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Published financial data: BUZZFEED, INC.

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Fiscal Period: December	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Revenues	321M	398M	437M	253M	190M
Total Revenues	321M	398M	437M	253M	190M
Cost of Goods Sold, Total	140M	204M	254M	138M	104M
Gross Profit	181M	193M	183M	115M	86.02M
Selling General & Admin Expenses, Total	134M	152M	179M	115M	76.66M
R&D Expenses	17.67M	24.83M	28.3M	10.38M	10.86M
Depreciation & Amortization - (IS)	17.49M	22.86M	35.07M	21.94M	19.15M
Other Operating Expenses, Total	169M	200M	243M	147M	107M
Operating Income	12.14M	-6.26M	-59.68M	-32.22M	-20.64M
Interest Expense, Total	-1.1M	-3.21M	-21.16M	-16.08M	-6.78M
Interest And Investment Income	173K	321K	-	-	-
Net Interest Expenses	-923K	-2.88M	-21.16M	-16.08M	-6.78M
Currency Exchange Gains (Loss)	-	-1.8M	-4.61M	1.1M	618K
Other Non Operating Income (Expenses)	1.69M	30.54M	9.01M	-599K	-916K
EBT, Excl. Unusual Items	12.91M	19.6M	-76.43M	-47.8M	-27.72M
Restructuring Charges	-	-3.6M	-15M	-6.8M	-2.9M
Merger & Related Restructuring Charges	-	-15.3M	-5.13M	-800K	-
Impairment of Goodwill	-	-	-102M	-	-
Gain (Loss) On Sale Of Investments	500K	-	1.26M	-3.5M	-
Gain (Loss) On Sale Of Assets	-711K	-1.23M	500K	175K	1.25M
Asset Writedown	-	-	-2.16M	-	-
Other Unusual Items	-600K	-	-	-	-3.93M
EBT, Incl. Unusual Items	12.1M	-528K	-199M	-58.73M	-33.29M
Income Tax Expense	941K	-26.4M	2.03M	1.6M	662K
Earnings From Continuing Operations	11.16M	25.88M	-201M	-60.33M	-33.96M
Earnings Of Discontinued Operations	-	-	-	-28.99M	24.03M
Net Income to Company	11.16M	25.88M	-201M	-89.32M	-9.93M
Minority Interest	-820K	-1.16M	369K	743K	-168K
Net Income - (IS)	10.34M	24.71M	-201M	-88.58M	-10.1M
Preferred Dividend and Other Adjustments	10.34M	-	-	-	-
Net Income to Common Incl Extra Items	0	24.71M	-201M	-88.58M	-10.1M
Net Income to Common Excl. Extra Items	0	24.71M	-201M	-59.59M	-34.12M
Per Share Items
Net EPS - Basic	-	3.65	-5.82	-2.48	-0.27
Basic EPS - Continuing Operations	-	3.65	-5.82	-1.67	-0.91
Basic Weighted Average Shares Outstanding	9.76M	6.76M	34.54M	35.77M	37.39M
Net EPS - Diluted	-	-0.1	-5.82	-2.49	-0.27
Diluted EPS - Continuing Operations	-	-0.1	-5.82	-1.68	-0.91
Diluted Weighted Average Shares Outstanding	9.76M	7M	34.54M	35.77M	37.39M
Normalized Basic EPS	0.74	1.64	-1.37	-0.81	-0.47
Normalized Diluted EPS	0.74	1.58	-1.37	-0.81	-0.47
Supplemental Items
EBITDA	20.22M	5.5M	-34.3M	-21.28M	-13.19M
EBITA	12.14M	-2.8M	-44.48M	-27.82M	-19.44M
EBIT	12.14M	-6.26M	-59.68M	-32.22M	-20.64M
EBITDAR	45.92M	24M	-14.04M	-7.47M	-6.29M
Effective Tax Rate - (Ratio)	7.78	5K	-1.02	-2.73	-1.99
Current Domestic Taxes	172K	96K	79K	92K	49K
