MuleSoft, Inc. (NYSE: MULE), provider of the leading platform for building application networks, today announced financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2017.
“The first quarter was a strong start to 2017 as we continued to deliver rapid growth at scale,” said Greg Schott, chairman and CEO of MuleSoft. “Companies across every industry are working to leverage modern technologies such as cloud, SaaS applications, mobile and IoT in order to digitally transform their business. MuleSoft is seeing strong demand as we are increasingly being adopted by our customers as an enterprise standard for connecting IT assets in a pluggable and reusable manner to increase agility and accelerate innovation.”
Schott added, “The completion of our initial public offering during the first quarter was a milestone event for our company. It further increases the market’s awareness of MuleSoft and provides us with additional resources to execute against our long-term growth initiatives.”
First Quarter 2017 Financial Highlights:
- Revenue: Total revenue was $60.9 million, an increase of 56% year-over-year. Subscription and support revenue was $50.6 million, an increase of 62% year-over-year. Professional services and other revenue was $10.3 million, an increase of 33% year-over-year.
- Gross margin: GAAP gross margin was 75.0%, consistent with the first quarter of 2016. Non-GAAP gross margin was 75.7% for the first quarter of 2017, an increase of 40 basis points compared to 75.3% in the year-ago period.
- Operating loss: GAAP operating loss was $9.9 million, compared to a GAAP operating loss of $8.6 million for the first quarter of 2016. Non-GAAP operating loss for the first quarter of 2017 was $6.6 million, compared to a non-GAAP operating loss of $7.5 million in the year-ago period.
- Loss per share: GAAP net loss per share was $0.27 based on 37.4
million weighted average shares outstanding in the first quarter of
2017, compared to GAAP net loss per share of $0.45 based on 19.4
million weighted average shares in the first quarter of 2016.
Non-GAAP net loss per share was $0.06 based on 114.8 million non-GAAP weighted average shares outstanding in the first quarter of 2017, compared to non-GAAP net loss per share of $0.07 based on 109.6 million non-GAAP weighted average shares in the first quarter of 2016.
- Deferred Revenue: Total deferred revenue was $136.7 million at the end of the first quarter 2017, an increase of 61% year-over-year. Short-term deferred revenue was $131.3 million at the end of the first quarter 2017, an increase of 61% year-over-year.
- Cash: Cash from operating activities was ($0.2) million,
compared to break-even for the first quarter of 2016. Free cash flow,
which is a non-GAAP measure that reflects cash from operating
activities less cash used for capital expenditures, was ($1.6) million
for the first quarter of 2017, compared to ($0.2) million in the
year-ago period.
Cash and short-term investments were $339.6 million at the end of the first quarter 2017, an increase from $98.5 million at the end of the fourth quarter 2016 due primarily to $236.4 million of net proceeds associated with the company’s initial public offering.
Other Recent Highlights:
- Major Enhancements to Anypoint Platform™: MuleSoft announced the next major release of its Anypoint Platform™, the Crowd release, at CONNECT 2017. This release introduces significant updates to Anypoint Exchange and the new Anypoint Design Center, making the discovery, promotion and consumption of composable IT assets, such as APIs and best practice templates, both easier and more natural for users of the platform. By enabling self-service access to reusable assets, central IT organizations can pave the road for innovation across the enterprise, and enable line-of-business and broader IT teams to innovate freely, deliver better customer experiences, quickly introduce new products to market and contribute to the buildout of application networks.
- Record Attendance at CONNECT 2017: MuleSoft had over 3,000 registrants at its annual CONNECT 2017, a leading conference for digital business where CIOs, IT leaders and developers come together to discuss how application networks are enabling businesses agility and driving innovation. Presentations were led by industry leaders including Accenture, Airbnb, Deloitte Digital, Farmers Insurance, Guidewire, New Relic, PetSmart, Splunk, Wells Fargo, and Zendesk.
