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Tenable Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2019 Financial Results

February 4, 2020 4:06 PM

COLUMBIA, Md., Feb. 04, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Tenable Holdings, Inc. (“Tenable”) (Nasdaq: TENB), the Cyber Exposure company, today announced financial results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2019.

“Q4 marked an end to a successful year,” said Amit Yoran, Chairman and CEO of Tenable. "We made great progress in the execution of our broader Cyber Exposure strategy with enhancements across our product portfolio and the launch of Lumin. We believe our investments in breadth of coverage, depth of analytics, prioritization and data science provide momentum heading into 2020 and will help us continue to transform how organizations manage and measure cyber risk."

Fourth Quarter 2019 Financial Highlights

Full Year 2019 Financial Highlights

Fourth Quarter 2019 and Recent Business Highlights

Financial Outlook

For the first quarter of 2020, we currently expect:

For the year ending December 31, 2020, we currently expect:

Conference Call Information

Tenable will host a conference call at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time to discuss its financial results. The conference call can be accessed at 877-407-9716 (U.S.) and 201-493-6779 (international). A live webcast of the event will be available on the Tenable Investor Relations website at https://investors.tenable.com. A replay of the webcast will be available until February 18, 2020.

About Tenable

Tenable® is the Cyber Exposure company. Over 30,000 organizations around the globe rely on Tenable to understand and reduce cyber risk. As the creator of Nessus®, Tenable extended its expertise in vulnerabilities to deliver the world’s first platform to see and secure any digital asset on any computing platform. Tenable customers include more than 50 percent of the Fortune 500, more than 30 percent of the Global 2000, and large government agencies. Learn more at tenable.com.

Contact Information

Investor Relations
Andrea DiMarco
[email protected]

Media Relations
Cayla Baker
[email protected]

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements contained in this press release other than statements of historical fact, including statements regarding our future results of operations and financial position, business strategy and plans and objectives for future operations, are forward-looking statements and represent our views as of the date of this press release. The words “anticipate,” believe,” “continue,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “will” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. We have based these forward-looking statements on our current expectations and projections about future events and financial trends that we believe may affect our financial condition, results of operations, business strategy, short-term and long-term business operations and objectives and financial needs. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of assumptions and risks and uncertainties, many of which involve factors or circumstances that are beyond our control that could affect our financial results. These risks and uncertainties are detailed in the sections titled "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018, our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2019 and other filings that we make from time to time with the SEC, which are available on the SEC's website at sec.gov. Moreover, we operate in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment. New risks emerge from time to time. It is not possible for our management to predict all risks, nor can we assess the impact of all factors on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements we may make. In light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, the future events and trends discussed in this press release may not occur and actual results could differ materially and adversely from those anticipated or implied in any forward-looking statements. Except as required by law, we are under no obligation to update these forward-looking statements subsequent to the date of this press release, or to update the reasons if actual results differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Other Key Metrics

To supplement our consolidated financial statements, which are prepared and presented in accordance with GAAP, we use certain non-GAAP financial measures, as described below, to understand and evaluate our core operating performance. These non-GAAP financial measures, which may be different than similarly titled measures used by other companies, are presented to enhance investors’ overall understanding of our financial performance and should not be considered a substitute for, or superior to, the financial information prepared and presented in accordance with GAAP.

We believe that these non-GAAP financial measures provide useful information about our financial performance, enhance the overall understanding of our past performance and future prospects and allow for greater transparency with respect to important metrics used by management for financial and operational decision-making. We present these non-GAAP financial measures to assist investors in seeing our financial performance using a management view and because we believe that these measures provide an additional tool for investors to use in comparing our core financial performance over multiple periods with other companies in our industry.

Reconciliations of non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures are included in the financial tables accompanying this press release.

