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Splunk Inc. Announces Fiscal Second Quarter 2020 Financial Results

August 21, 2019 4:02 PM

Software Revenues Up 46%; Cloud ARR Surpasses $300 million

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Splunk Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLK), delivering actions and outcomes from the world of data, today announced results for its fiscal second quarter ended July 31, 2019.

Second Quarter 2020 Financial Highlights

“I am excited by our strong quarter, tremendous cloud growth, and our agreement to acquire SignalFx. I am particularly pleased with how quickly we are accelerating our business transformation to cloud, and the impact cloud is having on our customers,” said Doug Merritt, president and CEO, Splunk.

“With year-over-year revenue growth of 80% and ARR now over $300 million, the strength of our cloud business is driving a faster transition to a renewable software model,” said Jason Child, CFO, Splunk. “By the end of the year, we expect that virtually all new software sales will be cloud or term license-based.”

Business Highlights

Customers:

Corporate:

Financial Outlook

The company is providing the following guidance for its fiscal third quarter 2020 (ending October 31, 2019):

The company is updating its previous guidance for its fiscal year 2020 (ending January 31, 2020):

All forward-looking non-GAAP financial measures contained in this section “Financial Outlook” exclude estimates for stock-based compensation and related employer payroll tax, and amortization of acquired intangible assets.

A reconciliation of non-GAAP guidance measures to corresponding GAAP measures is not available on a forward-looking basis without unreasonable effort due to the uncertainty regarding, and the potential variability of, many of these costs and expenses that may be incurred in the future. The company has provided a reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP financial measures in the financial statement tables for its fiscal second quarter 2020 non-GAAP results included in this press release.

Conference Call and Webcast

Splunk’s executive management team will host a conference call today beginning at 1:30 p.m. PT (4:30 p.m. ET) to discuss the company’s financial results and business highlights. Interested parties may access the call by dialing (866) 501-1535. International parties may access the call by dialing (216) 672-5582. A live audio webcast of the conference call will be available through Splunk’s Investor Relations website at http://investors.splunk.com/events-presentations. A replay of the call will be available through August 28, 2019 by dialing (855) 859-2056 and referencing Conference ID 1267496.

Safe Harbor Statement

This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including statements regarding trends in Splunk’s revenue composition, including cloud revenue and transition to a renewable model, statements regarding the SignalFx acquisition and the related benefits, Splunk’s revenue and non-GAAP operating margin targets for the company’s fiscal third quarter and fiscal year 2020 in the paragraphs under “Financial Outlook” above and other statements regarding our market opportunity, the market for data-related products, future growth, momentum, strategy, technology and product innovation, expectations for our industry and business, customer demand, customer success and feedback, expected benefits and scale of our products and expected attendance at our user conference .conf19. There are a significant number of factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from statements made in this press release, including: Splunk’s limited operating history and experience developing and introducing new products, including its cloud offerings; risks associated with Splunk’s rapid growth, particularly outside of the United States; Splunk’s inability to realize value from its significant investments in its business, including product and service innovations and through acquisitions; Splunk’s shift from sales of perpetual licenses in favor of sales of term licenses and subscription agreements for our cloud services; Splunk’s transition to a multi-product software and services business; risks associated with Splunk’s acquisition of SignalFx, including delays in the timing of receipt of regulatory approvals and delays in closing; and Splunk’s inability to successfully integrate acquired businesses and technologies, such as SignalFx; Splunk’s inability to service its debt obligations or other adverse effects related to our convertible notes; and general market, political, economic, business and competitive market conditions.

Additional information on potential factors that could affect Splunk’s financial results is included in the company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended April 30, 2019, which is on file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and Splunk’s other filings with the SEC. Splunk does not assume any obligation to update the forward-looking statements provided to reflect events that occur or circumstances that exist after the date on which they were made.

About Splunk Inc.

Splunk Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLK) helps organizations ask questions, get answers, take actions and achieve business outcomes from their data. Organizations use market-leading Splunk solutions with machine learning to monitor, investigate and act on all forms of business, IT, security, and Internet of Things data. Join millions of passionate users and try Splunk for free today.

Splunk, Splunk>, Listen to Your Data, The Engine for Machine Data, Splunk Cloud, Splunk Light and SPL are trademarks and registered trademarks of Splunk Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to their respective owners. © 2019 Splunk Inc. All rights reserved.

