Upgrade to SI Premium - Free Trial

MicroStrategy Announces Third Quarter 2015 Financial Results

October 26, 2015 4:05 PM

TYSONS CORNER, Va., Oct. 26, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- MicroStrategy® Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of enterprise software platforms, today announced financial results for the three-month period ended September 30, 2015 (the third quarter of its 2015 fiscal year).

Third quarter 2015 revenues were $129.5 million versus $151.2 million for the third quarter of 2014, a 14% decrease. Product licenses and subscription services revenues for the third quarter of 2015 were $34.1 million versus $40.0 million for the third quarter of 2014, a 15% decrease. Product support revenues for the third quarter of 2015 were $71.4 million versus $75.0 million for the third quarter of 2014, a 5% decrease. Other services revenues for the third quarter of 2015 were $24.1 million versus $36.2 million for the third quarter of 2014, a 33% decrease. Foreign currency headwinds continued to have a negative impact on revenues for the third quarter of 2015.

Operating expenses for the third quarter of 2015 were $74.1 million versus $123.2 million for the third quarter of 2014, a 40% decrease. Third quarter 2015 operating expenses included $0.1 million in restructuring costs, as compared to $11.6 million in restructuring costs in the third quarter of 2014. In addition, MicroStrategy did not capitalize any software development costs during the third quarter of 2015, as compared to $2.3 million in software development costs capitalized during the third quarter of 2014.

Income from operations for the third quarter of 2015 was $30.7 million, as compared to a loss from operations of $7.0 million for the third quarter of 2014. Net income for the third quarter of 2015 was $23.9 million, or $2.06 per share on a diluted basis, as compared to a net loss of $0.8 million, or $0.07 per share on a diluted basis, for the third quarter of 2014.

Non-GAAP income from operations, which excludes share-based compensation expense and restructuring costs, was $35.4 million for the third quarter of 2015 versus $8.5 million for the third quarter of 2014.

As of September 30, 2015, MicroStrategy had cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments of $456.9 million, as compared to $345.5 million as of December 31, 2014, an increase of $111.4 million. As of September 30, 2015, MicroStrategy had 9.3 million shares of class A common stock and 2.0 million shares of class B common stock outstanding.

The tables at the end of this press release include a reconciliation of income (loss) from operations to non-GAAP income (loss) from operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014. An explanation of this non-GAAP measure is also included under the heading "Non-GAAP Financial Measure" below.

Conference Call

MicroStrategy will be discussing its third quarter 2015 financial results on a conference call today beginning at approximately 6:00 p.m. EDT. To access the conference call, dial (844) 824-7425 (domestically) or (716) 220-9429 (internationally) and use conference ID 57551320. A live webcast and replay of the conference call will be available under the "Events & Presentations" section on MicroStrategy's investor relations website at http://ir.microstrategy.com/events.cfm. The replay will be available beginning approximately two hours after the call concludes until October 31, 2015 at (855) 859-2056 (domestically) or (404) 537-3406 (internationally) using the passcode 57551320. An archived webcast will also be available under the "Events & Presentations" section on MicroStrategy's investor relations website at http://ir.microstrategy.com/events.cfm.

MicroStrategy's Worldwide Symposium Series Sets Record Attendance

Throughout Q3 of 2015, MicroStrategy's Worldwide Symposium Series events set record attendance on their tour around the globe, demonstrating that business and IT audiences have a keen interest in learning about the powerful capabilities of MicroStrategy 10 Secure Enterprise™. MicroStrategy enthusiasts gathered for keynote presentations, hands-on enterprise data discovery workshops, and live Q&A and networking opportunities with innovators from MicroStrategy's leading customers, partners, and sponsors.

More than 4,000 companies and organizations in the U.S., EMEA, and APAC rely on MicroStrategy to make sense of large data volumes, get answers in an instant, build stunning visualizations, and present a single version of the truth — securely, at scale, and on all standard devices. MicroStrategy's customers who presented at the 2015 Symposium Series included AGBAR; Ahold; AIG; Amadeus Travel; Caisse d'Epargne; Carphone; Ceva Sante; Groupe BPCE; Hilton Worldwide; ING DIRECT Espana; Ipsen; Lottoland; McDonald's Espana; McDonald's UK; O2; Spar; Telefonica, S.A.; Weiler Corporation; and Zurich.

