SolarWinds Announces Second Quarter 2010 Results
· | Record quarterly total revenue of $35.5 million representing 31% year-over-year growth |
· | GAAP operating income of $12.9 million, non-GAAP operating income of $17.7 million, or 50% of revenue |
· | GAAP diluted earnings per share of $0.12, non-GAAP diluted earnings per share of $0.17 |
AUSTIN, Texas – July 21, 2010 – SolarWinds® (NYSE: SWI), a leading provider of powerful and affordable IT management software to more than 95,000 customers worldwide, today reported results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2010.
Financial Results
SolarWinds reported record total revenue for the second quarter of 2010 of $35.5 million, a 31% increase over total revenue in the second quarter of 2009. License revenue was $17.3 million in the second quarter of 2010, representing an 18% increase over license revenue in the second quarter of 2009. Maintenance revenue was $18.2 million in the second quarter of 2010, representing a 47% increase over maintenance revenue in the second quarter of 2009, the 13th consecutive quarter of year-over-year growth greater than 40%.
On a GAAP basis, operating income was $12.9 million, net income was $8.8 million and diluted earnings per share was $0.12 in the second quarter of 2010, compared to operating income of $11.8 million, net income of $6.8 million and diluted earnings per share of $0.13 in the second quarter of 2009.
Non-GAAP operating income was $17.7 million, or 50% of revenue, in the second quarter of 2010 compared to $14.0 million in the second quarter of 2009. Non-GAAP net income in the second quarter of 2010 was $12.5 million, a 40% increase over non-GAAP net income of $8.9 million in the second quarter of 2009. Non-GAAP diluted earnings per share was $0.17 in the second quarter of 2010 compared to $0.14 in the second quarter of 2009.
Net cash provided by operating activities was $16.9 million in the second quarter of 2010 and $32.8 million for the first six months of 2010 compared to $7.1 million for the second quarter of 2009 and $22.0 million for the first six months of 2009, which is a year-to-date increase of 49%. Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the second quarter of 2010 were $99.8 million, a decrease of only $4.3 million from the end of the first quarter of 2010 despite the repayment of $25.0 million of outstanding debt obligations.
Information about SolarWinds’ use of non-GAAP financial information is provided under “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” below.
Recent Business Highlights
“This quarter, we continued to see strong demand for our products in the commercial markets,” said Kevin Thompson, SolarWinds’ President and Chief Executive Officer. “IT trends such as virtualization, data center consolidation and SaaS have increased the importance of monitoring and management technologies for companies of all sizes, including the Global 2000. We believe that SolarWinds is uniquely positioned with the right products and the right model to meet the significant market demand for better visibility into the entire IT infrastructure.”
Other business highlights:
· | SolarWinds increased its total number of customers during the second quarter to over 95,000. Larger companies continued to come to SolarWinds for cost-effective, easier-to-use solutions, with five new customers during the quarter spending, on average, over $60,000 in their first SolarWinds purchase. |
· | SolarWinds released new major versions of several important products, including Orion Network Performance Monitor (NPM) and Orion Network Configuration Manager (NCM), providing new features and functionality to both new and existing SolarWinds customers. |
· | SolarWinds released two new versions of its Storage Profiler product, acquired from Tek-Tools, Inc. in January 2010, designed to improve the download and evaluation experience and to simplify licensing for customers. SolarWinds also released the industry’s only free multi-vendor storage monitoring tool as part of its strategy to drive awareness and loyalty among potential customers. |
“While we experienced lower close rates in sales to the U.S. federal government and a softening of the European market that we first began to see in June, our core business with customers in the global commercial market showed strong growth over the second quarter of 2009,” continued Thompson.
Financial Outlook
As of July 21, 2010, SolarWinds is providing its financial outlook for its third quarter of 2010 and updating its outlook for the full year ending December 31, 2010. The financial information below represents forward-looking non-GAAP financial information, including an estimate of non-GAAP operating income, non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP diluted earnings per share, for the third quarter of 2010 and for the full year 2010. These non-GAAP financial measures exclude, among other items mentioned below, stock-based compensation expense. SolarWinds cannot reasonably estimate the expected stock-based compensation expense for these future periods as the amounts depend upon such factors as the future price of SolarWinds’ stock for purposes of computation. In addition, costs related to non-recurring items and acquisiti ons are not something that SolarWinds can estimate because they are a function of what non-recurring items and acquisitions, if any, occur and the kind of costs incurred in connection with any such non-recurring items or acquisitions.
