Skip to main content

COMSCORE, INC.

For the period ended Mar 31, 2025. Filed May 8, 2025.

View on SEC.gov

About this filing

A company's report for each of its first three quarters. The financial statements are not audited. It shows how the business has moved since the last annual report, and what management says changed.

Mar 31, 2025 · Filed May 8, 2025

SCOR$3.31-1.2%Stored close · as of Nov 9, 2026

Extracted filing text, with the paragraph anchors used by the comparison.

See the whole filing, with its images and exhibits

Item 1. Financial Statements

ITEM 1.FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

As ofAs of
March 31, 2025December 31, 2024
(In thousands, except share and per share data) · (Unaudited)
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents$30,969$29,937
Restricted cash3,5323,531
Accounts receivable, net of allowances of $417 and $462, respectively ($1,092 and $913 of accounts receivable attributable to related parties, respectively)50,60964,266
Prepaid expenses and other current assets13,85210,323
Total current assets98,962108,057
Property and equipment, net46,52447,116
Operating right-of-use assets12,54813,173
Deferred tax assets3,8422,624
Intangible assets, net4,4255,058
Goodwill246,950246,010
Other non-current assets8,2808,209
Total assets$421,531$430,247
Liabilities, Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock and Stockholders' Equity (Deficit)
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable ($1,046 and $2,070 attributable to related parties, respectively)$14,726$16,471
Accrued expenses ($8,470 and $8,588 attributable to related parties, respectively)37,20335,013
Contract liabilities ($1,072 and $714 attributable to related parties, respectively)43,98745,464
Accrued dividends (related parties)13,4018,962
Customer advances10,2819,566
Current operating lease liabilities8,2318,598
Other current liabilities6,1037,230
Total current liabilities133,932131,304
Secured term loan40,35040,718
Non-current operating lease liabilities13,26414,805
Non-current portion of accrued data costs ($21,196 and $22,031 attributable to related parties, respectively)30,04833,551
Deferred tax liabilities892891
Other non-current liabilities9,0339,771
Total liabilities227,519231,040
Commitments and contingencies
Convertible redeemable preferred stock, $0.001 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024; 95,784,903 shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024; aggregate liquidation preference of $250,172 as of March 31, 2025, and $245,732 as of December 31, 2024 (related parties)207,470207,470
Stockholders' equity (deficit):
Preferred stock, $0.001 par value; 5,000,000 shares authorized as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024; no shares issued or outstanding as of March 31, 2025 or December 31, 2024——
Common stock, $0.001 par value; 13,750,000 shares authorized as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024; 5,251,325 shares issued and 4,913,086 shares outstanding as of March 31, 2025, and 5,228,814 shares issued and 4,890,575 shares outstanding as of December 31, 202455
Additional paid-in capital1,714,6501,714,052
Accumulated other comprehensive loss(15,429)(18,068)
Accumulated deficit(1,482,700)(1,474,268)
Treasury stock, at cost, 338,239 shares as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024(229,984)(229,984)
Total stockholders' equity (deficit)(13,458)(8,263)
Total liabilities, convertible redeemable preferred stock and stockholders' equity (deficit)$421,531$430,247

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

Three Months Ended March 31,
(In thousands, except share and per share data)20252024
Revenues (1)$85,709$86,795
Cost of revenues (1) (2) (3)51,74750,067
Selling and marketing (2) (3)14,80315,364
Research and development (2) (3)8,1188,767
General and administrative (2) (3)12,47513,213
Amortization of intangible assets632801
Restructuring—460
Total expenses from operations87,77588,672
Loss from operations(2,066)(1,877)
Interest expense, net(1,758)(572)
(Loss) gain from foreign currency transactions(1,743)963
Other income, net—275
Loss before income taxes(5,567)(1,211)
Income tax benefit1,574157
Net loss$(3,993)$(1,054)
Net loss available to common stockholders:
Net loss$(3,993)$(1,054)
Convertible redeemable preferred stock dividends (1)(4,439)(4,240)
Total net loss available to common stockholders$(8,432)$(5,294)
Net loss per common share:
Basic and diluted$(1.66)$(1.08)
Weighted-average number of shares used in per share calculation - Common Stock:
Basic and diluted5,088,5764,895,121
Comprehensive loss:
Net loss$(3,993)$(1,054)
Other comprehensive loss:
Foreign currency cumulative translation adjustment2,639(1,987)
Total comprehensive loss$(1,354)$(3,041)
(1) Transactions with related parties are included in the line items above as follows. Refer to Footnote 8, Related Party Transactions.
Three Months Ended March 31,
20252024
Revenues$2,604$2,518
Cost of revenues5,7667,588
Convertible redeemable preferred stock dividends(4,439)(4,240)

