F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIV) today announced financial results for
its fiscal 2019 second quarter ended March 31, 2019.
“The combination of demand for application security and our new software
consumption models, including Enterprise Licensing Agreements, helped
drive 30% software revenue growth in our second fiscal quarter,” said
François Locoh-Donou, F5 President and Chief Executive Officer.
“Security use cases are at the forefront of our customer conversations
and customers globally rely on F5 to provide consistent application
security and reliable performance as they deploy across private, public,
hybrid, and multi-cloud environments.”
“Over the last 18 months, as part of our transition to a multi-cloud
applications services company, we have made significant shifts in where
and how we invest our resources and our customers already are
benefitting. In addition to meaningfully expanding our software
offerings, during the second quarter we launched F5 Cloud Services and
our first SaaS offering on that platform. Our portfolio of solutions to
reach every app, anywhere continues to expand at pace,” said Locoh-Donou.
Second Quarter Performance Summary
Revenue of $544.9 million for the second quarter of fiscal year 2019
reflects 2% growth from $533.3 million in the second quarter of fiscal
year 2018, driven by software solutions revenue growth of 30%.
GAAP net income for the second quarter of fiscal year 2019 was $116.1
million, or $1.93 per diluted share, and includes $39.5 million in
stock-based compensation, $3.5 million in costs related to the announced
acquisition of NGINX, $2.6 million in facility exit costs and $1.8
million in amortization of purchased intangible assets. This compares
with second quarter fiscal year 2018 GAAP net income of $109.6 million,
or $1.77 per diluted share.
Non-GAAP net income for the second quarter of fiscal year 2019 was
$154.4 million, or $2.57 per diluted share, compared to $143.3 million,
or $2.31 per diluted share, in the second quarter of fiscal year 2018.
Non-GAAP net income for the second quarter of fiscal year 2019 and the
second quarter of fiscal year 2018 excludes the impact of stock-based
compensation, amortization of purchased intangible assets, and
non-recurring tax expenses and benefits. Non-GAAP net income for the
second quarter of fiscal year 2019 also excludes facility exit costs
related to the Company’s headquarter move and costs related to the
announced acquisition of NGINX.
A reconciliation of net income, earnings per share, and other measures
on a GAAP to non-GAAP basis is included in the attached Consolidated
Income Statements. Additional information about non-GAAP financial
information is included below.
F5 generated $194 million in cash flow from operations in the second
fiscal quarter, which contributed to cash and investments totaling $1.6
billion at quarter end.
During the second quarter of fiscal year 2019, F5 repurchased
approximately 617 thousand shares of its common stock at an average
price of $162.06 per share for an aggregate purchase price of $100.0
million.
Business Outlook
Excluding any impact from the acquisition of NGINX, for the third
quarter of fiscal year 2019 ending June 30, 2019, the Company expects to
deliver revenue in the range of $550 million to $560 million with
non-GAAP earnings in the range of $2.54 to $2.57 per diluted share.
All forward-looking non-GAAP measures included in the outlook exclude
estimates for amortization of intangible assets, share-based
compensation expenses, significant effects of tax legislation and
judicial or administrative interpretation of tax regulations, including
the impact of income tax reform, non-recurring income tax adjustments,
valuation allowance on deferred tax assets, and the income tax effect of
non-GAAP exclusions, and do not include the impact of any future
acquisitions or divestitures, restructuring charges, facility exit
costs, or other non-recurring charges that may occur in the period. F5
is unable to provide a reconciliation of non-GAAP guidance measures to
corresponding U.S. generally accepted accounting principles or GAAP
measures on a forward-looking basis without unreasonable effort due to
the overall high variability and low visibility of most of the foregoing
items that have been excluded. Material changes to any one of these
items could have a significant effect on our guidance and future GAAP
results. Certain exclusions, such as amortization of intangible assets
and share-based compensation expenses, are generally incurred each
quarter, but the amounts have historically varied and may continue to
vary significantly from quarter to quarter.
Live Webcast and Conference Call
F5 will host a live webcast and conference call to review its financial
results and outlook today, April 24, 2019, at 1:30 pm PT. The live
webcast can be accessed at https://www.f5.com/company/investor-relations.
