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Similarweb Announces Strong Third Quarter 2022 Results

November 15, 2022 4:15 PM

Third quarter 2022 revenue grew 41% year-over-year to $50.0 million

Non-GAAP operating margin improved by over 12 percentage points

Remaining performance obligations increased 39% year-over-year to $158.0 million

TEL AVIV, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Similarweb Ltd. (NYSE: SMWB) ("Similarweb" or the "Company"), a leading digital intelligence company, today announced financial results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2022. The Company published a letter to shareholders from management discussing these results, which can be accessed at the link: https://ir.similarweb.com/financials/quarterly-results, located on the Company's investor relations website.

“We delivered solid results in the third quarter despite the challenging demand environment,” said Or Offer, Founder and Chief Executive Office of Similarweb. “We saw both new customer growth and expansion from existing customers. Interest in our products remains high, even as customers are carefully scrutinizing their spending, because the return on investment is measurable. Our digital intelligence solutions provide visibility to company decision-makers when they need it most.”

Third Quarter 2022 Financial Highlights

Recent Business Highlights

Organizational Changes

The Company also announced organizational changes today. “Over the course of 2022, while our business has continued to grow, we have also seen substantial economic shifts around the globe,” said Mr. Offer. “As a result of these shifts, we have made the very difficult decision to reduce our headcount in preparation for prolonged changes in demand. This is part of an ongoing plan to accelerate our path to cash flow profitability during 2023. We are balancing our resources to align with this strategy, and to enhance our flexibility.”

The headcount reduction represents approximately 10% of the Company’s global workforce.

Financial Outlook

“While we are pleased with our third quarter results, we are seeing signs of changes ahead as we end the year,” said Jason Schwartz, Chief Financial Officer of Similarweb. “We are adjusting our revenue outlook and improving our operating loss outlook for the full year 2022.” Mr. Schwartz added, “We are aligning our strategic priorities to balance our revenue growth with profitability. As part of this optimization process we are implementing cost-saving measures across the company. Our continued focus on disciplined execution in this challenging environment will be critical to accelerating our plans to achieve positive free cash flow during 2023.”

The Company’s fourth quarter and full year 2022 financial outlook is based upon a number of assumptions and trends observed from prior quarters that are subject to change and many of which are outside the Company’s control. Actual results may vary from these assumptions and trends from prior quarters, and the Company’s expectations may change. There can be no assurance that the Company will achieve these results.

The Company does not provide guidance for operating loss and gross margin, the most directly comparable GAAP measures to non-GAAP operating loss and non-GAAP gross margin, respectively, and similarly cannot provide a reconciliation to these measures to their closest GAAP equivalents without unreasonable effort due to the unavailability of reliable estimates for certain items, such as share-based compensation. These items are not within the Company’s control and may vary greatly between periods and could significantly impact future financial results.

Conference Call Information

The financial results and business highlights will be discussed on a conference call and webcast scheduled at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, November 16, 2022. A live webcast of the call can be accessed from Similarweb’s Investor Relations website at https://ir.similarweb.com. An archived webcast of the conference call will also be made available on the Similarweb website following the call. The live call may also be accessed via telephone at (877) 407-0726 toll-free and at (201) 689-7806 internationally.

