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Globant Reports 2017 Second Quarter Results
[August 17, 2017]

Globant Reports 2017 Second Quarter Results


SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 17, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Globant (NYSE: GLOB), a digitally-native technology services company focused on creating digital journeys, today announced results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017.

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Please see highlights below, including certain Non-IFRS measures. Note that reconciliations between Non-IFRS financial measures and IFRS operating results are disclosed at the end of this press release.

Second quarter 2017 highlights

  • Revenue increased to a record $99.6 million, representing 24.6% year-over-year growth.
  • Non-IFRS Adjusted Gross Profit was $37.9 million (38.1% Non-IFRS Adjusted Gross Profit Margin), an increase of $3.8 million compared to $34.1 million for the second quarter of 2016 (42.6% Non-IFRS Adjusted Gross Profit Margin).
  • Non-IFRS Adjusted Net Income was $9.6 million (9.6% Non-IFRS Adjusted Net Income Margin), compared to a profit of $10.2 million for the second quarter of 2016 (12.7% Non-IFRS Adjusted Net Income Margin).
  • Non-IFRS Adjusted Diluted EPS was $0.27 per share (based on an average of 36.0 million diluted shares), compared to Non-IFRS Adjusted Diluted EPS of $0.29 for the second quarter of 2016 (based on an average of 35.2 million diluted shares).

Six months ended June 30, 2017 highlights

  • Revenue for the period increased to $188.3 million, representing 22.9% year-over-year growth.
  • Non-IFRS Adjusted Gross Profit was $72.5 million (38.5% Non-IFRS Adjusted Gross Profit Margin), an increase of $5.4 million compared to $67.1 million (43.8% Non-IFRS Adjusted Gross Profit Margin) in the first six months of 2016.
  • Non-IFRS Adjusted Net Income was $19.3 million (10.2% Non-IFRS Adjusted Net Income Margin), an increase of $0.7 million, compared to a profit of $18.6 million (12.1% Non-IFRS Adjusted Net Income Margin) in the first six months of 2016.
  • Non-IFRS Adjusted Diluted EPS was $0.54 per share (based on an average of 36.0 million diluted shares during the first six months of the 2017), an increase of $0.01 compared to Non-IFRS Adjusted Diluted EPS of $0.53 for the first six months of 2016 (based on an average of 35.2 million diluted shares during the first six months of the 2016).

"Q2 resulted in another record quarter in terms of revenues and financial results in line with our guidance. Our revenue for the quarter amounted to $99.6 million, representing a robust 24.6% year-over-year growth. Our 50 squared initiative continues to perform according to our expectations. Our European operations expanded aggressively compared to Q2 2016 and, with the recent acquisition of PointSource, we continue expanding our service offerings and footprint in the United States. This quarter, we added a number of high potential accounts in the Banking, Financial services and Insurance industry, among others," said Martín Migoya, Globant's CEO and co-founder.

"During Q2, we continue to see a strong demand coming from companies looking to achieve digital transformations. Organizations keep searching for ways to connect emotionally with their customers through digital journeys, propelled by emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence. Our Studio model continues to be a key driver to hold a leadership position, making us an ideal partner when facing these transformations," added Martín Migoya.

"Q2 was another quarter of revenue growth above 20% and, more importantly, one where demand for our services continued to expand. This translated into an aggressive +368 net headcount increase during the quarter. We continue to experience sustained demand for our digital offerings and we also see traction from our strategic accounts. Regarding margins, we experienced some FX headwinds during the first half of 2017 as many of the currencies of the countries in which we operate appreciated against the USD. We will continue diversifying our talent base across regions to manage margins. At the same time, we will maintain disciplined spending and carefully manage our SG&A, while investing in training and developing emerging technologies expertise for the long run," explained Alejandro Scannapieco, Globant's CFO.

Globant completed the second quarter with 6,223 Globers, 5,772 of whom were IT professionals. The geographic revenue breakdown for the second quarter was as follows: 78.5% from North America (top country: US), 12.3% from Europe (top country: Spain) and 9.2% from Latin America and others (top country: Chile). 87.6% of Globant's revenue for the second quarter was denominated in US dollars, and the remaining 12.4% was denominated in other currencies, including GB pounds, Euros and other Latin American currencies.

