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Shopify Announces Second-Quarter 2020 Financial Results

July 29, 2020 7:00 AM

Second-Quarter Revenue Grows 97% on GMV Growth of 119% Year on Year

Shopify reports in U.S. dollars and in accordance with U.S. GAAP

OTTAWA, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Shopify Inc. (NYSE: SHOP)(TSX: SHOP), a leading global commerce company, announced today strong financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2020.

“The world is changing fast,” said Tobi Lütke, Shopify’s CEO. “With the rapid shift to online commerce, massive disruption to conventional employment, and growing conviction that opportunity needs to be more evenly distributed, entrepreneurship has never been more important. With all of these changes, our core principles remain the same: everything we ship is designed to lower barriers to entrepreneurship and reduce friction wherever we can.”

“The strength of Shopify’s value proposition was on full display in our second quarter,” said Amy Shapero, Shopify’s CFO. “We are committed to transferring the benefits of scale to our merchants, helping them sell more and sell more efficiently, which is especially critical in this rapidly changing environment. With our strong balance sheet and through prudent capital allocation, we remain well positioned to continue solving critical pain points for our merchants and contribute to their success for years to come.”

Impact of COVID-19
The ongoing effect of the COVID-19 pandemic has been to accelerate the shift of purchase habits to ecommerce. Based on data patterns monitored on Shopify’s platform, the following includes some key changes we have observed and potential implications for Shopify’s business:

Second-Quarter Financial Highlights

Second-Quarter Business Highlights

Subsequent to Second-Quarter 2020

Financial Outlook
The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the growth of ecommerce, shifting a larger share of retail spending to online commerce, a trend we believe will persist. While COVID-19 has significantly influenced online store creation and consumer spending behaviour, the magnitude and duration of its future impact remain uncertain in view of the greater likelihood of an extended global recession. As a result, Shopify is not providing a financial outlook for Q3 2020 or for full year 2020.

Shopify expects entrepreneurs to continue to recognize the importance of multi-channel selling and direct-to-consumer fulfillment, and for consumer concerns about COVID-19 to drive further adoption of digital commerce while reinforcing the behaviour of buyers already shopping online. We are therefore closely monitoring the following external factors:

Shopify remains uniquely positioned to level the playing field for entrepreneurs during this period of rapid change in the retail landscape. Our merchant-first business model and strong balance sheet enable us to continue building a leading global commerce operating system that allows merchants to act nimbly and adapt their businesses to this new reality.

Quarterly Conference Call
Shopify’s management team will hold a conference call to discuss our second-quarter results today, July 29, 2020, at 8:30 a.m. ET. The conference call will be webcast on the investor relations section of Shopify’s website at https://investors.shopify.com/news-and-events/default.aspx#upcoming-events. An archived replay of the webcast will be available following the conclusion of the call.

Shopify’s Second-Quarter 2020 Interim Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes and its Second Quarter 2020 Management's Discussion and Analysis are available on Shopify’s website at www.shopify.com and will be filed on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and on EDGAR at www.sec.gov.

About Shopify
Shopify is a leading global commerce company, providing trusted tools to start, grow, market, and manage a retail business of any size. Shopify makes commerce better for everyone with a platform and services that are engineered for reliability, while delivering a better shopping experience for consumers everywhere. Headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, Shopify powers over one million businesses in more than 175 countries and is trusted by brands such as Allbirds, Gymshark, PepsiCo, Staples and many more. For more information, visit www.shopify.com.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures
To supplement our consolidated financial statements, which are prepared and presented in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"), Shopify uses certain non-GAAP financial measures to provide additional information in order to assist investors in understanding our financial and operating performance.

Adjusted gross profit, adjusted operating income, non-GAAP operating expenses, adjusted net income and adjusted net income per share are non-GAAP financial measures that exclude the effect of stock-based compensation expenses and related payroll taxes, amortization of acquired intangibles and a real estate-related impairment charge. Adjusted net income and adjusted net income per share also exclude tax effects related to non-GAAP adjustments.