Splunk Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended July 31, Six Months Ended July 31,

2019

2018

2019

2018

Revenues
License

$

279,279

$

200,668

$

482,141

$

339,643

Maintenance and services

237,279

187,635

459,267

360,299

Total revenues

516,558

388,303

941,408

699,942

Cost of revenues
License

5,936

5,671

11,618

10,795

Maintenance and services

92,372

78,077

182,513

150,923

Total cost of revenues

98,308

83,748

194,131

161,718

Gross profit

418,250

304,555

747,277

538,224

Operating expenses
Research and development

134,110

106,739

263,400

193,096

Sales and marketing

298,773

243,830

577,734

461,866

General and administrative

72,264

57,844

138,026

108,586

Total operating expenses

505,147

408,413

979,160

763,548

Operating loss

(86,897

)

(103,858

)

(231,883

)

(225,324

)

Interest and other income (expense), net
Interest income

16,415

3,564

32,761

6,751

Interest expense

(24,104

)

(2,058

)

(47,121

)

(4,131

)

Other income (expense), net

(654

)

(336

)

(1,193

)

(471

)

Total interest and other income (expense), net

(8,343

)

1,170

(15,553

)

2,149

Loss before income taxes

(95,240

)

(102,688

)

(247,436

)

(223,175

)

Income tax provision (benefit)

5,632

811

8,865

(1,177

)

Net loss

$

(100,872

)

$

(103,499

)

$

(256,301

)

$

(221,998

)

Basic and diluted net loss per share

$

(0.67

)

$

(0.71

)

$

(1.71

)

$

(1.54

)

Weighted-average shares used in computing basic and diluted net loss per share

150,306

145,030

149,723

144,306

Splunk Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)
July 31, 2019 January 31, 2019
Assets
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents

$

1,672,005

$

1,876,165

Investments, current

903,864

881,220

Accounts receivable, net

408,908

469,658

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

83,033

73,197

Deferred commissions, current

77,616

78,223

Total current assets

3,145,426

3,378,463

Investments, non-current

94,009

110,588

Operating lease right-of-use assets

215,228

-

Property and equipment, net

94,869

158,276

Intangible assets, net

77,417

91,622

Goodwill

503,388

503,388

Deferred commissions, non-current

64,705

64,766

Other assets

292,528

193,140

Total assets

$

4,487,570

$

4,500,243

Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
Current liabilities
Accounts payable

$

25,924

$

20,418

Accrued compensation

179,846

226,061

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

176,075

125,641

Deferred revenue, current

645,370

673,018

Total current liabilities

1,027,215

1,045,138

Convertible senior notes, net

1,673,569

1,634,474

Operating lease liabilities

191,471

-

Deferred revenue, non-current

160,888

204,929

Other liabilities, non-current

587

95,245

Total non-current liabilities

2,026,515

1,934,648

Total liabilities

3,053,730

2,979,786

Stockholders' equity
Common stock

151

149

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

(3,484

)

(2,506

)

Additional paid-in capital

2,918,277

2,754,858

Accumulated deficit

(1,481,104

)

(1,232,044

)

Total stockholders' equity

1,433,840

1,520,457

Total liabilities and stockholders' equity

$

4,487,570

$

4,500,243

Splunk Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended July 31, Six Months Ended July 31,

2019

2018

2019

2018

Cash flows from operating activities
Net loss

$

(100,872

)

$

(103,499

)

$

(256,301

)

$

(221,998

)

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization

13,726

12,751

27,141

24,167

Amortization of deferred commissions

23,850

17,089

53,882

32,877

Amortization of investment premiums (accretion of discounts)

(2,786

)

(361

)

(5,645

)

(537

)

Amortization of debt discount and issuance costs

20,090

-

39,095

-

Stock-based compensation

123,013

105,043

246,076

199,664

Deferred income taxes

(164

)

114

(184

)

(125

)

Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions:
Accounts receivable, net

(123,608

)

(39,214

)

60,750

156,362

Prepaid expenses and other assets

(92,449

)

1,362

(110,349

)

(21,937

)

Deferred commissions

(29,762

)

(28,644

)

(53,214

)

(43,360

)

Accounts payable

2,391

4,068

5,316

2,990

Accrued compensation

16,562

32,602

(46,215

)

(11,833

)

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

20,511

20,599

17,395

6,259

Deferred revenue

527

11,614

(71,689

)

(12,518

)

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

(128,971

)

33,524

(93,942

)

110,011

Cash flows from investing activities
Purchases of investments

(250,298

)

(175,756

)

