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RumbleOn, Inc., often recognized by its ticker symbol RMBL, is a key player in the powersports industry, with its operations primarily divided into two segments: a powersports dealership group and a transportation services entity known as Wholesale Express, LLC (Express). Established in 2013, the company has experienced significant growth, primarily through acquisitions, the most notable being the 2021 acquisition of the RideNow business and the 2022 acquisition of the Freedom Entities, which added 54 powersports dealerships to its portfolio.

RumbleOn's powersports business holds the title of the largest powersports retail group in the United States, offering an extensive variety of new and pre-owned motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), utility terrain or side-by-side vehicles (SXSs), personal watercraft (PWCs), snowmobiles, and other powersports products. The company's product range is sourced from a wide array of manufacturers, including Honda, Yamaha, Harley-Davidson, and Polaris. Additionally, RumbleOn provides parts, apparel, accessories, finance & insurance products and services, and aftermarket products to its customers. As of December 31, 2023, the company managed 54 retail locations, housing over 500 powersports franchises that represent 52 different brands of motorcycles, ATVs, SXSs, PWCs, snowmobiles, and other powersports products.

Being a seasonal business, RumbleOn's powersports segment experiences strongest sales during the spring and summer months. The company's revenue and overall performance are influenced by the availability of new and pre-owned powersports vehicles, as well as its ability to draw and retain customers.

Express, RumbleOn's transportation services entity, focuses on providing asset-light transportation brokerage services, primarily facilitating automobile transportation between and among dealers. The company acquires high-quality pre-owned inventory online via its proprietary Cash Offer technology, enabling it to purchase pre-owned units directly from consumers.

RumbleOn operates in a highly competitive industry, with over 8,500 dealership locations in the United States. Most of these dealerships are owned by a single entity, leading to fierce competition from traditional franchised dealers selling both new and pre-owned vehicles, independent pre-owned powersports dealers, and private parties. The company recognizes that the main competitive factors in the industry revolve around consumer experience (sales, delivery, service, and after-sales care) and quality, breadth, and depth of product selection.

To achieve its vision for 2026, RumbleOn aims to leverage its national scale to run the best-performing dealerships in America, utilizing its proprietary Cash Offer technology to accelerate growth of its pre-owned inventory, and expanding both organically and through strategic acquisitions. The company has devised strategies to realize this vision, including delivering a seamless customer experience, offering a broad selection, and ensuring access to its specialized and experienced team members, encompassing sales staff and technicians.

However, RumbleOn's success hinges on its ability to grow its business both organically and through strategic acquisitions, and its plans and strategies may not materialize due to several identified risks. These risks include reliance on third-party financing providers, dependence on key personnel, and exposure to market fluctuations and competition. Furthermore, RumbleOn's financial risks encompass interest rate risk, while industry risks involve the sensitivity of the powersports industry to unfavorable changes in general economic conditions and various other factors affecting demand for its products and services.

RumbleOn's substantial debt could negatively impact its business flexibility, given the interest expense, reduced funds for working capital, capital expenditures, and other general corporate purposes, and potential competitive disadvantages relative to competitors with lower debt levels. The company's debt agreements also impose operating and financial restrictions, limiting its ability to incur additional indebtedness, make investments or loans, create liens, consummate mergers and similar fundamental changes, make restricted payments, make investments in unrestricted subsidiaries, enter into transactions with affiliates, and use proceeds from asset sales.

Additionally, RumbleOn's industry risks include the sensitivity of the powersports industry to unfavorable changes in general economic conditions and various other factors that could affect demand for its products and services. The company's performance is impacted by general economic conditions, such as changes in employment levels, consumer demand, preferences and confidence levels, the availability and cost of credit, fuel prices, levels of discretionary personal income, inflation, and interest rates. The company's revenue trends are likely to be a reflection of consumers' powersports vehicle buying patterns.

Lastly, RumbleOn's technology risks include reliance on Internet search engines to drive traffic to its website, and if it fails to appear prominently in the search results, its traffic would decline, and its business would be adversely affected. The company also relies on encryption and authentication technology licensed from third parties to effect secure transmission of personal and other data. The company may need to expend significant resources to protect against security breaches or to address problems caused by breaches.