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Avalara, a tax compliance automation provider, announced strong financial results for Q4 and FY 2020. Q4 revenue reached $144.8 million, up 35% YoY, with calculated billings of $167.1 million, a 38% increase. For FY 2020, revenue hit $500.6 million, reflecting a 31% increase. The gross margin improved to 72% in Q4. Despite a GAAP operating loss of $19.7 million, non-GAAP results showed progress with net income of $8.1 million. Deferred revenue rose to $209.7 million. Looking ahead, Avalara expects Q1 2021 revenue between $142 million and $144 million.

Positive
  • Q4 revenue of $144.8 million, up 35% YoY
  • FY 2020 revenue of $500.6 million, up 31% YoY
  • Non-GAAP net income of $8.1 million in Q4 2020
  • Improved gross margin of 72% in Q4
  • Deferred revenue increased to $209.7 million
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  • GAAP operating loss of $19.7 million in Q4 2020
  • GAAP net loss of $11.0 million in Q4 2020

Avalara, Inc. (NYSE: AVLR), a leading provider of tax compliance automation for businesses of all sizes, today announced financial results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2020.

“In the fourth quarter, year-over-year revenue growth was 35% and year-over-year calculated billings growth was 38%, capping off an outstanding finish to our fiscal year 2020. For the full year, we delivered half a billion in revenue, up 31% year-over-year as well as record operating cash flow and free cash flow,” said Scott McFarlane, Avalara co-founder and chief executive officer. “Our results demonstrate the adaptability and resilience of our business model during challenging times. As we look ahead to 2021, the generational shifts to omnichannel commerce and cloud-based solutions, a growing emphasis on efficiency through automation, and an increasingly complex regulatory environment remain ongoing tailwinds for our business. We believe we are still in the early days of penetrating a huge addressable market to automate global tax compliance and build the category-defining, global cloud compliance platform.”

Fourth Quarter 2020 Financial Results

  • Revenue: Total revenue was $144.8 million in the fourth quarter of 2020, up 35% from $107.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2019. Subscription and returns revenue was $132.6 million, up 33% from $100.0 million in the same period last year. Professional services revenue was $12.2 million, up 59% from $7.7 million in the same period last year. Total revenue from fourth quarter 2020 acquisitions was $6.5 million.
  • Gross Profit: GAAP gross profit was $104.2 million in the fourth quarter of 2020, representing a 72% gross margin, compared to a GAAP gross profit of $74.7 million and a 69% gross margin in the fourth quarter of 2019. Non-GAAP gross profit was $107.7 million, representing a 74% non-GAAP gross margin, compared to a non-GAAP gross profit of $76.8 million and a 71% non-GAAP gross margin in the fourth quarter of 2019.
  • Operating Loss: GAAP operating loss was $19.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2020, compared to a GAAP operating loss of $15.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2019. Non-GAAP operating loss was $0.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2020, compared to a non-GAAP operating loss of $5.1 million in the fourth quarter of 2019.
  • Net Loss: GAAP net loss was $11.0 million in the fourth quarter of 2020, compared to a GAAP net loss of $12.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2019. Non-GAAP net income was $8.1 million in the fourth quarter of 2020, compared to a non-GAAP net loss of $2.0 million in the fourth quarter of 2019. Fourth quarter 2020 results included a $9.4 million deferred income tax benefit related to our fourth quarter acquisitions.
  • Net Loss per Share: GAAP basic and diluted net loss per share was $0.13 based on 84.8 million weighted-average shares outstanding in the fourth quarter of 2020, compared to a GAAP basic and diluted net loss per share of $0.16 based on 77.1 million weighted-average shares outstanding in the fourth quarter of 2019. Non-GAAP diluted net income per share was $0.09 based on 89.3 million diluted weighted-average shares outstanding in the fourth quarter of 2020, compared to a non-GAAP diluted net loss per share of $0.03 based on 77.1 million weighted-average shares outstanding in the fourth quarter of 2019.
  • Deferred Revenue: Total deferred revenue was $209.7 million at December 31, 2020, up from $161.2 million at December 31, 2019. The current portion of deferred revenue was $208.0 million at December 31, 2020, up from $160.3 million at December 31, 2019.
  • Cash: Net cash provided by operating activities was $31.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2020, compared to $17.2 million provided by operating activities in the fourth quarter of 2019. Free cash flow was positive $28.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2020, compared to positive $14.2 million in the fourth quarter of 2019. Cash and cash equivalents totaled $673.6 million at December 31, 2020 compared to $467.0 million at December 31, 2019.
  • Calculated Billings: Calculated billings were $167.1 million in the fourth quarter of 2020, compared to calculated billings of $120.8 million in the fourth quarter of 2019.

Reconciliations of GAAP to non-GAAP financial measures have been provided in the tables included in this release.

Fiscal Year 2020 Financial Results

  • Revenue: Total revenue was $500.6 million in fiscal year 2020, up 31% from $382.4 million in fiscal year 2019. Subscription and returns revenue was $465.8 million, up 31% from $355.2 million in the prior year. Professional services revenue was $34.7 million, up 28% from $27.2 million in the prior year.
  • Gross Profit: GAAP gross profit was $357.5 million in fiscal year 2020, representing a 71% gross margin, compared to a GAAP gross profit of $267.1 million and a 70% gross margin in fiscal year 2019. Non-GAAP gross profit was $368.5 million in fiscal year 2020, representing a 74% non-GAAP gross margin, compared to a non-GAAP gross profit of $275.1 million and a 72% non-GAAP gross margin in fiscal year 2019.
  • Operating Loss: GAAP operating loss was $62.0 million in fiscal year 2020, compared to a GAAP operating loss of $55.9 million in fiscal year 2019. Non-GAAP operating loss was $3.1 million in fiscal year 2020, compared to a non-GAAP operating loss of $14.4 million in fiscal year 2019.
  • Net Loss: GAAP net loss was $49.2 million in fiscal year 2020, compared to a GAAP net loss of $50.2 million in fiscal year 2019. Non-GAAP net income was $9.6 million in fiscal year 2020, compared to a non-GAAP net loss of $8.7 million in fiscal year 2019.
  • Net Loss per Share: GAAP basic and diluted net loss per share was $0.61 based on 81.0 million weighted-average shares outstanding in fiscal year 2020, compared to a GAAP basic and diluted net loss per share of $0.68 based on 73.3 million weighted-average shares outstanding in fiscal year 2019. Non-GAAP diluted net income per share was $0.11 based on 85.4 million diluted weighted average shares outstanding in fiscal year 2020, compared to non-GAAP diluted net loss per share of $0.12 based on 73.3 million weighted-average shares outstanding in fiscal year 2019.
  • Cash: Net cash provided by operating activities was $42.6 million in fiscal year 2020, compared to $22.2 million provided by operating activities in fiscal year 2019. Free cash flow was positive $34.0 million in fiscal year 2020, compared to positive $12.0 million in fiscal year 2019.