- Completed Initial Public Offering: MuleSoft completed its Initial Public Offering on the New York Stock Exchange on March 17, 2017. After the underwriters’ exercise of the option to purchase additional shares, MuleSoft sold a total of 14,950,000 shares to the public at a price of $17.00 per share for a total of $236.4 million in net proceeds.
Financial Outlook:
MuleSoft is providing guidance for its second quarter ending June 30, 2017 as follows:
- Total revenue between $63 million and $64 million
- Non-GAAP operating loss between $16 million and $17 million
- Non-GAAP net loss per share of approximately $0.13 per share
- Weighted average shares outstanding of approximately 128 million
The company is also providing guidance for the full year 2017 ending December 31, 2017 as follows:
- Total revenue between $271 million and $274 million
- Non-GAAP operating loss between $46 million and $49 million
- Non-GAAP net loss per share between $0.37 and $0.40
- Non-GAAP weighted average shares outstanding of approximately 126 million
All forward-looking non-GAAP measures exclude estimates for stock-based compensation expenses. A reconciliation of these non-GAAP guidance measures to corresponding GAAP measures is not available on a forward-looking basis.
Conference Call Information:
MuleSoft will host a conference call at 2 p.m. Pacific Time (or 5 p.m. Eastern Time) today, May 4, 2017, to discuss its financial results. A live webcast of the call will be available on the MuleSoft website at investors.mulesoft.com. A live dial-in will be available at (866) 807-9684 for domestic participants and at (412) 317-5415 for international participants.
About MuleSoft
MuleSoft’s mission is to help organizations change and innovate faster by making it easy to connect the world’s applications, data and devices. With its API-led approach to connectivity, MuleSoft’s market-leading Anypoint Platform™ is enabling over 1,000 organizations in approximately 60 countries to build application networks. For more information, visit https://www.mulesoft.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release and the accompanying conference call contain forward-looking statements including, among others, statements about demand for our products and being adopted as an enterprise standard; our expectations regarding benefits we expect our customers to receive from recently announced enhancements to our platform; our current estimates of second quarter and full year 2017 revenue, non-GAAP operating loss, non-GAAP net loss per share, and non-GAAP weighted average shares outstanding; statements regarding our business and growth strategy; our expectations relating to our continued investment in our business, and the continued strength of the market we serve.
These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. If any of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or if any of our assumptions prove incorrect, our actual results could differ materially from the results expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include risks associated with: our limited operating history in a new and unproven market; engagement of our customers, including through renewals of subscriptions and expanded use of our platform, and our ability to attract new customers; our ability to continue to successfully enhance our platform and develop new services to meet the needs of our customers and address future advances in technology; risks associated with managing our rapid growth, including our ability to maintain our rate of revenue growth and manage our expenses and investment plans; execution of our plans and strategies, including our strategy to target larger organizations for sales of our platform; our ability to maintain and continually develop our technology and network infrastructure to ensure that customers can access our platform at any time and within an acceptable amount of time; increasing competition; our ability to recruit and retain our employees; general economic, market and business conditions; and the risks described in the other filings we make with the Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time, including the risks described under the heading “Risk Factors” in our final prospectus related to our initial public offering, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 17, 2017, should be read in conjunction with our financial results and forward-looking statements, and is available on the SEC filings section of the Investor Relations page of our website at https://investors.mulesoft.com/.
All forward-looking statements in this press release are based on information available to us as of the date hereof, and we do not assume any obligation to update the forward-looking statements provided to reflect events that occur or circumstances that exist after the date on which they were made.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
To supplement its consolidated financial statements, which are prepared and presented in accordance with GAAP, MuleSoft provides investors with certain non-GAAP financial measures, including non-GAAP gross margin, non-GAAP operating loss, non-GAAP net loss, non-GAAP net loss per share, non-GAAP share count, and non-GAAP free cash flow. The presentation of these non-GAAP financial measures is not intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for, or superior to, the financial information prepared and presented in accordance with GAAP. For more information on these non-GAAP financial measures, please see the reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures to their nearest comparable GAAP measures at the end of this press release.