Calculated Current Billings: We define calculated current billings, a non-GAAP financial measure, as total revenue recognized in a period plus the change in current deferred revenue in the corresponding period. We believe that calculated current billings is a key metric to measure our periodic performance. Given that most of our customers pay in advance (including multi-year contracts), but we generally recognize the related revenue ratably over time, we use calculated current billings to measure and monitor our ability to provide our business with the working capital generated by upfront payments from our customers. We believe that calculated current billings, which excludes deferred revenue for periods beyond twelve months in a customer’s contractual term, more closely correlates with annual contract value and that the variability in total billings, depending on the timing of large multi-year contracts and the preference for annual billing versus multi-year upfront billing, may distort growth in one period over another.

Free Cash Flow: We define free cash flow, a non-GAAP financial measure, as net cash (used in) provided by operating activities less purchases of property and equipment. We believe free cash flow is an important liquidity measure of the cash (if any) that is available, after purchases of property and equipment, for investment in our business and to make acquisitions. We believe that free cash flow is useful to investors as a liquidity measure because it measures our ability to generate or use cash.

Non-GAAP Loss from Operations and Non-GAAP Operating Margin: We define these non-GAAP financial measures as their respective GAAP measures, excluding the effects of stock-based compensation, acquisition-related expenses and amortization of acquired intangible assets. Acquisition-related expenses include transaction expenses and costs related to the transfer of acquired intellectual property.

Non-GAAP Net Loss, Non-GAAP Net Loss Per Share and Pro Forma Non-GAAP Net Loss Per Share: We define non-GAAP net loss as GAAP net loss attributable to common stockholders, excluding the effect of the accretion of Series A and B redeemable convertible preferred stock, stock-based compensation, acquisition-related expenses and amortization of acquired intangible assets, including the applicable tax impact. We use non-GAAP net loss to calculate non-GAAP net loss per share and pro forma non-GAAP net loss per share. Pro forma non-GAAP net loss per share is calculated by giving effect to the conversion of our redeemable convertible preferred stock into common stock as though the conversion occurred at the beginning of each period presented prior to 2019.

Non-GAAP Gross Profit and Non-GAAP Gross Margin: We define non-GAAP gross profit as GAAP gross profit, excluding the effect of stock-based compensation and amortization of acquired intangible assets. Non-GAAP gross margin is defined as non-GAAP gross profit as a percentage of revenue.

Non-GAAP Sales and Marketing Expense, Non-GAAP Research and Development Expense and Non-GAAP General and Administrative Expense: We define these non-GAAP measures as their respective GAAP measures, excluding stock-based compensation and acquisition-related expenses.


TENABLE HOLDINGS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(unaudited)

Three Months Ended
December 31,
Year Ended
December 31,
(in thousands, except per share data)2019 2018 2019 2018
Revenue$97,049 $75,221 $354,586 $267,360
Cost of revenue(1)18,429 12,399 60,818 43,167
Gross profit78,620 62,822 293,768 224,193
Operating expenses:
Sales and marketing(1)62,632 47,380 228,035 173,344
Research and development(1)22,668 21,169 87,064 76,698
General and administrative(1)20,873 13,864 69,468 46,732
Total operating expenses106,173 82,413 384,567 296,774
Loss from operations(27,553) (19,591) (90,799) (72,581)
Interest income, net1,153 1,510 5,830 2,355
Other expense, net(104) (326) (680) (931)
Loss before income taxes(26,504) (18,407) (85,649) (71,157)
Provision for income taxes11,801 1,207 13,364 2,364
Net loss(38,305) (19,614) (99,013) (73,521)
Accretion of Series A and B redeemable convertible preferred stock (434)
Net loss attributable to common stockholders$(38,305) $(19,614) $(99,013) $(73,955)
Net loss per share attributable to common stockholders, basic and diluted$(0.39) $(0.21) $(1.03) $(1.38)
Weighted-average shares used to compute net loss per share attributable to common stockholders, basic and diluted97,738 92,187 96,014 53,669

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(1) Includes stock-based compensation as follows:

