Evolent Announces Second Quarter 2024 Results

    --  Revenue of $647.1 million, an increase of $178.0 million or 37.9%, from
        the three months ended June 30, 2023.
    --  Net loss attributable to common shareholders of Evolent Health, Inc. of
        $(6.4) million and a net loss margin of (1.0)%.
    --  Adjusted EBITDA of $52.0 million resulting in an Adjusted EBITDA margin
        of 8.0%.
    --  Narrows revenue outlook for full year 2024 and provides updated 2024
        Adjusted EBITDA guidance.
    --  Reiterates confidence in achieving $300 million in Adjusted EBITDA run
        rate exiting 2024.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Evolent Health, Inc. (NYSE: EVH), a company that specializes in better health outcomes for people with complex conditions through proven solutions that make health care simpler and more affordable, today announced financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2024.

Seth Blackley, co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Evolent stated, "Evolent revenue increased by over 35% year-over-year and we delivered consistent profitability and cash flow. We have also made significant progress toward revenue fee increases consistent with the higher disease rates in the market - underscoring our ability to perform and bring clinical value to our customers in both higher and lower utilization environments.

Mr. Blackley continued, "We believe the combination of our strong sales performance, the significant progress on updated rates and the clinical value we bring to our customers gives us confidence in delivering on our 2024 revised Adjusted EBITDA guidance range and on our 2024 $300 million exit run rate profitability target."

Highlights from the quarter ended June 30, 2024 include (in thousands, except for average PMPM fees and revenue per case):


                                                                                         For the Three Months Ended
                                                                                   June 30,


                                                                               2024                   2023



     
              Financial Results:



     Revenue                                                              $647,145               $469,136



     Net loss attributable to common shareholders of Evolent Health, Inc. $(6,383)             $(41,411)



     Net loss margin                                                       (1.0) %               (8.8) %



     Adjusted EBITDA                                                       $51,950                $47,410



     Adjusted EBITDA Margin                                                  8.0 %                10.1 %





     
              Average Lives on Platform/Cases



     Performance Suite                                                       6,901                  3,810



     Specialty Technology and Services Suite                                71,701                 72,954



     Administrative Services                                                 1,268                  1,822



     Cases                                                                      15                     15





     Average Unique Members                                                 39,856                 41,794





     
              Average PMPM Fees/ Revenue per Case



     Performance Suite                                                      $22.30                 $24.20



     Specialty Technology and Services Suite                                  0.38                   0.35



     Administrative Services                                                 15.97                  14.22



     Cases                                                                   2,849                  2,505

Evolent highlighted the following four new revenue agreements, two in Performance Suite and two within Specialty Technology and Services, as defined below:

    --  Expanded to two new states in the Performance Suite for oncology with an
        existing enterprise client;
    --  Executed a significant revenue cross-sale of oncology and other
        Specialty Technology and Services solutions to a large western Blues
        plan; and
    --  Expansion with a Midwest Blue Cross Blue Shield plan to expand the
        Company's musculoskeletal Specialty Technology and Services solutions to
        Medicare Advantage members.

Financial Results of Evolent Health, Inc.

In our earnings releases, prepared remarks, conference calls, slide presentations and webcasts, we may use or discuss non-GAAP financial measures. Definitions of the non-GAAP financial measures presented herein as well as reconciliations of non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures are included in this earnings release. See Financial Statement Presentation and Non-GAAP Financial Measures for more information.

Reported Results

Evolent Health, Inc. reported the following results in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") (in thousands, except for per share data):


                                                                                             For the Three Months Ended
                                                                                   June 30,


                                                                               2024               2023



     Revenue                                                              $647,145           $469,136



     Cost of revenue                                                      $540,302           $351,938



     Selling, general and administrative expenses                          $69,185            $90,389



     Net loss attributable to common shareholders of Evolent Health, Inc. $(6,383)         $(41,411)



     Net loss margin                                                       (1.0) %           (8.8) %



     Loss attributable to common shareholders of Evolent Health, Inc.:



     Basic and diluted                                                     $(0.06)           $(0.37)

Total cash and cash equivalents was $101.3 million as of June 30, 2024.

Adjusted Results

Evolent Health, Inc. reported the following adjusted results (in thousands, except for per share data):


                                                                                      For the Three Months Ended
                                                                             June 30,


                                                                         2024                2023



     Adjusted cost of revenue                                       $539,095            $351,896



     Adjusted selling, general and administrative expenses           $56,100             $69,830



     Adjusted EBITDA                                                 $51,950             $47,410



     Adjusted EBITDA margin                                            8.0 %             10.1 %



     Adjusted income attributable to common shareholders             $34,644             $15,781



     Adjusted income per share attributable to common shareholders:



     Basic                                                             $0.30               $0.14

