NYSE$UP

Wheels Up Experience Inc · Q4 2023 earnings

Q4 2023 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Wheels Up experienced a decrease in revenue but improved net loss and Adjusted EBITDA due to operational improvements and strategic repositioning.

Wheels Up reported a decrease in total revenue to $246 million, primarily due to the divestiture of the Aircraft Management business. However, the company saw a significant decrease in net loss to $81 million and an improvement in Adjusted EBITDA loss to $38 million, reflecting operational efficiency and cost reduction efforts. The company added $40 million of investor capital and introduced the new UP for Business program.

  • Total revenue decreased by $162 million year-over-year to $246 million, influenced by the divestiture of the Aircraft Management business.
  • Net loss decreased year-over-year to $81 million, primarily due to the absence of a goodwill impairment charge.
  • Adjusted EBITDA improved year-over-year to a loss of $38 million, reflecting operational efficiency and cost reduction efforts.
  • Active Members decreased 21% year-over-year to 9,947.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$246M

Previous: $408M-39.7%
EPS (adj)

-$0.14

Previous: -$2.70+94.8%
Live Flight Legs

14.4K

Previous: 19.3K-25.6%
Adjusted EBITDA

-$38.1M

No prior period
Capital Expenditures

-$8.28M

Previous: $3.52M-335.2%
Net Income

-$81.1M

Previous: -$239M+66.0%
Operating Income

-$64.9M

Previous: -$236M+72.4%
Gross Profit

-$15.8M

Previous: $12.6M-225.0%
R&D Expense

$11.6M

No prior period
Stock-Based Comp

$3.98M

Previous: $23.1M-82.8%

Revenue & EPS history

Wheels Up · Revenue · Quarterly

$246M

Q4 2023-39.7%vs Q4 2022
Beat estimate in 3 of 10 quarters(30%)
ActualEstimate

Revenue by segment

Wheels Up · $267M total across 3 segments · Q3 2023

  • Flight
    $215M-23.0%
  • Other
    $31.6M-47.5%
  • Membership
    $20.6M-8.0%

Forward guidance

Wheels Up is focused on optimizing cost structure and fleet to focus on profitability.

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 Q4 2023

Historical avgQ4 2023

-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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