Skillsoft (SKIL) Raises Full Year Guidance
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Skillsoft Corp. (NYSE: SKIL) (“Skillsoft” or the “Company”), a global leader in corporate digital learning, today announced its financial results for the second quarter of fiscal 2022 ended July 31, 2021. The Company’s results exceeded its expectations, and Skillsoft raised its bookings and adjusted revenue guidance for the full year.
“We are pleased with Skillsoft’s strong performance during our initial quarter as a public company,” said Jeffrey R. Tarr, Skillsoft’s Chief Executive Officer. “We delivered double-digit bookings growth, won multiple new blue-chip customers, and acquired fast-growing digital coaching platform Pluma, enabling us to offer an on-demand, executive-quality leadership development solution to our customers, which include approximately 70% of the Fortune 1000.”
Mr. Tarr added, “We see substantial opportunity to extend our leadership in the rapidly expanding and highly fragmented corporate learning industry as we innovate and invest in growth. Our new leadership team is executing well against our strategic priorities, and we are well-positioned to create significant value for our customers, shareholders and other stakeholders.”
Fiscal 2022 Second Quarter Financial Highlights2
- Strong bookings growth across all three business segments, with Content up 9%, Global Knowledge up 30% and SumTotal up 15%; bookings in Content and Global Knowledge combined were up 19%, and total bookings were up 18%;
- GAAP3 revenue for the reported period was $106 million and GAAP net loss was $49 million;
- Adjusted revenue of $176 million grew 5% and adjusted EBITDA of $43 million grew 2%;
- Combined Percipio and dual deployment dollar retention rate of 103% compared to 102%; and
- Refinanced long-term debt, reducing annual cash interest expense by approximately $25 million.
Updated Full Year Fiscal 2022 Outlook
| Updated Outlook | Previous Outlook |
Bookings | $690 million to $710 million | $660 million to $690 million |
Adjusted Revenue | $670 million to $690 million | $645 million to $675 million |
Adjusted EBITDA | Unchanged | $155 million to $175 million |
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1 Bookings is identical to what the Company previously referred to as “order intake” and includes (i) subscription renewals, upgrades, churn, and downgrades to existing customers, (ii) non-subscription services, and (iii) sales to new customers. Bookings generally represents a customer’s annual obligation (versus the life of the contract), and, for the subscription business, revenue is recognized for such bookings over the following 12 months.
2 Growth calculated as if pre-combination Skillsoft and Global Knowledge had been combined and their fiscal quarters had been aligned to end on July 31, 2021.
3 GAAP results include the periods from May 1, 2021 to June 11, 2021 (predecessor) and June 12, 2021 to July 31, 2021 (successor) and reflect the impact of business combination accounting on revenue.
Skillsoft increased its bookings and adjusted revenue outlook for full year fiscal 2022 primarily to reflect better than expected performance in the first half of the year.
The unchanged adjusted EBITDA outlook reflects the Company’s growth investments in content, platform and go-to-market capabilities. Additionally, the Company experienced a delay in realizing business combination synergies due to the timing of transaction close and higher than anticipated D&O insurance costs.
Key Operational Metrics and Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Bookings (previously Order Intake)
The following table sets forth unaudited bookings for the three and six months ended July 31, 2021 and 2020 as if pre-combination Skillsoft and Global Knowledge had been combined and their fiscal quarters had been aligned to end on July 31:
Bookings (previously Order Intake) | ||||||||||||
Three Months | Six Months | |||||||||||
$000s | Ended July 31, | Change | Ended July 31, | Change | ||||||||
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| 2021 | 2020 |
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| 2021 | 2020 |
| $ | % |
Content and Global Knowledge | ||||||||||||
Percipio | $15,423 | $10,465 | $4,958 | 47% | $32,534 | $20,582 | $11,952 | 58% | ||||
Dual Deployment | 31,827 | 26,734 | 5,093 | 19% | 41,696 | 39,409 | 2,287 | 6% | ||||
Skillport | 12,730 | 18,160 | (5,430) | -30% | 22,048 | 32,072 | (10,024) | -31% | ||||
Total Subscription | $59,980 | $55,359 | $4,621 | 8% | $96,278 | $92,063 | $4,215 | 5% | ||||
Services and One-Time Orders | 3,716 | 3,206 | 510 | 16% | 6,288 | 5,011 | 1,276 | 25% | ||||
Total Content | $63,696 | $58,565 | 5,131 | 9% | $102,565 | $97,075 | 5,490 | 6% | ||||
Global Knowledge | 63,541 | 48,769 | 14,772 | 30% | 128,798 | 105,806 | 22,992 | 22% | ||||
Total Content + Global Knowledge | $127,237 | $107,334 | $19,903 | 19% | $231,363 | $202,881 | $28,482 | 14% | ||||
SumTotal | ||||||||||||
Subscription | $21,308 | $19,606 | $1,702 | 9% | $42,081 | $46,457 | ($4,376) | -9% | ||||
Services and One-Time Orders | 6,150 | 4,313 | 1,837 | 43% | 10,801 | 9,614 | 1,187 | 12% | ||||
Total SumTotal | $27,458 | $23,919 | $3,539 | 15% | $52,882 | $56,071 | ($3,189) | -6% | ||||
Total | $154,695 | $131,253 | $23,442 | 18% | $284,245 | $258,952 | $25,293 | 10% |
Dollar Retention Rate
The following table sets forth dollar retention rates (“DRR”) for the last twelve month (“LTM”) period ended July 31, 2021 and for the three month periods ended July 31, 2021 and 2020 as if Skillsoft and Global Knowledge had been combined and their fiscal quarters had been aligned to end on July 31:
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| LTM | 2021 | 2020 |
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Percipio |
| 99% | 99% | 102% |
Dual Deployment |
| 102% | 104% | 102% |
Percipio + Dual Deployment |
| 101% | 103% | 102% |
Skillport |
| 78% | 88% | 68% |
Total Content Business |
| 95% | 99% | 88% |
SumTotal Business |
| 96% | 99% | 79% |
Capital Structure
The following table sets forth Skillsoft’s cash and cash equivalents and long-term debt as of July 31, 2021:
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$000s |
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Assets |
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Cash and Equivalents |
| $90,772 |
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Liabilities |
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Long-Term Debt |
| $467,399 |
(including current portion) |
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Weighted average shares outstanding during the period from June 12, 2021 to July 31, 2021 were 133,059,021.
Webcast and Conference Call Information
Skillsoft will host a conference call and webcast today at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time to discuss its financial results. To access the call, dial (877) 413-9278 from the United States and Canada or (215) 268-9914 from international locations. The live event can be accessed from the Investor Relations section of Skillsoft’s website at investor.skillsoft.com. A replay will be available for six months.
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