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CleanSpark Reports Third Quarter FY2023 Financial Results; Announces 16 EH/s Expansion Fully Funded

09 August 2023
  • Achieved record revenue for the quarter of $45.5 million, net loss of $(14.2) million and Adjusted EBITDA of $13.3 million
  • Reports current cash and bitcoin holdings of $125 million; 16 EH/s target now fully funded
  • Reports operating hashrate over 9 EH/s, tripling hashrate year over year

LAS VEGAS, Aug. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- CleanSpark, Inc. (Nasdaq: CLSK) (the "Company"), America's Bitcoin Miner™, today reported financial results for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2023.

CleanSpark reported current cash and bitcoin holdings of $125 million as of its earnings call August 9.

"We have fully funded our growth to 16 EH/s, including miners, facilities, and other infrastructure, on top of a record-breaking quarter in terms of growth and revenue," said Zach Bradford, CEO. "We now operate over 9 EH/s of efficient computing power at some of the industry's best all-in electric rates. That growth is translating to record-setting revenue. We have over $90 million in cash and almost 1,200 bitcoins on our balance sheet as of today. We continue to build on our longstanding track record of executing on our commitments, and I'm proud to say that this is a truly best-in-class team."

"Creating certainty is an important part of our strategy, and today we have more than sufficient capital to fund our remaining contractual payments on miners and construction to achieve our 16 EH/s goal," said Gary Vecchiarelli, CFO. "From my perspective, I really like the flexibility of our balance sheet and our operational performance. We have all the pieces in place, from people to capital, to extend our strong track record of growth and operational excellence."

Q3 Financial Highlights

Financial Results for the Three Months Ended June 30, 2023

  • Revenues for the quarter were $45.5 million, an increase of $14.5 million, or 47%, from $31.0 million for the same prior year period.
  • The Company recognized a net loss for the three months ended June 30, 2023, of $(14.2) million, compared to a net loss of $(29.3) million for the same prior year period.
  • Adjusted EBITDA* increased to $13.3 million, compared to Adjusted EBITDA of $5.1 million from the same prior year period.
  • The Company saw sequential revenues increase in the third quarter of fiscal 2023 compared to the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2022. Revenues increased $3 million, or 7%, from the preceding second quarter. The net loss of $14.2 million for the third quarter represented a $4.3 million improvement over the second quarter net loss of $18.5 million. The Adjusted EBITDA of $13.3 million in the third quarter represented an increase of $600 thousand or 5% compared to $12.7 million in the preceding second quarter.

Balance Sheet Highlights as of June 30, 2023

Assets

  • Cash: $21.8 million
  • Bitcoin: $13.9 million
  • Total Current Assets: $52.7 million
  • Total Mining Assets (including prepaid deposits & miners, net of accumulated depreciation): $441.8 million
  • Total Assets: $652.8 million

Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity

  • Current Liabilities: $37.4 million
  • Total Liabilities: $49.2 million
  • Total Stockholders' Equity: $603.6 million

The Company's liquidity, in cash and bitcoin, was approximately $35.7 million as of June 30, 2023.  The Company's debt totaled $17.8 million at June 30, 2023.

*See "Non-GAAP Measure" and "Reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA" below.

Investor Conference Call and Webcast

The Company will hold its third quarter 2023 earnings presentation and business update for investors and analysts today, August 9, 2023, at 1:30 p.m. PDT/4:30 p.m. EDT.

Webcast URL: https://www.cleanspark.com/investor-relations/clsk-earnings

The webcast will be accessible for at least 30 days on the Company's website and a transcript of the call will be available on the Company's website following the call.

About CleanSpark

CleanSpark (NASDAQ: CLSK) is America's Bitcoin Miner. Since 2014, we've helped people achieve energy independence for their homes and businesses. In 2020, we transitioned that expertise to develop sustainable infrastructure for Bitcoin , an essential tool for financial independence and inclusion. We strive to leave the planet better than we found it by sourcing and investing in low-carbon energy, like wind, solar, nuclear, and hydro. We cultivate trust and transparency among our employees, the communities we operate in, and the people around the world who depend on Bitcoin . CleanSpark holds the 44th spot on the Financial Times' 2022 List of the 500 Fastest Growing Companies in the Americas and ranks thirteenth on Deloitte's Fast 500. For more information about CleanSpark, please visit our website at www.cleanspark.com .

