Open Text (OTEX) Tops Q2 EPS by 6c, Revenues Beat

Open Text (NASDAQ: OTEX) reported Q2 EPS of $0.84, $0.06 better than the analyst estimate of $0.78. Revenue for the quarter came in at $771.6 million versus the consensus estimate of $754.19 million.

• GAAP net income of $107.5 million, up 2.9% Y/Y
• Adjusted EBITDA of $317.0 million, up 2.8%, margin of 41.1%, down 80 basis points Y/Y
• GAAP diluted EPS of $0.40, up 2.6% Y/Y
• Non-GAAP diluted EPS of $0.84, up 5.0%, and $0.86 in constant currency, up 7.5% Y/Y
• Operating Cash Flows were $860.5 million during the trailing twelve months
• Declares cash dividend of $0.1746 per common share

"With the addition of Carbonite, we have a strategic market-opportunity to bring Information Management (IM) to all sizes of customers, from the largest of enterprises, governments, mid-size companies, small companies, and consumers. We are excited and energized to write the next chapter for OpenText as our vision expands and advances to Information Management, helping customers to migrate into the cloud and reinvent their businesses processes", said Mark J. Barrenechea, OpenText CEO & CTO. "We are a partner-oriented company with the talent and culture to make an SMB channel wildly successful. With Carbonite this partner opportunity gets significantly stronger and deeper as we leverage OpenText's proven expertise and successful track record of building powerful global partner programs."

"Our Q2 results reflect an increasing demand for OpenText products as we delivered strong top-line growth. In constant currency, total revenues grew to $781.8 million, up 6.3% year-over-year, Annual Recurring Revenues (ARR) grew to a record $570.8 million, up 7.8% year-over-year, representing 73% of total revenues, driven by Cloud Services and Subscriptions revenues of $250.2 million, which increased significantly by 14.1% year-over-year," said Barrenechea.

"OpenText demonstrated solid operational performance during the second quarter, delivering to our Total Growth Strategy. We put our capital to work, while maintaining a strong balance sheet with a net leverage ratio of 2.3x, and generated solid operating cash flows of $207.2 million, supported by equally strong A-EBITDA results", said OpenText EVP, CFO, Madhu Ranganathan. "The Carbonite transaction closed efficiently, financed by our internal cash and existing revolver. The integration has kicked off with strength and we remain on target to complete the Carbonite integration by the end of Fiscal 2021."

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