Reconciliations of GAAP to non-GAAP financial measures have been provided in the tables included in this release.

Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2020 Operating Highlights

  • Key Metrics: We ended the fourth quarter of 2020 with approximately 14,890 core customers, up from approximately 14,180 core customers at the end of the previous quarter and approximately 12,150 in the fourth quarter of 2019, representing a 23% increase year-over-year. Our net revenue retention rate was 104% in the fourth quarter of 2020 and has averaged 107% over the last four quarters.
  • We acquired Transaction Tax Resources, Inc. (TTR) to enhance our enterprise capabilities and create the leading content database in tax. TTR will continue to serve its customers with trusted solutions while integrating key products and content into Avalara’s automation tools.
  • We acquired the operational assets of Business Licenses, LLC. Business Licenses provides software and services for the research, acquisition, and management of business licenses, registrations, and permits for businesses of all sizes. By acquiring the assets of Business Licenses, we expand our platform to include a corresponding compliance solution beyond tax. Our customers are required to obtain and maintain sales tax registrations in the jurisdictions where they have tax nexus, and building upon the existing partnership with Business Licenses, we will now be able to support these additional licensing requirements. Adding licensing allows us to better help businesses of every size manage and reduce regulatory complexity.
  • We acquired Impendulo Limited, a London-based provider of insurance tax compliance solutions. Impendulo gives us access to the global insurance premium tax compliance business, a new market that we believe could benefit from automation technology.
  • We entered into a definitive agreement to acquire INPOSIA Solutions GmbH, a German software company focused on e-invoicing, digital tax reporting, and business and data integration to address real-time compliance requirements for companies worldwide. The transaction is subject to satisfaction of closing conditions and is expected to close in the first half of 2021. With INPOSIA, we can further expand our European footprint and add e-invoicing compliance capabilities.

Recent and Fourth Quarter Product Highlights

  • We announced the availability of Avalara AvaTax Advanced Transaction Rules (ATR). ATR allows businesses to create, modify, and apply business and taxability rules that can be used before and after a tax calculation occurs. With ATR, businesses can define and align tax content decisions with enterprise resource planning, ecommerce, and other billing systems at the business process and transaction level.
  • In January 2021, we announced the availability of Avalara Managed Returns for Accountants (MRA), a cloud sales tax returns solution designed exclusively for accounting firms. MRA enables firms to extend their practice with automated sales tax preparation and filing services, provide clients with the benefits of a fully managed returns service, and add efficiency while focusing on other high-value services.

Financial Outlook

For the first quarter of 2021 the Company currently expects:

  • Total revenue between $142.0 and $144.0 million.
  • Non-GAAP operating loss between $10.0 and $12.0 million.

For the full year 2021, the Company currently expects:

  • Total revenue between $628.0 and $633.0 million.
  • Non-GAAP operating loss between $18.0 and $22.0 million.

Conference Call Information

Avalara will host a conference call at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time (or 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time) today, February 10, 2021, to discuss its financial results and business highlights. The conference call can be accessed by dialing (866) 393-4306 from the United States and Canada or (734) 385-2616 internationally with conference ID 6557357. A live webcast of the call will also be available on the Avalara investor relations website at investor.avalara.com.

A telephone replay of the conference call will be available until 8:59 p.m. Pacific Time on Wednesday, February 17, 2021 and a webcast replay will also be archived at investor.avalara.com. The telephone replay will be available by dialing (855) 859-2056 from the United States and Canada or (404) 537-3406 internationally with conference ID 6557357.

About Avalara, Inc.

Avalara helps businesses of all sizes get tax compliance right. In partnership with leading ERP, accounting, ecommerce, and other financial management system providers, Avalara delivers cloud-based compliance solutions for various transaction taxes, including sales and use, VAT, GST, excise, communications, lodging, and other indirect tax types. Headquartered in Seattle, Avalara has offices across the U.S. and around the world in Brazil, Europe, and India. More information at www.avalara.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release and the accompanying conference call contain forward-looking statements including, among others, statements about our financial outlook for the first quarter and full year 2021, our expectations for the integration of our acquisitions into our business, expected growth opportunities and synergies arising from the acquisitions, and expected timing of closing the INPOSIA acquisition. In some cases you can identify forward-looking statements because they contain words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “might,” “likely,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “seek,” “should,” “target,” “will,” “would,” or similar expressions and the negatives of those terms.

These forward-looking statements involve risks, uncertainties, and assumptions that could cause actual performance or results to differ materially from those expressed or suggested by the forward-looking statements. 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 ability to sustain our revenue growth rate, to achieve or maintain profitability, and to effectively manage our anticipated growth; our ability to attract new customers on a cost-effective basis and the extent to which existing customers renew and upgrade their subscriptions; the impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and any associated economic downturn on our business operations, results, and financial position; the timing of our introduction of new solutions or updates to existing solutions; our ability to successfully diversify our solutions by developing or introducing new solutions or acquiring and integrating additional businesses, products, services, or content; our ability to maintain and expand our strategic relationships with third parties; our ability to deliver our solutions to customers without disruption or delay; our exposure to liability from errors, delays, fraud, or system failures, which may not be covered by insurance; our ability to expand our international reach; 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 Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 and subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and which should be read in conjunction with our financial results and forward-looking statements. 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, except as required by law.

