Confluent Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2022 Financial Results
Confluent, Inc. (CFLT) reported a strong Q4 2022, achieving $169 million in revenue, a 41% increase year over year. Fiscal year revenue reached $586 million, up 51%. Confluent Cloud revenue surged by 102% year over year, totaling $68 million for Q4 and $211 million for the fiscal year, reflecting a 124% increase. The company also noted an increase in remaining performance obligations to $741 million (+48%), and a healthy customer base of 991 clients contributing over $100,000 in ARR (+35%). Confluent aims to reach breakeven non-GAAP operating margin by the end of Q4 2023, forecasting 30% revenue growth for 2023.
- Q4 2022 revenue growth of 41%, reaching $169 million.
- Fiscal year revenue of $586 million, up 51%.
- Confluent Cloud revenue climbed 102% year over year, totaling $68 million in Q4.
- 124% growth in FY'22 Confluent Cloud revenue, reaching $211 million.
- Remaining performance obligations increased to $741 million, up 48%.
- Client base expanded to 991 customers with >$100k ARR, up 35%.
- Improved GAAP operating margin, narrowing to -68.2% from -94.8% year over year.
- GAAP operating loss widened to $(462.7) million for FY 2022, up $(123.1) million from FY 2021.
- Significant cash burn with net cash used in operating activities of $(157.3) million for FY 2022, an increase of $(52.2) million year over year.
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Fourth quarter revenue of
$169 million 41% year over year; fiscal year 2022 revenue of$586 million 51% year over year -
Fourth quarter Confluent Cloud revenue of
$68 million 102% year over year; fiscal year 2022 Confluent Cloud revenue of$211 million 124% year over year -
Remaining performance obligations of
$741 million 48% year over year -
991 customers with
$100,000 35% year over year
“Confluent helps power rich customer experiences, more intelligent and efficient backend operations, and unlock new data-driven business opportunities,” said
“Our Q4 results demonstrate our continued commitment to delivering high revenue growth with substantial margin improvements,” said
Fourth Quarter 2022 Financial Highlights
(In millions, except per share data and percentages)
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Q4 2022 |
Q4 2021 |
Y/Y Change |
Total Revenue |
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Remaining Performance Obligations |
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GAAP Operating Loss |
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Non-GAAP Operating Loss |
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GAAP Operating Margin |
( |
( |
26.6 pts |
Non-GAAP Operating Margin |
( |
( |
19.9 pts |
GAAP Net Loss Per Share |
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Non-GAAP Net Loss Per Share |
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Free Cash Flow |
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Fiscal Year 2022 Financial Highlights
(In millions, except per share data and percentages)
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FY 2022 |
FY 2021 |
Y/Y Change |
Total Revenue |
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GAAP Operating Loss |
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Non-GAAP Operating Loss |
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GAAP Operating Margin |
( |
( |
8.6 pts |
Non-GAAP Operating Margin |
( |
( |
11.2 pts |
GAAP Net Loss Per Share |
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Non-GAAP Net Loss Per Share |
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Free Cash Flow |
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A reconciliation of each non-GAAP financial measure to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure is provided in the financial statement tables included in this press release. For a description of these non-GAAP financial measures, including the reasons management uses each measure, please see the section titled “Non-GAAP Financial Measures.”
Financial Outlook
For the first quarter and fiscal year 2023, Confluent expects:
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Q1 2023 Outlook |
FY 2023 Outlook |
Total Revenue |
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Non-GAAP Operating Margin |
~ ( |
( |
Non-GAAP Net Loss Per Share |
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The Company expects to exit the fourth quarter of 2023 with breakeven non-GAAP operating margin.
A reconciliation of forward-looking non-GAAP operating margin and non-GAAP net loss per share to the most directly comparable GAAP measures is not available without unreasonable effort, as certain items cannot be reasonably predicted because of their high variability, complexity and low visibility. In particular, the measures and effects of our stock-based compensation expense specific to our equity compensation awards and employer payroll tax-related items on employee stock transactions are directly impacted by the timing of employee stock transactions and unpredictable fluctuations in our stock price, which we expect to have a significant impact on our future GAAP financial results.