Business Outlook

The Company does not believe it can meaningfully reconcile guidance for non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA to net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders of Evolent Health, Inc. because the company cannot provide guidance for the more significant reconciling items between net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders of Evolent Health, Inc. and Adjusted EBITDA without unreasonable effort. This is due to the fact that future period non-GAAP guidance includes adjustments for items not indicative of our core operations, and as a result from changes to our business due to acquisitions and other events. Such items may, from time to time, include loss on repayment/extinguishment of debt; gain (loss) from equity method investees, change in fair value of contingent consideration, change in tax receivable agreement liability, other income (expense), gain (loss) on disposal of non-strategic assets, right-of-use asset impairments, repositioning costs, stock-based compensation expense, severance costs, dividends and accretion on Series A Preferred Stock, acquisition-related costs and certain other items the company believes to be non-indicative of its ongoing operations. Such adjustments may be affected by changes in ongoing assumptions, judgements, as well as nonrecurring, unusual or unanticipated charges, expenses or gains (losses) or other items that may not directly correlate to the underlying performance of our business operations. The exact amount of these adjustments are not currently determinable but may be significant.

Third Quarter 2024 Guidance

For the three months ended September 30, 2024, revenue is expected to be in the range of $615.0 million to $635.0 million. Adjusted EBITDA is expected to be in the range of $60.0 million to $68.0 million. The revenue outlook for the three months ended September 30, 2024 is impacted by an expected one-time true-down related to the narrower risk scope in certain markets that is neutral to the Company's Adjusted EBITDA outlook.

The Company noted that its outlook for the third quarter and its full year 2024 guidance are based on the following assumptions: first, disease prevalence and acuity to remain stable at the average levels of the first half of 2024; second, the capture of anticipated rate increases expected to go live in the third quarter; third, continuing to successfully execute as expected on the underlying maturation of the Performance Suite revenue portfolio; and fourth, the go-live of announced new business.

Full Year 2024 Guidance

For the year ending December 31, 2024, revenue is expected to be in the range of approximately $2.56 billion to $2.60 billion and Adjusted EBITDA is expected to be in the range of approximately $230.0 million to $245.0 million. In addition to the assumptions underlying the third quarter guidance, our updated ranges for the year are based on our expectations of the timing of anticipated rate increases from clients for Performance Suite beginning in 2024 as well as new go-lives. Beginning in August, we are reallocating certain engineering expenses towards the Machinify roll out. This will have a temporary effect of lowering our software capitalization rate and increasing our operating expenses by $5 million, primarily in the fourth quarter of 2024. We therefore expect this temporary shift of dollars from capitalized expenses to operating expenses to reduce Adjusted EBITDA but having no impact on cash flow. The Company expects these costs to return to capitalized expenses by the end of December 2024 and it continues to forecast greater than $150 million in operating cash flow for 2024.

In revising our Adjusted EBITDA outlook for the year, the Company prioritized setting the appropriate rates for the balance of 2024 and for 2025 over retrospective rate increases based on the partnership dynamics with our payers in an environment where they are under pressure. This "Business Outlook" section contains forward-looking statements, and actual results may differ materially. Factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from our current expectations in addition to those set forth above are set forth below in "Forward Looking Statements - Cautionary Language" and Evolent Health, Inc.'s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC").

Additional Outlook Information

For the year ending December 31, 2024, the Company expects:

    --  Cash deployed for capitalized software development of approximately $25
        million.
    --  Cash flow from operations of at least $150 million.

Web and Conference Call Information

Evolent Health, Inc. will hold a conference call to discuss its financial performance and related matters this evening, August 8, 2024, at 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time. To listen to a live broadcast via the internet and view the accompanying materials, please visit the Company's Investor Relations website at http://ir.evolent.com. To participate by telephone, dial (855) 940-9467, or (412) 317-6034 for international callers, and ask to join the "Evolent Health call." Participants are advised to dial in at least fifteen minutes prior to the call to register. The call will be archived on the company's website for one week and will be available beginning later this evening. Evolent invites all interested parties to attend the conference call.

About Evolent

Evolent (NYSE: EVH) specializes in better health outcomes for people with complex conditions through proven solutions that make health care simpler and more affordable. Evolent serves a national base of leading payers and providers and is consistently recognized as a top place to work in health care nationally. Learn more about how Evolent is changing the way health care is delivered by visiting evolent.com.

Contacts:

Seth Frank
Investor Relations
sfrank@evolent.com

New Revenue Agreements

Beginning with the first quarter of 2024, Evolent began reporting the number of new revenue agreements signed for Performance Suite, Specialty Technology and Services Suite, Administrative Services and Case-based products. A new revenue agreement includes incremental revenue to the Company reflecting contracts for services to both new partner entities, corporations or health plans as well as additional sales to existing partners. New revenue agreements may include incremental services, geographic, or line of business expansions or a combination thereof. The conversion of Specialty Technology and Services Suite contracts to Performance Suite are also included in this definition. The company does not count renewals for existing scope, growth of membership within an existing contract scope or transaction related purchase agreements, if applicable, in this metric.