(2) Excludes amortization of intangible assets, which is presented as a separate line item.

(3) Stock-based compensation expense is included in the line items above as follows:
Three Months Ended March 31,
20252024
Cost of revenues$162$243
Selling and marketing124140
Research and development97180
General and administrative355815
Total stock-based compensation expense$738$1,378

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CONVERTIBLE REDEEMABLE PREFERRED STOCK AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIT)

(In thousands, except share data) · Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock · Common Stock · AdditionalPaid-InCapital · AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveLoss · AccumulatedDeficit · Treasury Stock, at cost · TotalStockholders'Equity (Deficit)
Shares · Amount · Shares · Amount
Balance as of December 31, 202495,784,903$207,4704,890,575$5$1,714,052$(18,068)$(1,474,268)$(229,984)$(8,263)
Net loss——————(3,993)—(3,993)
Convertible redeemable preferred stock dividends (1)——————(4,439)—(4,439)
Restricted stock units distributed——22,511——————
Amortization of stock-based compensation————284———284
Settlement of restricted stock unit liability————314———314
Foreign currency translation adjustment—————2,639——2,639
Balance as of March 31, 202595,784,903$207,4704,913,086$5$1,714,650$(15,429)$(1,482,700)$(229,984)$(13,458)
(In thousands, except share data) · Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock · Common Stock · AdditionalPaid-InCapital · AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveLoss · AccumulatedDeficit · Treasury Stock, at cost · TotalStockholders'Equity
Shares · Amount · Shares · Amount
Balance as of December 31, 202382,527,609$187,8854,755,141$5$1,696,612$(14,110)$(1,396,420)$(229,984)$56,103
Net loss——————(1,054)—(1,054)
Convertible redeemable preferred stock dividends (1)——————(4,240)—(4,240)
Restricted stock units distributed——7,780——————
Exercise of Common Stock options——33——————
Payments for taxes related to net share settlement of equity awards——(2,684)—(46)———(46)
Amortization of stock-based compensation————681———681
Settlement of restricted stock unit liability————1,895———1,895
Foreign currency translation adjustment—————(1,987)——(1,987)
Other——(39)——————
Balance as of March 31, 202482,527,609$187,8854,760,231$5$1,699,142$(16,097)$(1,401,714)$(229,984)$51,352

(1) Transactions for these line items were exclusively with related parties. Refer to Footnote 4, Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock and Stockholders' Equity (Deficit) and Footnote 8, Related Party Transactions.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

Three Months Ended March 31,
(In thousands)20252024
Operating activities:
Net loss$(3,993)$(1,054)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation5,8055,248
Non-cash operating lease expense1,2291,249
Amortization expense of finance leases909644
Stock-based compensation expense7381,378
Amortization of intangible assets632801
Deferred tax benefit(1,084)(132)
Other626426
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable14,0567,605
Prepaid expenses and other assets(3,653)(2,172)
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities(3,056)(3,311)
Contract liabilities and customer advances(699)(1,164)
Operating lease liabilities(2,448)(2,650)
Net cash provided by operating activities9,0626,868
Investing activities:
Capitalized internal-use software costs(5,272)(5,833)
Purchases of property and equipment(379)(263)
Net cash used in investing activities(5,651)(6,096)
Financing activities:
Contingent consideration payment at initial value(859)(3,693)
Principal payments on finance leases(871)(658)
Principal payments on insurance financing(620)—
Payment of financing and debt issuance costs(559)—
Principal payments of term loan(113)—
Other—(56)
Net cash used in financing activities(3,022)(4,407)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash644(384)
Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash1,033(4,019)
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period33,46822,936
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period$34,501$18,917
As of March 31,
20252024
Cash and cash equivalents$30,969$18,730
Restricted cash3,532187
Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash$34,501$18,917
Three Months Ended March 31,
20252024
Supplemental disclosures of non-cash investing and financing activities:
Convertible redeemable preferred stock dividends accrued but not yet paid (related parties)4,4394,240
Settlement of restricted stock unit liability3141,895