To participate in the live call via telephone in the U.S., dial
866-209-3822. Outside the U.S., dial +1-647-689-5683. Please call 10
minutes prior to the call start time. The webcast replay will be
archived on the IR portion of F5’s website at https://www.f5.com/company/investor-relations.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements including, among
other things, statements regarding the continuing strength and momentum
of F5’s business, future financial performance, sequential growth,
projected revenues including target revenue and earnings ranges, income,
earnings per share, share amount and share price assumptions, share
repurchases, demand for application delivery networking, application
delivery services, security, and software products, expectations
regarding future services and products, expectations regarding future
customers, markets and the benefits of products, and other statements
that are not historical facts and which are forward-looking statements.
These forward-looking statements are subject to the safe harbor
provisions created by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995. Actual results could differ materially from those projected in the
forward-looking statements as a result of certain risk factors. Such
forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, as well as
assumptions and other factors that, if they do not fully materialize or
prove correct, could cause the actual results, performance or
achievements of the company, or industry results, to be materially
different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed
or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, but
are not limited to: customer acceptance of our new traffic management,
security, application delivery, optimization, and software and F5aaS
offerings; the timely development, introduction and acceptance of
additional new products and features by F5 or its competitors;
competitive factors, including but not limited to pricing pressures,
industry consolidation, entry of new competitors into F5’s markets, and
new product and marketing initiatives by our competitors; increased
sales discounts; uncertain global economic conditions which may result
in reduced customer demand for our products and services and changes in
customer payment patterns; global economic conditions and uncertainties
in the geopolitical environment; overall information technology
spending; litigation involving patents, intellectual property,
shareholder and other matters, and governmental investigations; natural
catastrophic events; a pandemic or epidemic; F5’s ability to sustain,
develop and effectively utilize distribution relationships; F5’s ability
to attract, train and retain qualified product development, marketing,
sales, professional services and customer support personnel; F5’s
ability to expand in international markets; the unpredictability of F5’s
sales cycle; F5’s share repurchase program; future prices of F5’s common
stock; and other risks and uncertainties described more fully in our
documents filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange
Commission, including our most recent reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q
and current reports on Form 8-K and other documents that we may file or
furnish from time to time, which could cause actual results to vary from
expectations. The financial information contained in this release should
be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and
notes thereto included in F5’s most recent reports on Forms 10-Q and
10-K as each may be amended from time to time. All forward-looking
statements in this press release are based on information available as
of the date hereof and qualified in their entirety by this cautionary
statement. F5 assumes no obligation to revise or update these
forward-looking statements.
GAAP to non-GAAP Reconciliation
F5’s management evaluates and makes operating decisions using various
operating measures. These measures are generally based on the revenues
of its products, services operations and certain costs of those
operations, such as cost of revenues, research and development, sales
and marketing and general and administrative expenses. One such measure
is GAAP net income excluding, as applicable, stock-based compensation,
amortization of purchased intangible assets, acquisition-related
charges, net of taxes, restructuring charges, significant litigation and
other contingencies and certain non-recurring tax expenses and benefits,
which is a non-GAAP financial measure under Section 101 of Regulation G
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. This measure of
non-GAAP net income is adjusted by the amount of additional taxes or tax
benefit that the company would accrue if it used non-GAAP results
instead of GAAP results to calculate the company’s tax liability.
The non-GAAP adjustments, and F5’s basis for excluding them from
non-GAAP financial measures, are outlined below:
Stock-based compensation. Stock-based compensation consists of
expense for stock options, restricted stock and employee stock purchases
through the company’s ESPP. Although stock-based compensation is an
important aspect of the compensation of F5’s employees and executives,
management believes it is useful to exclude stock-based compensation
expenses to better understand the long-term performance of the company’s
core business and to facilitate comparison of the company’s results to
those of peer companies.
Amortization of purchased intangible assets. Purchased intangible
assets are amortized over their estimated useful lives and generally
cannot be changed or influenced by management after the acquisition.
Management does not believe these charges accurately reflect the
performance of the company’s ongoing operations, therefor, they are not
considered by management in making operating decisions. However,
investors should note that the use of intangible assets contributed to
F5’s revenues earned during the periods presented and will contribute to
F5’s future period revenues as well.