Conference Call Information
Confluent will host a video webcast to discuss the company’s fourth quarter 2022 and fiscal year 2022 results as well as its financial outlook today at
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Forward-Looking Statements
This press release and the earnings call referencing this press release contain forward-looking statements including, among other things, statements regarding our financial outlook, including operating margins and margin improvements, targeted or anticipated gross and operating margin levels, achievement of non-GAAP operating margin breakeven exiting the fourth quarter of fiscal 2023, and expected revenue growth rate; our market and category leadership position; our ability to invest with discipline and drive durable and efficient growth; our expected investments in research and development and go-to-market functions; expected benefits and efficiencies from our recent restructuring and adjusted cost structure; the potential growth runway for Confluent Cloud; new customer acquisition, rates of Confluent Cloud consumption and demand for and retention of data streaming platforms like Confluent in the face of continued higher interest rates and macroeconomic uncertainty; our expectations regarding the effects of macroeconomic pressure on our go-to-market motion, our pricing, our win rate and deal cycles and customer behaviors such as budget scrutiny; customer growth, retention and engagement; ability for Confluent Cloud to provide cost savings for users and customers; increased adoption of our platform and fully managed solutions for data streaming in general; dependence of businesses on data in motion; ability for Confluent to become the central nervous system of every company; the degree of market acceptance of our products; growth in and growth rate of revenue, customers, remaining performance obligations and dollar-based net retention rate; our ability to increase engagement of customers for Confluent and expand customer cohorts; our market opportunity; our go-to-market strategy; our product differentiation and market acceptance of our products, including over open source alternatives; our strategy and expected results and market acceptance for our Flink offering and timing for launch of that offering; our expectations for market acceptance of stream processing; our ability to meet near-term and mid-term financial targets; our potential for value creation; our investment priority and philosophy; and our overall future prospects. The words “believe,” “may,” “will,” “estimate,” “continue,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “expect,” “seek,” “plan,” “project,” “target,” “looking ahead,” “look to,” “move into,” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements represent our current beliefs, estimates and assumptions only as of the date of this press release and information contained in this press release should not be relied upon as representing our estimates as of any subsequent date. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties, and assumptions. If the risks materialize or assumptions prove incorrect, actual results could differ materially from the results implied by these forward-looking statements. Risks include, but are not limited to: (i) our limited operating history, including in uncertain macroeconomic environments, (ii) our ability to sustain and manage our rapid growth, including following our recent restructuring, (iii) our ability to attract new customers and retain and sell additional features and services to our existing customers, (iv) inflationary conditions, economic uncertainty, recessionary risks, and exchange rate fluctuations, which have resulted and may continue to result in customer pullback in information technology spending, lengthening of sales cycles, reduced contract sizes, reduced consumption of Confluent Cloud or customer preference for open source alternatives, as well as the potential need for cost efficiency measures, such as our recent restructuring, (v) our ability to increase consumption of our offering, including by existing customers and through the acquisition of new customers, and successfully add new features and functionality to our offering, (vi) our ability to achieve or sustain profitability and improve margins annually, by our expected timelines or at all, (vii) our ability to operate our business and execute on our strategic initiatives following our recent restructuring, (viii) the estimated addressable market opportunity for our offering, including our Flink offering and stream processing, (ix) our ability to compete effectively in an increasingly competitive market, including achieving market acceptance over competitors and open source alternatives, (x) our ability to successfully execute our go-to-market strategy and initiatives, including following our recent restructuring, (xi) our ability to attract and retain highly qualified personnel, which could be negatively impacted by our recent restructuring, (xii) breaches in our security measures or unauthorized access to our platform, our data, or our customers’ or other users’ personal data, (xiii) our reliance on third-party cloud-based infrastructure to host Confluent Cloud, and (xiv) general market, political, economic, and business conditions, including continuing impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic. These risks are not exhaustive. Further information on these and other risks that could affect Confluent’s results is included in our filings with the