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

  1. Organization

comScore, Inc., together with its consolidated subsidiaries (collectively, "Comscore" or the "Company"), headquartered in Reston, Virginia, is a global information and analytics company that measures advertising, content, and the consumer audiences of each, across media platforms.

  1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation and Consolidation

The accompanying Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned domestic and foreign subsidiaries. All intercompany transactions and balances are eliminated upon consolidation.

Reclassification

Certain amounts in the prior year financial statements have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation. Specifically, changes in fair value of warrants liability and contingent consideration have been aggregated within other operating activities on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.

Unaudited Interim Financial Information

The interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in this quarterly report have been prepared by the Company and are unaudited, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States ("GAAP") have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. However, the Company believes that the disclosures contained in this quarterly report comply with the requirements of Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), for a quarterly report on Form 10-Q and are adequate to make the information presented not misleading. The interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included herein reflect all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) which are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the interim periods presented. These interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes thereto contained in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 (the "2024 10-K"). The Condensed Consolidated Results of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 2025 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be anticipated for the entire year ending December 31, 2025 or thereafter. All references to March 31, 2025 and 2024 in the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements are unaudited.

Use of Estimates and Judgments in the Preparation of the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the reported amounts of revenue and expense during the reporting periods. Significant estimates and judgments are inherent in the analysis and the measurement of management's standalone selling price, principal versus agent revenue recognition, determination of performance obligations, determination of transaction price, including the determination of variable consideration and allocation of transaction price to performance obligations, deferred tax assets and liabilities, including the identification and quantification of income tax liabilities due to uncertain tax positions, the valuation and recoverability of goodwill, intangible and other long-lived assets, the determination of appropriate discount rates for lease accounting, the probability of exercising either lease renewal or termination clauses, the assessment of potential loss from contingencies, financing-related liabilities and warrants, the initial fair value determination of the Preferred Stock (as defined below), and the valuation of options, performance-based and market-based stock awards. Management bases its estimates and assumptions on historical experience and on various other factors that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances.

Due to the inherent uncertainty involved in making estimates, actual results reported in future periods may be affected by changes in those estimates. The Company evaluates its estimates and assumptions on an ongoing basis.

Preferred Stock

In January 2021, the Company entered into separate Securities Purchase Agreements with each of Charter Communications Holding Company, LLC ("Charter"), Qurate Retail, Inc. (together with its affiliate Qurate SCOR, LLC, "Qurate") and Pine Investor, LLC ("Pine") (the "Securities Purchase Agreements") for the issuance and sale of shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 ("Preferred Stock") as described in Footnote 4, Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock and Stockholders' Equity (Deficit). The issuance of the Preferred Stock pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreements (the "Transactions") and related matters were approved by the Company's stockholders on March 9, 2021 and completed on March 10, 2021.

On May 16, 2023, Qurate sold 27,509,203 shares of Preferred Stock to Liberty Broadband Corporation ("Liberty") in a privately negotiated transaction.

On July 24, 2024, the Company issued 13,257,294 additional shares of Preferred Stock to the existing holders of Preferred Stock in exchange for cancellation of the Company's obligation to pay accrued dividends totaling $32.8 million to such holders for annual dividend periods ended in 2023 and 2024. The additional shares of Preferred Stock have the same terms and conditions as the Preferred Stock previously issued by the Company. In connection with the issuance of the additional shares of Preferred Stock, the Company and the holders of the Preferred Stock also entered into an amendment to the Stockholders Agreement between the parties. Among other things, the amendment reduced the $100.0 million special dividend threshold set forth in the Stockholders Agreement by an amount equal to the liquidation preference of the additional Preferred Stock ($32.8 million). After further reducing the threshold by annual dividends paid in prior years, the current special dividend threshold is $47.0 million.

