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New Relic Announces Third Quarter of Fiscal Year 2016 Results
[February 04, 2016]

New Relic Announces Third Quarter of Fiscal Year 2016 Results


Software analytics company New Relic, Inc. (NYSE: NEWR) today announced financial results for the third fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2015.

"We are continuing to drive momentum for the New Relic Software Analytics Cloud as companies of all sizes - from start-ups to Fortune 10 enterprises - entrust their digital future to New Relic," said Lew Cirne, CEO and founder, New Relic. "Whether you're a developer, an IT operations professional or an executive, we see New Relic rapidly becoming the first, best place to look when you need to understand what's happening in your digital business."

Third Quarter Fiscal 2016 Financial Highlights:

  • Revenue of $47.7 million, up 64% compared with the third quarter of fiscal 2015 and 11% from the second quarter of fiscal 2016.
  • GAAP loss from operations was $18.2 million for the third quarter of fiscal 2016, compared with $15.6 million for the third quarter of fiscal 2015. Non-GAAP loss from operations was $10.7 million for the third quarter of fiscal 2016, compared with $11.8 million for the third quarter of fiscal 2015.
  • GAAP net loss per share was $0.37 for the third quarter of fiscal 2016 based on 49.0 million weighted-average shares outstanding, compared with $0.70 for the third quarter of fiscal 2015 based on 22.8 million weighted-average shares outstanding. Non-GAAP net loss per share was $0.22 for the third quarter of fiscal 2016 based on 49.0 million non-GAAP weighted-average shares outstanding, compared with $0.28 for the third quarter of fiscal 2015 based on 42.3 million non-GAAP weighted-average shares outstanding.
  • Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments were $191.0 million at the end of the third quarter of fiscal 2016, compared with $189.0 million at the end of the second quarter of fiscal 2016.

Customer Highlights:

  • As of December 31, 2015, total Paid Business Accounts were 13,126.
  • Dollar-Based Net Expansion Rate for the quarter ended December 31, 2015 was 129%.
  • New customers in the quarter included: Cirque du Soleil, FlightNetwork.com, France Télévisions SA, Hachette Book Group, Hy-Vee, Inc., Isolation Network, Inc., Lighthouse eDiscovery, Major League Soccer, NYC-DOT, New Zealand Media and Entertainment, Office Depot International in Europe and Royal Opera House.
  • Expanded customer relationships in the quarter included: Adobe Systems Incorporated, American Eagle Outfitters, Inc., Citrix, Despegar.com, Eastern Bank Corporation, Fox Sports, Globosat, Hogg Robinson plc, iHeartMedia, Jive, Kent State University, Multiplus, NBCUniversal, Ocado, REI, Sensis, VenueNext, Yellow Pages Limited and Zenefits.

Third Quarter & Recent Business Highlights:

Outlook:

New Relic is initiating its outlook for its fourth quarter of fiscal 2016, as well as updating its outlook for the full fiscal year 2016.

  • Fourth Quarter Fiscal 2016 Outlook:
    • Revenue between $49.8 million and $50.8 million, representing year-over-year growth of between 49% and 52%.
    • Non-GAAP loss from operations of between $11.5 million and $12.5 million.
    • Non-GAAP net loss per share of between $0.23 and $0.25. This assumes 49.7 million non-GAAP weighted average common shares outstanding.
  • Full Year Fiscal 2016 Outlook:
    • Revenue between $178.6 million and $179.6 million, representing year-over-year growth of between 62% and 63%.
    • Non-GAAP loss from operations of between $40.8 million and $41.8 million.
    • Non-GAAP net loss per share of between $0.83 and $0.85. This assumes 48.9 million non-GAAP weighted average common shares outstanding.

