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Wheels Up Experience Inc · Q1 2022 earnings

Q1 2022 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Wheels Up's first quarter revenue reached a record high, driven by strong demand and prepaid block sales.

Wheels Up Experience Inc. reported a 24% year-over-year increase in revenue to $325.6 million for the first quarter of 2022. Active Members grew by 26% to 12,424, and Live Flight Legs increased by 15% to 17,626. However, the company experienced a net loss of $89.0 million and an adjusted EBITDA loss of $49.4 million.

  • Revenue increased 24% year-over-year to $325.6 million.
  • Active Members grew 26% year-over-year to 12,424.
  • Live Flight Legs increased 15% year-over-year to 17,626.
  • Net loss increased by $56.8 million year-over-year to a net loss of $89.0 million.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$326M

Previous: $262M+24.5%
EPS (adj)

-$2.50

Previous: -$1.70-47.1%
Live Flight Legs

17.6K

Previous: 15.3K+15.4%
Capital Expenditures

-$66.3M

Previous: $2.27M-3018.7%
Free Cash Flow

-$155M

Previous: -$87M-78.2%
Net Income

-$88.7M

Previous: -$29.4M-201.4%
Operating Income

-$92.7M

Previous: -$27.7M-235.1%
Gross Profit

-$7.12M

Previous: $27.1M-126.2%
Cash & Equivalents

$538M

Previous: $215M+150.1%
Total Assets

$1.88B

Previous: $240M+684.4%
Stock-Based Comp

$22.6M

Previous: $1.41M+1495.0%

Revenue & EPS history

Wheels Up · Revenue · Quarterly

$326M

Q1 2022+24.5%vs Q1 2021
Beat estimate in 7 of 10 quarters(70%)
ActualEstimate

Revenue by segment

Wheels Up · $265M total across 3 segments · Q1 2022

  • Flight
    $236M+24.1%
  • Membership
    $20.6M+37.9%
  • Other
    $8.12M+52.4%

Forward guidance

Wheels Up anticipates strong margin improvements throughout the year due to continued execution of initiatives, the acquisition of Air Partner, the implementation of fuel surcharges, and additional capped rate price increases.

Tailwinds

  • Continued execution on strategic initiatives.
  • Acquisition of Air Partner.
  • Implementation of fuel surcharges.
  • Additional capped rate price increases.
  • Pilot hiring ahead of plan.

Historical earnings impact

How earnings announcements have historically affected this stock's price.

Avg. return before/after earnings

Based on 19 quarterly earnings reports · overlaid with Q1 2022

Historical avgQ1 2022

-3.5%

Avg return

Earnings day

-5.9%

Avg return

5 days after

-6.8%

Avg return

30 days after

36%

8 / 22 earnings

Positive

+34.8%

Q2 2023

Best reaction

-36.2%

Q1 2023

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q1 2026+2.8%-16.6%+13.8%
Q4 2025-12.4%-6.1%-28.3%
Q3 2025+5.1%+3.3%-49.6%
Q1 2025-3.5%-7.8%+13.9%
Q4 2024+5.6%+1.9%-25.2%
Q3 2024-7.4%-6.5%-1.4%
Q2 2024-4.9%-9.2%-8.6%
Q1 2024+0.9%+20.2%-9.9%
Q4 2023-12.0%-10.5%-3.3%
Q3 2023-10.0%-10.7%+32.9%
Q2 2023+34.8%+18.8%+137.5%
Q1 2023-36.2%-42.8%-39.4%
Q4 2022-12.2%-24.3%-29.1%
Q3 2022-3.7%-8.0%-36.8%
Q2 2022+10.2%+4.7%-32.5%
Q1 2022+11.7%+21.2%-2.3%
Q4 2021-11.4%-12.0%-11.7%
Q4 2019-11.4%-12.0%-11.7%
Q3 2021-20.9%-20.9%-42.5%
Q2 2021-3.2%-10.2%-11.4%
Q1 2021+0.0%+0.0%-0.1%
Q4 2020+0.4%-2.3%-4.4%
Q3 2020
Q2 2020
Q1 2020

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