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Okta Announces Strong Second Quarter Results

September 1, 2021 4:01 PM

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Okta, Inc. (Nasdaq: OKTA), the leading independent identity provider, today announced financial results for its second quarter ended July 31, 2021.

"In our first quarter as a combined company with Auth0, we're off to a fantastic start," said Todd McKinnon, Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of Okta. "Execution remained sharp with strong demand for Okta's workforce and customer identity solutions, as well as Auth0's developer-centric identity solutions. As organizations advance on their journey of improving their customers' digital experience, adopting zero-trust security environments, and deploying more cloud applications, they continue to turn to Okta to deliver an unmatched array of modern identity solutions to meet these challenges."

Second Quarter Fiscal 2022 Financial Highlights:

The section titled "Non-GAAP Financial Measures" below contains a description of the non-GAAP financial measures, and reconciliations between GAAP and non-GAAP information are contained in the tables below.

Financial Outlook:

Okta's financial outlook for the third quarter and full year fiscal 2022 includes the expected contribution from the acquisition of Auth0, net of purchase accounting adjustments. The acquisition closed on May 3, 2021.

For the third quarter of fiscal 2022, the Company expects:

For the full year fiscal 2022, the Company now expects:

These statements are forward-looking and actual results may differ materially. Refer to the Forward-Looking Statements safe harbor below for information on the factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from these forward-looking statements.

Okta has not reconciled its expectations as to non-GAAP operating loss and non-GAAP net loss per share to their most directly comparable GAAP measures because certain items are out of Okta’s control or cannot be reasonably predicted. Accordingly, reconciliations for forward-looking non-GAAP operating loss and non-GAAP net loss per share are not available without unreasonable effort.

Conference Call Information:

Okta will host a live video webcast at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time on September 1, 2021 to discuss the results and outlook. The news release with the financial results will be accessible from the Company’s website at investor.okta.com prior to the conference call. The live video webcast of the conference call will be accessible from the Okta investor relations website at investor.okta.com.

Supplemental Financial and Other Information:

Supplemental financial and other information can be accessed through the Company’s investor relations website at investor.okta.com.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures:

This press release and the accompanying tables contain the following non-GAAP financial measures: non-GAAP gross profit, non-GAAP gross margin, non-GAAP operating income (loss), non-GAAP operating margin, non-GAAP net income (loss), non-GAAP net margin, non-GAAP net income (loss) per share, basic and diluted, free cash flow, free cash flow margin, current calculated billings and calculated billings. Certain of these non-GAAP financial measures exclude stock-based compensation, non-cash charitable contributions, amortization of acquired intangibles, acquisition and integration-related expenses, amortization of debt discount and debt issuance costs and loss on early extinguishment and conversion of debt.

Okta believes that non-GAAP financial information, when taken collectively with GAAP financial measures, may be helpful to investors because it provides consistency and comparability with past financial performance and assists in comparisons with other companies, some of which use similar non-GAAP financial information to supplement their GAAP results. The non-GAAP financial information is presented for supplemental informational purposes only, and should not be considered a substitute for financial information presented in accordance with GAAP, and may be different from similarly-titled non-GAAP measures used by other companies.

The principal limitation of these non-GAAP financial measures is that they exclude significant expenses that are required by GAAP to be recorded in the Company’s financial statements. In addition, they are subject to inherent limitations as they reflect the exercise of judgment by the Company's management about which expenses are excluded or included in determining these non-GAAP financial measures. A reconciliation is provided below for each non-GAAP financial measure to the most directly comparable financial measure stated in accordance with GAAP.

Okta encourages investors to review the related GAAP financial measures and the reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures to their most directly comparable GAAP financial measures, which it includes in press releases announcing quarterly financial results, including this press release, and not to rely on any single financial measure to evaluate the Company’s business.