During the last 12 months ended June 30, 2017, Globant served 331 customers, 76 of which accounted for more than $1 million of Globant's revenues. Globant's top customer, top 5 customers and top 10 customers represented 10.1%, 31.6% and 43.9% of second quarter revenues, respectively.

Cash and cash equivalents and investments as of June 30, 2017 decreased to $36.3 million from $59.9 million as of December 31, 2016, while borrowings amounted to $10.3 million as of June 30, 2017 compared to $0.2 million as of December 31, 2016. Current assets as of June 30, 2017 amounted to $131.4 million, accounting for 39.2% of total assets. Finally, as of June 30, 2017, 34.9 million common shares were issued and outstanding.

2017 Third Quarter and Full Year Outlook

Based on current market conditions, Globant is providing the following estimates for the third quarter and the full year of 2017:

  • Third quarter revenue is estimated to be between $103-$105 million, implying 26.3% year-over-year growth at the midpoint of the range.
  • Third quarter 2017 Non-IFRS diluted EPS is estimated to be in the range of $0.32-$0.36 (assuming an average of 36.2 million diluted shares outstanding during the third quarter).
  • Fiscal year 2017 revenue is estimated to be in the range of $397-$403 million, implying 23.9% year-over-year revenue growth at the midpoint of the range.
  • Fiscal year 2017 Non-IFRS diluted EPS is estimated to be in the range of $1.22-$1.30 (assuming an average of 36.2 million diluted shares outstanding during 2017).

Conference Call and Webcast

Martín Migoya and Alejandro Scannapieco will discuss the Q2 2017 results in a conference call today beginning at 4:30pm ET.

Conference call access information is:
US +1 (888) 346-2877
International +1 (412) 902-4257
Webcast http://investors.globant.com/

Additionally, a replay will be available via the same dial-in number and on our investor relations website after the call.

About Globant

Globant (NYSE: GLOB) is a digitally native technology services company that creates digital journeys for its customers, which impact millions of consumers. Globant is the place where engineering, design, and innovation meet scale.

Globant has more than 6,223 professionals in 12 countries working for companies like Google, JWT, EA and Coca Cola, among others.

Globant was named a Worldwide Leader of Digital Strategy Consulting Services by IDC MarketScape Report (2016), and its client work has been featured as business case studies at Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Stanford University.  For more information visit www.globant.com.

Non-IFRS Financial Information

The financial information in this press release has been prepared consistently with International Accounting Standards 34, "Interim Financial Reporting". The financial information in this press release have not been audited.

Globant provides non-IFRS financial measures to complement reported IFRS results, in accordance with IAS 34 "Interim Financial Reporting". Management believes these measures help illustrate underlying trends in the company's business and uses the measures to establish budgets and operational goals, communicated internally and externally, for managing the company's business and evaluating its performance. The company anticipates that it will continue to report both IFRS and certain non-IFRS financial measures in its financial results, including non-IFRS results that exclude share-based compensation expense and depreciation and amortization. Because the company's non-IFRS financial measures are not calculated according to IFRS, these measures are not comparable to IFRS and may not necessarily be comparable to similarly described non-IFRS measures reported by other companies within the company's industry. Consequently, Globant's non-IFRS financial measures should not be evaluated in isolation or supplant comparable IFRS measures, but, rather, should be considered together with its unaudited interim consolidated statement of financial position as of June 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016 and its unaudited interim consolidated statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income for the three and six month periods ended June 31, 2017 and 2016, prepared in accordance with IAS 34.

Forward Looking Statements

In addition to historical information, this release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These forward-looking statements include information about possible or assumed future results of our business and financial condition, as well as the results of operations, Non-IFRS results of operations and Non-IFRS earnings per share, liquidity, plans and objectives. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as "believe," "may," "estimate," "continue," "anticipate," "intend," "should," "plan," "expect," "predict," "potential," or the negative of these terms or other similar expressions. These statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding: the persistence and intensification of competition in the IT industry; the future growth of spending in IT services outsourcing generally, application outsourcing and custom application development and offshore development services; the level of growth of demand for our services from our clients; the level of increase in revenues from our new clients; the resource utilization rates and productivity levels and the level of attrition of our IT professionals; the pricing structures we use for our client contracts; the general economic and business conditions in the locations in which we operate; the levels of our concentration of revenues by vertical, geography, by client and by type of contract in the future; the continuity of tax incentives available for software companies with operations in Argentina; Argentina's regulations on proceeds from the export of services; our expectation that we will be able to integrate and manage the companies we acquire and that our acquisitions will yield the benefits we envision; the demands we expect our rapid growth to place on our management and infrastructure; the sufficiency of our current cash, cash flow from operations, and lines of credit to meet our anticipated cash needs; the high proportion of our cost of services comprised of personnel salaries; and other factors discussed under the heading "Risk Factors" in our most recent Form 20-F filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

