Pure Storage Announces Fiscal Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2025 Financial Results
Pure Storage (PSTG) reported strong fiscal Q4 and full year 2025 results, with annual revenue exceeding $3.2 billion, up 12% year-over-year. Q4 revenue reached $879.8 million, growing 11% YoY, while subscription services revenue increased 17% to $385.1 million.
Key financial highlights include Q4 non-GAAP operating margin of 17.4% and full-year operating margin of 17.7%. The company generated $753.1 million in operating cash flow for the full year. Pure Storage returned $374 million to stockholders through share repurchases in FY25 and authorized an additional $250 million for future repurchases.
Notable achievements include securing a design win with a top-four hyperscaler, launching Pure Fusion v2, and expanding AI capabilities through partnerships with NVIDIA and CoreWeave. The company maintained a Net Promoter Score of 81 and was recognized as a leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant for the eleventh consecutive year.
Pure Storage (PSTG) ha riportato risultati solidi per il quarto trimestre fiscale e per l'intero anno 2025, con ricavi annuali superiori a 3,2 miliardi di dollari, in aumento del 12% rispetto all'anno precedente. I ricavi del quarto trimestre hanno raggiunto 879,8 milioni di dollari, con una crescita dell'11% su base annua, mentre i ricavi dei servizi in abbonamento sono aumentati del 17% a 385,1 milioni di dollari.
Tra i principali risultati finanziari ci sono un margine operativo non-GAAP del 17,4% nel quarto trimestre e un margine operativo dell'anno intero del 17,7%. L'azienda ha generato 753,1 milioni di dollari di flusso di cassa operativo per l'intero anno. Pure Storage ha restituito 374 milioni di dollari agli azionisti tramite riacquisti di azioni nel FY25 e ha autorizzato ulteriori 250 milioni di dollari per futuri riacquisti.
Tra i risultati notevoli ci sono l'acquisizione di un contratto di design con uno dei primi quattro hyperscaler, il lancio di Pure Fusion v2 e l'espansione delle capacità AI attraverso partnership con NVIDIA e CoreWeave. L'azienda ha mantenuto un punteggio di Net Promoter Score di 81 ed è stata riconosciuta come leader nel Gartner Magic Quadrant per l'undicesimo anno consecutivo.
Pure Storage (PSTG) reportó resultados sólidos para el cuarto trimestre fiscal y para todo el año 2025, con ingresos anuales que superan los 3.2 mil millones de dólares, un aumento del 12% en comparación con el año anterior. Los ingresos del cuarto trimestre alcanzaron 879.8 millones de dólares, creciendo un 11% interanual, mientras que los ingresos por servicios de suscripción aumentaron un 17% a 385.1 millones de dólares.
Los aspectos financieros clave incluyen un margen operativo no GAAP del 17.4% en el cuarto trimestre y un margen operativo del 17.7% para todo el año. La compañía generó 753.1 millones de dólares en flujo de caja operativo durante todo el año. Pure Storage devolvió 374 millones de dólares a los accionistas a través de recompras de acciones en el FY25 y autorizó otros 250 millones de dólares para futuras recompras.
Entre los logros notables se incluye asegurar una victoria de diseño con uno de los cuatro principales hyperscalers, el lanzamiento de Pure Fusion v2 y la expansión de capacidades de IA a través de asociaciones con NVIDIA y CoreWeave. La compañía mantuvo un puntaje de Net Promoter Score de 81 y fue reconocida como líder en el Gartner Magic Quadrant por undécimo año consecutivo.
Pure Storage (PSTG)는 2025 회계연도 4분기 및 전체 연도 결과가 강력하다고 보고했으며, 연간 수익이 32억 달러를 초과하여 전년 대비 12% 증가했습니다. 4분기 수익은 8억 798만 달러에 도달하여 전년 대비 11% 성장했으며, 구독 서비스 수익은 17% 증가하여 3억 851만 달러에 달했습니다.
주요 재무 하이라이트로는 4분기 비 GAAP 운영 마진이 17.4%, 전체 연도 운영 마진이 17.7%입니다. 이 회사는 전체 연도 동안 7억 531만 달러의 운영 현금 흐름을 창출했습니다. Pure Storage는 FY25에서 주식 환매를 통해 주주에게 3억 7400만 달러를 반환했으며, 향후 환매를 위해 추가로 2억 5000만 달러를 승인했습니다.
주목할 만한 성과로는 상위 4개 하이퍼스케일러와의 디자인 계약 확보, Pure Fusion v2 출시, NVIDIA 및 CoreWeave와의 파트너십을 통한 AI 기능 확장이 있습니다. 이 회사는 81의 넷 프로모터 점수를 유지했으며, 11년 연속으로 가트너 매직 쿼드런트에서 리더로 인정받았습니다.
