Funko Reports First Quarter 2025 Financial Results

--Q1 Net Sales Within Guidance Range, Gross Margin and Adjusted EBITDA Above Expectations; Withdraws 2025 Full-Year Outlook Due to Tariff-Related Uncertainties--

Funko, Inc. (Nasdaq: FNKO), a leading pop culture lifestyle brand, today reported its consolidated financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2025.

First Quarter Financial Results Summary: 2025 vs 2024

• Net sales were $190.7 million compared with $215.7 million
• Gross profit was $76.9 million, equal to gross margin of 40.3%, compared with $86.3 million, equal to gross margin of 40.0%
• SG&A expenses were $84.8 million. This compares with $85.6 million, which included non-recurring charges of $5.1 million. Details related to the non-recurring charges can be found in footnotes 3 and 4 of the attached reconciliation tables
• Net loss was $28.1 million, or $0.52 per share, compared with $23.7 million, or $0.45 per share
• Adjusted net loss* was $17.8 million, or $0.33 per share*, compared with $9.2 million, or $0.17 per share
• Negative adjusted EBITDA* was $4.7 million versus adjusted EBITDA* of $9.6 million

"Despite a challenging Q1 environment, we were able to deliver net sales within our guidance range and better than expected gross margin and adjusted EBITDA,” said Cynthia Williams, Chief Executive Officer of Funko. “International continues to be a strength for both our business and our brand. Market research shows we’re gaining share as we outpace the broader toy industry, our sell-through increased in the European G5 markets, and we’re expanding our global footprint. Our roadmap is working—and we’re moving fast to build a stronger, more global Funko.

"Since the beginning of April, the extent and volatility of tariffs have intensified, especially with regard to imports from China. As a result, we have taken swift and decisive action to protect our margins and liquidity. Those actions include reducing costs, adjusting pricing, and accelerating our diversified sourcing strategy. We now expect approximately 5% of our future US bound product to be sourced from China by year end."

First Quarter 2025 Net Sales by Category and Geography

The tables below show the breakdown of net sales on a brand category and geographical basis (in thousands):

Balance Sheet Highlights - At March 31, 2025 vs December 31, 2024

• Total cash and cash equivalents were $25.9 million at March 31, 2025 compared with $34.7 million at December 31, 2024
• Inventories were $87.7 million at March 31, 2025 down from $92.6 million at December 31, 2024
• Total debt was $202.2 million at March 31, 2025 versus $182.8 million at December 31, 2024. Total debt includes the amount outstanding under the company's term loan facility, net of unamortized discounts, revolving line of credit and the company's equipment finance loan. As of March 31, 2025, the company was in compliance with all debt covenants.

Outlook for 2025

The Company has decided to withdraw its 2025 full-year outlook, previously provided on March 6, 2025, due to the current uncertainty and ongoing changes to global tariff policies, making it difficult to provide reliable projections.

Conference Call and Webcast

The company will host a conference call at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time (1:30 p.m. Pacific Time) today, May 8, 2025, to further discuss its first quarter results and business update. A live webcast and a replay of the event will be available on the Investor Relations section on the company’s website at investor.funko.com. The replay of the webcast will be available for one year.

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

^* This release contains references to non-GAAP financial measures, including adjusted net income (loss), including per share amounts, adjusted EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA margin and adjusted net loss margin, which are financial measures that are not prepared in conformity with United States generally accepted accounting principles (U.S. GAAP). Management uses these measures internally for evaluating its operating performance, for planning purposes, including the preparation of our annual operating budget and financials projections, to assess incentive compensation for our employees, and to evaluate our capacity to expand our business. The company's management believes that the presentation of non-GAAP financial measures provides useful supplementary information regarding operational performance because it enhances an investor's overall understanding of the financial results for the company's core business. Additionally, it provides a basis for the comparison of the financial results for the company's core business between current, past and future periods as they remove the impact of items not directly resulting from our core operations. The company also believes that including adjusted EBITDA and the other non-GAAP financial measures presented in this release is appropriate to provide additional information to investors and help to compare against other companies in our industry. Non-GAAP financial measures have limitations as analytical tools and should be considered only as a supplement to, and not as a substitute for or as a superior measure to, financial measures prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. We caution investors that amounts presented in accordance with our definitions of adjusted net income (loss), including per share amounts, adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA margin may not be comparable to similar measures disclosed by our competitors, because not all companies and analysts calculate these measures in the same manner.