Three Months Ended
December 31,
Year Ended
December 31,
2019 2018 2019 2018
Cost of revenue$729 $824 $2,817 $1,707
Sales and marketing4,930 2,927 16,032 6,911
Research and development2,316 2,210 8,911 5,804
General and administrative4,277 2,708 15,683 8,453
Total stock-based compensation$12,252 $8,669 $43,443 $22,875


TENABLE HOLDINGS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(unaudited)

December 31,
(in thousands, except per share data)2019 2018
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents$74,363 $165,116
Short-term investments137,904 118,119
Accounts receivable (net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $764 and $188 at December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively)94,827 68,261
Deferred commissions28,499 23,272
Prepaid expenses and other current assets27,369 22,020
Total current assets362,962 396,788
Property and equipment, net26,847 11,348
Deferred commissions (net of current portion)43,766 36,162
Operating lease right-of-use assets42,847 8,504
Intangible assets, net15,508 427
Goodwill54,138 265
Other assets12,544 7,118
Total assets$558,612 $460,612
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable$1,732 $171
Accrued expenses8,436 5,554
Accrued compensation36,634 29,594
Deferred revenue274,348 213,644
Operating lease liabilities5,209 4,262
Other current liabilities1,284 1,079
Total current liabilities327,643 254,304
Deferred revenue (net of current portion)88,779 76,259
Operating lease liabilities (net of current portion)40,663 6,055
Other liabilities2,622 2,231
Total liabilities459,707 338,849
Stockholders’ equity:
Common stock (par value: $0.01; 500,000 shares authorized, 98,587 and 93,126 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively)986 931
Additional paid-in capital662,990 586,940
Accumulated other comprehensive income50
Accumulated deficit(565,121) (466,108)
Total stockholders’ equity98,905 121,763
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity$558,612 $460,612


TENABLE HOLDINGS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(unaudited)

Year Ended December 31,
(in thousands)2019 2018
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net loss$(99,013) $(73,521)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization6,880 6,192
Stock-based compensation41,610 22,875
Other3,459 533
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable(25,941) (17,408)
Prepaid expenses and other current assets(5,188) (6,105)
Deferred commissions(12,831) (9,258)
Other assets(3,336) (1,876)
Accounts payable and accrued expenses4,244 294
Accrued compensation6,269 11,112
Deferred revenue72,799 64,085
Other current liabilities255 408
Other liabilities49 110
Net cash used in operating activities(10,744) (2,559)
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of property and equipment(20,674) (5,733)
Purchases of investments(242,059) (117,488)
Sales and maturities of investments224,594
Business combination, net of cash acquired(74,911)
Net cash used in investing activities(113,050) (123,221)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from initial public offering, net of underwriting discounts and commissions 268,531
Payments of costs related to initial public offering (3,932)
Principal payments under finance lease obligations(16) (1,443)
Proceeds from stock issued in connection with the employee stock purchase plan15,129
Proceeds from the exercise of stock options19,048 1,668
Repurchases of common stock (75)
Net cash provided by financing activities34,161 264,749
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash(1,080) (1,063)
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash(90,713) 137,906
Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of year165,378 27,472
Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of year$74,665 $165,378


TENABLE HOLDINGS, INC.
REVENUE COMPONENTS AND RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES
(unaudited)

RevenueThree Months Ended
December 31,
Year Ended
December 31,
(in thousands)2019 2018 2019 2018
Subscription revenue$80,939 $59,259 $290,549 $205,827
Perpetual license and maintenance revenue13,296 13,869 54,173 54,622
Professional services and other revenue2,814 2,093 9,864 6,911
Revenue(1)$97,049 $75,221 $354,586 $267,360

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(1) Recurring revenue, which includes revenue from subscription arrangements for software and cloud-based solutions and maintenance associated with perpetual licenses represented 93%, 90%, 92% and 89% of revenue for the three months ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 and the year ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

Calculated Current BillingsThree Months Ended
December 31,
Year Ended
December 31,
(in thousands)2019 2018 2019 2018
Revenue$97,049 $75,221 $354,586 $267,360
Deferred revenue (current), end of period274,348 213,644 274,348 213,644
Deferred revenue (current), beginning of period(1)(246,410) (191,578) (214,069) (154,898)
Calculated current billings$124,987 $97,287 $414,865 $326,106

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(1) Deferred revenue (current), beginning of period for the three months and year ended December 31, 2019 includes $0.4 million related to Indegy's deferred revenue at the acquisition date.

