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Veeva Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2019 Results

February 26, 2019 4:06 PM

Fiscal Year 2019 Total Revenues of $862.2M, up 25% Year-over-year;

Q4 Total Revenues of $232.3M, up 25% Year-over-year

Fiscal Year 2019 Subscription Services Revenues of $694.5M, up 24% Year-over-year;

Q4 Subscription Services Revenues of $190.7M, 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 fourth quarter and full year ended January 31, 2019. All results, including prior periods, and guidance reflect the new revenue recognition standard ASC�606.

“It was a great finish to another remarkable year,” said CEO Peter Gassner. “Our focus on innovation, customer success, and consistent execution sets the stage for strong organic growth for Veeva over the long-term.”

Fiscal 2019 Fourth Quarter Results:

Fiscal Year 2019 Results:

“We had an outstanding quarter with strong top and bottom line results that exceeded our guidance,” said CFO Tim Cabral. “Veeva Commercial Cloud had one of its best quarters ever and Veeva Vault set a new bookings record. This outperformance fuels our outlook for strong growth and profitability in the coming year.”

Recent Highlights:

Financial Outlook:

Veeva is providing guidance for its fiscal first quarter ending April 30, 2019 as follows:

Veeva is providing guidance for its fiscal year ending January 31, 2020 as follows:

Conference Call Information:

What: Veeva’s Fiscal 2019 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Results Conference Call
When: Tuesday, February 26, 2019
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 107 3019
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) We calculate our annual subscription services revenue retention rate for a particular fiscal year by dividing (i) annualized subscription revenue as of the last day of that fiscal year from those customers that were also customers as of the last day of the prior fiscal year by (ii) the annualized subscription revenue from all customers as of the last day of the prior fiscal year. Annualized subscription revenue is calculated by taking the committed annual revenue as of the last day of the fiscal quarter. This calculation includes the impact on our revenues from customer non-renewals, deployments of additional users or decreases in users, deployments of additional solutions or discontinued use of solutions by our customers, and price changes for our solutions.

(3) The combined customer counts for Veeva Commercial Cloud and Veeva Vault exceed the total customer count in each year because some customers subscribe to products in both areas. Veeva Commercial Cloud customers are those customers that have at least one of the following products: Veeva CRM, Veeva CLM, Veeva CRM Approved Email, Veeva CRM Engage, Veeva Align, Veeva CRM Events Management, Veeva OpenData, Veeva Oncology Link, Veeva Network Customer Master and Veeva Network Product Master. Veeva Vault customers are those customers that have at least one Vault product.

(4) Veeva is not able, at this time, to provide GAAP targets for operating income and fully diluted net income per share for the first fiscal quarter ending April 30, 2019 or fiscal year ending January 31, 2020 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 700 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 October 31, 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)

January 31, January 31,
2019 2018
*As adjusted
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents $ 550,971 $ 320,183
Short-term investments 539,190 441,779
Accounts receivable, net 303,465 224,668
Unbilled accounts receivable 18,122 13,348
Prepaid expenses and other current assets 21,666 12,443
Total current assets 1,433,414 1,012,421
Property and equipment, net 54,966 52,284
Deferred costs, net 30,869 30,306
Goodwill 95,804 95,804
Intangible assets, net 24,521 31,490
Deferred income taxes, noncurrent 5,938 2,222
Other long-term assets 8,254 5,806
Total assets $ 1,653,766 $ 1,230,333

Liabilities and stockholders’ equity

Current liabilities:
Accounts payable $ 9,110 $ 6,944
Accrued compensation and benefits 15,324 17,054
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities 16,145 13,152
Income tax payable 4,086 2,080
Deferred revenue 356,357 266,939
Total current liabilities 401,022 306,169
Deferred income taxes, noncurrent 6,095 10,949
Other long-term liabilities 8,900 6,977
Total liabilities 416,017 324,095
Stockholders’ equity:
Class A common stock 1 1
Class B common stock
Additional paid-in capital 617,623 515,272
Accumulated other comprehensive income 928 1,600
Retained earnings 619,197 389,365
Total stockholders’ equity 1,237,749 906,238

