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Form 8-K TechTarget Inc For: Nov 09

November 9, 2016 4:12 PM

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 9, 2016

 

 

TechTarget, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   1-33472   04-3483216

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

275 Grove Street, Newton MA   02466
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 431-9200

 

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition

On November 9, 2016, TechTarget, Inc. (the “Company”) disclosed its results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 in its Shareholder Letter, which is posted on the Investor Information section of its website at www.techtarget.com. The Shareholder Letter is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. The information contained in Item 2.02 of this Form 8-K (including Exhibit 99.1) is furnished in accordance with SEC Release No. 33-8216 and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporation by reference language in such filing, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d) Exhibits.

The following exhibits relating to Item 2.02 shall be deemed to be furnished, and not filed:

 

99.1    Shareholder Letter dated November 9, 2016.


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

    TechTarget, Inc.
Date: November 9, 2016     By:  

/s/ Janice O’Reilly

     

Janice O’Reilly

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

Exhibit 99.1

 

LOGO

November 9, 2016

Dear Fellow Shareholders:

As expected, the trends that we’ve seen earlier in the year continued in Q3. We continue to make good progress with IT Deal AlertTM and our mid-sized customers, but the pullback from our largest global customers, especially those who are in the middle of corporate transaction, is still creating a significant headwind.

In Q3 2016, revenue from our four customers that are involved in corporate transactions was down approximately 50%, representing a decline of over $2.5 million versus Q3 2015. IT Deal Alert revenue in Q3 2016 from those same four customers was down approximately 60%, representing a decline of almost $1 million compared to Q3 2015. International revenue in Q3 2016 from those four customers was down 32%, representing a decline of approximately $400,000 compared to Q3 2015.

In regard to these four specific customers involved in corporate transactions, we view these conditions as temporary. In fact, in previous quarters, we have included five companies in this group, but one of the companies that completed a large spin-off a year ago has “graduated” back to normal as their spending rate has recovered to pre-spin-off levels. We think that the temporary nature of these situations bodes well for us in 2017 and 2018.

Despite the $1 million hit we took on IT Deal Alert from these four companies, we were still able to grow revenue 13% to $7.3 million, compared to Q3 2015. We had over 370 IT Deal Alert customers in the quarter, including 28 new Priority EngineTM/Deal Data customers. Priority Engine/Deal Data Q3 revenue was up over 230% year over year. We believe that we will finish 2016 with over 30% growth for IT Deal Alert and expect approximately 40% IT Deal Alert growth in 2017.

Revenue recognized in the quarter from long-term contracts was over $3.5 million, representing approximately 14% of revenue, up from approximately 11% in Q2 2016. Increasing the amount of revenue under long-term contracts is one of our most important strategic initiatives.

We believe our long-term thesis that our proprietary purchase intent data uniquely positions us to take advantage of our customers’ quest to become data-driven sales and marketing organizations is as strong as ever. As a result, we plan to continue to repurchase our shares at attractive prices as we believe this will reward long-term shareholders.

Stock Repurchase

In June 2016, we announced that our Board had authorized a $20 million share repurchase program. During the quarter, we repurchased 490,770 shares at an average price of $7.89 per share for approximately $3.9 million. To date we have purchased 538,867 shares for approximately $4.3 million and have $15.7 million remaining available under the program.

We currently have a Rule 10b5-1 plan in place that is designed to take advantage of dips in our stock price.

 

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Q3 2016 Results (Unaudited; $’s in 000’s)

 

    

Three months ended

September 30

   

Nine months ended

September 30

 
     2016      2015      Change     2016      2015      Change  

Core Online

                

North America Core Online

   $ 10,644       $ 12,813         -17   $ 33,683       $ 38,375         -12

International Core Online

     6,327         7,814         -19     20,080         22,172         -9

Total Core Online

     16,971         20,627         -18     53,763         60,547         -11

IT Deal Alert

                

North America IT Deal Alert

     5,895         5,322         11     18,629         14,397         29

International IT Deal Alert

     1,381         1,117         24     3,850         2,906         32

Total IT Deal Alert

     7,276         6,439         13     22,479         17,303         30

Overall Online

                

North America Online

     16,539         18,135         -9     52,312         52,772         -1

International Online

     7,708         8,931         -14     23,930         25,078         -5

Total Overall Online

     24,247         27,066         -10     76,242         77,850         -2

Events

     1,503         1,941         -23     3,713         4,572         -19

Total Revenues

   $ 25,750       $ 29,007         -11   $ 79,955       $ 82,422         -3

Adjusted EBITDA*

   $ 3,727       $ 6,879         -46   $ 13,866       $ 16,941         -18

 

* Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure that is defined and reconciled to a GAAP measure later in this Shareholder Letter

Gross Margins

Total gross profit margin for Q3 2016 and Q3 2015 was 70% and 74%, respectively. Online gross profit margin was 72% in Q3 2016, compared to 75% for Q3 2015. Events gross profit margin was 52% for Q3 2016, compared to 63% for Q3 2015.

