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Alarm.com Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2018 Results

February 28, 2019 4:06 PM

-- Fourth Quarter SaaS and License Revenue increased 19% year-over-year to $77.8 million ---- Fourth Quarter Total Revenue increased 25% year-over-year to $111.4 million ---- Fourth Quarter GAAP Net Income increased to $7.9 million, compared to $0.3 million for the fourth quarter 2017 ---- Fourth Quarter Non-GAAP Adjusted Net Income increased to $14.5 million, compared to $13.0 million for the fourth quarter 2017 --

TYSONS, Va., Feb. 28, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Alarm.com Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALRM), the leading platform for the intelligently connected property, today reported financial results for its fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2018. Alarm.com also provided its financial outlook for SaaS and license revenue for the first quarter of 2019 and guidance for the full year 2019.

“We’re pleased to report solid results for the quarter and the year thanks to the continued support and performance of our service provider partners and our employees,” said Steve Trundle, President and CEO of Alarm.com. “As we look ahead to 2019, we will continue to focus on bringing innovative solutions to our global base of service provider partners to address the secure, connected property markets.”

Fourth Quarter 2018 Financial Results as Compared to Fourth Quarter 2017

Full Year 2018 Financial Results as Compared to Full Year 2017

Balance Sheet and Cash Flow

Recent Business Highlights

Financial Outlook

Alarm.com is providing its outlook for SaaS and license revenue for the first quarter of 2019 and its guidance for the full year 2019.

For the first quarter of 2019:

For the full year 2019:

Conference Call and Webcast Information

Alarm.com will host a conference call to discuss its fourth quarter and full year 2018 financial results and its outlook for the first quarter and full year 2019. A live audio webcast is scheduled to begin at 4:30 p.m. ET on February 28, 2019. To participate on the live call, analysts and investors should dial 866.588.3290 (U.S./Canada) or 262.558.6169 (International) at least ten minutes prior to the start time of the call. A telephonic replay of the call will be available through March 8, 2019 by dialing 855.859.2056 (U.S./Canada) or 404.537.3406 (International) and providing Conference ID: 6967557. Alarm.com will also offer a live and archived webcast of the conference call accessible via Alarm.com’s Investor Relations website at http://investors.alarm.com.

About Alarm.com Holdings, Inc.

Alarm.com is the leading platform for the intelligently connected property. Millions of people depend on Alarm.com's technology to monitor and control their property from anywhere. Centered on security and remote monitoring, our platform addresses a wide range of market needs and enables application-based control for a growing variety of Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Our security, video monitoring, intelligent automation and energy management solutions are available through our network of thousands of professional service providers in North America and around the globe. Alarm.com's common stock is traded on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol ALRM. For more information, please visit www.alarm.com.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

To supplement our consolidated selected financial data presented on a basis consistent with GAAP, this press release contains certain non-GAAP financial measures, including adjusted EBITDA, non-GAAP adjusted income before income taxes, non-GAAP adjusted net income, non-GAAP adjusted income attributable to common stockholders before income taxes, non-GAAP adjusted net income attributable to common stockholders, non-GAAP adjusted net income per share and free cash flow. We have included non-GAAP measures in this press release because they are financial, operating or liquidity measures used by our management to (i) understand and evaluate our core operating performance and trends and generate future operating plans, (ii) make strategic decisions regarding the allocation of capital and investments in initiatives that are focused on cultivating new markets for our solutions and (iii) provide useful information to management about the amount of cash generated by the business after necessary capital expenditures. We also use certain non-GAAP financial measures, including adjusted EBITDA, as performance measures under our executive bonus plan. Further, we believe that these non-GAAP measures of our financial results provide useful information to investors and others in understanding and evaluating our results of operations, business trends and financial condition. While we believe the use of these non-GAAP measures provides useful information to investors and management in analyzing our financial performance, non-GAAP measures have inherent limitations in that they do not reflect all of the amounts and transactions that are included in our financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP. Non-GAAP measures do not serve as an alternative to GAAP nor do we consider our non-GAAP measures in isolation, accordingly we present non-GAAP financial measures only in connection with GAAP results. We urge investors to consider non-GAAP measures only in conjunction with our GAAP financials and to review the reconciliation of our non-GAAP financial measures to the comparable GAAP financial measures, which are included in this press release.