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
This press release includes the following non-GAAP financial measures: non-GAAP gross profit, non-GAAP gross margin, non-GAAP operating expenses (research and development, sales and marketing, general and administrative), non-GAAP operating loss, non-GAAP operating margin, non-GAAP net loss, non-GAAP net loss per share, free cash flow, and free cash flow margin. We use these non-GAAP financial measures and other key metrics internally to facilitate analysis of our financial and business trends and for internal planning and forecasting purposes. We believe these non-GAAP financial measures, when taken collectively, may be helpful to investors because they provide consistency and comparability with past financial performance by excluding certain items that may not be indicative of our business, results of operations, or outlook. However, non-GAAP financial measures have limitations as an analytical tool and are presented for supplemental informational purposes only. They should not be considered in isolation from, or as a substitute for, financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP. In particular, other companies, including companies in our industry, may report non-GAAP gross profit, non-GAAP gross margin, non-GAAP operating expenses (research and development, sales and marketing, general and administrative), non-GAAP operating loss, non-GAAP operating margin, non-GAAP net loss, non-GAAP net loss per share, free cash flow, free cash flow margin, or similarly titled measures but calculate them differently, which reduces their usefulness as comparative measures. Further, free cash flow is not a substitute for cash used in operating activities. The utility of free cash flow is limited as such measure does not reflect our future contractual commitments and does not represent the total increase or decrease in our cash balance for any given period. Investors are encouraged to review the reconciliation of these non-GAAP measures to their most directly comparable GAAP financial measures, as presented below. We define non-GAAP gross profit, non-GAAP gross margin, non-GAAP operating expenses (research and development, sales and marketing, general and administrative), non-GAAP operating loss, non-GAAP operating margin, non-GAAP net loss, and non-GAAP net loss per share as the respective GAAP balances, adjusted for, as applicable, stock-based compensation expense; employer taxes on employee stock transactions; common stock charitable donation expense; acquisition-related expenses; amortization of debt issuance costs; and income tax effects associated with these adjustments. We define free cash flow as net cash used in operating activities less capitalized internal-use software costs and capital expenditures and free cash flow margin as free cash flow as a percentage of revenue. We believe that free cash flow and free cash flow margin are useful indicators of liquidity that provide information to management and investors about the performance of core operations and future ability to generate cash that can be used for strategic opportunities or investing in our business.
Other Business Metrics
Remaining performance obligations (“RPO”) represent the amount of contracted future revenue that has not yet been recognized as of the end of each period, including both deferred revenue that has been invoiced and non-cancelable committed amounts that will be invoiced and recognized as revenue in future periods. RPO excludes pay-as-you-go arrangements. RPO may also fluctuate due to a number of factors, including the timing of renewals, average contract terms, seasonality, and dollar amount of customer contracts. RPO as a metric is not necessarily indicative of future revenue growth because it does not account for the actual timing of customers’ consumption or future expansion.
Customers with
Dollar-based net retention rate (“NRR”) as of a period end is calculated by starting with the ARR from the cohort of all customers as of 12 months prior to such period end (“Prior Period Value”). We calculate the ARR from these same customers as of the current period end (“Current Period Value”), which includes any growth in the value of subscriptions and is net of contraction or attrition over the prior 12 months. Services and pay-as-you-go arrangements are excluded from the calculation of ARR. We then divide the Current Period Value by the Prior Period Value to arrive at our dollar-based NRR. The dollar-based NRR includes the effect, on a dollar-weighted value basis, of our subscriptions that expand, renew, contract, or attrit, but excludes ARR from new customers in the current period. Our dollar-based NRR is subject to adjustments for acquisitions, consolidations, spin-offs, and other market activity.
About Confluent
Confluent is the data streaming platform that is pioneering a fundamentally new category of data infrastructure that sets data in motion. Confluent’s cloud-native offering is the foundational platform for data in motion – designed to be the intelligent connective tissue enabling real-time data, from multiple sources, to constantly stream across the organization. With Confluent, organizations can meet the new business imperative of delivering rich, digital front-end customer experiences and transitioning to sophisticated, real-time, software-driven backend operations.