International Update

International IT Deal Alert revenue was up 24% in the quarter. The introduction of Priority Engine in Europe contributed to this growth. We plan on launching Priority Engine in Asia before the end of the year. International Online revenue was down 14% in the quarter, reflecting the pullback in marketing investment that we are seeing from our largest customers.

 

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Traffic Update

The traffic story continues to be very positive as we continue to grow off of our historical records in 2015. Unpaid traffic represented 95% of overall traffic in the quarter. Traffic from organic search was up 11% compared with the same quarter a year ago.

Balance Sheet

Our balance sheet remains strong. We had $48.1 million in cash and investments as of September 30, 2016, and reported positive Adjusted EBITDA and cash flow from operations for the quarter. We have $50 million of outstanding term loan debt as of September 30, 2016.

Foreign Exchange Update

Foreign exchange adversely affected revenue growth by 36 basis points in the quarter. The strong dollar continued to create revenue headwinds for large US-based technology vendors, which affects their marketing expenditures.

Q4 2016 Guidance

For Q4 2016, we expect overall revenues to be between $25.5 million and $27.0 million. We expect online revenues to be between $24.4 million and $25.7 million, and we expect events revenues to be between $1.1 million and $1.3 million. We expect Adjusted EBITDA to be between $3.0 million and $4.5 million.

Summary

The weakness that we are seeing from our largest customers was reflected in our Q3 2016 guidance. We are expecting similar conditions in Q4 2016. We are buoyed by the fact that we believe these conditions to be temporary and situational. Eventually, corporate transactions are completed and our experience is that once the integration is complete, marketing spending returns to previous levels and can grow from there. In the meantime, we will continue with our strategy of partnering with our customers to help them take advantage of our purchase intent data as they make the transition to being data-driven sales and marketing organizations. These short-term headwinds do not diminish our view of the long-term opportunity. That belief informs our view to continue to use our healthy financial position to repurchase our shares at attractive prices.

Sincerely,

 

/s/ Michael Cotoia

   

/s/ Greg Strakosch

Michael Cotoia     Greg Strakosch
CEO     Executive Chairman

(C) 2016 TechTarget, Inc. All rights reserved. TechTarget and the TechTarget logo are registered trademarks, and IT Deal Alert, Priority Engine and Deal Data are trademarks of TechTarget. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

 

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Conference Call and Webcast

TechTarget will discuss these financial results in a conference call at 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) today (November 9, 2016). Supplemental financial information and this Letter to Shareholders will be posted to the Investor Information section of our website.

NOTE: Our Letter to Shareholders will not be read on the conference call. The conference call will include only brief remarks followed by questions and answers.

The public is invited to listen to a live webcast of TechTarget’s conference call, which can be accessed on the Investor Information section of our website at http://investor.techtarget.com. The conference call can also be heard via telephone by dialing 1-888-339-0724 (US callers), 1-855-669-9657 (Canadian callers) or 1-412-902-4191 (International callers).

For those investors unable to participate in the live conference call, a replay of the conference call will be available via telephone beginning November 9, 2016 one (1) hour after the conference call through December 9, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. ET. To listen to the replay, US callers should dial 1-877-344-7529 and use the conference number 10094882. Canadian callers should dial 1-855-669-9658 and also use the conference number 10094882. International callers should dial 1-412-317-0088 and also use the conference number 10094882. The webcast replay will also be available on http://investor.techtarget.com during the same period.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

This letter and the accompanying tables include a discussion of adjusted EBITDA, adjusted net income and adjusted net income per share, all of which are non-GAAP financial measures which are provided as a complement to results provided in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”).

Adjusted EBITDA” means earnings before net interest, other income and expense, income taxes, depreciation and amortization, as further adjusted to exclude stock-based compensation and other one-time charges, if any.

Adjusted net income” means net income adjusted for amortization, stock-based compensation, foreign exchange, interest on the term loan and other one-time charges, if any, as further adjusted for the related income tax impact of the adjustments.

Adjusted net income per share” means adjusted net income divided by adjusted weighted average diluted shares outstanding.

These non-GAAP measures should be considered in addition to results prepared in accordance with GAAP, but should not be considered a substitute for, or superior to, GAAP results. In addition, our definition of adjusted EBITDA, adjusted net income and adjusted net income per share may not be comparable to the definitions as reported by other companies. We believe that adjusted EBITDA, adjusted net income and adjusted net income per share provide relevant and useful information to enable us and investors to compare the Company’s operating performance using an additional measurement. We use these measures in our internal management reporting and planning process as primary measures to evaluate the operating performance of our business, as well as potential acquisitions.