We consider free cash flow to be a liquidity measure, which we define as cash flows from operating activities less purchases of property and equipment.

With respect to our expectations under “Financial Outlook” above, reconciliation of adjusted EBITDA and adjusted net income guidance to the closest corresponding GAAP measure is not available without unreasonable efforts on a forward-looking basis due to the high variability, complexity and low visibility with respect to the charges excluded from these non-GAAP measures, in particular, non-ordinary course litigation expense, acquisition-related expense and tax windfall adjustments can have unpredictable fluctuations based on unforeseen activity that is out of our control and/or cannot reasonably be predicted. We expect the above charges to have a significant and potentially highly variable impact on our future GAAP financial results.

We exclude one or more of the following items from non-GAAP financial and operating measures:

Stock-based compensation expense: We exclude stock-based compensation expense, which relates to stock options and other forms of equity incentives primarily awarded to employees of Alarm.com, because they are non-cash charges that we do not consider when assessing the operating performance of our business. Additionally, the determination of stock-based compensation expense can be calculated using various methodologies and is dependent upon subjective assumptions and other factors that vary on a company by company basis. Therefore, we believe that excluding stock-based compensation from our non-GAAP financial measures improves the comparability of our results to the results of other companies in our industry.

Litigation expense: We exclude non-ordinary course litigation expense because we do not consider legal costs and settlement fees incurred in litigation and litigation-related matters of non-ordinary course lawsuits and other disputes, particularly costs incurred in ongoing intellectual property litigation, to be indicative of our core operating performance. We do not adjust for ordinary course legal expenses, including those expenses resulting from maintaining and enforcing our intellectual property portfolio and license agreements.

Acquisition-related expense: Included in operating expenses are external incremental costs directly related to completing the acquisition and integration of the Connect and Piper business units from Icontrol Networks, Inc. We exclude acquisition-related expense from our non-GAAP financial measures because we believe it is useful for investors to understand the effects of this transaction and its integration costs on our total operating expenses.

Depreciation expense: We record depreciation primarily for investments in property and equipment. We exclude depreciation in calculating adjusted EBITDA because we do not consider depreciation when we evaluate our ongoing business operations. For non-GAAP adjusted net income, non-GAAP adjusted net income attributable to common stockholders and non-GAAP adjusted net income per share, basic and diluted, we do not exclude depreciation.

Amortization expense: GAAP requires that operating expenses include the amortization of acquired intangible assets, which principally include acquired customer relationships, developed technology and trade names. We exclude amortization of intangibles from our non-GAAP financial measures because we do not consider amortization expense when we evaluate our ongoing business operations, nor do we factor amortization expense into our evaluation of potential acquisitions, or our measurement of the performance of those acquisitions. We believe that the exclusion of amortization expense enables the comparison of our performance to other companies in our industry as other companies may be more or less acquisitive than us and therefore, amortization expense may vary significantly by company based on their acquisition history.

Interest expense: We record interest expense primarily related to our debt facility. We exclude interest expense in calculating our adjusted EBITDA calculation. For non-GAAP adjusted net income, non-GAAP adjusted net income attributable to common stockholders and non-GAAP adjusted net income per share, basic and diluted, we do not exclude interest expense.

Other income, net: We exclude other income, net from our non-GAAP financial measures because we do not consider it part of our ongoing results of operations.

