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CyberArk Announces Strong Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2023 Results

February 8, 2024 7:00 AM

Company Exceeds Expectations Across all Guided Metrics

Subscription Portion of Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) of $582 million; Growth of 60% Year-over-Year

Total ARR of $774 million; Growth of 36% Year-over-Year

Subscription Revenue of $472.0 million for Full Year 2023; Growth of 68% Year-Over-Year

Record Total Revenue of $751.9 million for Full Year 2023; Growth Accelerates to 27% Year-Over-Year

Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities of $56.2 million for the Full Year 2023

NEWTON, Mass. & PETACH TIKVA, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- CyberArk (NASDAQ: CYBR), the identity security company, today announced strong financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2023.

“2023 was a momentous year for CyberArk and with our excellence in execution, we solidified our position as the leader in identity security,” said Matt Cohen, CyberArk's Chief Executive Officer. “Throughout the year, we consistently delivered strong results, including in the fourth quarter where top line growth accelerated, operating income and cash flow increased, and we again beat expectations across all guided metrics. Record demand for our SaaS solutions drove our subscription bookings mix to 95 percent in 2023 and recurring revenue reached 90 percent of our total revenue – we are now a fully recurring revenue company. The momentum in our business and our platform selling motion is demonstrated by our ARR reaching $774 million and growing 36 percent as well as our Subscription ARR reaching $582 million, growing 60 percent, with a record for net new Subscription ARR of $78 million in the fourth quarter. Our identity security platform is applying the right level of controls across all identities, human or machine, regardless of environment. In today’s threat landscape, our platform and security first approach are a business imperative, resulting in customers consolidating on our identity platform. With our execution in 2023, we enter 2024 in a position of strength, poised to continue to deliver durable growth, profitability, and cash flow.”

Financial Summary for the Fourth Quarter Ended December 31, 2023

Financial Summary for the Full Year Ended December 31, 2023

Balance Sheet and Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities

Key Business Highlights

Recent Developments

Business Outlook

Based on information available as of February 8, 2024, CyberArk is issuing guidance for the first quarter and full year 2024 as indicated below.

First Quarter 2024:

Full Year 2024:

(1) KuppingerCole Analysts AG “Leadership Compass: Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management (CIEM),” November 8, 2023, Paul Fisher

(2) KuppingerCole Analysts AG “Leadership Compass: Access Management,” August 16, 2023 by Alejandro Leal

Conference Call Information

In conjunction with this announcement, CyberArk will host a conference call on Thursday, February 8, 2024 at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time (ET) to discuss the Company’s fourth quarter and full year financial results and its business outlook. To access this call, dial +1 (888) 330-2455 (U.S.) or +1 (240) 789-2717 (international). The conference ID is 6515982. Additionally, a live webcast of the conference call will be available via the “Investor Relations” section of the company’s website at www.cyberark.com.

Following the conference call, a replay will be available for one week at +1 (800) 770-2030 (U.S.) or +1 (647) 362-9199 (international). The replay pass code is 6515982. An archived webcast of the conference call will also be available in the “Investor Relations” section of the company’s website at www.cyberark.com.

About CyberArk

CyberArk (NASDAQ: CYBR) is the global leader in identity security. Centered on intelligent privilege controls, CyberArk provides the most comprehensive security offering for any identity – human or machine – across business applications, distributed workforces, hybrid cloud environments and throughout the DevOps lifecycle. The world’s leading organizations trust CyberArk to help secure their most critical assets. To learn more about CyberArk, visit https://www.cyberark.com, read the CyberArk blogs or follow on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook or YouTube.

Copyright © 2024 CyberArk Software. All Rights Reserved. All other brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to their respective holders.

Key Performance Indicators and Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR)

Subscription Portion of Annual Recurring Revenue

Maintenance Portion of Annual Recurring Revenue

Recurring Revenue

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

CyberArk believes that the use of non-GAAP gross profit, non-GAAP operating expense, non-GAAP operating income (loss), non-GAAP net income (loss) and free cash flow is helpful to our investors. These financial measures are not measures of the Company’s financial performance under U.S. GAAP and should not be considered as alternatives to gross profit, operating loss, net income (loss) or net cash provided by operating activities or any other performance measures derived in accordance with GAAP.