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Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets |
|||||||
(in thousands) |
|||||||
(unaudited) |
|||||||
|
|
|
|||||
2022 |
|
2021 |
|||||
| ASSETS | |||||||
| Current assets: | |||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ |
435,781 |
|
$ |
1,375,932 |
|
|
| Marketable securities |
|
1,491,044 |
|
|
640,085 |
|
|
| Accounts receivable, net |
|
178,188 |
|
|
137,491 |
|
|
| Deferred contract acquisition costs |
|
35,883 |
|
|
27,646 |
|
|
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets |
|
57,229 |
|
|
44,919 |
|
|
| Total current assets |
|
2,198,125 |
|
|
2,226,073 |
|
|
| Property and equipment, net |
|
29,089 |
|
|
14,428 |
|
|
| Operating lease right-of-use assets |
|
29,478 |
|
|
37,281 |
|
|
| Deferred contract acquisition costs, non-current |
|
68,401 |
|
|
51,178 |
|
|
| Other assets, non-current |
|
19,756 |
|
|
13,769 |
|
|
| Total assets | $ |
2,344,849 |
|
$ |
2,342,729 |
|
|
| LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY | |||||||
| Current liabilities: | |||||||
| Accounts payable | $ |
21,439 |
|
$ |
7,591 |
|
|
| Accrued expenses and other liabilities |
|
102,755 |
|
|
98,974 |
|
|
| Operating lease liabilities |
|
7,375 |
|
|
9,236 |
|
|
| Deferred revenue |
|
290,185 |
|
|
220,920 |
|
|
| Liability for early exercise of unvested stock options |
|
2,576 |
|
|
11,467 |
|
|
| Total current liabilities |
|
424,330 |
|
|
348,188 |
|
|
| Operating lease liabilities, non-current |
|
25,136 |
|
|
31,645 |
|
|
| Deferred revenue, non-current |
|
32,644 |
|
|
25,557 |
|
|
| Convertible senior notes, net |
|
1,084,500 |
|
|
1,080,701 |
|
|
| Other liabilities, non-current |
|
8,762 |
|
|
6,357 |
|
|
| Total liabilities |
|
1,575,372 |
|
|
1,492,448 |
|
|
| Stockholders’ equity: | |||||||
| Preferred stock |
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
| Class A common stock |
|
2 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
| Class B common stock |
|
1 |
|
|
2 |
|
|
| Additional paid-in capital |
|
1,980,335 |
|
|
1,599,962 |
|
|
| Accumulated other comprehensive loss |
|
(9,456 |
) |
|
(830 |
) |
|
| Accumulated deficit |
|
(1,201,405 |
) |
|
(748,854 |
) |
|
| Total stockholders’ equity |
|
769,477 |
|
|
850,281 |
|
|
| Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity | $ |
2,344,849 |
|
$ |
2,342,729 |
|
|
|
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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations |
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(in thousands, except share and per share data) |
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(unaudited) |
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Three Months Ended |
|
Year Ended |
|||||||||||||
2022 |
|
2021 |
|
2022 |
|
2021 |
|||||||||
| Revenue: | |||||||||||||||
| Subscription | $ |
155,341 |
|
$ |
108,191 |
|
$ |
535,009 |
|
$ |
347,099 |
|
|||
| Services |
|
13,325 |
|
|
11,737 |
|
|
50,935 |
|
|
40,765 |
|
|||
| Total revenue |
|
168,666 |
|
|
119,928 |
|
|
585,944 |
|
|
387,864 |
|
|||
| Cost of revenue: | |||||||||||||||
| Subscription(1)(2) |
|
38,696 |
|
|
33,322 |
|
|
146,324 |
|
|
94,860 |
|
|||
| Services(1)(2) |
|
15,253 |
|
|
12,824 |
|
|
56,091 |
|
|
42,432 |
|
|||
| Total cost of revenue |
|
53,949 |
|
|
46,146 |
|
|
202,415 |
|
|
137,292 |
|
|||
| Gross profit |
|
114,717 |
|
|
73,782 |
|
|
383,529 |
|
|
250,572 |
|
|||
| Operating expenses: | |||||||||||||||
