Bandwidth Announces Second Quarter 2023 Financial Results
- Second quarter revenue and Adjusted EBITDA exceeded guidance ranges
- Increasing full-year revenue guidance
- Targeting year-over-year profitability growth of 30 percent
- Customer wins and named a leader in IDC's Worldwide CPaaS MarketScape
- None.
Second quarter revenue and profitability exceeded guidance ranges
Messaging revenue up
"I am pleased with our business performance and financial results in the second quarter of 2023 demonstrating solid execution and a focus on serving our customers through a challenging economic environment," said David Morken, Bandwidth's Chief Executive Officer. "Looking to the remainder of the year, we will maintain our strong focus on disciplined execution and expanded profitability while leveraging our global reach, regulatory experience, enterprise-grade APIs, and breakthrough innovations like Maestro for the benefit of our customers."
Second Quarter 2023 Financial Highlights
The following table summarizes the consolidated financial highlights for the three months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022 (in millions, except per share amounts).(1)
Three months ended | |||
2023 | 2022 | ||
Revenue | $ 146 | $ 136 | |
Gross Margin | 40 % | 41 % | |
Non-GAAP Gross Margin (1) | 55 % | 53 % | |
Adjusted EBITDA(1) | $ 11 | $ 5 | |
Dollar-based net retention rate (2) | 106 % | 112 % |
(1) Additional information regarding the Non-GAAP financial measures discussed in this release, including an explanation of these measures and how each is calculated, is included below under the heading "Non-GAAP Financial Measures." A reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP financial measures has also been provided in the financial tables included below. |
(2) Additional information regarding our dollar-based net retention rate and how it is calculated is included below. |
"We achieved second quarter revenue of
Second Quarter Customer and Operational Highlights
- A cloud services provider chose Bandwidth to power their contact center services following major challenges with their incumbent provider. They valued Bandwidth's reliability, resiliency, and premium support. Bandwidth's global reach, regulatory experience, and scalability were also key to supporting their rapidly growing international business.
- A large contact center services provider in
Central Europe selected Bandwidth to serve their customers in the EMEA region. Looking to expand their geographic presence, Bandwidth solved their global and regulatory challenges while enabling new capabilities for customized local services. - A children's hospital network turned to Bandwidth to migrate its contact center and collaboration communications to the cloud. The strong combination of Bandwidth's new Cisco Webex integration with Maestro, number management API and flexible call routing provided the capabilities and assurance they needed to begin their move.
- A Fortune 200 energy technology company modernized their communications with Bandwidth to enable their Teams deployment globally. The customer chose Bandwidth for its superior support capability, global reach, and deep experience as a Microsoft direct routing provider.
- Bandwidth named a leader in IDC's Worldwide CPaaS MarketScape for the third consecutive time.
Financial Outlook
Bandwidth's outlook is based on current indications for its business, which are subject to change. Bandwidth is providing guidance for its third quarter and full year 2023 as follows:
Q3 2023 | Full Year 2023 | ||
Revenue (millions) | |||
Adjusted EBITDA (millions) |
Bandwidth has not reconciled its third quarter and full year 2023 guidance related to Adjusted EBITDA to GAAP net income or loss, because stock-based compensation cannot be reasonably calculated or predicted at this time. Accordingly, a reconciliation is not available without unreasonable effort.
Upcoming Investor Conference Schedule
- KeyBanc Technology Leadership Forum in
Vail, CO. Fireside chat on August 7, 2023 at 1:30PM Mountain Time. - Canaccord Genuity 43rd Annual Growth Conference in
Boston, MA. Fireside chat on August 9, 2023 at 8:30AM Eastern Time.
Conference Call
Bandwidth will host a conference call to discuss financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2023 on August 2, 2023. Details can be found below and on the investor section of its website at https://investors.bandwidth.com where a replay will also be available shortly following the conference call.
Conference Call Details
August 2, 2023
5:00 pm ET
Domestic dial-in:
844-481-2707
International dial-in:
412-317-0663
Replay information
An audio replay of this conference call will be available through August 9, 2023, by dialing (877)-344-7529 or (412)-317-0088 for international callers, and entering passcode 3263287.
About Bandwidth Inc.