Lives on Platform and Per Member Per Month ("PMPM") Fee

Performance Suite Lives on Platform are calculated by summing monthly members covered for specialty care services for contracts not under ASO arrangements, plus members managed by Complex Care in risk arrangements and divided by the number of months in the period. Specialty Technology and Services Suite Lives on Platform are calculated by summing monthly members covered for oncology, cardiology, musculoskeletal, advanced imaging and other diagnostic specialty care services for contracts under ASO arrangements divided by the number of months in the period. Administrative Services Lives on Platform are calculated by summing monthly members covered for administrative services implementation and core performance services divided by the number of months in the period. Cases are calculated by summing the number of individuals receiving services through our surgery management and advanced care planning programs in a given period. Members covered for more than one category are counted in each category.

Performance Suite Average PMPM fee is defined as revenue pertaining to our Performance Suite during the period reported divided by Performance Suite Lives on Platform for the period divided by the number of months in the period. Specialty Technology and Services Suite Average PMPM fee is defined as revenue pertaining to the Specialty Technology and Services Suite during the period reported divided by Specialty Technology and Services Suite Lives on Platform for the period divided by the number of months in the period. Administrative Services Average PMPM fee is defined as revenue pertaining to the Administrative Services during the period reported divided by the Administrative Services Lives on Platform for the period divided by the number of months in the period. Revenue per Case is calculated by the revenue pertaining to surgery management and advanced care planning programs divided by the number of cases for a given period.

Average Unique Members are calculated by summing members covered by our Performance Suite, Specialty Technology and Services Suite and Administrative Services. In cases where partners cross between multiple solutions, we only capture members from the solution with the maximum number of members.

Management uses Lives on Platform, PMPM fees, Cases, Revenue per Case and Average Unique Members because we believe that they provide insight into the unit economics of our services. We believe that these measures are also useful to investors because they allow further insight into the period over period operational performance.


                                                                                           
              
                Evolent Health, Inc.

                                                                   
              
                Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss)

                                                                                    
              (unaudited, in thousands, except per share data)




                                                                                                                                                                               For the Three Months Ended                    For the Six Months Ended
                                                                                                                                                                      June 30,                        June 30,


                                                                                                                                                                     2024            2023                  2024         2023



     
                Revenue                                                                                                                                       $647,145        $469,136            $1,286,798     $896,826



     
                Expenses



     Cost of revenue                                                                                                                                             540,302         351,938             1,075,849      662,413



     Selling, general and administrative expenses                                                                                                                 69,185          90,389               148,289      180,115



     Depreciation and amortization expenses                                                                                                                       29,870          32,134                59,373       61,409



     Right-of-use assets impairment                                                                                                                                    -         24,065                            24,065



     Change in fair value of contingent consideration                                                                                                                  -        (7,822)                8,908          747



     Total operating expenses                                                                                                                                    639,357         490,704             1,292,419      928,749



     Operating income (loss)                                                                                                                                       7,788        (21,568)              (5,621)    (31,923)



     Interest income                                                                                                                                               1,370             604                 3,920        1,664



     Interest expense                                                                                                                                            (5,995)       (14,458)             (11,992)    (27,353)



     Gain (loss) from equity method investees                                                                                                                    (1,700)            155               (1,394)         578



     Change in tax receivables agreement liability                                                                                                                     -                               (173)    (66,184)



     Other income (expense), net                                                                                                                                   (105)           (26)                 (97)       (246)



     Income (loss) before income taxes                                                                                                                             1,358        (35,293)             (15,357)   (123,464)



     Provision for (benefit from) income taxes                                                                                                                     (238)          (970)                  327     (69,159)



     Income (loss) before preferred dividends and accretion of Series A Preferred Stock                                                                            1,596        (34,323)             (15,684)    (54,305)



     Dividends and accretion of Series A Preferred Stock                                                                                                         (7,979)        (7,088)             (15,924)    (13,364)



     Net loss attributable to common shareholders of Evolent Health, Inc.                                                                                       $(6,383)      $(41,411)            $(31,608)   $(67,669)





     
                Loss per common share



     Basic and diluted                                                                                                                                           $(0.06)        $(0.37)              $(0.28)     $(0.62)





     
                Weighted-average common shares outstanding



     Basic and diluted                                                                                                                                           114,688         111,278               114,415      109,540





     
                Comprehensive loss



     Net loss attributable to common shareholders of Evolent Health, Inc.                                                                                       $(6,383)      $(41,411)            $(31,608)   $(67,669)



     Other comprehensive loss, net of taxes, related to:



     Foreign currency translation adjustment                                                                                                                        (47)              8                  (98)          64



     Total comprehensive loss attributable to common shareholders of Evolent Health, Inc.                                                                       $(6,430)      $(41,403)            $(31,706)   $(67,605)


                                                                                                                            
              
         Evolent Health, Inc.

