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Exl Reports 2019 Second Quarter Results

July 30, 2019 6:01 AM

2019 Second Quarter Revenues of $243.5 Million, up 15.9% year-over-year
Q2 Diluted EPS (GAAP) of $0.36, down from $0.41 in Q2 of 2018
 Q2 Adjusted Diluted EPS (Non-GAAP) of $0.74, up from $0.67 in Q2 of 2018

NEW YORK, July 30, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ExlService Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: EXLS), a leading operations management and analytics company, today announced its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2019.

Rohit Kapoor, Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, said, “EXL generated revenues of $243.5 million during the second quarter of 2019, up 15.9% year-over-year, and adjusted diluted EPS of $0.74, up 10.4%. EXL’s 47.4% increase in Analytics revenues was driven by a 15.9% increase in organic revenues and the acquisition of SCIOinspire Holdings, Inc. Operations management revenues growth was led by double-digit increases in Insurance and Finance & Accounting revenues.

“We had strong revenue growth in the first half of the year which was driven by our success in delivering innovative integrated operations management and analytics solutions.

“The wind down of the Health Integrated business is progressing as per plan and, as announced on Form 8-K/A of July 16, we expect to substantially exit the business in a responsible manner by year end.”

Vishal Chhibbar, Chief Financial Officer, said, “We are increasing our revenue guidance for 2019 to $976 million - $996 million from $969 million - $996 million to reflect better performance in the second quarter and our outlook for the remainder of the year. Our guidance now represents annual revenue growth of 11% to 13% on a constant currency basis. Our adjusted diluted EPS guidance for 2019 is being increased to $2.86 - $2.98 from $2.83 - $2.98. Our balance sheet remains strong with cash and short-term investments of $253 million as of June 30, 2019.”

Financial Highlights: Second Quarter 2019

We have six reportable segments: Insurance, Healthcare, Travel, Transportation & Logistics, Finance & Accounting, All Other (consisting of our Banking & Financial Services, Utilities and Consulting operating segments) and Analytics. Reconciliations of adjusted (non-GAAP) financial measures to GAAP measures are included at the end of this release.

Revenues Gross Margin
Three months ended Three months ended
Reportable Segments June 30,
2019		 June 30,
2018		 March 31,
2019		 June 30,
2019		 June 30,
2018		 March 31,
2019
(dollars in millions)
Insurance $72.2 $64.8 $69 30.9% 32.1% 32.4%
Healthcare 20 19.8 20.6 15.7% 15.7% 17.4%
Travel, Transportation & Logistics 17.5 18.6 17.4 43.1% 42.7% 43.8%
Finance & Accounting 26.4 24.2 25.7 39.5% 40% 44.5%
All Other 19.5 23.1 19.9 36.9% 34.7% 36.7%
Analytics 87.9 59.6 87 34.6% 35.2% 34.6%
Total revenues, net $243.5 $210.1 $239.6 33.3% 33.5% 34.4%

Business Highlights: Second Quarter 2019

2019 Guidance

Based on current visibility, and a U.S. Dollar to Indian Rupee exchange rate of 69.0, British Pound to U.S. Dollar exchange rate of 1.22, U.S. Dollar to the Philippine Peso exchange rate of 51.0 and all other currencies at current exchange rates, we are providing the following guidance:

Conference Call

ExlService Holdings, Inc. will host a conference call on Tuesday, July 30, 2019 at 8:00 A.M. ET to discuss the Company’s quarterly operating and financial results. The conference call will be available live via the internet by accessing the investor relations section of EXL’s website at ir.exlservice.com, where an accompanying investor-friendly spreadsheet of historical operating and financial data can also be accessed. Please access the website at least fifteen minutes prior to the call to register, download and install any necessary audio software.

To listen to the conference call via phone, please dial 1-877-303-6384, or if dialing internationally, 1-224-357-2191 and an operator will assist you. For those who cannot access the live broadcast, a replay will be available on the EXL website ir.exlservice.com for a period of twelve months.

About ExlService Holdings, Inc.

EXL (NASDAQ: EXLS) is a leading operations management and analytics company that designs and enables agile, customer-centric operating models to help businesses enhance revenue growth and profitability. Our delivery model provides market-leading business outcomes using EXL’s proprietary Digital EXLerator Framework™, cutting-edge analytics, digital transformation and domain expertise. At EXL, we look deeper to help companies improve global operations, enhance data-driven insights, increase customer satisfaction, and manage risk and compliance. EXL serves the insurance, healthcare, banking and financial services, utilities, travel, transportation and logistics industries. Headquartered in New York, New York, EXL has more than 30,000 professionals in locations throughout the United States, Europe, Asia (primarily India and Philippines), Latin America, Australia and South Africa. For more information, visit www.exlservice.com.