Forward-Looking Statements: This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including but not limited to, statements regarding our financial outlook, business strategy and plans, market trends and market size, opportunities and positioning and expected benefits that will be derived from the Auth0 transaction. These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations, estimates, forecasts and projections. Words such as "expect," "anticipate," "should," "believe," "hope," "target," "project," "goals," "estimate," "potential," "predict," "may," "will," "might," "could," "intend," "shall" and variations of these terms and similar expressions are intended to identify these forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. Forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, many of which involve factors or circumstances that are beyond our control. For example, the market for our products may develop more slowly than expected or than it has in the past; our results of operations may fluctuate more than expected; there may be significant fluctuations in our results of operations and cash flows related to our revenue recognition or otherwise; the impact of COVID-19, related public health measures and any associated economic downturn on our business and results of operations may be more than we expect; a network or data security incident that allows unauthorized access to our network or data or our customers’ data could damage our reputation; we could experience interruptions or performance problems associated with our technology, including a service outage; we may not be able to pay off our convertible senior notes when due; global economic conditions could deteriorate; we may not achieve expected synergies and efficiencies of operations between Okta and Auth0, and we may not be able to successfully integrate the companies. Further information on potential factors that could affect our financial results is included in our most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The forward-looking statements included in this press release represent our views only as of the date of this press release and we assume no obligation and do not intend to update these forward-looking statements.

About Okta

Okta is the leading independent identity provider. The Okta Identity Cloud enables organizations to securely connect the right people to the right technologies at the right time. With more than 7,000 pre-built integrations to applications and infrastructure providers, Okta provides simple and secure access to people and organizations everywhere, giving them the confidence to reach their full potential. More than 13,050 organizations, including JetBlue, Nordstrom, Siemens, Slack, Takeda, Teach for America, and Twilio, trust Okta to help protect the identities of their workforces and customers.

Okta uses its investor.okta.com website as a means of disclosing material non-public information, announcing upcoming investor conferences and for complying with its disclosure obligations under Regulation FD. Accordingly, you should monitor our investor relations website in addition to following our press releases, SEC filings and public conference calls and webcasts.

OKTA, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(In thousands, except per share data)

(unaudited)

Three Months Ended
July 31,

Six Months Ended
July 31,

2021

2020

2021

2020

Revenue:

Subscription

$

303,121

$

190,689

$

543,179

$

364,470

Professional services and other

12,379

9,757

23,327

18,835

Total revenue

315,500

200,446

566,506

383,305

Cost of revenue:

Subscription(1)

84,457

39,501

136,855

76,658

Professional services and other(1)

16,649

11,646

30,374

22,975

Total cost of revenue

101,106

51,147

167,229

99,633

Gross profit

214,394

149,299

399,277

283,672

Operating expenses:

Research and development(1)

122,407

53,866

191,270

102,360

Sales and marketing(1)

198,350

98,322

344,871

202,365

General and administrative(1)

157,077

42,499

217,257

76,534

Total operating expenses

477,834

194,687

753,398

381,259

Operating loss

(263,440

)

(45,388

)

(354,121

)

(97,587

)

Interest expense

(22,872

)

(16,931

)

(45,632

)

(27,695

)

Interest income and other, net

2,211

3,960

6,566

8,859

Loss on early extinguishment and conversion of debt

(43

)

(2,174

)

(179

)

(2,174

)

Interest and other, net

(20,704

)

(15,145

)

(39,245

)

(21,010

)

Loss before provision for (benefit from) income taxes

(284,144

)

(60,533

)

(393,366

)

(118,597

)

Provision for (benefit from) income taxes

(7,462

)

(433

)

(7,452

)

(835

)

Net loss

$

(276,682

)

$

(60,100

)

$

(385,914

)

$

(117,762

)

Net loss per share, basic and diluted

$

(1.83

)

$

(0.48

)

$

(2.72

)

$

(0.94

)

Weighted-average shares used to compute net loss per share, basic and diluted

151,357

126,319

141,720

124,922

(1) Amounts include stock-based compensation expense as follows (in thousands):

Three Months Ended
July 31,

Six Months Ended
July 31,

2021

2020

2021

2020

Cost of subscription revenue

$

13,138

$

5,164

$

20,388

$

9,139

Cost of professional services and other

3,161

2,000

5,503

3,811

Research and development

53,332

14,953

73,425

26,888

Sales and marketing

41,288

13,165

62,354

24,325

General and administrative

76,795

13,112

90,156

21,959

Total stock-based compensation expense

$

187,714

$

48,394

$

251,826

$

86,122

OKTA, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In thousands)