MicroStrategy 10.1™ Delivers New Features and Enhancements that Bolster Performance for Enterprise Data Discovery, Analytics, and Mobile

In September, MicroStrategy announced the general availability of MicroStrategy 10.1. The release included hundreds of new and improved features and a wide range of performance enhancements across the product platform. Further extending the self-service capabilities of MicroStrategy 10 Secure Enterprise, MicroStrategy Desktop™ 10.1 and MicroStrategy Web™ 10.1 added new enhancements for enterprise data discovery users, enabling data preparation and data wrangling across more data sources, while delivering a clean, new look with modern grid styles, navigation, and consolidated views and search. Other highlights included new capabilities for D3 visualizations, ESRI geospatial visualizations, and iOS 9 within MicroStrategy Mobile™ and custom Mobile Productivity Apps. To learn more about MicroStrategy Analytics™, visit: http://www.microstrategy.com/us/platform/whats-new.

The MicroStrategy 10.1 release came shortly after the release of MicroStrategy 10 Secure Enterprise, a groundbreaking enterprise analytics solution that combines traditional business intelligence functionality with data discovery, mobile analytics, and powerful enterprise security. MicroStrategy 10.1 builds on the version 10 foundation with a significant collection of new capabilities in speed, flexibility, and performance.

"Our customer focus has guided the development of MicroStrategy 10.1, helping to ensure that we continue to bring cutting-edge technology to the market," said Paul Zolfaghari, President, MicroStrategy Incorporated. "Our new agile engineering development methods are resulting in new features and enhancements being rolled out to our global customer base on a more frequent basis. We are confident that 10.1 delivers an even higher level of analytics value for organizations and institutions around the world."

MicroStrategy Connector to Presto Opens Door to Fast, Interactive Analytics for Big Data Exploration

In September, MicroStrategy announced that through its optimized Presto Connector, MicroStrategy 10 Secure Enterprise enables organizations with immense amounts of data to run thousands of quick, interactive analytic queries against multiple data stores. Developed by Facebook, Presto is an open source distributed SQL query engine for running interactive analytic queries against data sources of all sizes ranging from gigabytes to petabytes.

"The impact of having a JDBC connector to Presto is huge for the analytics community," said Tim Lang, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, MicroStrategy Incorporated. "MicroStrategy 10 Secure Enterprise's optimized Presto Connector empowers our Big Data customers to query into their data quickly, interactively, at petabyte scale. It enables users to query and explore their immense amounts of data, sometimes spread across multiple data sources, without performance constraints. Having this connector in MicroStrategy Desktop and Web opens the door to build quick analytics for the masses who typically access Presto pragmatically and dump results in files or databases to connect with additional visualization tools."

Targeted at analysts who expect fast interactive response times, Presto allows querying data where it lives, including Hive, Cassandra, relational databases or even proprietary data stores. A single Presto query can combine data from multiple sources, and Presto supports data exploration across an entire organization. Presto breaks the false choice between having fast analytics using an expensive commercial solution or using a slow "free" solution that requires excessive hardware.

Usher™ Achieves FIDO Alliance Certification for its Innovative Enterprise Mobile Security Solution

In August, Usher, MicroStrategy's advanced enterprise security solution that is designed to replace vulnerable security measures such as passwords and keycards, was certified by The FIDO (Fast IDentity Online) Alliance. Usher passed a rigorous series of tests that measure compliance with the FIDO Universal Authentication Framework (UAF) and confirm interoperability with other FIDO Certified products and services that support FIDO 1.0 specifications.

"Achieving FIDO certification demonstrates MicroStrategy's dedication to providing our customers and the marketplace with an innovative mobile security solution that ends the password nightmare," said Jonathan Klein, President, MicroStrategy Incorporated. "Our customers can now use Usher to adopt the FIDO UAF standard in a matter of minutes—quickly making great improvements to their security. We encourage governments, businesses, and organizations to move beyond the antiquated password model and try out Usher's robust and secure multi-factor authentication solution."

