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Veeva Announces Fiscal 2019 Second Quarter Results

August 23, 2018 4:05 PM

Total Revenues of $209.6M, up 25% Year-over-year

Subscription Services Revenues of $169.6M, up 25% Year-over-year

PLEASANTON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Veeva Systems Inc. (NYSE: VEEV), a leading provider of industry cloud solutions for the global life sciences industry, today announced results for its fiscal second quarter ended July 31, 2018. All results, including prior periods, and guidance reflect the new revenue recognition standard ASC 606.

“I am very proud of the Veeva team. We once again delivered an outstanding quarter,” said CEO Peter Gassner. “We are realizing our vision to become the most strategic partner to the life sciences industry by delivering innovative products in the areas of greatest impact. By continuing to focus on customer success, exceptional execution, and product excellence, I’m confident we can achieve our goal of becoming a multi-billion dollar company over time.”

Fiscal 2019 Second Quarter Results:

“Ongoing strength across revenue, operating margin, and cash flow enabled us to raise our guidance for the second half of the year,” said CFO Tim Cabral. “We’re excited about the opportunity ahead as we continue to invest for growth and customer success.”

Recent Highlights:

Financial Outlook:

Veeva is providing guidance for its fiscal third quarter ending October 31, 2018 as follows:

Veeva is providing guidance for its fiscal year ending January 31, 2019 as follows:

Conference Call Information:

What: Veeva’s Fiscal 2019 Second Quarter Results Conference Call
When: Thursday, August 23, 2018
Time: 1:30 p.m. PT (4:30 p.m. ET)
Live Call: 1-833-235-5654, domestic
1-647-689-4160, international
Conference ID 338 5266
Webcast:

ir.veeva.com

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(1) This press release uses non-GAAP financial metrics that are adjusted for the impact of various GAAP items. See the section titled “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” and the tables entitled “Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Measures” below for details.

(2) Veeva is not able, at this time, to provide GAAP targets for operating income and fully diluted net income per share for the third fiscal quarter ending October 31, 2018 or fiscal year ending January 31, 2019 because of the difficulty of estimating certain items excluded from non-GAAP operating income and non-GAAP fully diluted net income per share that cannot be reasonably predicted, such as charges related to stock-based compensation expense, capitalization of internal-use software development expenses and the subsequent amortization of the capitalized expenses. The effect of these excluded items may be significant.

About Veeva Systems

Veeva Systems Inc. is a leader in cloud-based software for the global life sciences industry. Committed to innovation, product excellence, and customer success, Veeva has more than 650 customers, ranging from the world's largest pharmaceutical companies to emerging biotechs. Veeva is headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, with offices throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and Latin America. For more information, visit veeva.com.

Forward-looking Statements

This release contains forward-looking statements, including the quotations from management, the statements in “Financial Outlook,” and other statements regarding Veeva’s future performance, market growth, the benefits from the use of Veeva’s solutions, our strategies, and general business conditions. Any forward-looking statements contained in this press release are based upon Veeva’s historical performance and its current plans, estimates and expectations and are not a representation that such plans, estimates, or expectations will be achieved. These forward-looking statements represent Veeva’s expectations as of the date of this press announcement. Subsequent events may cause these expectations to change, and Veeva disclaims any obligation to update the forward-looking statements in the future. These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially, including (i) breaches in our security measures or unauthorized access to our customers’ data; (ii) our expectation that the future growth rate of our revenues will decline; (iii) fluctuation of our results, which may make period-to-period comparisons less meaningful; (iv) competitive factors, including but not limited to pricing pressures, consolidation among our competitors, entry of new competitors, the launch of new products and marketing initiatives by our existing competitors, and difficulty securing rights to access, host or integrate with complementary third party products or data used by our customers; (v) the rate of adoption of our newer solutions and the results of our efforts to sustain or expand the use and adoption of our more established applications, like Veeva CRM; (vi) loss of one or more customers, particularly any of our large customers; (vii) system unavailability, system performance problems, or loss of data due to disruptions or other problems with our computing infrastructure; (viii) failure to sustain the level of profitability we have achieved in the past as our costs increase; (ix) adverse changes in economic, regulatory, or market conditions, particularly in the life sciences industry, including as a result of customer mergers; (x) our ability to attract and retain highly skilled employees and manage our growth effectively; (xi) a decline in new subscriptions that may not be immediately reflected in our operating results due to the ratable recognition of our subscription revenue; and (xii) pending, threatened, or future legal proceedings and related expenses.

