Schrödinger (SDGR) 10-Q 13 May 20 2020 Q1 Quarterly report Financial data

Document and Entity Information

Document and Entity Information - shares	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	May 08, 2020
Document And Entity Information [Line Items]
Document Type	10-Q
Amendment Flag	false
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2020
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q1
Document Period End Date	Mar. 31, 2020
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Registrant Name	Schrodinger, Inc.
Entity Central Index Key	0001490978
Entity Tax Identification Number	95-4284541
Entity File Number	001-39206
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Interactive Data Current	Yes
Entity Filer Category	Non-accelerated Filer
Entity Small Business	true
Entity Emerging Growth Company	true
Entity Ex Transition Period	false
Entity Shell Company	false
Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code	DE
Entity Address, Address Line One	120 West 45th Street
Entity Address, Address Line Two	17th Floor
Entity Address, City or Town	New York
Entity Address, State or Province	NY
Entity Address, Postal Zip Code	10036
City Area Code	212
Local Phone Number	295-5800
Title of 12(b) Security	Common stock, par value $0.01 per share
Trading Symbol	SDGR
Security Exchange Name	NASDAQ
Document Quarterly Report	true
Document Transition Report	false
Common Stock
Document And Entity Information [Line Items]
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		50,132,228
Limited Common Stock
Document And Entity Information [Line Items]
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		13,164,193

Condensed Consolidated Balance

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 144,749	$ 25,986
Restricted cash	500	500
Marketable securities	143,505	59,844
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $50 and $50	16,272	18,676
Unbilled and other receivables	1,908	7,062
Prepaid expenses	5,881	6,468
Total current assets	312,815	118,536
Property and equipment, net	6,488	6,268
Equity investments	15,156	15,366
Right of use assets	13,241	12,762
Other assets	2,172	2,338
Total assets	349,872	155,270
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	6,675	3,524
Accrued payroll, taxes, and benefits	4,745	7,034
Deferred revenue	21,710	25,054
Lease liabilities	5,851	5,584
Other accrued liabilities	3,185	3,824
Total current liabilities	42,166	45,020
Deferred revenue, long-term	2,125	2,205
Lease liabilities, long-term	9,133	8,888
Other liabilities, long-term	900	900
Total liabilities	54,324	57,013
Commitments and contingencies (Note 4)
Convertible preferred stock:
Total convertible preferred stock		191,580
Stockholders' equity (deficit):
Common stock	501	61
Additional paid-in capital	414,248	11,655
Accumulated deficit	(118,922)	(105,096)
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income	(442)	16
Total stockholders’ equity (deficit) of Schrödinger stockholders	295,517	(93,364)
Noncontrolling interest	31	41
Total stockholders’ equity (deficit)	295,548	(93,323)
Total liabilities, convertible preferred stock, and stockholders’ equity (deficit)	349,872	155,270
Series E Convertible Preferred Stock
Convertible preferred stock:
Total convertible preferred stock		109,270
Series D Convertible Preferred Stock
Convertible preferred stock:
Total convertible preferred stock		22,000
Series C Convertible Preferred Stock
Convertible preferred stock:
Total convertible preferred stock		19,844
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock
Convertible preferred stock:
Total convertible preferred stock		9,840
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock
Convertible preferred stock:
Total convertible preferred stock		$ 30,626
Limited Common Stock
Stockholders' equity (deficit):
Common stock	132
Total stockholders’ equity (deficit)	$ 132

Condensed Consolidated Balanc_2

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited) (Parenthetical) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Allowance for doubtful accounts receivable	$ 50	$ 50
Common stock, par value	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Common stock, shares authorized	500,000,000	425,000,000
Common stock, shares issued	50,122,938	6,121,821
Common stock, shares outstanding	50,122,938	6,121,821
Series E Convertible Preferred Stock
Convertible preferred stock, par value	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Convertible preferred stock, authorized	0	77,150,132
Convertible preferred stock, issued	0	73,795,777
Convertible preferred stock, outstanding	0	73,795,777
Series D Convertible Preferred Stock
Convertible preferred stock, par value	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Convertible preferred stock, authorized	0	39,540,611
Convertible preferred stock, issued	0	39,540,611
Convertible preferred stock, outstanding	0	39,540,611
Series C Convertible Preferred Stock
Convertible preferred stock, par value	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Convertible preferred stock, authorized	0	47,242,235
Convertible preferred stock, issued	0	47,242,235
Convertible preferred stock, outstanding	0	47,242,235
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock
Convertible preferred stock, par value	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Convertible preferred stock, authorized	0	29,468,101
Convertible preferred stock, issued	0	29,468,101
Convertible preferred stock, outstanding	0	29,468,101
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock
Convertible preferred stock, par value	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Convertible preferred stock, authorized	0	134,704,785
Convertible preferred stock, issued	0	134,704,785
Convertible preferred stock, outstanding	0	134,704,785
Limited Common Stock
Common stock, par value	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Common stock, shares authorized	100,000,000	146,199,885
Common stock, shares issued	13,164,193	0
Common stock, shares outstanding	13,164,193	0

Condensed Consolidated Statemen

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Revenues:
Total revenues	$ 26,174	$ 20,741
Cost of revenues:
Total cost of revenues	10,549	7,737
Gross profit	15,625	13,004
Operating expenses:
Research and development	13,700	8,438
Sales and marketing	4,789	5,093
General and administrative	8,936	5,086
Total operating expenses	27,425	18,617
Loss from operations	(11,800)	(5,613)
Other (expense) income:
Change in fair value	(3,079)	(627)
Interest income	699	438
Total other expense	(2,380)	(189)
Loss before income taxes	(14,180)	(5,802)
Income tax expense	91	46
Net loss	(14,271)	(5,848)
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest	(445)	(54)
Net loss attributable to Schrödinger common and limited common stockholders	$ (13,826)	$ (5,794)
Net loss per share attributable to Schrödinger common and limited common stockholders, basic and diluted:	$ (0.34)	$ (0.98)
Weighted average shares used to compute net loss per share attributable to Schrödinger common and limited common stockholders, basic and diluted:	40,666,970	5,938,260
Software Products and Services
Revenues:
Total revenues	$ 23,812	$ 18,605
Cost of revenues:
Total cost of revenues	4,001	3,133
Drug Discovery
Revenues:
Total revenues	2,362	2,136
Cost of revenues:
Total cost of revenues	$ 6,548	$ 4,604

Condensed Consolidated Statem_2

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss (Unaudited) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Statement Of Income And Comprehensive Income [Abstract]
Net loss	$ (13,826)	$ (5,794)
Changes in market value of investments, net of tax:
Unrealized (loss) gain on marketable securities	(458)	10
Comprehensive loss	$ (14,284)	$ (5,784)

Condensed Consolidated Statem_3

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Convertible Preferred Stock and Stockholders' Equity (Deficit) (Unaudited) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Total	Series E Preferred Stock	Series D Preferred Stock	Series C Preferred Stock	Series B Preferred Stock	Series A Preferred Stock	Limited Common Stock	Common Stock	Additional Paid-In Capital	Accumulated Deficit	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss	Non Controlling Interest
Beginning Balance at Dec. 31, 2018	$ (71,560)							$ 59	$ 8,915	$ (80,525)	$ (9)
Convertible preferred stock, Beginning Balance, Shares at Dec. 31, 2018		53,669,659	39,540,611	47,242,235	29,468,101	134,704,785
Convertible preferred stock, Beginning Balance at Dec. 31, 2018		$ 79,377	$ 22,000	$ 19,844	$ 9,840	$ 30,626
Beginning Balance, Shares at Dec. 31, 2018								5,906,976
Change in unrealized (loss) gain on marketable securities	10										10
Issuances of common stock upon stock option exercise	$ 115							$ 1	114
Issuances of common stock upon stock option exercise, Shares	44,160							44,160
Issuances of Series E preferred stock, net of issuance costs, Shares		3,354,353
Issuances of Series E preferred stock, net of issuance costs		$ 4,951
Stock-based compensation	$ 520								520
Contributions by non-controlling interest	100											$ 100
Net loss	(5,848)									(5,794)		(54)
Ending Balance at Mar. 31, 2019	(76,663)							$ 60	9,549	(86,319)	1	46
Convertible preferred stock, Ending Balance, Shares at Mar. 31, 2019		57,024,012	39,540,611	47,242,235	29,468,101	134,704,785
Convertible preferred stock, Ending Balance at Mar. 31, 2019		$ 84,328	$ 22,000	$ 19,844	$ 9,840	$ 30,626
Ending Balance, Shares at Mar. 31, 2019								5,951,136
Beginning Balance at Dec. 31, 2019	(93,323)							$ 61	11,655	(105,096)	16	41
Convertible preferred stock, Beginning Balance, Shares at Dec. 31, 2019		73,795,777	39,540,611	47,242,235	29,468,101	134,704,785
Convertible preferred stock, Beginning Balance at Dec. 31, 2019	191,580	$ 109,270	$ 22,000	$ 19,844	$ 9,840	$ 30,626
Beginning Balance, Shares at Dec. 31, 2019								6,121,821
Change in unrealized (loss) gain on marketable securities	(458)										(458)
Issuances of common stock upon stock option exercise	$ 177							$ 1	176
Issuances of common stock upon stock option exercise, Shares	57,581							57,581
Stock-based compensation	$ 1,775								1,775
Issuances of common stock upon initial public offering, net of issuance costs	209,633							$ 136	209,497
Issuances of common stock upon initial public offering, net of issuance costs, Shares.								13,664,704
Conversion of convertible preferred stock into common stock	149,824							$ 303	149,521
Temporary equity, conversion of convertible preferred stock into common stock, Shares		(73,795,777)	(17,844,124)			(134,704,785)
Temporary equity, conversion of convertible preferred stock into common stock		$ (109,270)	$ (9,928)			$ (30,626)
Conversion of convertible preferred stock into common stock, Shares								30,278,832
Exchange of convertible preferred stock into limited common stock	41,756						$ 132		41,624
Temporary equity, exchange of convertible preferred stock into limited common stock, Shares			(21,696,487)	(47,242,235)	(29,468,101)
Temporary equity, exchange of convertible preferred stock into limited common stock			$ (12,072)	$ (19,844)	$ (9,840)
Exchange of convertible preferred stock into limited common stock, Shares							13,164,193
Contributions by non-controlling interest	435											435
Net loss	(14,271)									(13,826)		(445)
Ending Balance at Mar. 31, 2020	$ 295,548						$ 132	$ 501	$ 414,248	$ (118,922)	$ (442)	$ 31
Ending Balance, Shares at Mar. 31, 2020							13,164,193	50,122,938

