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DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Policies)
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2025
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Presentation
The condensed consolidated financial statements included herein:
have been prepared in U.S. dollars in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”);
are comprised of the consolidated results of ADT Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries for which all intercompany transactions have been eliminated;
are unaudited, but in the opinion of management, include all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair statement of the Company’s financial position, results of operations, and cash flows for the interim periods presented; and
should not be taken as indicative of results that may be expected for future interim periods or the full year.
The Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2024 included herein was derived from the audited consolidated financial statements as of that date included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 (the “2024 Annual Report”). Certain information and footnote disclosures required in the annual consolidated financial statements have been omitted as appropriate. For a more comprehensive understanding of the Company and its interim results, these condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements included in the 2024 Annual Report.
Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform with the current period presentation. Beginning in the first quarter of 2025, amounts previously disclosed under the caption merger, restructuring, integration, and other are presented within selling, general, and administrative expenses (“SG&A”) in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations as they are no longer material for the periods presented.
Significant Accounting Policies
Unless otherwise noted, the Company’s accounting policies, including those presented herein, do not materially differ from those disclosed in the 2024 Annual Report.
Consolidation
Basis of Presentation
The condensed consolidated financial statements included herein:
have been prepared in U.S. dollars in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”);
are comprised of the consolidated results of ADT Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries for which all intercompany transactions have been eliminated;
are unaudited, but in the opinion of management, include all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair statement of the Company’s financial position, results of operations, and cash flows for the interim periods presented; and
should not be taken as indicative of results that may be expected for future interim periods or the full year.
The Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2024 included herein was derived from the audited consolidated financial statements as of that date included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 (the “2024 Annual Report”). Certain information and footnote disclosures required in the annual consolidated financial statements have been omitted as appropriate. For a more comprehensive understanding of the Company and its interim results, these condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements included in the 2024 Annual Report.
Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform with the current period presentation. Beginning in the first quarter of 2025, amounts previously disclosed under the caption merger, restructuring, integration, and other are presented within selling, general, and administrative expenses (“SG&A”) in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations as they are no longer material for the periods presented.
Use of Estimates
Use of Estimates
The preparation of these condensed consolidated financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires the Company to select accounting policies and make estimates that affect amounts reported in the condensed consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes. The Company’s estimates are based on the relevant information available at the end of each period. Actual results could differ materially from these estimates under different assumptions or market conditions.
Segment Information
Segment Information
The Company evaluates and reports information based on the manner in which our chief operating decision maker (“CODM”) evaluates performance and allocates resources. The CODM manages the business on a consolidated basis, and as such, the Company reports results in a single operating and reportable segment.
Discontinued Operations
Discontinued Operations
The Company’s exit in 2024 from the residential solar business (the “Solar Business”) (the “ADT Solar Exit”) and the sale in 2023 of its commercial business (the “Commercial Business”) (the “Commercial Divestiture”) represented strategic shifts that had major effects on the Company’s operations and financial results. As applicable, the results of operations and financial position of these businesses are classified as discontinued operations in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, respectively. The Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows and Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) present both continuing and discontinued operations, as applicable.
Accounting Standards Updates (“ASU”)
Accounting Standards Updates (“ASUs”)
Recently Issued
Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses - ASU 2024-03, Income Statement — Reporting Comprehensive Income — Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses, requires additional disclosure in the footnotes at each interim and annual reporting period about specific types of expenses included in the expense captions presented on the face of the statement of operations as well as additional disclosures that also include information related to selling expenses.
The guidance is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027. The requirements will be applied prospectively with the option for retrospective application. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this guidance on its financial statements and disclosures.
Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures - ASU 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures, focuses on improvements to income tax disclosures, primarily related to the rate reconciliation and income tax paid information. In addition, the update includes certain other amendments to improve the effectiveness of income tax disclosures.
The guidance is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2024, and should be applied prospectively, with retrospective application also a permitted option. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this guidance on its financial statements and disclosures.
Disclosure Improvements - ASU 2023-06, Disclosure Improvements: Codification Amendments in Response to the SEC’s Disclosure Update and Simplification Initiative, represents changes to clarify or improve disclosure and presentation requirements of a variety of topics.
The effective date for each amendment will be the date on which the SEC’s removal of that related disclosure from Regulation S-X or Regulation S-K becomes effective, with early adoption prohibited. The Company is monitoring the potential impact of this guidance on its financial statements and disclosures.