Additional risks and uncertainties that could affect Veeva’s financial results are included under the captions, “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in the company’s filing on Form 10-Q for the period ended April 30, 2018. This is available on the company’s website at veeva.com under the Investors section and on the SEC’s website at sec.gov. Further information on potential risks that could affect actual results will be included in other filings Veeva makes with the SEC from time to time.

VEEVA SYSTEMS INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)
July 31, January 31,
2018 2018
*As adjusted
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents $ 511,735 $ 320,183
Short-term investments 498,690 441,779
Accounts receivable, net 111,795 224,668
Unbilled accounts receivable 14,777 13,348
Prepaid expenses and other current assets 15,361 12,443
Total current assets 1,152,358 1,012,421
Property and equipment, net 50,705 52,284
Deferred costs, net 28,126 30,306
Goodwill 95,804 95,804
Intangible assets, net 27,854 31,490
Deferred income taxes, noncurrent 3,468 2,222
Other long-term assets 6,277 5,806
Total assets $ 1,364,592 $ 1,230,333
Liabilities and stockholders’ equity
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable $ 7,661 $ 6,944
Accrued compensation and benefits 14,113 17,054
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities 11,989 13,152
Income tax payable 1,725 2,080
Deferred revenue 259,170 266,939
Total current liabilities 294,658 306,169
Deferred income taxes, noncurrent 12,309 10,949
Other long-term liabilities 7,249 6,977
Total liabilities 314,216 324,095
Stockholders’ equity:
Class A common stock 1 1
Class B common stock
Additional paid-in capital 566,533 515,272
Accumulated other comprehensive income (119 ) 1,600
Retained earnings 483,961 389,365
Total stockholders’ equity 1,050,376 906,238
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity $ 1,364,592 $ 1,230,333

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* Prior-period information has been restated for the adoption of ASU 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers” (Topic 606), and ASU 2018-02, “Reclassification of Certain Tax Effects from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income,” both of which were adopted on February 1, 2018.

VEEVA SYSTEMS INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(In thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)

Three months endedJuly 31,

Six months endedJuly 31,

2018 2017 2018 2017
*As adjusted *As adjusted
Revenues:
Subscription services $ 169,592 $ 135,550 $ 325,595 $ 264,681
Professional services and other 40,017 32,245 79,561 62,886
Total revenues 209,609 167,795 405,156 327,567
Cost of revenues(3):
Cost of subscription services 29,146 26,800 59,059 52,938
Cost of professional services and other 30,080 23,600 60,322 46,339
Total cost of revenues 59,226 50,400 119,381 99,277
Gross profit 150,383 117,395 285,775 228,290
Operating expenses(3):
Research and development 38,826 32,678 76,023 60,989
Sales and marketing 38,222 32,070 72,607 62,211
General and administrative 20,517 14,580 40,371 28,160

Total operating expenses

97,565 79,328 189,001 151,360
Operating income 52,818 38,067 96,774 76,930
Other income, net 3,342 2,858 5,481 3,449
Income before income taxes 56,160 40,925 102,255 80,379
Provision for income taxes 5,874 2,323 7,659 4,781
Net income $ 50,286 $ 38,602 $ 94,596 $ 75,598
Net income attributable to common stockholders, basic and diluted: $ 50,286 $ 38,602 $ 94,596 $ 75,598
Net income per share attributable to common stockholders:
Basic $ 0.35 $ 0.28 $ 0.66 $ 0.54
Diluted $ 0.32 $ 0.25 $ 0.61 $ 0.49
Weighted-average shares used to compute net income per share

attributable to common stockholders:

Basic 143,748 140,010 143,271 139,351
Diluted 155,416 153,778 155,227 153,301
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale investments $ 357 $ 34 $ 662 $ (72 )
Net change in cumulative foreign currency translation gain (loss) (1,572 ) 327 (2,381 ) 1,232
Comprehensive income $ 49,071 $ 38,963 $ 92,877 $ 76,758