Pure Storage (PSTG) a annoncé des résultats solides pour le quatrième trimestre fiscal et pour l'ensemble de l'année 2025, avec des revenus annuels dépassant 3,2 milliards de dollars, en hausse de 12 % par rapport à l'année précédente. Les revenus du quatrième trimestre ont atteint 879,8 millions de dollars, avec une croissance de 11 % d'une année sur l'autre, tandis que les revenus des services d'abonnement ont augmenté de 17 % pour atteindre 385,1 millions de dollars.
Les points forts financiers incluent une marge opérationnelle non-GAAP de 17,4 % au quatrième trimestre et une marge opérationnelle de 17,7 % pour l'année entière. L'entreprise a généré 753,1 millions de dollars de flux de trésorerie opérationnel pour l'année entière. Pure Storage a restitué 374 millions de dollars aux actionnaires par le biais de rachats d'actions au cours de l'exercice 25 et a autorisé un montant supplémentaire de 250 millions de dollars pour de futurs rachats.
Parmi les réalisations notables, on trouve la sécurisation d'un contrat de conception avec un des quatre principaux hyperscalers, le lancement de Pure Fusion v2 et l'expansion des capacités d'IA grâce à des partenariats avec NVIDIA et CoreWeave. L'entreprise a maintenu un score de Net Promoter de 81 et a été reconnue comme leader dans le Gartner Magic Quadrant pour la onzième année consécutive.
Pure Storage (PSTG) hat starke Ergebnisse für das vierte Quartal und das gesamte Geschäftsjahr 2025 gemeldet, mit einem Jahresumsatz von über 3,2 Milliarden Dollar, was einem Anstieg von 12 % im Vergleich zum Vorjahr entspricht. Der Umsatz im vierten Quartal erreichte 879,8 Millionen Dollar und wuchs um 11 % im Jahresvergleich, während der Umsatz mit Abonnementdiensten um 17 % auf 385,1 Millionen Dollar anstieg.
Zu den wichtigsten finanziellen Höhepunkten gehören eine non-GAAP-Betriebsgewinnmarge von 17,4 % im vierten Quartal und eine Betriebsgewinnmarge von 17,7 % für das gesamte Jahr. Das Unternehmen erwirtschaftete im gesamten Jahr 753,1 Millionen Dollar an operativem Cashflow. Pure Storage gab 374 Millionen Dollar an die Aktionäre durch Aktienrückkäufe im Geschäftsjahr 25 zurück und genehmigte weitere 250 Millionen Dollar für zukünftige Rückkäufe.
Bemerkenswerte Erfolge umfassen den Gewinn eines Designauftrags mit einem der vier größten Hyperscaler, die Einführung von Pure Fusion v2 und die Erweiterung der KI-Fähigkeiten durch Partnerschaften mit NVIDIA und CoreWeave. Das Unternehmen hielt einen Net Promoter Score von 81 und wurde zum elften Mal in Folge als Marktführer im Gartner Magic Quadrant anerkannt.
- Revenue surpassed $3.2B, growing 12% YoY
- Subscription services revenue up 22% to $1.5B
- Strong Q4 non-GAAP operating margin of 17.4%
- Generated $753.1M operating cash flow in FY25
- Secured major design win with top-four hyperscaler
- Additional $250M share repurchase authorization
- GAAP operating margin declined to 2.7% for full year
- Operating cash flow decreased QoQ from $208M to $151.9M in Q4
Insights
Pure Storage's fiscal 2025 results showcase the company's successful execution of its strategic transition toward a subscription-based model while maintaining strong overall growth. With full-year revenue of $3.2 billion (up 12% YoY) and subscription services revenue of $1.5 billion (up 22% YoY), Pure has established a more predictable, high-margin revenue stream that now represents nearly half of total revenue.
The subscription ARR growth of 21% to $1.7 billion outpacing overall revenue growth demonstrates Pure's effective transition from one-time hardware sales to recurring revenue streams. This shift is critical for long-term stability and explains why investors typically value subscription revenue at higher multiples than hardware sales.
Pure's non-GAAP gross margin of 71.8% for the full year stands out as exceptional in the storage hardware industry, where competitors typically achieve margins in the 50-65% range. This premium pricing power reflects Pure's technological differentiation and the value customers place on its all-flash solutions.
The breakthrough design win with a top-four hyperscaler represents a significant validation of Pure's technology and opens a massive new addressable market. Hyperscale environments have traditionally relied on lower-cost HDDs, and Pure's ability to penetrate this market with its DirectFlash technology could drive substantial growth in coming years.
Pure's 17.7% non-GAAP operating margin demonstrates impressive operational leverage, especially considering continued R&D investments in AI infrastructure and cloud-native solutions. The $526.4 million in free cash flow (16.5% of revenue) provides ample resources for both innovation and shareholder returns.