Bandwidth (NASDAQ: BAND) is a global cloud communications software company that helps enterprises deliver exceptional experiences through voice calling, text messaging and emergency services. Our solutions and our Communications Cloud, covering 60+ countries and over 90 percent of global GDP, are trusted by all the leaders in unified communications and cloud contact centers–including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Cisco, Google, Microsoft, RingCentral, Zoom, Genesys and Five9–as well as Global 2000 enterprises and SaaS builders like Docusign, Uber and Yosi Health. As a founder of the cloud communications revolution, we are the first and only global Communications Platform-as-a-Service (CPaaS) to offer a unique combination of composable APIs, owner-operated network and broad regulatory experience. Our award-winning support teams help businesses around the world solve complex communications challenges to reach anyone, anywhere. For more information, visit www.bandwidth.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes forward-looking statements. All statements contained in this press release other than statements of historical facts, including, without limitation, future financial and business performance for the quarter ending September 30, 2023 and year ending December 31, 2023, the success of our product offerings and our platform, and the value proposition of our products, are forward-looking statements. The words "anticipate," "assume," "believe," "continue," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "guide," "may," "will" and similar expressions and their negatives are intended to identify forward-looking statements. We have based these forward-looking statements largely on our current expectations and projections about future events and financial trends that we believe may affect our financial condition, results of operations, business strategy, short-term and long-term business operations and objectives and financial needs. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, risks related to our rapid growth and ability to sustain our revenue growth rate, competition in the markets in which we operate, market growth, our ability to innovate and manage our growth, our ability to expand effectively into new markets, macroeconomic conditions both in the
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
To supplement our consolidated financial statements, which are prepared and presented in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in
The presentation of Non-GAAP financial information and other business metrics is not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for the directly comparable financial measures prepared in accordance with GAAP. While our Non-GAAP financial measures and other business metrics are an important tool for financial and operational decision-making and for evaluating our own operating results over different periods of time, we urge investors to review the reconciliation of these financial measures to the comparable GAAP financial measures included above, and not to rely on any single financial measure to evaluate our business.
We define Non-GAAP gross profit as gross profit after adding back depreciation, amortization of acquired intangible assets related to acquisitions and stock-based compensation. We add back depreciation, amortization of acquired intangible assets related to acquisitions and stock-based compensation because they are non-cash items. We eliminate the impact of these non-cash items, because we do not consider them indicative of our core operating performance. Their exclusion facilitates comparisons of our operating performance on a period-to-period basis. Therefore, we believe that showing gross margin, as adjusted to remove the impact of these non-cash expenses, is helpful to investors in assessing our gross profit and gross margin performance in a way that is similar to how management assesses our performance. We calculate Non-GAAP gross margin by dividing Non-GAAP gross profit by revenue less pass-through messaging surcharges, expressed as a percentage of revenue.
We define Non-GAAP net income as net income or loss adjusted for certain items affecting period to period comparability. Non-GAAP net income excludes stock-based compensation, amortization of acquired intangible assets related to acquisitions, amortization of debt discount and issuance costs for convertible debt, acquisition related expenses, impairment charges of intangibles assets, net cost associated with early lease terminations and leases without economic benefit, (gain) loss on sale of business, net (gain) loss on extinguishment of debt, gain on business interruption insurance recoveries, non-recurring items not indicative of ongoing operations and other, and estimated tax impact of above adjustments, net of valuation allowances.
We define Adjusted EBITDA as net income or losses from continuing operations, adjusted to reflect the addition or elimination of certain statement of operations items including, but not limited to: income tax (benefit) provision, interest (income) expense, net, depreciation and amortization expense, acquisition related expenses, stock-based compensation expense, impairment of intangible assets, (gain) loss on sale of business, net cost associated with early lease terminations and leases without economic benefit, net (gain) loss on extinguishment of debt, gain on business interruption insurance recoveries, and non-recurring items not indicative of ongoing operations and other. We have presented Adjusted EBITDA because it is a key measure used by our management and board of directors to understand and evaluate our core operating performance and trends, generate future operating plans, and make strategic decisions regarding the allocation of capital. In particular, we believe that the exclusion of certain items in calculating Adjusted EBITDA can produce a useful measure for period-to-period comparisons of our business.
We define free cash flow as net cash provided by or used in operating activities less net cash used in the acquisition of property, plant and equipment and capitalized development costs for software for internal use. We believe free cash flow is a useful indicator of liquidity and provides information to management and investors about the amount of cash generated from our core operations that can be used for investing in our business. Free cash flow has certain limitations in that it does not represent the total increase or decrease in the cash balance for the period, it does not take into consideration investment in long-term securities, nor does it represent the residual cash flows available for discretionary expenditures. Therefore, it is important to evaluate free cash flow along with our consolidated statements of cash flows.
While a reconciliation of Non-GAAP guidance measures to corresponding GAAP measures is not available on a forward-looking basis as a result of the uncertainty regarding, and the potential variability of, many of these costs and expenses that we may incur in the future, we have provided a reconciliation of Non-GAAP financial measures and other business metrics to the nearest comparable GAAP measures in the accompanying financial statement tables included in this press release.
