SolarWinds Announces Third Quarter 2011 Results
(firmenpresse) - AUSTIN, TX -- (Marketwire) -- 10/27/11 -- SolarWinds® (NYSE: SWI), a leading provider of powerful and affordable , today reported results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2011.
Record quarterly total revenue of $53.9 million, representing 31% year-over-year growth.
GAAP operating income of $25.3 million and non-GAAP operating income of $28.6 million, or a non-GAAP operating margin of 53%.
GAAP diluted earnings per share of $0.28 and non-GAAP diluted earnings per share of $0.31.
Free cash flow of $32.4 million, representing 41.6% year-over-year growth.
SolarWinds reported record total revenue for the third quarter of 2011 of $53.9 million, a 31% increase over total revenue in the third quarter of 2010. License revenue was a record $25.5 million in the third quarter of 2011, representing a 22% increase over license revenue in the third quarter of 2010. Maintenance revenue was a record $28.4 million in the third quarter of 2011, representing a 40% increase over maintenance revenue in the third quarter of 2010.
On a GAAP basis, diluted earnings per share were $0.28 in the third quarter of 2011 compared to $0.17 in the third quarter of 2010. Non-GAAP diluted earnings per share were $0.31 in the third quarter of 2011 compared to $0.21 in the third quarter of 2010.
Net cash provided by operating activities was $32.5 million in the third quarter of 2011 compared to $13.2 million for the third quarter of 2010, representing a year-over-year increase of 145.5%. Free cash flow was $32.4 million in the third quarter of 2011 compared to $22.9 million for the third quarter of 2010, representing a year-over-year increase of 41.6%. Cash, cash equivalents, and investments at the end of the third quarter of 2011 were $165.8 million, a decrease of $3.7 million from the end of the second quarter of 2011. During the third quarter of 2011, SolarWinds paid approximately $35 million in cash to acquire TriGeo.
The financial results included in this press release are preliminary and pending final review by the company and its external auditors. Financial results will not be final until SolarWinds files its quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the period. Information about SolarWinds' use of these non-GAAP financial measures is provided below under "Non-GAAP Financial Measures."
"The third quarter of 2011 adds another page to the compelling story of SolarWinds' model, and users' need for our approach to solving IT Management challenges. Once again, we delivered strong results and generated record license and maintenance revenue based on solid performance across our business," said Kevin Thompson, SolarWinds' President and Chief Executive Officer. "The strong demand for our products, including the new SolarWinds Log and Event Manager, continued to drive our results in the North American commercial business. And, outside of North America, our commercial business also benefited from growing awareness of the SolarWinds' brand of powerful, affordable and easy to use IT management products.
"Finally, our U.S. federal business had its strongest quarter of sales in the company's history, driven by healthy deal activity and a building appreciation for the value of our product in the space."
SolarWinds' business highlights during the third quarter of 2011 include:
SolarWinds completed the acquisition of TriGeo and released Log and Event Manager (LEM), a virtual software appliance based on technology acquired from TriGeo. SolarWinds Log and Event Manager is a powerful, easy to use, and affordable solution that combines log management, event correlation and ad hoc search to give IT professionals the ability to collect large volumes of data from virtually any device on the network and correlate that data in real-time to improve system performance and satisfy compliance and security requirements.
SolarWinds introduced SolarWinds Synthetic End User Monitor (SEUM), a new application management offering that allows systems administrators and application support professionals to monitor multi-step, web-based transactions in mission-critical applications.
The company continued to receive industry recognition for its product portfolio, with SolarWinds Virtualization Manager winning "Best of VMworld® - Virtualization Management" at VMworld 2011 in Las Vegas.
SolarWinds introduced VM-to-Cloud Calculator, a free tool for estimating the cost to move virtual machines to the Cloud and comparing the costs of Amazon EC2®, Windows® Azure, and Rackspace® Cloud Servers.
SolarWinds also introduced Web Transaction Watcher, a companion free tool to SolarWinds Synthetic End User Monitor that allows users to easily record the results of a web transaction and be notified of problems.
"Throughout the year, we have made a number of significant investments in our business in an effort to drive continued strong growth in the future. Despite those many investments, which include the acquisitions of TriGeo and Hyper9 earlier this year, we have continued to produce solids levels of profitability and cash flow," added Mike Berry, SolarWinds' Chief Financial Officer. "For the third quarter of 2011 in particular, we generated record operating income, net income, and cash flow from operations in addition to record revenue. We believe our ability to deliver this combination of strong growth, profitability, and cash flow truly highlights the efforts of the entire SolarWinds' team and the strength of our unique business model."