Management uses non-GAAP financial measures internally for financial and operational decision-making and as a means to evaluate period-to-period comparisons. Shopify believes that these non-GAAP measures provide useful information about 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. Non-GAAP financial measures are not recognized measures for financial statement presentation under U.S. GAAP and do not have standardized meanings, and may not be comparable to similar measures presented by other public companies. Such non-GAAP financial measures should be considered as a supplement to, and not as a substitute for, or superior to, the corresponding measures calculated in accordance with GAAP. See the financial tables below for a reconciliation of the non-GAAP measures.

Forward-looking Statements
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of applicable securities laws, including statements regarding Shopify’s planned business initiatives and operations and financial outlook, the performance of Shopify's merchants, the impact of Shopify's business on its merchants and other entrepreneurs, and economic activity and consumer spending. Words such as “believe”, "continue", "will", "enable", "support", “allow”, and "expect" or similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements.

These forward-looking statements are based on Shopify’s current projections and expectations about future events and financial trends that management believes might affect its financial condition, results of operations, business strategy and financial needs, and on certain assumptions and analysis made by Shopify in light of the experience and perception of historical trends, current conditions and expected future developments and other factors management believes are appropriate. These projections, expectations, assumptions and analyses are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors that could cause actual results, performance, events and achievements to differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements. Although Shopify believes that the assumptions underlying these forward-looking statements are reasonable, they may prove to be incorrect, and readers cannot be assured that actual results will be consistent with these forward-looking statements. Actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements as a result of numerous factors, including certain risk factors, many of which are beyond Shopify’s control, including but not limited to: (i) uncertainty around the duration and scope of the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact of the pandemic and actions taken in response on global and regional economies and economic activity; (ii) shifting our operations to be “digital-by-default”; (iii) merchant acquisition and retention; (iv) managing our growth; (v) our history of losses; (vi) our limited operating history; (vii) our ability to innovate; (viii) the security of personal information we store relating to merchants and their customers and consumers with whom we have a direct relationship; (ix) a disruption of service or security breach; (x) our potential inability to compete successfully against current and future competitors; (xi) international sales and the use of our platform in various countries; (xii) the reliance of our growth in part on the success of our strategic relationships with third parties; (xiii) our potential failure to effectively maintain, promote and enhance our brand; (xiv) our use of a single cloud-based platform to deliver our services; (xv) our potential inability to achieve or maintain data transmission capacity; (xvi) our reliance on a single supplier to provide the technology we offer through Shopify Payments; (xvii) payments processed through Shopify Payments; (xviii) our potential inability to hire, retain and motivate qualified personnel; (xix) serious errors or defects in our software or hardware or issues with our hardware supply chain; (xx) evolving privacy laws and regulations, cross-border data transfer restrictions, data localization requirements and other domestic or foreign regulations may limit the use and adoption of our services; and (xxi) other one-time events and other important factors disclosed previously and from time to time in Shopify’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the securities commissions or similar securities regulatory authorities in each of the provinces or territories of Canada. The forward-looking statements contained in this news release represent Shopify’s expectations as of the date of this news release, or as of the date they are otherwise stated to be made, and subsequent events may cause these expectations to change. Shopify undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required by law.

Shopify Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss)

(Expressed in US $000’s, except share and per share amounts, unaudited)

Three months ended

Six months ended

June 30, 2020

June 30, 2019

June 30, 2020

June 30, 2019

$

$

$

$

Revenues

Subscription solutions

196,434

153,047

384,043

293,498

Merchant solutions

517,907

208,932

800,299

388,963

714,341

361,979

1,184,342

682,461

Cost of revenues

Subscription solutions

44,400

29,538

82,112

57,523

Merchant solutions

294,907

127,676

470,246

239,882

339,307

157,214

552,358

297,405

Gross profit

375,034

204,765

631,984

385,056

Operating expenses

Sales and marketing

144,850

119,210

299,712

224,232

Research and development

133,227

85,520

249,623

161,875

General and administrative

83,307

34,922

128,149

65,225

Transaction and loan losses

13,366

4,733

27,449

9,134

Total operating expenses

374,750

244,385

704,933

460,466

Income (loss) from operations

284

(39,620

)