The components of adjusted EBITDA include the key revenue and expense items for which our operating managers are responsible and upon which we evaluate their performance. In the case of senior management, adjusted EBITDA is used as one of the principal financial metrics in their annual incentive compensation program. Adjusted EBITDA is also used for planning purposes and in presentations to our board of directors. Adjusted net income is useful to us and investors because it presents an additional measurement of our financial performance, taking into account depreciation, which we

 

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believe is an ongoing cost of doing business, but excluding the impact of certain non-cash expenses and items not directly tied to the core operations of our business, including interest on the term loan. Furthermore, we intend to provide these non-GAAP financial measures as part of our future earnings discussions and, therefore, the inclusion of these non-GAAP financial measures will provide consistency in our financial reporting. A reconciliation of these non-GAAP measures to GAAP is provided in the accompanying tables.

Forward Looking Statements

Certain information included in this news release may contain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. All statements, other than statements of historical facts, included or referenced in this release that address activities, events or developments which we expect will or may occur in the future are forward-looking statements, including statements regarding the intent, belief or current expectations of the Company and members of our management team. The words “will,” “believe,” “intend,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “project,” “estimate,” “predict” and similar expressions are also intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such statements may include those regarding guidance on our future financial results and other projections or measures of our future performance; expectations concerning market opportunities and our ability to capitalize on them; and the amount and timing of the benefits expected from acquisitions, new products or services and other potential sources of additional revenue. These statements speak only as of the date of this release and are based on our current plans and expectations. Such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual future events or results to be different than those described in or implied by such forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those relating to: market acceptance of our products and services, including continued increased sales of our IT Deal Alert offerings and continued increased international growth; relationships with customers, strategic partners and employees; difficulties in integrating acquired businesses; changes in economic or regulatory conditions or other trends affecting the Internet, Internet advertising and information technology industries; and other matters included in our SEC filings, including in our Annual Report on Form 10-K. Actual results may differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to update our forward-looking statements to reflect future events or circumstances.

 

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TECHTARGET, INC.

Consolidated Statements of Operations

(in 000’s, except per share amounts)

 

     Three Months Ended
September 30,
    Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
     2016     2015     2016     2015  
     (Unaudited)  

Revenues:

        

Online

   $ 24,247      $ 27,066      $ 76,242      $ 77,850   

Events

     1,503        1,941        3,713        4,572   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total revenues

     25,750        29,007        79,955        82,422   

Cost of revenues:

        

Online(1)

     6,889        6,802        20,360        20,050   

Events

     723        710        2,049        2,042   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total cost of revenues

     7,612        7,512        22,409        22,092   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gross profit

     18,138        21,495        57,546        60,330   

Operating expenses:

        

Selling and marketing(1)

     11,243        11,526        33,331        32,825   

Product development(1)

     2,074        1,915        6,027        5,723   

General and administrative(1)

     3,138        3,265        9,392        9,876   

Depreciation

     951        999        2,987        3,023   

Amortization of intangible assets

     183        337        718        1,054   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     17,589        18,042        52,455        52,501   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating income

     549        3,453        5,091        7,829   

Interest and other expense, net

     (471     (209     (1,037     (122
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income before provision for income taxes

     78        3,244        4,054        7,707   

Provision for income taxes

     100        1,203        1,725        2,490   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net (loss) income

   $ (22   $ 2,041      $ 2,329      $ 5,217   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net (loss) income per common share:

        

Basic

   $ (0.00   $ 0.06      $ 0.08      $ 0.16   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net (loss) income per common share:

        

Diluted

   $ (0.00   $ 0.06      $ 0.07      $ 0.15   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Weighted average common shares outstanding:

        

Basic

     27,540        32,790        30,650        33,065   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Weighted average common shares outstanding:

        

Diluted

     28,325        34,221        31,608        34,707   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

(1)    Amounts include stock-based compensation expense as follows:

       

     

Cost of online revenues

   $ 36      $ 27      $ 90      $ 57   

Selling and marketing

     1,260        1,106        3,103        2,445   

Product development

     45        37        124        74   

General and administrative

     703        858        1,753        2,215   

 

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TechTarget, Inc.