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(3) Includes stock-based compensation as follows:
Cost of revenues:
Cost of subscription services $ 416 $ 376 $ 761 $ 718
Cost of professional services and other 2,657 2,133 4,985 3,822
Research and development 5,795 4,349 10,462 8,151
Sales and marketing 4,830 4,173 8,918 8,020
General and administrative 6,020 2,349 11,603 4,457
Total stock-based compensation $ 19,718 $ 13,380 $ 36,729 $ 25,168

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* Prior-period information has been restated for the adoption of ASU 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers” (Topic 606), which was adopted on February 1, 2018.

VEEVA SYSTEMS INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)

Three months endedJuly 31,

Six months endedJuly 31,

2018 2017 2018 2017
*As adjusted *As adjusted
Cash flows from operating activities
Net income $ 50,286 $ 38,602 $ 94,596 $ 75,598

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

Depreciation and amortization 3,498 3,571 7,094 7,020
Amortization of premiums (accretion of discount) on short-term investments (353 ) 386 (532 ) 842
Stock-based compensation 19,718 13,380 36,729 25,168
Amortization of deferred costs 4,583 4,087 9,102 8,135
Deferred income taxes 868 (296 ) 818 (943 )
(Gain) Loss on foreign currency from market-to-market derivative (186 ) 204 (163 ) 253
Bad debt expense (recovery) (58 ) (198 ) 178 (206 )

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

Accounts receivable 43,103 16,345 112,695 87,149
Unbilled accounts receivable 2,858 7,453 (1,429 ) (479 )
Deferred costs (3,371 ) (4,046 ) (6,922 ) (7,763 )
Income taxes 1,992 483 (504 ) (2,062 )
Other current and long-term assets (2,796 ) 331 (3,509 ) (1,160 )
Accounts payable (1,443 ) 700 538 244
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities (1,540 ) (361 ) (4,104 ) 544
Deferred revenue (30,406 ) (24,250 ) (7,756 ) 5,161
Other long-term liabilities 60 1,215 567 2,266
Net cash provided by operating activities 86,813 57,606 237,398 199,767
Cash flows from investing activities
Purchases of short-term investments (181,069 ) (87,202 ) (374,231 ) (143,451 )
Maturities and sales of short-term investments 141,266 69,681 317,810 128,377
Purchases of property and equipment (686 ) (2,535 ) (1,395 ) (6,495 )
Capitalized internal-use software development costs (284 ) (242 ) (514 ) (1,033 )
Net cash used in investing activities (40,773 ) (20,298 ) (58,330 ) (22,602 )
Cash flows from financing activities
Proceeds from exercise of common stock options 7,022 6,131 14,861 13,416
Net cash provided by financing activities 7,022 6,131 14,861 13,416
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash (1,565 ) 327 (2,376 ) 1,240
Net change in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash 51,497 43,766 191,553 191,821
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at beginning of period 461,443 366,662 321,387 218,607
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at end of period $ 512,940 $ 410,428 $ 512,940 $ 410,428

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* Prior-period information has been restated for the adoption of ASU 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers” (Topic 606), and ASU 2016-18, “Statement of Cash Flows, Restricted Cash,” both of which were adopted on February 1, 2018.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

In Veeva’s public disclosures, Veeva has provided non-GAAP measures, which it defines as financial information that has not been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, or GAAP. In addition to its GAAP measures, Veeva uses these non-GAAP financial measures internally for budgeting and resource allocation purposes and in analyzing its financial results. For the reasons set forth below, Veeva believes that excluding the following items from its non-GAAP financial measures provides information that is helpful in understanding its operating results, evaluating its future prospects, comparing its financial results across accounting periods, and comparing its financial results to its peers, many of which provide similar non-GAAP financial measures.