Acquisition-related charges, net. F5 does not acquire businesses
on a predictable cycle and the terms and scope of each transaction can
vary significantly and are unique to each transaction. F5 excludes
acquisition-related charges from its non-GAAP financial measures to
provide a useful comparison of the company’s operating results to prior
periods and to its peer companies. Acquisition-related charges consist
of planning, execution and integration costs incurred directly as a
result of an acquisition.
Restructuring charges. F5 has incurred restructuring charges that
are included in its GAAP financial statements, primarily related to
workforce reductions and costs associated with exiting facility lease
commitments. F5 excludes these items from its non-GAAP financial
measures when evaluating its continuing business performance as such
items vary significantly based on the magnitude of the restructuring
action and do not reflect expected future operating expenses. In
addition, these charges do not necessarily provide meaningful insight
into the fundamentals of current or past operations of its business.
Significant litigation and other contingencies. F5, from time to
time, may incur charges or benefits that are outside of the ordinary
course of F5’s business related to litigation and other contingencies.
F5 believes it is useful to exclude such charges or benefits, when
significant, because it does not consider such amounts to be part of the
ongoing operation of F5’s business and because of the singular nature of
the claims underlying such matters.
Management believes that non-GAAP net income per share provides useful
supplemental information to management and investors regarding the
performance of the company’s core business operations and facilitates
comparisons to the company’s historical operating results. Although F5’s
management finds this non-GAAP measure to be useful in evaluating the
performance of the core business, management’s reliance on this measure
is limited because items excluded from such measures could have a
material effect on F5’s earnings and earnings per share calculated in
accordance with GAAP. Therefore, F5’s management will use its non-GAAP
earnings and earnings per share measures, in conjunction with GAAP
earnings and earnings per share measures, to address these limitations
when evaluating the performance of the company’s core business.
Investors should consider these non-GAAP measures in addition to, and
not as a substitute for, financial performance measures in accordance
with GAAP.
F5 believes that presenting its non-GAAP measures of earnings and
earnings per share provides investors with an additional tool for
evaluating the performance of the company’s core business and is used by
management in its own evaluation of the company’s performance. Investors
are encouraged to look at GAAP results as the best measure of financial
performance. However, while the GAAP results are more complete, the
company provides investors these supplemental measures since, with
reconciliation to GAAP, it may provide additional insight into the
company’s operational performance and financial results.
For reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures to the most
directly comparable GAAP financial measures, please see the section in
our attached Consolidated Income Statements entitled “Non-GAAP Financial
Measures.”
About F5
F5 (NASDAQ: FFIV) gives the world’s largest businesses, service
providers, governments, and consumer brands the freedom to securely
deliver every app, anywhere—with confidence. F5 delivers cloud and
security application services that enable organizations to embrace the
infrastructure they choose without sacrificing speed and control. For
more information, go to f5.com.
You can also follow @f5networks on
Twitter or visit us on LinkedIn and Facebook for
more information about F5, its partners, and technologies.
| F5 Networks, Inc. | ||||||||
| Consolidated Balance Sheets | ||||||||
| (unaudited, in thousands) | ||||||||
| March 31, | September 30, | |||||||
| 2019 | 2018 | |||||||
| Assets | ||||||||
| Current assets | ||||||||
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Cash and cash equivalents |
$ | 726,662 | $ | 424,707 | ||||
| Short-term investments | 587,115 | 614,705 | ||||||
| Accounts receivable, net of allowances of $2,326 and $2,040 | 321,484 | 295,352 | ||||||