Conference Call Details:

  • What: New Relic financial results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2016 and outlook for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016 and the full year of fiscal 2016.
  • When: February 4, 2016 at 2:00 P.M. Pacific Time (5:00 P.M. Eastern Time).
  • Dial in: To access the call in the U.S., please dial (877) 201-0168, and for international callers, please dial (647) 788-4901. Callers may provide confirmation number 19381228 to access the call more quickly, and are encouraged to dial into the call 10 to 15 minutes prior to the start to prevent any delay in joining.
  • Webcast: http://ir.newrelic.com (live and replay).
  • Replay: Following the completion of the call through 11:59 PM Eastern Time on February 12, 2015, a telephone replay will be available by dialing (855) 859-2056 from the United States or (404) 537-3406 internationally with conference ID 19381228.

About New Relic

New Relic is a software analytics company that delivers real-time insights to more than 500,000 users and 13,000 paid business accounts. As a multi-tenant SaaS platform, the New Relic Software Analytics Cloud helps companies securely monitor their production software in virtually any environment, without having to build or maintain dedicated infrastructure. New Relic helps companies improve application performance, create delightful customer experiences, and realize business success. Learn more at newrelic.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release and the earnings call referencing this press release contain "forward-looking" statements, as that term is defined under the federal securities laws, including but not limited to statements regarding New Relic's future financial performance, including its outlook on financial results for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2016 and for the full fiscal year 2016, market trends and opportunity, customer adoption and momentum of New Relic's products, competitive advantages, potential growth, including growth in the public sector, quantity and range of data types collected by New Relic's customers, New Relic's value proposition to its customers, the benefits of collaborative efforts and acquisitions, and New Relic's ability to execute on its vision. These forward-looking statements are based on New Relic's current assumptions, expectations and beliefs and are subject to substantial risks, uncertainties, assumptions and changes in circumstances that may cause New Relic's actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied in any forward-looking statement.

The risks and uncertainties referred to above include, but are not limited to, New Relic's ability to generate sufficient revenue to achieve and sustain profitability, particularly in light of its significant ongoing expenses; New Relic's short operating history in an evolving industry; New Relic's ability to manage its significant recent growth; fluctuation of New Relic's quarterly results; the development of the overall market for SaaS business software; the dependence of New Relic's business on its customers purchasing additional subscriptions and products from it and renewing their subscriptions; New Relic's ability to develop enhancements to its products, increase adoption and usage of its products and introduce new products that achieve market acceptance; New Relic's ability to persuade New Relic's customers to expand their use of New Relic's products to additional use cases; New Relic's ability to determine optimal prices for its products; New Relic's ability to expand its marketing and sales capabilities and increase sales of its solutions to large enterprises while mitigating the risks associated with serving such customers; privacy concerns, which could result in additional cost and liability to New Relic or inhibit sales; changes in privacy laws, regulations and standards; New Relic's ability to effectively compete in the intensely competitive market for application performance monitoring solutions and respond effectively to rapidly changing technology, evolving industry standards and changing customer needs, requirements or preferences; New Relic's dependence on lead generation strategies to drive sales and revenue; interruptions or performance problems associated with New Relic's technology and infrastructure; defects or disruptions in New Relic's products; the expense and complexity of New Relic's ongoing and planned investments in data center hosting facilities; risks associated with international operations; New Relic's ability to protect its intellectual property rights; and other "Risk Factors" set forth in New Relic's most recent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC").

Further information on these and other factors that could affect New Relic's financial results and the forward-looking statements in this press release is included in the filings we make with the SEC from time to time, particularly under the captions "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations," including the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2015. Copies of these documents may be obtained by visiting New Relic's Investor Relations website at http://ir.newrelic.com or the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.

New Relic assumes no obligation and does not intend to update these forward-looking statements, except as required by law.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

New Relic discloses the following non-GAAP financial measures in this release and the earnings call referencing this press release: non-GAAP loss from operations, non-GAAP net loss, non-GAAP gross profit, non-GAAP gross margin, non-GAAP operating margin, non-GAAP sales and marketing, non-GAAP research and development, non-GAAP general and administrative and non-GAAP weighted average shares used to compute net loss per share attributable to common stockholders. New Relic uses these non-GAAP financial measures internally in analyzing its financial results and believes they are useful to investors, as a supplement to GAAP measures, in evaluating its ongoing operational performance. New Relic believes that the use of these non-GAAP financial measures provides an additional tool for investors to use in evaluating ongoing operating results and trends.