Continuing Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains forward-looking statements. You should not place undue reliance on those statements because they are subject to numerous uncertainties and factors relating to EXL's operations and business environment, all of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond EXL’s control. Forward-looking statements include information concerning EXL’s possible or assumed future results of operations, including descriptions of its business strategy. These statements may include words such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “plan,” “estimate” or similar expressions. These statements are based on assumptions that we have made in light of management's experience in the industry as well as its perceptions of historical trends, current conditions, expected future developments and other factors it believes are appropriate under the circumstances. You should understand that these statements are not guarantees of performance or results. They involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Although EXL believes that these forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, you should be aware that many factors could affect EXL’s actual financial results or results of operations and could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. These factors, which include our ability to successfully close and integrate strategic acquisitions, are discussed in more detail in EXL’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including EXL’s Annual Report on Form 10-K. These risks could cause actual results to differ materially from those implied by forward-looking statements in this release. You should keep in mind that any forward-looking statement made herein, or elsewhere, speaks only as of the date on which it is made. New risks and uncertainties come up from time to time, and it is impossible to predict these events or how they may affect EXL. EXL has no obligation to update any forward-looking statements after the date hereof, except as required by federal securities laws.

EXLSERVICE HOLDINGS, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (UNAUDITED)
(In thousands, except share and per share amounts)

Three months ended June 30, Six months ended June 30,
2019 2018 2019 2018
Revenues, net $243,509 $210,112 $483,082 $417,085
Cost of revenues(1) 162,446 139,649 319,686 277,750
Gross profit(1) 81,063 70,463 163,396 139,335
Operating expenses:
General and administrative expenses 31,228 27,640 63,759 56,906
Selling and marketing expenses 17,647 15,151 35,694 29,103
Depreciation and amortization 12,752 10,582 26,419 21,086
Impairment and restructuring charges 5,580 — 6,807 —
Total operating expenses 67,207 53,373 132,679 107,095
Income from operations 13,856 17,090 30,717 32,240
Foreign exchange gain, net 1,202 1,414 2,462 2,029
Interest expense (3,864) (706) (7,446) (1,244)
Other income, net 4,102 2,232 8,525 5,766
Income before income tax expense and earnings from equity affiliates 15,296 20,030 34,258 38,791
Income tax expense 2,670 5,510 6,870 1,057
Income before earnings from equity affiliates 12,626 14,520 27,388 37,734
Loss from equity-method investment 62 58 129 114
Net income attributable to ExlService Holdings, Inc. stockholders $12,564 $14,462 $27,259 $37,620
Earnings per share attributable to ExlService Holdings, Inc. stockholders:
Basic $0.36 $0.42 $0.79 $1.09
Diluted $0.36 $0.41 $0.78 $1.07
Weighted-average number of shares used in computing earnings per share attributable to ExlService Holdings, Inc. stockholders:
Basic 34,451,671 34,511,777 34,413,455 34,479,202
Diluted 34,702,547 35,142,388 34,768,203 35,222,838

(1) Exclusive of depreciation and amortization.

EXLSERVICE HOLDINGS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands, except share and per share amounts)