                                                                                                                        
              
         Consolidated Balance Sheets

                                                                                                                                     
       (in thousands)




                                                                                                                                                                          June 30, 2024 December 31, 2023


                                                                                                                                                                     (unaudited)



     
                ASSETS



     Current assets:



     Cash and cash equivalents                                                                                                                                                $101,250           $192,825



     Restricted cash and restricted investments                                                                                                                                 20,053             13,768



     Accounts receivable, net                                                                                                                                                  373,725            446,749



     Prepaid expenses and other current assets                                                                                                                                  25,943             30,331



     Total current assets                                                                                                                                                      520,971            683,673



     Restricted cash and restricted investments                                                                                                                                 16,646             16,864



     Investments and equity method investees                                                                                                                                     8,371              4,895



     Property and equipment, net                                                                                                                                                75,297             78,194



     Right-of-use assets - operating                                                                                                                                             9,905             11,983



     Prepaid expenses and other noncurrent assets                                                                                                                                2,672              4,028



     Contract cost assets                                                                                                                                                       13,419             12,120



     Intangible assets, net                                                                                                                                                    711,290            752,009



     Goodwill                                                                                                                                                                1,116,538          1,116,542



     Total assets                                                                                                                                                           $2,475,109         $2,680,308



     
                LIABILITIES, MEZZANINE EQUITY AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY



     
                Liabilities



     Current liabilities:



     Accounts payable                                                                                                                                                          $39,030            $48,246



     Accrued liabilities                                                                                                                                                        84,788            149,849



     Operating lease liability - current                                                                                                                                         6,133              9,738



     Accrued compensation and employee benefits                                                                                                                                 31,302             56,385



     Deferred revenue                                                                                                                                                            4,558              5,976



     Reserve for claims and performance - based arrangements                                                                                                                   317,563            404,048



     Total current liabilities                                                                                                                                                 483,374            674,242



     Long-term debt, net                                                                                                                                                       598,784            597,049



     Other long-term liabilities                                                                                                                                                 3,431              3,637



     Tax receivables agreement liability                                                                                                                                       108,105            107,932



     Operating lease liabilities - noncurrent                                                                                                                                   30,789             38,009



     Deferred tax liabilities, net                                                                                                                                              12,559             13,311



     Total liabilities                                                                                                                                                       1,237,042          1,434,180





     
                Mezzanine Equity



     Preferred class A common stock - $0.01 par value; 50,000,000 shares authorized; 175,000 issued, respectively                                                              184,206            178,427





     
                Shareholders' Equity



     Class A common stock - $0.01 par value; 750,000,000 shares authorized; 116,261,854 and 115,424,833 shares issued, respectively                                              1,163              1,154



     Additional paid-in-capital                                                                                                                                              1,810,054          1,808,121



     Accumulated other comprehensive loss                                                                                                                                      (1,355)           (1,257)



     Retained earnings (accumulated deficit)                                                                                                                                 (734,878)         (719,194)



     Treasury stock, at cost; 1,537,582 shares issued, respectively                                                                                                           (21,123)          (21,123)



     Total shareholders' equity                                                                                                                                              1,053,861          1,067,701



     Total liabilities, mezzanine equity and shareholders' equity                                                                                                           $2,475,109         $2,680,308


                                                                                         
              
                Evolent Health, Inc.

                                                                                
              
                Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

                                                                                             
              (in thousands, unaudited)




                                                                                                                                                              For the Six Months Ended
                                                                                                                                                     June 30,


                                                                                                                                                   2024             2023



     
                Cash Flows Provided by (Used In) Operating Activities



     Net loss before preferred dividends and accretion of Series A preferred stock                                                           $(15,684)       $(54,305)



     Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash and restricted cash provided by (used in) operating activities:



     Change in fair value of contingent consideration                                                                                            8,908              747



     Loss (gain) from equity method investees                                                                                                    1,394            (578)



     Depreciation and amortization expenses                                                                                                     59,373           61,409



     Stock-based compensation expense                                                                                                           31,445           19,676



     Deferred tax provision                                                                                                                      (979)        (71,019)



     Amortization of contract cost assets                                                                                                        2,319            5,672



     Amortization of deferred financing costs                                                                                                    1,765            1,915



     Right-of-use asset impairment                                                                                                                   -          24,065



     Change in tax receivables agreement liability                                                                                                 173           66,184



     Right-of-use operating assets                                                                                                               1,940            1,147



     Other current operating cash outflows, net                                                                                                     12               20



     Changes in assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions:



     Accounts receivable, net and contract assets                                                                                               73,021         (63,137)



     Prepaid expenses and other current and non-current assets                                                                                   5,935         (21,142)



     Contract cost assets                                                                                                                      (3,619)         (2,859)



     Accounts payable                                                                                                                         (15,330)        (12,732)



     Accrued liabilities                                                                                                                         (490)          11,944



     Operating lease liabilities                                                                                                              (10,688)           (338)



     Accrued compensation and employee benefits                                                                                               (25,065)        (20,643)



     Deferred revenue                                                                                                                          (1,418)           1,050



     Reserve for claims and performance-based arrangements                                                                                    (86,485)          46,081



     Other long-term liabilities                                                                                                                 (201)           (477)



     Net cash and restricted cash provided by (used in) operating activities                                                                    26,326          (7,320)



     
                Cash Flows Used In Investing Activities



     Cash paid for asset acquisitions and business combinations                                                                                (5,947)       (388,246)



     Return of equity method investments                                                                                                             7              799