Condensed Consolidated Statem_4

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Convertible Preferred Stock and Stockholders' Equity (Deficit) (Unaudited) (Parenthetical) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Common Stock
Common stock issuance costs	$ 22,667
Series E Preferred Stock
Issuance of preferred stock value of issuance costs		$ 49

Condensed Consolidated Statem_5

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net loss	$ (14,271)	$ (5,848)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
Noncash revenue from equity investments	(46)	(46)
Fair value adjustments	3,079	627
Depreciation	877	877
Stock-based compensation	1,775	520
Noncash research and development expenses	435
Noncash investment accretion	83	(1)
Decrease (increase) in assets:
Accounts receivable, net	2,404	1,065
Unbilled and other receivables	5,154	973
Reduction in the carrying amount of right of use assets	1,299	1,311
Prepaid expenses and other assets	(1,106)	87
Increase (decrease) in liabilities:
Accounts payable	2,110	1,028
Accrued payroll, taxes, and benefits	(2,289)	(685)
Deferred revenue	(3,378)	(2,714)
Lease liabilities	(1,266)	(1,469)
Other accrued liabilities	(638)	(348)
Net cash used in operating activities	(5,778)	(4,623)
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of property and equipment	(843)	(1,065)
Purchases of equity investments	(2,869)
Purchases of marketable securities	(127,109)	(21,337)
Proceeds from sale and maturity of marketable securities	42,908	6,325
Net cash used in investing activities	(87,913)	(16,077)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Issuances of common stock upon initial public offering, net	212,277
Issuances of Series E preferred stock, net		4,951
Issuances of common stock upon stock option exercise	177	115
Contribution by noncontrolling interest		100
Net cash provided by financing activities	212,454	5,166
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash	118,763	(15,534)
Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash, beginning of period	26,486	77,716
Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash, end of period	145,249	62,182
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow and noncash information
Cash paid for income taxes	64	62
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities
Purchases of property and equipment	254
Acquisitions of right of use assets in exchange for lease obligations	1,778	149
Right of use assets recognized on adoption		$ 16,475
Accrued offering costs	$ 786

Description of Business

Description of Business	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Description of Business	(1 ) Description of Business Schrödinger, Inc. (“the Company”) has developed a differentiated, physics-based software platform that enables discovery of high-quality, novel molecules for drug development and materials applications more rapidly, at lower cost, and with, the Company believes, a higher likelihood of success compared to traditional methods. The Company sells its software to biopharmaceutical and industrial companies, academic institutions, and government laboratories. The Company also applies its computational platform to a broad pipeline of drug discovery programs in collaboration with biopharmaceutical companies, some of which the Company co-founded. In addition, the Company uses its platform to advance a pipeline of internal, wholly-owned drug discovery programs. On February 10, 2020, the Company completed an initial public offering (“IPO”), in which the Company issued and sold 11,882,352 shares of common its stock at a public offering price of $17.00 per share. The underwriters fully exercised their option to purchase an additional 1,782,352 shares of the Company’s common stock at the offering price. The Company raised approximately $209.6 million in net proceeds after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses payable by the Company. Immediately prior to the closing of the IPO, preferred stockholders voluntarily exchanged 98,406,823 shares of preferred stock for an aggregate of 13,164,193 shares of limited common stock. In addition, upon the closing of the IPO, the remaining 226,344,686 shares of preferred stock automatically converted into an aggregate of 30,278,832 shares of common stock.

Significant Accounting Policies

Significant Accounting Policies	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020
Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Significant Accounting Policies	(2) (a) In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-13 , Changes to Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurements In November 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-18, Collaborative Arrangements Clarifying the Interaction between Topic 808 and Topic 606 Revenue from Contracts with Customers In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-15, Intangibles-Goodwill and Other-Internal-Use Software Customer’s Accounting for Implementation Costs Incurred in a Cloud Computing Arrangement That is a Service Contract In December 2019, the FASB issued Accounting Standard Update No. 2019-12, Income Taxes Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes (b ) In management’s opinion, the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and the related interim disclosures and have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for the interim financial information. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include all adjustments necessary, consisting of only normal recurring adjustments, to fairly state the financial position and the results of the Company’s operations and cash flows for interim periods in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Interim period results are not necessarily indicative of results of operations or cash flows for a full year or any subsequent interim period. The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019, which was filed with the SEC on March 16, 2020. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Significant estimates include the useful lives of long-lived assets, the recoverability of deferred tax assets, assumptions used in the allocation of revenue, and assumptions used in testing for impairment of long-lived assets. Actual results could differ from those estimates, and such differences may be material to the condensed consolidated financial statements (c ) The Company’s condensed unaudited consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Schrödinger, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiaries. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The functional currency for foreign entities is the United States dollar. The Company accounts for investments over which it has significant influence, but not a controlling financial interest, using the equity method. ( d ) Revenue Recognition Revenue is recognized upon transfer of control of promised products or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the Company expects to be entitled in exchange for promised goods or services. The Company’s performance obligations are satisfied either over time or at a point in time. The following table illustrates the timing of the Company’s revenue recognition: Three Months Ended March 31, 2020 2019 Software products and services – point in time 59.7 % 62.8 % Software products and services – over time 31.3 26.9 Drug Discovery – point in time - 4.6 Drug Discovery – over time 9.0 5.7 Software Products and Services The Company enters into contracts that can include various combinations of licenses, products and services, some of which are distinct and are accounted for as separate performance obligations. For contracts with multiple performance obligations, the Company allocates the transaction price of the contract to each performance obligation on a relative standalone selling price basis. Revenue is recognized net of any sale and value-added taxes collected from customers and subsequently remitted to governmental authorities. The Company’s software business derives revenue from four sources: (i) on-premise software license fees, (ii) hosted software subscription fees, (iii) software maintenance fees, and (iv) professional services fees. On-premise software. The Company’s on-premise software license arrangements grant customers the right to use its software on their own in-house servers for a specified term, typically for one year. The Company recognizes revenue for on-premise software license fees upfront, either upon delivery of the license or the effective date of the agreement, whichever is later. In instances where the timing of delivery differs from the timing of its invoicing, the Company considers whether a significant financing component exists. The Company has elected the practical expedient to not assess for significant financing where the term is less than one year. The Company’s updates and upgrades are not integral to maintaining the utility of the software licenses. Payments typically are received upfront annually. Hosted software. Hosted software revenue consists primarily of fees to provide the Company’s customers with hosted licenses, which allows these customers to access the Company’s software platform on their own hardware without taking control of licenses. Hosted software is recognized ratably over the term of the arrangement. Software maintenance. Software maintenance includes technical support, updates, and upgrades. Software maintenance revenue is considered to be a separate performance obligation and is recognized ratably over the term of the arrangement. Professional services. Professional services, such as technical support and installation or assisting customers with modeling, generally are not related to the functionality of the Company’s software and may be recognized as resources are consumed or over the term of the arrangement, depending on the terms of the underlying agreement. The Company has historically estimated project status with relative accuracy. A number of internal and external factors can affect such estimates, including labor rates, utilization and efficiency variances. Payments for services are due in advance or upon consumption of resources. The following table illustrates the revenue recognized from the four sources of the software products and services revenue: Three Months Ended March 31, 2020 2019 On premise software $ 15,600 $ 13,023 Hosted software 2,133 1,711 Software maintenance 3,537 2,589 Professional services 2,542 1,282 Total software revenue $ 23,812 $ 18,605 Drug Discovery Revenue from drug discovery and collaboration services contracts is recognized either over time, typically by using costs incurred or hours expended to measure progress, or at a point in time based on the achievement of milestones. Payments for services are generally due upon achieving milestones stated in a contract, upfront at the start of a contract, or upon consumption of resources. Services may at times include variable consideration and milestone payments. The Company has estimated the amount of consideration that is variable using the most likely amount method. The Company evaluates milestones on a case-by-case basis, including whether there are factors outside the Company’s control that could result in a significant reversal of revenue, and the likelihood and magnitude of a potential reversal. If achievement of a milestone is not considered probable, the Company constrains (reduces) variable consideration to exclude the milestone payment until it is probable to be achieved. As of March 31, 2020 and 2019, milestones not yet achieved that were determined to be probable of achievement totaled zero and $2,650, respectively. For the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, zero and $1,677, respectively, was recognized as revenue associated with these milestones. Significant Judgments Significant judgments and estimates are required under Accounting Standard Codification Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (“Topic 606”) The Company’s contracts with customers often include promises to transfer multiple software products and/or licenses and services, including professional services, technical support services, and rights to unspecified updates. Determining whether licenses and services are distinct performance obligations that should be accounted for separately, or are not distinct and therefore should be accounted for together, requires significant judgment. In some arrangements, such as most of the Company’s term-based software license arrangements, the Company has concluded that the licenses and associated services are distinct from each other. In other arrangements, including collaboration services arrangements, the licenses and certain services may not be distinct from each other. The Company’s time-based software arrangements may include multiple software licenses and a right to updates or upgrades to the licensed software products, and technical support. The Company has concluded that such promised goods and services are separate distinct performance obligations. The Company is required to estimate the total consideration expected to be received from contracts with customers, including any variable consideration. Once the estimated transaction price is established, amounts are allocated to the performance obligations that have been identified. The transaction price is allocated to each separate performance obligation on a relative stand-alone selling price (“SSP”) basis. Judgment is required to determine the SSP for each distinct performance obligation. The Company rarely licenses or sells products on a standalone basis, so the Company is required to estimate the range of SSPs for each performance obligation. In instances where the SSP is not directly observable because the Company does not sell the license, product, or service separately, the Company determines the SSP using information that includes historical discounting practices, market conditions, cost-plus analysis, and other observable inputs. The Company typically has more than one SSP for individual performance obligations due to the stratification of those items by classes of customers and circumstances. In these instances, the Company may use information such as the size and geographic region of the customer in determining the SSP. Professional service revenue is recognized as costs and hours are incurred, and judgment is required in estimating both the project status and the costs incurred or hours expended. If a group of agreements are so closely related to each other that they are, in effect, part of a single arrangement, such agreements are deemed to be one arrangement for revenue recognition purposes. The Company exercises significant judgment to evaluate the relevant facts and circumstances in determining whether the separate agreements should be accounted for separately or as, in substance, a single arrangement. The Company’s judgments about whether a group of contracts comprises a single arrangement can affect the allocation of consideration to the distinct performance obligations, which could have an effect on results of operations for the periods involved. Generally, the Company has not experienced significant returns or refunds to customers. The Company’s estimates related to revenue recognition require significant judgment and the change in these estimates could have an effect on the Company’s results of operations during the periods involved. Contract Balances The timing of revenue recognition may differ from the timing of invoicing to customers and these timing differences result in receivables, contract assets, or contract liabilities (deferred revenue) on the condensed consolidated balance sheets. The Company records a contract asset when revenue is recognized prior to invoicing; a deferred revenue liability is recorded when revenue is expected to be recognized subsequent to invoicing. For the Company’s time-based software agreements, customers are generally invoiced at the beginning of the arrangement for the entire term, though when the term spans multiple years the customers may be invoiced on an annual basis. For certain drug discovery agreements that include payment plans, the Company records a receivable related to revenue recognized upon delivery because it has an unconditional right to invoice and receive payment in the future related to those deliveries. Contract assets are included in unbilled and other receivables within the condensed consolidated balance sheets and primarily relate to the Company’s rights to consideration for work completed but not billed on service contracts. Contract assets are transferred to receivables when the Company invoices the customer. Contract balances were as follows: As of March 31, As of December 31, 2020 2019 Contract assets $ 1,592 $ 6,904 Deferred revenue 23,835 27,259 For the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, the Company recognized $12,782 and $9,748 of revenue that was included in deferred revenue at the end of the preceding period. All other deferred revenue activity is due to the timing of invoices in relation to the timing of revenue, as described above. The Company expects to recognize as revenue approximately 91% of its March 31, 2020 deferred revenue balance in the next 12 months and the remainder thereafter. Additionally, contracted but unsatisfied performance obligations that had not yet been billed to the customer or included in deferred revenue were $13,895 as of March 31, 2020. Payment terms and conditions vary by contract type, although terms typically require payment within 30 to 60 days. In instances where the timing of revenue recognition differs from that of invoicing, the Company has determined that its contracts generally do not include a significant financing component. The primary purpose of invoicing terms is to provide customers with simplified and predictable ways of purchasing the Company’s products and services, not to facilitate financing arrangements. Deferred Sales Commissions The Company has applied the practical expedient for sales commission expense, as any compensation paid to sales representatives to obtain a contract relates to a period of one year or less. Therefore, the Company has not capitalized any costs related to sales commissions. (e ) Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist primarily of trade receivables. The Company does not require customers to provide collateral to support accounts receivable. If deemed necessary, credit reviews of significant customers may be performed prior to extending credit. The determination of a customer’s ability to pay requires judgment, and failure to collect from a customer can adversely affect revenue, cash, and net income. The Company maintains an allowance for doubtful accounts. As of March 31, 2020, one customer accounted for 19% of total accounts receivable. As of December 31, 2019, one customer accounted for 10% of total accounts receivable. For the three months ended March 31, 2020 no customer accounted for more than 10% of total revenues. For the three months ended March 31, 2019, one customer accounted for more than 10% of total revenues. (f ) The Company records deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of temporary differences between the financial statement carrying amounts and the tax basis of the assets and liabilities. Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance when it is estimated to become more likely than not that a portion of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. Accordingly, the Company currently maintains a full valuation allowance against existing net deferred tax assets. The Company recognizes the effect of income tax positions only if such positions are deemed “more likely than not” capable of being sustained. Interest and penalties accrued on unrecognized tax benefits are included within income tax expense in the consolidated financial statements. (g ) The Company has entered into collaboration agreements with Nimbus Therapeutics, LLC (“Nimbus”), Morphic Therapeutic, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Morphic Holding, Inc. (“Morphic”), and Petra Pharma Corporation (“Petra”) to perform drug design services in exchange for minority ownership, which are included within equity investments in the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets. The Company has concluded that the carrying value of its equity investment in Nimbus should reflect its contractual rights to substantive profits. The Company further determined that the hypothetical liquidation at book value method (“HLBV method”) for valuing contractual rights to substantive profits provides the best representation of its financial position in Nimbus. During 2020, the Company continued to value Nimbus using the HLBV method. The HLBV method is a balance sheet oriented approach to equity method accounting. Under the HLBV method, the Company determines its share of earnings or losses by comparing its claim on the book value at the beginning and end of each reporting period. This claim is calculated as the amount that the Company would receive (or be obligated to pay) if the investee were to liquidate all of its assets at recorded amounts, determined as of the balance sheet date in accordance with U.S. GAAP, and distribute the resulting cash to creditors and investors in accordance with their respective priorities. Upon the completion of Morphic’s initial public offering in June 2019, the Company changed the valuation methodology used to value the Morphic investment. As there is a readily available public market for Morphic’s common stock, the Company values its investment based on the closing price of Morphic’s common stock as of the reporting date. The Company has concluded that its equity investment in Petra should be valued using the historical cost method, as the Company does not exercise significant influence over Petra. For further information regarding the Company’s equity investments, see Note 3, Fair Value Measurements and Note 9, Equity Investments. (h ) Following the completion of the Company's IPO in February 2020, the outstanding equity of the Company consists of common stock and limited common stock. Under the Company’s certificate of incorporation, the rights of the holders of common stock and limited common stock are identical, except with respect to voting and conversion. Holders of limited common stock are precluded from voting such shares in any election of directors or on the removal of directors. Limited common stock may be converted into common stock at any time at the option of the stockholder. Undistributed earnings allocated to the participating securities are subtracted from net income in determining net loss attributable to common and limited common stockholders. Basic net loss per share is computed by dividing net loss attributable to common and limited common stockholders by the weighted-average number of shares of common and limited common stock outstanding during the period. For the calculation of diluted net loss, net income attributable to common and limited common stockholders for basic net loss is adjusted by the effect of dilutive securities, including awards under our equity compensation plans. Diluted net loss per share attributable to common and limited common stockholders is computed by dividing the resulting net income attributable to common and limited common stockholders by the weighted-average number of fully diluted shares of common and limited common stock outstanding. For purposes of this calculation, stock options are considered common stock equivalents but have been excluded from the calculation of net loss per share attributable to common and limited stockholders as their effect is anti-dilutive. For the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, the computation of basic and diluted net loss per share is presented on a combined basis for common and limited common stock because the results are identical.