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

In addition to our results determined in accordance with GAAP, we have disclosed non-GAAP cost of revenue, non-GAAP gross profit, non-GAAP gross margin, non-GAAP research and development expense, non-GAAP sales and marketing expense, non-GAAP general and administrative expense, non-GAAP operating income (loss), non-GAAP net income (loss), non-GAAP basic net income (loss) per share, non-GAAP diluted net income (loss) per share, free cash flow, and calculated billings, which are all non-GAAP financial measures. We have provided tabular reconciliations of each non-GAAP financial measure to its most directly comparable GAAP financial measure at the end of this release.

  • We calculate non-GAAP cost of revenue, non-GAAP research and development expense, non-GAAP sales and marketing expense, and non-GAAP general and administrative expense as GAAP cost of revenue, GAAP research and development expense, GAAP sales and marketing expense, and GAAP general and administrative expense before stock-based compensation expense and the amortization of acquired intangible assets included in each of the expense categories.
  • We calculate non-GAAP gross profit as GAAP gross profit before stock-based compensation expense and the amortization of acquired intangibles included in cost of revenue. We calculate non-GAAP gross margin as GAAP gross margin before the impact of stock-based compensation expense and the amortization of acquired intangibles included in cost of revenue as a percentage of revenue.
  • We calculate non-GAAP operating income (loss) as GAAP operating loss before stock-based compensation expense, amortization of acquired intangibles, and goodwill impairments. We calculate non-GAAP net income (loss) as GAAP net loss before stock-based compensation expense, amortization of acquired intangibles, and goodwill impairments.
  • We calculate non-GAAP basic net income (loss) per share as non-GAAP net income (loss) divided by basic weighted average shares outstanding.
  • We calculate non-GAAP diluted net income (loss) per share as non-GAAP net income (loss) divided by diluted weighted average shares outstanding. Diluted weighted average shares outstanding includes weighted average shares outstanding plus the dilutive effect, if any, of outstanding common stock equivalents.
  • We define free cash flow as net cash provided by operating activities less cash used for the purchases of property and equipment and capitalized software development costs.
  • We define calculated billings as total revenue plus the changes in deferred revenue and contract liabilities in the period, excluding the acquisition date impact of deferred revenue and contract liabilities assumed in a business combination. Because we recognize subscription revenue ratably over the subscription term, calculated billings can be used to measure our subscription sales activity for a particular period, to compare subscription sales activity across particular periods, and as a potential indicator of future subscription revenue, the actual timing of which will be affected by several factors, including subscription start date and duration.

Management uses these non-GAAP financial measures to understand and compare operating results across accounting periods, for internal budgeting and forecasting purposes, and to evaluate financial performance and liquidity. We believe that non-GAAP financial measures provide useful information to investors and others in understanding and evaluating our results, prospects, and liquidity period-over-period without the impact of certain items that do not directly correlate to our performance and that may vary significantly from period to period for reasons unrelated to our operating performance, as well as when comparing our financial results to those of other companies.

The company has not reconciled its expectations of non-GAAP financial measures to the corresponding GAAP measures primarily because stock-based compensation expense cannot be reasonably calculated or predicted at this time. Accordingly, a reconciliation is not available without unreasonable effort.

Our definitions of these non-GAAP financial measures may differ from the definitions used by other companies and therefore comparability may be limited. In addition, other companies may not publish these or similar metrics. Thus, our non-GAAP financial measures should be considered in addition to, not as a substitute for, or in isolation from, measures prepared in accordance with GAAP. We encourage investors and others to review our financial information in its entirety, not to rely on any single financial measure and to view non-GAAP financial measures in conjunction with the related GAAP financial measure.

Definitions of Key Business Metrics

We also use the key business metrics of core customers and net revenue retention rate.

Core Customers

We believe core customers is a key indicator of our market penetration, growth, and potential future revenue. We use core customers as a metric to focus our customer count reporting on our primary target market segment. We define a core customer as:

  • a unique account identifier in our primary U.S. billing systems (multiple companies or divisions within a single consolidated enterprise that each have a separate unique account identifier are each treated as separate customers);
  • that is active as of the measurement date; and
  • for which we have recognized, as of the measurement date, greater than $3,000 in total revenue during the previous twelve months.

Currently, our core customer count includes only customers with unique account identifiers in our primary U.S. billing systems and does not include customers that subscribe to our solutions through our international subsidiaries and certain legacy and acquired billing systems that have not yet been integrated into our primary U.S. billing systems (e.g., recent acquisitions and our lodging tax compliance solution). As we increase our international operations and sales in future periods, we may add customers billed from our international subsidiaries to the core customer metric.

We also have a substantial number of customers of various sizes that do not meet the revenue threshold to be considered a core customer. Many of these customers are in the emerging and small business segment of the marketplace, which represents strategic value and a growth opportunity for us. Customers who do not meet the revenue threshold to be considered a core customer provide us with market share and awareness, and we anticipate that some may grow into core customers. In addition, we have numerous enterprise-level customers that only utilize our services for small segments of their business, providing opportunities over time for us to extend our relationship and make them core customers.

Net Revenue Retention Rate

We believe that our net revenue retention rate provides insight into our ability to retain and grow revenue from our customers, as well as their potential long-term value to us. We also believe it reflects the stability of our revenue base, which is one of our core competitive strengths. We calculate our net revenue retention rate by dividing (a) total revenue in the current quarter from any billing accounts that generated revenue during the corresponding quarter of the prior year by (b) total revenue in such corresponding quarter from those same billing accounts. This calculation includes changes during the period for such billing accounts, such as additional solutions purchased, changes in pricing and transaction volume, and terminations, but does not reflect revenue for new billing accounts added during the one-year period.

Currently, our net revenue retention rate includes only customers with unique account identifiers in our primary U.S. billing systems and does not include customers who subscribe to our solutions through our international subsidiaries or certain legacy and acquired billing systems that have not been integrated into our primary U.S. billing systems. Our Streamlined Sales Tax solution (SST) is not included in net revenue retention rate. This means that revenue expansion from existing customers adopting our SST solution is not included, while revenue contraction from customers replacing one or more of Avalara’s other solutions with SST is included.

