{"id":2901,"date":"2022-03-03T14:23:32","date_gmt":"2022-03-03T14:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/2022\/03\/03\/we-read-compasss-10k-so-you-dont-have-to\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T02:40:45","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T02:40:45","slug":"we-read-compasss-10k-so-you-dont-have-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/2022\/03\/03\/we-read-compasss-10k-so-you-dont-have-to\/","title":{"rendered":"We read Compass&#8217;s 10K so you don&#8217;t have to"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/02\/HW-Robert-Reffkinjpg.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"HW+ Robert Reffkin Compass\" class=\"wp-image-22240\"\/><figcaption>Compass CEO Robert Reffkin<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPeople used to talk about Compass all the time,\u201d said Jonathan Miller, a real estate appraiser at <strong>Miller Samuel<\/strong>, who compiles housing market reports for <strong>Douglas Elliman<\/strong>, a Compass rival. \u201cNow, you don\u2019t really hear about them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If Miller is right and Compass, <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2019\/07\/30\/real-estate-platform-compass-raises-another-370m-on-a-6-4b-valuation-en-route-to-an-ipo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">after raising<\/a> $1.5 billion and flying to a $6.4 billion valuation in 2019, is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.housingwire.com\/articles\/inside-compasss-colorful-past-and-publicly-traded-future\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">stale subject<\/a>, that\u2019s a shame because now anyone can become a Compass expert. The real estate brokerage unveiled its first <a href=\"https:\/\/d18rn0p25nwr6d.cloudfront.net\/CIK-0001563190\/58f1e104-d475-49f6-9d9f-01afe6a33e65.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">annual report<\/a> Monday, a federally required document for any public company. The dossier unveils everything from CEO Robert Reffkin\u2019s ability to soon control 67% of the company to an all-you-can-eat buffet of details on an up to $600 million revolving line of credit provided by <strong>Barclay\u2019s Bank<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are the five biggest takeaways from the 2021 10K report. Compass did not respond to messages for this story:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Shooting the non-GAAP<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Under <strong>Securities and Exchange Commission<\/strong> law, companies must apply generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, in reporting their finances. In other words, companies cannot make stuff up. However, while companies cannot lie, they can have fun and devise <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/rules\/final\/33-8176.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">non-GAAP measurements<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fool.com\/earnings\/call-transcripts\/2022\/02\/17\/compass-inc-comp-q4-2021-earnings-call-transcript\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">less than 16 times<\/a> during its February earnings call, Reffkin and CFO Kristen Ankerbrandt mentioned \u201cadjusted EBITDA\u201d or adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization. Though Compass had lost $494 million in net income, they made a $2 million profit through adjusted EBITDA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Compass arrives at its adjusted EBITDA figure by subtracting $386 million in stock-based compensation, though the majority of this expense is recurring annually. It also takes out $24 million in \u201cacquisition-related expenses\u201d despite the report stating Compass intends more acquisitions. And there\u2019s a $21.3 million \u201clitigation charge\u201d (more on that in a sec). <strong>&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;Continued on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.housingwire.com\/articles\/we-read-compasss-10k-so-you-dont-have-to\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HousingWire.com<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This article was originally published by HousingWire. The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.housingwire.com\/articles\/we-read-compasss-10k-so-you-dont-have-to\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">full article is available on HousingWire.com<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.housingwire.com\/articles\/what-is-the-next-step-for-nar\/?__hstc=43385018.3580f2db3ddbe8fcf47fa6c91c7501c6.1641567229247.1646256034429.1646317195269.182&amp;__hssc=43385018.6.1646317195269&amp;__hsfp=3293577783\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u00a0<\/a>for HW+ Members.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We break down the five biggest takeaways from Compass&#8217;s 10K report, including litigation, agent productivity, a mortgage JV, creative accounting and yes, profitability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16592,"featured_media":4822,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3255],"tags":[],"coauthors":[736],"class_list":["post-2901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archive"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.4 (Yoast SEO v26.8) - 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