| Inventories | 33,463 | 30,568 | ||||||
| Other current assets | 138,736 | 52,326 | ||||||
| Total current assets | 1,807,460 | 1,417,658 | ||||||
| Property and equipment, net | 208,221 | 145,042 | ||||||
| Long-term investments | 301,357 | 411,184 | ||||||
| Deferred tax assets | 21,551 | 33,441 | ||||||
| Goodwill | 555,965 | 555,965 | ||||||
| Other assets, net | 95,682 | 42,186 | ||||||
| Total assets | $ | 2,990,236 | $ | 2,605,476 | ||||
| Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity | ||||||||
| Current liabilities | ||||||||
| Accounts payable | $ | 68,156 | $ | 57,757 | ||||
| Accrued liabilities | 197,295 | 180,979 | ||||||
| Deferred revenue | 809,336 | 715,697 | ||||||
| Total current liabilities | 1,074,787 | 954,433 | ||||||
| Other long-term liabilities | 95,530 | 65,892 | ||||||
| Deferred revenue, long-term | 352,109 | 299,624 | ||||||
| Deferred tax liabilities | 402 | 35 | ||||||
| Total long-term liabilities | 448,041 | 365,551 | ||||||
| Commitments and contingencies | ||||||||
| Shareholders’ equity | ||||||||
|
Preferred stock, no par value; 10,000 shares authorized, no shares outstanding |
– | – | ||||||
|
Common stock, no par value; 200,000 shares authorized, 59,695 and |
29,401 | 20,427 | ||||||
| Accumulated other comprehensive loss | (19,341 | ) | (22,178 | ) | ||||
| Retained earnings | 1,457,348 | 1,287,243 | ||||||
| Total shareholders’ equity | 1,467,408 | 1,285,492 | ||||||
| Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity | $ | 2,990,236 | $ | 2,605,476 | ||||
| F5 Networks, Inc. | ||||||||||||||||
| Consolidated Income Statements | ||||||||||||||||
| (unaudited, in thousands, except per share amounts) | ||||||||||||||||
| Three Months Ended | Six Months Ended | |||||||||||||||
| March 31, | March 31, | |||||||||||||||
| 2019 | 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | |||||||||||||
| Net revenues | ||||||||||||||||
| Products | $ | 237,859 | $ | 237,558 | $ | 471,736 | $ | 464,861 | ||||||||
| Services | 307,036 | 295,746 | 616,929 | 591,634 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 544,895 | 533,304 | 1,088,665 | 1,056,495 | ||||||||||||
| Cost of net revenues (1)(2) | ||||||||||||||||
| Products | 43,547 | 44,127 | 85,957 | 87,392 | ||||||||||||
| Services | 44,631 | 45,518 | 88,935 | 89,640 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 88,178 | 89,645 | 174,892 | 177,032 | ||||||||||||
| Gross profit | 456,717 | 443,659 | 913,773 | 879,463 | ||||||||||||
| Operating expenses (1)(2) | ||||||||||||||||
| Sales and marketing | 170,954 | 169,970 | 335,213 | 337,904 | ||||||||||||
| Research and development | 96,314 | 91,056 | 188,352 | 176,945 | ||||||||||||
| General and administrative | 46,656 | 39,276 | 89,199 | 79,260 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 313,924 | 300,302 | 612,764 | 594,109 | ||||||||||||
| Income from operations | 142,793 | 143,357 | 301,009 | 285,354 | ||||||||||||
| Other income, net | 7,434 | 2,790 | 14,529 | 4,935 | ||||||||||||
| Income before income taxes | 150,227 | 146,147 | 315,538 | 290,289 | ||||||||||||
| Provision for income taxes | 34,140 | 36,511 | 68,546 | 92,224 | ||||||||||||
| Net income | $ | 116,087 | $ | 109,636 | $ | 246,992 | $ | 198,065 | ||||||||
| Net income per share – basic | $ | 1.94 | $ | 1.79 | $ | 4.12 | $ | 3.20 | ||||||||
| Weighted average shares – basic | 59,686 | 61,420 | 59,954 | 61,812 | ||||||||||||
| Net income per share – diluted | $ | 1.93 | $ | 1.77 | $ | 4.09 | $ | 3.18 | ||||||||
| Weighted average shares – diluted | 60,029 | 62,059 | 60,374 | 62,351 | ||||||||||||
| Non-GAAP Financial Measures | ||||||||||||||||
| Net income as reported | $ | 116,087 | $ | 109,636 | $ | 246,992 | $ | 198,065 | ||||||||
| Stock-based compensation expense (3) | 39,494 | 41,320 | 78,183 | 82,268 | ||||||||||||
| Amortization of purchased intangible assets | 1,774 | 2,805 | 3,548 | 5,610 | ||||||||||||
| Facility exit costs | 2,592 | – | 5,048 | – | ||||||||||||
| Acquisiton-related charges | 3,530 | – | 3,530 | – | ||||||||||||
| Tax effects related to above items | (9,036 | ) | (10,466 | ) | (19,322 | ) | (19,649 | ) | ||||||||
| Tax on deemed repatriation of undistributed foreign earnings | – | – | – | 7,000 | ||||||||||||
|
Remeasurement of net deferred tax assets due to change in U.S. tax rate |
– | – | – | 11,584 | ||||||||||||
|