These forward-looking statements involve various risks and uncertainties. Although the registrant believes that its expectations expressed in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, its expectations may turn out to be incorrect. The registrant's actual results could be materially different from its expectations. In light of the risks and uncertainties described above, the estimates and forward-looking statements discussed might not occur, and the registrant's future results and its performance may differ materially from those expressed in these forward-looking statements due to, inclusive, but not limited to, the factors mentioned above. Because of these uncertainties, you should not make any investment decision based on these estimates and forward-looking statements.  Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements for any reason after the date of this press release whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

These risks and uncertainties include those discussed or identified in the filings with the Luxembourg Stock Market Authority for the Financial Markets (Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier).

 





Globant S.A.

Condensed Interim Consolidated Statement of Profit or Loss and Other Comprehensive Income

(In thousands of U.S. dollars, except per share amounts, unaudited)













Three months ended



Six months ended



 June 30, 2017


 June 30, 2016



 June 30, 2017


 June 30, 2016











Revenues 


99,589


79,926



188,331


153,252

Cost of revenues 


(65,243)


(47,163)



(120,737)


(88,521)

Gross profit


34,346


32,763



67,594


64,731











Selling, general and administrative expenses 


(29,128)


(20,319)



(53,023)


(38,088)

Impairment of tax credits


(1,586)


-



(1,586)


-

Profit from operations


3,632


12,444



12,985


26,643











Finance income


2,037


4,203



4,122


11,089

Finance expense


(3,301)


(5,686)



(5,436)


(13,133)

Finance expense, net


(1,264)


(1,483)



(1,314)


(2,044)











Other income, net


680


651



2,408


654

Profit before income tax


3,048


11,612



14,079


25,253











Income tax


(950)


(2,674)



(3,125)


(8,399)

Net income for the period


2,098


8,938



10,954


16,854











Other comprehensive income, net of income tax effects










Items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit and loss:










- Exchange differences on translating foreign operations


(238)


742



(78)


1,151

- Net fair value loss on available-for-sale financial assets


(2)


(948)



5


(20)

Total comprehensive income for the period


1,858


8,732



10,881


17,985











Net income attributable to:










Owners of the Company


2,120


742



10,987


1,151

Non-controlling interest


(22)


(948)



(33)


(20)

Net income for the period


2,098


(206)



10,954


1,131











Total comprehensive income for the period attributable to:










Owners of the Company


1,880


8,923



10,914


16,863

Non-controlling interest


(22)


15



(33)


(9)

Total comprehensive income for the period


1,858


8,938



10,881


16,854





















Earnings per share 










Basic


0.06


0.26



0.32


0.49

Diluted


0.06


0.25



0.30


0.48

Weighted average of outstanding shares (in thousands)










Basic


34,794


34,317



34,738


34,270

Diluted


36,034


35,230



35,979


35,182


 

Globant S.A.

Condensed Interim Consolidated Statement of Financial Position

(In thousands of U.S. dollars, unaudited)