As of October 27, 2011, SolarWinds is providing its financial outlook for its fourth quarter and full year of 2011. The financial information below represents forward-looking non-GAAP financial information, including an estimate of non-GAAP operating income, and non-GAAP diluted earnings per share, for the fourth quarter of 2011 and for the full year 2011. These non-GAAP financial measures exclude, among other items mentioned below, stock-based compensation expense and related employer-paid payroll taxes. SolarWinds cannot reasonably estimate the expected stock-based compensation expense and related employer-paid payroll taxes for these future periods as the amounts depend upon such factors as the future price of SolarWinds' stock for purposes of computation. In addition, costs related to non-recurring items and acquisitions are not something that SolarWinds can estimate because they are a function of what non-recurring items and acquisitions, if any, occur and the kind of costs incurred in connection with any such non-recurring items or acquisitions.
SolarWinds management currently expects to achieve the following results for the fourth quarter of 2011:
Total revenue in the range of $52.8-$54.2 million.
Non-GAAP operating income representing approximately 49% of revenue.
Non-GAAP diluted earnings per share of $0.23-$0.25.
Weighted average shares outstanding of approximately 75.0 million.
SolarWinds management currently expects to achieve the following results for the full year 2011:
Total revenue in the range of $195.55-$196.95 million.
Non-GAAP operating income representing approximately 51% of revenue.
Non-GAAP diluted earnings per share of $0.98-$1.00.
Weighted average shares outstanding of approximately 74.5 million.
In conjunction with this announcement, SolarWinds will host a conference call today to discuss its financial results and other business at 8:00am CDT (9:00am EDT/6:00am PDT). A live webcast of the event, including any supplemental information, will be available on the SolarWinds Investor Relations website at . A live dial-in will be available domestically at 888-503-8169 and internationally at +1-719-325-2458. To access the live call, please dial in 5-10 minutes before the scheduled start time. A replay of the webcast will be available on a temporary basis shortly after the event on the SolarWinds Investor Relations website.
This press release contains "forward-looking" statements, which are subject to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including SolarWinds' financial outlook. These forward-looking statements are based on management's beliefs and assumptions and on information currently available to management. Forward-looking statements include all statements that are not historical facts and may be identified by terms such as "continues," "believes," or similar expressions and the negatives of those terms. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, the following: (a) the possibility that general economic conditions or uncertainty cause information technology spending to be reduced or purchasing decisions to be delayed; (b) the presence or absence of occasional large customer orders, including in particular those placed by the U.S. federal government; (c) the inability to increase sales to existing customers and to attract new customers; (d) SolarWinds' failure to integrate acquired businesses and any future acquisitions successfully; (e) the timing and success of new product introductions by SolarWinds or its competitors; (f) changes in SolarWinds' pricing policies or those of its competitors; (g) potential foreign exchange gains and losses related to expenses and sales denominated in currencies other than the functional currency of an associated entity; and (h) such other risks and uncertainties described more fully in documents filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Form 10-Q that SolarWinds anticipates filing on or before November 9, 2011. All information provided in this release is as of the date hereof and SolarWinds undertakes no duty to update this information except as required by law.
In addition to disclosing financial measures prepared in accordance with GAAP, this press release and the accompanying tables contain certain non-GAAP financial measures. The tables below set forth a reconciliation of each of these non-GAAP measures to a GAAP financial measure that we consider to be most comparable. SolarWinds believes that each of these non-GAAP financial measures provides meaningful supplemental information regarding its performance by excluding certain items that may not be indicative of its core business operations. SolarWinds' management and Board of Directors use certain of these non-GAAP measures to assess operational performance and to determine employee incentive compensation. Accordingly, these measures may provide helpful insight to investors on the motivation and decision-making of management in operating the business. SolarWinds considers free cash flow also to be a liquidity measure that provides important information regarding the cash generated by the business after the purchase of property and equipment that can then be used for, among other things, strategic acquisitions and investments in the business, stock repurchases and funding ongoing operations.
SolarWinds also believes that these non-GAAP financial measures are used by investors and security analysts to (a) compare and evaluate its performance from period to period and (b) compare its performance to those of its competitors. These non-GAAP measures exclude certain items that can vary substantially from company to company depending upon their financing and accounting methods, the book value of their assets, their capital structures and the method by which their assets were acquired.
There are limitations associated with the use of these non-GAAP financial measures. These non-GAAP financial measures are not prepared in accordance with GAAP, do not reflect a comprehensive system of accounting and may not be completely comparable to similarly-titled measures of other companies due to potential differences in the exact method of calculation between companies. Certain items that are excluded from these non-GAAP financial measures can have a material impact on operating and net income. In addition, free cash flow does not represent the total increase or decrease in the cash balance for the period.
As a result, these non-GAAP financial measures have limitations and should not be considered in isolation from, or as a substitute for the most comparable GAAP measures. SolarWinds' management and Board of Directors compensate for these limitations by using these non-GAAP financial measures as supplements to GAAP financial measures and by reviewing the reconciliations of the non-GAAP financial measures to their most comparable GAAP financial measure. Investors are encouraged to review the reconciliations of these non-GAAP financial measures to their most comparable GAAP financial measures that are set forth in the tables below.