Non-GAAP Financial Measure

MicroStrategy is providing a supplemental financial measure for income from continuing operations that excludes the impact of share-based compensation arrangements and restructuring activities. This financial measure is not a measurement of financial performance under generally accepted accounting principles in the United States ("GAAP") and, as a result, this financial measure may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies. Management uses this non-GAAP financial measure internally to help understand, manage, and evaluate business performance and to help make operating decisions. MicroStrategy believes that this non-GAAP financial measure is also useful to investors and analysts in comparing its performance across reporting periods on a consistent basis because it excludes a significant non-cash share-based compensation expense that MicroStrategy believes is not reflective of its general business performance and significant restructuring charges that we believe are not reflective of ongoing operating results. In addition, accounting for share-based compensation arrangements requires significant management judgment and the resulting expense could vary significantly in comparison to other companies. Therefore, MicroStrategy believes the use of this non-GAAP financial measure can also facilitate comparison of MicroStrategy's operating results to those of its competitors.

About MicroStrategy Incorporated

Founded in 1989, MicroStrategy (Nasdaq: MSTR) is a leading worldwide provider of enterprise software platforms. The Company's mission is to provide enterprise analytics, mobility, and security platforms that are flexible, powerful, scalable, and user-friendly. To learn more, visit MicroStrategy online, and follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

MicroStrategy, MicroStrategy 10, MicroStrategy 10 Secure Enterprise, MicroStrategy 10.1, MicroStrategy Mobile, MicroStrategy Analytics, MicroStrategy Desktop, MicroStrategy Web, and Usher are either trademarks or registered trademarks of MicroStrategy Incorporated in the United States and certain other countries. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

This press release may include statements that may constitute "forward-looking statements," including estimates of future business prospects or financial results and statements containing the words "believe," "estimate," "project," "expect," or similar expressions. Forward-looking statements inherently involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results of MicroStrategy Incorporated and its subsidiaries (collectively, the "Company") to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. Factors that could contribute to such differences include: the extent and timing of market acceptance of MicroStrategy's new offerings, including MicroStrategy 10 Secure Enterprise; the impact on our business of the restructuring plan we adopted in the third quarter of 2014; the Company's ability to recognize revenue or deferred revenue through delivery of products or satisfactory performance of services; continued acceptance of the Company's other products in the marketplace; fluctuations in tax benefits or provisions; the timing of significant orders; delays in or the inability of the Company to develop or ship new products; competitive factors; general economic conditions, including economic uncertainty in the retail industry, in which the Company has a significant number of customers; currency fluctuations; and other risks detailed in the Company's registration statements and periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. By making these forward-looking statements, the Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes after the date of this release.

MSTR-F

Contact: MicroStrategy Incorporated Investor Relations [email protected] (703) 848-8600

MICROSTRATEGY INCORPORATED

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(in thousands, except per share data)

Three Months Ended

Nine Months Ended

September 30,

September 30,

2015

2014

2015

2014

(unaudited)

(unaudited)

(unaudited)

(unaudited)

Revenues

Product licenses

$ 27,511

$ 33,969

$ 77,634

$ 91,208

Subscription services

6,546

5,993

20,285

16,317

Total product licenses and subscription services

34,057

39,962

97,919

107,525

Product support

71,392

75,019

211,444

221,069

Other services

24,087

36,221

76,984

102,365

Total revenues

129,536

151,202

386,347

430,959

Cost of revenues

Product licenses

2,680

1,542

5,895

5,456

Subscription services

3,075

4,502

9,800

13,829

Total product licenses and subscription services

5,755

6,044

15,695

19,285

Product support

3,174

3,695

9,734

10,713

Other services

15,755

25,214

52,265

73,577

Total cost of revenues

24,684

34,953

77,694

103,575

Gross profit

104,852

116,249

308,653

327,384

Operating expenses

Sales and marketing

36,403

58,195

109,142

178,028

Research and development

17,789

28,659

48,051

89,469

General and administrative

19,843

24,811

63,071

76,376

Restructuring costs

86

11,578

261

11,578

Total operating expenses

74,121

123,243

220,525

355,451

Income (loss) from operations

30,731

(6,994)

88,128

(28,067)

Interest income, net

116

53

129

133

Other income, net

766

4,928

2,601

3,336

Income (loss) before income taxes

31,613

(2,013)

90,858

(24,598)

Provision for (benefit from) income taxes

7,720

(1,168)

24,038

(6,934)

Net income (loss)

$ 23,893

$ (845)

$ 66,820

$ (17,664)

Basic earnings (loss) per share (1):

$ 2.10

$ (0.07)

$ 5.89

$ (1.56)

Weighted average shares outstanding used in computing basic earnings (loss) per share

11,365

11,301

11,345

11,301

Diluted earnings (loss) per share (1):

$ 2.06

$ (0.07)

$ 5.80

$ (1.56)

Weighted average shares outstanding used in computing diluted earnings (loss) per share

11,589

11,301

11,521

11,301

(1) Basic and fully diluted earnings (loss) per share for class A and class B common stock are the same.