(72,949

)

(75,410

)

Other income

4,084

10,942

17,193

22,581

Income (loss) before income taxes

4,368

(28,678

)

(55,756

)

(52,829

)

Recovery of income taxes

31,630

60,325

Net income (loss)

35,998

(28,678

)

4,569

(52,829

)

Other comprehensive income (loss)

10,653

6,746

(5,980

)

16,020

Comprehensive income (loss)

46,651

(21,932

)

(1,411

)

(36,809

)

Net income (loss) per share attributable to shareholders:

Basic

0.30

(0.26

)

0.04

(0.47

)

Diluted

0.29

(0.26

)

0.04

(0.47

)

Shares used to compute net income (loss) per share attributable to shareholders:

Basic

118,740,645

112,013,409

117,773,612

111,470,359

Diluted

122,749,980

112,013,409

121,919,207

111,470,359

Shopify Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(Expressed in US $000’s except share amounts, unaudited)

As at

June 30, 2020

December 31, 2019

$

$

Assets

Current assets

Cash and cash equivalents

1,882,362

649,916

Marketable securities

2,118,593

1,805,278

Trade and other receivables, net

106,409

90,529

Merchant cash advances, loans and related receivables, net

166,495

150,172

Income taxes receivable

49,173

Other current assets

66,162

48,833

4,389,194

2,744,728

Long-term assets

Property and equipment, net

95,506

111,398

Intangible assets, net

151,254

167,282

Right-of-use assets

126,213

134,774

Deferred tax assets

24,407

19,432

Goodwill

311,865

311,865

709,245

744,751

Total assets

5,098,439

3,489,479

Liabilities and shareholders’ equity

Current liabilities

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

240,996

181,193

Income taxes payable

1,062

69,432

Deferred revenue

67,455

56,691

Lease liabilities

10,993

9,066

320,506

316,382

Long-term liabilities

Deferred revenue

6,866

5,969

Lease liabilities

142,128

142,641

Deferred tax liabilities

8,753

148,994

157,363

Commitments and contingencies

Shareholders’ equity

Common stock, unlimited Class A subordinate voting shares authorized, 108,221,159 and 104,518,173 issued and outstanding; unlimited Class B multiple voting shares authorized, 11,874,317 and 11,910,802 issued and outstanding

4,859,950

3,256,284

Additional paid-in capital

73,578

62,628

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

(4,934

)

1,046

Accumulated deficit

(299,655

)

(304,224

)

Total shareholders’ equity

4,628,939

3,015,734

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

5,098,439

3,489,479

Shopify Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(Expressed in US $000’s, unaudited)

Six months ended

June 30, 2020

June 30, 2019

$

$

Cash flows from operating activities

Net income (loss) for the period

4,569

(52,829

)

Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities:

Amortization and depreciation

34,297

14,207

Stock-based compensation

116,076

70,432

Impairment of right-of-use assets and leasehold improvements

31,623

Provision for transaction and loan losses

12,040

7,398

Deferred income taxes

(13,728

)

Unrealized foreign exchange (gain) loss

(1,231

)

1,917

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

Trade and other receivables

(18,980

)

(20,540

)

Merchant cash advances, loans and related receivables

(22,349

)

(31,222

)

Other current assets

(20,815

)

(5,910

)

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

61,659

56,049

Income tax assets and liabilities

(115,387

)

Deferred revenue

11,661

6,345

Lease assets and liabilities

800

1,555

Net cash provided by operating activities

80,235

47,402

Cash flows from investing activities

Purchase of marketable securities

(1,970,693

)

(1,022,814

)

Maturity of marketable securities

1,659,159

1,249,319

Acquisitions of property and equipment

(25,329

)

(30,437

)

Acquisitions of intangible assets

(262

)

(1,935

)

Acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired

(12,476

)

Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities

(337,125

)

181,657

Cash flows from financing activities

Proceeds from public offering, net of issuance costs

1,460,945

Proceeds from the exercise of stock options

37,595

27,624

Net cash provided by financing activities

1,498,540

27,624

Effect of foreign exchange on cash and cash equivalents

(9,204

)

1,624

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents

1,232,446

258,307

Cash and cash equivalents – Beginning of Period

649,916

410,683

Cash and cash equivalents – End of Period

1,882,362

668,990

Shopify Inc.