Inventories, net
Inventories, net
Inventories, net includes finished goods and work-in-progress. Work-in-progress is not material.
Subscriber System Assets, net and Deferred Subscriber Acquisition Costs, net
Subscriber System Assets, net and Deferred Subscriber Acquisition Costs, net
Subscriber system assets represent capitalized equipment and installation costs incurred in connection with transactions in which the Company retains ownership of the security system, and which the Company may retrieve upon termination of the contract with the customer. Deferred subscriber acquisition costs represent selling expenses (primarily commissions) that are incremental to acquiring customers.
Subscriber system assets and any related deferred subscriber acquisition costs are accounted for on a pooled basis based on the month and year of customer acquisition. The Company depreciates and amortizes these pooled costs using an accelerated method over the estimated life of the customer relationship, which is 15 years.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The Company’s financial instruments primarily consist of cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents, accounts receivable, retail installment contract receivables (“RICs”), accounts payable, debt, and derivatives. Due to their short-term and/or liquid nature, the fair values of cash, restricted cash, accounts receivable, and accounts payable approximate their respective carrying amounts.
Cash and Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents - Included in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents, as applicable from time to time, are investments in money market mutual funds. These investments are generally classified as Level 1 fair value measurements, which represent unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
Long-Term Debt Instruments Long-Term Debt Instruments - The fair values of the Company’s long-term debt instruments are determined using broker-quoted market prices, which represent quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities as well as other observable market data, and are classified as Level 2 fair value measurements. The carrying amounts of debt outstanding, if any, under the Company’s first lien revolving credit facility (the “First Lien Revolving Credit Facility”) and the 2020 Receivables Facility approximate their fair values as interest rates on these borrowings approximate current market rates.
Derivative Financial Instruments
Derivative Financial Instruments - Derivative financial instruments are reported at fair value as either assets or liabilities that are primarily calculated using discounted cash flow models utilizing observable inputs, such as quoted forward interest rates, and incorporate credit risk adjustments to reflect the risk of default by the counterparty or the Company. The resulting fair values are classified as Level 2 fair value measurements.
The Company's derivative financial instruments primarily consist of interest rate swap contracts, which were entered into with the objective of managing exposure to variability in interest rates on the Company's debt. SOFR is the applicable benchmark for all of the Company's interest rate swap contracts. All interest rate swap contracts are reported at fair value in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.
For interest rate swap contracts that are:
Not designated as cash flow hedges: Unrealized gains and losses are recognized in interest expense, net, and other income (expense) depending on the nature of the underlying that the swaps are economically hedging.
Designated as cash flow hedges: Unrealized gains and losses are recognized as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (“AOCI”) and are reclassified into interest expense, net, in the same period in which the related interest on debt affects earnings.
For interest rate swap contracts that have been de-designated as cash flow hedges and for which forecasted cash flows are:
Probable or reasonably possible of occurring: Unrealized gains and losses previously recognized as a component of AOCI are reclassified into interest expense, net, in the same period in which the related interest on variable-rate debt affects earnings through the original maturity date of the related interest rate swap contracts.
Probable of not occurring: Unrealized gains and losses previously recognized as a component of AOCI are immediately reclassified into interest expense, net.
The cash flows associated with interest rate swap contracts that were entered into with the intention of offsetting the economic overhedged position of a portion of the Company’s existing interest rate swaps are reflected as cash flows from investing activities.
The cash flows associated with interest rate swap contracts that included an other-than-insignificant financing element at inception are reflected as cash flows from financing activities.
Retail Installment Contract Receivables Retail Installment Contract Receivables - The fair values of the Company’s RICs are determined using a discounted cash flow model and are classified as Level 3 fair value measurements.
Retail Installment Contract Receivables, Net
The Company’s RICs allow qualifying residential customers to pay the fees due at installation over a 12-, 24-, 36-, or 60-month interest-free period. The financing component is not significant.
Upon origination of a RIC, the Company utilizes external credit scores to assess customer credit quality and determine eligibility. Subsequent to origination, the Company monitors the delinquency status of the RICs as the key credit quality indicator. Delinquent billed RICs are not material.
The allowance for credit losses relates to RICs from outright sales transactions and is not material.
Revenue
Revenue
The Company generates revenue from contractual monthly recurring fees received for monitoring and related services, as well as the sale and installation of security systems. The Company’s revenue-generating contracts are entered into primarily through its main operating entity and wholly-owned subsidiary, ADT LLC.
