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| 2023 thus far has been a year of tremendous progress and execution against our strategy |
| Our third quarter result demonstrates that VIZIO's continued focus on high-quality products and innovative user experiences is driving strong gains in user engagement and platform monetization |
| This in turn, is driving our continue outperformance in advertising revenue in the connected TV space |
| I remain exceptional proud of our season team that continues to execute well |
| Despite some market uncertainty, VIZIO delivered another strong quarter with 27% growth in advertising revenue |
| Importantly, we are delivering growth in an efficient and scalable fashion, which is reflected in VIZIO posting the third consecutive quarter of record total company gross profit margin of 22.6% |
| But clearly, if you're supporting a 65-inch product with a higher average selling price versus they have 32, then there's different dollars that you need to support, but my point is that the customer lifetime value of a 65-inch as an example is significantly higher than a 24 or a 32, and so for that reason, you're willing to make that investment because at the ARPU level, we're now generating, and the strong margins in our Platform+ business, it is a positive customer lifetime value in a significant way |
| VIZIO has made tremendous progress in driving monetization |
| In terms of trends, M&E, there's still some uncertainty, but as you mentioned, wasn't as bad as we were expecting, I think we're well positioned there heading into Q4, and there could be more upside as things come to a close, and potentially new releases come out or more premiers come out into the market |
| If you look at the statistics we provided, the SmartCast hours for active account, you can calculate that was up 12%, but our ad revenue per average active account in the quarter was up 16%, so again, showing that we're actually able to monetize that engagement and that will help, obviously drive our revenue and growth over time |
| But you look at those 66 new advertisers we had, I mean, we saw strong vertical growth, CPG, and QSR were all up over triple digits, pharma was up, insurance was up |
| We expect these larger units will generate greater economic value over the long-term |
| We have historically seen stronger engagement matches such as streaming hours and lower churn with our larger TVs, which together drives higher ARPU |
| We believe that building a higher quality install base and investing in the right skills, we're going to focusing on overall shipment volumes, will best position us to drive sustainable growth and profitability over time |
| And we're really pleased with the results of the redesign, right? Reviewers were overwhelmingly positive |
| So we continue to feel strong about our position heading into Q4 |
| With an improved user-friendly experience, address engagement, and customer satisfaction |
| Our deep expertise with integrated hardware and software provides distinct potential for mutually beneficial outcomes for VIZIO and future partners |
| But we really are confident and feel strongly based on the feedback we're hearing that there's a real demand for something different in the market |
| We're very optimistic about the 2024 political cycle |
| For that value, consumers can experience exceptional picture quality and premium gaming features |
| We've got great products in the market with great reviews around it |
| So, as we look towards the future, we're excited about new growth drivers and the opportunity we see ahead for continued growth |
| Our focus on building a quality user base through our award-winning products comes with the potential for incredible upside |
| Larger units, which tend to be the main screen in the home, are going to significantly outperform in terms of time spent streaming, which gives us a better opportunity to serve more ads and monetize home screen engagement and drive overall ARPU |
| And I think we've done a really good job, whether that be with promotion of certain content we have within our platform, whether that be sponsorships of custom curated collections or channels, as well as branded content |
| Our third quarter results demonstrate the benefits of our strategic focus on driving improvements in the quality and engagement level across our install base |
| Through this focus, we are seeing steady growth across many key metrics that we use to track the usage of and engagement with our platform |
| When you think about what political advertisers are looking for, they want targeted buys against local markets, and we're positioned incredibly well |
| Again, benefiting from the rapid growth on our high margin Platform+ revenue, total company gross profit grew 20% year-over-year to $96 million |
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| TV shipments declined 8% to just over $1 million in the quarter, with our average unit price down 8% as well, compared to a 12% decline in the overall TV industry |
| And I think just in general, investors are concerned about the ongoing decline in those device margins |
| But your guidance for the fourth quarter has the EBITDA down, the high end, down 20% year over year |
| But first, for the quarter, total company revenue came in at $426 million down 2% |
| While the retail environment has presented a number of challenges this year for many, I don't want to lose sight of the financial performance we have delivered so far this year despite these challenges |
| Device margins though, you know, under incremental pressure |
| I mean, we saw headwinds definitely in the automotive sector, but we were still up 60%, and we could have captured more dollars if there wasn't for a separate strike of their own |
| To your point about device margins going negative in the quarter, look, we're trying to balance being competitive while also being disciplined |
| As we looked at 2024, we could not be more excited with the many opportunities we see ahead |
| And while some of those were resolved, there's still a lot of hesitation in the market |
| We were bracing what challenges the media entertainment space |
| Turning to our device segment, it should be no surprise to hear that TV environment has been hyper-competitive over the past quarters, which has had an impact on our market share |
| And I think in the beginning, the years, definitely over supply of components that dropped down the price quite a bit |
| I think then, as you know, upfront have been kind of slow for everyone |
| But the component pressure on surplus inventory eased out quite a bit the past few months |
| I think it's really a competition between the CTV system where people are fighting for CTV market share |
| We have been operating in a very extreme competitive environment lately, more string than many in this industry have been in a long time of seeing |
| And that situation eased out quite a bit |
| Not surprisingly, this growth in streaming time came at the expense of linear video viewing, where time spent on cable declined by six percentage points |
| I think over time, as this plays out, you could imagine that we would get margin back in to device |
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