To calculate the dollar-based net retention rate, we first identify the cohort of customers that generated revenue in the same quarter of the prior year. The dollar-based net retention rate is obtained by dividing the revenue generated from that cohort in a quarter, by the revenue generated from that same cohort in the corresponding quarter in the prior year. The dollar-based net retention rate reported in a quarter is then obtained by averaging the result from that quarter by the corresponding results from each of the prior three quarters. Customers of acquired businesses are included in the subsequent year's calendar quarter of acquisition. Our dollar-based net retention rate increases when such customers increase usage of a product, extend usage of a product to new applications or adopt a new product. Our dollar-based net retention rate decreases when such customers cease or reduce usage of a product or when we lower prices on our solutions.
BANDWIDTH INC. | |||||||
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations | |||||||
(In thousands, except share and per share amounts) | |||||||
(Unaudited) | |||||||
Three months ended June 30, | Six months ended June 30, | ||||||
2023 | 2022 | 2023 | 2022 | ||||
Revenue | $ 145,874 | $ 136,489 | $ 283,718 | $ 267,853 | |||
Cost of revenue | 86,919 | 81,085 | 169,110 | 157,035 | |||
Gross profit | 58,955 | 55,404 | 114,608 | 110,818 | |||
Operating expenses | |||||||
Research and development | 24,852 | 24,264 | 50,513 | 46,691 | |||
Sales and marketing | 25,754 | 23,327 | 50,783 | 46,479 | |||
General and administrative | 15,868 | 16,863 | 32,587 | 33,568 | |||
Total operating expenses | 66,474 | 64,454 | 133,883 | 126,738 | |||
Operating loss | (7,519) | (9,050) | (19,275) | (15,920) | |||
Other income, net | |||||||
Net gain on extinguishment of debt | — | — | 12,767 | — | |||
Gain on business interruption insurance recoveries | 4,000 | — | 4,000 | — | |||
Other (expense) income, net | (218) | 2,385 | (746) | 2,620 | |||
Total other income, net | 3,782 | 2,385 | 16,021 | 2,620 | |||
Loss before income taxes | (3,737) | (6,665) | (3,254) | (13,300) | |||
Income tax (provision) benefit | (153) | 417 | 2,975 | 238 | |||
Net loss | $ (3,890) | $ (6,248) | $ (279) | $ (13,062) | |||
Net loss per share, basic and diluted | $ (0.15) | $ (0.25) | $ (0.01) | $ (0.52) | |||
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding, basic and diluted | 25,555,219 | 25,279,615 | 25,502,131 | 25,249,998 | |||
The Company recognized total stock-based compensation expense as follows: | |||||||
Three months ended June 30, | Six months ended June 30, | ||||||
2023 | 2022 | 2023 | 2022 | ||||
Cost of revenue | $ 204 | $ 91 | $ 396 | $ 190 | |||
Research and development | 3,315 | 1,663 | 6,456 | 3,531 | |||
Sales and marketing | 1,428 | 727 | 2,665 | 1,626 | |||
General and administrative | 3,058 | 2,340 | 5,866 | 4,820 | |||
Total | $ 8,005 | $ 4,821 | $ 15,383 | $ 10,167 |
BANDWIDTH INC. | |||
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets | |||
(In thousands) | |||
(Unaudited) | |||
As of June 30, | As of December 31, | ||
2023 | 2022 | ||
Assets | |||
Current assets: | |||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ 91,824 | $ 113,641 | |
Marketable securities | 30,750 | 71,231 | |
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts | 74,864 | 74,465 | |
Deferred costs | 4,385 | 3,566 | |
Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 18,520 | 16,705 | |
Total current assets | 220,343 | 279,608 | |
Property, plant and equipment, net | 173,276 | 99,753 | |
Operating right-of-use asset, net | 7,120 | 9,993 | |
Intangible assets, net | 173,911 | 177,370 | |
Deferred costs, non-current | 4,895 | 4,938 | |
Other long-term assets | 7,591 | 31,251 | |
Goodwill | 330,144 | 326,405 | |
Total assets | $ 917,280 | $ 929,318 | |
Liabilities and stockholders' equity | |||
Current liabilities: | |||
Accounts payable | $ 20,626 | $ 26,750 | |
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities | 58,690 | 62,577 | |
Current portion of deferred revenue | 7,929 | 7,181 | |
Advanced billings | 5,510 | 10,049 | |
Operating lease liability, current | 5,090 | 7,450 | |
Total current liabilities | 97,845 | 114,007 | |