Current Foreign Taxes	657K	1.67M	2.76M	-1.69M	956K
Total Current Taxes	829K	1.76M	2.84M	-1.6M	1M
Deferred Domestic Taxes	11K	-25.7M	253K	-1K	12K
Deferred Foreign Taxes	101K	-2.46M	-1.06M	3.2M	-355K
Total Deferred Taxes	112K	-28.17M	-809K	3.2M	-343K
Normalized Net Income	7.25M	11.09M	-47.4M	-29.14M	-17.49M
Interest on Long-Term Debt	-	1.3M	18.2M	15.1M	5.8M
Supplemental Operating Expense Items
Selling and Marketing Expenses	50.68M	54.68M	68.06M	37.69M	18.23M
General and Administrative Expenses	57.36M	78.76M	91.14M	63.01M	51.53M
Research And Development Expense From Footnotes	17.67M	24.93M	30.6M	11.18M	10.86M
Net Rental Expense, Total	25.7M	18.5M	20.26M	13.82M	6.9M
Imputed Operating Lease Interest Expense	-	5.85M	18.2M	7.85M	2.66M
Imputed Operating Lease Depreciation	-	12.65M	2.06M	5.97M	4.23M
Stock-Based Comp., COGS (Total)	109K	2.79M	3.9M	870K	1.3M
Stock-Based Comp., R&D Exp. (Total)	43K	896K	3.89M	-162K	444K
Stock-Based Comp., S&M Exp. (Total)	60K	4.83M	3.06M	960K	492K
Stock-Based Comp., G&A Exp. (Total)	977K	15.05M	10.76M	3.91M	3.3M
Total Stock-Based Compensation	1.19M	23.56M	21.6M	5.58M	5.53M

Fiscal Period: December	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Assets
Cash And Equivalents	90.63M	79.73M	55.77M	35.64M	38.65M
Total Cash And Short Term Investments	90.63M	79.73M	55.77M	35.64M	38.65M
Accounts Receivable, Total	109M	156M	129M	83.99M	53.44M
Other Receivables	-	-	3M	3.5M	1.3M
Total Receivables	109M	156M	132M	87.49M	54.74M
Prepaid Expenses	8.84M	15.72M	11.27M	9.66M	7.49M
Total Current Assets	209M	252M	199M	133M	101M
Gross Property Plant And Equipment	63.37M	59.38M	130M	103M	82.77M
Accumulated Depreciation	-37.82M	-36.33M	-45.4M	-44.56M	-48.02M
Net Property Plant And Equipment	25.54M	23.05M	84.36M	58.57M	34.76M
Long-term Investments	2.3M	2.3M	3.6M	800K	800K
Goodwill	-	195M	91.63M	57.56M	43.3M
Other Intangibles, Total	16.56M	153M	141M	48.96M	34.4M
Deferred Tax Assets Long-Term	-	1.61M	3.2M	-	291K
Deferred Charges Long-Term	500K	300K	400K	500K	-
Other Long-Term Assets, Total	25.77M	10.35M	7.59M	112M	6.96M
Total Assets	279M	637M	530M	411M	221M
Liabilities
Accounts Payable, Total	8.41M	16.02M	29.33M	46.38M	14.25M
Accrued Expenses, Total	40.36M	68.82M	57.41M	28.48M	30.55M
Current Portion of Long-Term Debt	-	-	-	125M	25.52M
Current Portion of Leases	-	-	23.4M	21.66M	22.08M
Unearned Revenue Current, Total	2.43M	1.68M	8.84M	1.9M	555K
Other Current Liabilities	6.02M	7.62M	3.9M	4.4M	3.88M
Total Current Liabilities	57.23M	94.15M	123M	228M	96.84M
Long-Term Debt	20.4M	142M	152M	33.84M	-
Long-Term Leases	-	-	59.32M	37.82M	15.14M
Deferred Tax Liability Non Current	-	-	-	32K	-
Other Non Current Liabilities	19.69M	26.31M	978K	809K	2.48M
Total Liabilities	97.31M	262M	335M	300M	114M
Preferred Stock Convertible	495M	-	-	-	-