Reconciliation from GAAP to Non-GAAP Results

(Expressed in US $000’s, except share and per share amounts, unaudited)

Three months ended

Six months ended

June 30, 2020

June 30, 2019

June 30, 2020

June 30, 2019

$

$

$

$

GAAP Gross profit

375,034

204,765

631,984

385,056

% of Revenue

53

%

57

%

53

%

56

%

add: stock-based compensation

1,188

894

2,336

1,608

add: payroll taxes related to stock-based compensation

341

132

517

232

add: amortization of acquired intangibles

4,856

1,530

10,425

3,155

Non-GAAP Gross profit

381,419

207,321

645,262

390,051

% of Revenue

53

%

57

%

54

%

57

%

GAAP Sales and marketing

144,850

119,210

299,712

224,232

% of Revenue

20

%

33

%

25

%

33

%

less: stock-based compensation

10,613

8,409

21,820

15,244

less: payroll taxes related to stock-based compensation

1,818

1,102

3,045

1,912

less: amortization of acquired intangibles

388

776

Non-GAAP Sales and marketing

132,031

109,699

274,071

207,076

% of Revenue

18

%

30

%

23

%

30

%

GAAP Research and development

133,227

85,520

249,623

161,875

% of Revenue

19

%

24

%

21

%

24

%

less: stock-based compensation

39,361

22,983

71,965

41,098

less: payroll taxes related to stock-based compensation

10,464

3,465

14,281

5,273

less: amortization of acquired intangibles

58

58

116

116

Non-GAAP Research and development

83,344

59,014

163,261

115,388

% of Revenue

12

%

16

%

14

%

17

%

GAAP General and administrative

83,307

34,922

128,149

65,225

% of Revenue

12

%

10

%

11

%

10

%

less: stock-based compensation

11,162

6,982

19,955

12,482

less: payroll taxes related to stock-based compensation

1,520

462

2,494

993

less: impairment of right-of-use assets and leasehold improvements

31,623

31,623

Non-GAAP General and administrative

39,002

27,478

74,077

51,750

% of Revenue

5

%

8

%

6

%

8

%

Shopify Inc.

Reconciliation from GAAP to Non-GAAP Results (continued)

(Expressed in US $000’s, except share and per share amounts, unaudited)

Three months ended

Six months ended

June 30, 2020

June 30, 2019

June 30, 2020

June 30, 2019

$

$

$

$

GAAP Transaction and loan losses

13,366

4,733

27,449

9,134

% of Revenue

2

%

1

%

2

%

1

%

GAAP Operating expenses

374,750

244,385

704,933

460,466

% of Revenue

52

%

68

%

60

%

67

%

less: stock-based compensation

61,136

38,374

113,740

68,824

less: payroll taxes related to stock-based compensation

13,802

5,029

19,820

8,178

less: amortization of acquired intangibles

446

58

892

116

less: impairment of right-of-use assets and leasehold improvements

31,623

31,623

Non-GAAP Operating expenses

267,743

200,924

538,858

383,348

% of Revenue

37

%

56

%

45

%

56

%

GAAP Operating income (loss)

284

(39,620

)

(72,949

)

(75,410

)

% of Revenue

%

(11

)%

(6

)%

(11

)%

add: stock-based compensation

62,324

39,268

116,076

70,432

add: payroll taxes related to stock-based compensation

14,143

5,161

20,337

8,410

add: amortization of acquired intangibles

5,302

1,588

11,317

3,271

add: impairment of right-of-use assets and leasehold improvements

31,623

31,623

Adjusted Operating income

113,676

6,397

106,404

6,703

% of Revenue

16

%

2

%

9

%

1

%

GAAP Net income (loss)