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

$ 1,653,766 $ 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 ended
January 31,

Fiscal year ended
January 31,

2019 2018 2019 2018

*As adjusted

*As adjusted
Revenues:
Subscription services $ 190,658 $ 151,951 $ 694,467 $ 559,434
Professional services and other 41,665 34,033 167,743 131,125
Total revenues 232,323 185,984 862,210 690,559

Cost of revenues(5):

Cost of subscription services 29,615 29,769 117,009 110,465
Cost of professional services and other 34,911 29,142 128,272 100,957
Total cost of revenues 64,526 58,911 245,281 211,422
Gross profit 167,797 127,073 616,929 479,137

Operating expenses(5):

Research and development 42,759 36,993 158,783 132,017
Sales and marketing 38,561 34,678 148,867 128,781
General and administrative 23,479 16,898 86,413 60,410
Total operating expenses 104,799 88,569 394,063 321,208
Operating income 62,998 38,504 222,866 157,929
Other income, net 5,690 3,034 15,777 7,842
Income before income taxes 68,688 41,538 238,643 165,771

Provision for (benefit from) income taxes

(2,463 ) 884 8,811 14,594

Net income

$ 71,151 $ 40,654 $ 229,832 $ 151,177

Net income attributable to common stockholders, basic and diluted:

$ 71,151 $ 40,654 $ 229,832 $ 151,177

Net income per share attributable to common stockholders:

Basic $ 0.49 $ 0.29 $ 1.59 $ 1.08
Diluted $ 0.45 $ 0.26 $ 1.47 $ 0.98

Weighted-average shares used to compute net income per share attributable to common stockholders:

Basic 145,667 141,652 144,244 140,311

Diluted

156,935 154,467 156,117 153,681

Other comprehensive income (loss):

Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale investments

$ 714 $ (1,283 ) $ 1,409 $ (1,598 )

Net change in cumulative foreign currency translation gain (loss)

1,453 1,860 (2,081 ) 3,086

Comprehensive income

$ 73,318 $ 41,231 $ 229,160 $ 152,665

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(5) Includes stock-based compensation as follows:

Cost of revenues:

Cost of subscription services

$

387

$

353

$

1,553

$

1,448

Cost of professional services and other

2,808

2,366

10,575

8,476

Research and development

5,856

4,866

22,138

17,782

Sales and marketing

4,638

4,138

18,381

16,288

General and administrative

6,089

3,140

23,778

10,055

Total stock-based compensation

$

19,778

$

14,863

$

76,425

$

54,049

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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 ended
January 31,

Fiscal year ended
January 31,

2019 2018 2019 2018
*As adjusted *As adjusted
Cash flows from operating activities
Net income $ 71,151 $ 40,654 $ 229,832 $ 151,177

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

Depreciation and amortization 3,594 3,656 14,071 14,277

Amortization of premiums (accretion of discount) on short-term investments

(1,051 ) 182 (2,431 ) 1,389
Stock-based compensation 19,778 14,863 76,425 54,049
Amortization of deferred costs 4,681 4,309 18,378 16,647
Deferred income taxes (10,733 ) 2,196 (8,091 ) 1,209

(Gain) Loss on foreign currency from market-to-market derivative

5 146 (177 ) 265
Bad debt expense (recovery) (64 ) 27 198 (242 )

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

Accounts receivable (213,348 ) (158,271 ) (78,995 ) (47,799 )
Unbilled accounts receivable 1,867 1,002 (4,774 ) (4,329 )
Deferred costs (7,515 ) (6,862 ) (18,941 ) (18,795 )
Income taxes 112 (6,583 ) 637 (2,520 )
Other current and long-term assets (1,035 ) (943 ) (10,562 ) (2,493 )
Accounts payable (1,698 ) (321 ) 1,822 1,396

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities

4,661 5,200 963 7,149
Deferred revenue 160,032 100,814 89,416 58,240
Other long-term liabilities 1,436 1,368 3,056 3,818