We use these non-GAAP financial measures for financial and operational decision-making and as a means to evaluate period-to-period comparisons. Our management believes that these non-GAAP financial measures provide meaningful supplemental information regarding MuleSoft’s performance by excluding certain expenses that may not be indicative of our recurring core business operating results. We believe that both management and investors benefit from referring to these non-GAAP financial measures in assessing MuleSoft’s performance and when planning, forecasting, and analyzing future periods. These non-GAAP financial measures also facilitate management’s internal comparisons to our historical performance as well as comparisons to our competitors’ operating results. We believe these non-GAAP financial measures are useful to investors both because (1) they allow for greater transparency with respect to measures used by management in its financial and operational decision-making and (2) they are used by our institutional investors and the analyst community to help them analyze the health of our business.
A limitation of non-GAAP financial measures is that they do not have uniform definitions. Further, our definitions will likely differ from the definitions used by other companies, including peer companies, and therefore comparability may be limited. Thus, our non-GAAP financial measures should be considered in addition to, and not as a substitute for, or in isolation from, measures prepared in accordance with GAAP. Additionally, in the case of stock-based compensation expense, if we did not pay a portion of compensation in the form of stock-based compensation expense, the cash salary expense included in cost of revenue and operating expenses would be higher, which would affect our cash position.
Non-GAAP gross margin and non-GAAP operating loss. We define non-GAAP gross margin and non-GAAP operating loss as gross margin and operating loss, respectively, excluding expenses related to stock-based compensation (“SBC”). Although SBC is an important aspect of the compensation of our employees and executives, determining the fair value of certain of the stock-based instruments we utilize involves a high degree of judgment and estimation and the expense recorded may bear little resemblance to the actual value realized upon the vesting or future exercise of the related stock-based awards. Furthermore, unlike cash compensation, the value of stock options, which is an element of our ongoing stock-based compensation expense, is determined using a complex formula that incorporates factors, such as market volatility, that are beyond our control. For restricted stock unit awards, the amount of stock-based compensation expenses is not reflective of the value ultimately received by the grant recipients. Management believes it is useful to exclude SBC in order to better understand the long-term performance of our core business and to facilitate comparison of our results to those of peer companies.
Non-GAAP net loss and non-GAAP net loss per share. We define non-GAAP net loss as net loss excluding expenses related to SBC. We define non-GAAP net loss per share as non-GAAP net loss divided by the non-GAAP weighted average shares outstanding.
The accompanying tables have more details on the reconciliations of non-GAAP financial measures to their nearest comparable GAAP measures.
MuleSoft is a registered trademark of MuleSoft, Inc. All other marks are those of respective owners.
MULESOFT, INC. | ||||||||||||
Consolidated Balance Sheets | ||||||||||||
(in thousands) | ||||||||||||
(unaudited) | ||||||||||||
March 31, | December 31, | |||||||||||
Assets | 2017 | 2016 | ||||||||||
Current assets: | ||||||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 288,267 | $ | 35,101 | ||||||||
Investments | 51,318 | 63,361 | ||||||||||