Total Preferred Equity	495M	-	-	-	-
Common Stock, Total	4K	13K	15K	15K	4K
Additional Paid In Capital	37.19M	696M	716M	723M	730M
Retained Earnings	-347M	-322M	-523M	-612M	-622M
Treasury Stock	-820K	-	-	-	-
Comprehensive Income and Other	-3.36M	-3.23M	-1.97M	-2.5M	-3.74M
Total Common Equity	-314M	371M	191M	109M	105M
Minority Interest	848K	4.34M	3.34M	2.36M	2.17M
Total Equity	182M	375M	195M	111M	107M
Total Liabilities And Equity	279M	637M	530M	411M	221M
Supplemental Items
ECS Total Shares Outstanding on Filing Date	39.15M	38.72M	39.84M	36.45M	38.53M
ECS Total Common Shares Outstanding	39.15M	38.62M	39.74M	36.4M	38.37M
Book Value / Share	-8.02	9.59	4.81	2.99	2.73
Tangible Book Value	-330M	22.6M	-41M	2.31M	27.07M
Tangible Book Value Per Share	-8.44	0.59	-1.03	0.06	0.71
Total Debt	20.4M	142M	235M	218M	62.74M
Net Debt	-70.23M	62.14M	179M	183M	24.09M
Debt Equivalent Oper. Leases	206M	148M	162M	111M	55.17M
Minority Interest, Total (Incl. Fin. Div)	848K	4.34M	3.34M	2.36M	2.17M
Account Code - Inventory Valuation	3	3	3	3	3
Machinery, Total	14.3M	11.81M	12.49M	7.41M	6.36M
Full Time Employees	-	1.52K	1.37K	925	611
Accumulated Allowance for Doubtful Accounts (Supple)	1.39M	1.09M	1.88M	1.42M	1.04M

Fiscal Period: December	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Net Income	10.34M	24.71M	-201M	-88.58M	-10.1M
Depreciation & Amortization - CF	8.09M	8.3M	10.17M	6.54M	6.25M
Amortization of Goodwill and Intangible Assets - (CF)	-	3.46M	15.2M	4.4M	1.2M
Depreciation & Amortization, Total	8.09M	11.76M	25.37M	10.94M	7.45M
Amortization of Deferred Charges, Total - (CF)	9.4M	11.43M	15.08M	15.94M	17.79M
(Gain) Loss From Sale Of Asset	965K	1.45M	-500K	-175K	-1.25M
(Gain) Loss on Sale of Investments - (CF)	-500K	-	-1.26M	3.5M	-
Asset Writedown & Restructuring Costs	-	-	104M	-	-
Stock-Based Compensation (CF)	1.19M	23.56M	21.6M	5.58M	5.53M
Provision and Write-off of Bad Debts	322K	-161K	785K	-581K	-385K
Net Cash From Discontinued Operations	-	-	-	-6.69M	-14.99M
Other Operating Activities, Total	-1.09M	-55.16M	14.06M	50.24M	-5.54M
Change In Accounts Receivable	-7.09M	-12.95M	23.94M	40.74M	25.82M
Change In Accounts Payable	-1.52M	3.55M	11.58M	19.26M	-30.46M
Change in Unearned Revenues	1M	-5.76M	7.15M	-6.95M	-1.24M
Change in Other Net Operating Assets	6.45M	-1.64M	-29.21M	-49.33M	-13.28M
Cash from Operations	27.55M	797K	-7.86M	-6.1M	-20.68M
Capital Expenditure	-4.71M	-4.98M	-5.42M	-964K	-691K
Sale of Property, Plant, and Equipment	-	-	500K	175K	350K
Cash Acquisitions	-	-190M	-	-	-
Divestitures	-265K	-2.12M	-	-	-
Sale (Purchase) of Intangible assets	-9.83M	-11.04M	-12.36M	-13.93M	-12.08M
Investment in Marketable and Equity Securities, Total	-	-	-	-	-
Other Investing Activities, Total	-	-	-	-	191M
