate cash from our business operations.

Reconciliation of guidance regarding adjusted EBITDA, organic revenue growth, adjusted diluted EPS and adjusted free cash flow to the most directly comparable GAAP measures is not available without unreasonable efforts on a forward-looking basis due to the high variability, complexity, and low visibility with respect to commissions and fees, net income (loss), diluted earnings (loss) per share, net cash provided by (used in) operating activities or other consolidated income statement data prepared in accordance with GAAP. The Company is currently unable to predict with a reasonable degree of certainty the type and extent of items that would be expected to impact these GAAP financial measures for these periods. The unavailable information could have a significant impact on the non-GAAP measures.

Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin

The following table reconciles adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA margin to net loss, which we consider to be the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure:

Organic Revenue and Organic Revenue Growth

The following table reconciles organic revenue and organic revenue growth to commissions and fees, which we consider to be the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure:

Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted Diluted EPS

The following table reconciles adjusted net income to net loss attributable to Baldwin and reconciles adjusted diluted EPS to diluted loss per share, which we consider to be the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures:

Pro Forma Adjusted EBITDA and Pro Forma Adjusted EBITDA Margin

The following table reconciles pro forma revenue to revenues and reconciles pro forma adjusted EBITDA and pro forma adjusted EBITDA margin to net loss, which we consider to be the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures:

Adjusted Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities ("Adjusted Free Cash Flow")

The following table reconciles adjusted free cash flow to net cash provided by operating activities, which we consider to be the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure:

COMMONLY USED DEFINED TERMS

The following terms have the following meanings throughout this press release unless the context indicates or requires otherwise:

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INVESTOR RELATIONS

Bonnie Bishop, Executive Director, Investor Relations

The Baldwin Group

(813) 259-8032 | [email protected]

MEDIA RELATIONS

Anna R. Rozenich, Senior Director - Enterprise Communications

The Baldwin Group

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