Net cash provided by operating activities

31,873 1,437 310,827 233,438

Cash flows from investing activities

Purchases of short-term investments (137,309 ) (87,139 ) (726,379 ) (437,858 )
Maturities and sales of short-term investments 184,382 91,522 632,329 294,705
Purchases of property and equipment (2,882 ) (1,503 ) (8,440 ) (9,633 )
Capitalized internal-use software development costs (370 ) (400 ) (1,379 ) (1,734 )

Net cash used in investing activities

43,821 2,480 (103,869 ) (154,520 )

Cash flows from financing activities

Proceeds from exercise of common stock options

6,182 3,610 25,910 20,773
Net cash provided by financing activities 6,182 3,610 25,910 20,773

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash

1,453 1,861 (2,077 ) 3,089

Net change in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash

83,329 9,388 230,791 102,780

Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at beginning of period

468,849 311,999 321,387 218,607

Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at end of period

$ 552,178 $ 321,387 $ 552,178 $ 321,387

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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 ended
January 31,

Fiscal year ended
January 31,

2019 2018 2019 2018
*As adjusted *As adjusted

Cost of subscription services revenues on a GAAP basis

$ 29,615 $ 29,769 $ 117,009 $ 110,465
Stock-based compensation expense (387 ) (353 ) (1,553 ) (1,448 )
Amortization of purchased intangibles (690 ) (924 ) (3,087 ) (3,911 )
Amortization of internal-use software (246 ) (166 ) (704 ) (619 )
Cost of subscription services revenues on a non-GAAP basis $ 28,292 $ 28,326 $ 111,665 $ 104,487
Gross margin on subscription services revenues on a GAAP basis 84.5 % 80.4 % 83.2 % 80.3 %
Stock-based compensation expense 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Amortization of purchased intangibles 0.4 0.7 0.4 0.7
Amortization of internal-use software 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

Gross margin on subscription services revenues on a non-GAAP basis

85.2 % 81.4 % 83.9 % 81.3 %

Cost of professional services and other revenues on a GAAP basis

$ 34,911 $ 29,142 $ 128,272 $ 100,957

Stock-based compensation expense

(2,808 ) (2,366 ) (10,575 ) (8,476 )

Deferred compensation associated with Zinc Ahead acquisition

(6 ) (14 ) (22 )

Cost of professional services and other revenues on a non-GAAP basis

$ 32,103 $ 26,770 $ 117,683 $ 92,459

Gross margin on professional services and other revenues on a GAAP basis

16.2 % 14.4 % 23.5 % 23.0 %
Stock-based compensation expense 6.8 6.9 6.3 6.5

Gross margin on professional services and other revenues on a non-GAAP basis

22.9 % 21.3 % 29.8 % 29.5 %
Gross profit on a GAAP basis $ 167,797 $ 127,073 $ 616,929 $ 479,137
Stock-based compensation expense 3,195 2,719 12,128 9,924
Amortization of purchased intangibles 690 924 3,087 3,911
Amortization of internal-use software 246 166 704 619

Deferred compensation associated with Zinc Ahead acquisition

6 14 22
Gross profit on a non-GAAP basis $ 171,928 $ 130,888 $ 632,862 $ 493,613
Gross margin on total revenues on a GAAP basis 72.2 % 68.3 % 71.6 % 69.4 %
Stock-based compensation expense 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.4
Amortization of purchased intangibles 0.3 0.5 0.3 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 74.0 % 70.4 % 73.4 % 71.5 %
Research and development expense on a GAAP basis $ 42,759 $ 36,993 $ 158,783 $ 132,017
Stock-based compensation expense (5,856 ) (4,866 ) (22,138 ) (17,782 )
Capitalization of internal-use software 370 400 1,378 1,733