Reported Consolidated Results

AVALARA, INC.
UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(in thousands, except per share amounts)

 

 

For the Three Months Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Revenue:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Subscription and returns

 

$

132,567

 

 

$

99,956

 

Professional services

 

 

12,193

 

 

 

7,671

 

Total revenue

 

 

144,760

 

 

 

107,627

 

Cost of revenue:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Subscription and returns

 

 

34,882

 

 

 

28,287

 

Professional services

 

 

5,697

 

 

 

4,592

 

Total cost of revenue (1)

 

 

40,579

 

 

 

32,879

 

Gross profit

 

 

104,181

 

 

 

74,748

 

Operating expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Research and development (1)

 

 

34,457

 

 

 

25,619

 

Sales and marketing (1)

 

 

59,759

 

 

 

46,310

 

General and administrative (1)

 

 

29,647

 

 

 

18,154

 

Total operating expenses

 

 

123,863

 

 

 

90,083

 

Operating loss

 

 

(19,682

)

 

 

(15,335

)

Other (income) expense:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest income

 

 

(32

)

 

 

(1,786

)

Interest expense

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

Other (income) expense, net

 

 

637

 

 

 

(1,559

)

Total other (income) expense, net

 

 

605

 

 

 

(3,342

)

Loss before income taxes

 

 

(20,287

)

 

 

(11,993

)

(Benefit from) provision for income taxes

 

 

(9,256

)

 

 

326

 

Net loss

 

$

(11,031

)

 

$

(12,319

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss per share attributable to common shareholders, basic and diluted

 

$

(0.13

)

 

$

(0.16

)

Weighted average shares of common stock outstanding, basic and diluted

 

 

84,767

 

 

 

77,147

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For the Three Months Ended December 31,

 

(1) The stock-based compensation expense included above was as follows:

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Cost of revenue

 

$

1,645

 

 

$

845

 

Research and development

 

 

3,971

 

 

 

1,966

 

Sales and marketing

 

 

3,219

 

 

 

2,325

 

General and administrative

 

 

4,536

 

 

 

3,307

 

Total stock-based compensation

 

$

13,371

 

 

$

8,443

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The amortization of acquired intangibles included above was as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of revenue

 

$

1,864

 

 

$

1,219

 

Research and development

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sales and marketing

 

 

3,061

 

 

 

618

 

General and administrative

 

 

807

 

 

 

4

 

Total amortization of acquired intangibles

 

$

5,732

 

 

$

1,841

 

 

AVALARA, INC.
UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(in thousands, except per share amounts)

 

 

For the Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Revenue:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Subscription and returns

 

$

465,825

 

 

$

355,181

 

Professional services

 

 

34,744

 

 

 

27,240

 

Total revenue

 

 

500,569

 

 

 

382,421

 

Cost of revenue:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Subscription and returns

 

 

124,333

 

 

 

97,824

 

Professional services

 

 

18,762

 

 

 

17,475

 

Total cost of revenue (1)

 

 

143,095

 

 

 

115,299

 

Gross profit

 

 

357,474

 

 

 

267,122

 

Operating expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Research and development (1)

 

 

119,710

 

 

 

82,442

 

Sales and marketing (1)

 

 

204,490

 

 

 

168,634

 

General and administrative (1)

 

 

95,242

 

 

 

71,918

 

Total operating expenses

 

 

419,442

 

 

 

322,994

 

Operating loss

 

 

(61,968

)

 

 

(55,872

)

Other (income) expense:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest income

 

 

(1,678

)

 

 

(6,037

)

Interest expense

 

 

 

 

 

289

 

Other (income) expense, net

 

 

(2,798

)

 

 

(865

)

Total other (income) expense, net

 

 

(4,476

)

 

 

(6,613

)

Loss before income taxes

 

 

(57,492

)

 

 

(49,259

)

(Benefit from) provision for income taxes

 

 

(8,309

)

 

 

955

 

Net loss

 

$

(49,183

)

 

$

(50,214

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss per share attributable to common shareholders, basic and diluted

 

$

(0.61

)

 

$

(0.68

)

Weighted average shares of common stock outstanding, basic and diluted

 

 

80,985

 

 

 

73,345

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For the Year Ended December 31,

 

(1) The stock-based compensation expense included above was as follows:

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Cost of revenue

 

$

5,909

 

 

$

3,122

 

Research and development

 

 

13,226

 

 

 

6,666

 

Sales and marketing

 

 

12,147

 

 

 

8,736

 

General and administrative

 

 

16,888

 

 

 

15,825

 

Total stock-based compensation

 

$

48,170

 

 

$

34,349

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The amortization of acquired intangibles included above was as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of revenue

 

$

5,166

 

 

$

4,854

 

Research and development

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sales and marketing

 

 

4,664

 

 

 

2,271

 

General and administrative

 

 

819

 

 

 

15

 

Total amortization of acquired intangibles

 

$

10,649

 

 

$

7,140

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AVALARA, INC.
UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(in thousands)

 

 

December 31,

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

673,593

 

 

$

466,950

 

Restricted cash

 

 

19,953

 

 

 

 

Trade accounts receivable—net of allowance for doubtful accounts

 

 

75,857

 

 

 

51,644

 

Deferred commissions

 

 

12,245

 

 

 

9,279

 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

 

20,098

 

 

 

14,127

 

Total current assets before customer fund assets

 

 

801,746

 

 

 

542,000

 

Funds held from customers

 

 

30,598

 

 

 

24,383

 

Receivable from customers—net of allowance for doubtful accounts

 

 

563

 

 

 

420

 

Total current assets

 

 

832,907

 

 

 

566,803

 

Noncurrent assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Restricted cash

 

 

37,700

 

 

 

 

Deferred commissions

 

 

38,625

 

 

 

29,137

 

Operating lease right-of-use assets—net

 

 

52,320

 

 

 

49,321

 

Property and equipment—net

 

 

34,713

 

 

 

34,997

 

Intangible assets—net

 

 

86,513

 

 

 

22,932

 

Goodwill

 

 

513,234

 

 

 

101,224

 

Other noncurrent assets

 

 

6,321

 

 

 

2,853

 

Total assets

 

$

1,602,333

 

 

$

807,267

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities and shareholders' equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trade payables

 

 

20,280

 

 

 

11,693

 

Accrued expenses

 

 

84,532

 

 

 

59,341

 

Deferred revenue

 

 

208,026

 

 

 

160,271

 

Accrued purchase price related to acquisitions

 