(unaudited)

July 31,

January 31,

2021

2021

Assets

Current assets:

Cash and cash equivalents

$

225,265

$

434,607

Short-term investments

2,243,638

2,121,584

Accounts receivable, net of allowances

238,478

194,818

Deferred commissions

54,526

45,949

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

115,251

81,609

Total current assets

2,877,158

2,878,567

Property and equipment, net

61,858

62,783

Operating lease right-of-use assets

146,492

149,604

Deferred commissions, noncurrent

129,671

108,555

Intangible assets, net

337,786

27,009

Goodwill

5,338,116

48,023

Other assets

41,014

24,256

Total assets

$

8,932,095

$

3,298,797

Liabilities and stockholders' equity

Current liabilities:

Accounts payable

$

9,414

$

8,557

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities

80,463

53,729

Accrued compensation

85,126

71,906

Convertible senior notes, net

15,723

908,684

Deferred revenue

721,808

502,738

Total current liabilities

912,534

1,545,614

Convertible senior notes, net, noncurrent

1,772,511

857,387

Operating lease liabilities, noncurrent

171,141

179,518

Deferred revenue, noncurrent

15,489

10,860

Other liabilities, noncurrent

18,230

11,375

Total liabilities

2,889,905

2,604,754

Stockholders’ equity:

Preferred stock

Class A common stock

15

12

Class B common stock

1

1

Additional paid-in capital

7,391,169

1,656,096

Accumulated other comprehensive income

4,375

5,390

Accumulated deficit

(1,353,370

)

(967,456

)

Total stockholders’ equity

6,042,190

694,043

Total liabilities and stockholders' equity

$

8,932,095

$

3,298,797

OKTA, INC.

SUMMARY OF CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(In thousands)

(unaudited)

Six Months Ended July 31,

2021

2020

Cash flows from operating activities:

Net loss

$

(385,914

)

$

(117,762

)

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating activities:

Stock-based compensation

251,826

86,106

Depreciation, amortization and accretion

44,903

12,691

Amortization of debt discount and issuance costs

42,780

26,330

Amortization of deferred commissions

25,135

18,077

Deferred income taxes

(11,506

)

(1,915

)

Non-cash charitable contributions

3,663

2,417

Loss on early extinguishment and conversion of debt

179

2,174

Other, net

(5,561

)

1,435

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

Accounts receivable

(14,798

)

18,626

Deferred commissions

(55,102

)

(30,332

)

Prepaid expenses and other assets

718

(7,622

)

Operating lease right-of-use assets

10,732

8,972

Accounts payable

(2,044

)

810

Accrued compensation

(6,507

)

15,045

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

10,092

(3,131

)

Operating lease liabilities

(13,489

)

(7,663

)

Deferred revenue

158,360

25,369

Net cash provided by operating activities

53,467

49,627

Cash flows from investing activities:

Capitalization of internal-use software costs

(378

)

(2,326

)

Purchases of property and equipment

(4,034

)

(10,669

)

Purchases of securities available for sale and other

(923,620

)

(1,029,281

)

Proceeds from maturities and redemption of securities available for sale

763,607

280,395

Proceeds from sales of securities available for sale and other

906

89,620

Payments for business acquisition, net of cash acquired

(148,042

)

Net cash used in investing activities

(311,561

)

(672,261

)

Cash flows from financing activities:

Proceeds from issuance of convertible senior notes, net of issuance costs

1,135,418

Payments for repurchases and conversions of convertible senior notes

(15

)

(181

)

Proceeds from hedges related to convertible senior notes

2

195,046

Payments for warrants related to convertible senior notes

(175,399

)

Purchases of capped calls related to convertible senior notes

(133,975

)

Proceeds from stock option exercises

31,829

27,517

Proceeds from shares issued in connection with employee stock purchase plan

17,417

12,821

Net cash provided by financing activities

49,233

1,061,247

Effects of changes in foreign currency exchange rates on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

193

578

Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

(208,668

)

439,191

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period

448,630

531,953

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period

$

239,962

$

971,144

OKTA, INC.
Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Data
(In thousands, except percentages and per share data)
(unaudited)

Non-GAAP Gross Profit and Non-GAAP Gross Margin

We define Non-GAAP gross profit and Non-GAAP gross margin as GAAP gross profit and GAAP gross margin, adjusted for stock-based compensation expense included in cost of revenue, amortization of acquired intangibles and acquisition and integration-related expenses.