| Research and development(1)(2) |
|
71,809 |
|
|
56,686 |
|
|
264,041 |
|
|
161,925 |
|
|||
| Sales and marketing(1)(2) |
|
122,684 |
|
|
100,625 |
|
|
456,452 |
|
|
319,331 |
|
|||
| General and administrative(1)(2) |
|
35,209 |
|
|
30,151 |
|
|
125,710 |
|
|
108,936 |
|
|||
| Total operating expenses |
|
229,702 |
|
|
187,462 |
|
|
846,203 |
|
|
590,192 |
|
|||
| Operating loss |
|
(114,985 |
) |
|
(113,680 |
) |
|
(462,674 |
) |
|
(339,620 |
) |
|||
| Other income (expense), net |
|
11,327 |
|
|
(329 |
) |
|
16,416 |
|
|
(7 |
) |
|||
| Loss before income taxes |
|
(103,658 |
) |
|
(114,009 |
) |
|
(446,258 |
) |
|
(339,627 |
) |
|||
| Provision for (benefit from) income taxes |
|
2,226 |
|
|
430 |
|
|
6,293 |
|
|
3,174 |
|
|||
| Net loss | $ |
(105,884 |
) |
$ |
(114,439 |
) |
$ |
(452,551 |
) |
$ |
(342,801 |
) |
|||
| Net loss per share, basic and diluted | $ |
(0.37 |
) |
$ |
(0.43 |
) |
$ |
(1.62 |
) |
$ |
(1.82 |
) |
|||
| Weighted-average shares used to compute net loss per share, basic and diluted |
|
286,732,756 |
|
|
265,480,761 |
|
|
280,080,357 |
|
|
188,627,720 |
|
|||
(1) Includes stock-based compensation expense as follows:
Three Months Ended |
|
Year Ended |
|||||||||
2022 |
|
2021 |
|
2022 |
|
2021 |
|||||
| Cost of revenue - subscription | $ |
5,492 |
$ |
5,479 |
$ |
23,136 |
$ |
12,571 |
|||
| Cost of revenue - services |
|
2,379 |
|
2,029 |
|
9,253 |
|
5,418 |
|||
| Research and development |
|
28,385 |
|
20,298 |
|
101,499 |
|
49,051 |
|||
| Sales and marketing |
|
26,846 |
|
20,859 |
|
99,366 |
|
55,506 |
|||
| General and administrative |
|
12,926 |
|
9,407 |
|
44,402 |
|
33,078 |
|||
| Total stock-based compensation expense | $ |
76,028 |
$ |
58,072 |
$ |
277,656 |
$ |
155,624 |
|||
(2) Includes employer taxes on employee stock transactions as follows:
| Three Months Ended |
Year Ended |
||||||||||
2022 |
|
2021 |
|
2022 |
|
2021 |
|||||
| Cost of revenue - subscription | $ |
84 |
$ |
481 |
$ |
569 |
$ |
636 |
|||
| Cost of revenue - services |
|
385 |
|
40 |
|
604 |
|
377 |
|||
| Research and development |
|
755 |
|
1,279 |
|
2,632 |
|
2,278 |
|||
| Sales and marketing |
|
177 |
|
2,317 |
|
2,485 |
|
4,266 |
|||
| General and administrative |
|
131 |
|
1,835 |
|
720 |
|
2,532 |
|||
| Total employer taxes on employee stock transactions | $ |
1,532 |
$ |
5,952 |
$ |
7,010 |
$ |
10,089 |
|||
|
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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows |
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(in thousands) |
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(unaudited) |
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|
|
|
|
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|
Three Months Ended |
|
Year Ended |
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2022 |
|
2021 |
|
2022 |
|
2021 |
|||||||||
| CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES | |||||||||||||||
| Net loss | $ |
(105,884 |
) |
$ |
(114,439 |
) |
$ |
(452,551 |
) |
$ |
(342,801 |
) |
|||
| Adjustments to reconcile net loss to cash used in operating activities: | |||||||||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization |
|
2,485 |
|
|
1,192 |
|
|
7,620 |
|
|
3,632 |
|
|||
| Net (accretion) amortization of (discounts) premiums on marketable securities |
|
(6,022 |
) |
|
770 |
|
|
(8,891 |
) |
|
2,270 |
|
|||
| Amortization of debt issuance costs |
|
959 |
|
|
187 |
|
|
3,799 |
|
|
187 |
|
|||
| Amortization of deferred contract acquisition costs |