Income taxes: We exclude the impact related to our provision for income taxes from our adjusted EBITDA calculation. We do not consider this tax adjustment to be part of our ongoing results of operations.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements may be identified by their use of terms and phrases such as “anticipate,” “expect,” “will,” “believe,” “continue,” “enable” and other similar terms and phrases, and such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the statements regarding the Company’s continued enhancements of its platform and integrations, introduction of new product offerings, the opportunity created by new partnerships and the Company’s future financial performance for the first quarter and full year 2019. The events described in these forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results anticipated by these forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to: the Company’s ability to retain service provider partners and residential and commercial subscribers and grow sales, the Company’s ability to manage growth and execute on its business strategies, the effects of increased competition and evolving technologies, the Company’s ability to integrate acquired assets and businesses and to manage service provider partners, customers and employees, consumer demand for interactive security, video monitoring, intelligent automation, energy management and wellness solutions, the reliability of the Company’s network operations centers, the Company’s reliance on its service provider network to attract new customers and retain existing customers, the reliability of the Company’s hardware and wireless network suppliers, future financial prospects, as well as other risks and uncertainties discussed in the “Risk Factors” section of the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 7, 2018 and other subsequent filings the Company makes with the Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time. In addition, the forward-looking statements included in this press release represent the Company’s views and expectations as of the date hereof and are based on information currently available to the Company. The Company anticipates that subsequent events and developments may cause the Company’s views to change. However, while the Company may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in the future, the Company specifically disclaims any obligation to do so except as required by law. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing the Company’s views as of any date subsequent to the date hereof.

Investor Relations:David TroneAlarm.com[email protected]

Media Relations:Matthew ZartmanAlarm.com[email protected]

ALARM.COM HOLDINGS, INC.Consolidated Statements of Operations(in thousands, except share and per share data)
Three Months Ended December 31, Year Ended December 31,
2018 2017 2018 2017 2016
Revenue:
SaaS and license revenue$77,824 $65,205 $291,072 $236,283 $173,540
Hardware and other revenue33,578 23,588 129,422 102,654 87,566
Total revenue111,402 88,793 420,494 338,937 261,106
Cost of revenue:
Cost of SaaS and license revenue11,599 9,473 44,933 35,610 30,229
Cost of hardware and other revenue27,259 18,412 100,782 80,578 69,151
Total cost of revenue38,858 27,885 145,715 116,188 99,380
Operating expenses:
Sales and marketing16,340 10,851 55,902 43,490 38,980
General and administrative17,807 13,597 95,750 55,396 57,926
Research and development24,437 18,915 89,204 72,755 44,272
Amortization and depreciation5,567 4,953 21,721 17,734 6,490
Total operating expenses64,151 48,316 262,577 189,375 147,668
Operating income8,393 12,592 12,202 33,374 14,058
Interest expense(759) (651) (2,918) (2,199) (190)
Other income, net882 350 2,415 1,066 513
Income before income taxes8,516 12,291 11,699 32,241 14,381
Provision for / (benefit from) income taxes588 11,971 (9,825) 2,990 4,227
Net income7,928 320 21,524 29,251 10,154
Income allocated to participating securities (3) (13) (12)
Net income attributable to common stockholders$7,928 $320 $21,521 $29,238 $10,142
Per share information attributable to common stockholders:
Net income per share:
Basic$0.16 $0.01 $0.45 $0.63 $0.22
Diluted$0.16 $0.01 $0.43 $0.59 $0.21
Weighted average common shares outstanding:
Basic48,045,654 47,161,885 47,633,739 46,682,141 45,716,757
Diluted49,865,890 49,341,091 49,692,184 49,153,948 47,875,522
Stock-based compensation expense included in operating expenses:Three Months Ended December 31, Year Ended December 31,
2018 2017 2018 2017 2016
Sales and marketing$341 $202 $1,196 $561 $536
General and administrative1,201 730 4,901 2,638 1,430
Research and development2,217 1,347 7,332 4,214 2,035
Total stock-based compensation expense$3,759 $2,279 $13,429 $7,413 $4,001

ALARM.COM HOLDINGS, INC.Consolidated Balance Sheets(in thousands, except share and per share data)
December 31,
2018 2017
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents$146,061 $96,329
Accounts receivable, net49,510 40,634
Inventory, net22,990 14,177
Other current assets9,502 12,796
Total current assets228,063 163,936
Property and equipment, net27,757 23,459
Intangible assets, net79,067 94,286
Goodwill63,591 63,591
Deferred tax assets28,952 18,444
Other assets13,555 7,925
Total assets$440,985 $371,641
Liabilities and stockholders’ equity
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other current liabilities$58,430 $29,084
Accrued compensation13,484 12,127
Deferred revenue3,356 3,292
Total current liabilities75,270 44,503
Deferred revenue7,820 9,386
Long-term debt67,000 71,000
Other liabilities13,306 13,925
Total liabilities163,396 138,814
Stockholders’ equity
Preferred stock, $0.001 par value, 10,000,000 shares authorized; no shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017.
Common stock, $0.01 par value, 300,000,000 shares authorized; 48,103,038 and 47,215,720 shares issued; and 48,102,081 and 47,202,310 shares outstanding as of December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively.481 472
Additional paid-in capital341,139 321,032
Accumulated deficit(64,031) (88,677)
Total stockholders’ equity277,589 232,827
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity$440,985 $371,641