Non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered in isolation from, or as a substitute for, financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP. A reconciliation of the historical non-GAAP financial measures to their most directly comparable GAAP measures has been provided in the financial statement tables included below in this press release. Investors are encouraged to review the reconciliation of these historical non-GAAP financial measures to their most directly comparable GAAP financial measures.

New Relic defines non-GAAP gross profit, non-GAAP sales and marketing, non-GAAP research and development, non-GAAP general and administrative, non-GAAP operating loss and non-GAAP net loss as the respective GAAP balances, adjusted for: (1) stock-based compensation expense, (2) amortization of stock-based compensation capitalized in software development costs, (3) the amortization of purchased intangibles, (4) lawsuit litigation expense, (5) the transaction costs related to acquisition and (6) employer payroll tax expense on equity incentive plans, as applicable. New Relic excludes employer payroll tax expense on equity incentive plans as these expenses are tied to the exercise or vesting of underlying equity awards and the price of New Relic's common stock at the time of vesting or exercise. As a result, these taxes may vary in any particular period independent of the financial and operating performance of New Relic's business. Non-GAAP net loss per share is calculated as non-GAAP net loss divided by the non-GAAP weighted average shares used to compute net loss per share attributable to common stockholders that are adjusted to assume the conversion of outstanding preferred shares to common shares as of the beginning of the period.

With respect to New Relic's outlook under "Outlook" above, New Relic has not reconciled its expectations as to non-GAAP loss from operations to GAAP loss from operations or non-GAAP net loss per share to GAAP net loss per share because certain items such as stock-based compensation, lawsuit litigation expenses and employer payroll taxes on equity incentive plans are out of New Relic's control or cannot be reasonably predicted. Accordingly, reconciliation is not available without unreasonable effort.

Operating Metrics

New Relic's dollar-based net expansion rate compares its recurring subscription revenue from customers from one period to the next. It is increased when customers increase their use of New Relic's products, use additional products, or upgrade to a higher subscription tier. New Relic's dollar-based net expansion rate is reduced when customers decrease their use of New Relic's products, use fewer products, or downgrade to a lower subscription tier.

New Relic is a registered trademark of New Relic, Inc.

All product and company names herein may be trademarks of their registered owners.





       
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
(In thousands, except per share data; unaudited)
Three Months Ended December 31,   Nine Months Ended December 31,
  2015     2014     2015     2014  
 
Revenue $ 47,744 $ 29,029 $ 128,817 $ 77,003
Cost of revenue   9,744     5,940     26,562     15,001  
 
Gross profit 38,000 23,089 102,255 62,002
Operating expenses:
Research and development 12,015 6,410 31,385 16,659
Sales and marketing 35,153 25,460 93,201 63,094
General and administrative   9,070     6,864     26,014     17,464  
Total operating expenses   56,238     38,734     150,600     97,217  
 
Loss from operations (18,238 ) (15,645 ) (48,345 ) (35,215 )
 
Other income (expense):
Interest income 158 47 448 65
Interest expense (20 ) (54 ) (47 ) (83 )
Other expense, net   (163 )   (381 )   (196 )   (195 )
Loss before income taxes (18,263 ) (16,033 ) (48,140 ) (35,428 )
Income tax provision (benefit)   92     (104 )   153     (104 )
 
 
Net loss $ (18,355 ) $ (15,929 ) $ (48,293 ) $ (35,324 )
 
Net loss per share attributable to common stockholders, basic and diluted $ (0.37 ) $ (0.70 ) $ (1.01 ) $ (1.94 )
 
Weighted-average shares used to compute net loss per share attributable to common stockholders, basic and diluted   48,953     22,847     48,001     18,182  
 

   
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(In thousands, except par value; unaudited)
 