     Purchases of investments                                                                                                                  (4,880)



     Investments in internal-use software and purchases of property and equipment                                                             (12,453)        (15,900)



     Net cash and restricted cash used in investing activities                                                                                (23,273)       (403,347)



     
                Cash Flows (Used In) Provided by Financing Activities



     Changes in working capital balances related to claims processing                                                                            6,109           33,122



     Payment of contingent consideration                                                                                                      (70,355)



     Proceeds from stock option exercises                                                                                                        1,119            4,654



     Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt, net of offering costs                                                                             (529)         256,063



     Repayment of long-term debt                                                                                                                     -        (37,500)



     Proceeds from issuance of preferred stock, net of offering costs                                                                                -         168,000



     Payment of preferred dividends                                                                                                           (10,145)         (8,535)



     Taxes withheld and paid for vesting of equity awards                                                                                     (14,698)        (12,745)



     Net cash and restricted cash (used in) provided by financing activities                                                                  (88,499)         403,059



     Effect of exchange rate on cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash                                                                     (62)              49



     Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash                                                                            (85,508)         (7,559)



     Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash as of beginning-of-period                                                                   223,457          215,158



     Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash as of end-of-period                                                                        $137,949         $207,599

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

The Company views the following activities as integral to understanding its non-GAAP financial measures:

    --  Repositioning costs include severance, termination benefits and related
        payroll taxes of $31.0 thousand and $1.8 million, dedicated employee
        costs of $0.0 million and $1.2 million, third-party professional
        services of $0.6 million and $4.1 million and office space consolidation
        costs of $0.0 million and $3.5 million for the three and six months
        ended June 30, 2024, respectively. Repositioning costs are not part of
        Evolent's normal course of business and are incurred when there is a
        business reason to enact a repositioning plan. Adjusting for these costs
        gives a better view of the Evolent's normal operating costs. We only
        adjust costs that (i) are included within selling, general and
        administrative expenses on the consolidated statement of operations and
        comprehensive income (loss), (ii) meet the criteria outlined within the
        respective repositioning plan and (iii) do not relate to normal business
        operations or ongoing activities.
        --  Dedicated employee costs primarily include project management and
            technology staff costs needed to migrate acquired businesses to
            Evolent's integrated technology platform and costs related to the
            consolidation of internal operations, strategies, processes and
            platforms. Dedicated employee costs are limited to employees that
            will have no role in ongoing operations and have no planned role at
            Evolent once the repositioning activities are completed.
        --  Professional services costs primarily relate to services provided by
            a third-party vendor to review our operating model and
            organizational design in order to improve our profitability, create
            value through our solutions and invest in strategic opportunities in
            future periods.
        --  Office space consolidation costs include early termination penalties
            and associated expenses.
    --  Acquisition-related costs include but are not limited to integration
        consultants, financial advisory and banking services, external valuation
        and accounting advisory services, legal fees and transaction bonuses
        paid to certain employees.
    --  Purchase accounting adjustments include amortization expense on
        intangible assets such as corporate trade names, customer,
        relationships, provider network contracts and existing technology
        related to acquisitions and business combinations. We believe it is
        important for the reader to understand that revenue generated from
        acquisitions is included within revenue in calculating adjusted income
        to common shareholders however amortization expense from acquired
        intangible assets is excluded in determining adjusted income to common
        shareholders because it does not directly relate to the services
        performed for the Company's customers.

In addition to disclosing financial results that are determined in accordance with GAAP, we present Adjusted Cost of Revenue, Adjusted Selling, General and Administrative Expenses, Adjusted Income Attributable to Common Shareholders, Adjusted Income per Common Share Attributable to Common Shareholders, Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin, which are all non-GAAP financial measures, as supplemental measures to help investors evaluate our fundamental operational performance.

Adjusted Cost of Revenue and Adjusted Selling, General and Administrative Expenses are defined as cost of revenue and selling, general and administrative expenses, respectively, adjusted to exclude the impact of stock-based compensation expenses, severance costs, acquisition-related costs and repositioning costs. Management believes Adjusted Cost of Revenue and Adjusted Selling, General and Administrative Expenses are useful to investors, because they facilitate an understanding of our long-term operational costs while removing the effect of costs that are not a representative component of the day-to-day operating performance of our business, and are useful to management as supplemental performance measures.

Adjusted EBITDA is defined as net loss attributable to common shareholders of Evolent Health, Inc. before interest income, interest expense, benefit from (provision for) income taxes, depreciation and amortization expenses, change in the tax receivable agreement liability, gain (loss) from equity method investees, change in fair value of contingent consideration, other income (expense), net, right-of-use asset impairment, repositioning costs, stock-based compensation expense, severance costs, dividends and accretion on Series A Preferred Stock and acquisition-related costs.

Management believes that Adjusted EBITDA is useful to investors because it allows further insight into the period over period operational performance. Management also uses Adjusted EBITDA as a supplemental performance measure because the removal of repositioning costs, acquisition-related costs, severance or non-cash items (e.g. depreciation, amortization, and stock-based compensation expense) allows us to focus on operational performance.