The company's aggressive share repurchase program – $374 million in FY25 with an additional $250 million authorized – signals management's confidence in Pure's intrinsic value and future prospects. With $1.5 billion in cash and marketable securities, Pure maintains significant financial flexibility for strategic investments while returning capital to shareholders.
Pure Storage's fiscal 2025 results validate its technological strategy of transforming enterprise storage from isolated systems into cohesive data platforms that deliver cloud-like operations with on-premises control. The introduction of Pure Fusion v2 represents a fundamental shift in storage architecture, enabling customers to implement storage-as-code practices previously only available to hyperscalers, with automated provisioning reducing deployment times from weeks to minutes.
The company's breakthrough design win with a top-four hyperscaler demonstrates Pure's ability to overcome flash's historical cost disadvantage versus HDDs in capacity-intensive environments. Pure's DirectFlash architecture eliminates the traditional flash translation layer, delivering up to 30% better capacity utilization and significantly lower power consumption – critical factors in hyperscale economics. This win potentially opens access to the estimated $15-20 billion hyperscale storage market that has been largely inaccessible to all-flash vendors.
Pure's strategic partnerships with Kioxia and Micron provide privileged access to advanced NAND technology roadmaps, enabling Pure to optimize its software specifically for upcoming flash generations before competitors. This integration of hardware and software development cycles creates a sustainable time-to-market advantage.
In the AI infrastructure space, Pure's FlashBlade//S500 certification with NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD addresses the critical I/O bottlenecks in AI training pipelines. Unlike competitive solutions that optimize for either metadata operations or sequential throughput, FlashBlade's unified fast file and object architecture delivers balanced performance across the AI data pipeline – from ingest to preprocessing to training – without requiring data movement between specialized systems.
The Portworx platform's growth reflects its unique position at the intersection of persistent storage, data protection, and Kubernetes orchestration. As enterprises transition from traditional VMware environments to containerized applications, Portworx provides a consistent data services layer that works across on-premises and multiple cloud environments – addressing the multi-cloud reality that most enterprises face.
Delivers double-digit revenue growth and strong profitability in Q4
Full year 2025 revenue surpasses
"Pure Storage delivered solid fourth quarter and full year results as we fundamentally transform data storage and management for enterprises and hyperscalers," said Pure Storage CEO and Chairman Charles Giancarlo. "We are enabling customers to modernize legacy storage architectures into enterprise data clouds with Fusion, our most revolutionary advancement this year, which unlocks the full potential of data, while significantly improving operations, data management, and economics for customers."
Fourth Quarter and Full Year Financial Highlights
- Q4 revenue
, up$879.8 million 11% year-over-year - Full-year revenue
, up$3.2 billion 12% year-over-year - Q4 subscription services revenue
, up$385.1 million 17% year-over-year - Full-year subscription services revenue
, up$1.5 billion 22% year-over-year - Q4 subscription annual recurring revenue (ARR)
, up$1.7 billion 21% year-over-year - Remaining performance obligations (RPO)
, up$2.6 billion 14% year-over-year - Q4 GAAP gross margin
67.5% ; non-GAAP gross margin69.2% - Full-year GAAP gross margin
69.8% ; non-GAAP gross margin71.8% - Q4 GAAP operating income
; non-GAAP operating income$42.5 million $153.1 million - Full-year GAAP operating income
; non-GAAP operating income$85.3 million $559.4 million - Q4 GAAP operating margin
4.8% ; non-GAAP operating margin17.4% - Full-year GAAP operating margin
2.7% ; non-GAAP operating margin17.7% - Q4 operating cash flow
; free cash flow$208.0 million $151.9 million - Full-year operating cash flow
; free cash flow$753.1 million $526.4 million - Total cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities
$1.5 billion - Returned approximately
and$192 million in Q4 and FY25, respectively, to stockholders through share repurchases of 3.1 million shares and 6.7 million shares, respectively.$374 million - Authorized incremental share repurchases of up to an additional
under its stock repurchase program.$250 million
"We achieved a major financial milestone in fiscal year 2025, surpassing
Full Year Company Highlights
- Continued Hyperscale Progress
- Achieved an industry-first design win with a top-four hyperscaler, bringing Pure's DirectFlash® software into massive-scale environments traditionally dominated by hard disk drives (HDDs).
- Announced a strategic collaboration with Kioxia and expanded its partnership with Micron Technology, enabling high-capacity, energy-efficient solutions for hyperscale environments.
- Market-Leading Platform Innovation
- Released Pure Fusion™ v2, unlocking the ability for customers to operate their storage environments as enterprise data clouds, mirroring the benefits and efficiencies of hyperscaler operations.