The Preferred Stock is contingently redeemable upon certain deemed liquidation events, such as a change in control. Because a deemed liquidation event could constitute a redemption event outside of the Company's control, all shares of Preferred Stock have been presented outside of permanent equity in mezzanine equity on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. The instrument was initially recognized at fair value net of issuance costs. The Company reassesses whether the Preferred Stock is currently redeemable, or probable to become redeemable in the future, as of each reporting date. If the instrument meets either of these criteria, the Company will accrete the carrying value to the redemption value. The Preferred Stock has not been adjusted to its redemption amount as of March 31, 2025 because a deemed liquidation event is not considered probable as of such date.

The Preferred Stock includes a change of control put option which allows the holders of the Preferred Stock to require the Company to repurchase such holders' shares in cash in an amount equal to the initial purchase price plus accrued dividends. The change of control put option was determined to be a derivative liability. As of March 31, 2025, the probability of a change of control was determined to be remote and the fair value of the change of control derivative was determined to be negligible.

All financial instruments that are classified as mezzanine equity are evaluated for embedded derivative features by evaluating each feature against the nature of the host instrument (for example, more equity-like or debt-like). Features identified as embedded derivatives that are material are recognized separately as a derivative asset or liability in the financial statements. No embedded features were identified requiring bifurcation, other than the change of control redemption feature.

Debt Issuance Costs

Debt issuance costs include expenditures necessary to obtain debt financing and are amortized on a straight-line basis, which approximates the effective interest method over the term of the underlying debt instrument. Debt issuance costs, except for costs associated with the Revolving Facility (as defined below), are presented as a direct deduction from the related debt liability in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. Debt issuance costs for the Revolving Facility are included in other non-current assets in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. The Term Loan (as defined below) and Revolving Facility issuance costs are amortized to interest expense, net in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss.

Loss Per Share

The Company uses the two-class method to calculate net loss per share. The two-class method is an earnings allocation formula that treats a participating security as having rights to earnings that otherwise would have been available to common stockholders. Under the two-class method, earnings for the period are allocated between common stockholders and participating security holders based on their respective rights to receive dividends as if all undistributed book earnings for the period were distributed.

Basic loss per share is computed by dividing total net loss available to common stockholders by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding for the period. This includes the effect of vested and deferred stock units granted to members of the Company's Board of Directors ("Board") and certain employees. These awards are expected to be settled in shares of Common Stock and generally distributed upon the earlier of the individual's separation from service or a change of control. Diluted loss per share includes the effect of potential common shares, such as the Company's Preferred Stock, warrants, stock options, restricted stock units and contingent consideration liability, to the extent the effect is dilutive. In periods with a net loss available to common stockholders, the anti-dilutive effect of these potential common shares is excluded and diluted net loss per share is equal to basic net loss per share.

The following is a summary of the Common Stock equivalents for the securities outstanding during the respective periods that have been excluded from the computation of diluted net loss per common share, as their effect would be anti-dilutive:

Three Months Ended March 31,
20252024
Preferred stock (1)4,970,5134,614,513
Stock options and restricted stock units284,354303,794
Contingent consideration (2)—77,403
Warrants—272,851
Total5,254,8675,268,561

(1) Includes the effect of potential Common Stock that would be issued to settle unpaid dividends accrued to holders of the Preferred Stock if they elected to convert their shares at the beginning of the period (or at the time of issuance, if later).