Deferred compensation associated with Zinc Ahead acquisition

(108 ) (289 ) (435 )
Research and development expense on a non-GAAP basis $ 37,273 $ 32,419 $ 137,734 $ 115,533
Sales and marketing expense on a GAAP basis $ 38,561 $ 34,678 $ 148,867 $ 128,781
Stock-based compensation expense (4,638 ) (4,138 ) (18,381 ) (16,288 )
Amortization of purchased intangibles (977 ) (977 ) (3,878 ) (3,879 )
Deferred compensation associated with Zinc Ahead acquisition (17 ) (40 ) (60 )
Sales and marketing expense on a non-GAAP basis $ 32,946 $ 29,546 $ 126,568 $ 108,554
General and administrative expense on a GAAP basis $ 23,479 $ 16,898 $ 86,413 $ 60,410
Stock-based compensation expense (6,089 ) (3,140 ) (23,778 ) (10,055 )
Deferred compensation associated with Zinc Ahead acquisition (3 ) (15 )
General and administrative expense on a non-GAAP basis $ 17,390 $ 13,755 $ 62,635 $ 50,340

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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 ended
January 31,

Fiscal year ended
January 31,

2019 2018 2019 2018

*As adjusted

*As adjusted
Operating expense on a GAAP basis $ 104,799 $ 88,569 $ 394,063 $ 321,208
Stock-based compensation expense (16,583 ) (12,144 ) (64,297 ) (44,125 )
Amortization of purchased intangibles (977 ) (977 ) (3,878 ) (3,879 )
Capitalization of internal-use software 370 400 1,378 1,733

Deferred compensation associated with Zinc Ahead acquisition

(128 ) (329 ) (510 )
Operating expense on a non-GAAP basis $ 87,609 $ 75,720 $ 326,937 $ 274,427
Operating income on a GAAP basis $ 62,998 $ 38,504 $ 222,866 $ 157,929
Stock-based compensation expense 19,778 14,863 76,425 54,049
Amortization of purchased intangibles 1,667 1,901 6,965 7,790
Capitalization of internal-use software (370 ) (400 ) (1,378 ) (1,733 )
Amortization of internal-use software 246 166 704 619
Deferred compensation associated with Zinc Ahead acquisition 134 343 532
Operating income on a non-GAAP basis $ 84,319 $ 55,168 $ 305,925 $ 219,186
Operating margin on a GAAP basis 27.1 % 20.7 % 25.8 % 22.9 %
Stock-based compensation expense 8.5 8.0 8.9 7.7
Amortization of purchased intangibles 0.7 1.0 0.8 1.1
Capitalization of internal-use software (0.1 ) (0.2 ) (0.1 ) (0.2 )
Amortization of internal-use software 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Deferred compensation associated with Zinc Ahead acquisition 0.1 0.1
Operating margin on a non-GAAP basis 36.3 % 29.7 % 35.5 % 31.7 %
Net income on a GAAP basis $ 71,151 $ 40,654 $ 229,832 $ 151,177
Stock-based compensation expense 19,778 14,863 76,425 54,049
Amortization of purchased intangibles 1,667 1,901 6,965 7,790
Capitalization of internal-use software (370 ) (400 ) (1,378 ) (1,733 )
Amortization of internal-use software 246 166 704 619
Deferred compensation associated with Zinc Ahead acquisition 134 343 532
Income tax effect on non-GAAP adjustments(1) (21,365 ) (19,487 ) (58,747 ) (64,866 )
Net income on a non-GAAP basis $ 71,107 $ 37,831 $ 254,144 $ 147,568
Diluted net income per share on a GAAP basis $ 0.45 $ 0.26 $ 1.47 $ 0.98
Stock-based compensation expense 0.13 0.10 0.49 0.35
Amortization of purchased intangibles 0.01 0.01 0.05 0.05
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) (0.14 ) (0.13 ) (0.38 ) (0.41 )
Diluted net income per share on a non-GAAP basis $ 0.45 $ 0.24 $ 1.63 $ 0.96

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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 months and year ended January 31, 2019, 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%.

Investor Relations Contact:

Rick Lund

Veeva Systems Inc.

925-271-9816

[email protected]

Media Contact:

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Veeva Systems Inc.

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