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| Lastly, our advanced analytics team, functional business teams and tech team continue to build data assets, analytical assets and tech assets that we believe in the long-term will provide a competitive advantage across titling and registration, pricing, conversion unit and product margin and supply chain costs |
| We made changes in underwriting criteria earlier this year that we expect to lead to improved delinquency trends |
| We focused on really improving all our unit economics, and we think that positions us really well for 2024 |
| We’re very pleased with the customer experience that we’re delivering |
| But we feel like we’re well positioned going forward into 2024 and that we’ve got a very strong operating business |
| I’m very proud of what our Vroommates and UACC colleagues have achieved in executing our long-term roadmap and I continue to be excited about the long-term opportunity ahead of us |
| We have made significant progress on our goal to be best-in-class in title and registrations, including during 2022, we introduced our digital title vault and focused on significantly improving titling and registrations for our customers |
| We improved our net promoter score for sales to customers by 80 full percentage points |
| For Q3, GPPU was $3,144, a $190 sequential improvement primarily driven by an improved mix of unaged and aged units |
| We expect sequential reduction in our mix of age units and expect improved GPPU as a result |
| We continue to see strong products GPPU as we develop and grow our captive financing capabilities |
| We have significantly improved our customer experience and dramatically improved our sales to customers net promoter score by 80 full percentage points |
| Sequential unit growth along with a higher mix of unaged units sold within the quarter drove this improvement |
| We have improved e-commerce GPPU the last four quarters as we sell-through our aged inventory |
| I’m very pleased with what our Vroommates and UACC colleagues have delivered over the past year |
| E-commerce gross profit improved sequentially by approximately $2 million |
| E-commerce units grew approximately 11% sequentially |
| E-commerce GPPU increased from $2,954 to $3,144 sequentially benefiting from an increase in mix of unaged units sold within the quarter |
| This was primarily driven by continued improvements in our marketing cost per unit |
| And as we said each month this year, we’ve continued to improve the mix |
| We improved inventory turns 24% and reduced inventory by $295 million |
| We improved product GPPU by approximately $1,200 |
| Despite these headwinds, we have made significant progress on our long-term roadmap |
| We have reduced our all in logistics costs per unit by 18% and reduced all in logistics costs by $40 million annualized |
| Total revenue of $236 million increased 5% as e-commerce units increased 11% |
| We appreciate your time today and have a fantastic day |
| We are making progress on our long-term roadmap and our four strategic initiatives |
| We are resuming growth while we continue improving our operations and reducing fixed and variable costs |
| But in terms of what we’re seeing so far, based upon those initial underwriting changes they’ve made, we have seen improvement in the portfolio, but that’ll take time to materialize in our results |
| We remain focused on maximizing our liquidity and strengthening our balance sheet |
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| Our results were negatively impacted by higher realized net losses and a negative mark-to-market of finance receivables originated in late 2022 and early 2023 at UACC due to unfavorable portfolio performance |
| As mentioned previously, we experienced higher net losses and an unfavorable mark-to-market related to loan portfolio performance at UACC, resulting in a $13.3 million headwind for the quarter |
| This has been a challenging year as we work through the remaining titling and registration issues |
| E-commerce GPPU increased 6% to $3,144 as we expected and discussed during the second quarter earnings call, we realized the negative impact of selling through aged vehicles, which was approximately $5 million |
| This increased credit losses as vehicle recoveries were adversely impacted and default rates increased |
| We spent most of 2023 selling down aged units that were greater than 180 days old, causing significant pressure on GPPU in 2023 |
| During the third quarter, we recognized an adjusted EBITDA loss of $64.5 million, an $8.2 million sequential increased loss |
| First, our legacy titling and registration issues resulted in significant costs, including customer rental car expenses, customer concessions, losses from customer buybacks, significant aged inventory, which has impacted GPPU, and legal and regulatory costs |
| Since 2022, several macroeconomic factors, including high inflation, higher interest rates, degraded credit performance, and volatility in used vehicle valuations impacted our performance at UACC, including the following |
| So it’s – first of all, it’s what Tom had mentioned before, it’s the increased losses in the mark-to-market on the UACC portfolio |
| So while we said less than 20% for the quarter, we think each month sequentially in the quarter will go down |
| Since Investor Day, we have had headwinds we did not anticipate and few, if any, tailwinds |
| This sizable increase in interest rates had an adverse impact on UACC’s business |
| This increased loss was driven by higher realized net losses and an unfavorable mark-to-market on finance receivables at UACC |
| It’s really impacted our GPPU all year |
| Additionally, despite higher unit volume, we reduced our adjusted SG&A spending by $3 million sequentially |
| As the only retailer with access to this new digital system, Vroom will be able to transfer out of state titles into the company’s name and significantly reduce the timeline for processing them |
| Our warehouse interest rates have increased approximately 500 basis points, increasing our cost of funds and compressing our spreads |
| Volatility in used vehicle valuations caused vehicle book values to increase significantly in 2021 and then decrease in 2022 |
| This recovery significantly reduced our cash burn for the quarter as cash and cash equivalents were reduced by $29.3 million sequentially during the third quarter |
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