As of
June 30, 2019 December 31, 2018
(Unaudited)
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents $84,842 $95,881
Short-term investments 168,204 184,489
Restricted cash 4,098 5,608
Accounts receivable, net 180,680 164,752
Prepaid expenses 11,616 11,326
Advance income tax, net 7,906 9,639
Other current assets 31,729 28,240
Total current assets 489,075 499,935
Property and equipment, net 78,083 73,510
Operating lease right-of-use assets 93,162 —
Restricted cash 2,507 2,642
Deferred tax assets, net 4,200 6,602
Intangible assets, net 84,402 95,495
Goodwill 350,220 349,984
Other assets 33,194 31,015
Investment in equity affiliate 2,624 2,753
Total assets $1,137,467 $1,061,936
Liabilities and equity
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable $3,269 $5,653
Current portion of long-term borrowings 20,885 21,423
Deferred revenue 11,790 7,722
Accrued employee costs 42,967 54,893
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities 65,007 64,169
Current portion of operating lease liabilities 23,439 —
Income taxes payable 604 1,012
Current portion of finance lease obligations 279 223
Total current liabilities 168,240 155,095
Long term borrowings 231,409 263,241
Finance lease obligations, less current portion 474 315
Deferred tax liabilities, net 6,366 8,445
Operating lease liabilities, less current portion 80,531 —
Other non-current liabilities 9,094 16,521
Total liabilities 496,114 443,617
Commitments and contingencies
Preferred stock, $0.001 par value; 15,000,000 shares authorized, none issued — —
ExlService Holdings, Inc. Stockholders’ equity:
Common stock, $0.001 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized, 38,295,083 shares issued and 34,206,324 shares outstanding as of June 30, 2019 and 37,850,544 shares issued and 34,222,476 shares outstanding as of December 31, 2018 38 38
Additional paid-in capital 378,633 364,179
Retained earnings 511,503 484,244
Accumulated other comprehensive loss (74,358) (83,467
Total including shares held in treasury 815,816 764,994
Less: 4,088,759 shares as of June 30, 2019 and 3,628,068 shares as of December 31, 2018, held in treasury, at cost (174,463) (146,925
Stockholders’ equity 641,353 618,069
Non-controlling interest — 250
Total equity 641,353 618,319
Total liabilities and equity $1,137,467 $1,061,936

EXLSERVICE HOLDINGS, INC.

Reconciliation of Adjusted Financial Measures to GAAP Measures

In addition to its reported operating results in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), EXL has included in this release certain financial measures that are considered non-GAAP financial measures, including the following:

(i) Adjusted operating income and adjusted operating income margin;

(ii) Adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA margin;

(iii) Adjusted net income and adjusted diluted earnings per share; and

(iv) Revenue growth on a constant currency basis.

These non-GAAP financial measures are not based on any comprehensive set of accounting rules or principles, should not be considered a substitute for, or superior to, financial measures calculated in accordance with GAAP, and may be different from non-GAAP financial measures used by other companies. Accordingly, the financial results calculated in accordance with GAAP and reconciliations from those financial statements should be carefully evaluated. EXL believes that providing these non-GAAP financial measures may help investors better understand EXL’s underlying financial performance. Management also believes that these non-GAAP financial measures, when read in conjunction with EXL’s reported results, can provide useful supplemental information for investors analyzing period-to-period comparisons of the Company’s results and comparisons of the Company’s results with the results of other companies. Additionally, management considers some of these non-GAAP financial measures to determine variable compensation of its employees. The Company believes that it is unreasonably difficult to provide its earnings per share financial guidance in accordance with GAAP for a number of reasons, including, without limitation, the Company’s inability to predict its future stock-based compensation expense under ASC Topic 718, the amortization of intangibles associated with further acquisitions and the currency fluctuations and associated tax impacts. As such, the Company presents guidance with respect to adjusted diluted earnings per share. The Company also incurs significant non-cash charges for depreciation that may not be indicative of the Company’s ability to generate cash flow.

EXL non-GAAP financial measures exclude, where applicable, stock-based compensation expense, provision for litigation settlement, non-cash interest expense on convertible senior notes, restructuring charges and acquisition-related expenses. Acquisition-related expenses include, amortization of acquisition-related intangible assets, changes in the fair value of earn-out consideration liabilities, impairment charges of acquired long-lived and intangible assets including goodwill and other acquisition-related costs and benefits such as external deal costs, integration expenses, direct and incremental travel costs and non-recurring benefits. In addition to excluding the above items, our adjusted net income and adjusted diluted EPS also excludes the effect of incremental income tax expense related to the U.S. Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (the “Tax Reform Act”), non-recurring other tax adjustments and income tax impact of the above pre-tax items, as applicable. The income tax impact of each item is calculated by applying the statutory rate and local tax regulations in the jurisdiction in which the item was incurred.

A limitation of using non-GAAP financial measures versus financial measures calculated in accordance with GAAP is that non-GAAP financial measures do not reflect all of the amounts associated with our operating results as determined in accordance with GAAP and exclude costs that are recurring, namely stock-based compensation and amortization of acquisition-related intangible assets. EXL compensates for these limitations by providing specific information regarding the GAAP amounts excluded from non-GAAP financial measures to allow investors to evaluate such non-GAAP financial measures.

Effective second quarter of 2018, EXL excludes other acquisition-related costs such as external deal costs, integration expenses and direct and incremental travel costs pertaining to successful acquisitions from its non-GAAP financial measures, wherever applicable. Considering EXL’s frequent acquisitions of varying scale and size, and the difficulty in predicting expenses relating to acquisitions, EXL’s management believes that providing non-GAAP financial measures that exclude such expenses allows investors to make additional comparisons from period-to-period and between EXL’s operating results and those of other companies. Other acquisition-related costs are excluded in the period in which an acquisition is consummated.