Other liabilities | 64,252 | 11,176 | |
Operating lease liability, net of current portion | 3,457 | 4,640 | |
Deferred revenue, net of current portion | 8,269 | 8,306 | |
Deferred tax liability | 33,996 | 38,466 | |
Convertible senior notes | 417,559 | 480,546 | |
Total liabilities | 625,378 | 657,141 | |
Stockholders' equity: | |||
Class A and Class B common stock | 26 | 25 | |
Additional paid-in capital | 376,909 | 364,913 | |
Accumulated deficit | (48,826) | (48,547) | |
Accumulated other comprehensive loss | (36,207) | (44,214) | |
Total stockholders' equity | 291,902 | 272,177 | |
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity | $ 917,280 | $ 929,318 |
BANDWIDTH INC. | |||
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows | |||
(In thousands) | |||
(Unaudited) | |||
Six months ended June 30, | |||
2023 | 2022 | ||
Cash flows from operating activities | |||
Net loss | $ (279) | $ (13,062) | |
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities | |||
Depreciation and amortization | 18,692 | 18,087 | |
Non-cash reduction to the right-of-use asset | 3,242 | 3,724 | |
Amortization of debt discount and issuance costs | 1,485 | 1,533 | |
Stock-based compensation | 15,383 | 10,167 | |
Deferred taxes and other | (5,225) | (2,187) | |
Net gain on extinguishment of debt | (12,767) | — | |
Gain on business interruption insurance recoveries | (4,000) | — | |
Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | |||
Accounts receivable, net of allowances | 3,712 | (16,672) | |
Prepaid expenses and other assets | (957) | (10,497) | |
Accounts payable | (6,171) | 11,742 | |
Accrued expenses and other liabilities | (12,464) | 1,433 | |
Operating right-of-use liability | (3,919) | (3,944) | |
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities | (3,268) | 324 | |
Cash flows from investing activities | |||
Purchase of property, plant and equipment | (3,859) | (9,035) | |
Deposits for construction in progress | — | (14,545) | |
Capitalized software development costs | (5,001) | (1,231) | |
Purchase of marketable securities | (40,625) | (137,786) | |
Proceeds from sales and maturities of marketable securities | 81,233 | — | |
Proceeds from sale of business | 835 | — | |
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities | 32,583 | (162,597) | |
Cash flows from financing activities | |||
Payments on finance leases | (90) | (126) | |
Net cash paid for debt extinguishment | (51,259) | — | |
Payment of debt issuance costs | — | (487) | |
Proceeds from exercises of stock options | 413 | 162 | |
Value of equity awards withheld for tax liabilities | (1,000) | (1,937) | |
Net cash used in financing activities | (51,936) | (2,388) | |
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash | 27 | (1,434) | |
Net decrease in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash | (22,594) | (166,095) | |
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash, beginning of period | 114,622 | 332,289 | |
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash, end of period | $ 92,028 | $ 166,194 |
BANDWIDTH INC. | |||||||
Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures | |||||||
(In thousands, except share and per share amounts) | |||||||
(Unaudited) | |||||||
Non-GAAP Gross Profit and Non-GAAP Gross Margin | |||||||
Three months ended June 30, | Six months ended June 30, | ||||||
2023 | 2022 | 2023 | 2022 | ||||
Gross Profit | $ 58,955 | $ 55,404 | $ 114,608 | $ 110,818 | |||
Gross Profit Margin % | 40 % | 41 % | 40 % | 41 % | |||
Depreciation | 4,205 | 3,362 | 7,734 | 6,738 | |||
Amortization of acquired intangible assets | 1,959 | 1,934 | 3,904 | 3,966 | |||
Stock-based compensation | 204 | 91 | 396 | 190 | |||
Non-GAAP Gross Profit | $ 65,323 | $ 60,791 | $ 126,642 | $ 121,712 | |||
Non-GAAP Gross Margin % (1) | 55 % | 53 % | 54 % | 53 % |
(1) Calculated by dividing Non-GAAP gross profit by revenue less pass-through messaging surcharges of |
BANDWIDTH INC. | |||||||
Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures | |||||||
(In thousands, except share and per share amounts) | |||||||
(Unaudited) | |||||||
Non-GAAP Net Income (Loss) | |||||||
Three months ended June 30, | Six months ended June 30, | ||||||