 

22,473

 

 

 

2,763

 

Accrued earnout liabilities

 

 

749

 

 

 

4,120

 

Operating lease liabilities

 

 

11,339

 

 

 

8,756

 

Total current liabilities before customer fund obligations

 

 

347,399

 

 

 

246,944

 

Customer fund obligations

 

 

31,549

 

 

 

24,783

 

Total current liabilities

 

 

378,948

 

 

 

271,727

 

Noncurrent liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deferred revenue

 

 

1,664

 

 

 

970

 

Accrued purchase price related to acquisitions

 

 

49,057

 

 

 

 

Accrued earnout liabilities

 

 

34,468

 

 

 

9,835

 

Operating lease liabilities

 

 

56,625

 

 

 

58,301

 

Deferred tax liability

 

 

1,031

 

 

 

337

 

Other noncurrent liabilities

 

 

380

 

 

 

2,375

 

Total liabilities

 

 

522,173

 

 

 

343,545

 

Commitments and contingencies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shareholders' equity:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common stock

 

 

9

 

 

 

8

 

Additional paid-in capital

 

 

1,640,867

 

 

 

976,627

 

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

 

 

(1,339

)

 

 

(2,719

)

Accumulated deficit

 

 

(559,377

)

 

 

(510,194

)

Total shareholders’ equity

 

 

1,080,160

 

 

 

463,722

 

Total liabilities and shareholders' equity

 

$

1,602,333

 

 

$

807,267

 

 

 

AVALARA, INC.
UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(in thousands)

 

 

For the Three Months Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019 (1)

 

Cash flows from operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

$

(11,031

)

 

$

(12,319

)

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stock-based compensation

 

 

13,371

 

 

 

8,443

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

8,310

 

 

 

4,123

 

Deferred tax benefit

 

 

(9,612

)

 

 

(361

)

Non-cash operating lease costs

 

 

2,084

 

 

 

1,620

 

Non-cash change in earnout liability

 

 

 

 

 

(1,653

)

Non-cash bad debt expense

 

 

618

 

 

 

765

 

Other

 

 

(9

)

 

 

310

 

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trade accounts receivable

 

 

(5,716

)

 

 

(3,214

)

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

 

846

 

 

 

(270

)

Deferred commissions

 

 

(5,029

)

 

 

(5,934

)

Other noncurrent assets

 

 

(145

)

 

 

(434

)

Trade payables

 

 

3,343

 

 

 

965

 

Accrued expenses

 

 

17,732

 

 

 

13,941

 

Deferred revenue

 

 

19,857

 

 

 

12,776

 

Operating lease liabilities

 

 

(3,061

)

 

 

(1,605

)

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

 

31,558

 

 

 

17,153

 

Cash flows from investing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purchase of property and equipment

 

 

(1,533

)

 

 

(2,281

)

Capitalized software development costs

 

 

(1,453

)

 

 

(703

)

Cash paid for acquisitions of businesses, net of cash acquired

 

 

(368,198

)

 

 

 

Cash paid for acquired intangible assets

 

 

(1,200

)

 

 

 

Net cash used in investing activities

 

 

(372,384

)

 

 

(2,984

)

Cash flows from financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Payments of deferred financing costs

 

 

(386

)

 

 

 

Proceeds from exercise of stock options

 

 

9,229

 

 

 

6,436

 

Net increase in customer fund obligations

 

 

4,057

 

 

 

7,520

 

Net cash provided by financing activities

 

 

12,900

 

 

 

13,956

 

Foreign currency effect

 

 

396

 

 

 

(20

)

Net change in cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and restricted cash equivalents

 

 

(327,530

)

 

 

28,105

 

Cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and restricted cash equivalents—Beginning of period

 

 

1,089,374

 

 

 

463,228

 

Cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and restricted cash equivalents—End of period

 

$

761,844

 

 

$

491,333

 

Reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and restricted cash equivalents to the Consolidated Balance Sheets, end of period:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

673,593

 

 

$

466,950

 

Restricted cash

 

 

57,653

 

 

 

 

Restricted cash equivalents—funds held from customers

 

 

30,598

 

 

 

24,383

 

Total cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and restricted cash equivalents, end of period

 

$

761,844

 

 

$

491,333

 

 

(1) We have corrected the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for the three months ended December 31, 2019 (see Unaudited Corrected Statements of Cash Flows schedule below for details).

 

AVALARA, INC.
UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(in thousands)

 

 

For the Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019 (1)

 

Cash flows from operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

$

(49,183

)

 

$

(50,214

)

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stock-based compensation

 

 

48,170

 

 

 

34,349

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

20,233

 

 

 

15,807

 

Asset impairments

 

 

794

 

 

 

 

Deferred tax benefit

 

 

(9,419

)

 

 

(223

)

Non-cash operating lease costs

 

 

8,111

 

 

 

5,000

 

Non-cash change in earnout liabilities

 

 

(2,325

)

 

 

(1,043

)

Non-cash bad debt expense

 

 

2,063

 

 

 

1,367

 

Other

 

 

(230

)

 

 

104

 

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trade accounts receivable

 

 

(17,921

)

 

 

(12,862

)

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

 

(3,333

)

 

 

(3,544

)

Deferred commissions

 

 

(12,454

)

 

 

(19,149

)

Other noncurrent assets

 

 

(2,843

)

 

 

(1,265

)

Trade payables

 

 

8,026

 

 

 

5,783

 

Accrued expenses

 

 

23,979

 

 

 

16,246

 

Deferred revenue

 

 

39,254

 

 

 

37,558

 

Operating lease liabilities

 

 

(10,304

)

 

 

(5,764

)

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

 

42,618

 

 

 

22,150

 

Cash flows from investing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purchase of property and equipment

 

 

(4,501

)

 

 

(7,885

)

Capitalized software development costs

 

 

(4,159

)

 

 

(2,295

)

Cash paid for acquisitions of businesses, net of cash acquired

 

 

(368,198

)

 

 

(30,310

)

Cash paid for acquired intangible assets

 

 

(1,200

)

 

 

(139

)

Net cash used in investing activities

 

 

(378,058

)

 

 

(40,629

)

Cash flows from financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from common stock offering, net of underwriting discounts

 

 

556,312

 