(2) A contingent consideration liability was recognized as part of the Company's acquisition of Shareablee, Inc. ("Shareablee") in December 2021. The liability payments could have been settled in any combination of cash or shares of Common Stock based on the volume-weighted average trading price of the Common Stock for theten trading days prior to the date of each payment. In the first quarter of 2025, the Company settled the third and final installment of $1.2 million in cash and there is no contingent consideration liability outstanding as of March 31, 2025. The Company paid the first installment of $3.7 million in cash in 2023 and the second installment of $3.7 million in cash in 2024. The Company calculated a potential anti-dilutive share count for the three months ended March 31, 2024 based on the remaining expected payments totaling $1.2 million and the $15.40 per share closing price of the Company's Common Stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on March 28, 2024.

Income Taxes

The Company's net operating loss carryforwards are subject to an annual limitation under Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code. The Company completed a Section 382 study in 2023 and concluded that an ownership change occurred in May 2021 as a result of its Preferred Stock transactions. Therefore, all of the Company's U.S. net operating loss carryforwards are subject to annual limitations under Section 382. The Company's deferred tax asset related to its U.S. federal and state net operating loss carryforwards has been revalued to reflect the amount of carryforwards that are utilizable under the Section 382 limitations.

Accounting Guidance Issued But Not Adopted at March 31, 2025

In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income - Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses. The ASU requires additional disclosure of the nature of certain expenses in the notes to the financial statements. The update is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2027. Early adoption is permitted. The ASU is required to be applied prospectively with the option for retrospective application. The Company is currently evaluating the impact that this standard will have on its Consolidated Financial Statements and related disclosures.

In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures, to improve the transparency of income tax disclosures by requiring consistent categories and greater disaggregation of information in the rate reconciliation and income taxes paid disaggregated by jurisdiction. The amendment is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024 and will be applied on a prospective basis with the option to apply the standard retrospectively. The Company will adopt this ASU for the period ending December 31, 2025 and is currently evaluating the disclosure impact of ASU 2023-09. The ASU will not have an impact on the Company's financial condition or results of operations.

  1. Revenue Recognition

The Company hasone reportable segment in accordance with ASC 280, Segment Reporting; as such, the disaggregation of revenue below reconciles directly to its unique reportable segment. The following table presents the Company's revenue disaggregated by solution group.

(In thousands)Three Months Ended March 31,
By solution group:20252024
Content & Ad Measurement
Syndicated Audience$63,504$64,600
Cross-Platform9,6628,020
Total Content & Ad Measurement73,16672,620
Research & Insight Solutions12,54314,175
Total$85,709$86,795

The following table presents the Company's revenue disaggregated by geographical market and timing of transfer of products and services. The Company attributes revenue to geographical markets based on the location of the customer.

(In thousands)Three Months Ended March 31,
By geographical market:20252024
United States$76,408$77,669
Europe5,3085,111
Latin America1,7311,676
Canada1,2731,404
Other989935
Total$85,709$86,795
By timing of revenue recognition:
Products and services transferred over time$72,859$75,019
Products and services transferred at a point in time12,85011,776
Total$85,709$86,795

Contract Balances

The following table provides information about receivables, contract assets, contract liabilities and customer advances from contracts with customers:

As ofAs of
(In thousands)March 31, 2025December 31, 2024
Accounts receivable, net$50,609$64,266
Current and non-current contract assets3,3233,788
Current contract liabilities43,98745,464
Current customer advances10,2819,566
Non-current contract liabilities266688

Significant changes in the current contract liabilities balance are as follows:

Three Months Ended March 31,
(In thousands)20252024
Revenue recognized that was included in the opening contract liabilities balance$(29,556)$(33,476)
Cash received or amounts billed in advance and not recognized as revenue24,89130,337

Remaining Performance Obligations

As of March 31, 2025, approximately $210 million of revenue is expected to be recognized from remaining performance obligations that are unsatisfied (or partially unsatisfied) for non-cancelable contracts with an original expected duration of longer than one year. The Company expects to recognize revenue on approximately 45% of these remaining performance obligations during the remainder of 2025, approximately 35% in 2026, and approximately 13% in 2027, with the remainder recognized thereafter.

ContentsView on SEC.gov

The text of this filing, as the company filed it with the SEC, without its images or exhibits. This is not investment advice.