- Expanded the Pure//E™ family, which offers customers better economics, superior power and density efficiencies compared to disk and is displacing disk in data centers.
- Unveiled seamless VMware-to-Azure migration solutions, providing enterprises with greater flexibility in hybrid cloud strategies.
- Announced major enhancements to the Portworx® platform, which has experienced significant growth as enterprises increasingly adopt cloud-native applications and AI/ML solutions and transition from traditional VMware to modern VMs-on-Container and Kubernetes architectures.
- Accelerating Enterprise AI Adoption
- Achieved certification of FlashBlade//S500 with NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD, optimizing AI training environments for performance, power efficiency, and scalability; also introduced validated reference architectures for NVIDIA OVX-ready solutions and BasePod certification.
- Launched the Pure Storage GenAI Pod, a full-stack generative AI solution designed to simplify and accelerate enterprise AI deployments.
- Partnered with CoreWeave, making its storage a standard option for AI workloads in CoreWeave's high-performance cloud.
- Strengthening Partner Ecosystem & Channel Growth
- Unveiled a revamped Reseller Partner Program, designed to improve profitability for partners and give them increased autonomy while accelerating the transition from hard disk to all-flash storage.
- Unveiled a revamped Reseller Partner Program, designed to improve profitability for partners and give them increased autonomy while accelerating the transition from hard disk to all-flash storage.
- Industry Recognition and Accolades
- Named a leader for the eleventh consecutive year in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Primary Storage Platforms and the fourth consecutive year in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for File and Object Storage Platforms.
- Achieved a world-class Net Promoter Score (NPS) of 81, representing nine consecutive years of achieving an 80+ NPS while growing from hundreds to 13,000 customers.
- Recognized in Forbes' Most Trusted Companies in America 2025 and Fortune's Best Places to Work in Technology 2024.
- Recognized by the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) for Pure Storage's Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction targets as aligned with a 1.5°C trajectory - the most ambitious designation available.
First Quarter and FY26 Guidance
Q1FY26 | |
Revenue | |
Revenue YoY Growth Rate | 11 % |
Non-GAAP Operating Income | |
Non-GAAP Operating Margin | 10.4 % |
FY26 | |
Revenue | |
Revenue YoY Growth Rate | 11 % |
Non-GAAP Operating Income | |
Non-GAAP Operating Margin | 17.0 % |
These statements are forward-looking and actual results may differ materially. Refer to the Forward Looking Statements section below for information on the factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from these statements. Pure has not reconciled its guidance for non-GAAP operating income and non-GAAP operating margin to their most directly comparable GAAP measures because certain items that impact these measures are not within Pure's control and/or cannot be reasonably predicted. Accordingly, reconciliations of these non-GAAP financial measures guidance to the corresponding GAAP measures are not available without unreasonable effort.
Stock Repurchase Authorization
Pure's audit committee has approved incremental share repurchases of up to an additional
Conference Call Information
Pure will host a teleconference to discuss the fiscal fourth quarter and full year 2025 results at 2:00 pm PT today, February 26, 2025. A live audio broadcast of the conference call will be available on the Pure Storage Investor Relations website. Pure will also post its earnings presentation and prepared remarks to this website concurrent with this release.
A replay will be available following the call on the Pure Storage Investor Relations website or for two weeks at 1-800-770-2030 (or 1-647-362-9199 for international callers) with passcode 5667482.
Additionally, Pure is scheduled to participate at the following investor conferences:
Bernstein Insights: What's Next in Tech? 3rd Annual TMT Forum
Date: Thursday, February 27, 2025
Time: 3:00 p.m. PT / 6:00 p.m. ET
Chairman and CEO Charles Giancarlo
Chief Financial Officer Kevan Krysler
Susquehanna 14th Annual Tech Conference
Date: Friday, February 28, 2025
Time: 8:20 a.m. PT / 11:20 a.m. ET
Chief Technology Officer Rob Lee
The presentations will be webcast live and archived on Pure's Investor Relations website at investor.purestorage.com.
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Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements regarding our products, business and operations, including but not limited to our views relating to our opportunity relating to hyperscale and AI environments, our ability to meet hyperscalers' performance and price requirements, our ability to meet the needs of hyperscalers for the entire spectrum of their online storage use cases, the timing and magnitude of large orders, including sales to hyperscalers, the timing and amount of revenue from hyperscaler licensing and support services, future period financial and business results, demand for our products and subscription services, including Evergreen//One, the relative sales mix between our subscription and consumption offerings and traditional capital expenditure sales, our technology and product strategy, specifically customer adoption of Pure Fusion™ and priorities around sustainability, the environmental and energy saving benefits to our customers of using our products, our ability to perform during current macro conditions and expand market share, our sustainability goals and benefits, the impact of inflation, economic or supply chain disruptions, our expectations regarding our product and technology differentiation, new customer acquisition, and other statements regarding our products, business, operations and results. Forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties and are based on potentially inaccurate assumptions that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expected or implied by the forward-looking statements.