The information provided on a constant currency basis reflects a comparison of current period results translated at the prior period currency rates. This information is provided because EXL believes that it provides useful comparative incremental information to investors regarding EXL’s true operating performance. EXL’s primary exchange rate exposure is with the Indian Rupee, the U.K. pound sterling and the Philippine Peso. The average exchange rate of the U.S. Dollar against the Indian Rupee increased from 67.51 during the quarter ended June 30, 2018 to 69.42 during the quarter ended June 30, 2019, representing a depreciation of 2.8%. The average exchange rate of the U.S. Dollar against the Philippine Peso decreased from 52.53 during the quarter ended June 30, 2018 to 51.84 during the quarter ended June 30, 2019, representing an appreciation of 1.3%. The average exchange rate of the British Pound against the U.S. Dollar decreased from 1.34 during the quarter ended June 30, 2018 to 1.28 during the quarter ended June 30, 2019, representing a depreciation of 4.8%.

The following table shows the reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures for the three months ended June 30, 2019 and June 30, 2018, and the three months ended March 31, 2019:

Reconciliation of Adjusted Operating Income and Adjusted EBITDA
(Amounts in thousands)

Three Months Ended
June 30, March 31,
2019 2018 2019
Net Income (GAAP) $12,564 $14,462 $14,695
add: Income tax expense 2,670 5,510 4,200
subtract: Interest expense, foreign exchange gain, net, loss from equity-method investment and other income, net (1,378) (2,882) (2,034)
Income from operations (GAAP) $13,856 $17,090 $16,861
add: Stock-based compensation expense 7,155 6,893 6,956
add: Amortization of acquisition-related intangibles 5,554 3,761 5,528
add: Impairment and restructuring charges (a) 5,580 — 1,227
add: Acquisition-related expenses (b) — 841 —
Adjusted operating income (Non-GAAP) $32,145 $28,585 $30,572
Adjusted operating income margin as a % of Revenues (Non-GAAP) 13.2 % 13.6 % 12.8 %
add: Depreciation 7,198 6,821 8,139
Adjusted EBITDA (Non-GAAP) $39,343 $35,406 $38,711
Adjusted EBITDA margin as a % of revenue (Non-GAAP) 16.2 % 16.9 % 16.2 %
(a) To exclude impairment and restructuring charges related to wind down of the Health Integrated business.
(b) To exclude acquisition-related expenses. See descriptions above for more information.

Reconciliation of Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted Diluted Earnings Per Share
(Amounts in thousands, except per share data)

Three Months Ended
June 30, March 31,
2019 2018 2019
Net income (GAAP) $12,564 $14,462 $14,695
add: Stock-based compensation expense 7,155 6,893 6,956
add: Amortization of acquisition-related intangibles 5,554 3,761 5,528
add: Impairment and restructuring charges (a) 5,580 — 1,227
add: Acquisition-related expenses (b) — 841 —
add: Non-cash interest expense related to convertible senior notes (c) 618 — 600
subtract: Tax impact on stock-based compensation expense (d) (1,571) (1,891 ) (2,481)
subtract: Tax impact on amortization of acquisition-related intangibles (1,198) (679 ) (1,193)
subtract: Tax impact on impairment and restructuring charges (1,367) — (301)
subtract: Tax impact on acquisition-related expenses — (12) —
subtract: Tax impact on non-cash interest expense related to convertible senior notes (150) — (147)
subtract: Non-recurring benefit (e) (1,471) — —
Adjusted net income (Non-GAAP) $25,714 $23,375 $24,884
Adjusted diluted earnings per share (Non-GAAP) $0.74 $0.67 $0.71

(a) To exclude impairment and restructuring charges related to wind down of the Health Integrated business.

(b) To exclude acquisition-related expenses. See descriptions above for more information.

(c) To exclude non-cash interest expense related to convertible senior notes.

(d) Tax impact includes $57 and $323 during the three months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018 respectively, and $1,015 during the three months ended March 31, 2019 related to discrete benefit recognized in income tax expense on adoption of ASU No. 2016-09, Compensation - Stock Compensation.

(e) To exclude non-recurring tax benefit related to certain deferred tax assets and liabilities.

Contact: Steven N. Barlow
Vice President, Investor Relations
(212) 624-5913
[email protected]

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