December 31,   March 31,
  2015     2015  
 
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents $ 71,901 $ 105,257
Short-term investments 119,105 95,503

Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $478 and $282, respectively

23,408 13,813
Prepaid expenses and other current assets   5,676     4,299  
Total current assets 220,090 218,872
 
Property and equipment, net 40,398 35,397
Restricted cash 8,023 4,623
Goodwill 11,828 2,053
Intangible assets, net 3,919 2,300
Other assets, non-current   1,583     1,466  
Total assets $ 285,841   $ 264,711  
 
Liabilities and stockholders' equity
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable $ 6,630 $ 4,969
Accrued compensation and benefits 8,893 6,288
Other current liabilities 4,516 3,623
Deferred revenue   55,370     29,185  
Total current liabilities 75,409 44,065
 
Deferred rent, non-current 4,770 4,638
Deferred revenue, non-current 2,689 124
Other liabilities, non-current   1,616     1,014  
Total liabilities 84,484 49,841
 
 
 
Stockholders' equity:
Common stock, $0.001 par value 50 47
Treasury stock - at cost (260 shares) (263 ) (263 )
Additional paid-in capital 381,634 346,671
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income (171 ) 15
Accumulated deficit   (179,893 )   (131,600 )
Total stockholders' equity   201,357     214,870  
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity $ 285,841   $ 264,711  
 
   
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(In thousands; unaudited)
    Nine Months Ended December 31,
  2015     2014  
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net loss: $ (48,293 ) $ (35,324 )

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:

Depreciation and amortization 11,058 6,089
Stock-based compensation expense 16,603 7,592
Other 817 208
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of acquisition of business:
Accounts receivable (10,010 ) (6,754 )
Prepaid expenses and other assets (1,265 ) (1,443 )
Accounts payable 859 (777 )
Accrued compensation and benefits and other liabilities 4,068 2,936
Deferred rent 199 771
Deferred revenue   28,750     13,273  
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities 2,786 (13,429 )
 
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of property and equipment (8,119 ) (10,628 )
Acquisition of business, net of cash acquired (5,498 ) (2,262 )
Increase in restricted cash (3,400 ) (25 )
Purchases of short-term investments (80,046 ) (37,189 )
Proceeds from sale and maturity of short-term investments 55,692 -
Capitalized software development costs   (5,316 )   (6,667 )
Net cash used in investing activities (46,687 ) (56,771 )
 
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from issuances of preferred stock, net of issuance costs - 97,243
Proceeds from initial public offering, net of issuance costs - 120,601
Principal payments on debt - (271 )
Proceeds from issuance of common stock   10,545     914  
Net cash provided by financing activities   10,545     218,487  
 
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents (33,356 ) 148,287
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period   105,257     19,453  
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period $ 71,901   $ 167,740  
 
           
Reconciliation from GAAP to Non-GAAP Results
(In thousands, except per share data; unaudited)
 
Three Months Ended December 31,     Nine Months Ended December 31,
  2015     2014     2015     2014  
Reconciliation of gross profit and gross margin:
GAAP gross profit $ 38,000 $ 23,089 $ 102,255 $ 62,002
Plus: Stock-based compensation 333 166 893 359
Plus: Amortization of purchased intangibles 339 198 739 198
Plus: Amortization of stock-based compensation capitalized in software development costs 167 51 388 113
Plus: Employer payroll tax on employee equity incentive plans   9     -     12     -  
Non-GAAP gross profit $ 38,848   $ 23,504   $ 104,287   $ 62,672  
GAAP gross margin 80 % 80 % 79 % 81 %
Non-GAAP adjustments   1 %   1 %   2 %   1 %
Non-GAAP gross margin   81 %   81 %   81 %   82 %
 
 
Reconciliation of operating expenses:
GAAP research and development $ 12,015 $ 6,410 $ 31,385 $ 16,659
Less: Stock-based compensation (1,684 ) (721 ) (4,223 ) (1,178 )
Less: Employer payroll tax on employee equity incentive plans   (127 )   -     (195 )   -  
Non-GAAP research and development $ 10,204   $ 5,689   $ 26,967   $ 15,481  
 