June 30, 2017


 December 31, 2016

ASSETS



Current assets





Cash and cash equivalents 


29,841


50,532

Investments


6,437


9,355

Trade receivables


77,230


54,170

Other receivables 


16,990


18,869

Other financial assets


900


900

Total current assets


131,398


133,826






Non-current assets





Other receivables 


35,347


27,465

Deferred tax assets


10,414


7,691

Investment in associates


1,550


800

Other financial assets


555


319

Property and equipment


38,759


35,676

Intangible assets


13,911


13,791

Goodwill


103,097


65,180

Total non-current assets


203,633


150,922

TOTAL ASSETS


335,031


284,748






LIABILITIES





Current liabilities





Trade payables 


8,631


5,603

Payroll and social security taxes payable


30,570


30,328

Borrowings


10,280


217

Other financial liabilities


26,584


12,602

Tax liabilities


3,698


6,249

Other liabilities 


8


-

Total current liabilities


79,771


54,999






Non-current liabilities





Other financial liabilities


21,093


19,224

Other liabilities 


20


20

Provisions for contingencies


1,216


1,945

Total non-current liabilities


22,329


21,189

TOTAL LIABILITIES


102,100


76,188






Capital and reserves





Issued and paid-in capital


41,911


41,576

Additional paid-in capital


75,945


62,790

Other reserves


(1,034)


(961)

Retained earnings


116,106


105,119

Total equity attributable to owners of the Company


232,928


208,524

Non-controlling interests


3


36

Total equity


232,931


208,560

TOTAL EQUITY AND LIABILITIES


335,031


284,748






 

Globant S.A.

Supplemental Non-IFRS Financial Information

(In thousands of U.S. dollars, unaudited)













Three months ended



Six months ended



 June 30, 2017


 June 30, 2016



 June 30, 2017


 June 30, 2016











Reconciliation of adjusted gross profit










Gross Profit


34,346


32,763



67,594


64,731

Depreciation and amortization expense


1,097


1,015



2,199


1,929

Share-based compensation expense


2,452


304



2,730


448

Adjusted gross profit


37,895


34,082



72,523


67,108

Adjusted gross profit margin


38.1%


42.6%



38.5%


43.8%











Reconciliation of selling, general and administrative expenses










Selling, general and administrative expenses


(29,128)


(20,319)



(53,023)


(38,088)

Depreciation and amortization expense


2,885


1,433



5,481


2,767

Share-based compensation expense


3,429


935



4,028


1,286

Adjusted selling, general and administrative expenses


(22,814)


(17,951)



(43,514)


(34,035)

Adjusted selling, general and administrative expenses as % of revenues


(22.9)%


(22.5)%



(23.1)%


(22.2)%











Reconciliation of Adjusted Profit from Operations










Operating Profit


3,632


12,444



12,985


26,643

Impairment of tax credits


1,586


-



1,586


-

Share-based compensation expense


5,881


1,239



6,758


1,734

Adjusted Profit from Operations


11,099


13,683



21,329


28,377

Adjusted Profit from Operations margin


11.1%


17.1%



11.3%


18.5%











Reconciliation of Net income for the period










Net income for the period


2,098


8,938



10,954


16,854

Impairment of tax credits


1,586


-



1,586


-

Share-based compensation expense


5,881


1,239



6,758


1,734

Adjusted Net income 


9,565


10,177



19,298


18,588

Adjusted Net income margin


9.6%


12.7%



10.2%


12.1%











Calculation of Adjusted Diluted EPS










Adjusted Net income 


9,565


10,177



19,298


18,588

Diluted shares


36,034


35,230



35,979


35,182

Adjusted Diluted EPS


0.27


0.29



0.54


0.53

 

Globant S.A.

Schedule of Supplemental Information (unaudited)













Metrics

Q2 2016

Q3 2016

Q4 2016

Q1 2017

Q2 2017







Total Employees

5,380

5,421

5,631

5,855

6,223

IT Professionals

4,932

4,983

5,219

5,421

5,772







North America Revenue %

81.1

81.4

78.9

78.9

78.5

Latin America and Others Revenue % 

10.7

9.4

9.6

9.9

9.2

Europe Revenue %

8.2

9.2

11.5

11.2

12.3







USD Revenue %

90.9

89.7

88.0

88.6

87.6

Other Currencies Revenue %

9.1

10.3

12.0

11.4

12.4







Top Customer %

10.0

10.4

9.4

9.7

10.1

Top 5 Customers %

34.2

33.9

33.3

31.1

31.6

Top 10 Customers %

46.4

46.8

45.8

43.7

43.9







Customers Served (Last Twelve Months)

366

354

340

336

331

Customers with >$1M in Revenue (Last Twelve Months)

57

61

60

67

76

 

Investor Relations Contact:
Paula Conde, Globant
[email protected]
(877) 215-5230

Media Contact:
Wanda Weigert, Globant
[email protected]
(877) 215-5230

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