About Similarweb: As a trusted platform for understanding online behavior, millions of people rely on Similarweb insights to strengthen their knowledge of the digital world. We empower anyone — from the curious individual to the enterprise business leader — to make smarter decisions by understanding why things happen across the digital ecosystem.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including statements relating to our guidance for the fourth quarter and full year of 2022 described under "Financial Outlook". Forward-looking statements include all statements that are not historical facts. Such statements may be preceded by the words “intends,” “may,” “will,” “plans,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “projects,” “predicts,” “estimates,” “aims,” “believes,” “hopes,” “potential” or similar words. These forward-looking statements reflect our current views regarding our intentions, products, services, plans, expectations, strategies and prospects, which are based on information currently available to us and assumptions we have made. Actual results may differ materially from those described in such forward-looking statements and are subject to a variety of assumptions, uncertainties, risks and factors that are beyond our control. Such risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, risks and uncertainties associated with (i) challenges associated with forecasting our revenue given our recent growth and rapid technological development, particularly in light of current macroeconomic uncertainty, (ii) our history of net losses and desire to increase operating expenses, thereby limiting our ability to achieve profitability, (iii) challenges related to effectively managing our growth, including as result of macroeconomic factors, (iv) intense competition in the market and services categories in which we participate, (v) potential reductions in participation in our contributory network and/or increase in the volume of opt-out requests from individuals with respect to our collection of their data, or a decrease in our direct measurement dataset, which could lead to a deterioration in the depth, breadth or accuracy of our data, (vi) our inability to attract new customers and expand subscriptions of current customers, (vii) changes in laws, regulations, and public perception concerning data privacy or change in the patterns of enforcement of existing laws and regulations, (viii) our inability to introduce new features or solutions and make enhancements to our existing solutions, (ix) real or perceived errors, failures, vulnerabilities or bugs in our platform, (x) potential security breaches to our systems or to the systems of our third-party service providers, (xi) our inability to obtain and maintain comprehensive and reliable data to generate our insights, (xii) changes in laws and regulations related to the Internet or changes in the internet infrastructure itself that may diminish the demand for our solutions, (xiii) failure to effectively develop and expand our direct sales capabilities, which could harm our ability to increase the number of organizations using our platform and achieve broader market acceptance for our solutions and (xiv) the impact that current worldwide geopolitical and macroeconomic uncertainty, including uncertainty resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic or other public health crises and the Russian military operations in Ukraine, and any related economic downturn could have on our or our customers' businesses, financial condition and results of operations.

These risks and uncertainties are more fully described in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including in the section entitled “Risk Factors” in our Form 20-F filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 25, 2022, and subsequent reports that we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. 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, we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance, achievements, or events and circumstances reflected in the forward-looking statements will occur.

Forward-looking statements represent our beliefs and assumptions only as of the date of this press release. Except as required by law, we undertake no duty to update any forward-looking statements contained in this release as a result of new information, future events, changes in expectations or otherwise.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

This press release contains certain financial measures that are expressed on a non-GAAP basis. We use these non-GAAP financial measures internally to facilitate analysis of our financial and business trends and for internal planning and forecasting purposes. We believe these non-GAAP financial measures, when taken collectively, may be helpful to investors because they provide consistency and comparability with past financial performance by excluding certain items that may not be indicative of our business, results of operations, or outlook. However, non-GAAP financial measures have limitations as an analytical tool and are presented for supplemental informational purposes only. They should not be considered in isolation from, or as a substitute for, financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP. Free cash flow represents net cash provided by (used in) operating activities less capital expenditures and capitalized internal-use software costs. Normalized free cash flow represents free cash flow less capital investments related to the Company's new headquarters, payments received in connection with these capital investments and deferred payments related to business combinations. Non-GAAP operating income (loss), non-GAAP gross profit, Non-GAAP research and development expenses, non-GAAP sales and marketing expenses and non-GAAP general and administrative expenses represent the comparable GAAP financial figure operating income (loss) or expense, less share-based compensation, adjustments and payments related to business combinations, amortization of intangible assets and certain other non-recurring items, as applicable and indicated in the above tables.

Other Metrics

Customer acquisition costs (CAC) represent the portion of sales and marketing expenses allocated to acquire new customers. Customer retention costs (CRC) represent the portion of sales and marketing expenses allocated to retain existing customers and to increase existing customers’ subscriptions. Annual recurring revenue (ARR) represents the annualized subscription revenue we would contractually expect to receive from customers assuming no increases or reductions in their subscriptions. CAC payback period is the estimated time in months to recover CAC in terms of incremental gross profit that newly acquired customers generate. Net retention rate (NRR) represents the comparison of our ARR from the same set of customers as of a certain point in time, relative to the same point in time in the previous year ago period, expressed as a percentage.

Similarweb Ltd.