 
GAAP sales and marketing $ 35,153 $ 25,460 $ 93,201 $ 63,094
Less: Stock-based compensation (2,588 ) (1,474 ) (6,634 ) (3,378 )
Less: Amortization of purchased intangibles (10 ) (12 ) (35 ) (12 )
Less: Employer payroll tax on employee equity incentive plans   (85 )   -     (416 )   -  
Non-GAAP sales and marketing $ 32,470   $ 23,974   $ 86,116   $ 59,704  
 
 
GAAP general and administrative $ 9,070 $ 6,864 $ 26,014 $ 17,464
Less: Stock-based compensation (1,751 ) (1,065 ) (4,853 ) (2,677 )
Less: Lawsuit litigation (16 ) (94 ) (43 ) (1,217 )
Less: Amortization of purchased intangibles (32 ) (37 ) (106 ) (37 )
Less: Transaction costs related to acquisition (281 ) (71 ) (385 ) (71 )
Less: Employer payroll tax on employee equity incentive plans   (132 )   -     (210 )   -  
Non-GAAP general and administrative $ 6,858   $ 5,597   $ 20,417   $ 13,462  
 
 
Reconciliation of loss from operations and operating margin:
GAAP loss from operations $ (18,238 ) $ (15,645 ) $ (48,345 ) $ (35,215 )
Plus: Stock-based compensation 6,356 3,426 16,603 7,592
Plus: Lawsuit litigation 16 94 43 1,217
Plus: Amortization of purchased intangibles 381 247 880 247
Plus: Transaction costs related to acquisition 281 71 385 71
Plus: Amortization of stock-based compensation capitalized in software development costs 167 51 388 113
Plus: Employer payroll tax on employee equity incentive plans   353     -     833     -  
Non-GAAP loss from operations $ (10,684 ) $ (11,756 ) $ (29,213 ) $ (25,975 )
GAAP operating margin (38 %) (54 %) (38 %) (46 %)
Non-GAAP adjustments   16 %   14 %   15 %   12 %
Non-GAAP operating margin   (22 %)   (40 %)   (23 %)   (34 %)
 
 
Reconciliation of net loss:
GAAP net loss $ (18,355 ) $ (15,929 ) $ (48,293 ) $ (35,324 )
Plus: Stock-based compensation 6,356 3,426 16,603 7,592
Plus: Lawsuit litigation 16 94 43 1,217
Plus: Amortization of purchased intangibles 381 247 880 247
Plus: Transaction costs related to acquisition 281 71 385 71
Plus: Amortization of stock-based compensation capitalized in software development costs 167 51 388 113
Plus: Employer payroll tax on employee equity incentive plans   353     -     833     -  
Non-GAAP net loss $ (10,801 ) $ (12,040 ) $ (29,161 ) $ (26,084 )
 
 
Reconciliation of net loss per share attributable to common stockholders, basic and diluted:
GAAP net loss per share attributable to common stockholders, basic and diluted $ (0.37 ) $ (0.70 ) $ (1.01 ) $ (1.94 )
Non-GAAP adjustments to net loss 0.15 0.17 0.40 0.51
Non-GAAP adjustment to weighted-average shares used to compute net loss per share   -     0.25     -     0.80  
Non-GAAP net loss per share attributable to common stockholders, basic and diluted   (0.22 )   (0.28 )   (0.61 )   (0.63 )
 
Reconciliation of weighted-average shares used to compute net loss per share attributable to common stockholders:
GAAP weighted-average shares used to compute net loss per share attributable to common stockholders, basic and diluted 48,953 22,847 48,001 18,182
Conversion of preferred stock   -     19,476     -     23,076  
Non-GAAP weighted-average shares used to compute net loss per share attributable to common stockholders, basic and diluted   48,953     42,323     48,001     41,258  


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