Adjusted EBITDA Margin is as defined Adjusted EBITDA divided by Revenue. Management believes that this measure is useful to investors because it allows further insight into the period over period operational performance. Management also uses Adjusted EBITDA Margin as a supplemental performance measure because it allows the investor to understand operational performance compared to revenues over time.

Adjusted Income Attributable to Common Shareholders is defined as net loss attributable to common shareholders of Evolent Health, Inc. adjusted to exclude gain (loss) from equity method investees, other income (expense), net, benefit from (provision for) income taxes, change in fair value of contingent consideration, change in tax receivable agreement liability, purchase accounting adjustments, right-of-use asset impairment, repositioning costs, stock-based compensation expenses, severance costs, dividends and accretion on Series A Preferred Stock and acquisition-related costs.

Adjusted Income per Share Attributable to Common Shareholders is defined as Adjusted Income Attributable to Common Shareholders divided by Weighted-Average Common Shares, and reflects the adjustments made in those non-GAAP measures.

Management believes that Adjusted Income Attributable to Common Shareholders and Adjusted Income per Share Attributable to Common Shareholders are useful to investors because excluding non-cash items (e.g. depreciation, amortization and stock-based compensation expenses) allows investors to focus on operational performance. These measures are also useful to management for the same reason.

These adjusted measures do not represent and should not be considered as alternatives to GAAP measurements, and our calculations thereof may not be comparable to similarly entitled measures reported by other companies. A reconciliation of these adjusted measures to their most comparable GAAP financial measures is presented in the tables below. We believe these measures are useful across time in evaluating our fundamental core operating performance.


                                                     
              
                Evolent Health, Inc.

                                       
              
                Reconciliation of Adjusted Results of Operations

                                                         
              (in thousands, unaudited)




                                         
              
                Reconciliation of Adjusted Cost of Revenue to

                                                    
              
                Cost of Revenue


                                                                                                                                        For the Three Months               For the Six Months
                                                                                                                     Ended June 30,                Ended June 30,


                                                                                                                      2024              2023              2024        2023



     Cost of revenue                                                                                             $540,302          $351,938        $1,075,849    $662,413



     Less:



     Stock-based compensation                                                                                       1,207                42             2,212       1,582



     Severance costs                                                                                                    -                                          692



     Adjusted cost of revenue                                                                                    $539,095          $351,896        $1,073,637    $660,139






                      
              
                Reconciliation of Adjusted Selling, General and Administrative Expenses to

                                     
              
                Selling, General and Administrative Expenses


                                                                                                                                        For the Three Months               For the Six Months
                                                                                                                     Ended June 30,                Ended June 30,


                                                                                                                      2024              2023              2024        2023



     Selling, general and administrative expenses                                                                 $69,185           $90,389          $148,289    $180,115



     Less:



     Stock-based compensation                                                                                      11,452             8,924            29,233      18,094



     Severance costs                                                                                                  800                              1,180         262



     Acquisition-related costs                                                                                        163               374               163      11,720



     Repositioning costs                                                                                              670            11,261            10,599      11,261



     Adjusted selling, general and administrative expenses                                                        $56,100           $69,830          $107,114    $138,778


                                                                         
              
                Evolent Health, Inc.

                                                        
              
                Reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to Net Income (Loss)

                                                     
              
                Attributable to Common Shareholders of Evolent Health, Inc.

                                                                                  
              (in thousands)

                                                                                    
              (unaudited)




                                                                                                                                                            For the Three Months                    For the Six Months
                                                                                                                                                             Ended                            Ended
                                                                                                                                                June 30,                      June 30,


                                                                                                                                             2024              2023               2024         2023



     
                Net loss attributable to common shareholders of Evolent Health, Inc.                                                  $(6,383)        $(41,411)         $(31,608)   $(67,669)



     
                Net loss margin                                                                                                        (1.0) %          (8.8) %           (2.5) %     (7.5) %





     Less:



     Interest income                                                                                                                       1,370               604              3,920        1,664



     Interest expense                                                                                                                    (5,995)         (14,458)          (11,992)    (27,353)



     Benefit from (provision for) income taxes                                                                                               238               970              (327)      69,159



     Depreciation and amortization expenses                                                                                             (29,870)         (32,134)          (59,373)    (61,409)



     Change in tax receivable agreement liability                                                                                              -                              (173)    (66,184)



     Gain (loss) from equity method investees                                                                                            (1,700)              155            (1,394)         578



     Change in fair value of contingent consideration                                                                                          -            7,822            (8,908)       (747)



     Other income (expense), net                                                                                                           (105)             (26)              (97)       (246)



     Right-of-use assets impairment                                                                                                            -         (24,065)                      (24,065)



     Repositioning costs                                                                                                                   (670)         (11,261)          (10,599)    (11,261)



     Stock-based compensation expense                                                                                                   (12,659)          (8,966)          (31,445)    (19,676)



     Severance costs                                                                                                                       (800)                            (1,180)       (954)



     Dividends and accretion of Series A Preferred Stock                                                                                 (7,979)          (7,088)          (15,924)    (13,364)



     Acquisition-related costs                                                                                                             (163)            (374)             (163)    (11,720)



     
                Adjusted EBITDA                                                                                                        $51,950           $47,410           $106,047      $97,909





     
                Adjusted EBITDA margin                                                                                                   8.0 %           10.1 %             8.2 %      10.9 %


                                                                       
              
                Evolent Health, Inc.