Actual results may differ materially from the results predicted, and reported results should not be considered as an indication of future performance. The potential risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ from the results predicted include, among others, those risks and uncertainties included under the caption "Risk Factors" and elsewhere in our filings and reports with the
Key Performance Metric
Subscription ARR is a key business metric that refers to total annualized contract value of all active subscription agreements on the last day of the quarter, plus on-demand revenue for the quarter multiplied by four.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
To supplement our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, which are prepared and presented in accordance with GAAP, Pure uses the following non-GAAP financial measures: non-GAAP gross profit, non-GAAP gross margin, non-GAAP operating income (loss), non-GAAP operating margin, non-GAAP net income (loss), non-GAAP net income (loss) per share, and free cash flow.
We use these non-GAAP financial measures for financial and operational decision-making and as a means to evaluate period-to-period comparisons. Our management believes that these non-GAAP financial measures provide meaningful supplemental information regarding our performance and liquidity by excluding certain expenses such as stock-based compensation expense, payments to former shareholders of acquired companies, payroll tax expense related to stock-based activities, amortization of debt issuance costs related to debt, amortization of intangible assets acquired from acquisitions, restructuring costs related to severance and termination benefits, and costs associated with the impairment of certain leased facilities that may not be indicative of our ongoing core business operating results. Pure believes that both management and investors benefit from referring to these non-GAAP financial measures in assessing our performance and when analyzing historical performance and liquidity and planning, forecasting, and analyzing future periods. The presentation of these non-GAAP financial measures is not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for our financial results prepared in accordance with GAAP, and our non-GAAP measures may be different from non-GAAP measures used by other companies.
For a reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures to GAAP measures, please see the tables captioned "Reconciliations of non-GAAP results of operations to the nearest comparable GAAP measures" and "Reconciliation from net cash provided by operating activities to free cash flow," included at the end of this release.
PURE STORAGE, INC. Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (in thousands, unaudited) | ||||
At the End of Fiscal | ||||
2025 | 2024 | |||
Assets | ||||
Current assets: | ||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ 723,583 | $ 702,536 | ||
Marketable securities | 798,237 | 828,557 | ||
Accounts receivable, net of allowance of | 680,862 | 662,179 | ||
Inventory | 42,810 | 42,663 | ||
Deferred commissions, current | 99,286 | 88,712 | ||
Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 222,501 | 173,407 | ||
Total current assets | 2,567,279 | 2,498,054 | ||
Property and equipment, net | 461,731 | 352,604 | ||
Operating lease right-of-use assets | 146,655 | 129,942 | ||
Deferred commissions, non-current | 229,334 | 215,620 | ||
Intangible assets, net | 19,074 | 33,012 | ||
Goodwill | 361,427 | 361,427 | ||
Restricted cash | 12,553 | 9,595 | ||
Other assets, non-current | 165,889 | 55,506 | ||
Total assets | $ 3,963,942 | $ 3,655,760 | ||
Liabilities and stockholders' equity | ||||
Current liabilities: | ||||
Accounts payable | $ 112,385 | $ 82,757 | ||
Accrued compensation and benefits | 230,040 | 250,257 | ||
Accrued expenses and other liabilities | 156,791 | 135,755 | ||
Operating lease liabilities, current | 43,489 | 44,668 | ||
Deferred revenue, current | 953,836 | 852,247 | ||
Debt, current | 100,000 | — | ||
Total current liabilities | 1,596,541 | 1,365,684 | ||
Long-term debt | — | 100,000 | ||
Operating lease liabilities, non-current | 137,277 | 123,201 | ||
Deferred revenue, non-current | 841,467 | 742,275 | ||
Other liabilities, non-current | 82,182 | 54,506 | ||
Total liabilities | 2,657,467 | 2,385,666 | ||
Stockholders' equity: | ||||