Forward-Looking Statements

This release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements regarding expectations for growth in the Company's bitcoin holdings and other statements regarding the Company's expectations, beliefs, plans, intentions, and strategies. The Company has tried to identify these forward-looking statements by using words such as "expect," "anticipate," "believe," "could," "should," "estimate," "intend," "may," "will," "plan," "goal" and similar terms and phrases, but such words, terms and phrases are not the exclusive means of identifying such statements. We have based these forward-looking statements largely on the Company's current expectations and projections about future events and financial trends that we believe may affect the Company's business, financial condition and results of operations. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that may cause the Company's actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to: the success of the Company's bitcoin mining activities; the volatility of bitcoin value and energy prices; disruptions in the crypto asset markets; market perception of the Company's business and the crypto asset markets generally; increasing difficulty rates for bitcoin mining; bitcoin halving; new or additional governmental regulation; the anticipated delivery dates of new miners; the ability to successfully deploy new miners; the dependency on utility rate structures and government incentive programs; dependency on third-party power providers for expansion efforts and power rates; the ability to successfully integrate newly acquired operations; the risk that future revenue growth may not be realized; the impact of global pandemics (including COVID-19) and inflation on logistics and shipping; security and cybersecurity threats and hacks; and other risks described in the Company's prior press releases and in its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including under the heading "Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2022 and any subsequent filings with the SEC. The forward-looking statements in this release are inherently uncertain, and investors are cautioned not to unduly rely upon these statements. We undertake no obligation to revise or update these forward-looking statements or any of the foregoing factors, except as expressly required by applicable law.

Non-GAAP Measure

The Company presents adjusted EBITDA, which is not a measurement of financial performance under generally accepted accounting principles in the United States("GAAP"). The Company's non-GAAP "Adjusted EBITDA" excludes (i) impacts of interest, taxes, and depreciation; (ii) the Company's share-based compensation expense, unrealized gains/losses on securities, and, changes in the fair value of contingent consideration with respect to previously completed acquisitions,  all of which are non-cash items that the Company believes are not reflective of the Company's general business performance, and for which the accounting requires management judgment, and the resulting expenses could vary significantly in comparison to other companies; (iii) non-cash impairment losses related to long-lived assets (including goodwill); (iv) realized gains and losses on sales of equity securities, the amounts of which are directly related to the unrealized gains and losses that are also excluded; (v) legal fees related to litigation and various transactions, which fees management does not believe are reflective of the Company's ongoing operating activities; (vi) gains and losses on disposal of assets, the majority of which are related to obsolete or unrepairable machines that are no longer deployed;  (vii) gains and losses related to discontinued operations that would not be applicable to the Company's future business activities; and (viii) severance expenses. The Company previously excluded non-cash impairment losses related to digital assets and realized gains and losses on sales of bitcoin from our calculation of adjusted EBITDA, but has determined such items are part of the Company's normal ongoing operations and will no longer be excluding them from our calculation of adjusted EBITDA.

Management believes that providing this non-GAAP financial measure that excludes these items allows for meaningful comparisons between the Company's core business operating results and those of other companies, and provides the Company with an important tool for financial and operational decision making and for evaluating its own core business operating results over different periods of time. In addition to management's internal use of non-GAAP adjusted EBITDA, management believes that adjusted EBITDA is also useful to investors and analysts in comparing the Company's performance across reporting periods on a consistent basis.  Management believes the foregoing to be the case even though some of the excluded items involve cash outlays and some of them recur on a regular basis (although management does not believe any of such items are normal operating expenses necessary to generate our bitcoin related revenues).  For example, the Company expects that share-based compensation expense, which is excluded from adjusted EBITDA, will continue to be a significant recurring expense over the coming years and is an important part of the compensation provided to certain employees, officers, and directors. Additionally, management does not consider any of the excluded items to be expenses necessary to generate the Company's bitcoin related revenue.

The Company's adjusted EBITDA measure may not be directly comparable to similar measures  provided by other companies in our industry, as other companies in the Company's industry may calculate non-GAAP financial results differently. The Company's adjusted EBITDA is not a measurement of financial performance under GAAP and should not be considered as an alternative to operating (loss) income or any other measure of performance derived in accordance with GAAP. Although management utilizes internally and presents adjusted EBITDA, the Company only utilizes that measure supplementally and does not consider it to be a substitute for, or superior to, the information provided by GAAP financial results.

Accordingly, adjusted EBITDA is not meant to be considered in isolation of, and should be read in conjunction with, the information contained in the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements, which have been prepared in accordance with GAAP.