Cash from Investing	-14.8M	-208M	-17.28M	-14.72M	179M
Long-Term Debt Issued, Total	237M	153M	5M	2.13M	-
Total Debt Issued	237M	153M	5M	2.13M	-
Long-Term Debt Repaid, Total	-218M	-1.31M	-	-1.8M	-154M
Total Debt Repaid	-218M	-1.31M	-	-1.8M	-154M
Issuance of Common Stock	159K	41.98M	459K	931K	1.03M
Repurchase of Common Stock	-	-	-1.7M	-451K	-394K
Other Financing Activities, Total	-	-11.65M	-585K	-	-900K
Cash from Financing	19.46M	182M	3.18M	812K	-155M
Foreign Exchange Rate Adjustments	-103K	-985K	-1.99M	-123K	-366K
Net Change in Cash	32.1M	-26.39M	-23.96M	-20.14M	3.01M
Supplemental Items
Cash Interest Paid	1.1M	901K	15.73M	17.17M	11.93M
Cash Income Tax Paid (Refund)	83K	1.23M	2.03M	1.3M	514K
Levered Free Cash Flow	10.51M	7.7M	28.17M	14.74M	3.85M
Unlevered Free Cash Flow	11.19M	9.38M	36.02M	19.85M	2M
Change In Net Working Capital	531K	17.11M	-34.42M	-27.37M	-2.99M
Net Debt Issued / Repaid	19.3M	152M	5M	332K	-154M

Fiscal Period: December	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Profitability
Return on Assets	2.89	-0.85	-6.39	-4.28	-4.08
Return on Total Capital	4.06	-1.09	-7.88	-5.31	-5.17
Return On Equity %	6.31	9.3	-70.71	-39.47	-31.13
Return on Common Equity	0	87.11	-71.55	-39.72	-31.95
Margin Analysis
Gross Profit Margin %	56.34	48.64	41.94	45.36	45.3
SG&A Margin	41.62	38.22	41.1	45.32	40.37
EBITDA Margin %	6.29	1.38	-7.86	-8.42	-6.95
EBITA Margin %	3.78	-0.71	-10.18	-11.01	-10.24
EBIT Margin %	3.78	-1.57	-13.67	-12.75	-10.87
Income From Continuing Operations Margin %	3.47	6.51	-46.1	-23.88	-17.88
Net Income Margin %	3.22	6.22	-46.02	-35.06	-5.32
Net Avail. For Common Margin %	0	6.22	-46.02	-23.58	-17.97
Normalized Net Income Margin	2.26	2.79	-10.85	-11.53	-9.21
Levered Free Cash Flow Margin	3.27	1.94	6.45	5.83	2.03
Unlevered Free Cash Flow Margin	3.48	2.36	8.25	7.86	1.05
Asset Turnover
Asset Turnover	1.23	0.87	0.75	0.54	0.6
Fixed Assets Turnover	11.67	16.36	8.13	3.54	4.07
Receivables Turnover (Average Receivables)	2.99	3	3.07	2.38	2.88
Short Term Liquidity
Current Ratio	3.64	2.67	1.62	0.58	1.04
Quick Ratio	3.49	2.51	1.52	0.54	0.96
Operating Cash Flow to Current Liabilities	0.48	0.01	-0.06	-0.03	-0.21
Days Sales Outstanding (Average Receivables)	122.31	121.77	119.01	153.52	127.22
Average Days Payable Outstanding	23.96	21.84	32.65	100.07	105.64
Long Term Solvency
Total Debt/Equity	11.21	37.85	120.77	196.34	58.67
Total Debt / Total Capital	10.08	27.46	54.7	66.25	36.98
LT Debt/Equity	11.21	37.85	108.75	64.45	14.16
Long-Term Debt / Total Capital	10.08	27.46	49.26	21.75	8.92
Total Liabilities / Total Assets	34.85	41.17	63.29	72.98	51.7
EBIT / Interest Expense	11.07	-1.95	-2.82	-2	-3.04
EBITDA / Interest Expense	18.45	1.72	-0.66	-0.46	-0.93
