Company name:

TrueCar Inc

  • IPO SHARE PRICE:
    $9.00
  • IPO DATE:
    May 16, 2014
  • TICKER:
    TRUE
  • MAIN STOCK EXCHANGE:
    NASDAQ
  • CURRENT HQ LOCATION:
    120 Broadway Suite 200 Santa Monica California 90401
  • FISCAL YEAR END:
    December 31
  • INCORPORATION JURISDICTION:
    DE
  • ORGANIZED AS THE FOLLOWING LEGAL TYPE:
    Corporation
  • Investor Relations Webpage:
    Coming soon!
  • TAX RATE:
    USA federal corporate nominal income tax rate is 21%

Short Description

TrueCar Inc

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Income Statement

(USD in thousand)
Selected Year:
31-Dec
2020
Revenue
Gross receipts in the form of cash (great!) and promises to pay (Account Receivables - not so great as some of them will never be collected but reality of business!) from all its customers
Selected Year:
Last Twelve Months LTM
Last Quarter Annualized LQA
Total Revenue
45,679
45,679
45,679
45,679
45,679
323,149 353,571 353,880 278,678 278,678 255,840
Selected Year:
31-Dec
2020
Operating expenses
Cost (labor, materials, depreciation, overhead, etc) for delivering service or manufacturing a product that business sells
106.6%
54.5%

Sales and marketing

17.9%

General and administrative

16.1%

Product technology and development

7.7%

Cost of revenue

7.4%

Depreciation and amortization

3.0%

Goodwill impairment

Selected Year:
Last Twelve Months LTM
Last Quarter Annualized LQA
Cost of revenue
45,679
45,679
45,679
-
-
28,227 26,136 27,828 21,549 21,549 20,584
Cost of revenue excluding depreciation and amortization Cost of revenue excluding depreciation and amortization
-
-
-
45,679
45,679
28,227 31,154 - - - -
Product technology and development
45,679
45,679
45,679
45,679
45,679
59,070 60,251 56,114 44,930 44,930 40,276
Sales and marketing
45,679
45,679
45,679
45,679
45,679
185,397 211,208 226,977 151,915 151,915 146,196
General and administrative
45,679
45,679
45,679
45,679
45,679
61,646 52,762 64,318 49,989 49,989 54,948
Depreciation and amortization
45,679
45,679
45,679
45,679
45,679
22,472 17,796 20,665 20,547 20,547 20,904
Goodwill impairment
-
-
-
-
-
- - - 8,264 8,264 -
Total costs and operating expenses
45,679
45,679
45,679
45,679
45,679
$356,812 $368,153 $395,902 $297,194 $297,194 $282,908
Selected Year:
31-Dec
2020
Operating Income
Income after excluding Operating Expenses from Total Revenue
6.6%
6.6%

Operating Income

Key metric that shows earnings potential of the company's business model
Selected Year:
Last Twelve Months LTM
Last Quarter Annualized LQA
Operating income
$45,679
$45,679
$45,679
$45,679
$45,679
($33,663) ($33,064) ($60,856) ($18,516) ($18,516) ($27,068)
Selected Year:
31-Dec
2020
Non-operating expenses
Cost usually unrelated to delivering service or manufacturing a product that business sells
0.1%
0.1%

Other income

Selected Year:
Last Twelve Months LTM
Last Quarter Annualized LQA
Other expense or income
45,679
-
-
-
-
- - - - - -
Other income
-
45,679
45,679
45,679
-
- - - 198 198 -
Total non-operating income (expense)
45,679
45,679
45,679
45,679
45,679
- - - 198 198 -
Selected Year:
31-Dec
2020
Earnings before Interest and Taxes (EBIT)
Income after excluding Operating and Non-operating Expenses from Total Revenue
6.6%
6.6%

EBIT

Another income metric but unlike Operating Income it is closer to the ultimate income metric - Net Income by removing expenses that are not related to earning Revenue as they are supposed to be accidental and transitory
Selected Year:
Last Twelve Months LTM
Last Quarter Annualized LQA
EBIT
$45,679
$45,679
$45,679
$45,679
$45,679
($33,663) ($29,163) ($56,816) ($18,318) ($18,318) ($27,068)
Selected Year:
31-Dec
2020
Interest Expense and Income, Taxes
Expenses driven mostly by company management's choices, nature of business (capital intensive vs not) about financing (debt vs equity) and legal structure
0.5%
0.2%

Interest income

0.0%

Income tax expense or benefit

0.0%

Interest expense

0.7%

Income or loss from equity method investments

Selected Year:
Last Twelve Months LTM
Last Quarter Annualized LQA
Interest expense
45,679
45,679
45,679
45,679
45,679
(2,610) (2,649) - - - -
Interest income
45,679
45,679
45,679
45,679
45,679
1,260 2,789 2,480 462 462 40
Income or loss from equity method investments
-
-
-
-
-
- - (1,280) (1,989) (1,989) (2,116)
Income before income taxes
45,679
45,679
45,679
45,679
45,679
(35,013) (28,498) (54,601) - - -
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes
-
-
-
-
-
- (32,924) (59,656) (19,845) (19,845) (30,152)
Income tax expense or benefit
45,679
45,679
45,679
45,679
45,679
(2,164) (1,209) (1,321) (6) (6) 504
Income from continuing operations TEST - ODD
-
-
-
-
-
- (31,715) (58,335) (19,839) (19,839) (30,656)
Selected Year:
31-Dec
2020
Net income (loss)
Ultimate measure of Income - Net result after excluding all expenses from Total Revenue
27.5%
27.5%

Net income (loss)

It is a residue that is left from Total Revenue after paying all kind of expenses and belongs to all equity holders in the company. Some of these shareholders such Non-controlling interest or Preferred equity gets their share before Common shareholders
Selected Year:
Last Twelve Months LTM
Last Quarter Annualized LQA
Net income (loss)
$45,679
$45,679
$45,679
$45,679
$45,679
($32,849) ($28,321) ($54,890) $76,544 $76,544 $347,464

Basic Shares Outstanding
Basic shares outstanding as of certain dates reported by Company on its annual and quarterly filings, these numbers are NOT used calculation of basic EPS. They help to see share issuance by company in perspective
Common
-
-
45,678,795
45,678,795
45,678,795
100,558,696 104,882,802 107,082,458 98,495,393 98,495,393 98,495,393
Selected Year:
31-Dec
2020
EPS
Net Income / Shares Outstanding = EPS before dilution or Basic EPS; Net Income/ ( Shares Outstanding + potentially available shares from conversion of various option instruments)
Selected Year:
Last Twelve Months LTM
Last Quarter Annualized LQA
Net Income per basic share
$45,678,795.00
$45,678,795.00
$45,678,795.00
$45,678,795.00
$45,678,795.00
($0.35) ($0.31) ($0.55) ($0.19) ($0.19) ($0.32)
Net Income per diluted share
$45,678,795.00
$45,678,795.00
$45,678,795.00
$45,678,795.00
$45,678,795.00
($0.35) ($0.31) ($0.55) ($0.19) ($0.19) -