Three Months Ended
July 31,

Six Months Ended
July 31,

2021

2020

2021

2020

Gross profit

$

214,394

$

149,299

$

399,277

$

283,672

Add:

Stock-based compensation expense included in cost of revenue(1)

16,299

7,164

25,891

12,950

Amortization of acquired intangibles

10,128

1,594

11,721

3,187

Acquisition and integration-related expenses(2)

658

658

Non-GAAP gross profit

$

241,479

$

158,057

$

437,547

$

299,809

Gross margin

68

%

74

%

70

%

74

%

Non-GAAP gross margin

77

%

79

%

77

%

78

%

(1)

See table in footnote (1) to the condensed consolidated statements of operations above for breakdown of stock-based compensation expense by line item.

(2)

Acquisition and integration-related expenses include transaction costs and other non-recurring incremental costs incurred through the one-year anniversary of transaction close.

Non-GAAP Operating Income (Loss) and Non-GAAP Operating Margin

We define Non-GAAP operating income (loss) and Non-GAAP operating margin as GAAP operating loss and GAAP operating margin, adjusted for stock-based compensation expense, non-cash charitable contributions, amortization of acquired intangibles and acquisition and integration-related expenses.

Three Months Ended
July 31,

Six Months Ended
July 31,

2021

2020

2021

2020

Operating loss

$

(263,440

)

$

(45,388

)

$

(354,121

)

$

(97,587

)

Add:

Stock-based compensation expense(1)

187,714

48,394

251,826

86,122

Non-cash charitable contributions

1,639

1,881

3,663

2,417

Amortization of acquired intangibles

19,998

1,594

21,591

3,187

Acquisition and integration-related expenses(2)

29,550

36,604

Non-GAAP operating income (loss)

$

(24,539

)

$

6,481

$

(40,437

)

$

(5,861

)

Operating margin

(83

)%

(23

)%

(63

)%

(25

)%

Non-GAAP operating margin

(8

)%

3

%

(7

)%

(2

)%

(1)

See table in footnote (1) to the condensed consolidated statements of operations above for breakdown of stock-based compensation expense by line item.

(2)

Acquisition and integration-related expenses include transaction costs and other non-recurring incremental costs incurred through the one-year anniversary of transaction close.

Non-GAAP Net Income (Loss), Non-GAAP Net Margin and Non-GAAP Net Income (Loss) Per Share, Basic and Diluted

We define Non-GAAP net income (loss) and Non-GAAP net margin as GAAP net loss and GAAP net margin, adjusted for stock-based compensation expense, non-cash charitable contributions, amortization of acquired intangibles, acquisition and integration-related expenses, amortization of debt discount and debt issuance costs and loss on early extinguishment and conversion of debt.

We define Non-GAAP net income (loss) per share, basic, as Non-GAAP net income (loss) divided by GAAP weighted-average shares used to compute net loss per share, basic and diluted.

We define Non-GAAP net income (loss) per share, diluted, as Non-GAAP net income (loss) divided by GAAP weighted-average shares used to compute net loss per share, basic and diluted adjusted for the potentially dilutive effect of (i) employee equity incentive plans, excluding the impact of unrecognized stock-based compensation expense, and (ii) convertible senior notes outstanding and related warrants. In addition, Non-GAAP net income (loss) per share, diluted, includes the anti-dilutive impact of the Company’s note hedge and capped call agreements on convertible senior notes outstanding. Accordingly, the Company did not record any adjustments to Non-GAAP net income (loss) for the potential impact of the convertible senior notes outstanding under the if-converted method.