Common stock and additional paid-in capital | 2,674,533 | 2,749,627 | ||
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) | 954 | (3,782) | ||
Accumulated deficit | (1,369,012) | (1,475,751) | ||
Total stockholders' equity | 1,306,475 | 1,270,094 | ||
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity | $ 3,963,942 | $ 3,655,760 |
PURE STORAGE, INC. Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (in thousands, except per share data, unaudited) | ||||||||
Fourth Quarter of Fiscal | Fiscal Year Ended | |||||||
2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | |||||
Revenue: | ||||||||
Product | $ 494,780 | $ 460,891 | ||||||
Subscription services | 385,062 | 328,914 | 1,468,670 | 1,207,752 | ||||
Total revenue | 879,842 | 789,805 | 3,168,164 | 2,830,621 | ||||
Cost of revenue: | ||||||||
Product (1) | 189,901 | 128,842 | 575,347 | 472,430 | ||||
Subscription services (1) | 95,940 | 92,459 | 380,108 | 337,000 | ||||
Total cost of revenue | 285,841 | 221,301 | 955,455 | 809,430 | ||||
Gross profit | 594,001 | 568,504 | 2,212,709 | 2,021,191 | ||||
Operating expenses: | ||||||||
Research and development (1) | 215,009 | 186,841 | 804,405 | 736,764 | ||||
Sales and marketing (1) | 263,845 | 248,136 | 1,020,914 | 945,021 | ||||
General and administrative (1) | 72,680 | 59,299 | 286,231 | 252,243 | ||||
Restructuring and impairment (2) | — | 16,846 | 15,901 | 33,612 | ||||
Total operating expenses | 551,534 | 511,122 | 2,127,451 | 1,967,640 | ||||
Income from operations | 42,467 | 57,382 | 85,258 | 53,551 | ||||
Other income (expense), net | 11,892 | 13,416 | 62,576 | 37,035 | ||||
Income before provision for income taxes | 54,359 | 70,798 | 147,834 | 90,586 | ||||
Income tax provision | 11,924 | 5,360 | 41,095 | 29,275 | ||||
Net income | $ 42,435 | $ 65,438 | $ 106,739 | $ 61,311 | ||||
Net income per share attributable to common stockholders, basic | $ 0.13 | $ 0.21 | $ 0.33 | $ 0.20 | ||||
Net income per share attributable to common stockholders, diluted | $ 0.12 | $ 0.20 | $ 0.31 | $ 0.19 | ||||
Weighted-average shares used in computing net income per share attributable to common stockholders, basic | 326,504 | 317,731 | 325,774 | 311,831 | ||||
Weighted-average shares used in computing net income per share attributable to common stockholders, diluted | 343,109 | 332,014 | 342,704 | 332,568 | ||||
(1) Includes stock-based compensation expense as follows: | ||||||||
Cost of revenue -- product | $ 3,168 | $ 2,614 | $ 12,611 | $ 9,670 | ||||
Cost of revenue -- subscription services | 7,979 | 6,065 | 32,611 | 25,412 | ||||
Research and development | 50,668 | 41,069 | 201,058 | 167,294 | ||||
Sales and marketing | 24,025 | 18,863 | 96,355 | 74,746 | ||||
General and administrative | 16,510 | 7,573 | 78,671 | 54,305 | ||||
Total stock-based compensation expense | $ 102,350 | $ 76,184 | $ 421,306 | $ 331,427 | ||||
(2) Includes expenses for severance and termination benefits related to workforce realignment and lease impairment and abandonment charges associated with cease-use of our former corporate headquarters. |
PURE STORAGE, INC. Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (in thousands, unaudited) | ||||||||
Fourth Quarter of Fiscal | Fiscal Year Ended | |||||||
2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | |||||
Cash flows from operating activities | ||||||||
Net income | $ 42,435 | $ 65,438 | $ 106,739 | $ 61,311 | ||||
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: | ||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 29,125 | 32,856 | 126,654 | 124,416 | ||||
Stock-based compensation expense | 102,350 | 76,184 | 421,306 | 331,427 | ||||
Noncash portion of lease impairment and abandonment | 1,360 | — | 4,630 | 16,766 | ||||
Other | 3,061 | 7,403 | 8,168 | 1,559 | ||||
Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | ||||||||
Accounts receivable, net | (102,638) | (25,728) | (18,640) | (49,687) | ||||
Inventory | 551 | 1,532 | (1,039) | 6,810 | ||||
Deferred commissions | (31,111) | (39,415) | (24,289) | (58,476) | ||||
Prepaid expenses and other assets | (56,213) | (45,355) | (121,657) | (25,669) | ||||
Operating lease right-of-use assets | 8,251 | 8,230 | 34,162 | 35,499 | ||||
Accounts payable | 9,842 | (20,376) | 30,439 | 13,468 | ||||
Accrued compensation and other liabilities | 100,712 | 96,074 | 29,761 | 43,317 | ||||