SolarWinds (NYSE: SWI) provides powerful and affordable IT management software to customers worldwide -- from Fortune 500 enterprises to small businesses. We work to put our users first and remove the obstacles that have become "status quo" in traditional enterprise software. SolarWinds products are downloadable, easy to use and maintain, and provide the power, scale, and flexibility needed to address users' management priorities. Our online user community, , is a gathering-place where tens of thousands of IT pros solve problems, share technology, and participate in product development for all of SolarWinds' products. Learn more today at .
SolarWinds, the SolarWinds logo and _thwack are exclusive trademarks of SolarWinds, are registered with the U.S. patent and trademark office, and may be registered or pending registration in other countries. All other SolarWinds trademarks, service marks and logos may be common law marks or registered or pending registration in the United States or in other countries. All other trademarks or registered trademarks mentioned herein are used for identification purposes only and may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
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(1) Amortization of Intangible Assets. We provide non-GAAP information which excludes expenses for the amortization of intangible assets. Because of varying fair value amounts of intangible assets, subjective impairment assumptions and the variety of useful lives, which affect the recognition of amortization expense, we believe that the exclusion of amortization expense allows for more accurate comparisons of our operating results to our peer companies. We also exclude amortization of purchased intangible assets associated with our acquisitions. The amortization of purchased intangible assets associated with our acquisitions results in our recording expenses in our GAAP financial statements that were already expensed by the acquired company before the acquisition and for which we have not expended cash. Accordingly, we analyze the performance of our operations in each period without regard to such expenses.
(2) Stock-Based Compensation Expense and Related Employer-Paid Payroll Taxes. We provide non-GAAP information which excludes expenses for stock-based compensation and related employer-paid payroll taxes. We believe the exclusion of these items allows for financial results that are more indicative of our continuing operations. We believe that the exclusion of stock-based compensation expense provides for a better comparison of our operating results to prior periods and to our peer companies as the calculations of stock-based compensation vary from period to period and company to company due to different valuation methodologies, subjective assumptions and the variety of award types. Employer-paid payroll taxes on stock- based compensation is dependent on our stock price and the timing of the taxable events related to the equity awards, over which our management has little control, and does not correlate to the core operation of our business. Because of these unique characteristics of stock-based compensation and the related employer-paid payroll taxes, management excludes these expenses when analyzing the organization's business performance.
(3) Other Items. We exclude certain other unplanned items which we believe are not indicative of our continuing operations and which amounts and timing are difficult to estimate in advance, including the following, when applicable: (i) write-off of debt issuance costs; (ii) public offering costs; (iii) lawsuit settlement costs and related legal fees, net of related reimbursements from insurance proceeds; (iv) severance costs related to retirement of certain executive officers; and (v) the income tax effect on our financial statements of excluding items related to our non-GAAP financial measures. Although these events are reflected in our GAAP financials, these transactions which are not indicative of our continuing operations may limit the comparability of our ongoing operations with prior and future periods. We also believe providing financial information with and without the income tax effect of excluding items related to our non-GAAP financial measures provide our management and users of the financial statements with better clarity regarding the on-going performance and future liquidity of our business. Because of these factors, we assess our operating performance both with these amounts included and excluded, and by providing this information, we believe the users of our financial statements are better able to understand the financial results of what we consider our continuing operations.
(4) Acquisition Related Adjustments. We exclude certain expense items resulting from acquisitions including the following, when applicable: (i) amortization of purchased intangible assets associated with our acquisitions (see Note 1 for further discussion); (ii) legal, accounting and advisory fees to the extent associated with aquisitions (iii) changes in fair value of contingent consideration; (iv) costs related to integrating the acquired businesses; and (v) restructuring costs, including adjustments related to changes in estimates, related to acquisitions. We consider these adjustments, to some extent, to be unpredictable and dependent on a significant number of factors that are outside of our control. Furthermore, acquisitions result in non-continuing operating expenses, which would not otherwise have been incurred by us in the normal course of our organic business operations, with respect to each acquisition. We believe that providing non-GAAP information for acquisition related expense items in addition to the corresponding GAAP information allows the users of our financial statements to better review and understand the historic and current results of our continuing operations, and also facilitates comparisons to our historical results and results of less acquisitive peer companies, both with and without such adjustments.
(5) Non-GAAP Diluted Earnings Per Share Item. We provide non-GAAP diluted earnings per share. The non-GAAP diluted earnings per share amount was calculated based on our non-GAAP net income and the weighted-average number of shares outstanding during the reporting period. The non-GAAP diluted earnings per share included additional dilution from potential issuance of common stock, except when such issuances would be anti-dilutive.
(1) Free Cash Flow: We define free cash flow as cash flows from operating activities plus the excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation and less the purchase of property and equipment. We believe free cash flow is an important liquidity measure that reflects the cash generated by the business after the purchase of property and equipment that can then be used for, among other things, strategic acquisitions and investments in the business, stock repurchases and funding ongoing operations.
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