Consolidated Balance Sheets

U.S. dollars in thousands (except share and per share data)

December 31,

September 30,

2021

2022

(Unaudited)

Assets

Current assets:

Cash and cash equivalents

$

128,879

$

90,633

Restricted deposits

11,474

10,321

Accounts receivable, net

31,017

25,050

Deferred contract costs

8,470

10,397

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

7,847

6,891

Total current assets

187,687

143,292

Property and equipment, net

6,356

31,382

Deferred contract costs, non-current

9,208

9,410

Operating lease right-of-use assets

42,708

Intangible assets, net

11,617

10,762

Goodwill

11,318

13,072

Other non-current assets

813

944

Total assets

$

226,999

$

251,570

Liabilities and shareholders' equity

Current liabilities:

Borrowings under credit facility

$

$

25,000

Accounts payable

11,303

9,242

Payroll and benefit related liabilities

17,969

19,648

Deferred revenues

76,676

83,503

Other payables and accrued expenses

28,199

27,819

Operating lease liabilities

9,122

Total current liabilities

134,147

174,334

Deferred revenues, non-current

2,074

1,044

Operating lease liabilities, non-current

41,458

Deferred rent

2,602

Other non-current liabilities

3,262

3,049

Total liabilities

142,085

219,885

Shareholders' equity

Ordinary Shares, NIS 0.01 par value 500,000,000 shares authorized as of December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2022 (unaudited); 74,847,609 and 76,023,878 shares issued as of December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2022 (unaudited); 74,845,441 and 76,021,710 outstanding as of December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2022 (unaudited), respectively

205

208

Additional paid-in capital

324,614

341,164

Accumulated other comprehensive income

160

(959

)

Accumulated deficit

(240,065

)

(308,728

)

Total shareholders' equity

84,914

31,685

Total liabilities and shareholders' equity

$

226,999

$

251,570

Similarweb Ltd.

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss)

U.S. dollars in thousands (except share and per share data)

Nine months Ended
September 30,

Three Months Ended
September 30,

2021

2022

2021

2022

(Unaudited)

(Unaudited)

Revenues

$

97,517

$

141,888

$

35,597

$

50,022

Cost of revenues

21,061

40,848

7,795

13,749

Gross profit

76,456

101,040

27,802

36,273

Operating expenses:

Research and development

30,100

45,927

11,422

15,156

Sales and marketing

65,862

92,539

24,150

30,051

General and administrative

23,698

35,836

8,951

11,681

Total operating expenses

119,660

174,302

44,523

56,888

Loss from operations

(43,204

)

(73,262

)

(16,721

)

(20,615

)

Finance (expenses) income, net

(1,158

)

4,796

(294

)

(627

)

Loss before income taxes

(44,362

)

(68,466

)

(17,015

)

(21,242

)

Provision for (benefit from) income taxes

807

197

319

(249

)

Net loss

$

(45,169

)

$

(68,663

)

$

(17,334

)

$

(20,993

)

Net loss per share attributable to ordinary shareholders, basic and diluted

$

(0.98

)

$

(0.91

)

$

(0.23

)

$

(0.28

)

Weighted-average shares used in computing net loss per share attributable to ordinary shareholders, basic and diluted

45,961,751

75,557,954

74,506,187

75,975,356

Net loss

(45,169

)

(68,663

)

(17,334

)

(20,993

)

Other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax

Change in unrealized (loss) gain on cashflow hedges

(53

)

(1,119

)

16

209

Total other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax

(53

)

(1,119

)

16

209

Total comprehensive loss

$

(45,222

)

$

(69,782

)

$

(17,318

)

$

(20,784

)

Share-based compensation costs included above:

U.S. dollars in thousands

Nine months Ended
September 30,

Three Months Ended
September 30,

2021

2022

2021

2022

(in thousands)

(in thousands)

Cost of revenues

$

121

$

463

$

55

$

143

Research and development

2,915

4,094

874

1,463

Sales and marketing

2,304

4,908

966

1,747

General and administrative

2,516

3,950

834

1,496

Total

$

7,856

$

13,415

$

2,729

$

4,849

Similarweb Ltd.