Operating lease liabilities | (13,564) | (10,434) | (43,917) | (31,891) | ||||
Deferred revenue | 113,847 | 98,016 | 200,781 | 208,872 | ||||
Net cash provided by operating activities | 208,008 | 244,425 | 753,098 | 677,722 | ||||
Cash flows from investing activities | ||||||||
Purchases of property and equipment(1) | (56,086) | (43,570) | (226,727) | (195,161) | ||||
Purchases of investments | (24,999) | — | (31,080) | — | ||||
Purchase of intangible assets | — | — | (1,250) | — | ||||
Purchases of marketable securities | (164,995) | (119,776) | (471,747) | (471,501) | ||||
Sales of marketable securities | 39,734 | 6,558 | 100,975 | 59,053 | ||||
Maturities of marketable securities and other | 82,151 | 114,956 | 412,129 | 610,855 | ||||
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities | (124,195) | (41,832) | (217,700) | 3,246 | ||||
Cash flows from financing activities | ||||||||
Proceeds from exercise of stock options | 5,973 | 6,866 | 27,167 | 39,770 | ||||
Proceeds from issuance of common stock under employee stock purchase plan | — | — | 51,736 | 45,089 | ||||
Proceeds from borrowings | — | — | — | 106,890 | ||||
Principal payments on borrowings and finance lease obligations | (2,397) | (1,617) | (8,118) | (586,199) | ||||
Tax withholding on equity awards | (64,996) | (13,402) | (206,587) | (29,984) | ||||
Repurchases of common stock | (191,978) | (21,460) | (373,977) | (135,801) | ||||
Net cash used in financing activities | (253,398) | (29,613) | (509,779) | (560,235) | ||||
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash | (169,585) | 172,980 | 25,619 | 120,733 | ||||
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, beginning of period | 907,335 | 539,151 | 712,131 | 591,398 | ||||
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, end of period | $ 737,750 | $ 712,131 | $ 737,750 | $ 712,131 |
(1) Includes capitalized internal-use software costs of |
Reconciliations of non-GAAP results of operations to the nearest comparable GAAP measures
The following table presents non-GAAP gross margins by revenue source before certain items (in thousands except percentages, unaudited):
Fourth Quarter of Fiscal | Fourth Quarter of Fiscal | ||||||||||||||||||
2025 | 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
GAAP results | GAAP gross margin (a) | Adjustment | Non- GAAP results | Non- GAAP gross margin (b) | GAAP results | GAAP gross margin (a) | Adjustment | Non- GAAP results | Non- GAAP gross margin (b) | ||||||||||
$ 3,168 | (c) | $ 2,614 | (c) | ||||||||||||||||
58 | (d) | 58 | (d) | ||||||||||||||||
— | 177 | (e) | |||||||||||||||||
3,306 | (f) | 3,306 | (f) | ||||||||||||||||
Gross profit -- product | $ 304,879 | 61.6 % | $ 6,532 | $ 311,411 | 62.9 % | $ 332,049 | 72.0 % | $ 6,155 | $ 338,204 | 73.4 % | |||||||||
$ 7,979 | (c) | $ 6,065 | (c) | ||||||||||||||||
317 | (d) | 276 | (d) | ||||||||||||||||
— | 985 | (e) | |||||||||||||||||
Gross profit -- subscription services | $ 289,122 | 75.1 % | $ 8,296 | $ 297,418 | 77.2 % | $ 236,455 | 71.9 % | $ 7,326 | $ 243,781 | 74.1 % | |||||||||
$ 11,147 | (c) | $ 8,679 | (c) | ||||||||||||||||
375 | (d) | 334 | (d) | ||||||||||||||||
— | 1,162 | (e) | |||||||||||||||||
3,306 | (f) | 3,306 | (f) | ||||||||||||||||
Total gross profit | $ 594,001 | 67.5 % | $ 14,828 | $ 608,829 | 69.2 % | $ 568,504 | 72.0 % | $ 13,481 | $ 581,985 | 73.7 % |
(a) | GAAP gross margin is defined as GAAP gross profit divided by revenue. |
(b) | Non-GAAP gross margin is defined as non-GAAP gross profit divided by revenue. |
(c) | To eliminate stock-based compensation expense. |
(d) | To eliminate payroll tax expense related to stock-based activities. |
(e) | To eliminate expenses for severance and termination benefits related to workforce realignment. |
(f) | To eliminate amortization expense of acquired intangible assets. |
The following table presents non-GAAP gross margins by revenue source before certain items (in thousands except percentages, unaudited):
Fiscal Year Ended | |||||||||||
2025 | |||||||||||
GAAP | GAAP gross | Adjustment | Non- GAAP results | Non- GAAP gross margin (b) | |||||||
$ 12,611 | (c) | ||||||||||
681 | (d) | ||||||||||
20 | (e) | ||||||||||
13,224 | (f) | ||||||||||
Gross profit -- product | $ 1,124,147 | 66.1 % | $ 26,536 | $ 1,150,683 | 67.7 % | ||||||
$ 32,611 | (c) | ||||||||||
2,210 | (d) | ||||||||||
309 | (e) | ||||||||||