Three Months Ended
July 31,

Six Months Ended
July 31,

2021

2020

2021

2020

Net loss

$

(276,682

)

$

(60,100

)

$

(385,914

)

$

(117,762

)

Add:

Stock-based compensation expense(1)

187,714

48,394

251,826

86,122

Non-cash charitable contributions

1,639

1,881

3,663

2,417

Amortization of acquired intangibles

19,998

1,594

21,591

3,187

Acquisition and integration-related expenses(2)

29,550

36,604

Amortization of debt discount and debt issuance costs

21,449

15,973

42,780

26,330

Loss on early extinguishment and conversion of debt

43

2,174

179

2,174

Non-GAAP net income (loss)

$

(16,289

)

$

9,916

$

(29,271

)

$

2,468

Net margin

(88

)%

(30

)%

(68

)%

(31

)%

Non-GAAP net margin

(5

)%

5

%

(5

)%

1

%

Weighted-average shares used to compute net loss per share, basic and diluted

151,357

126,319

141,720

124,922

Non-GAAP weighted-average effect of potentially dilutive securities

15,936

16,281

Non-GAAP weighted-average shares used to compute non-GAAP net income (loss) per share, diluted

151,357

142,255

141,720

141,203

Net loss per share, basic and diluted

$

(1.83

)

$

(0.48

)

$

(2.72

)

$

(0.94

)

Non-GAAP net income (loss) per share, basic

$

(0.11

)

$

0.08

$

(0.21

)

$

0.02

Non-GAAP net income (loss) per share, diluted

$

(0.11

)

$

0.07

$

(0.21

)

$

0.02

(1)

See table in footnote (1) to the condensed consolidated statements of operations above for breakdown of stock-based compensation expense by line item.

(2)

Acquisition and integration-related expenses include transaction costs and other non-recurring incremental costs incurred through the one-year anniversary of transaction close.

OKTA, INC.
Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Measures
(In thousands, except percentages)
(unaudited)

Free Cash Flow and Free Cash Flow Margin

We define Free cash flow as net cash provided by operating activities, less cash used for purchases of property and equipment and capitalized internal-use software costs. Free cash flow margin is calculated as Free cash flow divided by total revenue.

Three Months Ended
July 31,

Six Months Ended
July 31,

2021

2020

2021

2020

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

$

(2,608

)

$

10,930

$

53,467

$

49,627

Less:

Purchases of property and equipment

(775

)

(2,739

)

(4,034

)

(10,669

)

Capitalization of internal-use software costs

(368

)

(1,326

)

(378

)

(2,326

)

Free cash flow

$

(3,751

)

$

6,865

$

49,055

$

36,632

Net cash used in investing activities

$

(463,466

)

$

(722,865

)

$

(311,561

)

$

(672,261

)

Net cash provided by financing activities

$

33,054

$

1,047,080

$

49,233

$

1,061,247

Free cash flow margin

(1

)%

3

%

9

%

10

%

Calculated Billings

We define Calculated billings as total revenue plus the change in deferred revenue, net of acquired deferred revenue, and less the change in unbilled receivables, net of acquired unbilled receivables, in the period.

Three Months Ended
July 31,

Six Months Ended
July 31,

2021

2020

2021

2020

Total revenue

$

315,500

$

200,446

$

566,506

$

383,305

Add:

Unbilled receivables, current (beginning of period)

894

1,121

2,604

1,026

Acquired unbilled receivables, current

2,327

2,327

Deferred revenue, current (end of period)

721,808

391,246

721,808

391,246

Less:

Unbilled receivables, current (end of period)

(3,409

)

(2,113

)

(3,409

)

(2,113

)

Deferred revenue, current (beginning of period)

(613,167

)

(392,121

)

(502,738

)

(365,236

)

Acquired deferred revenue, current

(60,522

)

(60,522

)

Current calculated billings

363,431

198,579

726,576

408,228

Add:

Deferred revenue, noncurrent (end of period)

15,489

5,574

15,489

5,574

Less:

Deferred revenue, noncurrent (beginning of period)

(11,745

)

(6,070

)

(10,860

)

(6,214

)

Acquired deferred revenue, noncurrent

(4,817

)

(4,817

)

Calculated billings

$

362,358

$

198,083

$

726,388

$

407,588

Investor Contact:

Dave Gennarelli

[email protected]

Media Contact:

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[email protected]

Source: Okta, Inc.

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