|
10,286 |
|
|
8,375 |
|
|
37,339 |
|
|
26,697 |
|
|||
| Non-cash operating lease costs |
|
1,991 |
|
|
2,424 |
|
|
8,608 |
|
|
10,990 |
|
|||
| Common stock charitable donation expense |
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
13,290 |
|
|||
| Stock-based compensation, net of amounts capitalized |
|
76,028 |
|
|
58,072 |
|
|
277,656 |
|
|
155,624 |
|
|||
| Deferred income taxes |
|
(283 |
) |
|
(394 |
) |
|
(237 |
) |
|
1,335 |
|
|||
| Other |
|
504 |
|
|
157 |
|
|
1,384 |
|
|
1,828 |
|
|||
| Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | |||||||||||||||
| Accounts receivable |
|
(35,665 |
) |
|
(21,642 |
) |
|
(42,080 |
) |
|
(32,516 |
) |
|||
| Deferred contract acquisition costs |
|
(20,724 |
) |
|
(20,332 |
) |
|
(62,801 |
) |
|
(57,924 |
) |
|||
| Prepaid expenses and other assets |
|
3,248 |
|
|
(14,027 |
) |
|
(17,850 |
) |
|
(31,366 |
) |
|||
| Accounts payable |
|
7,132 |
|
|
4,406 |
|
|
13,580 |
|
|
6,143 |
|
|||
| Accrued expenses and other liabilities |
|
8,226 |
|
|
29,642 |
|
|
9,948 |
|
|
61,132 |
|
|||
| Operating lease liabilities |
|
(2,270 |
) |
|
(2,650 |
) |
|
(9,209 |
) |
|
(10,866 |
) |
|||
| Deferred revenue |
|
32,911 |
|
|
44,383 |
|
|
76,352 |
|
|
87,285 |
|
|||
| Net cash used in operating activities |
|
(27,078 |
) |
|
(23,876 |
) |
|
(157,333 |
) |
|
(105,060 |
) |
|||
| CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES | |||||||||||||||
| Capitalization of internal-use software costs |
|
(2,781 |
) |
|
(1,479 |
) |
|
(10,334 |
) |
|
(5,342 |
) |
|||
| Purchases of marketable securities |
|
(528,660 |
) |
|
(284,683 |
) |
|
(2,051,908 |
) |
|
(663,595 |
) |
|||
| Maturities of marketable securities |
|
482,899 |
|
|
91,275 |
|
|
1,200,558 |
|
|
271,942 |
|
|||
| Purchases of property and equipment |
|
(1,006 |
) |
|
(1,364 |
) |
|
(4,121 |
) |
|
(3,600 |
) |
|||
| Other |
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
12 |
|
|||
| Net cash used in investing activities |
|
(49,548 |
) |
|
(196,251 |
) |
|
(865,805 |
) |
|
(400,583 |
) |
|||
| CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES | |||||||||||||||
| Proceeds from initial public offering, net of underwriting discounts and commissions |
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
786,600 |
|
|||
| Proceeds from issuance of common stock upon exercise of vested options |
|
8,329 |
|
|
22,611 |
|
|
42,461 |
|
|
51,737 |
|
|||
| Proceeds from issuance of common stock upon early exercise of unvested options |
|
- |
|
|
512 |
|
|
416 |
|
|
19,454 |
|
|||
| Repurchases of unvested options |
|
(80 |
) |
|
(107 |
) |
|
(789 |
) |
|
(482 |
) |
|||
| Payments of deferred offering costs |
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
(3,125 |
) |
|||
| Proceeds from convertible senior notes, net of issuance costs |
|
- |
|
|
1,081,300 |
|
|
(786 |
) |
|
1,081,300 |
|
|||
| Payment for purchase of capped calls |
|
- |
|
|
(90,970 |
) |
|
- |
|
|
(90,970 |
) |
|||
| Proceeds from issuance of common stock under employee stock purchase plan |
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
40,939 |
|
|
- |
|
|||
| Net cash provided by financing activities |
|
8,249 |
|
|
1,013,346 |
|
|
82,241 |
|
|
1,844,514 |
|
|||
| Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash |
|
2 |
|
|
16 |
|
|
(4 |
) |
|
5 |
|
|||
| Net (decrease) increase in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash |
|
(68,375 |
) |
|
793,235 |
|
|
(940,901 |
) |
|
1,338,876 |