There are limitations to using non-GAAP financial measures because non-GAAP financial measures are not prepared in accordance with GAAP and may be different from non-GAAP financial measures provided by other companies. The non-GAAP financial measures are limited in value because they exclude certain items that may have a material impact upon our reported financial results. In addition, they are subject to inherent limitations as they reflect the exercise of judgments by Veeva’s management about which items are adjusted to calculate its non-GAAP financial measures. Veeva compensates for these limitations by analyzing current and future results on a GAAP basis as well as a non-GAAP basis and also by providing GAAP measures in its public disclosures.

Non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered in isolation from, or as a substitute for, financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP. Veeva encourages its investors and others to review its financial information in its entirety, not to rely on any single financial measure to evaluate its business, and to view its non-GAAP financial measures in conjunction with the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures. A reconciliation of GAAP to the non-GAAP financial measures has been provided in the tables below.

The following tables reconcile the specific items excluded from GAAP metrics in the calculation of non-GAAP metrics for the periods shown below:

VEEVA SYSTEMS INC.
RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES
(Dollars in thousands)
(Unaudited)

Three months endedJuly 31,

Six months endedJuly 31,

2018 2017 2018 2017
*As adjusted *As adjusted
Cost of subscription services revenues on a GAAP basis $ 29,146 $ 26,800 $ 59,059 $ 52,938
Stock-based compensation expense (416 ) (376 ) (761 ) (718 )
Amortization of purchased intangibles (806 ) (1,009 ) (1,707 ) (2,064 )
Amortization of internal-use software (154 ) (159 ) (310 ) (280 )
Cost of subscription services revenues on a non-GAAP basis $ 27,770 $ 25,256 $ 56,281 $ 49,876
Gross margin on subscription services revenues on a GAAP basis 82.8 % 80.2 % 81.9 % 80.0 %
Stock-based compensation expense 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.3
Amortization of purchased intangibles 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.8
Amortization of internal-use software 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Gross margin on subscription services revenues on a non-GAAP basis 83.6 % 81.4 % 82.7 % 81.2 %
Cost of professional services and other revenues on a GAAP basis $ 30,080 $ 23,600 $ 60,322 $ 46,339
Stock-based compensation expense (2,657 ) (2,133 ) (4,985 ) (3,822 )
Deferred compensation associated with Zinc Ahead acquisition (5 ) (5 ) (10 ) (11 )
Cost of professional services and other revenues on a non-GAAP basis $ 27,418 $ 21,462 $ 55,327 $ 42,506
Gross margin on professional services and other revenues on a GAAP basis 24.8 % 26.8 % 24.2 % 26.3 %
Stock-based compensation expense 6.7 6.6 6.3 6.1
Gross margin on professional services and other revenues on a non-GAAP basis 31.5 % 33.4 % 30.5 % 32.4 %
Gross profit on a GAAP basis $ 150,383 $ 117,395 $ 285,775 $ 228,290
Stock-based compensation expense 3,073 2,509 5,746 4,540
Amortization of purchased intangibles 806 1,009 1,707 2,064
Amortization of internal-use software 154 159 310 280
Deferred compensation associated with Zinc Ahead acquisition 5 5 10 11
Gross profit on a non-GAAP basis $ 154,421 $ 121,077 $ 293,548 $ 235,185
Gross margin on total revenues on a GAAP basis 71.7 % 70.0 % 70.5 % 69.7 %
Stock-based compensation expense 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.4
Amortization of purchased intangibles 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.6
Amortization of internal-use software 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Gross margin on total revenues on a non-GAAP basis 73.7 % 72.2 % 72.5 % 71.8 %
Research and development expense on a GAAP basis $ 38,826 $ 32,678 $ 76,023 $ 60,989
Stock-based compensation expense (5,795 ) (4,349 ) (10,462 ) (8,151 )
Capitalization of internal-use software 284 243 514 1,033
Deferred compensation associated with Zinc Ahead acquisition (109 ) (109 ) (218 ) (218 )
Research and development expense on a non-GAAP basis $ 33,206 $ 28,463 $ 65,857 $ 53,653
Sales and marketing expense on a GAAP basis $ 38,222 $ 32,070 $ 72,607 $ 62,211
Stock-based compensation expense (4,830 ) (4,173 ) (8,918 ) (8,020 )
Amortization of purchased intangibles (977 ) (977 ) (1,924 ) (1,924 )
Deferred compensation associated with Zinc Ahead acquisition (15 ) (12 ) (30 ) (30 )
Sales and marketing expense on a non-GAAP basis $ 32,400 $ 26,908 $ 61,735 $ 52,237
General and administrative expense on a GAAP basis $ 20,517 $ 14,580 $ 40,371 $ 28,160
Stock-based compensation expense (6,020 ) (2,349 ) (11,603 ) (4,457 )
Deferred compensation associated with Zinc Ahead acquisition (4 ) (8 )
General and administrative expense on a non-GAAP basis $ 14,497 $ 12,227 $ 28,768 $ 23,695