Fair Value Measurements

Fair Value Measurements	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020
Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]
Fair Value Measurements	(3) Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of the Company’s financial assets and liabilities. These inputs are summarized into the following three broad categories: Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical securities Level 2 – other significant observable inputs, including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, credit risk, etc. Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs, including the Company’s own assumptions in determining fair value The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. Marketable securities, which consist primarily of corporate and U.S. government agency bonds, are classified as available for sale and fair value does not differ significantly from carrying value as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019. The following table presents information about the Company’s assets and liabilities measured at fair value as of March 31, 2020: Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total Assets: Marketable securities $ — $ 143,505 $ — $ 143,505 Equity investments 12,257 — 1,969 14,226 Total $ 12,257 $ 143,505 $ 1,969 $ 157,731 The following table presents information about the Company’s assets and liabilities measured at fair value as of December 31, 2019: Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total Assets: Marketable securities $ — $ 59,844 $ — $ 59,844 Equity investments 14,328 — 108 14,436 Total $ 14,328 $ 59,844 $ 108 $ 74,280 Fair value of the Company’s investment in Morphic, classified as Level 1 in the fair value hierarchy, was determined using the market price of Morphic’s common stock as of the close of trading on March 31, 2020. Fair value of the Company’s investment in Nimbus, classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy, was determined under the HLBV method, as further described in Note 2, Significant Accounting Policies. Significant unobservable inputs used under the HLBV method include Nimbus’ annual financial statements and the Company’s respective liquidation priority. The following table sets forth changes in fair value of the Company’s Level 3 investments: Amount As of December 31, 2018 $ 4,288 Unrealized loss (626 ) As of March 31, 2019 3,662 Unrealized loss (3,662 ) As of June 30, 2019 — Unrealized loss — As of September 30, 2019 — Unrealized gain 108 As of December 31, 2019 108 Cash contributions 2,869 Unrealized loss (1,008 ) As of March 31, 2020 $ 1,969 Unrealized gains and losses arising from changes in fair value of the Company’s equity investments are classified within change in fair value in the condensed consolidated statements of operations. During the three months ended March 31, 2020 and the year ended December 31, 2019 there were no transfers between Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 investments. See Note 9, Equity Investments, for further information.

Commitments and Contingencies

Commitments and Contingencies	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020
Commitments And Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]
Commitments and Contingencies	(4) (a) The Company leases office space under operating leases that expire at various dates through 2029. In addition to rental payments, the Company pays real property taxes, insurance, and repair and maintenance expenses for its office facilities. The Company recognizes rent expense on a straight-line basis over the life of the related lease, including any periods of free rent. The Company adopted Topic 842 as of January 1, 2019. In determining the present value of lease payments, the Company uses its incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at the lease commencement date if the rate implicit in the lease is not readily determinable. At the date of adoption of Topic 842, the Company determined lease liability amounts using a discount rate of 5.01%, which represents the Company’s incremental borrowing rate. The Company determines its incremental borrowing rate for lease liability using its current borrowing rate, adjusted for various factors including level of collateralization and lease term. As of March 31, 2020, the remaining weighted average lease term was 4 years. During the three months ended March 31, 2020, the Company entered into one new lease, which increased ROU assets and lease liabilities by $1,778. ROU assets and lease liabilities were equal as no lease costs or incentives were associated with acquiring the leases. Variable and short-term lease costs were immaterial for the three months ended March 31, 2020. Additional details of the Company’s operating leases are presented in the following table: Three Months Ended March 31, 2020 2019 Operating lease costs $ 1,506 $ 1,009 Cash paid for operating leases 1,892 1,409 Maturities of operating lease liabilities as of March 31, 2020 under noncancelable operating leases were as follows: Year ending December 31: Remainder of 2020 $ 4,580 2021 4,454 2022 1,724 2023 1,515 2024 1,532 Thereafter 1,886 Total future minimum lease payments 15,691 Less: imputed interest (707 ) Present value of future minimum lease payments 14,984 Less: current portion of operating leases payments (5,851 ) Lease liabilities, long-term $ 9,133 (b) From time to time, the Company may become involved in routine litigation arising in the ordinary course of business. While the results of such litigation cannot be predicted with certainty, management believes that the final outcome of such matters is not likely to have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial position or results of operations or cash flows.