The Company allocates the transaction price to each performance obligation based on the relative standalone selling price, which is determined using observable internal and external pricing, profitability, and operational metrics.
Customer-Owned Transactions - In transactions involving security systems sold outright to the customer (referred to as outright sales), the Company’s performance obligations generally include the sale and installation of the security system, which is primarily recognized at a point in time based upon the nature of the transaction and contractual terms, and any monitoring and related services, which are recognized when these services are provided to the customer.
Company-Owned Transactions - In transactions in which the Company provides monitoring and related services but retains ownership of the security system, the Company’s performance obligations primarily include (i) monitoring and related services, which are recognized when these services are provided to the customer, and (ii) a material right associated with the one-time non-refundable fees in connection with the initiation of a monitoring contract which the customer will not be required to pay again upon a renewal of the contract (referred to as deferred subscriber acquisition revenue).
Deferred subscriber acquisition revenue is amortized on a pooled basis over the estimated life of the customer relationship using an accelerated method consistent with the treatment of subscriber system assets and deferred subscriber acquisition costs.
Allowance for Credit Losses
Allowance for Credit Losses
The Company evaluates its allowance for credit losses on accounts receivable in pools based on customer type. For each customer pool, the allowance for credit losses is estimated based on the delinquency status of the underlying receivables and the related historical loss experience, as adjusted for current and expected future conditions, if applicable. The allowance for credit losses is not material for the individual pools of customers.
Contract Assets
Contract Assets
Contract assets represent the Company’s right to consideration in exchange for goods or services transferred to the customer. The contract asset is reclassified to accounts receivable as additional services are performed and billed, which is when the Company’s right to the consideration becomes unconditional.
The Company has the right to bill customers as services are provided over time, which generally occurs over the course of a 12-, 24-, 36-, or 60-month period as additional services are performed and billed. There is no significant financing component.
Net Income (Loss) Per Share
The Company applies the two-class method for computing and presenting earnings per share for each class of common stock, which allocates current period income (losses) to each class of common stock and participating securities based on dividends declared and participation rights in the remaining undistributed earnings or losses.
Basic earnings per share is computed by dividing the income (losses) allocated to each class of common stock by the related weighted-average number of shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per share gives effect to all securities representing potential common shares that were dilutive and outstanding during the period for each class of common stock and excludes potentially dilutive securities whose effect would have been anti-dilutive.
Legal Proceedings
Legal Proceedings
The Company is subject to various claims and lawsuits in the ordinary course of business, which include among other things commercial general liability claims, automobile liability claims, contractual disputes, worker’s compensation claims, labor law and employment claims, claims related to alleged alarm system failures, claims that the Company infringed on the intellectual property of others, and consumer and employment class actions. The Company is also subject to regulatory and governmental examinations, information requests and subpoenas, inquiries, investigations, and threatened legal actions and proceedings. In connection with such formal and informal inquiries, the Company receives numerous requests, subpoenas, and orders for documents, testimony, and information in connection with various aspects of its activities. There have been no material changes to the disclosures in the Company’s 2024 Annual Report.
The Company records accruals for losses that are probable and reasonably estimable. These accruals are based on a variety of factors such as judgment, probability of loss, opinions of internal and external legal counsel, and actuarially determined estimates of claims incurred but not yet reported based upon historical claims experience. Legal costs in connection with claims and lawsuits in the ordinary course of business are expensed as incurred. Additionally, the Company records insurance recovery receivables or other indemnifications from third-parties when recovery has been determined to be probable. The Company has not accrued for any losses for which the likelihood of loss cannot be assessed, is less than probable, or the range of possible loss cannot be estimated.
Company as Lessee
Company as Lessee
As part of normal operations, the Company leases real estate, vehicles, and equipment primarily through its main operating entity and wholly-owned subsidiary, ADT LLC.
Company as Lessor
Company as Lessor
The Company is a lessor in certain Company-owned transactions as the Company has identified a lease component associated with the right-of-use of the security system and a non-lease component associated with the monitoring and related services.
For transactions in which (i) the timing and pattern of transfer is the same for the lease and non-lease components and (ii) the lease component would be classified as an operating lease if accounted for separately, the Company applies the practical expedient to aggregate the lease and non-lease components and accounts for the combined transaction based upon its predominant characteristic, which is the non-lease component. The Company accounts for the combined component as a single performance obligation under the applicable revenue guidance and recognizes the underlying assets within subscriber system assets, net.