Consolidated Balance Sheets

(in 000’s, except share and per share data)

 

     September 30,
2016
    December 31,
2015
 
     (Unaudited)  

Assets

    

Current assets:

    

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 29,817      $ 14,783   

Short-term investments

     12,349        10,646   

Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $1,897 and $1,715 as of September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively

     25,813        26,549   

Prepaid taxes

     2,697        5,306   

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

     2,498        2,192   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current assets

     73,174        59,476   

Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation

     9,357        8,922   

Long-term investments

     5,959        9,262   

Goodwill

     93,646        93,701   

Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization

     728        1,448   

Deferred tax assets

     2,871        4,210   

Other assets

     813        840   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 186,548      $ 177,859   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity

    

Current liabilities:

    

Accounts payable

   $ 1,812      $ 1,807   

Current portion of term loan

     4,907        —     

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities

     3,119        3,112   

Accrued compensation expenses

     583        675   

Contingent consideration

     —          1,326   

Income taxes payable

     —          516   

Deferred revenue

     8,925        7,595   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

     19,346        15,031   

Long-term liabilities:

    

Long-term portion of term loan

     44,762        —     

Deferred rent

     2,215        2,245   

Deferred tax liabilities

     574        582   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     66,897        17,858   

Stockholders’ equity:

    

Preferred stock, 5,000,000 shares authorized; no shares issued or outstanding

     —          —     

Common stock, $0.001 par value per share, 100,000,000 shares authorized; 52,483,717 shares issued and 27,819,434 shares outstanding at September 30, 2016; 50,927,426 shares issued and 32,039,853 shares outstanding at December 31, 2015

     52        51   

Treasury stock, 24,664,283 shares at September 30, 2016 and 18,887,573 shares at December 31, 2015, at cost

     (159,005     (113,949

Additional paid-in capital

     295,264        293,003   

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

     (207     (322

Accumulated deficit

     (16,453     (18,782
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total stockholders’ equity

     119,651        160,001   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

   $ 186,548      $ 177,859   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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TECHTARGET, INC.

Reconciliation of Net (Loss) Income to Adjusted EBITDA

(in 000’s)

 

     For the Three Months Ended
September 30,
     For the Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
     2016     2015      2016      2015  
     (Unaudited)  

Net (loss) income

   $ (22   $ 2,041       $ 2,329       $ 5,217   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Interest and other expense (income), net

     471        209         1,037         122   

Income tax provision

     100        1,203         1,725         2,490   

Depreciation

     951        999         2,987         3,023   

Amortization of purchase price adjustment

     —          62         —           244   

Amortization of intangible assets

     183        337         718         1,054   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

EBITDA

     1,683        4,851         8,796         12,150   

Stock-based compensation expense

     2,044        2,028         5,070         4,791   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Adjusted EBITDA

   $ 3,727      $ 6,879       $ 13,866       $ 16,941   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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TECHTARGET, INC.

Reconciliation of Net (Loss) Income to Adjusted Net Income and Net (Loss) Income per Diluted Share to

Adjusted Net Income per Share

(in 000’s, except per share amounts)

 

     For the Three Months Ended
September 30,
    For the Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
     2016     2015     2016     2015  
     (Unaudited)  

Net (loss) income

   $ (22   $ 2,041      $ 2,329      $ 5,217   

Income tax provision

     100        1,203        1,725        2,490   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income before taxes

   $ 78      $ 3,244      $ 4,054      $ 7,707   

Amortization of intangible assets

     183        337        718        1,054   

Stock-based compensation expense

     2,044        2,028        5,070        4,791   

Amortization of purchase price adjustment

     —          62        —          244   

Foreign exchange loss/(gain) and interest on term loan

     84        226        499        160   

Adjusted income tax provision*

     (815     (2,161     (3,871     (5,443
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Adjusted net income

   $ 1,574      $ 3,736      $ 6,470      $ 8,513   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net (loss) income per diluted share

   $ (0.00   $ 0.06      $ 0.07      $ 0.15   

Weighted average diluted shares outstanding

     28,325        34,221        31,608        34,707   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Adjusted net income per share

   $ 0.06      $ 0.11      $ 0.20      $ 0.25   

Adjusted weighted average diluted shares outstanding

     28,325        34,221        31,608        34,707   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* Adjusted income tax provision was calculated using our effective tax rate, excluding discrete items, for each respective period.

 

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TECHTARGET, INC.

Financial Guidance for the Three Months Ended December 31, 2016 and Revised Year Ended December 31, 2016

(in 000’s)

 

     For the Three Months Ended
December 31, 2016
     Revised November 2016
For the Year Ended
December 31, 2016
 
     Range      Range  

Online

   $ 24,400      $ 25,700       $ 100,642       $ 101,942   

Events

     1,100        1,300         4,813         5,013   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Revenues

   $ 25,500      $ 27,000       $ 105,455       $ 106,955   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Adjusted EBITDA

   $ 3,000      $ 4,500       $ 16,865       $ 18,365   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Depreciation, amortization and stock-based compensation

     2,840        2,840         11,615         11,615   

Interest and other expense, net

     464        464         1,501         1,501   

(Benefit from) provision for income taxes

     (149     480         1,576         2,205   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net (loss) income

   $ (155   $ 716       $ 2,173       $ 3,044   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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