ALARM.COM HOLDINGS, INC.Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows(in thousands)
Year Ended December 31,
Cash flows from operating activities:2018 2017 2016
Net income$21,524 $29,251 $10,154
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:
Provision for doubtful accounts149 453 648
Reserve for product returns273 2,055 2,071
Provision for notes receivable3,319
Amortization on patents and tooling900 965 786
Amortization and depreciation21,721 17,734 6,490
Amortization of debt issuance costs108 97 103
Deferred income taxes(11,482) 2,488 263
Change in fair value of contingent liability (230)
Undistributed losses from equity investees 120 81
Stock-based compensation13,429 7,413 4,001
Disposal of property and equipment1,410 828
Changes in operating assets and liabilities (net of business acquisitions):
Accounts receivable(9,298) (1,911) (11,181)
Inventory(8,813) (3,335) (4,068)
Other assets115 (2,542) (837)
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other current liabilities30,615 3,774 10,458
Deferred revenue(1,502) (517) 636
Other liabilities(1,758) 314 3,225
Cash flows from operating activities60,710 57,187 22,600
Cash flows used in investing activities:
Business acquisitions, net of cash acquired (154,289)
Additions to property and equipment(11,015) (10,464) (9,055)
Investment in cost and equity method investees (42) (139)
Issuances of notes receivable(1,287) (8,000) (3,073)
Receipt of payment on notes receivable 4,000 2,441
Purchases of patents and patent licenses(1,075) (1,600)
Cash flows used in investing activities(13,377) (168,795) (11,426)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from credit facility 139,000
Repayments of credit facility(4,000) (74,700)
Payments of debt issuance costs (438) (131)
Payments of long-term consideration for business acquisitions (417)
Repurchases of common stock(1) (9) (11)
Issuances of common stock from equity based plans6,400 3,450 1,661
Cash flows from financing activities2,399 67,303 1,102
Net increase / (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents49,732 (44,305) 12,276
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the period96,329 140,634 128,358
Cash and cash equivalents at end of the period$146,061 $96,329 $140,634

ALARM.COM HOLDINGS, INC.Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Measures(in thousands)(unaudited)
Three Months Ended December 31, Year Ended December 31,
2018 2017 2018 2017 2016
Adjusted EBITDA:
Net income$7,928 $320 $21,524 $29,251 $10,154
Adjustments:
Interest expense and other income, net(123) 301 503 1,133 (323)
Provision for / (benefit from) income taxes588 11,971 (9,825) 2,990 4,227
Amortization and depreciation expense5,567 4,953 21,721 17,734 6,490
Stock-based compensation expense3,759 2,279 13,429 7,413 4,001
Acquisition-related expense 53 5,895 11,098
Litigation expense3,174 2,289 45,729 7,212 13,387
Total adjustments12,965 21,846 71,557 42,377 38,880
Adjusted EBITDA$20,893 $22,166 $93,081 $71,628 $49,034
Adjusted net income:
Net income, as reported$7,928 $320 $21,524 $29,251 $10,154
Provision for / (benefit from) income taxes588 11,971 (9,825) 2,990 4,227
Income before income taxes8,516 12,291 11,699 32,241 14,381
Adjustments:
Less: Other income, net(882) (350) (2,415) (1,066) (513)
Amortization expense3,817 3,577 15,235 12,282 1,750
Stock-based compensation expense3,759 2,279 13,429 7,413 4,001
Acquisition-related expense 53 5,895 11,098
Litigation expense3,174 2,289 45,729 7,212 13,387
Non-GAAP adjusted income before income taxes18,384 20,139 83,677 63,977 44,104
Income taxes 1(3,860) (7,109) (17,572) (18,873) (12,966)
Non-GAAP adjusted net income$14,524 $13,030 $66,105 $45,104 $31,138