(539,723

)

(198,631

)

Maturities of investments

243,170

173,051

541,595

347,176

Acquisitions, net of cash acquired

-

(110,740

)

-

(394,910

)

Purchases of property and equipment

(11,534

)

(5,562

)

(26,434

)

(7,858

)

Other investment activities

(875

)

-

(1,250

)

(4,375

)

Net cash used in investing activities

(19,537

)

(119,007

)

(25,812

)

(258,598

)

Cash flows from financing activities
Proceeds from the exercise of stock options

196

241

556

1,354

Proceeds from employee stock purchase plan

34,482

24,201

34,482

24,201

Taxes paid related to net share settlement of equity awards

(48,686

)

-

(117,693

)

(779

)

Repayment of financing lease obligation

-

(629

)

-

(1,218

)

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

(14,008

)

23,813

(82,655

)

23,558

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

(708

)

(475

)

(1,751

)

(1,237

)

Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents

(163,224

)

(62,145

)

(204,160

)

(126,266

)

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

1,835,229

481,826

1,876,165

545,947

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

$

1,672,005

$

419,681

$

1,672,005

$

419,681

Splunk Inc.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Reconciliations

To supplement Splunk’s condensed consolidated financial statements, which are prepared and presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”), Splunk provides investors with the following non-GAAP financial measures: cost of revenues, gross margin, research and development expense, sales and marketing expense, general and administrative expense, operating income (loss), operating margin, income tax provision (benefit), net income (loss) and net income (loss) per share (collectively the “non-GAAP financial measures”). These non-GAAP financial measures exclude all or a combination of the following (as reflected in the following reconciliation tables): expenses related to stock-based compensation and related employer payroll tax, amortization of acquired intangible assets, adjustments related to a financing lease obligation, acquisition-related adjustments, including the partial release of the valuation allowance due to acquisitions, and non-cash interest expense related to convertible senior notes that were issued in the fiscal third quarter of 2019. The adjustments for the financing lease obligation are to reflect the expense Splunk would have recorded if its build-to-suit lease arrangement had been deemed an operating lease instead of a financing lease and is calculated as the net of actual ground lease expense, depreciation and interest expense over estimated straight-line rent expense. The non-GAAP financial measures are also adjusted for Splunk's estimated tax rate on non-GAAP income (loss). To determine the annual non-GAAP tax rate, Splunk evaluates a financial projection based on its non-GAAP results. The annual non-GAAP tax rate takes into account other factors including Splunk's current operating structure, its existing tax positions in various jurisdictions and key legislation in major jurisdictions where Splunk operates. The non-GAAP tax rate applied to the three and six months ended July 31, 2019 was 20%. Splunk expects to utilize this annual non-GAAP tax rate for all of fiscal 2020 and will provide updates to this rate on an annual basis, or more frequently if material changes occur. The applicable fiscal 2019 tax rates are noted in the reconciliations. In addition, non-GAAP financial measures includes free cash flow, which represents cash from operations less purchases of property and equipment. The presentation of the non-GAAP financial measures is not intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for, or superior to, the financial information prepared and presented in accordance with GAAP. Splunk uses these non-GAAP financial measures for financial and operational decision-making purposes and as a means to evaluate period-to-period comparisons. Splunk believes that these non-GAAP financial measures provide useful information about Splunk’s operating results, enhance the overall understanding of past financial performance and future prospects and allow for greater transparency with respect to key metrics used by management in its financial and operational decision making. In addition, these non-GAAP financial measures facilitate comparisons to competitors’ operating results.

Splunk excludes stock-based compensation expense because it is non-cash in nature and excluding this expense provides meaningful supplemental information regarding Splunk’s operational performance and allows investors the ability to make more meaningful comparisons between Splunk’s operating results and those of other companies. Splunk excludes employer payroll tax expense related to employee stock plans in order for investors to see the full effect that excluding that stock-based compensation expense had on Splunk’s operating results. These expenses are tied to the exercise or vesting of underlying equity awards and the price of Splunk’s common stock at the time of vesting or exercise, which may vary from period to period independent of the operating performance of Splunk’s business. Splunk also excludes amortization of acquired intangible assets, adjustments related to a financing lease obligation, acquisition-related adjustments, including the partial release of the valuation allowance due to acquisitions, and non-cash interest expense related to convertible senior notes from the applicable non-GAAP financial measures because these expenses are considered by management to be outside of Splunk’s core operating results. Accordingly, Splunk believes that excluding these expenses provides investors and management with greater visibility to the underlying performance of its business operations, facilitates comparison of its results with other periods and may also facilitate comparison with the results of other companies in its industry. Splunk considers free cash flow to be a liquidity measure that provides useful information to management and investors about the amount of cash generated by the business that can be used for strategic opportunities, including investing in its business, making strategic acquisitions and strengthening its balance sheet.