Net income excluding stock-based compensation expense, amortization of |
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purchased intangible assets, facility exit costs, acquisition-related charges |
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| and non-recurring tax expenses and benefits (non-GAAP) – diluted | $ | 154,441 | $ | 143,295 | $ | 317,979 | $ | 284,878 | ||||||||
|
Net income per share excluding stock-based compensation expense, amortization |
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of purchased intangible assets, facility exit costs, acquisition-related charges |
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| and non-recurring tax expenses and benefits (non-GAAP) – diluted | $ | 2.57 | $ | 2.31 | $ | 5.27 | $ | 4.57 | ||||||||
| Weighted average shares – diluted | 60,029 | 62,059 | 60,374 | 62,351 | ||||||||||||
| (1) Includes stock-based compensation expense as follows: | ||||||||||||||||
| Cost of net revenues | $ | 4,946 | $ | 5,543 | $ | 10,034 | $ | 10,993 | ||||||||
| Sales and marketing | 16,359 | 15,555 | 31,878 | 31,033 | ||||||||||||
| Research and development | 10,269 | 12,497 | 20,561 | 24,903 | ||||||||||||
| General and administrative | 7,920 | 7,725 | 15,710 | 15,339 | ||||||||||||
| $ | 39,494 | $ | 41,320 | $ | 78,183 | $ | 82,268 | |||||||||
| (2) Includes amortization of purchased intangible assets as follows: | ||||||||||||||||
| Cost of net revenues | $ | 1,043 | $ | 2,028 | $ | 2,086 | $ | 4,056 | ||||||||
| Sales and marketing | 206 | 252 | 412 | 504 | ||||||||||||
| General and administrative | 525 | 525 | 1,050 | 1,050 | ||||||||||||
| $ | 1,774 | $ | 2,805 | $ | 3,548 | $ | 5,610 | |||||||||
|
(3) Stock-based compensation is accounted for in accordance with the fair value recognition provisions of Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 718, Compensation – Stock Compensation (“FASB ASC Topic 718”) |
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| F5 Networks, Inc. | ||||||||
| Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows | ||||||||
| (unaudited, in thousands) | ||||||||
| Six Months Ended | ||||||||
| March 31, | ||||||||
| 2019 | 2018 | |||||||
| Operating activities | ||||||||
| Net income | $ | 246,992 | $ | 198,065 | ||||
|
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: |
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| Realized loss on disposition of assets and investments | 47 | 52 | ||||||
| Stock-based compensation | 78,183 | 82,268 | ||||||
| Provisions for doubtful accounts and sales returns | (90 | ) | 691 | |||||
| Depreciation and amortization | 28,246 | 30,049 | ||||||
| Deferred income taxes | 3,606 | 17,642 | ||||||
| Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | ||||||||
| Accounts receivable | (24,419 | ) | 314 | |||||
| Inventories | (2,895 | ) | 322 | |||||
| Other current assets | (35,735 | ) | 5,493 | |||||
| Other assets | 2,683 | (1,111 | ) | |||||
| Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | 16,746 | (5,308 | ) | |||||
| Deferred revenue | 78,046 | 46,235 | ||||||
| Net cash provided by operating activities | 391,410 | 374,712 | ||||||
| Investing activities | ||||||||
| Purchases of investments | (211,087 | ) | (353,414 | ) | ||||
| Maturities of investments | 351,600 | 186,961 | ||||||
| Sales of investments | 2,499 | 9,248 | ||||||
| Cash provided by sale of fixed asset | – | 1,000 | ||||||
| Purchases of property and equipment | (50,056 | ) | (16,246 | ) | ||||
| Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities | 92,956 | (172,451 | ) | |||||
| Financing activities | ||||||||
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Proceeds from the exercise of stock options and purchases of stock |
18,900 | 19,917 | ||||||
| Repurchase of common stock | (201,045 | ) | (300,046 | ) | ||||
| Net cash used in financing activities | (182,145 | ) | (280,129 | ) | ||||
| Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash | 302,221 | (77,868 | ) | |||||
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Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash |
(265 | ) | 576 | |||||
| Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, beginning of period | 425,894 | 674,452 | ||||||
| Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, end of period | $ | 727,850 | $ | 597,160 | ||||
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