Free Cash FlowThree Months Ended
December 31,
Year Ended
December 31,
(in thousands)2019 2018 2019 2018
Net cash used in operating activities$(3,072) $(1,554) $(10,744) $(2,559)
Purchases of property and equipment(10,412) (1,593) (20,674) (5,733)
Free cash flow(1)$(13,484) $(3,147) $(31,418) $(8,292)

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(1) Free cash flow in the three months and year ended December 31, 2019 included non-recurring cash payments totaling $13.1 million associated with the Indegy acquisition, including $6.7 million for income taxes on the transfer of acquired intellectual property, $3.1 million for other costs related to the intellectual property transfer, $1.8 million for the settlement of unvested acquiree equity awards, and $1.5 million for acquisition-related expenses. Capital expenditures related to our new headquarters in the three months and year ended December 31, 2019 were $9.0 million and $11.4 million, respectively. Contributions to our employee stock purchase plan during the three months ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 and year ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 impacted free cash flow by $3.8 million, $4.0 million, $(0.9) million and $6.3 million, respectively.

Non-GAAP Loss from Operations and Non-GAAP Operating MarginThree Months Ended
December 31,
Year Ended
December 31,
(dollars in thousands)2019 2018 2019 2018
Loss from operations$(27,553) $(19,591) $(90,799) $(72,581)
Stock-based compensation12,252 8,669 43,443 22,875
Acquisition-related expenses3,970 3,970
Amortization of acquired intangible assets193 150 620 603
Non-GAAP loss from operations$(11,138) $(10,772) $(42,766) $(49,103)
Operating margin(28)% (26)% (26)% (27)%
Non-GAAP operating margin(11)% (14)% (12)% (18)%


Non-GAAP Net Loss, Non-GAAP Net Loss Per Share and Pro forma Non-GAAP Net Loss Per ShareThree Months Ended
December 31,
Year Ended
December 31,
(in thousands, except per share data)2019 2018 2019 2018
Net loss attributable to common stockholders$(38,305) $(19,614) $(99,013) $(73,955)
Accretion of Series A and B redeemable convertible preferred stock 434
Acquisition-related expenses3,970 3,970
Tax impact of acquisition(1)10,582 10,582
Stock-based compensation12,252 8,669 43,443 22,875
Tax impact of stock-based compensation(2)160 (80) (95) (218)
Amortization of acquired intangible assets(3)193 150 620 603
Non-GAAP net loss$(11,148) $(10,875) $(40,493) $(50,261)
Net loss per share attributable to common stockholders, basic and diluted$(0.39) $(0.21) $(1.03) $(1.38)
Accretion of Series A and B redeemable convertible preferred stock 0.01
Acquisition-related expenses0.04 0.04
Tax impact of acquisition(1)0.11 0.11
Stock-based compensation0.13 0.09 0.45 0.42
Tax impact of stock-based compensation(2)
Amortization of acquired intangible assets(3) 0.01 0.01
Non-GAAP net loss per share, basic and diluted$(0.11) $(0.12) $(0.42) $(0.94)
Weighted-average shares used to compute net loss per share attributable to common stockholders, basic and diluted97,738 92,187 96,014 53,669
Pro forma adjustment to reflect the assumed conversion of our convertible redeemable preferred stock as of the beginning of the period 31,107
Weighted-average shares used to compute pro forma non-GAAP net loss per share, basic and diluted97,738 92,187 96,014 84,776
Pro forma non-GAAP net loss per share, basic and diluted$(0.11) $(0.12) $(0.42) $(0.59)

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(1) The tax impact of the acquisition includes $6.3 million of current tax expense and $4.3 million of deferred tax expense related to the transfer of acquired intellectual property.
(2) The tax impact of stock-based compensation is based on the tax treatment for applicable tax jurisdictions.
(3) The tax impact of amortization of acquired intangible assets is not material.