There are limitations in using non-GAAP financial measures because the non-GAAP financial measures are not prepared in accordance with GAAP, may be different from non-GAAP financial measures used by Splunk’s competitors and exclude expenses that may have a material impact upon Splunk’s reported financial results. Further, stock-based compensation expense has been and will continue to be for the foreseeable future a significant recurring expense in Splunk’s business and an important part of the compensation provided to Splunk’s employees. The non-GAAP financial measures are meant to supplement and be viewed in conjunction with GAAP financial measures.

The following tables reconcile Splunk’s GAAP results to Splunk’s non-GAAP results included in this press release.

Splunk Inc.
Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Measures
(In thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)
Reconciliation of Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities to Free Cash Flow
Three Months Ended July 31, Six Months Ended July 31,

2019

2018

2019

2018

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

$

(128,971

)

$

33,524

$

(93,942

)

$

110,011

Less purchases of property and equipment

(11,534

)

(5,562

)

(26,434

)

(7,858

)

Free cash flow (non-GAAP)

$

(140,505

)

$

27,962

$

(120,376

)

$

102,153

Net cash used in investing activities

$

(19,537

)

$

(119,007

)

$

(25,812

)

$

(258,598

)

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

$

(14,008

)

$

23,813

$

(82,655

)

$

23,558

Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Three Months Ended July 31, 2019
GAAP Stock-based
compensation
and related
employer payroll tax
Amortization
of acquired
intangible
assets
Non-cash
interest expense
related to
convertible
senior notes
Income tax
effects related
to non-GAAP
adjustments (2)
Non-GAAP
Cost of revenues

$

98,308

$

(10,939

)

$

(5,876

)

$

-

$

-

$

81,493

Gross margin

81.0

%

2.1

%

1.1

%

-

%

-

%

84.2

%

Research and development

134,110

(41,393

)

(249

)

-

-

92,468

Sales and marketing

298,773

(50,458

)

(955

)

-

-

247,360

General and administrative

72,264

(23,578

)

-

-

-

48,686

Operating income (loss)

(86,897

)

126,368

7,080

-

-

46,551

Operating margin

(16.8

)%

24.4

%

1.4

%

-

%

-

%

9.0

%

Income tax provision

5,632

-

-

-

6,028

11,660

Net income (loss)

$

(100,872

)

$

126,368

$

7,080

$

20,090

$

(6,028

)

$

46,638

Net income (loss) per share (1)

$

(0.67

)

$

0.30

(1)

GAAP net loss per share calculated based on 150,306 weighted-average shares of common stock. Non-GAAP net income per share calculated based on 155,440 diluted weighted-average shares of common stock, which includes 5,134 potentially dilutive shares related to employee stock awards. GAAP to non-GAAP net income (loss) per share is not reconciled due to the difference in the number of shares used to calculate basic and diluted weighted-average shares of common stock.
(2)

Represents the tax effect of the non-GAAP adjustments based on the estimated annual effective tax rate of 20%.

Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Three Months Ended July 31, 2018
GAAP Stock-based
compensation and
related employer
payroll tax
Amortization of
acquired intangible
assets
Adjustments
related to financing
lease obligation
Acquisition-
related
adjustments
Income tax effects
related to non-
GAAP adjustments (3)
Non-GAAP
Cost of revenues

$

83,748

$

(9,438

)

$

(5,353

)

$

304

$

-

$

-

$

69,261

Gross margin

78.4

%

2.5

%

1.4

%

(0.1

)%

-

%

-

%

82.2

%

Research and development

106,739

(34,518

)

(268

)

507

-

-

72,460

Sales and marketing

243,830

(47,020

)

(652

)

1,147

-

-

197,305

General and administrative

57,844

(17,440

)

-

248

(2,730

)

-

37,922

Operating income (loss)

(103,858

)

108,416

6,273

(2,206

)

2,730

-

11,355

Operating margin

(26.7

)%

27.9

%

1.6

%

(0.6

)%

0.7

%

-

%

2.9

%

Income tax provision

811

-

-

-

-

2,105

2,916

Net income (loss)