2023 | 2022 | 2023 | 2022 | ||||
Net loss | $ (3,890) | $ (6,248) | $ (279) | $ (13,062) | |||
Stock-based compensation | 8,005 | 4,821 | 15,383 | 10,167 | |||
Amortization of acquired intangibles | 4,338 | 4,334 | 8,612 | 8,900 | |||
Amortization of debt discount and issuance costs for convertible debt | 474 | 761 | 1,036 | 1,521 | |||
Gain on sale of business | — | (2,859) | — | (3,777) | |||
Net gain on extinguishment of debt | — | — | (12,767) | — | |||
Gain on business interruption insurance recoveries | (4,000) | — | (4,000) | — | |||
Non-recurring items not indicative of ongoing operations and other (1) | 180 | 34 | 739 | 189 | |||
Estimated tax effects of adjustments (2) | (708) | (1,735) | (3,135) | (2,286) | |||
Non-GAAP net income (loss) | $ 4,399 | $ (892) | $ 5,589 | $ 1,652 | |||
Interest expense on Convertible Notes (3) (4) | 317 | 732 | 655 | 1,125 | |||
Numerator used to compute Non-GAAP diluted net income (loss) per share (4) | $ 4,716 | $ (892) | $ 6,244 | $ 2,777 | |||
Net loss per share, basic and diluted | $ (0.15) | $ (0.25) | $ (0.01) | $ (0.52) | |||
Non-GAAP net income (loss) per Non-GAAP share | |||||||
Basic | $ 0.17 | $ (0.04) | $ 0.22 | $ 0.07 | |||
Diluted | $ 0.16 | $ (0.04) | $ 0.21 | $ 0.09 | |||
Weighted average number of shares outstanding | |||||||
Basic and diluted shares | 25,555,219 | 25,279,615 | 25,502,131 | 25,249,998 | |||
Non-GAAP basic shares | 25,555,219 | 25,279,615 | 25,502,131 | 25,249,998 | |||
Convertible debt conversion | 3,317,023 | — | 3,569,511 | 5,788,805 | |||
Stock options issued and outstanding | 27,413 | — | 60,583 | 120,167 | |||
Non-GAAP diluted shares | 28,899,655 | 25,279,615 | 29,132,225 | 31,158,970 |
(1) Non-recurring items not indicative of ongoing operations and other include (i) | |||||
(2) The estimated tax-effect of adjustments is determined by recalculating the tax provision on a Non-GAAP basis. The Non-GAAP effective income tax rate was | |||||
(3) Upon the adoption of ASU 2020-06 on January 1, 2022, net income is increased for interest expense as part of the calculation for diluted Non-GAAP earnings per share | |||||
(4) As we had a Non-GAAP net loss for the three months ended June 30, 2022, the interest expense on the Convertible Notes was not used to compute Non-GAAP diluted net loss per share. This figure is presented to show the activity during the quarter resulting in the interest expense on the Convertible Notes used to compute Non-GAAP diluted net income per share for the six months ended June 30, 2022. |
BANDWIDTH INC. | |||||||
Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures | |||||||
(In thousands, except share and per share amounts) | |||||||
(Unaudited) | |||||||
Adjusted EBITDA | |||||||
Three months ended June 30, | Six months ended June 30, | ||||||
2023 | 2022 | 2023 | 2022 | ||||
Net loss | $ (3,890) | $ (6,248) | $ (279) | $ (13,062) | |||
Income tax provision (benefit) | 153 | (417) | (2,975) | (238) | |||
Interest expense, net | 322 | 874 | 1,236 | 2,124 | |||
Depreciation | 5,460 | 4,583 | 10,080 | 9,187 | |||
Amortization | 4,338 | 4,334 | 8,612 | 8,900 | |||
Stock-based compensation | 8,005 | 4,821 | 15,383 | 10,167 | |||
Gain on sale of business | — | (2,859) | — | (3,777) | |||
Net gain on extinguishment of debt | — | — | (12,767) | — | |||
Gain on business interruption insurance recoveries | (4,000) | — | (4,000) | — | |||
Non-recurring items not indicative of ongoing operations and other (1) | 180 | 34 | 337 | 189 | |||
Adjusted EBITDA | $ 10,568 | $ 5,122 | $ 15,627 | $ 13,490 |
(1) Non-recurring items not indicative of ongoing operations and other include |
Free Cash Flow | |||||||
Three months ended June 30, | Six months ended June 30, | ||||||
2023 | 2022 | 2023 | 2022 | ||||
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities | $ 3,086 | $ 7,019 | $ (3,268) | $ 324 | |||
Net cash used in investing in capital assets (1) | (4,314) | (4,341) | (8,860) | (10,266) | |||
Free cash flow | $ (1,228) | $ 2,678 | $ (12,128) | $ (9,942) |
(1) Represents the acquisition cost of property, plant and equipment and capitalized development costs for software for internal use. |
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