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* Prior-period information has been restated for the adoption of ASU 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers” (Topic 606), which was adopted on February 1, 2018.

VEEVA SYSTEMS INC.
RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES (continued)
(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)

Three months endedJuly 31,

Six months endedJuly 31,

2018 2017 2018 2017
*As adjusted *As adjusted
Operating expense on a GAAP basis $ 97,565 $ 79,328 $ 189,001 $ 151,360
Stock-based compensation expense (16,645 ) (10,871 ) (30,983 ) (20,628 )
Amortization of purchased intangibles (977 ) (977 ) (1,924 ) (1,924 )
Capitalization of internal-use software 284 243 514 1,033
Deferred compensation associated with Zinc Ahead acquisition (124 ) (125 ) (248 ) (256 )
Operating expense on a non-GAAP basis $ 80,103 $ 67,598 $ 156,360 $ 129,585
Operating income on a GAAP basis $ 52,818 $ 38,067 $ 96,774 $ 76,930
Stock-based compensation expense 19,718 13,380 36,729 25,168
Amortization of purchased intangibles 1,783 1,986 3,631 3,988
Capitalization of internal-use software (284 ) (243 ) (514 ) (1,033 )
Amortization of internal-use software 154 159 310 280
Deferred compensation associated with Zinc Ahead acquisition 129 130 258 267
Operating income on a non-GAAP basis $ 74,318 $ 53,479 $ 137,188 $ 105,600
Operating margin on a GAAP basis 25.2 % 22.7 % 23.9 % 23.5 %
Stock-based compensation expense 9.4 7.9 9.0 7.6
Amortization of purchased intangibles 0.8 1.2 0.9 1.2
Capitalization of internal-use software (0.1 ) (0.1 ) (0.1 ) (0.3 )
Amortization of internal-use software 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Deferred compensation associated with Zinc Ahead acquisition 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Operating margin on a non-GAAP basis 35.5 % 31.9 % 33.9 % 32.2 %
Net income on a GAAP basis $ 50,286 $ 38,602 $ 94,596 $ 75,598
Stock-based compensation expense 19,718 13,380 36,729 25,168
Amortization of purchased intangibles 1,783 1,986 3,631 3,988
Capitalization of internal-use software (284 ) (243 ) (514 ) (1,033 )
Amortization of internal-use software 154 159 310 280
Deferred compensation associated with Zinc Ahead acquisition 129 130 258 267
Income tax effect on non-GAAP adjustments(1) (10,435 ) (17,395 ) (22,302 ) (33,386 )
Net income on a non-GAAP basis $ 61,351 $ 36,619 $ 112,708 $ 70,882
Diluted net income per share on a GAAP basis $ 0.32 $ 0.25 $ 0.61 $ 0.49
Stock-based compensation expense 0.13 0.09 0.24 0.16
Amortization of purchased intangibles 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.03
Capitalization of internal-use software (0.01 )
Amortization of internal-use software
Deferred compensation associated with Zinc Ahead acquisition
Income tax effect on non-GAAP adjustments(1) (0.07 ) (0.11 ) (0.14 ) (0.21 )
Diluted net income per share on a non-GAAP basis $ 0.39 $ 0.24 $ 0.73 $ 0.46

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* Prior-period information has been restated for the adoption of ASU 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers” (Topic 606), which was adopted on February 1, 2018.

(1) For the three and six months ended July 31, 2018, management used an estimated annual effective non-GAAP tax rate of 21.0%. In the same period last year, management used an estimated annual effective non-GAAP tax rate of 35.0%.

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