|
|||
| Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at beginning of period |
|
504,156 |
|
|
583,447 |
|
|
1,376,682 |
|
|
37,806 |
|
|||
| Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at end of period | $ |
435,781 |
|
$ |
1,376,682 |
|
$ |
435,781 |
|
$ |
1,376,682 |
|
|||
| Reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash within the consolidated balance sheets to the amounts shown above: | |||||||||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ |
435,781 |
|
$ |
1,375,932 |
|
$ |
435,781 |
|
$ |
1,375,932 |
|
|||
| Restricted cash included in other assets, current |
|
- |
|
|
750 |
|
|
- |
|
|
750 |
|
|||
| Total cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash | $ |
435,781 |
|
$ |
1,376,682 |
|
$ |
435,781 |
|
$ |
1,376,682 |
|
|||
|
|||||||||||||||
Reconciliation of GAAP Measures to Non-GAAP Measures |
|||||||||||||||
(in thousands, except percentages, share and per share data) |
|||||||||||||||
(unaudited) |
|||||||||||||||
Three Months Ended |
|
Year Ended |
|||||||||||||
2022 |
|
2021 |
|
2022 |
|
2021 |
|||||||||
| Reconciliation of GAAP total gross profit to non-GAAP total gross profit: | |||||||||||||||
| Total gross profit on a GAAP basis | $ |
114,717 |
|
$ |
73,782 |
|
$ |
383,529 |
|
$ |
250,572 |
|
|||
| Total gross margin on a GAAP basis |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
| Add: Stock-based compensation expense |
|
7,871 |
|
|
7,508 |
|
|
32,389 |
|
|
17,989 |
|
|||
| Add: Employer taxes on employee stock transactions |
|
469 |
|
|
521 |
|
|
1,173 |
|
|
1,013 |
|
|||
| Non-GAAP total gross profit | $ |
123,057 |
|
$ |
81,811 |
|
$ |
417,091 |
|
$ |
269,574 |
|
|||
| Non-GAAP total gross margin |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
| Reconciliation of GAAP operating expenses to non-GAAP operating expenses: | |||||||||||||||
| Research and development operating expense on a GAAP basis | $ |
71,809 |
|
$ |
56,686 |
|
$ |
264,041 |
|
$ |
161,925 |
|
|||
| Less: Stock-based compensation expense |
|
28,385 |
|
|
20,298 |
|
|
101,499 |
|
|
49,051 |
|
|||
| Less: Employer taxes on employee stock transactions |
|
755 |
|
|
1,279 |
|
|
2,632 |
|
|
2,278 |
|
|||
| Non-GAAP research and development operating expense | $ |
42,669 |
|
$ |
35,109 |
|
$ |
159,910 |
|
$ |
110,596 |
|
|||
| Non-GAAP research and development operating expense as a percentage of total revenue |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
| Sales and marketing operating expense on a GAAP basis | $ |
122,684 |
|
$ |
100,625 |
|
$ |
456,452 |
|
$ |
319,331 |
|
|||
| Less: Stock-based compensation expense |
|
26,846 |
|
|
20,859 |
|
|
99,366 |
|
|
55,506 |
|
|||
| Less: Employer taxes on employee stock transactions |
|
177 |
|
|
2,317 |
|
|
2,485 |
|
|
4,266 |
|
|||
| Non-GAAP sales and marketing operating expense | $ |
95,661 |
|
$ |
77,449 |
|
$ |
354,601 |
|
$ |
259,559 |
|
|||
| Non-GAAP sales and marketing operating expense as a percentage of total revenue |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
| General and administrative operating expense on a GAAP basis | $ |
35,209 |
|
$ |
30,151 |
|
$ |
125,710 |
|
$ |
108,936 |
|
|||
| Less: Stock-based compensation expense |
|
12,926 |
|
|
9,407 |
|
|
44,402 |
|
|
33,078 |
|
|||
| Less: Employer taxes on employee stock transactions |
|
131 |
|
|
1,835 |
|
|
720 |
|
|
2,532 |
|
|||
| Less: Common stock charitable donation expense |
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