Gross profit -- subscription services | $ 1,088,562 | 74.1 % | $ 35,130 | $ 1,123,692 | 76.5 % | ||||||
$ 45,222 | (c) | ||||||||||
2,891 | (d) | ||||||||||
329 | (e) | ||||||||||
13,224 | (f) | ||||||||||
Total gross profit | $ 2,212,709 | 69.8 % | $ 61,666 | $ 2,274,375 | 71.8 % |
(a) | GAAP gross margin is defined as GAAP gross profit divided by revenue. |
(b) | Non-GAAP gross margin is defined as non-GAAP gross profit divided by revenue. |
(c) | To eliminate stock-based compensation expense. |
(d) | To eliminate payroll tax expense related to stock-based activities. |
(e) | To eliminate expenses for severance and termination benefits related to workforce realignment. |
(f) | To eliminate amortization expense of acquired intangible assets. |
The following table presents certain non-GAAP consolidated results before certain items (in thousands, except per share amounts and percentages, unaudited):
Fourth Quarter of Fiscal | Fourth Quarter of Fiscal | ||||||||||||||||||
2025 | 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
GAAP results | GAAP operating margin (a) | Adjustment | Non- GAAP results | Non- GAAP operating margin (b) | GAAP results | GAAP operating margin (a) | Adjustment | Non- GAAP results | Non- GAAP operating margin (b) | ||||||||||
$ 102,350 | (c) | $ 76,184 | (c) | ||||||||||||||||
3,374 | (d) | 2,722 | (d) | ||||||||||||||||
3,536 | (e) | 3,536 | (e) | ||||||||||||||||
1,360 | (g) | — | |||||||||||||||||
— | 18,009 | (f) | |||||||||||||||||
Operating income | 4.8 % | $ 110,620 | $ 153,087 | 17.4 % | 7.3 % | $ 100,451 | $ 157,833 | 20.0 % | |||||||||||
$ 102,350 | (c) | $ 76,184 | (c) | ||||||||||||||||
3,374 | (d) | 2,722 | (d) | ||||||||||||||||
3,536 | (e) | 3,536 | (e) | ||||||||||||||||
— | 18,009 | (f) | |||||||||||||||||
1,360 | (g) | — | |||||||||||||||||
153 | (h) | 154 | (h) | ||||||||||||||||
Net income | $ 110,773 | $ 153,208 | $ 100,605 | $ 166,043 | |||||||||||||||
Net income | $ 0.12 | $ 0.45 | $ 0.20 | $ 0.50 | |||||||||||||||
Weighted-average shares | 343,109 | — | 343,109 | 332,014 | — | 332,014 |
(a) | GAAP operating margin is defined as GAAP operating income divided by revenue. |
(b) | Non-GAAP operating margin is defined as non-GAAP operating income divided by revenue. |
(c) | To eliminate stock-based compensation expense. |
(d) | To eliminate payroll tax expense related to stock-based activities. |
(e) | To eliminate amortization expense of acquired intangible assets. |
(f) | To eliminate expenses for severance and termination benefits related to workforce realignment. |
(g) | To eliminate lease impairment charges associated with cease-use of our former corporate headquarters. |
(h) | To eliminate amortization expense of debt issuance costs related to our debt. |
The following table presents certain non-GAAP consolidated results before certain items (in thousands, except per share amounts and percentages, unaudited):
Fiscal Year Ended | |||||||||
2025 | |||||||||
GAAP | GAAP | Adjustment | Non- GAAP | Non- GAAP | |||||
$ 421,306 | (c) | ||||||||
21,057 | (d) | ||||||||
9,855 | (e) | ||||||||
7,735 | (f) | ||||||||
14,144 | (g) | ||||||||
Operating income | $ 85,258 | 2.7 % | $ 474,097 | $ 559,355 | 17.7 % |
(a) | GAAP operating margin is defined as GAAP operating income divided by revenue. |
(b) | Non-GAAP operating margin is defined as non-GAAP operating income divided by revenue. |
(c) | To eliminate stock-based compensation expense. |
(d) | To eliminate payroll tax expense related to stock-based activities. |
(e) | To eliminate expenses for severance and termination benefits related to workforce realignment. |
(f) | To eliminate lease impairment and abandonment charges associated with cease-use of our former corporate headquarters. |
(g) | To eliminate amortization expense of acquired intangible assets. |
Reconciliation from net cash provided by operating activities to free cash flow (in thousands except percentages, unaudited):
Fourth Quarter of Fiscal | Fiscal Year Ended | |||||||
2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | |||||
Net cash provided by operating activities | $ 208,008 | $ 244,425 | $ 753,098 | $ 677,722 | ||||
Less: purchases of property and equipment(1) | (56,086) | (43,570) | (226,727) | (195,161) | ||||
Free cash flow (non-GAAP) | $ 151,922 | $ 200,855 | $ 526,371 | $ 482,561 |
(1) Includes capitalized internal-use software costs of |
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