NEW YORK- Peloton has struggled to report positive net profits ever since easing worldwide lockdown restrictions have caused less and less people to be consistent with the health trends that popped up during the pandemic era.
During the pandemic the bike manufacturer saw doubling sales revenues in 2020 and 120% in 2021.
However, the company’s revenue has dramatically slowed since 2021’s Q3 as workout options across the country, such as gyms, have become more readily available yet again. In February Peloton was forced to abandon their plans to open a 2000-person factory in the U.S state of Ohio. It got worse however as CEO John Foley was forced to resign and 3000 employees’ jobs were cut.
Managing director of GlobalData Neil Saunders stated: “After a couple of years of adoration, Peloton now finds itself in the unenviable position of having to justify its business model is both relevant and operationally sound in a post-pandemic era.”
“Quite frankly, the jury is still out on both counts – but today’s results do nothing to make investors lean towards a favorable verdict,”
This Tuesday Peloton publicly announced a binding commitment with investors JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs of $750 million, however the company ended 2022’s Q1 with only $879 million in cash. Now-CEO Barry McCarthy told shareholders that it “leaves us thinly capitalized for a business of our scale.”
The company’s dramatically slowed behavior performance has caused them to grow a quick surplus of unsold exercise products. McCarthy stated that the company needs to rethink its entire capital structure if it wants to continue making profits in this new market. He wants the company to focus more on software than hardware.
“Turnarounds are hard work,” he told shareholders recently. “It’s intellectually challenging, emotionally draining, physically exhausting, and all consuming. It’s a full contact sport.”
There are concerns, however, regarding whether or not the company will be able to go about doing this in the first place however as this means they’d have to pay more to attract new customers.
The company lost almost $760 million over Q1, essentially $2.27 per share, a massive fall from 2021’s performance. Removing the value of non-recurring items, the company lost 98 cents per share, which is noticeably greater than the analysts’ predicted loss of 85 cents.
The company’s revenue fell to $964.3 million, another massive fall from analysts’ projections for Q1. The company has stated that this quarter’s revenue will fall between $675 million and $700 million, also a major fall from investors’ projections of $820.3 million.
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