Non-GAAP Gross Profit and Non-GAAP Gross MarginThree Months Ended
December 31,
Year Ended
December 31,
(dollars in thousands)2019 2018 2019 2018
Gross profit$78,620 $62,822 $293,768 $224,193
Stock-based compensation729 824 2,817 1,707
Amortization of acquired intangible assets193 150 620 603
Non-GAAP gross profit$79,542 $63,796 $297,205 $226,503
Gross margin81% 84% 83% 84%
Non-GAAP gross margin82% 85% 84% 85%


Non-GAAP Sales and Marketing ExpenseThree Months Ended
December 31,
Year Ended
December 31,
(dollars in thousands)2019 2018 2019 2018
Sales and marketing expense$62,632 $47,380 $228,035 $173,344
Less: Stock-based compensation4,930 2,927 16,032 6,911
Non-GAAP sales and marketing expense$57,702 $44,453 $212,003 $166,433
Non-GAAP sales and marketing expense % of revenue59% 59% 60% 62%


Non-GAAP Research and Development ExpenseThree Months Ended
December 31,
Year Ended
December 31,
(dollars in thousands)2019 2018 2019 2018
Research and development expense$22,668 $21,169 $87,064 $76,698
Less: Stock-based compensation2,316 2,210 8,911 5,804
Non-GAAP research and development expense$20,352 $18,959 $78,153 $70,894
Non-GAAP research and development expense % of revenue21% 25% 22% 27%


Non-GAAP General and Administrative ExpenseThree Months Ended
December 31,
Year Ended
December 31,
(dollars in thousands)2019 2018 2019 2018
General and administrative expense$20,873 $13,864 $69,468 $46,732
Less: Stock-based compensation4,277 2,708 15,683 8,453
Less: Acquisition-related expenses3,970 3,970
Non-GAAP general and administrative expense$12,626 $11,156 $49,815 $38,279
Non-GAAP general and administrative expense % of revenue13% 15% 14% 14%


Forecasted Non-GAAP Loss from OperationsThree Months Ended
March 31, 2020
Year Ended
December 31, 2020
(in millions)Low High Low High
Forecasted loss from operations$(31.6) $(30.6) $(100.3) $(95.3)
Forecasted stock-based compensation13.0 13.0 60.0 60.0
Forecasted amortization of acquired intangible assets0.6 0.6 2.3 2.3
Forecasted non-GAAP loss from operations$(18.0) $(17.0) $(38.0) $(33.0)


Forecasted Non-GAAP Net Loss and Non-GAAP Net Loss Per ShareThree Months Ended
March 31, 2020
Year Ended
December 31, 2020
(in millions, except per share data)Low High Low High
Forecasted net loss$(32.9) $(31.9) $(104.3) $(99.3)
Forecasted stock-based compensation13.0 13.0 60.0 60.0
Tax impact of stock-based compensation0.3 0.3 1.0 1.0
Forecasted amortization of acquired intangible assets0.6 0.6 2.3 2.3
Forecasted non-GAAP net loss$(19.0) $(18.0) $(41.0) $(36.0)
Forecasted net loss per share, basic and diluted$(0.33) $(0.32) $(1.04) $(0.99)
Forecasted stock-based compensation0.13 0.13 0.60 0.60
Tax impact of stock-based compensation 0.01 0.01
Forecasted amortization of acquired intangible assets0.01 0.01 0.02 0.02
Forecasted Non-GAAP net loss per share, basic and diluted$(0.19) $(0.18) $(0.41) $(0.36)
Forecasted weighted-average shares used to compute net loss per share, basic and diluted98.7 98.7 100.1 100.1


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