Trade receivables, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $583 and $446 as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016 | 62,276 | 72,324 | ||||||||||
Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 16,969 | 18,854 | ||||||||||
Total current assets | 418,830 | 189,640 | ||||||||||
Investments, noncurrent | - | 4,151 | ||||||||||
Property and equipment, net | 6,033 | 5,231 | ||||||||||
Restricted cash | 395 | 671 | ||||||||||
Goodwill | 603 | 787 | ||||||||||
Intangible assets, net | 1,197 | 1,797 | ||||||||||
Other assets | 1,124 | 661 | ||||||||||
Total assets | $ | 428,182 | $ | 202,938 | ||||||||
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity | ||||||||||||
Current liabilities: | ||||||||||||
Accounts payable | $ | 3,080 | $ | 1,879 | ||||||||
Accrued expenses | 10,447 | 7,797 | ||||||||||
Accrued compensation and related expenses | 8,695 | 16,369 | ||||||||||
Deferred revenue | 131,320 | 130,045 | ||||||||||
Total current liabilities | 153,542 | 156,090 | ||||||||||
Deferred revenue, noncurrent | 5,393 | 5,569 | ||||||||||
Other liabilities | 1,118 | 1,176 | ||||||||||
Total liabilities | 160,053 | 162,835 | ||||||||||
Stockholders’ equity: | ||||||||||||
Convertible preferred stock | - | 255,946 | ||||||||||
Class A and class B common stock | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||
Additional paid-in capital | 516,051 | 22,241 | ||||||||||
Accumulated deficit | (246,378 | ) | (236,230 | ) | ||||||||
Accumulated other comprehensive loss | (1,547 | ) | (1,855 | ) | ||||||||
Total stockholders’ equity | 268,129 | 40,103 | ||||||||||
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity | $ | 428,182 | $ | 202,938 | ||||||||
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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations | ||||||||||||||
(in thousands, except share and per share amounts) | ||||||||||||||
(unaudited) | ||||||||||||||
Three Months Ended, | ||||||||||||||
March 31, | ||||||||||||||
2017 | 2016 | |||||||||||||
Revenue: | ||||||||||||||
Subscription and support | $ | 50,594 | $ | 31,251 | ||||||||||
Professional services and other | 10,311 | 7,780 | ||||||||||||
Total revenue | 60,905 | 39,031 | ||||||||||||
Cost of revenue: (1) | ||||||||||||||
Subscription and support | 4,048 | 2,580 | ||||||||||||
Professional services and other | 11,191 | 7,172 | ||||||||||||
Total cost of revenue | 15,239 | 9,752 | ||||||||||||
Gross profit | 45,666 | 29,279 | ||||||||||||
Operating expenses: (1) | ||||||||||||||
Research and development | 12,789 | 6,860 | ||||||||||||
Sales and marketing | 33,126 | 23,705 | ||||||||||||
General and administrative | 9,661 | 7,283 | ||||||||||||
Total operating expenses | 55,576 | 37,848 | ||||||||||||
Loss from operations | (9,910 | ) | (8,569 | ) | ||||||||||
Interest income | 158 | 97 | ||||||||||||
Other income (expense), net | (76 | ) | 1 | |||||||||||
Net loss before provision for income taxes | (9,828 | ) | (8,471 | ) | ||||||||||
Provision for income taxes | 313 | 280 | ||||||||||||
Net loss attributable to common stockholders | $ | (10,141 | ) | $ | (8,751 | ) | ||||||||
Net loss per share attributable to common stockholders, basic and diluted | $ | (0.27 | ) | $ | (0.45 | ) | ||||||||
Weighted-average shares used in computing net loss per share, basic and diluted | 37,410,235 | 19,361,543 | ||||||||||||
(1) Includes stock-based compensation as follows (in thousands): | ||||||||||||||
Cost of subscription and support revenue | $ | 101 | $ | 33 | ||||||||||
Cost of professional services and other revenue | 313 | 92 | ||||||||||||
Research and development | 916 | 209 | ||||||||||||
Sales and marketing | 1,424 | 508 | ||||||||||||
General and administrative | 529 | 200 | ||||||||||||
Total stock-based compensation expense | $ | 3,283 | $ | 1,042 | ||||||||||
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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows | ||||||||||||||||||
(in thousands) | ||||||||||||||||||
(unaudited) | ||||||||||||||||||