Income Taxes

Income Taxes	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Income Taxes	(5) Income Taxes The Company estimates an annual effective income tax rate based on projected results for the year and applies this rate to income before taxes to calculate income tax expense. Any refinements made due to subsequent information that affects the estimated annual effective income tax rate are reflected as adjustments in the current period. For the three months ended March 31, 2020, the difference between the effective rate and the statutory rate is primarily attributed to the change in the valuation allowance against net deferred tax assets. For the three months ended March 31, 2020, the Company’s tax expense was $91. The Company recognizes the effect of income tax positions only if those positions are “more likely than not” capable of being sustained. As of March 31, 2020, the Company had $1,000 of unrecognized tax benefits. Interest and penalties accrued on unrecognized tax benefits are recorded as tax expense within the consolidated financial statements. The Company does not expect a significant increase or decrease to the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits within the next twelve months. The Company and its subsidiaries file U.S. federal income tax returns and various state, local and foreign income tax returns. At March 31, 2020, the Company’s statues of limitations are open for all federal and state years filed after the year ended December 31, 2015 and 2014 respectively. Net operating loss and credit carryforwards from all years are subject to examination and adjustments for the three years following the year in which the carryforwards are utilized. The Company is not currently under Internal Revenue Service or state examination. Pursuant to Internal Revenue Code Sections 382 and 383, the utilization of net operating losses and other tax attributes may be substantially limited due to cumulative changes in ownership greater than 50% that may have occurred or could occur during applicable testing periods. The Company has performed an analysis through December 31, 2019 and determined that such an ownership change has not occurred. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”) was signed into law in March 2020. The CARES Act lifts certain deduction limitations originally imposed by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (“2017 Tax Act”). Corporate taxpayers may carryback net operating losses (“NOLs”) originating during 2018 through 2020 for up to five years, which was not previously allowed under the 2017 Tax Act. The CARES Act also eliminates the 80% of taxable income limitations by allowing corporate entities to fully utilize NOL carryforwards to offset taxable income in 2018, 2019 or 2020. Taxpayers may generally deduct interest up to the sum of 50% of adjusted taxable income plus business interest income (30% limit under the 2017 Tax Act) for tax years beginning January 1, 2019 and 2020. The CARES Act allows taxpayers with alternative minimum tax credits to claim a refund in 2020 for the entire amount of the credits instead of recovering the credits through refunds over a period of years, as originally enacted by the 2017 Tax Act. In addition, the CARES Act raises the corporate charitable deduction limit to 25% of taxable income and makes qualified improvement property generally eligible for 15-year cost-recovery and 100% bonus depreciation. With the enactment of the CARES Act, the Company does not expect a financial statement impact. The Company has not recorded any financial statement expense or benefit related to the CARES Act for the three months ended March 31, 2020.

Stockholders' Equity (Deficit)

Stockholders' Equity (Deficit)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020
Equity [Abstract]
Stockholders' Equity (Deficit)	(6 ) Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit) (a) Upon the closing of the IPO, 226,344,686 shares of preferred stock automatically converted into an aggregate of 30,278,832 shares of common stock. As of March 31, 2020, the Company had authorized 500,000,000 shares of common stock with a par value of $0.01 per share. Holders of common stock are entitled to one vote per share, to receive dividends, if and when declared by the board of directors, and upon liquidation or dissolution, to receive a portion of the assets available for distributions to stockholders, subject to preferential amounts owed to holders of the Company’s preferred stock. Common stockholders have no preemptive or other subscription rights and there are no redemption or sinking fund provisions with respect to such shares. Common stock is subordinate to preferred stock with respect to dividend rights and rights upon liquidation, winding up, and dissolution of the Company. (b) I mmediately prior to the closing of the IPO, preferred stockholders voluntarily exchanged 98,406,823 shares of preferred stock for an aggregate of 13,164,193 shares of limited common stock. Limited common stockholders have no preemptive or other subscription rights and there are no redemption or sinking fund provisions with respect to such shares. The rights, preferences and privileges of holders of the limited common stock are subject to and may be adversely affected by the right of the holders of shares of any series of preferred stock that the Company may designate and issue in the future. As of March 31, 2020, 13,164,193 (c) As of March 31, 2020, the Company had authorized 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock with a par value of $0.01 per share. The Company’s board of directors has the discretion to determine the rights, preferences, privileges, and restrictions, including voting rights, dividend rights, conversion rights, redemption privileges, and liquidation preferences, of each series of preferred stock. As of , no preferred stock was issued or outstanding

Stock-Based Compensation

Stock-Based Compensation	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020
Disclosure Of Compensation Related Costs Sharebased Payments [Abstract]
Stock-Based Compensation	(7 ) Stock-Based Compensation Stock Incentive Plans As of March 31, 2020, the Company’s stock incentive plans included the 2010 Stock Plan (the “2010 Plan”) and the 2020 Stock Plan (the “2020 Plan”) (together, the “Plans”), The 2020 Plan provides for the award of incentive stock options, non-qualified stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock awards, restricted stock units, and other stock-based awards. The 2010 Plan provided for the granting of incentive stock options and non-qualified stock options. As of the effective date of the 2020 Plan, no shares remained available for future issuance under the 2010 Plan and no further awards will be made under the 2010 Plan. Any options or awards outstanding under the 2010 Plan remain outstanding and effective. Shares of common stock subject to outstanding awards granted under the 2010 Plan that expire, terminate, or are otherwise surrendered, cancelled, forfeited, or repurchased by the Company are available for issuance under the 2020 Plan. Stock options must be granted at an exercise price not less than 100% of the fair market value per share at the grant date. The maximum contractual term of options granted under the Plans is typically 10 years, options generally vest over four years with 25% of the shares underlying the option vesting at the end of the first year and the remaining vesting monthly over the following three years. During the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, 57,581 and 44,160 stock options were exercised under the Plans with total cash received upon option exercise of $177 and $115, respectively. The fair value of each option award is determined on the date of grant using the Black Scholes Merton option-pricing model. The calculation of fair value includes several assumptions that require management’s judgment. The expected terms of options granted to employees during 2020 and 2019 were calculated using an average of historical exercises. Estimated volatility for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 incorporates a calculated volatility derived from the historical closing prices of shares of common stock of similar entities whose share prices were publicly available for the expected term of the option. The risk-free interest rate is based on the U.S. Treasury constant maturities in effect at the time of grant for the expected term of the option. The Company accounts for forfeitures as they occur, as such, the Company does not estimate forfeitures at the time of grant. Prior to the Company’s IPO, where there was no public market for the Company’s common stock, the board of directors estimated the price of the Company’s common stock based upon several factors, including, but not limited to, third party valuations and the Company’s operating and financial performance. The third party valuations took into consideration several factors, including prices for preferred stock that were sold to outside investors in arm’s length transactions, and the rights, preferences, and privileges of the preferred stock and the common stock; the fact that the option grants involved illiquid securities in a private company; the Company’s stage of development and revenue growth; the state of the industry and the economy; the marketplace and major competitors; and the likelihood of achieving a liquidity event for the shares of common stock underlying the options, such as an initial public offering or sale of the Company, given prevailing market conditions. These valuations were performed in accordance with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants’ Audit and Accounting Practice Aid, Valuation of Privately Held Company Equity Securities Issued as Compensation Subsequent to the Company’s IPO, the board of directors determined the exercise price of the Company’s stock options based on the closing price of the common stock as reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on the day of grant. As of March 31, 2020, there were 2,204,251 shares available for grant under the 2020 Plan. As of December 31, 2019, there were 1,764,221 shares available for grant under the 2010 Plan. Following are the weighted average valuation assumptions used for options: Three Months Ended March 31, 2020 2019 Valuation assumptions Expected dividend yield — % — % Expected volatility 60 % 57 % Expected term (years) 4.49 6.05 Risk-free interest rate 1.44 % 2.54 % The following table presents classification of stock-based compensation expense within the condensed consolidated statements of operations: Three Months Ended March 31, 2020 2019 Cost of sales $ 253 $ 89 Research and development 508 111 Sales and marketing 93 71 General and administrative 921 249 Total stock-based compensation $ 1,775 $ 520 The weighted average grant date fair value of options granted during the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 was $7.66 and $2.48, respectively. The intrinsic value of options exercised during the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 was $1,231 and $77, respectively. As of March 31, 2020, there was $32,031 of unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested stock options granted under the Plans ,

Net Loss Per Share Attributable

Net Loss Per Share Attributable to Common and Limited Stockholders	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020
Earnings Per Share [Abstract]
Net Loss Per Share Attributable to Common and Limited Stockholders	(8 ) The following table presents the calculation of basic and diluted net loss per share attributable to common and limited common stockholders for the periods presented (in thousands, except per share data): Three Months Ended March 31, 2020 2019 Numerator: Net loss attributable to Schrödinger common and limited common stockholders $ (13,826 ) $ (5,794 ) Denominator: Weighted average shares used to compute net loss per share attributable to Schrödinger common and limited common stockholders, basic and diluted: 40,666,970 5,938,260 Net loss per share $ (0.34 ) $ (0.98 ) Since the Company was in a loss position for all periods presented, basic net loss per share is the same as diluted net loss per share as the inclusion of all potential common shares and limited common shares outstanding would have been anti-dilutive. Potentially dilutive securities that were not included in the diluted per share calculations because they would be anti-dilutive were as follows: Three Months Ended March 31, 2020 2019 Convertible preferred stock - 41,184,460 Shares subject to outstanding common stock options 6,790,938 4,560,913 6,790,938 45,745,373

Equity Investments

Equity Investments	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020
Equity Method Investments And Joint Ventures [Abstract]
Equity Investments	(9 ) The Company classifies the Nimbus investment as an equity investment within the condensed consolidated balance sheets. The Nimbus investment was received as compensation for collaboration services provided under a separate service agreement. During the three months ended March 31, 2020, the Company made a $2,869 cash investment in Nimbus. The Company held 7.6% and 6.7% of Nimbus units on a fully diluted basis as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively. The Company also has the right to designate one of nine board seats, provide software used by Nimbus to pursue drug discovery activities, and participate via the board seat in the governance of the entity. Based upon these factors, the Company’s management believes that it has significant influence over the entity and therefore accounts for the entity as an equity method investment. The Company provides collaboration services for Nimbus under the terms of a master services agreement executed on May 18, 2010, as amended. Collaboration agreements are separate from the transaction which resulted in equity ownership and related fees are paid in cash to the Company. Under the HLBV method, the Company reported losses of $1,008 and $626 on the Nimbus investment for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The carrying value of the Nimbus investment was $1,969 and $108 as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively. The Company has no obligation to fund Nimbus losses in excess of its initial investment. In June 2019, Morphic successfully completed an initial public offering. The Company accounts for its investment in Morphic at fair value based on the share price of Morphic’s common stock at the measurement date. The Company reported losses of $2,071 and zero on the Morphic investment for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. As of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the carrying value of the Company’s investment in Morphic was $12,257 and $14,328, respectively. The Company has no obligation to fund Morphic losses in excess of its initial investment. As of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the carrying value of non-marketable equity securities was $930.