13,290 |
|
|||
| Less: Acquisition-related expenses |
|
1,104 |
|
|
- |
|
|
1,104 |
|
|
- |
|
|||
| Non-GAAP general and administrative operating expense | $ |
21,048 |
|
$ |
18,909 |
|
$ |
79,484 |
|
$ |
60,036 |
|
|||
| Non-GAAP general and administrative operating expense as a percentage of total revenue |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
| Three Months Ended |
Year Ended |
||||||||||||||
2022 |
|
2021 |
|
2022 |
|
2021 |
|||||||||
| Reconciliation of GAAP operating loss to non-GAAP operating loss: | |||||||||||||||
| Operating loss on a GAAP basis | $ |
(114,985 |
) |
$ |
(113,680 |
) |
$ |
(462,674 |
) |
$ |
(339,620 |
) |
|||
| Add: Stock-based compensation expense |
|
76,028 |
|
|
58,072 |
|
|
277,656 |
|
|
155,624 |
|
|||
| Add: Employer taxes on employee stock transactions |
|
1,532 |
|
|
5,952 |
|
|
7,010 |
|
|
10,089 |
|
|||
| Add: Common stock charitable donation expense |
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
13,290 |
|
|||
| Add: Acquisition-related expenses |
|
1,104 |
|
|
- |
|
|
1,104 |
|
|
- |
|
|||
| Non-GAAP operating loss | $ |
(36,321 |
) |
$ |
(49,656 |
) |
$ |
(176,904 |
) |
$ |
(160,617 |
) |
|||
| Non-GAAP operating margin |
|
( |
|
( |
|
( |
|
( |
|||||||
| Reconciliation of GAAP net loss to non-GAAP net loss: | |||||||||||||||
| Net loss on a GAAP basis | $ |
(105,884 |
) |
$ |
(114,439 |
) |
$ |
(452,551 |
) |
$ |
(342,801 |
) |
|||
| Add: Stock-based compensation expense |
|
76,028 |
|
|
58,072 |
|
|
277,656 |
|
|
155,624 |
|
|||
| Add: Employer taxes on employee stock transactions |
|
1,532 |
|
|
5,952 |
|
|
7,010 |
|
|
10,089 |
|
|||
| Add: Common stock charitable donation expense |
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
13,290 |
|
|||
| Add: Acquisition-related expenses |
|
1,104 |
|
|
- |
|
|
1,104 |
|
|
- |
|
|||
| Add: Amortization of debt issuance costs |
|
959 |
|
|
187 |
|
|
3,799 |
|
|
187 |
|
|||
| Add: Income tax effects and adjustments |
|
656 |
|
|
(181 |
) |
|
1,631 |
|
|
844 |
|
|||
| Non-GAAP net loss | $ |
(25,605 |
) |
$ |
(50,409 |
) |
$ |
(161,351 |
) |
$ |
(162,767 |
) |
|||
| Non-GAAP net loss per share, basic and diluted | $ |
(0.09 |
) |
$ |
(0.19 |
) |
$ |
(0.58 |
) |
$ |
(0.86 |
) |
|||
| Weighted-average shares used to compute net loss per share, basic and diluted |
|
286,732,756 |
|
|
265,480,761 |
|
|
280,080,357 |
|
|
188,627,720 |
|
|||
The following table presents a reconciliation of free cash flow to net cash used in operating activities, the most directly comparable GAAP measure, for each of the periods indicated (unaudited, in thousands, except percentages):
| Three Months Ended |
Year Ended |
||||||||||||||
2022 |
|
2021 |
|
2022 |
|
2021 |
|||||||||
| Net cash used in operating activities | $ |
(27,078 |
) |
$ |
(23,876 |
) |
$ |
(157,333 |
) |
$ |
(105,060 |
) |
|||
| Capitalized internal-use software costs |
|
(2,781 |
) |
|
(1,479 |
) |
|
(10,334 |
) |
|
(5,342 |
) |
|||
| Capital expenditures |
|
(1,006 |
) |
|
(1,364 |
) |
|
(4,121 |
) |
|
(3,600 |
) |
|||
| Free cash flow | $ |
(30,865 |
) |
$ |
(26,719 |
) |
$ |
(171,788 |
) |
$ |
(114,002 |
) |
|||
| Free cash flow margin |
|
( |
|
( |
|
( |
|
( |
|||||||
| Net cash used in investing activities | $ |
(49,548 |
) |
$ |
(196,251 |
) |
$ |
(865,805 |
) |
$ |
(400,583 |
) |
|||
| Net cash provided by financing activities | $ |
8,249 |
|
$ |
1,013,346 |
|
$ |
82,241 |
|
$ |
1,844,514 |
|
|||
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