CLEANSPARK, INC.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

($ in thousands, except par value and share amounts)

 
  
  

June 30,
2023

  

September 30,
2022

 
  

(Unaudited)

    

ASSETS

      

Current assets

      

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

21,833

  

$

20,463

 

Accounts receivable, net

  

100

   

27

 

Inventory

  

1,037

   

216

 

Prepaid expense and other current assets

  

8,343

   

7,931

 

Bitcoin

  

13,925

   

11,147

 

Derivative investment asset

  

1,846

   

2,956

 

Investment in debt security, AFS, at fair value

  

696

   

610

 

Current assets held for sale

  

4,919

   

7,426

 

Total current assets

 

$

52,699

  

$

50,776

 
       

Property and equipment, net

 

$

482,428

  

$

376,781

 

Operating lease right of use asset

  

731

   

551

 

Intangible assets, net

  

5,116

   

6,485

 

Deposits on mining equipment

  

98,594

   

12,497

 

Other long-term asset

  

4,640

   

3,990

 

Goodwill

  

8,043

   

 

Long-term assets held for sale

  

552

   

1,545

 

Total assets

 

$

652,803

  

$

452,625

 
       

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

      

Current liabilities

      

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

 

$

29,634

  

$

24,662

 

Operating lease liability

  

194

   

113

 

Finance lease liability

  

168

   

260

 

Current portion of long-term loans payable

  

7,076

   

7,786

 

Dividends payable

  

   

21

 

Current liabilities held for sale

  

348

   

1,199

 

Total current liabilities

 

$

37,420

  

$

34,041

 

Long-term liabilities

      

Operating lease liability, net of current portion

  

558

   

447

 

Finance lease liability, net of current portion

  

23

   

180

 

Loans payable, net of current portion

  

10,772

   

13,433

 

Long-term liabilities held for sale

  

382

   

512

 

Total liabilities

 

$

49,155

  

$

48,613

 
       

Stockholders' equity

      

Common stock; $0.001 par value; 300,000,000 shares authorized; 131,776,484 and
   55,661,337 shares issued and outstanding, respectively

  

132

   

56

 

Preferred stock; $0.001 par value; 10,000,000 shares authorized; Series A
   shares; 2,000,000 authorized; 1,750,000 and 1,750,000 issued and outstanding, respectively

  

2

   

2

 

Additional paid-in capital

  

861,082

   

599,898

 

Accumulated other comprehensive income

  

196

   

110

 

Accumulated deficit

  

(257,764)

   

(196,054)

 

Total stockholders' equity

  

603,648

   

404,012

 
       

Total liabilities and stockholders' equity

 

$

652,803

  

$

452,625

 

CLEANSPARK, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share and share amounts)

 
  
  

For the three months ended

  

For the nine months ended

 
  

June 30,
2023

  

June 30,
2022

  

June 30,
2023

  

June 30,
2022

 

Revenues, net

            

Bitcoin mining revenue, net

 

$

45,427

  

$

30,942

  

$

115,661

  

$

104,882

 

Other services revenue

  

96

   

87

   

227

   

470

 

Total revenues, net

 

$

45,523

  

$

31,029

  

$

115,888

  

$

105,352

 
             

Costs and expenses

            

Cost of revenues (exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown below)

  

20,681

   

10,288

   

63,179

   

24,608

 

Professional fees

  

2,225

   

1,428

   

8,806

   

5,589

 

Payroll expenses

  

10,405

   

8,076

   

29,957

   

24,210

 

General and administrative expenses

  

5,064

   

2,119

   

13,117

   

6,708

 

Loss (gain) on disposal of assets

  

   

   

3

   

(643)

 

Other impairment expense (related to bitcoin)

  

740

   

4,418

   

1,017

   

11,452

 

Realized (gain) loss on sale of bitcoin

  

143

   

5,235

   

(762)

   

(2,026)

 

Depreciation and amortization

  

21,850

   

14,781

   

62,525

   

32,660

 

Total costs and expenses

 

$

61,108

  

$

46,345

  

$

177,842

  

$

102,558

 
             

(Loss) Income from operations

  

(15,585)

   

(15,316)

   

(61,954)

   

2,794

 
             

Other income (expense)

            

Other income

  

   

   

11

   

308

 

Change in fair value of contingent consideration

  

2,000

   

   

2,485

   

346

 

Realized gain on sale of equity security

  

   

   

   

1

 

Unrealized loss on equity security

  

   

   

   

(2)

 

Unrealized (loss) gain on derivative security

  

105

   

(1,033)

   

(1,110)

   

(2,144)

 

Interest income

  

52

   

52

   

174

   

137

 

Interest expense

  

(689)

   

(314)

   

(2,377)

   

(375)

 

Total other (expense) income

  

1,468

   

(1,295)

   

(817)

   

(1,729)

 
             

(Loss) Income before income tax (expense) or benefit

  

(14,117)

   

(16,611)