                                             
              
                Reconciliation of Adjusted Income Attributable to Common Shareholders to

                                                           
              
                Net Loss Attributable to Common Shareholders

                                                                     
              (in thousands, except per share data)

                                                                                  
              (unaudited)




                                                                                                                                                                 For the Three Months
                                                                                                                                                                  Ended                         For the Six Months Ended
                                                                                                                                                    June 30,                      June 30,


                                                                                                                                                  2024             2023              2024          2023



     
                Net loss attributable to common shareholders of Evolent Health, Inc.                                                       $(6,383)       $(41,411)        $(31,608)    $(67,669)



     Less:



     Gain (loss) from equity method investees                                                                                                 (1,700)             155           (1,394)          578



     Other income (expense), net                                                                                                                (105)            (26)             (97)        (246)



     Benefit from (provision for) income taxes                                                                                                    238              970             (327)       69,159



     Change in fair value of contingent consideration                                                                                               -           7,822           (8,908)        (747)



     Change in tax receivable agreement liability                                                                                                   -                            (173)     (66,184)



     Purchase accounting adjustments                                                                                                         (17,189)        (14,359)         (34,549)     (27,110)



     Right-of-use asset impairment                                                                                                                  -        (24,065)                      (24,065)



     Repositioning costs                                                                                                                        (670)        (11,261)         (10,599)     (11,261)



     Stock-based compensation expense                                                                                                        (12,659)         (8,966)         (31,445)     (19,676)



     Severance costs                                                                                                                            (800)                          (1,180)        (954)



     Dividends and accretion of Series A Preferred Stock                                                                                      (7,979)         (7,088)         (15,924)     (13,364)



     Acquisition-related costs                                                                                                                  (163)           (374)            (163)     (11,720)



     
                Adjusted income attributable to common shareholders                                                                         $34,644          $15,781           $73,151       $37,921





     
                Loss per share attributable to common shareholders



     
                Basic                                                                                                                       $(0.06)         $(0.37)          $(0.28)      $(0.62)





     
                Adjusted income per share attributable to common shareholders



     
                Basic                                                                                                                         $0.30            $0.14             $0.64         $0.35





     
                Weighted-average common shares



     
                Basic                                                                                                                       114,688          111,278           114,415       109,540

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS - CAUTIONARY LANGUAGE

Certain statements made in this report and in other written or oral statements made by us or on our behalf are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 ("PSLRA"). A forward-looking statement is a statement that is not a historical fact and, without limitation, includes any statement that may predict, forecast, indicate or imply future results, performance or achievements, and may contain words like: "believe," "anticipate," "expect," "estimate," "aim," "predict," "potential," "continue," "plan," "project," "will," "should," "shall," "may," "might" and other words or phrases with similar meaning in connection with a discussion of future operating or financial performance. In particular, these include statements relating to our ability to grow our impact significantly throughout this year and beyond, future actions, trends in our businesses, prospective services, new partner additions/expansions, the adoption and launch of a unified brand, our guidance and business outlook and future performance or financial results, and the closing of pending transactions and the outcome of contingencies, such as legal proceedings. We claim the protection afforded by the safe harbor for forward-looking statements provided by the PSLRA.

These statements are only predictions based on our current expectations and projections about future events. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements to differ materially from the results contained in the forward-looking statements. Risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to vary materially, some of which are described within the forward-looking statements, include, among others:

    --  risks relating to our ability to efficiently integrate NIA into our
        operations;
    --  the significant portion of revenue we derive from our largest partners,
        and the potential loss, non-renewal, termination or renegotiation of our
        relationship or contract with any significant partner, or multiple
        partners in the aggregate;
    --  our ability to terminate certain leases and recognize impairment charges
        in connection with our repositioning plan;
    --  evolution of the healthcare regulatory and political framework;
    --  uncertainty in the health care regulatory framework, including the
        potential impact of policy changes;
    --  our ability to offer new and innovative products and services and our
        ability to keep pace with industry standards, technology and our
        partners' needs;
    --  risks related to completed and future acquisitions, investments,
        alliances and joint ventures, which could divert management resources,
        result in unanticipated costs or dilute our stockholders;
    --  the growth and success of our partners and certain revenues from our
        engagements, which are difficult to predict and are subject to factors
        outside of our control, including governmental funding reductions and
        other policy changes;
    --  risks relating to our ability to maintain profitability for our total
        cost of care and performance-based contracts and products, including
        capitation and risk-bearing contracts;
    --  our ability to effectively manage our growth and maintain an efficient
        cost structure, and to successfully implement cost cutting measures;
    --  changes in general economic conditions nationally and regionally in our
        markets, including increasing inflationary pressures and economic and
        business conditions and the impact thereof on the economy resulting from
        public health emergencies, epidemics, pandemics or contagious diseases;
    --  risks related to the failure of any bank in which we deposit our funds,
        which could reduce the amount of cash we have available to meet our cash
        commitments and make additional investments;
    --  our ability to recover the significant upfront costs in our partner
        relationships and develop our partner relationships over time;
    --  our ability to attract new partners and successfully capture new
        opportunities;
    --  the increasing number of risk-sharing arrangements we enter into with
        our partners could limit or negatively impact our profitability;
    --  our ability to estimate the size of our target markets for our services;
    --  our ability to maintain and enhance our reputation and brand
        recognition;
    --  consolidation in the health care industry;
    --  competition which could limit our ability to maintain or expand market
        share within our industry;
    --  risks related to audits by CMS and other governmental payers and
        actions, including whistleblower claims under the False Claims Act;
    --  our ability to partner with providers due to exclusivity provisions in
        our contracts in some of our partner and founder contracts;
    --  risks related to managing our offshore operations and cost reduction
        goals;
    --  our ability to contain health care costs, implement increases in premium
        rates on a timely basis, maintain adequate reserves for policy benefits
        or maintain cost effective provider agreements;
    --  our dependency on our key personnel, and our ability to attract, hire,
        integrate and retain key personnel;
    --  the impact of additional goodwill and intangible asset impairments on
        our results of operations;
    --  our indebtedness, our ability to service our indebtedness, and our
        ability to obtain additional financing on favorable terms or at all;
    --  our ability to achieve profitability in the future;
    --  the impact of litigation proceedings, government inquiries, reviews,
        audits or investigations;
    --  material weaknesses in the future may impact our ability to conclude
        that our internal control over financial reporting is not effective and
        we may be unable to produce timely and accurate financial statements;
    --  restrictions on the manner in which we access personal data and
        penalties as a result of privacy and data protection laws;
    --  liabilities and reputational risks related to our ability to safeguard
        the security and privacy of confidential data;
    --  data loss or corruption due to failures or errors in our systems and
        service disruptions at our data centers;
    --  adequate protection of our intellectual property, including trademarks;
    --  risks related to legal proceedings related to any alleged infringement,
        misappropriation or violation of third-party intellectual property
        rights;
    --  our use of "open source" software;
    --  our ability to protect the confidentiality of our trade secrets,
        know-how and other proprietary information;
    --  our reliance on third parties and licensed technologies;
    --  restrictions on our ability to use, disclose, de-identify or license
        data and to integrate third-party technologies;
    --  our reliance on Internet infrastructure, bandwidth providers, data
        center providers, other third parties and our own systems for providing
        services to our partners and operating our business;
    --  our reliance on third-party vendors to host and maintain our technology
        platform;
    --  our obligations to make material payments to certain of our pre-IPO
        investors for certain tax benefits we may claim in the future;
    --  our ability to utilize benefits under the tax receivables agreement
        described herein;
    --  our obligations to make payments under the tax receivables agreement
        that may be accelerated or may exceed the tax benefits we realize;
    --  the terms of agreements between us and certain of our pre-IPO investors
        may contain different terms than comparable agreement we may enter into
        with unaffiliated third parties;
    --  the conditional conversion features of the 2025 Notes and the 2029
        Notes, which, if triggered, may adversely affect our financial condition
        and operating results;
    --  interest rate risk under the Credit Agreement and the terms of our
        Cumulative Series A Convertible Preferred Shares, par value $0.01 per
        share ("Series A Preferred Stock");
    --  our debt following the NIA acquisition and our ability to meet our
        obligations;
    --  our ability to service our debt and pay dividends on our Series A
        Preferred Stock;
    --  the potential volatility of our Class A common stock price;
    --  the potential decline of our Class A common stock price if a substantial
        number of shares are sold or become available for sale, including those
        issuable upon conversion of our Series A Preferred Stock;
    --  our Series A Preferred Stock has rights, preferences and privileges that
        are not held by and are preferential to the rights of holders of our
        Class A common stock, and could in the future substantially dilute the
        ownership interest of holders of our Class A common stock;
    --  provisions in our certificate of incorporation and by-laws and
        provisions of Delaware law that discourage or prevent strategic
        transactions, including a takeover of us;
    --  the ability of certain of our investors to compete with us without
        restrictions;
    --  provisions in our certificate of incorporation which could limit our
        stockholders' ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes
        with us or our directors, officers or employees; and
    --  our intention not to pay cash dividends on our Class A common stock.

The risks included here are not exhaustive. Although we believe the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, level of activity, performance or achievements. Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 (the "2023 Form 10-K") and other documents filed with the SEC include additional factors that could affect our businesses and financial performance. Moreover, we operate in a rapidly changing and competitive environment. New risk factors emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for management to predict all such risk factors.

Further, it is not possible to assess the effect of all risk factors on our businesses or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements. Given these risks and uncertainties, investors should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements as a prediction of actual results. In addition, we undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that occur after the date of this report except to the extent expressly required by law.

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