 

 

274,705

 

Payments of deferred financing costs

 

 

(686

)

 

 

(555

)

Proceeds from exercise of stock options

 

 

39,946

 

 

 

58,019

 

Proceeds from purchases of stock under employee stock purchase plan

 

 

11,337

 

 

 

12,293

 

Taxes paid related to net share settlement of stock-based awards

 

 

 

 

 

(1,183

)

Acquisition-related post-closing payments

 

 

(2,763

)

 

 

 

Payments related to business combination earnouts

 

 

(3,760

)

 

 

(375

)

Payments related to asset acquisition earnouts

 

 

(65

)

 

 

 

Net increase in customer fund obligations

 

 

5,738

 

 

 

11,506

 

Net cash provided by financing activities

 

 

606,059

 

 

 

354,410

 

Foreign currency effect

 

 

(108

)

 

 

(33

)

Net change in cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and restricted cash equivalents

 

 

270,511

 

 

 

335,898

 

Cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and restricted cash equivalents—Beginning of period

 

 

491,333

 

 

 

155,435

 

Cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and restricted cash equivalents—End of period

 

$

761,844

 

 

$

491,333

 

Reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and restricted cash equivalents to the Consolidated Balance Sheets, end of period:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

673,593

 

 

$

466,950

 

Restricted cash

 

 

57,653

 

 

 

 

Restricted cash equivalents—funds held from customers

 

 

30,598

 

 

 

24,383

 

Total cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and restricted cash equivalents, end of period

 

$

761,844

 

 

$

491,333

 

 

(1) We have corrected the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for the year ended December 31, 2019 (see Unaudited Corrected Statements of Cash Flows schedule below for details).

 

AVALARA, INC.
UNAUDITED PRESENTATION AND RECONCILIATION TO NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES
(in thousands, except per share amounts)

The following schedules summarize our non-GAAP financial measures and reconcile these non-GAAP financial measures to the related GAAP financial measures:

Summary of Non-GAAP Financial Measures:

 

 

For the Three Months
Ended December 31,

 

 

For the Year Ended
December 31,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Non-GAAP cost of revenue

 

$

37,070

 

 

$

30,815

 

 

$

132,020

 

 

$

107,323

 

Non-GAAP gross profit

 

 

107,690

 

 

 

76,812

 

 

 

368,549

 

 

 

275,098

 

Non-GAAP gross margin

 

 

74

%

 

 

71

%

 

 

74

%

 

 

72

%

Non-GAAP research and development expense

 

$

30,486

 

 

$

23,653

 

 

$

106,484

 

 

$

75,776

 

Non-GAAP sales and marketing expense

 

 

53,479

 

 

 

43,367

 

 

 

187,679

 

 

 

157,627

 

Non-GAAP general and administrative expense

 

 

24,304

 

 

 

14,843

 

 

 

77,535

 

 

 

56,078

 

Non-GAAP operating loss

 

 

(579

)

 

 

(5,051

)

 

 

(3,149

)

 

 

(14,383

)

Non-GAAP net income (loss)

 

 

8,072

 

 

 

(2,035

)

 

 

9,636

 

 

 

(8,725

)

Non-GAAP basic net income (loss) per share

 

 

0.10

 

 

 

(0.03

)

 

 

0.12

 

 

 

(0.12

)

Non-GAAP diluted net income (loss) per share

 

 

0.09

 

 

 

(0.03

)

 

 

0.11

 

 

 

(0.12

)

Free cash flow

 

$

28,572

 

 

$

14,169

 

 

$

33,958

 

 

$

11,970

 

Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures:

 

 

For the Three Months
Ended December 31,

 

 

For the Year Ended
December 31,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Cost of Revenue:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of revenue

 

$

40,579

 

 

$

32,879

 

 

$

143,095

 

 

$

115,299

 

Stock-based compensation expense

 

 

(1,645

)

 

 

(845

)

 

 

(5,909

)

 

 

(3,122

)

Amortization of acquired intangibles

 

 

(1,864

)

 

 

(1,219

)

 

 

(5,166

)

 

 

(4,854

)

Non-GAAP Cost of Revenue

 

$

37,070

 

 

$

30,815

 

 

$

132,020

 

 

$

107,323

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Gross Profit:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross Profit

 

$

104,181

 

 

$

74,748

 

 

$

357,474

 

 

$

267,122

 

Stock-based compensation expense

 

 

1,645

 

 

 

845

 

 

 

5,909

 

 

 

3,122

 

Amortization of acquired intangibles

 

 

1,864

 

 

 

1,219

 

 

 

5,166

 

 

 

4,854

 

Non-GAAP Gross Profit

 

$

107,690

 

 

$

76,812

 

 

$

368,549

 

 

$

275,098

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Gross Margin:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross margin

 

 

72

%

 

 

69

%

 

 

71

%

 

 

70

%

Stock-based compensation expense as a percentage of revenue

 

 

1

%

 

 

1

%

 

 

1

%

 

 

1

%

Amortization of acquired intangibles as a percentage of revenue

 

 

1

%

 

 

1

%

 

 

1

%

 

 

1

%

Non-GAAP Gross Margin

 

 

74

%

 

 

71

%

 

 

74

%

 

 

72

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Research and Development Expense:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Research and development

 

$

34,457

 

 

$

25,619

 

 

$

119,710

 

 

$

82,442

 

Stock-based compensation expense

 

 

(3,971

)

 

 

(1,966

)

 

 

(13,226

)

 

 

(6,666

)

Amortization of acquired intangibles

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-GAAP Research and Development Expense

 

$

30,486

 

 

$

23,653

 

 

$

106,484

 

 

$

75,776

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Sales and Marketing Expense:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sales and marketing

 

$

59,759

 

 

$

46,310

 

 

$

204,490

 

 

$

168,634

 

Stock-based compensation expense

 

 

(3,219

)

 

 

(2,325

)

 

 

(12,147

)

 

 

(8,736

)

Amortization of acquired intangibles

 

 

(3,061

)

 

 

(618

)

 

 

(4,664

)

 

 

(2,271

)

Non-GAAP Sales and Marketing Expense

 

$

53,479

 

 

$

43,367

 

 

$

187,679

 

 