MICROSTRATEGY INCORPORATED

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(in thousands, except per share data)

September 30,

December 31,

2015

2014*

Assets

(unaudited)

Current assets

Cash and cash equivalents

$ 230,188

$ 146,919

Restricted cash

487

661

Short-term investments

226,689

198,547

Accounts receivable, net

55,039

78,633

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

12,078

17,669

Deferred tax assets, net

12,373

19,936

Total current assets

536,854

462,365

Property and equipment, net

68,862

77,852

Capitalized software development costs, net

17,807

13,469

Deposits and other assets

2,184

3,951

Deferred tax assets, net

2,247

1,160

Total Assets

$ 627,954

$ 558,797

Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity

Current liabilities

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

$ 26,609

$ 35,458

Accrued compensation and employee benefits

38,570

50,588

Accrued restructuring costs

98

2,284

Deferred revenue and advance payments

115,504

108,413

Deferred tax liabilities

395

557

Total current liabilities

181,176

197,300

Deferred revenue and advance payments

10,297

10,818

Other long-term liabilities

20,166

22,679

Deferred tax liabilities

7,803

3,529

Total Liabilities

219,442

234,326

Stockholders' Equity

Preferred stock undesignated, $0.001 par value; 5,000 shares authorized;

no shares issued or outstanding

-

-

Class A common stock, $0.001 par value; 330,000 shares authorized;

15,734 shares issued and 9,329 shares outstanding, and 15,660 shares

issued and 9,255 shares outstanding, respectively

16

16

Class B common stock, $0.001 par value; 165,000 shares authorized;

2,035 shares issued and outstanding, and 2,055 shares issued and outstanding, respectively

2

2

Additional paid-in capital

525,632

506,727

Treasury stock, at cost; 6,405 shares

(475,184)

(475,184)

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

(6,047)

(4,363)

Retained earnings

364,093

297,273

Total Stockholders' Equity

408,512

324,471

Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity

$ 627,954

$ 558,797

*Derived from audited financial statements.

MICROSTRATEGY INCORPORATED

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(in thousands)

Nine Months Ended

September 30,

2015

2014

(unaudited)

(unaudited)

Operating activities:

Net income (loss)

$ 66,820

$ (17,664)

Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities:

Depreciation and amortization

16,172

19,305

Bad debt expense

683

2,242

Unrealized net loss (gain) on foreign currency forward contracts

1,641

(926)

Non-cash portion of adjustments to accrued restructuring costs

(127)

165

Deferred taxes

11,015

(12,337)

Release of liabilities for unrecognized tax benefits

(61)

-

Share-based compensation expense

12,503

8,561

Excess tax benefits from share-based compensation arrangements

(963)

-

Reclassification of foreign currency translation adjustment from other comprehensive income

(280)

-

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

Accounts receivable

19,511

23,488

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

3,377

(5,197)

Deposits and other assets

1,562

412

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

(4,933)

(2,757)

Accrued compensation and employee benefits

(10,275)

(19,380)

Accrued restructuring costs

(1,940)

8,083

Deferred revenue and advance payments

11,153

11,723

Other long-term liabilities

(2,415)

603

Net cash provided by operating activities

123,443

16,321

Investing activities:

Proceeds from redemption of short-term investments

316,000

222,300

Purchases of property and equipment

(3,352)

(11,856)

Purchases of short-term investments

(344,033)

(303,565)

Capitalized software development costs

(9,598)

(2,254)

Decrease (increase) in restricted cash

113

(1,013)

Net cash used in investing activities

(40,870)

(96,388)

Financing activities:

Proceeds from sale of class A common stock under exercise of employee stock options

5,439

-

Excess tax benefits from share-based compensation arrangements

963

-

Payments on capital lease obligations and other financing arrangements

(1,430)

(2,035)

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

4,972

(2,035)

Effect of foreign exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

(4,276)

(2,063)

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

83,269

(84,165)

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

146,919

220,171

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

$ 230,188

$ 136,006

MICROSTRATEGY INCORPORATED

REVENUE AND COST OF REVENUE DETAIL

(in thousands)

Three Months Ended

Nine Months Ended

September 30,

September 30,

2015

2014

2015

2014

(unaudited)