Three Months Ended, | ||||||||||||||||||
March 31, | ||||||||||||||||||
2017 | 2016 | |||||||||||||||||
Cash flows from operating activities: | ||||||||||||||||||
Net loss | $ | (10,141 | ) | $ | (8,751 | ) | ||||||||||||
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities: | ||||||||||||||||||
Stock-based compensation | 3,283 | 1,042 | ||||||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 842 | 359 | ||||||||||||||||
Amortization of investment premiums | 112 | 183 | ||||||||||||||||
Provision for doubtful accounts | 136 | (62 | ) | |||||||||||||||
Loss on disposal of property and equipment | 32 | - | ||||||||||||||||
Other | - | 19 | ||||||||||||||||
Changes in assets and liabilities: | ||||||||||||||||||
Trade receivables | 9,873 | 8,128 | ||||||||||||||||
Prepaid expenses and other current assets | (111 | ) | (524 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Other assets | (463 | ) | (66 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Accounts payable | 1,109 | 662 | ||||||||||||||||
Accrued expenses | 1,772 | 1,400 | ||||||||||||||||
Accrued compensation and related expenses | (7,674 | ) | (4,605 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Other liabilities | (278 | ) | 20 | |||||||||||||||
Deferred revenue | 1,293 | 2,225 | ||||||||||||||||
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities | (215 | ) | 30 | |||||||||||||||
Cash flows from investing activities: | ||||||||||||||||||
Purchases of investments | - | (1,955 | ) | |||||||||||||||
Sales of investments | - | 20,786 | ||||||||||||||||
Maturities of investments | 16,080 | 4,750 | ||||||||||||||||
Purchases of property and equipment | (1,361 | ) | (253 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Cash received related to acquisition | 494 | - | ||||||||||||||||
Net cash provided by investing activities | 15,213 | 23,328 | ||||||||||||||||
Cash flows from financing activities: | ||||||||||||||||||
Net proceeds from issuance of common stock in initial public offering | 236,360 | - | ||||||||||||||||
Note receivable | - | (250 | ) | |||||||||||||||
Repurchase of common shares | - | (92 | ) | |||||||||||||||
Proceeds from issuance of common stock upon exercise of options and warrants | 2,078 | 574 | ||||||||||||||||
Payments of costs related to initial public offering | (792 | ) | - | |||||||||||||||
Net cash provided by financing activities | 237,646 | 232 | ||||||||||||||||
Impact of foreign exchange on cash and cash equivalents | 246 | (130 | ) | |||||||||||||||
Net increase in cash | 252,890 | 23,460 | ||||||||||||||||
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, Beginning of period | 35,772 | 22,383 | ||||||||||||||||
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, End of period | $ | 288,662 | $ | 45,843 | ||||||||||||||
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information: | ||||||||||||||||||
Cash paid for income taxes | $ | 143 | $ | 150 | ||||||||||||||
Supplemental disclosures of non-cash investing and financing information: | ||||||||||||||||||
Costs related to the initial public offering, accrued but unpaid | $ | 1,121 | $ | - | ||||||||||||||
Liability for purchase of property and equipment | $ | 206 | $ | 54 | ||||||||||||||
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Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Measures | ||||||||
(in thousands, except share and per share amounts) | ||||||||
(unaudited) | ||||||||
Three Months Ended, | ||||||||
March 31, | ||||||||
2017 | 2016 | |||||||
Cost of subscription and support revenue on a GAAP basis | $ | 4,048 | $ | 2,580 | ||||
Stock-based compensation expenses | (101 | ) | (33 | ) | ||||
Cost of subscription and support revenue on a non-GAAP basis | $ | 3,947 | $ | 2,547 | ||||
Gross margin on subscription and support revenue on a GAAP basis | 92.0 | % | 91.7 | % | ||||
Stock-based compensation expenses | 0.2 | % | 0.1 | % | ||||