(EBITDA - Capex) / Interest Expense	14.16	0.16	-0.92	-0.52	-1.03
Total Debt / EBITDA	1.01	25.79	-16.73	-29.24	-9.97
Net Debt / EBITDA	-3.47	11.3	-12.76	-24.47	-3.83
Total Debt / (EBITDA - Capex)	1.31	273.9	-12.07	-25.89	-8.98
Net Debt / (EBITDA - Capex)	-4.53	119.97	-9.21	-21.67	-3.45
Growth Over Prior Year
Total Revenues, 1 Yr. Growth %	1.07	23.73	9.84	-26.24	-17.6
Gross Profit, 1 Yr. Growth %	5.27	6.81	-5.28	-25.53	-18.04
EBITDA, 1 Yr. Growth %	-191.85	-72.8	-723.56	-25.45	-53.87
EBITA, 1 Yr. Growth %	-139.58	-123.1	1.49K	-28.13	-44.82
EBIT, 1 Yr. Growth %	-139.58	-151.57	853.43	-25.26	-45.73
Earnings From Cont. Operations, 1 Yr. Growth %	-130.22	131.95	-878.04	-57.05	-39.05
Net Income, 1 Yr. Growth %	-127.79	139.09	-913.2	-55.92	-88.6
Normalized Net Income, 1 Yr. Growth %	-141.25	61.32	-522.29	-13.21	-34.61
Diluted EPS Before Extra, 1 Yr. Growth %	-	-	5.59K	-58.59	-40.73
Accounts Receivable, 1 Yr. Growth %	3.17	43.24	-17.7	-34.67	-31.98
Net Property, Plant and Equip., 1 Yr. Growth %	-13.53	-9.76	265.93	-30.57	-40.66
Total Assets, 1 Yr. Growth %	13.9	128.24	-16.83	-22.36	-46.19
Tangible Book Value, 1 Yr. Growth %	-2.62	-106.81	-281.47	-97.23	-10.73
Common Equity, 1 Yr. Growth %	-2.96	-218.08	-48.4	-43.09	-3.73
Cash From Operations, 1 Yr. Growth %	-236.11	-97.11	-1.09K	-22.32	238.83
Capital Expenditures, 1 Yr. Growth %	1.01K	5.84	8.85	-82.23	-28.32
Levered Free Cash Flow, 1 Yr. Growth %	-	-26.71	256.54	-46.68	-68.05
Unlevered Free Cash Flow, 1 Yr. Growth %	-	-16.21	284.05	-40.08	-86.03
Compound Annual Growth Rate Over Two Years
Total Revenues, 2 Yr. CAGR %	2.26	11.83	16.58	-18.86	-23.65
Gross Profit, 2 Yr. CAGR %	14.69	6.04	0.59	-21.25	-23.49
EBITDA, 2 Yr. CAGR %	-46.57	-50.02	30.23	139.87	-43.19
EBITA, 2 Yr. CAGR %	-61.07	-69.76	91.42	145.91	-38.28
EBIT, 2 Yr. CAGR %	-61.07	-54.82	121.73	110.19	-38.08
Earnings From Cont. Operations, 2 Yr. CAGR %	-62.3	-16.28	324.81	294.84	-46.26
Net Income, 2 Yr. CAGR %	-63.49	-18.49	340.94	89.33	-77.59
Normalized Net Income, 2 Yr. CAGR %	-60.95	-20.57	159.64	64.09	-28.83
Diluted EPS Before Extra, 2 Yr. CAGR %	-	-90.99	-	-28.15	-48.14
Accounts Receivable, 2 Yr. CAGR %	-	21.57	8.58	-26.67	-35.52
Net Property, Plant and Equip., 2 Yr. CAGR %	-	-11.67	81.72	59.4	-35.81
Total Assets, 2 Yr. CAGR %	-	61.23	37.78	-19.64	-35.37
Tangible Book Value, 2 Yr. CAGR %	-	-74.19	-64.84	-68.03	-43.02
Common Equity, 2 Yr. CAGR %	-	7.05	-21.94	-45.81	-25.98
Cash From Operations, 2 Yr. CAGR %	-38.46	-80.16	-46.6	176.72	62.23
Capital Expenditures, 2 Yr. CAGR %	-11.11	243.22	7.34	-56.02	-64.31
Levered Free Cash Flow, 2 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	62.9	48.73	-57.94
Unlevered Free Cash Flow, 2 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	79.39	57.86	-71.27