The Company believes that providing non-GAAP financial measures that are adjusted by, as applicable, share-based compensation expense, acquisition related expenses, amortization of intangible assets related to acquisitions, impairment of capitalized software development costs, non-cash interest expense related to the amortization of debt discount and issuance cost, gain from investment in privately held companies, and the tax effect of the non-GAAP adjustments and purchase of property and equipment allows for more meaningful comparisons of its period to period operating results. Share-based compensation expense has been, and will continue to be for the foreseeable future, a significant recurring expense in the Company’s business and an important part of the compensation provided to its employees. Share based compensation expense has varying available valuation methodologies, subjective assumptions and a variety of equity instruments that can impact a company’s non-cash expense. The Company believes that expenses related to its acquisitions, amortization of intangible assets related to acquisitions, and non-cash interest expense related to the amortization of debt discount and issuance costs do not reflect the performance of its core business and impact period-to-period comparability. The Company believes free cash flow is a liquidity measure that, after the purchase of property and equipment, provides useful information about the amount of cash generated by the business.

Non-GAAP financial measures may not provide information that is directly comparable to that provided by other companies in the Company’s industry, as other companies in the industry may calculate non-GAAP financial results differently, particularly related to non-recurring, unusual items. In addition, there are limitations in using non-GAAP financial measures as they exclude expenses that may have a material impact on the Company’s reported financial results. The presentation of non-GAAP financial information is not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for the directly comparable financial measures prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. CyberArk urges investors to review the reconciliation of its non-GAAP financial measures to the comparable U.S. GAAP financial measures included below, and not to rely on any single financial measure to evaluate its business.

Guidance for non-GAAP financial measures excludes, as applicable, share-based compensation expense, acquisition related expenses, amortization of intangible assets related to acquisitions, non-cash interest expense related to the amortization of debt discount and issuance costs, the tax effect of the non-GAAP adjustments, and purchase of property and equipment. A reconciliation of the non-GAAP financial measures guidance to the corresponding GAAP measures is not available on a forward-looking basis due to the uncertainty regarding, and the potential variability and significance of, the amounts of share-based compensation expense, amortization of intangible assets related to acquisitions, and the non-recurring expenses that are excluded from the guidance as well as changes in interest rates and foreign exchange rates, which impact other GAAP performance metrics. Accordingly, a reconciliation of the non-GAAP financial measures guidance to the corresponding GAAP measures for future periods is not available without unreasonable effort.

Cautionary Language Concerning Forward-Looking Statements

This release contains forward-looking statements, which express the current beliefs and expectations of CyberArk’s (the “Company”) management. In some cases, forward-looking statements may be identified by terminology such as “believe,” “may,” “estimate,” “continue,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “should,” “plan,” “expect,” “predict,” “potential” or the negative of these terms or other similar expressions. Such statements involve a number of known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause the Company’s future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to differ materially from the results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include risks relating to: changes to the drivers of the Company’s growth and its ability to adapt its solutions to IT security market demands; fluctuation in the Company’s quarterly results of operations due to sales cycles and multiple pricing and delivery models; the Company’s ability to sell into existing and new customers and industry verticals; an increase in competition within the Privileged Access Management and Identity Security markets; unanticipated product vulnerabilities or cybersecurity breaches of the Company’s, or the Company’s customers’ or partners’ systems; complications or risks in connection with the Company’s subscription model, including uncertainty regarding renewals from its existing customer base, and retaining sufficient subscription or maintenance and support service renewal rates; risks related to compliance with privacy and data protection laws and regulations; regulatory and geopolitical risks associated with global sales and operations, as well as impacts from the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas and other conflicts in the region, as our principal executive offices, most of our research and development activities and other significant operations are located in Israel; risks regarding potential negative economic conditions in the global economy or certain regions, including conditions resulting from financial and credit market fluctuations, rising interest rates, bank failures, inflation, and the potential for regional or global recessions; the Company’s ability to hire, train, retain and motivate qualified personnel; reliance on third-party cloud providers for the Company’s operations and SaaS solutions; the Company’s history of incurring net losses and its ability to achieve profitability in the future; risks related to the Company’s ongoing transition to a new Chief Executive Officer; risks related to sales made to government entities; the Company’s ability to find, complete, fully integrate or achieve the expected benefits of strategic acquisitions; the Company’s ability to expand its sales and marketing efforts and expand its channel partnerships across existing and new geographies; changes in regulatory requirements or fluctuations in currency exchange rates; the ability of the Company’s products to help customers achieve and maintain compliance with government regulations or industry standards; risks related to intellectual property claims or the Company’s ability to protect its proprietary technology and intellectual property rights; and other factors discussed under the heading “Risk Factors” in the Company’s most recent annual report on Form 20-F filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Forward-looking statements in this release are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions contained in the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are made only as of the date hereof, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise the forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