(unaudited)

(unaudited)

(unaudited)

Revenues

Product licenses and subscription services:

Product licenses

$ 27,511

$ 33,969

$ 77,634

$ 91,208

Subscription services

6,546

5,993

20,285

16,317

Total product licenses and subscription services

34,057

39,962

97,919

107,525

Product support

71,392

75,019

211,444

221,069

Other services:

Consulting

22,018

32,812

70,475

91,510

Education

2,069

3,409

6,509

10,855

Total other services

24,087

36,221

76,984

102,365

Total revenues

129,536

151,202

386,347

430,959

Cost of revenues

Product licenses and subscription services:

Product licenses

2,680

1,542

5,895

5,456

Subscription services

3,075

4,502

9,800

13,829

Total product licenses and subscription services

5,755

6,044

15,695

19,285

Product support

3,174

3,695

9,734

10,713

Other services:

Consulting

14,723

23,841

49,526

68,830

Education

1,032

1,373

2,739

4,747

Total other services

15,755

25,214

52,265

73,577

Total cost of revenues

24,684

34,953

77,694

103,575

Gross profit

$ 104,852

$ 116,249

$ 308,653

$ 327,384

MICROSTRATEGY INCORPORATED

DEFERRED REVENUE DETAIL

(in thousands)

September 30,

December 31,

September 30,

2015

2014*

2014

(unaudited)

(unaudited)

Current:

Deferred product licenses revenue

$ 13,155

$ 10,927

$ 10,010

Deferred subscription services revenue

11,172

16,018

10,382

Deferred product support revenue

135,999

168,833

145,917

Deferred other services revenue

6,794

10,564

10,216

Gross current deferred revenue and advance payments

167,120

206,342

176,525

Less: unpaid deferred revenue

(51,616)

(97,929)

(55,818)

Net current deferred revenue and advance payments

$ 115,504

$ 108,413

$ 120,707

Non-current:

Deferred product licenses revenue

$ 6,344

$ 8,012

$ 7,700

Deferred subscription services revenue

808

750

669

Deferred product support revenue

6,962

7,505

7,062

Deferred other services revenue

1,166

1,047

951

Gross non-current deferred revenue and advance payments

15,280

17,314

16,382

Less: unpaid deferred revenue

(4,983)

(6,496)

(4,903)

Net non-current deferred revenue and advance payments

$ 10,297

$ 10,818

$ 11,479

Total current and non-current:

Deferred product licenses revenue

$ 19,499

$ 18,939

$ 17,710

Deferred subscription services revenue

11,980

16,768

11,051

Deferred product support revenue

142,961

176,338

152,979

Deferred other services revenue

7,960

11,611

11,167

Gross current and non-current deferred revenue and advance payments

182,400

223,656

192,907

Less: unpaid deferred revenue

(56,599)

(104,425)

(60,721)

Net current and non-current deferred revenue and advance payments

$ 125,801

$ 119,231

$ 132,186

*Derived from audited financial statements.

MICROSTRATEGY INCORPORATED

RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP MEASURES

(in thousands)

Three Months Ended

Nine Months Ended

September 30,

September 30,

2015

2014

2015

2014

(unaudited)

(unaudited)

(unaudited)

(unaudited)

Reconciliation of non-GAAP income (loss) from operations:

Income (loss) from operations

$ 30,731

$ (6,994)

$ 88,128

$ (28,067)

Share-based compensation expense

4,546

3,879

12,503

8,561

Restructuring costs

86

11,578

261

11,578

Non-GAAP income (loss) from operations

$ 35,363

$ 8,463

$ 100,892

$ (7,928)

MICROSTRATEGY INCORPORATED

WORLDWIDE EMPLOYEE HEADCOUNT

September 30,

December 31,

March 31,

June 30,

September 30,

2014

2014

2015

2015

2015

Subscription services

61

57

43

37

33

Product support

144

138

138

130

127

Consulting

676

600

554

508

480

Education

35

24

19

25

27

Sales and marketing

827

662

577

515

507

Research and development

965

645

580

508

464

General and administrative

417

344

321

303

301

Total headcount

3,125

2,470

2,232

2,026

1,939

Logo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20140226/CL73058LOGO

To view the original version on PR Newswire, visit:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/microstrategy-announces-third-quarter-2015-financial-results-300166213.html

SOURCE MicroStrategy Incorporated

Categories

Press Releases

Next Articles