Compound Annual Growth Rate Over Three Years
Total Revenues, 3 Yr. CAGR %	-	8.97	11.16	-7.7	-20.91
Gross Profit, 3 Yr. CAGR %	-	12	2.12	-14.13	-22.5
EBITDA, 3 Yr. CAGR %	-	-57.34	15.93	1.72	52.77
EBITA, 3 Yr. CAGR %	-	-67.28	13.19	31.85	61.65
EBIT, 3 Yr. CAGR %	-	-57.24	24.84	38.47	41.43
Earnings From Cont. Operations, 3 Yr. CAGR %	-	-30.92	76.02	75.53	106.25
Net Income, 3 Yr. CAGR %	-	-31.69	75.48	104.64	-25.8
Normalized Net Income, 3 Yr. CAGR %	-	-38.44	39.21	60.62	17.36
Diluted EPS Before Extra, 3 Yr. CAGR %	-	-76.8	-22.71	-	-34.54
Accounts Receivable, 3 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	6.74	-8.34	-30.06
Net Property, Plant and Equip., 3 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	41.87	31.86	14.67
Total Assets, 3 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	29.31	13.8	-29.7
Tangible Book Value, 3 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	-50.56	-80.91	6.2
Common Equity, 3 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	-16.07	-29.74	-34.36
Cash From Operations, 3 Yr. CAGR %	-	-77.79	-27.06	-39.5	196.04
Capital Expenditures, 3 Yr. CAGR %	-	-5.79	134.06	-41.06	-48.24
Levered Free Cash Flow, 3 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	-	11.56	-16.73
Unlevered Free Cash Flow, 3 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	-	21.04	-36.91
Compound Annual Growth Rate Over Five Years
Total Revenues, 5 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	-	-3.84	-9.79
Gross Profit, 5 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	-	-3.59	-12.94
EBITDA, 5 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	-	-21.38	-9.74
EBITA, 5 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	-	-19.06	-8.72
EBIT, 5 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	-	-16.64	-7.62
Earnings From Cont. Operations, 5 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	-	-5.13	-1.66
Net Income, 5 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	-	2.7	-22.96
Normalized Net Income, 5 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	-	-9.33	-0.09
Diluted EPS Before Extra, 5 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	-	-27.16	-40.85
Accounts Receivable, 5 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	-	-	-12.75
Net Property, Plant and Equip., 5 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	-	-	3.3
Total Assets, 5 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	-	-	-2.02
Tangible Book Value, 5 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	-	-	-39.69
Common Equity, 5 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	-	-	-20.18
Cash From Operations, 5 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	-	-39.08	0.43
Capital Expenditures, 5 Yr. CAGR %	-	-	-	-30.53	10.31