Related Party Transactions

Related Party Transactions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]
Related Party Transactions	(10 ) (a) D. E. Shaw As of March 31, 2020, companies collectively controlled by David E. Shaw and/or affiliates of companies controlled by David E. Shaw (“D. E. Shaw entities”), owned 16,496,156 shares of issued and outstanding common stock. As of December 31, 2019, D. E. Shaw entities owned 123,314,389 shares of the issued and outstanding Series A Preferred stock. For the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company licensed technology and purchased services for $1,565 and $2,101, respectively, from D. E. Shaw entities. In addition, D. E. Shaw entities purchased certain products and services from, and provided cost reimbursements to, the Company totaling $28 and $18 for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. As of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the Company had net payables of $1,890 and $1,760, respectively, to D.E. Shaw entities. (b) For the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company paid consulting fees of $127 and $87, respectively, to a member of its board of directors. (c) As of March 31, 2020, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Trust (“BMGFT”) owned 6,981,664 shares and For the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, an entity under common control with BMGFT, issued a grant under which it agreed to pay the Company directly for certain licenses and services provided to a specified group of third-party organizations. Revenue recognized for services provided by the Company under this grant were $778 and $350 for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. As of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the Company had net receivables of $558 and $294, respectively, due from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. (d) For the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company recognized revenue of $86 and $301, respectively, from collaboration services agreements with Nimbus.

Segment Reporting

Segment Reporting	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020
Segment Reporting [Abstract]
Segment Reporting	(11 ) Segment Reporting The Company has determined that its chief executive officer (“CEO”) is its chief operating decision maker (“CODM”). The Company’s CEO evaluates the financial performance of the Company based on two reportable segments: Software and Drug Discovery. The Software segment is focused on licensing the Company’s software to transform molecular discovery. The Drug Discovery segment is focused on building a portfolio of preclinical and clinical drug programs, internally and through collaborations. The CODM reviews segment performance and allocates resources based upon segment revenue and segment gross profit of the Software and Drug Discovery reportable segments. Segment gross profit is derived by deducting operational expenditures, with the exception of research and development, sales and marketing, and general and administrative activities from U.S. GAAP revenue. Operational expenditures are expenditures made that are directly attributable to the reportable segment. These expenditures are allocated to the segments based on headcount. The reportable segment expenditures include compensation, supplies, and services from contract research organizations. Certain cost items are not allocated to the Company’s reportable segments. These cost items primarily consist of compensation and general operational expenses associated with the Company’s research and development, sales and marketing, and general and administrative. These costs are incurred by both segments and due to the integrated nature of the Company’s Software and Drug Discovery segments, any allocation methodology would be arbitrary and provide no meaningful analysis. All segment revenue is earned in the United States and there are no intersegment revenues. Additionally, the Company reports assets on a consolidated basis and does not allocate assets to its reportable segments for purposes of assessing segment performance or allocating resources. Presented below is financial information with respect to the Company’s reportable segments for the periods presented: Three Months Ended March 31, 2020 2019 Segment revenues: Software $ 23,812 $ 18,605 Drug discovery 2,362 2,136 Total segment revenues $ 26,174 $ 20,741 Segment gross profit: Software $ 19,811 $ 15,472 Drug discovery (4,186 ) (2,468 ) Total segment gross profit 15,625 13,004 Unallocated: Research and development expense (13,700 ) (8,438 ) Sales and marketing expense (4,789 ) (5,093 ) General and administrative expense (8,936 ) (5,086 ) Change in fair value (3,079 ) (627 ) Interest income 699 438 Income tax expense (91 ) (46 ) Consolidated net loss $ (14,271 ) $ (5,848 ) The following table sets forth revenues by geographic area for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019: Three Months Ended March 31, 2020 2019 United States $ 13,486 $ 9,872 Europe 8,281 6,440 Japan 1,970 2,664 Rest of World 2,437 1,765 $ 26,174 $ 20,741

