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Hims & Hers Health, Inc. (HIMS)·Q1 2025 Earnings Summary
Executive Summary
- Q1 2025 revenue was $586.0M (+111% YoY) and net income $49.5M; Adjusted EBITDA rose to $91.1M with a 16% margin, reflecting strong operating leverage .
- Results exceeded Wall Street consensus: revenue $586.0M vs $538.9M (+$47.1M, +8.8%); Primary EPS $0.283 vs $0.121 (+$0.162, +134%)*. Values retrieved from S&P Global.
- Guidance: FY 2025 revenue maintained at $2.3–$2.4B; FY 2025 Adjusted EBITDA raised to $295–$335M from $270–$320M; Q2 2025 revenue guided to $530–$550M with 12–14% Adjusted EBITDA margin .
- Strategic catalysts: launch of branded Wegovy via Novo Nordisk collaboration, rollout of at-home lab testing, and expanded sterile and automation capacity to scale personalized care .
What Went Well and What Went Wrong
What Went Well
- Record top-line and profitability: “Revenue grew 111% year-over-year to $586 million… adjusted EBITDA increased to $91 million, nearly triple” .
- Personalization driving engagement and retention: “Over 70% of new subscribers partnered with a provider to obtain access to a personalized solution” and dermatology subs with personalized solutions exceeded 80% .
- Weight loss portfolio breadth and new partnership: “Teaming up with Novo Nordisk is a pivotal milestone… expanding access to branded Wegovy” .
What Went Wrong
- Gross margin compression: GM fell to 73% (−900 bps YoY) with GLP-1 mix shift; management expects improvement in Q2 on scale efficiencies .
- Anticipated Q2 sequential revenue decline: transition off commercially available semaglutide expected to cause a one-time QoQ revenue drop in Q2 .
- Sexual health near-term volatility: shift from on-demand to daily personalized solutions causing uneven growth during transition .
Financial Results
Beats vs Consensus (S&P Global):
Values retrieved from S&P Global.
Revenue mix:
KPIs and operating efficiency:
Guidance Changes
Management also flagged a one-time sequential revenue decline in Q2 due to transitioning off commercially available semaglutide, with margin expansion expected on scale efficiencies .
Earnings Call Themes & Trends
Management Commentary
- “Revenue grew 111% year-over-year to $586 million… adjusted EBITDA increased to $91 million, nearly triple” — CFO Yemi Okupe .
- “Teaming up with Novo Nordisk is a pivotal milestone… expanding access to branded Wegovy” — CEO Andrew Dudum .
- “We expect to complete the transition… by the end of the second quarter… a onetime quarter-over-quarter revenue drop” — CFO Yemi Okupe .
- “Gross margins declined approximately 3 points… We expect improvement in the second quarter” — CFO Yemi Okupe .
- “We will elevate precision care… AI-driven tools, including access to coaches, therapeutic tools and nutrition advice” — CEO Andrew Dudum .
Q&A Highlights
- Weight loss target drivers: breadth across oral kits, liraglutide, personalized semaglutide, and branded Wegovy underpin confidence in ~$725M 2025 specialty revenue .
- Personalization stance: use 503(a) compounding for clinical necessity (side-effect mitigation), while respecting provider independence .
- Sequential dynamics: commercial semaglutide transition drives Q2 QoQ revenue drop; momentum expected to rebuild thereafter .
- Margins: sequential GM expansion expected on economies of scale and non-GLP growth; marketing efficiency may see quarter-to-quarter volatility .
- Insurance: management prefers cash-pay simplicity vs. integrating insurance due to complexity and consumer inefficiency .
Estimates Context
- Q1 2025 revenue and Primary EPS beat consensus meaningfully: revenue +$47.1M (+8.8%), EPS +$0.162 (+134%)*. Values retrieved from S&P Global.
- Company-reported GAAP diluted EPS was $0.20, reflecting differences vs “Primary EPS” convention used in consensus reporting .
Key Takeaways for Investors
- Strong beat-and-raise quarter: revenue +111% YoY; Adjusted EBITDA margin expanded to 16%; FY 2025 Adjusted EBITDA guidance raised, signaling confidence .
- Near-term caution: Q2 revenue guide implies sequential decline due to semaglutide mix shift; watch margin trajectory and subscriber monetization .
- Personalization moat: data-rich platform, lab testing, sterile and automation capacity, and peptide facility support scaling tailored care (durable retention/ARPU uplift) .
- Weight-loss diversification: oral GLP-1 kits, liraglutide, personalized semaglutide, and Wegovy partnership mitigate single-treatment risk and broaden TAM .
- Operating leverage: marketing % of revenue down to 39% from 46% in Q4; continued focus on sub-1-year payback aids margin expansion .
- Strategic optionality: $870M 0% convertible notes priced to fund global expansion, AI buildout, and strategic M&A; capped call mitigates dilution .
- LT narrative: 2030 targets (≥$6.5B revenue, ≥$1.3B Adj. EBITDA) frame multi-year growth path across new specialties (low-T, menopause, longevity) and international expansion .