   

(62,771)

   

1,065

 

Income tax expense

  

   

   

   

 

(Loss) income from continuing operations

 

$

(14,117)

  

$

(16,611)

  

$

(62,771)

  

$

1,065

 
             

Discontinued operations

            

Income (loss) from discontinued operations

 

$

(102)

  

$

(12,729)

  

$

1,061

  

$

(16,090)

 

Income tax (expense) or benefit

  

   

   

   

 

Income (loss) on discontinued operations

 

$

(102)

  

$

(12,729)

  

$

1,061

  

$

(16,090)

 
             

Net loss

 

$

(14,219)

  

$

(29,340)

  

$

(61,710)

  

$

(15,025)

 
             

Preferred stock dividends

  

   

   

   

335

 
             

Net loss attributable to common shareholders

 

$

(14,219)

  

$

(29,340)

  

$

(61,710)

  

$

(15,360)

 
             

Other comprehensive income

  

28

   

29

   

86

   

75

 
             

Total comprehensive loss attributable to common shareholders

 

$

(14,191)

  

$

(29,311)

  

$

(61,624)

  

$

(15,285)

 

(Loss) income from continuing operations per common share - basic

 

$

(0.12)

  

$

(0.40)

  

$

(0.72)

  

$

0.02

 
             

Weighted average common shares outstanding - basic

  

114,844,402

   

41,277,090

   

87,248,719

   

41,010,826

 
             

(Loss) income from continuing operations per common share - diluted

  

(0.12)

   

(0.40)

   

(0.72)

   

0.02

 
             

Weighted average common shares outstanding - diluted

  

114,844,402

   

41,277,090

   

87,638,134

   

41,092,028

 
             

(Loss) income on discontinued operations per common share - basic

 

$

(0.00)

  

$

(0.31)

  

$

0.01

  

$

(0.39)

 
             

Weighted average common shares outstanding - basic

  

114,844,402

   

41,277,090

   

87,248,719

   

41,010,826

 
             

(Loss) income on discontinued operations per common share - diluted

 

$

(0.00)

  

$

(0.31)

  

$

0.01

  

$

(0.39)

 
             

Weighted average common shares outstanding - diluted

  

114,844,402

   

41,277,090

   

87,638,134

   

41,092,028

 

CLEANSPARK, INC.

RECONCILIATION OF ADJUSTED EBITDA

(UNAUDITED)

 
  
  

Three months ended June 30,

 
  

2023

  

2022

 

Revenues, net

      

Digital currency mining revenue, net

 

$

45,427

  

$

30,942

 

Other services revenue

  

96

   

87

 

Total revenues, net

 

$

45,523

  

$

31,029

 
       

Net loss

 

$

(14,219)

  

$

(29,340)

 

Adjustments:

        

Loss on discontinued operations

 

$

102

  

$

12,729

 

Other impairment expense (related to Digital Currency)

  

   

 

Depreciation and amortization

  

21,850

   

14,781

 

Stock based compensation

  

5,947

   

5,213

 

Other income

  

   

 

Change in fair value of contingent consideration

  

(2,000)

   

 

Realized gain on sale of equity security

  

   

 

Unrealized gain on equity security

  

   

 

  Unrealized loss on derivative security

  

(105)

   

1,033

 

  Interest income

 

(52)

  

(52)

 

  Interest expense

 

689

  

314

 

  One-time legal fees related to litigation

 

1,036

  

143

 

  One-time legal fees related to financing & business development transactions

 

85

  

189

 

  Severance expenses

 

  

102

 

Total Adjusted EBITDA*

 

$

13,333

  

$

(5,112

 
       
  

Three months ended

March 31, 2023

  

Revenues, net

    

Digital currency mining revenue, net

 

$

42,488

  

Other services revenue

  

58

  

Total revenues, net

 

$

42,546

  
     

Net loss

 

$

(18,460)

  

Adjustments:

     

Gain on discontinued operations

 

$

294

  

Other impairment expense (related to Digital Currency)

  

  

Depreciation and amortization

  

21,346

  

Stock based compensation

  

5,743

  

Other income

  

  

Change in fair value of contingent consideration

  

  

Realized gain on sale of equity security

  

  

Unrealized loss on equity security

  

  

  Unrealized gain on derivative security

  

(56)

  

  Interest income

 

(52)

  

  Interest expense

 

799

  

  Gain on disposal of assets

 

3

  

  One-time legal fees related to litigation

 

3,056

  

  One-time legal fees related to financing & business development transactions

 

48

  

  Severance expenses

 

  

Total Adjusted EBITDA

 

$

12,721

  
     

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