CYBERARK SOFTWARE LTD.
Consolidated Statements of Operations
U.S. dollars in thousands (except per share data)
(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended Twelve Months Ended
December 31, December 31,

2022

2023

2022

2023

Revenues:
Subscription

$

88,451

$

150,257

$

280,649

$

472,023

Perpetual license

14,579

8,009

49,964

21,037

Maintenance and professional services

66,121

64,838

261,097

258,828

Total revenues

169,151

223,104

591,710

751,888

Cost of revenues:
Subscription

13,762

19,764

46,249

74,623

Perpetual license

913

700

2,893

1,873

Maintenance and professional services

20,153

19,189

76,904

79,635

Total cost of revenues

34,828

39,653

126,046

156,131

Gross profit

134,323

183,451

465,664

595,757

Operating expenses:
Research and development

51,477

53,792

190,321

211,445

Sales and marketing

90,737

106,607

345,273

405,983

General and administrative

22,178

27,763

82,520

94,801

Total operating expenses

164,392

188,162

618,114

712,229

Operating loss

(30,069

)

(4,711

)

(152,450

)

(116,472

)

Financial income, net

9,163

19,302

15,432

53,214

Income (loss) before taxes on income

(20,906

)

14,591

(137,018

)

(63,258

)

Tax benefit (taxes on income)

(1,298

)

(5,680

)

6,650

(3,246

)

Net income (loss)

$

(22,204

)

$

8,911

$

(130,368

)

$

(66,504

)

Basic net income (loss) per ordinary share

$

(0.54

)

$

0.21

$

(3.21

)

$

(1.60

)

Diluted net income (loss) per ordinary share

$

(0.54

)

$

0.20

$

(3.21

)

$

(1.60

)

Shares used in computing net income (loss) per ordinary shares, basic

40,923,682

42,069,678

40,583,002

41,658,424

Shares used in computing net income (loss) per ordinary shares, diluted

40,923,682

47,107,294

40,583,002

41,658,424

CYBERARK SOFTWARE LTD.

Consolidated Balance Sheets

U.S. dollars in thousands

(Unaudited)

December 31, December 31,

2022

2023

ASSETS
CURRENT ASSETS:
Cash and cash equivalents

$

347,338

$

355,933

Short-term bank deposits

305,843

354,472

Marketable securities

301,101

283,016

Trade receivables

120,817

186,472

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

22,482

31,550

Total current assets

1,097,581

1,211,443

LONG-TERM ASSETS:
Marketable securities

227,748

324,548

Property and equipment, net

23,474

16,494

Intangible assets, net

27,508

20,202

Goodwill

153,241

153,241

Other long-term assets

217,040

214,816

Deferred tax asset

72,809

81,464

Total long-term assets

721,820

810,765

TOTAL ASSETS

$

1,819,401

$

2,022,208

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
CURRENT LIABILITIES:
Trade payables