Financial Outlook for the Third Quarter of 2010
SolarWinds management currently expects to achieve the following results for the third quarter of 2010:
· | Total revenue in the range of $37.0–$39.0 million |
· | Non-GAAP operating income representing 48%–50% of revenue |
· | Non- GAAP net income of $12.5–$13.5 million |
· | Non-GAAP diluted earnings per share of $0.165–$0.180 |
· | Weighted average shares outstanding of approximately 74.5 million |
Financial Outlook for Full Year 2010
SolarWinds is revising its outlook, previously announced on April 26, 2010, for the full year 2010 based on several factors, including:
· | unfavorable trends in the exchange rate of Euros to US dollars; |
· | lengthening sales cycles to the U.S. federal government, resulting in decreased predictability of future results and an expected decline in sales to the U.S. federal government; and |
· | lower expectations for the growth in European sales due to economic issues impacting both the public sector and commercial business customers in the region. |
SolarWinds management currently expects to achieve the following results for the full year 2010:
· | Total revenue in the range of $146.0–$151.0 million, or year-over-year growth of 25%–30% |
· | Non-GAAP operating income representing 48%–50% of revenue |
· | Non-GAAP net income of $49.3–$52.2 million |
· | Non-GAAP diluted earnings per share of $0.67–$0.70 |
· | Weighted average shares outstanding of approximately 74.0 million |
Conference Call and Webcast
In conjunction with this announcement, SolarWinds will host a conference call today to discuss its financial results and other business at 4:00pm CDT (5:00pm EDT/2:00pm PDT). A live webcast of the event will be available on the SolarWinds Investor Relations website at http://ir.solarwinds.com. A live dial-in will be available domestically at 800-390-5311 and internationally at +1-719-325-2163. To access the live call, please dial in 5-10 minutes before the scheduled start time. A replay of the webcast will be available on a temporary basis shortly after the event on the SolarWinds Investor Relations website.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains "forward-looking" statements relating to SolarWinds' possible or assumed future results of operations and potential growth and market opportunities. These forward-looking statements are based on management's beliefs and assumptions and on information currently available to management. Forward-looking statements include all statements that are not historical facts and may be identified by terms such as "expects," "believes" or similar expressions and the negatives of those terms. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such diff erences include, but are not limited to, the following: (a) the possibility that general economic conditions or uncertainty cause information technology spending to be reduced or purchasing decisions to be delayed; (b) the presence or absence of occasional large customer orders, including in particular those placed by the U.S. federal government; (c) the inability to increase sales to existing customers and to attract new customers; (d) SolarWinds' failure to integrate acquired businesses and any future acquisitions successfully; (e) the timing and success of new product introductions by SolarWinds or its competitors; (f) changes in SolarWinds' pricing policies or those of its competitors; (g) the loss of the relationship with a distributor that helps fulfill most of SolarWinds' sales orders from the U.S. federal government; (h) potential foreign exchange gains and losses related to expenses and sales denominated in currencies other than the functional currency of an associated entity; and (i) such other ris ks and uncertainties described more fully in documents filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Form 10-K previously filed for the full year of 2009 and a Form 10-Q for the second quarter of 2010 that SolarWinds anticipates filing on or before August 15, 2010. All information provided in this release is as of the date hereof and SolarWinds undertakes no duty to update this information except as required by law.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
In addition to disclosing financial measures prepared in accordance with GAAP, this press release and the accompanying tables contain the following non-GAAP financial measures: non-GAAP operating income, non-GAAP net income, non-GAAP diluted earnings per share, revenue on a constant currency basis and non-GAAP weighted average shares outstanding. Each of non-GAAP operating income, non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP diluted earnings per share exclude the impact of stock-based compensation expense, amortization of intangible assets, expenses related to potential and completed follow-on offering of common stock, lawsuit settlement and related legal fees and certain acquisition-related costs from the comparable GAAP measure. Non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP diluted earnings per share also exclude the write-off of debt issuance costs and the rel ated tax benefits of the excluded items from the comparable GAAP measure. Non-GAAP diluted earnings per share is equal to non-GAAP net income divided by non-GAAP weighted average shares outstanding, which adjusts GAAP weighted average shares outstanding for the first and second quarters of 2009 to assume that the conversion of our preferred stock in May 2009 occurred at the beginning of the applicable period. This press release contains a reconciliation of each of these non-GAAP measures to its most comparable GAAP financial measure.
SolarWinds believes that each of these non-GAAP financial measures provides meaningful supplemental information regarding its performance by excluding certain expenses, expenditures that may not be indicative of its core business operations. SolarWinds' management and Board of Directors use these non-GAAP measures to assess operational performance as well as to determine employee incentive compensation. Accordingly, these measures may provide helpful insight to investors on the motivation and decision-making of management in operating the business.
SolarWinds also believes that these non-GAAP financial measures are used by investors and security analysts to (a) compare and evaluate its performance from period to period and (b) compare its performance to those of its competitors. These non-GAAP measures exclude certain items that can vary substantially from company to company depending upon their financing and accounting methods, the book value of their assets, their capital structures and the method by which their assets were acquired. These items are typically interest expense, income tax expense, depreciation and amortization and stock-based compensation expense.
SolarWinds understands that, although these non-GAAP financial measures are frequently used by investors and securities analysts in their evaluations of companies, there are limitations associated with the use of these non-GAAP financial measures. These non-GAAP financial measures are not prepared in accordance with GAAP, do not reflect a comprehensive system of accounting and may not be completely comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies due to potential differences in the exact method of calculation between companies. Items such as the amortization of intangible assets, stock-based compensation expense, interest expense and income tax expense that are excluded from these non-GAAP financial measures can have a material impact on net earnings.
As a result, these non-GAAP financial measures have limitations and should not be considered in isolation from, or as a substitute for, operating income, net income, revenue or other measures of performance prepared in accordance with GAAP. SolarWinds' management and Board of Directors compensate for these limitations by using these non-GAAP financial measures as supplements to GAAP financial measures and by reviewing the reconciliations of the non-GAAP financial measures to their most comparable GAAP financial measure. Investors are encouraged to review the reconciliations of these non-GAAP financial measures to their most comparable GAAP financial measures that are included elsewhere in this press release.
About SolarWinds
SolarWinds (NYSE: SWI) provides powerful and affordable IT management software to more than 95,000 customers worldwide – from Fortune 500 enterprises to small businesses. We work to put our users first and remove the obstacles that have become “status quo” in traditional enterprise software. SolarWinds products are downloadable, easy to use and maintain, and provide the power, scale, and flexibility needed to address users’ management priorities. Our online user community, thwack, is a gathering-place where tens of thousands of IT pros solve problems, share technology, and participate in product development for all of SolarWinds’ products. Learn more today at http://www.solarwinds.com.
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