Grubhub Reports Second Quarter 2019 Results

CHICAGO, July 30, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Grubhub Inc. (NYSE: GRUB), the nation's leading online and mobile food-ordering and delivery marketplace, today announced financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2019. The Company posted revenues of $325 million, which is a 36% year-over-year increase from $240 million in the second quarter of 2018. Gross Food Sales grew 20% year-over-year to $1.5 billion, up from $1.2 billion in the same period last year.

"The team continued executing in the second quarter, adding thousands of new, high-quality independent and enterprise restaurants and growing our active diner base to more than 20 million," said Matt Maloney, Grubhub founder and CEO. "We are excited about the trajectory of our two-sided marketplace – both in terms of geographic diversity and depth in individual markets. Restaurants are increasingly valuing the incremental sales and products we provide, while diners highly regard our robust restaurant selection and consistently low transaction fees."

Second Quarter 2019 Highlights

The following results reflect the financial performance and key operating metrics of our business for the three months ended June 30, 2019, as compared to the same period in 2018.

Second Quarter Financial Highlights

• Revenues: $325.1 million, a 36% year-over-year increase from $239.7 million in the second quarter of 2018.
• Net Income: $1.3 million, or $0.01 per diluted share, a 96% year-over-year decrease from $30.1 million, or $0.33 per diluted share, in the second quarter of 2018.
• Non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA: $54.7 million, a 19% year-over-year decrease from $67.4 millionin the second quarter of 2018.
• Non-GAAP Net Income: $24.9 million, or $0.27 per diluted share, a 46% year-over-year decrease from $46.3 million, or $0.50 per diluted share, in the second quarter of 2018.

Second Quarter Key Business Metrics Highlights¹

• Active Diners: 20.3 million, a 30% year-over-year increase from 15.6 million Active Diners in the second quarter of 2018.
• Daily Average Grubs (DAGs): 488,900, a 16% year-over-year increase from 423,200 DAGs in the second quarter of 2018.
• Gross Food Sales: $1.5 billion, a 20% year-over-year increase from $1.2 billion in the second quarter of 2018.

"Our Adjusted EBITDA per order increased by $0.14 from the first quarter to $1.23 despite the headwind of the seasonally slower second quarter. This sequential improvement was primarily driven by increasing delivery efficiency, especially in our quickly ramping recently launched markets," said Adam DeWitt, Grubhub president and CFO. "We have achieved this profitability improvement while extending our delivery business into smaller and less dense markets, setting us up for continued unit economic improvement as we head into our seasonally stronger months at the end of the year."

The full report is available here.