Significant Accounting Polici_2

Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020
Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements	(a) In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-13 , Changes to Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurements In November 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-18, Collaborative Arrangements Clarifying the Interaction between Topic 808 and Topic 606 Revenue from Contracts with Customers In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-15, Intangibles-Goodwill and Other-Internal-Use Software Customer’s Accounting for Implementation Costs Incurred in a Cloud Computing Arrangement That is a Service Contract In December 2019, the FASB issued Accounting Standard Update No. 2019-12, Income Taxes Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes
Basis of Presentation and Use of Estimates	(b ) In management’s opinion, the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and the related interim disclosures and have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for the interim financial information. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include all adjustments necessary, consisting of only normal recurring adjustments, to fairly state the financial position and the results of the Company’s operations and cash flows for interim periods in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Interim period results are not necessarily indicative of results of operations or cash flows for a full year or any subsequent interim period. The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019, which was filed with the SEC on March 16, 2020. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Significant estimates include the useful lives of long-lived assets, the recoverability of deferred tax assets, assumptions used in the allocation of revenue, and assumptions used in testing for impairment of long-lived assets. Actual results could differ from those estimates, and such differences may be material to the condensed consolidated financial statements
Principles of Consolidation	(c ) The Company’s condensed unaudited consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Schrödinger, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiaries. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The functional currency for foreign entities is the United States dollar. The Company accounts for investments over which it has significant influence, but not a controlling financial interest, using the equity method.
Revenue Recognition	( d ) Revenue Recognition Revenue is recognized upon transfer of control of promised products or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the Company expects to be entitled in exchange for promised goods or services. The Company’s performance obligations are satisfied either over time or at a point in time. The following table illustrates the timing of the Company’s revenue recognition: Three Months Ended March 31, 2020 2019 Software products and services – point in time 59.7 % 62.8 % Software products and services – over time 31.3 26.9 Drug Discovery – point in time - 4.6 Drug Discovery – over time 9.0 5.7 Software Products and Services The Company enters into contracts that can include various combinations of licenses, products and services, some of which are distinct and are accounted for as separate performance obligations. For contracts with multiple performance obligations, the Company allocates the transaction price of the contract to each performance obligation on a relative standalone selling price basis. Revenue is recognized net of any sale and value-added taxes collected from customers and subsequently remitted to governmental authorities. The Company’s software business derives revenue from four sources: (i) on-premise software license fees, (ii) hosted software subscription fees, (iii) software maintenance fees, and (iv) professional services fees. On-premise software. The Company’s on-premise software license arrangements grant customers the right to use its software on their own in-house servers for a specified term, typically for one year. The Company recognizes revenue for on-premise software license fees upfront, either upon delivery of the license or the effective date of the agreement, whichever is later. In instances where the timing of delivery differs from the timing of its invoicing, the Company considers whether a significant financing component exists. The Company has elected the practical expedient to not assess for significant financing where the term is less than one year. The Company’s updates and upgrades are not integral to maintaining the utility of the software licenses. Payments typically are received upfront annually. Hosted software. Hosted software revenue consists primarily of fees to provide the Company’s customers with hosted licenses, which allows these customers to access the Company’s software platform on their own hardware without taking control of licenses. Hosted software is recognized ratably over the term of the arrangement. Software maintenance. Software maintenance includes technical support, updates, and upgrades. Software maintenance revenue is considered to be a separate performance obligation and is recognized ratably over the term of the arrangement. Professional services. Professional services, such as technical support and installation or assisting customers with modeling, generally are not related to the functionality of the Company’s software and may be recognized as resources are consumed or over the term of the arrangement, depending on the terms of the underlying agreement. The Company has historically estimated project status with relative accuracy. A number of internal and external factors can affect such estimates, including labor rates, utilization and efficiency variances. Payments for services are due in advance or upon consumption of resources. The following table illustrates the revenue recognized from the four sources of the software products and services revenue: Three Months Ended March 31, 2020 2019 On premise software $ 15,600 $ 13,023 Hosted software 2,133 1,711 Software maintenance 3,537 2,589 Professional services 2,542 1,282 Total software revenue $ 23,812 $ 18,605 Drug Discovery Revenue from drug discovery and collaboration services contracts is recognized either over time, typically by using costs incurred or hours expended to measure progress, or at a point in time based on the achievement of milestones. Payments for services are generally due upon achieving milestones stated in a contract, upfront at the start of a contract, or upon consumption of resources. Services may at times include variable consideration and milestone payments. The Company has estimated the amount of consideration that is variable using the most likely amount method. The Company evaluates milestones on a case-by-case basis, including whether there are factors outside the Company’s control that could result in a significant reversal of revenue, and the likelihood and magnitude of a potential reversal. If achievement of a milestone is not considered probable, the Company constrains (reduces) variable consideration to exclude the milestone payment until it is probable to be achieved. As of March 31, 2020 and 2019, milestones not yet achieved that were determined to be probable of achievement totaled zero and $2,650, respectively. For the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, zero and $1,677, respectively, was recognized as revenue associated with these milestones. Significant Judgments Significant judgments and estimates are required under Accounting Standard Codification Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (“Topic 606”) The Company’s contracts with customers often include promises to transfer multiple software products and/or licenses and services, including professional services, technical support services, and rights to unspecified updates. Determining whether licenses and services are distinct performance obligations that should be accounted for separately, or are not distinct and therefore should be accounted for together, requires significant judgment. In some arrangements, such as most of the Company’s term-based software license arrangements, the Company has concluded that the licenses and associated services are distinct from each other. In other arrangements, including collaboration services arrangements, the licenses and certain services may not be distinct from each other. The Company’s time-based software arrangements may include multiple software licenses and a right to updates or upgrades to the licensed software products, and technical support. The Company has concluded that such promised goods and services are separate distinct performance obligations. The Company is required to estimate the total consideration expected to be received from contracts with customers, including any variable consideration. Once the estimated transaction price is established, amounts are allocated to the performance obligations that have been identified. The transaction price is allocated to each separate performance obligation on a relative stand-alone selling price (“SSP”) basis. Judgment is required to determine the SSP for each distinct performance obligation. The Company rarely licenses or sells products on a standalone basis, so the Company is required to estimate the range of SSPs for each performance obligation. In instances where the SSP is not directly observable because the Company does not sell the license, product, or service separately, the Company determines the SSP using information that includes historical discounting practices, market conditions, cost-plus analysis, and other observable inputs. The Company typically has more than one SSP for individual performance obligations due to the stratification of those items by classes of customers and circumstances. In these instances, the Company may use information such as the size and geographic region of the customer in determining the SSP. Professional service revenue is recognized as costs and hours are incurred, and judgment is required in estimating both the project status and the costs incurred or hours expended. If a group of agreements are so closely related to each other that they are, in effect, part of a single arrangement, such agreements are deemed to be one arrangement for revenue recognition purposes. The Company exercises significant judgment to evaluate the relevant facts and circumstances in determining whether the separate agreements should be accounted for separately or as, in substance, a single arrangement. The Company’s judgments about whether a group of contracts comprises a single arrangement can affect the allocation of consideration to the distinct performance obligations, which could have an effect on results of operations for the periods involved. Generally, the Company has not experienced significant returns or refunds to customers. The Company’s estimates related to revenue recognition require significant judgment and the change in these estimates could have an effect on the Company’s results of operations during the periods involved. Contract Balances The timing of revenue recognition may differ from the timing of invoicing to customers and these timing differences result in receivables, contract assets, or contract liabilities (deferred revenue) on the condensed consolidated balance sheets. The Company records a contract asset when revenue is recognized prior to invoicing; a deferred revenue liability is recorded when revenue is expected to be recognized subsequent to invoicing. For the Company’s time-based software agreements, customers are generally invoiced at the beginning of the arrangement for the entire term, though when the term spans multiple years the customers may be invoiced on an annual basis. For certain drug discovery agreements that include payment plans, the Company records a receivable related to revenue recognized upon delivery because it has an unconditional right to invoice and receive payment in the future related to those deliveries. Contract assets are included in unbilled and other receivables within the condensed consolidated balance sheets and primarily relate to the Company’s rights to consideration for work completed but not billed on service contracts. Contract assets are transferred to receivables when the Company invoices the customer. Contract balances were as follows: As of March 31, As of December 31, 2020 2019 Contract assets $ 1,592 $ 6,904 Deferred revenue 23,835 27,259 For the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, the Company recognized $12,782 and $9,748 of revenue that was included in deferred revenue at the end of the preceding period. All other deferred revenue activity is due to the timing of invoices in relation to the timing of revenue, as described above. The Company expects to recognize as revenue approximately 91% of its March 31, 2020 deferred revenue balance in the next 12 months and the remainder thereafter. Additionally, contracted but unsatisfied performance obligations that had not yet been billed to the customer or included in deferred revenue were $13,895 as of March 31, 2020. Payment terms and conditions vary by contract type, although terms typically require payment within 30 to 60 days. In instances where the timing of revenue recognition differs from that of invoicing, the Company has determined that its contracts generally do not include a significant financing component. The primary purpose of invoicing terms is to provide customers with simplified and predictable ways of purchasing the Company’s products and services, not to facilitate financing arrangements. Deferred Sales Commissions The Company has applied the practical expedient for sales commission expense, as any compensation paid to sales representatives to obtain a contract relates to a period of one year or less. Therefore, the Company has not capitalized any costs related to sales commissions.
Concentrations	(e ) Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist primarily of trade receivables. The Company does not require customers to provide collateral to support accounts receivable. If deemed necessary, credit reviews of significant customers may be performed prior to extending credit. The determination of a customer’s ability to pay requires judgment, and failure to collect from a customer can adversely affect revenue, cash, and net income. The Company maintains an allowance for doubtful accounts. As of March 31, 2020, one customer accounted for 19% of total accounts receivable. As of December 31, 2019, one customer accounted for 10% of total accounts receivable. For the three months ended March 31, 2020 no customer accounted for more than 10% of total revenues. For the three months ended March 31, 2019, one customer accounted for more than 10% of total revenues.
Income Taxes	(f ) The Company records deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of temporary differences between the financial statement carrying amounts and the tax basis of the assets and liabilities. Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance when it is estimated to become more likely than not that a portion of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. Accordingly, the Company currently maintains a full valuation allowance against existing net deferred tax assets. The Company recognizes the effect of income tax positions only if such positions are deemed “more likely than not” capable of being sustained. Interest and penalties accrued on unrecognized tax benefits are included within income tax expense in the consolidated financial statements.
Equity Investments	(g ) The Company has entered into collaboration agreements with Nimbus Therapeutics, LLC (“Nimbus”), Morphic Therapeutic, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Morphic Holding, Inc. (“Morphic”), and Petra Pharma Corporation (“Petra”) to perform drug design services in exchange for minority ownership, which are included within equity investments in the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets. The Company has concluded that the carrying value of its equity investment in Nimbus should reflect its contractual rights to substantive profits. The Company further determined that the hypothetical liquidation at book value method (“HLBV method”) for valuing contractual rights to substantive profits provides the best representation of its financial position in Nimbus. During 2020, the Company continued to value Nimbus using the HLBV method. The HLBV method is a balance sheet oriented approach to equity method accounting. Under the HLBV method, the Company determines its share of earnings or losses by comparing its claim on the book value at the beginning and end of each reporting period. This claim is calculated as the amount that the Company would receive (or be obligated to pay) if the investee were to liquidate all of its assets at recorded amounts, determined as of the balance sheet date in accordance with U.S. GAAP, and distribute the resulting cash to creditors and investors in accordance with their respective priorities. Upon the completion of Morphic’s initial public offering in June 2019, the Company changed the valuation methodology used to value the Morphic investment. As there is a readily available public market for Morphic’s common stock, the Company values its investment based on the closing price of Morphic’s common stock as of the reporting date. The Company has concluded that its equity investment in Petra should be valued using the historical cost method, as the Company does not exercise significant influence over Petra. For further information regarding the Company’s equity investments, see Note 3, Fair Value Measurements and Note 9, Equity Investments.
Net Loss Per Share Attributable to Common and Limited Stockholders	(h ) Following the completion of the Company's IPO in February 2020, the outstanding equity of the Company consists of common stock and limited common stock. Under the Company’s certificate of incorporation, the rights of the holders of common stock and limited common stock are identical, except with respect to voting and conversion. Holders of limited common stock are precluded from voting such shares in any election of directors or on the removal of directors. Limited common stock may be converted into common stock at any time at the option of the stockholder. Undistributed earnings allocated to the participating securities are subtracted from net income in determining net loss attributable to common and limited common stockholders. Basic net loss per share is computed by dividing net loss attributable to common and limited common stockholders by the weighted-average number of shares of common and limited common stock outstanding during the period. For the calculation of diluted net loss, net income attributable to common and limited common stockholders for basic net loss is adjusted by the effect of dilutive securities, including awards under our equity compensation plans. Diluted net loss per share attributable to common and limited common stockholders is computed by dividing the resulting net income attributable to common and limited common stockholders by the weighted-average number of fully diluted shares of common and limited common stock outstanding. For purposes of this calculation, stock options are considered common stock equivalents but have been excluded from the calculation of net loss per share attributable to common and limited stockholders as their effect is anti-dilutive. For the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, the computation of basic and diluted net loss per share is presented on a combined basis for common and limited common stock because the results are identical.

Significant Accounting Polici_3

Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020
Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Schedule of Timing of Revenue Recognition	The following table illustrates the timing of the Company’s revenue recognition: Three Months Ended March 31, 2020 2019 Software products and services – point in time 59.7 % 62.8 % Software products and services – over time 31.3 26.9 Drug Discovery – point in time - 4.6 Drug Discovery – over time 9.0 5.7
Schedule of Revenue Recognized from the Sources of Software Products and Services Revenue	The following table illustrates the revenue recognized from the four sources of the software products and services revenue: Three Months Ended March 31, 2020 2019 On premise software $ 15,600 $ 13,023 Hosted software 2,133 1,711 Software maintenance 3,537 2,589 Professional services 2,542 1,282 Total software revenue $ 23,812 $ 18,605
Schedule of Contract Balances	Contract balances were as follows: As of March 31, As of December 31, 2020 2019 Contract assets $ 1,592 $ 6,904 Deferred revenue 23,835 27,259

Fair Value Measurements (Tables

Fair Value Measurements (Tables)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020
Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]
Schedule of Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value	The following table presents information about the Company’s assets and liabilities measured at fair value as of March 31, 2020: Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total Assets: Marketable securities $ — $ 143,505 $ — $ 143,505 Equity investments 12,257 — 1,969 14,226 Total $ 12,257 $ 143,505 $ 1,969 $ 157,731 The following table presents information about the Company’s assets and liabilities measured at fair value as of December 31, 2019: Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total Assets: Marketable securities $ — $ 59,844 $ — $ 59,844 Equity investments 14,328 — 108 14,436 Total $ 14,328 $ 59,844 $ 108 $ 74,280
Summary of Changes in Fair Value of Level 3 Investments	The following table sets forth changes in fair value of the Company’s Level 3 investments: Amount As of December 31, 2018 $ 4,288 Unrealized loss (626 ) As of March 31, 2019 3,662 Unrealized loss (3,662 ) As of June 30, 2019 — Unrealized loss — As of September 30, 2019 — Unrealized gain 108 As of December 31, 2019 108 Cash contributions 2,869 Unrealized loss (1,008 ) As of March 31, 2020 $ 1,969