Gross margin on subscription and support revenue on a non-GAAP basis | 92.2 | % | 91.8 | % | ||||
Cost of professional services and other revenue on a GAAP basis | $ | 11,191 | $ | 7,172 | ||||
Stock-based compensation expenses | (313 | ) | (92 | ) | ||||
Cost of professional services and other revenue on a non-GAAP basis | $ | 10,878 | $ | 7,080 | ||||
Gross margin on professional services and other revenue on a GAAP basis | (8.5 | )% | 7.8 | % | ||||
Stock-based compensation expenses | 3.0 | % | 1.2 | % | ||||
Gross margin on professional services and other revenue on a non-GAAP basis | (5.5 | )% | 9.0 | % | ||||
Gross profit on a GAAP basis | $ | 45,666 | $ | 29,279 | ||||
Stock-based compensation expenses | 414 | 125 | ||||||
Gross profit on a non-GAAP basis | $ | 46,080 | $ | 29,404 | ||||
Gross margin on total revenue on a GAAP basis | 75.0 | % | 75.0 | % | ||||
Stock-based compensation expenses | 0.7 | % | 0.3 | % | ||||
Gross margin on total revenue on a non-GAAP basis | 75.7 | % | 75.3 | % | ||||
Research and development expenses on a GAAP basis | $ | 12,789 | $ | 6,860 | ||||
Stock-based compensation expenses | (916 | ) | (209 | ) | ||||
Research and development expenses on a non-GAAP basis | $ | 11,873 | $ | 6,651 | ||||
Sales and marketing expenses on a GAAP basis | $ | 33,126 | $ | 23,705 | ||||
Stock-based compensation expenses | (1,424 | ) | (508 | ) | ||||
Sales and marking expenses on a non-GAAP basis | $ | 31,702 | $ | 23,197 | ||||
General and administrative expenses on a GAAP basis | $ | 9,661 | $ | 7,283 | ||||
Stock-based compensation expenses | (529 | ) | (200 | ) | ||||
General and administrative expenses on a non-GAAP basis | $ | 9,132 | $ | 7,083 | ||||
Total operating expenses on a GAAP basis | $ | 55,576 | $ | 37,848 | ||||
Stock-based compensation expenses | (2,869 | ) | (917 | ) | ||||
Total operating expenses on a non-GAAP basis | $ | 52,707 | $ | 36,931 | ||||
Operating loss on a GAAP basis | $ | (9,910 | ) | $ | (8,569 | ) | ||
Stock-based compensation expenses | 3,283 | 1,042 | ||||||
Operating loss on a non-GAAP basis | $ | (6,627 | ) | $ | (7,527 | ) | ||
Net loss attributable to common stockholders on a GAAP basis | $ | (10,141 | ) | $ | (8,751 | ) | ||
Stock based compensation expenses | 3,283 | 1,042 | ||||||
Net loss attributable to common stockholders on a non-GAAP basis | $ | (6,858 | ) | $ | (7,709 | ) | ||
Net loss per share attributable to common stockholders, basic and diluted: | $ | (0.27 | ) | $ | (0.45 | ) | ||
Stock-based compensation expenses | 0.09 | 0.05 | ||||||
Convertible preferred stock | 0.12 | 0.33 | ||||||
Net loss per share attributable to common stockholders, basic and diluted, on a non-GAAP basis | $ | (0.06 | ) | $ | (0.07 | ) | ||
GAAP weighted-average shares used in computing net loss per share attributable to common stockholders, basic and diluted | 37,410,235 | 19,361,543 | ||||||
Convertible preferred shares issued and outstanding at beginning of the period | 77,427,865 | 90,262,270 | ||||||
Non-GAAP weighted-average shares used in computing non-GAAP net loss per share attributable to common stockholders, basic and diluted | 114,838,100 | 109,623,813 | ||||||
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Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Measures | ||||||||||||
(in thousands) | ||||||||||||
(unaudited) | ||||||||||||
The following table presents a reconciliation of free cash flow to net cash provided (used in) by operating activities, the most directly comparable financial measure calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP: | ||||||||||||
Three Months Ended, | ||||||||||||
March 31, | ||||||||||||
2017 | 2016 | |||||||||||
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities | $ | (215 | ) | $ | 30 | |||||||
Less: Purchases of property and equipment | (1,361 | ) | (253 | ) | ||||||||
Free cash flow | $ | (1,576 | ) | $ | (223 | ) |
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