35,998

(28,678

)

4,569

(52,829

)

% of Revenue

5

%

(8

)%

%

(8

)%

add: stock-based compensation

62,324

39,268

116,076

70,432

add: payroll taxes related to stock-based compensation

14,143

5,161

20,337

8,410

add: amortization of acquired intangibles

5,302

1,588

11,317

3,271

add: impairment of right-of-use assets and leasehold improvements

31,623

31,623

add: provision for income tax effects related to non-GAAP adjustments

(20,024

)

(6,609

)

(32,224

)

(11,453

)

Adjusted Net income

129,366

10,730

151,698

17,831

% of Revenue

18

%

3

%

13

%

3

%

Shopify Inc.

Reconciliation from GAAP to Non-GAAP Results (continued)

(Expressed in US $000’s, except share and per share amounts, unaudited)

Three months ended

Six months ended

June 30, 2020

June 30, 2019

June 30, 2020

June 30, 2019

$

$

$

$

Basic GAAP Net income (loss) per share attributable to shareholders

0.30

(0.26

)

0.04

(0.47

)

add: stock-based compensation

0.52

0.35

0.99

0.63

add: payroll taxes related to stock-based compensation

0.12

0.05

0.17

0.08

add: amortization of acquired intangibles

0.04

0.01

0.10

0.03

add: impairment of right-of-use assets and leasehold improvements

0.27

0.00

0.27

0.00

add: provision for income tax effects related to non-GAAP adjustments

(0.17

)

(0.06

)

(0.27

)

(0.10

)

Basic Adjusted Net income per share attributable to shareholders

1.09

0.10

1.29

0.16

Weighted average shares used to compute GAAP and non-GAAP basic net income (loss) per share attributable to shareholders

118,740,645

112,013,409

117,773,612

111,470,359

Diluted GAAP Net income (loss) per share attributable to shareholders

0.29

(0.26

)

0.04

(0.47

)

add: stock-based compensation

0.51

0.35

0.95

0.63

add: payroll taxes related to stock-based compensation

0.12

0.05

0.17

0.08

add: amortization of acquired intangibles

0.04

0.01

0.09

0.03

add: impairment of right-of-use assets and leasehold improvements

0.26

0.00

0.26

0.00

add: provision for income tax effects related to non-GAAP adjustments

(0.16

)

(0.06

)

(0.26

)

(0.10

)

Diluted Adjusted Net income per share attributable to shareholders

1.05

0.10

1.24

0.16

Weighted average shares used to compute GAAP and non-GAAP diluted net income (loss) per share attributable to shareholders

122,749,980

112,013,409

121,919,207

111,470,359

1. Gross Merchandise Volume, or GMV, represents the total dollar value of orders facilitated through the Shopify platform including certain apps and channels for which a revenue-sharing arrangement is in place in the period, net of refunds, and inclusive of shipping and handling, duty and value-added taxes.
2. Monthly Recurring Revenue, or MRR, is calculated by multiplying the number of merchants by the average monthly subscription plan fee in effect on the last day of that period and is used by management as a directional indicator of subscription solutions revenue going forward assuming merchants maintain their subscription plan the following month.
3. Gross Payments Volume, or GPV, is the amount of GMV processed through Shopify Payments.
4. Non-GAAP financial measures exclude the effect of stock-based compensation expenses and related payroll taxes, amortization of acquired intangibles and related taxes, and a real estate-related impairment charge. Please refer to "Non-GAAP Financial Measures" in this press release for more information.

INVESTORS:

Katie Keita

Senior Director, Investor Relations

613-241-2828 x 1024

[email protected]

Shopify

MEDIA:

Rebecca Feigelsohn

Communications Manager

416-238-6705 x 302

[email protected]

Source: Shopify Inc.

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