$

157,627

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reconciliation of Non-GAAP General and Administrative Expense:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

General and administrative

 

$

29,647

 

 

$

18,154

 

 

$

95,242

 

 

$

71,918

 

Stock-based compensation expense

 

 

(4,536

)

 

 

(3,307

)

 

 

(16,888

)

 

 

(15,825

)

Amortization of acquired intangibles

 

 

(807

)

 

 

(4

)

 

 

(819

)

 

 

(15

)

Non-GAAP General and Administrative Expense

 

$

24,304

 

 

$

14,843

 

 

$

77,535

 

 

$

56,078

 

 

 

 

For the Three Months
Ended December 31,

 

 

For the Year Ended
December 31,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Operating Loss:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating loss

 

$

(19,682

)

 

$

(15,335

)

 

$

(61,968

)

 

$

(55,872

)

Stock-based compensation expense

 

 

13,371

 

 

 

8,443

 

 

 

48,170

 

 

 

34,349

 

Amortization of acquired intangibles

 

 

5,732

 

 

 

1,841

 

 

 

10,649

 

 

 

7,140

 

Non-GAAP Operating Loss

 

$

(579

)

 

$

(5,051

)

 

$

(3,149

)

 

$

(14,383

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Net Income (Loss):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

$

(11,031

)

 

$

(12,319

)

 

$

(49,183

)

 

$

(50,214

)

Stock-based compensation expense

 

 

13,371

 

 

 

8,443

 

 

 

48,170

 

 

 

34,349

 

Amortization of acquired intangibles

 

 

5,732

 

 

 

1,841

 

 

 

10,649

 

 

 

7,140

 

Non-GAAP Net Income (Loss)

 

$

8,072

 

 

$

(2,035

)

 

$

9,636

 

 

$

(8,725

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Basic Net Income (Loss) Per

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Share:

Net loss per share

 

$

(0.13

)

 

$

(0.16

)

 

$

(0.61

)

 

$

(0.68

)

Stock-based compensation expense per share

 

 

0.16

 

 

 

0.11

 

 

 

0.59

 

 

 

0.47

 

Amortization of acquired intangibles per share

 

 

0.07

 

 

 

0.02

 

 

 

0.13

 

 

 

0.10

 

Non-GAAP Basic Net Income (Loss) Per Share

 

$

0.10

 

 

$

(0.03

)

 

$

0.12

 

 

$

(0.12

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Diluted Net Income (Loss) Per

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Share:

Net loss per share

 

$

(0.12

)

 

$

(0.16

)

 

$

(0.58

)

 

$

(0.68

)

Stock-based compensation expense per share

 

 

0.15

 

 

 

0.11

 

 

 

0.56

 

 

 

0.47

 

Amortization of acquired intangibles per share

 

 

0.06

 

 

 

0.02

 

 

 

0.12

 

 

 

0.10

 

Non-GAAP Diluted Net Income (Loss) Per Share (1)

 

$

0.09

 

 

$

(0.03

)

 

$

0.11

 

 

$

(0.12

)

Shares used in computing non-GAAP diluted net income (loss) per
share

 

 

89,257

 

 

 

77,147

 

 

 

85,381

 

 

 

73,345

 

 

(1) Non-GAAP diluted net income per share for the three months and year ended December 31, 2020 was calculated using the diluted share count which includes approximately 4.5 million and 4.4 million dilutive shares, respectively, related to employee stock options and stock-based awards. For the three months and year ended December 31, 2019, all common stock equivalents have been excluded from the diluted share count as their effect is antidilutive.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Free Cash Flow:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities (2)

 

$

31,558

 

 

$

17,153

 

 

$

42,618

 

 

$

22,150

 

Less: Purchases of property and equipment (3)

 

 

(1,533

)

 

 

(2,281

)

 

 

(4,501

)

 

 

(7,885

)

Less: Capitalized software development costs (3)

 

 

(1,453

)

 

 

(703

)

 

 

(4,159

)

 

 

(2,295

)

Free Cash Flow

 

$

28,572

 

 

$

14,169

 

 

$

33,958

 

 

$

11,970

 

 

(2) We have corrected net cash provided by operating activities for the three months and year ended December 31, 2019 (see Unaudited Corrected Statements of Cash Flows schedule below for details).

(3) Capitalized software development costs were previously included in purchases of property and equipment and does not impact previously reported free cash flow.

 

 

AVALARA, INC.
UNAUDITED PRESENTATION OF CALCULATED BILLINGS AND RECONCILIATION TO REVENUE

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Dec 31,

2020 (2)

 

 

Sep 30,

2020

 

 

Jun 30,

2020

 

 

Mar 31,

2020

 

 

Dec 31,

2019

 

 

Sep 30,

2019

 

 

Jun 30,

2019

 

 

Mar 31,

2019 (1)

 

Total revenue

$

144,760

 

 

$

127,879

 

 

$

116,487

 

 

$

111,443

 

 

$

107,627

 

 

$

98,525

 

 

$

91,299

 

 

$

84,970

 

Add:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deferred revenue (end of

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

period)

209,690

180,640

167,719

165,369

161,241

148,466

138,811

132,714

Contract liabilities (end of

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

period)

10,134

7,673

6,195

6,330

5,197

4,843

4,508

4,208

Impact of adoption of

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ASC 606 on deferred

revenue

11,250

Less:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deferred revenue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(beginning of

 

period)

(180,640

)

(167,719

)

(165,369

)

(161,241

)

(148,466

)

(138,811

)

(132,714

)

(134,653

)

Contract liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(beginning of

period)

(7,673

)

(6,195

)

(6,330

)

(5,197

)

(4,843

)

(4,508

)

(4,208

)

Impact of adoption of

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ASC 606 on contract

liabilities

(2,090

)

Deferred revenue assumed in

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

business combinations

(9,194

)

Calculated billings

$

167,077

 

 

$

142,278

 

 

$

118,702

 

 

$

116,704

 

 

$

120,756

 

 

$

108,515

 

 

$

97,696

 

 

$

96,399

 

 

(1) The first quarter of 2019 includes reconciling adjustments to exclude the one-time impact of adoption of ASC 606 as of January 1, 2019.

(2) The fourth quarter of 2020 includes reconciling adjustments to exclude the acquisition-date fair value of deferred revenue assumed in business combinations.