Commitments and Contingencies (

Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020
Commitments And Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]
Summary of Operating Leases	Additional details of the Company’s operating leases are presented in the following table: Three Months Ended March 31, 2020 2019 Operating lease costs $ 1,506 $ 1,009 Cash paid for operating leases 1,892 1,409
Summary of Maturities of Operating Lease Liabilities Under Noncancelable Operating Leases	Maturities of operating lease liabilities as of March 31, 2020 under noncancelable operating leases were as follows: Year ending December 31: Remainder of 2020 $ 4,580 2021 4,454 2022 1,724 2023 1,515 2024 1,532 Thereafter 1,886 Total future minimum lease payments 15,691 Less: imputed interest (707 ) Present value of future minimum lease payments 14,984 Less: current portion of operating leases payments (5,851 ) Lease liabilities, long-term $ 9,133

Stock-Based Compensation (Table

Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020
Disclosure Of Compensation Related Costs Sharebased Payments [Abstract]
Summary of Weighted Average Valuation Assumptions Used for Options	Following are the weighted average valuation assumptions used for options: Three Months Ended March 31, 2020 2019 Valuation assumptions Expected dividend yield — % — % Expected volatility 60 % 57 % Expected term (years) 4.49 6.05 Risk-free interest rate 1.44 % 2.54 %
Summary of Classification of Stock Based Compensation Expense	The following table presents classification of stock-based compensation expense within the condensed consolidated statements of operations: Three Months Ended March 31, 2020 2019 Cost of sales $ 253 $ 89 Research and development 508 111 Sales and marketing 93 71 General and administrative 921 249 Total stock-based compensation $ 1,775 $ 520

Net Loss Per Share Attributab_2

Net Loss Per Share Attributable to Common and Limited Stockholders (Tables)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020
Earnings Per Share [Abstract]
Schedule of Basic and Diluted Net Loss Per Share Attributable to Common and Limited Stockholders	The following table presents the calculation of basic and diluted net loss per share attributable to common and limited common stockholders for the periods presented (in thousands, except per share data): Three Months Ended March 31, 2020 2019 Numerator: Net loss attributable to Schrödinger common and limited common stockholders $ (13,826 ) $ (5,794 ) Denominator: Weighted average shares used to compute net loss per share attributable to Schrödinger common and limited common stockholders, basic and diluted: 40,666,970 5,938,260 Net loss per share $ (0.34 ) $ (0.98 )
Schedule of Potentially Dilutive Securities not Included in Diluted Per Share Calculations Anti-dilutive	Potentially dilutive securities that were not included in the diluted per share calculations because they would be anti-dilutive were as follows: Three Months Ended March 31, 2020 2019 Convertible preferred stock - 41,184,460 Shares subject to outstanding common stock options 6,790,938 4,560,913 6,790,938 45,745,373

Segment Reporting (Tables)

Segment Reporting (Tables)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020
Segment Reporting [Abstract]
Summary of Financial Information with Respect to Reportable Segments	All segment revenue is earned in the United States and there are no intersegment revenues. Additionally, the Company reports assets on a consolidated basis and does not allocate assets to its reportable segments for purposes of assessing segment performance or allocating resources. Presented below is financial information with respect to the Company’s reportable segments for the periods presented: Three Months Ended March 31, 2020 2019 Segment revenues: Software $ 23,812 $ 18,605 Drug discovery 2,362 2,136 Total segment revenues $ 26,174 $ 20,741 Segment gross profit: Software $ 19,811 $ 15,472 Drug discovery (4,186 ) (2,468 ) Total segment gross profit 15,625 13,004 Unallocated: Research and development expense (13,700 ) (8,438 ) Sales and marketing expense (4,789 ) (5,093 ) General and administrative expense (8,936 ) (5,086 ) Change in fair value (3,079 ) (627 ) Interest income 699 438 Income tax expense (91 ) (46 ) Consolidated net loss $ (14,271 ) $ (5,848 )
Schedule of Revenues by Geographic Area	The following table sets forth revenues by geographic area for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019: Three Months Ended March 31, 2020 2019 United States $ 13,486 $ 9,872 Europe 8,281 6,440 Japan 1,970 2,664 Rest of World 2,437 1,765 $ 26,174 $ 20,741

Description of Business - Addit

Description of Business - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	Feb. 10, 2020	Feb. 09, 2020	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Offering price per share			$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Preferred Stock
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Conversion of convertible preferred stock into common stock	226,344,686	98,406,823
Limited Common Stock
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Offering price per share			$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Conversion of convertible preferred stock into common stock		13,164,193
Common Stock
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Issued and sold shares	1,782,352		13,664,704
Net proceeds from issuance of common stock	$ 209.6
Conversion of convertible preferred stock into common stock	30,278,832		30,278,832
Common Stock | IPO
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Issued and sold shares	11,882,352
Offering price per share	$ 17

Significant Accounting Polici_4

Significant Accounting Policies - Schedule of Timing of Revenue Recognition (Details)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Software Products and Services | Point in Time
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Timing of revenue recognition	59.70%	62.80%
Software Products and Services | Over Time
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Timing of revenue recognition	31.30%	26.90%
Drug Discovery | Point in Time
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Timing of revenue recognition		4.60%
Drug Discovery | Over Time
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Timing of revenue recognition	9.00%	5.70%

Significant Accounting Polici_5

Significant Accounting Policies - Additional Information (Details 1)	Mar. 31, 2020
On Premise Software | Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date: 2020-04-01
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Revenue, remaining performance obligation, expected timing of satisfaction, period	1 year

Significant Accounting Polici_6

Significant Accounting Policies - Additional Information (Details) $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020USD ($)Customer	Dec. 31, 2019Customer	Mar. 31, 2020USD ($)Customer	Mar. 31, 2019USD ($)Customer
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Deferred revenue, revenue recognized			$ 12,782	$ 9,748
Percentage of revenue expected to be recognized	91.00%		91.00%
Unsatisfied performance obligation	$ 13,895		$ 13,895
Customer Concentration Risk | Accounts Receivable
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Concentration risk, number of customers | Customer	1	1
Concentration risk, percentage	19.00%	10.00%
Minimum
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Contract with customers, payment terms			30 days
Minimum | Customer Concentration Risk | Total Revenues
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Concentration risk, number of customers accounted for more than 10% of total revenues | Customer			0	1
Maximum
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Contract with customers, payment terms			60 days
On Premise Software
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Revenue, practical expedient, financing component [true false]			true
Drug Discovery
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Milestone payment yet to be achieved			$ 0	$ 2,650
Revenue recognized with milestones			$ 0	$ 1,677

Significant Accounting Polici_7

Significant Accounting Policies - Schedule of Revenue Recognized from the Sources of Software Products and Services Revenue (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Total software revenue	$ 26,174	$ 20,741
On Premise Software
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Total software revenue	15,600	13,023
Hosted Software
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Total software revenue	2,133	1,711
Software Maintenance
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Total software revenue	3,537	2,589
Professional Services
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Total software revenue	2,542	1,282
Software Products and Services
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Total software revenue	$ 23,812	$ 18,605

Significant Accounting Polici_8

Significant Accounting Policies - Schedule of Contract Balances (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Contract assets	$ 1,592	$ 6,904
Deferred revenue	$ 23,835	$ 27,259

Fair Value Measurements - Sched

Fair Value Measurements - Schedule of Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Fair Value Balance Sheet Grouping Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Total Assets	$ 157,731	$ 74,280
Marketable Securities
Fair Value Balance Sheet Grouping Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Total Assets	143,505	59,844
Equity Investments
Fair Value Balance Sheet Grouping Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Total Assets	14,226	14,436
Level 1
Fair Value Balance Sheet Grouping Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Total Assets	12,257	14,328
Level 1 | Equity Investments
Fair Value Balance Sheet Grouping Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Total Assets	12,257	14,328
Level 2
Fair Value Balance Sheet Grouping Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Total Assets	143,505	59,844
Level 2 | Marketable Securities
Fair Value Balance Sheet Grouping Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Total Assets	143,505	59,844
Level 3
Fair Value Balance Sheet Grouping Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Total Assets	1,969	108
Level 3 | Equity Investments
Fair Value Balance Sheet Grouping Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Total Assets	$ 1,969	$ 108

Fair Value Measurements - Summa

Fair Value Measurements - Summary of Changes in Fair Value of Level 3 Investments (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Jun. 30, 2019	Mar. 31, 2019
Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]
Beginning balance	$ 108		$ 3,662	$ 4,288
Cash contributions	2,869
Unrealized loss	(1,008)	$ 108	$ (3,662)	(626)
Ending balance	$ 1,969	$ 108		$ 3,662

Fair Value Measurements - Addit

Fair Value Measurements - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]
Fair value, assets, Level 1 to Level 2 transfers, amount	$ 0	$ 0
Fair value, assets, Level 2 to Level 1 transfers, amount	0	0
Fair value, asset transfers into Level 3	$ 0	$ 0

Commitments And Contingencies -

Commitments And Contingencies - Additional Information (Details)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020USD ($)OperatingLease	Jan. 01, 2019
Commitments And Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]
Operating lease expiration year	2029
Operating lease, discount rate		5.01%
Operating lease, weighted average lease term	4 years
Increase in ROU assets	$ 1,778,000
Increase in lease liabilities	1,778,000
Lease costs	$ 0
Number of new operating lease | OperatingLease	1

Commitments And Contingencies_2

Commitments And Contingencies - Summary of Operating Leases (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Commitments And Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]
Operating lease costs	$ 1,506	$ 1,009
Cash paid for operating leases	$ 1,892	$ 1,409

Commitments And Contingencies_3

Commitments And Contingencies - Summary of Maturities of Operating Lease Liabilities Under Noncancelable Operating Leases (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Commitments And Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]
Remainder of 2020		$ 4,580
2021		4,454
2022		1,724
2023		1,515
2024		1,532
Thereafter		1,886
Total future minimum lease payments		15,691
Less: imputed interest		(707)
Present value of future minimum lease payments		14,984
Less: current portion of operating leases payments	$ (5,851)	(5,851)	$ (5,584)
Lease liabilities, long-term	$ 9,133	$ 9,133	$ 8,888

Income Taxes - Additional Infor

Income Taxes - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Tax expense	$ 91	$ 46
Unrecognized tax benefits	$ 1,000

Stockholders' Equity (Deficit)