1 Income taxes are calculated using a rate of 21.0% for each of the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2018, as compared to 35.3% and 29.5% for the same periods in the prior year. Income taxes are calculated at the effective tax rate of 29.4% for the year ended December 31, 2016. The effective tax rates in 2018 and 2017 exclude the income tax effect on the non-GAAP adjustments. The 21.0% rate for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2018 reflects the estimated long-term corporate tax rate which incorporates the impact of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act signed into law in December 2017.

ALARM.COM HOLDINGS, INC.Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Measures - continued(in thousands, except share and per share data)(unaudited)
Three Months Ended December 31, Year Ended December 31,
2018 2017 2018 2017 2016
Adjusted net income attributable to common stockholders:
Net income attributable to common stockholders, as reported$7,928 $320 $21,521 $29,238 $10,142
Provision for / (benefit from) income taxes588 11,971 (9,825) 2,990 4,227
Income attributable to common stockholders before income taxes8,516 12,291 11,696 32,228 14,369
Adjustments:
Less: Other income, net(882) (350) (2,415) (1,066) (513)
Amortization expense3,817 3,577 15,235 12,282 1,750
Stock-based compensation expense3,759 2,279 13,429 7,413 4,001
Acquisition-related expense 53 5,895 11,098
Litigation expense3,174 2,289 45,729 7,212 13,387
Non-GAAP adjusted income attributable to common stockholders before income taxes18,384 20,139 83,674 63,964 44,092
Income taxes 1(3,860) (7,109) (17,572) (18,869) (12,966)
Non-GAAP adjusted net income attributable to common stockholders$14,524 $13,030 $66,102 $45,095 $31,126

Three Months Ended December 31, Year Ended December 31,
2018 2017 2018 2017 2016
Adjusted net income per share:
Net income per share - basic, as reported$0.16 $0.01 $0.45 $0.63 $0.22
Provision for / (benefit from) income taxes0.02 0.25 (0.20) 0.06 0.09
Income before income taxes0.18 0.26 0.25 0.69 0.31
Adjustments:
Less: Other income, net(0.02) (0.01) (0.05) (0.02) (0.01)
Amortization expense0.08 0.08 0.32 0.26 0.04
Stock-based compensation expense0.08 0.05 0.28 0.16 0.09
Acquisition-related expense 0.13 0.24
Litigation expense0.06 0.05 0.96 0.15 0.29
Non-GAAP adjusted income before income taxes0.38 0.43 1.76 1.37 0.96
Income taxes 1(0.08) (0.15) (0.37) (0.40) (0.28)
Non-GAAP adjusted net income per share - basic$0.30 $0.28 $1.39 $0.97 $0.68
Non-GAAP adjusted net income per share - diluted$0.29 $0.26 $1.33 $0.92 $0.65
Weighted average common shares outstanding:
Basic, as reported48,045,654 47,161,885 47,633,739 46,682,141 45,716,757
Diluted, as reported49,865,890 49,341,091 49,692,184 49,153,948 47,875,522

1 Income taxes are calculated using a rate of 21.0% for each of the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2018, as compared to 35.3% and 29.5% for the same periods in the prior year. Income taxes are calculated at the effective tax rate of 29.4% for the year ended December 31, 2016. The effective tax rates in 2018 and 2017 exclude the income tax effect on the non-GAAP adjustments. The 21.0% rate for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2018 reflects the estimated long-term corporate tax rate which incorporates the impact of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act signed into law in December 2017.

ALARM.COM HOLDINGS, INC.Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Measures - continued(in thousands)(unaudited)
Three Months Ended December 31, Year Ended December 31,
2018 2017 2018 2017 2016
Free cash flow:
Cash flows from operating activities$25,732 $18,642 $60,710 $57,187 $22,600
Additions to property and equipment(1,698) (2,812) (11,015) (10,464) (9,055)
Non-GAAP free cash flow$24,034 $15,830 $49,695 $46,723 $13,545

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