 

AVALARA, INC.
UNAUDITED PRESENTATION OF KEY BUSINESS METRICS

 

Dec 31,

2020

 

 

Sep 30,

2020

 

 

Jun 30,

2020

 

 

Mar 31,

2020

 

 

Dec 31,

2019

 

 

Sep 30,

2019

 

 

Jun 30,

2019

 

 

Mar 31,

2019

 

Number of core

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

customers

(as of end

of period)

14,890

14,180

13,560

12,940

12,150

11,400

10,560

9,800

Net revenue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

retention rate

104

%

108

%

107

%

109

%

111

%

113

%

111

%

107

%

 

AVALARA, INC.
UNAUDITED CORRECTED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

During the fourth quarter of 2020, we discovered an immaterial error in the presentation and classification of funds held from customers in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for each of the first three quarters of 2020 and for each of the four quarters and year ended December 31, 2019. The error was related to the classification and presentation of changes in funds held from customers, which are considered restricted cash equivalents. Previously, we presented the change in funds held from customers as a separate caption within Investing Activities in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. To correct this error, amounts previously reported as investing activities for the changes in funds held from customers are reported as restricted cash equivalents. In the tables below, we have presented our Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows as previously reported and as corrected for each of the first three quarters of 2020, each of the four quarters of 2019 and the year ended December 31, 2019.

 

 

For the Three Months Ended

 

 

 

September 30, 2020

 

 

June 30, 2020

 

 

March 31, 2020

 

 

 

As Previously Reported

 

 

As Corrected

 

 

As Previously Reported

 

 

As Corrected

 

 

As Previously Reported

 

 

As Corrected

 

Cash flows from operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other

 

$

101

 

 

$

213

 

 

$

253

 

 

$

(424

)

 

$

192

 

 

$

(10

)

Net cash provided by operating
activities

 

 

27,922

 

 

 

28,034

 

 

 

8,174

 

 

 

7,497

 

 

 

(24,269

)

 

 

(24,471

)

Cash flows from investing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net (increase) decrease in customer fund assets

 

 

(3,662

)

 

 

 

 

5,896

 

 

 

 

 

(3,915

)

 

 

Net cash used in investing activities

 

 

(5,780

)

 

 

(2,118

)

 

 

3,940

 

 

 

(1,956

)

 

 

(5,515

)

 

 

(1,600

)

Net change in cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and restricted cash equivalents

 

 

589,666

 

 

 

593,440

 

 

 

23,876

 

 

 

17,303

 

 

 

(16,415

)

 

 

(12,702

)

Cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and restricted cash equivalents—Beginning of period

 

 

474,411

 

 

 

495,934

 

 

 

450,535

 

 

 

478,631

 

 

 

466,950

 

 

 

491,333

 

Cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and restricted cash equivalents—End of period

 

$

1,064,077

 

 

$

1,089,374

 

 

$

474,411

 

 

$

495,934

 

 

$

452,765

 

 

$

478,631

 

 

 

 

For the Three Months Ended

 

 

For the Year Ended

 

 

 

December 31, 2019

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

 

June 30, 2019

 

 

March 31, 2019

 

 

December 31, 2019

 

 

 

As
Previously Reported

 

 

As
Corrected

 

 

As
Previously Reported

 

 

As
Corrected

 

 

As
Previously Reported

 

 

As
Corrected

 

 

As
Previously Reported

 

 

As
Corrected

 

 

As
Previously Reported

 

 

As
Corrected

 

Cash flows from operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other

 

$

112

 

 

$

310

 

 

$

32

 

 

$

311

 

 

$

137

 

 

$

396

 

 

$

58

 

 

$

(914

)

 

$

339

 

 

$

104

 

Net cash provided by
operating activities

 

 

16,955

 

 

 

17,153

 

 

 

5,852

 

 

 

6,131

 

 

 

10,000

 

 

 

10,259

 

 

 

(10,421

)

 

 

(11,393

)

 

 

22,386

 

 

 

22,150

 

Cash flows from investing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net (increase) decrease in customer fund assets

 

 

(7,520

)

 

 

 

 

7,892

 

 

 

 

 

(4,654

)

 

 

 

 

(7,224

)

 

 

 

 

(11,506

)

 

 

Net cash used in
investing activities

 

 

(10,504

)

 

 

(2,984

)

 

 

(7,362

)

 

 

(15,254

)

 

 

(7,490

)

 

 

(2,836

)

 

 

(26,779

)

 

 

(19,555

)

 

 

(52,135

)

 

 

(40,629

)

Net change in cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash,
and restricted cash equivalents

 

 

20,387

 

 

 

28,105

 

 

 

4,979

 

 

 

(2,634

)

 

 

294,706

 

 

 

299,619

 

 

 

4,556

 

 

 

10,808

 

 

 

324,628

 

 

 

335,898

 

Cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and restricted cash equivalents—Beginning of period

 

 

446,563

 

 

 

463,228

 

 

 

441,584

 

 

 

465,862

 

 

 

146,878

 

 

 

166,243

 

 

 

142,322

 

 

 

155,435

 

 

 

142,322

 

 

 

155,435

 

Cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and restricted cash equivalents—End of period

 

$

466,950

 

 

$

491,333

 

 

$

446,563

 

 

$

463,228

 

 

$

441,584

 

 

$

465,862

 

 

$

146,878

 

 

$

166,243

 

 

$

466,950

 

 

$

491,333

 

 

 

FAQ

What were Avalara's Q4 2020 financial results?

Avalara reported Q4 2020 revenue of $144.8 million, up 35% YoY, with a GAAP operating loss of $19.7 million.

How much revenue did Avalara generate in fiscal year 2020?

Avalara generated total revenue of $500.6 million in fiscal year 2020, reflecting a 31% increase from 2019.

What is Avalara's guidance for Q1 2021?

For Q1 2021, Avalara expects total revenue between $142.0 million and $144.0 million.

What was Avalara's net loss in Q4 2020?

In Q4 2020, Avalara reported a GAAP net loss of $11.0 million.

What is the significance of Avalara's deferred revenue growth?

Avalara's deferred revenue grew to $209.7 million, indicating strong future revenue recognition.

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