$

13,642

$

10,971

Employees and payroll accruals

77,328

95,538

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities

33,584

36,562

Convertible senior notes, net

-

572,340

Deferred revenues

327,918

409,219

Total current liabilities

452,472

1,124,630

LONG-TERM LIABILITIES:
Convertible senior notes, net

569,344

-

Deferred revenues

80,524

71,413

Other long-term liabilities

38,917

33,839

Total long-term liabilities

688,785

105,252

TOTAL LIABILITIES

1,141,257

1,229,882

SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY:
Ordinary shares of NIS 0.01 par value

107

111

Additional paid-in capital

660,289

827,260

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

(15,560

)

(1,849

)

Retained earnings (accumulated deficit)

33,308

(33,196

)

Total shareholders' equity

678,144

792,326

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

$

1,819,401

$

2,022,208

CYBERARK SOFTWARE LTD.

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

U.S. dollars in thousands

(Unaudited)

Twelve Months Ended
December 31,

2022

2023

Cash flows from operating activities:
Net loss

$

(130,368

)

$

(66,504

)

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization

16,203

19,250

Amortization of premium and accretion of discount on marketable securities, net

3,894

(4,570

)

Share-based compensation

120,821

140,101

Deferred income taxes, net

(15,630

)

(7,879

)

Increase in trade receivables

(7,606

)

(65,655

)

Amortization of debt discount and issuance costs

2,980

2,996

Increase in prepaid expenses, other current and long-term assets and others

(37,141

)

(45,016

)

Changes in operating lease right-of-use assets

4,558

6,566

Increase (decrease) in trade payables

4,053

(2,669

)

Increase in short-term and long-term deferred revenues

91,167

72,190

Increase in employees and payroll accruals

714

6,981

Increase in accrued expenses and other current and long-term liabilities

4,801

7,507

Changes in operating lease liabilities

(8,738

)

(7,094

)

Net cash provided by operating activities

49,708

56,204

Cash flows from investing activities:
Investment in short and long term deposits

(496,894

)

(337,835

)

Proceeds from short and long term deposits

532,563

319,542

Investment in marketable securities and other

(375,731

)

(406,633

)

Proceeds from sales and maturities of marketable securities and other

325,472

344,046

Purchase of property and equipment

(12,517

)

(4,948

)

Payments for business acquisitions, net of cash acquired

(41,285

)

-

Net cash used in investing activities

(68,392

)

(85,828

)

Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from (payment of) withholding tax related to employee stock plans

(184

)

11,188

Proceeds from exercise of stock options

1,968

11,065

Proceeds in connection with employees stock purchase plan

15,143

15,831

Payments of contingent consideration related to acquisitions

(4,702

)

-

Net cash provided by financing activities

12,225

38,084

Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

(6,459

)

8,460

Effect of exchange rate differences on cash and cash equivalents

(3,053

)

135

Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period

356,850

347,338

Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period

$

347,338

$

355,933

CYBERARK SOFTWARE LTD.
Reconciliation of GAAP Measures to Non-GAAP Measures
U.S. dollars in thousands (except per share data)
(Unaudited)
Reconciliation of Net cash provided by operating activities to Free cash flow:
Three Months Ended Twelve Months Ended
December 31, December 31,

2022

2023

2022

2023

Net cash provided by operating activities

$

20,497

$

46,898

$

49,708

$

56,204

Less:
Purchase of property and equipment

(3,739

)

(695

)

(12,517

)

(4,948

)

Free cash flow

$

16,758

$

46,203

$

37,191

$

51,256

GAAP net cash used in investing activities

(247

)

(84,140

)

(68,392

)

(85,828

)

GAAP net cash provided by financing activities

563

18,889

12,225

38,084

Reconciliation of Gross Profit to Non-GAAP Gross Profit:
Three Months Ended Twelve Months Ended
December 31, December 31,

2022

2023

2022

2023

Gross profit

$

134,323

$

183,451

$

465,664

$

595,757

Plus:
Share-based compensation (1)

4,098

4,500

15,060

17,612

Amortization of share-based compensation capitalized in software development costs (3)

82

84

346

393

Amortization of intangible assets (2)

1,705

1,704

6,044

6,817

Impairment of capitalized software development costs (3)