$

(103,499

)

$

108,416

$

6,273

$

(151

)

(2

)

$

2,730

$

(2,105

)

$

11,664

Net income (loss) per share (1)

$

(0.71

)

$

0.08

(1)

GAAP net loss per share calculated based on 145,030 weighted-average shares of common stock. Non-GAAP net income per share calculated based on 151,441 diluted weighted-average shares of common stock, which includes 6,411 potentially dilutive shares related to employee stock awards. GAAP to non-GAAP net income (loss) per share is not reconciled due to the difference in the number of shares used to calculate basic and diluted weighted-average shares of common stock.
(2) Includes $2.1 million of interest expense related to the financing lease obligation.
(3) Represents the tax effect of the non-GAAP adjustments based on the estimated annual effective tax rate of 20%.
Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Six Months Ended July 31, 2019
GAAP Stock-based
compensation and
related employer
payroll tax
Amortization of
acquired intangible
assets
Non-cash interest
expense related to
convertible senior
notes
Income tax effects
related to non-
GAAP adjustments (2)
Non-GAAP
Cost of revenues

$

194,131

$

(22,613

)

$

(11,798

)

$

-

$

-

$

159,720

Gross margin

79.4

%

2.3

%

1.3

%

-

%

-

%

83.0

%

Research and development

263,400

(84,838

)

(498

)

-

-

178,064

Sales and marketing

577,734

(103,862

)

(1,910

)

-

-

471,962

General and administrative

138,026

(45,124

)

-

-

-

92,902

Operating income (loss)

(231,883

)

256,437

14,206

-

-

38,760

Operating margin

(24.6

)%

27.2

%

1.5

%

-

%

-

%

4.1

%

Income tax provision

8,865

-

-

-

3,595

12,460

Net income (loss)

$

(256,301

)

$

256,437

$

14,206

$

39,095

$

(3,595

)

$

49,842

Net income (loss) per share (1)

$

(1.71

)

$

0.32

(1)

GAAP net loss per share calculated based on 149,723 weighted-average shares of common stock. Non-GAAP net income per share calculated based on 155,619 diluted weighted-average shares of common stock, which includes 5,896 potentially dilutive shares related to employee stock awards. GAAP to non-GAAP net income (loss) per share is not reconciled due to the difference in the number of shares used to calculate basic and diluted weighted-average shares of common stock.
(2) Represents the tax effect of the non-GAAP adjustments based on the estimated annual effective tax rate of 20%.
Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Six Months Ended July 31, 2018
GAAP Stock-based
compensation and
related employer
payroll tax
Amortization of
acquired intangible
assets
Adjustments
related to financing
lease obligation
Acquisition-
related
adjustments
Income tax effects
related to non-
GAAP adjustments (4)
Non-GAAP
Cost of revenues

$

161,718

$

(18,987

)

$

(9,603

)

$

616

$

-

$

-

$

133,744

Gross margin

76.9

%

2.7

%

1.4

%

(0.1

)%

-

%

-

%

80.9

%

Research and development

193,096

(62,756

)

(546

)

996

-

-

130,790

Sales and marketing

461,866

(92,860

)

(830

)

2,317

-

-

370,493

General and administrative

108,586

(34,727

)

-

482

(6,034

)

-

68,307

Operating loss

(225,324

)

209,330

10,979

(4,411

)

6,034

-

(3,392

)

Operating margin

(32.2

)%

29.8

%

1.6

%

(0.6

)%

0.9

%

-

%

(0.5

)%

Income tax provision (benefit)

(1,177

)

-

-

-

3,313

(3

)

(1,560

)

576

Net income (loss)

$

(221,998

)

$

209,330

$

10,979

$

(287

)

(2

)

$

2,721

$

1,560

$

2,305

Net income (loss) per share (1)

$

(1.54

)

$

0.02

(1)

GAAP net loss per share calculated based on 144,306 weighted-average shares of common stock. Non-GAAP net income per share calculated based on 150,537 diluted weighted-average shares of common stock, which includes 6,231 potentially dilutive shares related to employee stock awards. GAAP to non-GAAP net income (loss) per share is not reconciled due to the difference in the number of shares used to calculate basic and diluted weighted-average shares of common stock.

(2)

Includes $4.1 million of interest expense related to the financing lease obligation.

(3)

Represents the partial release of the valuation allowance.

(4)

Represents the tax effect of the non-GAAP adjustments based on the estimated annual effective tax rate of 20%.

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