Detailed reconciliations of non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures are included in the financial tables following this release.

About Funko

Funko is a leading global pop culture lifestyle brand, with a diverse collection of brands, including Funko, Loungefly, and Mondo, and an industry-leading portfolio of licenses. Funko delivers industry-defining products that span vinyl figures, micro-collectibles, fashion accessories, apparel, plush, action toys, high-end art, music and digital collectibles, many of which are at the forefront of the growing Kidult economy. Through these products, which include the iconic original Pop! line, Bitty Pop!, and Pop! Yourself. Funko inspires fans across the globe to express their passions, build community, and have fun. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Washington state, Funko has offices, retail locations, operations, and licensed partnerships in major consumer geographies across the globe. Learn more at Funko.com, Loungefly.com, MondoShop.com, and Droppp.io, and follow us on TikTok, X, and Instagram.

Forward Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements contained in this press release that do not relate to matters of historical fact should be considered forward-looking statements, including statements regarding our product offerings and strategic plan, anticipated financial results, including without limitation, equity-based compensation and financial position, our ability to continue as a going concern, our plans to amend or refinance our existing credit agreement, the impact of the macroeconomic environment, including tariffs, on the company’s business, and actions to address the current macroeconomic environment including reducing costs, adjusting pricing, and accelerating our diversified sourcing strategy. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s current expectations. These statements are neither promises nor guarantees, but involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that may cause our 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 following: our ability to execute our business strategy; our ability to manage our inventories and growth; risks relating to our indebtedness, including our ability to comply with financial and negative covenants under our Credit Agreement, as amended, and our ability to continue as a going concern; our ability to maintain and realize the full value of our license agreements; impacts from economic downturns; changes in the retail industry and markets for our consumer products; our ability to maintain our relationships with retail customers and distributors; our ability to compete effectively; fluctuations in our gross margin; our dependence on content development and creation by third parties; the ongoing level of popularity of our products with consumers; our ability to develop and introduce products in a timely and cost-effective manner; our ability to obtain, maintain and protect our intellectual property rights or those of our licensors; potential violations of the intellectual property rights of others; risks associated with counterfeit versions of our products; our ability to attract and retain qualified employees and maintain our corporate culture; our use of third-party manufacturing; risks associated with climate change; increased attention to sustainability and environmental, social and governance initiatives; geographic concentration of our operations; risks associated with our international operations, including risks related to tariffs and trade restrictions; changes in effective tax rates or tax law; our dependence on vendors and outsourcers; risks relating to government regulation; risks relating to litigation, including products liability claims and securities class action litigation; any failure to successfully integrate or realize the anticipated benefits of acquisitions or investments; future development and acceptance of blockchain networks; risks associated with receiving payments in digital assets; risk resulting from our e-commerce business and social media presence; our ability to successfully operate our information systems and implement new technology; our ability to secure additional financing on favorable terms or at all; the potential for our or our third-party providers’ electronic data or the electronic data of our customers to be compromised; the influence of our significant stockholder, TCG, and the possibility that TCG’s interests may conflict with the interests of our other stockholders; risks relating to our organizational structure; including the Tax Receivable Agreement ("TRA") which confers certain benefits upon the parties to the TRA ("TRA Parties") that will not benefit Class A common stockholders to the same extent as it will benefit the TRA Parties; volatility in the price of our Class A common stock; and risks associated with our internal control over financial reporting. These and other important factors discussed under the caption “Risk Factors” in our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2025 and our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by the forward-looking statements made in this press release. Any such forward-looking statements represent management’s estimates as of the date of this press release. While we may elect to update such forward-looking statements at some point in the future, we disclaim any obligation to do so, even if subsequent events cause our views to change. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing our views as of any date subsequent to the date of this press release.

The following tables reconcile the Non-GAAP Financial Measures to the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP financial performance measure, which is net loss, for the periods presented:

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