-

-

-

2,067

Non-GAAP gross profit

$

140,208

$

189,739

$

487,114

$

622,646

Reconciliation of Operating Expenses to Non-GAAP Operating Expenses:
Three Months Ended Twelve Months Ended
December 31, December 31,

2022

2023

2022

2023

Operating expenses

$

164,392

$

188,162

$

618,114

$

712,229

Less:
Share-based compensation (1)

28,130

33,035

105,761

122,489

Amortization of intangible assets (2)

153

137

611

547

Acquisition related expenses

-

-

2,244

-

Non-GAAP operating expenses

$

136,109

$

154,990

$

509,498

$

589,193

Reconciliation of Operating loss to Non-GAAP Operating Income (loss):
Three Months Ended Twelve Months Ended
December 31, December 31,

2022

2023

2022

2023

Operating loss

$

(30,069

)

$

(4,711

)

$

(152,450

)

$

(116,472

)

Plus:
Share-based compensation (1)

32,228

37,535

120,821

140,101

Amortization of share-based compensation capitalized in software development costs (3)

82

84

346

393

Amortization of intangible assets (2)

1,858

1,841

6,655

7,364

Acquisition related expenses

-

-

2,244

-

Impairment of capitalized software development costs (3)

-

-

-

2,067

Non-GAAP operating income (loss)

$

4,099

$

34,749

$

(22,384

)

$

33,453

Reconciliation of Net Income (loss) to Non-GAAP Net Income (loss):
Three Months Ended Twelve Months Ended
December 31, December 31,

2022

2023

2022

2023

Net income (loss)

$

(22,204

)

$

8,911

$

(130,368

)

$

(66,504

)

Plus:
Share-based compensation (1)

32,228

37,535

120,821

140,101

Amortization of share-based compensation capitalized in software development costs (3)

82

84

346

393

Amortization of intangible assets (2)

1,858

1,841

6,655

7,364

Acquisition related expenses

-

-

2,244

-

Amortization of debt discount and issuance costs

746

752

2,980

2,996

Gain from investment in privately held companies

-

(2,213

)

(324

)

(2,757

)

Impairment of capitalized software development costs (3)

-

-

-

2,067

Taxes on income related to non-GAAP adjustments

(5,560

)

(8,848

)

(20,189

)

(31,656

)

Non-GAAP net income (loss)

$

7,150

$

38,062

$

(17,835

)

$

52,004

Non-GAAP net income (loss) per share
Basic

$

0.17

$

0.90

$

(0.44

)

$

1.25

Diluted

$

0.16

$

0.81

$

(0.44

)

$

1.12

Weighted average number of shares
Basic

40,923,682

42,069,678

40,583,002

41,658,424

Diluted

45,600,508

47,107,294

40,583,002

46,375,198

(1) Share-based Compensation :
Three Months Ended Twelve Months Ended
December 31, December 31,

2022

2023

2022

2023

Cost of revenues - Subscription

$

737

$

1,219

$

2,264

$

4,178

Cost of revenues - Perpetual license

40

15

143

45

Cost of revenues - Maintenance and Professional services

3,321

3,266

12,653

13,389

Research and development

7,315

7,661

27,102

29,458

Sales and marketing

13,684

14,800

51,099

58,790

General and administrative

7,131

10,574

27,560

34,241

Total share-based compensation

$

32,228

$

37,535

$

120,821

$

140,101

(2) Amortization of intangible assets :
Three Months Ended Twelve Months Ended
December 31, December 31,

2022

2023

2022

2023

Cost of revenues - Subscription

$

1,663

$

1,704

$

5,894

$

6,817

Cost of revenues - Perpetual license

42

-

150

-

Sales and marketing

153

137

611

547

Total amortization of intangible assets

$

1,858

$

1,841

$

6,655

$

7,364

(3) Classified as Cost of revenues - Subscription.

Investor Relations:

Erica Smith

CyberArk

617-558-2132

[email protected]

Media:

Nick Bowman

CyberArk

+44 (0) 7841 673378

[email protected]

Source: CyberArk

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