Stockholders' Equity (Deficit) - Additional Information (Details)	Feb. 10, 2020shares	Feb. 09, 2020shares	Mar. 31, 2020Vote$ / sharesshares	Dec. 31, 2019$ / sharesshares
Class Of Stock [Line Items]
Common stock, shares authorized			500,000,000	425,000,000
Common stock, par value | $ / shares			$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Common stock, shares outstanding			50,122,938	6,121,821
Preferred stock, shares authorized			10,000,000
Preferred stock, par value of per share | $ / shares			$ 0.01
Preferred stock, shares issued			0
Preferred stock, shares outstanding			0
Common Stock
Class Of Stock [Line Items]
Conversion of convertible preferred stock into common stock	30,278,832		30,278,832
Preferred Stock
Class Of Stock [Line Items]
Conversion of convertible preferred stock into common stock	226,344,686	98,406,823
Voting Common Stock
Class Of Stock [Line Items]
Common stock, shares authorized			500,000,000
Common stock, par value | $ / shares			$ 0.01
Common stock, description			Common stockholders have no preemptive or other subscription rights and there are no redemption or sinking fund provisions with respect to such shares. Common stock is subordinate to preferred stock with respect to dividend rights and rights upon liquidation, winding up, and dissolution of the Company
Number of votes for common share | Vote			1
Limited Common Stock
Class Of Stock [Line Items]
Conversion of convertible preferred stock into common stock		13,164,193
Common stock, shares authorized			100,000,000	146,199,885
Common stock, par value | $ / shares			$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Common stock, description			Holders of limited common stock are entitled to one vote per share, however, the holders of limited common stock shall not be entitled to vote such shares in any election of directors or on the removal of directors. Holders of limited common stock are entitled to receive dividends, if and when declared by the board of directors, and upon liquidation or dissolution, receive a portion of the assets available for distributions to stockholders, subject to preferential amounts owed to holders of the Company’s preferred stock. Holders of the Company’s limited common stock have the right to exchange each share of limited common stock for one share of the Company’s common stock
Number of votes for common share | Vote			1
Right to exchange limited common stock to common stock, share			1
Common stock, shares outstanding			13,164,193	0

Stock-Based Compensation - Addi

Stock-Based Compensation - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2019
Employee Service Share Based Compensation Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Share-based compensation arrangement by share-based payment award, options, exercises in period	57,581	44,160
Cash received upon option exercised	$ 177	$ 115
Weighted average grant date fair value of options granted	$ 7.66	$ 2.48
Intrinsic value of options exercised	$ 1,231	$ 77
Unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested stock options granted	$ 32,031
Expected to be recognized over a weighted average period	3 years 7 months 13 days
Share-based compensation arrangement by share-based payment award, options, vested in period, fair value	$ 1,213	$ 571
2010 Plan
Employee Service Share Based Compensation Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Share-based compensation arrangement by share-based payment award, number of shares remained available for future issuance	0
Share-based compensation arrangement by share-based payment award, number of shares available for grant	0		1,764,221
2010 and 2020 Plans
Employee Service Share Based Compensation Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Maximum percentage of stock options must be granted at exercise price of fair market value	100.00%
Share-based compensation arrangement by share-based payment award, award vesting period	4 years
2010 and 2020 Plans | Tranche One
Employee Service Share Based Compensation Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Share-based compensation arrangement by share-based payment award, award vesting rights, percentage	25.00%
2010 and 2020 Plans | Tranche Two
Employee Service Share Based Compensation Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Share-based compensation arrangement by share-based payment award, award vesting rights, percentage	25.00%
2010 and 2020 Plans | Tranche Three
Employee Service Share Based Compensation Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Share-based compensation arrangement by share-based payment award, award vesting rights, percentage	25.00%
2010 and 2020 Plans | Tranche Four
Employee Service Share Based Compensation Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Share-based compensation arrangement by share-based payment award, award vesting rights, percentage	25.00%
2010 and 2020 Plans | Maximum
Employee Service Share Based Compensation Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Share-based compensation arrangement by share-based payment award, options, exercisable, weighted average remaining contractual term	10 years
2020 Plan
Employee Service Share Based Compensation Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Share-based compensation arrangement by share-based payment award, number of shares available for grant	2,204,251

Stock-Based Compensation - Summ

Stock-Based Compensation - Summary of Weighted Average Valuation Assumptions Used for Options (Details)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Valuation assumptions
Expected volatility	60.00%	57.00%
Expected term (years)	4 years 5 months 26 days	6 years 18 days
Risk-free interest rate	1.44%	2.54%

Stock-Based Compensation - Su_2

Stock-Based Compensation - Summary of Classification of Stock Based Compensation Expense (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Employee Service Share Based Compensation Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Total stock -based compensation	$ 1,775	$ 520
Cost of Sales
Employee Service Share Based Compensation Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Total stock -based compensation	253	89
Research and Development
Employee Service Share Based Compensation Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Total stock -based compensation	508	111
Sales and Marketing
Employee Service Share Based Compensation Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Total stock -based compensation	93	71
General and Administrative
Employee Service Share Based Compensation Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Total stock -based compensation	$ 921	$ 249

Net Loss Per Share Attributab_3

Net Loss Per Share Attributable to Common and Limited Stockholders - Schedule of Basic and Diluted Net Loss Per Share Attributable to Common and Limited Stockholders (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Numerator:
Net loss	$ (13,826)	$ (5,794)
Denominator:
Weighted average shares used to compute net loss per share attributable to Schrödinger common and limited common stockholders, basic and diluted:	40,666,970	5,938,260
Net loss per share	$ (0.34)	$ (0.98)

Net Loss Per Share Attributab_4

Net Loss Per Share Attributable to Common and Limited Stockholders - Schedule of Potentially Dilutive Securities not Included in Diluted Per Share Calculations Anti-dilutive (Details) - shares	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Antidilutive Securities Excluded From Computation Of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Antidilutive securities excluded from computation of earnings per share	6,790,938	45,745,373
Convertible Preferred Stock
Antidilutive Securities Excluded From Computation Of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Antidilutive securities excluded from computation of earnings per share		41,184,460
Shares Subject to Outstanding Common Stock Options
Antidilutive Securities Excluded From Computation Of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Antidilutive securities excluded from computation of earnings per share	6,790,938	4,560,913

Equity Investments - Additional

Equity Investments - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2019
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Cash investments	$ 2,869
Equity investments	15,156		$ 15,366
Carrying value of non-marketable equity securities	930		$ 930
Nimbus Therapeutics, LLC
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Cash investments	$ 2,869
Percentage of equity investment held on fully diluted basis	7.60%		6.70%
Equity investments losses	$ 1,008	$ 626
Equity investments	1,969		$ 108
Morphic Holding, Inc.
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Equity investments losses	2,071	$ 0
Equity investments	$ 12,257		$ 14,328

Related Party Transactions - Ad

Related Party Transactions - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Common stock, shares issued	50,122,938		6,121,821
Common stock, shares outstanding	50,122,938		6,121,821
Revenue recognized	$ 26,174	$ 20,741
D. E. Shaw Entities
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Common stock, shares issued	16,496,156
Common stock, shares outstanding	16,496,156
Purchase of services and license technology from related party	$ 1,565	2,101
Reimbursements received from related parties for sales of products and services provided	28	18
Net receivables (payables)	(1,890)		$ (1,760)
Member of Board of Directors
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Payment of consulting fees	127	87
BMGFT
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Net receivables (payables)	558		$ 294
Revenue recognized	$ 778	350
BMGFT | Common Stock
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Common stock, shares outstanding	6,981,664
BMGFT | Limited Common Stock
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Common stock, shares outstanding	13,164,193
Nimbus
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Revenue from collaboration services agreement	$ 86	$ 301
Series A Preferred Stock
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Preferred stock, shares outstanding		134,704,785	134,704,785	134,704,785
Series A Preferred Stock | D. E. Shaw Entities
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Preferred stock, shares issued			123,314,389
Preferred stock, shares outstanding			123,314,389
Series B Preferred Stock
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Preferred stock, shares outstanding		29,468,101	29,468,101	29,468,101
Series B Preferred Stock | BMGFT
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Preferred stock, shares issued			29,468,101
Preferred stock, shares outstanding			29,468,101
Series C Preferred Stock
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Preferred stock, shares outstanding		47,242,235	47,242,235	47,242,235
Series C Preferred Stock | BMGFT
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Preferred stock, shares issued			47,242,235
Preferred stock, shares outstanding			47,242,235
Series D Preferred Stock
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Preferred stock, shares outstanding		39,540,611	39,540,611	39,540,611
Series D Preferred Stock | BMGFT
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Preferred stock, shares issued			35,946,010
Preferred stock, shares outstanding			35,946,010
Series E Preferred Stock
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Preferred stock, shares outstanding		57,024,012	73,795,777	53,669,659
Series E Preferred Stock | BMGFT
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Preferred stock, shares issued			33,543,539
Preferred stock, shares outstanding			33,543,539

Segment Reporting - Additional

Segment Reporting - Additional Information (Details)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020segment
Segment Reporting [Abstract]
Number of reportable segments	2

Segment Reporting - Summary of

Segment Reporting - Summary of Financial Information with Respect to Reportable Segments (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Segment revenues:
Revenue recognized	$ 26,174	$ 20,741
Segment gross profit:
Total segment gross profit	15,625	13,004
Unallocated:
Research and development expense	(13,700)	(8,438)
Sales and marketing expense	(4,789)	(5,093)
General and administrative expense	(8,936)	(5,086)
Change in fair value	(3,079)	(627)
Interest income	699	438
Income tax expense	(91)	(46)
Net loss	(14,271)	(5,848)
Operating Segments | Software Segment
Segment revenues:
Revenue recognized	23,812	18,605
Segment gross profit:
Total segment gross profit	19,811	15,472
Operating Segments | Drug Discovery Segment
Segment revenues:
Revenue recognized	2,362	2,136
Segment gross profit:
Total segment gross profit	$ (4,186)	$ (2,468)

Segment Reporting - Schedule of

Segment Reporting - Schedule of Revenues by Geographic Area (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Revenues From External Customers And Long Lived Assets [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 26,174	$ 20,741
United States
Revenues From External Customers And Long Lived Assets [Line Items]
Revenues	13,486	9,872
Europe
Revenues From External Customers And Long Lived Assets [Line Items]
Revenues	8,281	6,440
Japan
Revenues From External Customers And Long Lived Assets [Line Items]
Revenues	1,970	2,664
Rest of World
Revenues From External Customers And Long Lived Assets [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 2,437	$ 1,765