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

U.S. dollars in thousands

Nine months Ended
September 30,

Three Months Ended
September 30,

2021

2022

2021

2022

(Unaudited)

(Unaudited)

Cash flows from operating activities:

Net loss

$

(45,169

)

$

(68,663

)

$

(17,334

)

$

(20,993

)

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:

Depreciation and amortization

1,628

8,112

573

2,354

Finance (income) expense

(204

)

1,419

(112

)

282

Unrealized (gain) loss from hedging future transactions

(18

)

473

4

126

Share-based compensation

7,856

13,415

2,729

4,849

Gain on sale of equipment

(132

)

(5

)

Provision for accrued interest on Credit Facility

(53

)

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

Operating lease right-of-use assets and liabilities, net

5,269

3,174

Decrease (increase) in accounts receivable, net

854

6,198

(4,560

)

1,865

(Increase) decrease in deferred contract costs

(4,057

)

(2,129

)

(1,532

)

229

(Increase) decrease in prepaid expenses and other current assets

(2,712

)

886

(2,496

)

1,265

Decrease (increase) in other non-current assets

71

(131

)

1

(46

)

Increase (decrease) in accounts payable

4,837

(2,840

)

886

(4,242

)

Increase (decrease) in deferred revenue

12,245

5,433

409

(6,900

)

Decrease in deferred rent

(335

)

(108

)

Increase (decrease) in other non-current liabilities

628

(561

)

272

(133

)

Increase (decrease) in other liabilities and accrued expenses

7,173

(554

)

4,676

(3,494

)

Net cash used in operating activities

(17,256

)

(33,805

)

(16,592

)

(21,669

)

Cash flows from investing activities:

Purchases of property and equipment, net

(1,415

)

(26,325

)

(395

)

(6,705

)

Capitalized internal-use software costs

(228

)

(2,495

)

(115

)

(1,120

)

(Increase) decrease in restricted deposits

(262

)

1,153

249

1,047

Decrease in short-term investments

30,000

Cash paid in relation to business combinations (Schedule A)

(500

)

(3,787

)

Cash received in relation to business combinations

294

294

Acquisitions of intangible assets

(300

)

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

27,295

(31,160

)

(261

)

(6,484

)

Cash flows from financing activities:

Proceeds from exercise of share options

730

1,904

302

143

Proceeds from employee share purchase plan

1,234

Borrowings under Credit Facility

30,000

25,000

25,000

Repayment of Credit Facility

(56,800

)

Proceeds from initial public offering, net of underwriting fees and commissions and other issuance costs

150,936

(1,475

)

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

124,866

28,138

(1,173

)

25,143

Effect of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents

204

(1,419

)

112

(282

)

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

135,109

(38,246

)

(17,914

)

(3,292

)

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

23,943

128,879

176,966

93,925

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

$

159,052

$

90,633

$

159,052

$

90,633

Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:

Interest paid (received)

$

528

$

(16

)

$

$

Taxes paid

$

465

$

417

$

212

$

176

Supplemental disclosure of non-cash operating, investing and financing activities:

Offering costs incurred during the period included in accounts payable and accrued expenses

$

270

$

$

$

Additions to operating lease right-of-use assets and liabilities

$

$

9,435

$

$

457

Deferred proceeds from exercise of share options included in other current assets

$

$

$

$

Deferred costs of property and equipment incurred during the period included in accounts payable

$

$

770

$

$

(2,684

)

Schedule A : Business combinations

Working capital (deficit), net (excluding cash and cash equivalents)

(668

)

Property, plant and equipment

43

Goodwill and other intangible assets

4,565

Deferred taxes, net

(153

)

$

3,787

Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures to the Most Directly Comparable GAAP Financial Measures

Reconciliation of GAAP gross profit to non-GAAP gross profit

Nine months Ended
September 30,

Three Months Ended
September 30,

2021

2022

2021

2022

(In thousands)

(In thousands)

GAAP gross profit

$

76,456

$

101,040

$

27,802

$

36,273

Add:

Share-based compensation expenses

121

463

55

143

Retention payments related to business combinations

1,656

511

Amortization of intangible assets related to business combinations

3,319

1,168

Non-recurring expenses related to termination of lease agreement and others

35

Non-GAAP gross profit

$

76,577

$

106,513

$

27,857

$

38,095

Non-GAAP gross margin

79

%

75

%

78

%

76

%

Reconciliation of Loss from operations (GAAP) to Non-GAAP operating loss

Nine months Ended
September 30,

Three Months Ended
September 30,

2021

2022

2021

2022

(In thousands)

(In thousands)

Loss from operations

$

(43,204

)

$

(73,262

)

$

(16,721

)

$

(20,615

)

Add:

Share-based compensation expenses

7,856

13,415

2,729

4,849

Retention payments related to business combinations

814

1,991

118

737

Amortization of intangible assets related to business combinations

3,371

1,201

Adjustment of fair value of contingent consideration related to business combinations

744

62

Non-recurring expenses related to termination of lease agreement and others

977

418

Non-recurring fees related to initial public offering

1,214

Capital gain related to sale of operating equipment

(127

)

Non-GAAP operating loss

$

(33,320

)

$

(52,891

)

$

(13,874

)

$

(13,348

)

Non-GAAP operating margin

(34

)%

(37

)%

(39

)%

(27

)%

Reconciliation of GAAP operating expenses to non-GAAP operating expenses

Nine months Ended
September 30,

Three Months Ended
September 30,

2021

2022

2021

2022

(In thousands)

(In thousands)

GAAP research and development

$

30,100

$

45,927

$

11,422

$

15,156

Less:

Share-based compensation expenses

2,915

4,094

874

1,463

Retention payments related to business combinations

814

118

Non-recurring expenses related to termination of lease agreement and others

87

Non-GAAP research and development

$

26,371

$

41,746

$

10,430

$

13,693

GAAP sales and marketing

$

65,862

$

92,539

$

24,150

$

30,051

Less:

Share-based compensation expenses

2,304

4,908

966

1,747

Retention payments related to business combinations

335

226

Amortization of intangible assets related to business combinations

52

33

Non-recurring expenses related to termination of lease agreement and others

799

418

Non-GAAP sales and marketing

$

63,558

$

86,445

$

23,184

$

27,627

GAAP general and administrative

$

23,698

$

35,836

$

8,951

$

11,681

Less:

Share-based compensation expenses

2,516

3,950

834

1,496

Adjustment of fair value of contingent consideration related to business combinations

744

62

Non-recurring fees related to initial public offering

1,214

Non-recurring expenses related to termination of lease agreement and others

56

Capital gain related to sale of operating equipment

(127

)

Non-GAAP general and administrative

$

19,968

$

31,213

$

8,117

$

10,123

Reconciliation of Net cash used in operating activities (GAAP) to Free cash flow and Normalized free cash flow

Nine months Ended
September 30,

Three Months Ended
September 30,

2021

2022

2021

2022

(In thousands)

(In thousands)

Net cash used in operating activities

$

(17,256

)

$

(33,805

)

$

(16,592

)

$

(21,669

)

Purchases of property and equipment, net

(1,415

)

(26,325

)

(395

)

(6,705

)

Capitalized internal use software costs

(228

)

(2,495

)

(115

)

(1,120

)

Free cash flow

$

(18,899

)

$

(62,625

)

$

(17,102

)

$

(29,494

)

Cash payments related to the new headquarters

25,440

7,161

Cash received in connection with purchases of property and equipment

(11,192

)

(3,174

)

Deferred payments in relation to business combinations

413

413

Normalized free cash flow

$

(18,899

)

$

(47,964

)

$

(17,102

)

$

(25,094

)

Press:

David Carr

Similarweb

[email protected]

Investors:

Raymond "RJ" Jones

Similarweb

[email protected]

Source: Similarweb Ltd.

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