Qualys Announces First Quarter 2022 Financial Results
Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ: QLYS) reported a strong start to 2022, with Q1 revenues increasing by 17% to $113.4 million. GAAP EPS rose to $0.64 and non-GAAP EPS to $0.89. The company's gross profit also increased by 19%, reflecting a GAAP gross margin of 79%. Operating cash flow surged by 37% to $79 million. Additionally, Qualys raised its full-year revenue guidance to $484-486.5 million and announced a $200 million increase to its share repurchase program. Their innovative products continue to gain traction, with a noted 40% customer penetration for its VMDR application.
- Q1 revenue increased by 17% year-over-year to $113.4 million.
- GAAP EPS rose to $0.64; non-GAAP EPS increased to $0.89.
- GAAP gross profit up 19%, with a gross margin of 79%.
- Operating cash flow grew by 37% to $79 million.
- Raised 2022 revenue guidance to $484-$486.5 million.
- $200 million increase to share repurchase program.
- 40% customer penetration for VMDR application.
- GAAP operating income affected by accelerated stock-based compensation from former CEO's equity awards.
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FOSTER CITY, Calif., May 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ: QLYS), a pioneer and leading provider of disruptive cloud-based IT, security and compliance solutions, today announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2022. For the quarter, the Company reported revenues of
"We had a great start to the year with continued revenue growth acceleration and strong cash flow generation," said Sumedh Thakar, president and CEO. "As we continue to innovate and build out our go-to-market engine, our strategic position with customers is strengthening. This was again evidenced in the quarter by strong interest and adoption of our Vulnerability Management, Detection and Response (VMDR®) application with customer penetration now at
First Quarter 2022 Financial Highlights
Revenues: Revenues for the first quarter of 2022 increased by
Gross Profit: GAAP gross profit for the first quarter of 2022 increased by
Operating Income (Loss): GAAP operating income for the first quarter of 2022 was
Net Income: GAAP net income for the first quarter of 2022 was
Adjusted EBITDA: Adjusted EBITDA (a non-GAAP financial measure) for the first quarter of 2022 increased by
Operating Cash Flow: Operating cash flow for the first quarter of 2022 increased by
First Quarter 2022 Business Highlights
- Leveraging Qualys' single agent approach, we unveiled our Context XDR application to natively integrate and correlate asset and risk-based context vulnerability management, patching, EDR and File Integrity Monitoring security telemetry with additional third-party data integration to provide and prioritize high-fidelity threat detection and response.
- Continuing our innovation of Qualys Cloud Platform, we further enhanced our Patch Management offering by adding advanced remediation features. Qualys Patch Management seamlessly integrates with Qualys VMDR® to remediate vulnerabilities by deploying patches or applying configuration changes on any device regardless of its location. This new advanced remediation update allows teams to use one application to detect, prioritize and fix vulnerabilities regardless of the remediation method required and enables teams to run actions before or after or even without deploying patches at all.
- Introduced our next major upgrade to our Multi-Vector EDR solution. This natively integrated solution on the Qualys Cloud Platform leverages our single agent approach to IT security and compliance solutions to further enhance our threat hunting and risk mitigation capabilities. As part of this launch, Qualys successfully participated in its first year of MITRE Engenuity Evaluations for Multi-Vector EDR, which detected the simulated adversary throughout the attack chain.
- Following a successful Qualys Security Conference (QSC) held virtually and live in Las Vegas last year, we launched in Q1 our QSC roadshow in Atlanta. This is the first stop in our ten-city tour, including upcoming events in London, Chicago, New York, San Francisco and Sydney.
Financial Performance Outlook
Based on information as of today, May 4, 2022, Qualys is issuing the following financial guidance for the second quarter and full year fiscal 2022. The Company emphasizes that the guidance is subject to various important cautionary factors referenced in the sections entitled "Legal Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements" and "Non-GAAP Financial Measures" below.
Second Quarter 2022 Guidance: Management expects revenues for the second quarter of 2022 to be in the range of
Full Year 2022 Guidance: Management now expects revenues for the full year of 2022 to be in the range of
Investor Conference Call
Qualys will host a conference call and live webcast to discuss its first quarter financial results at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time (2:00 p.m. Pacific Time) on Wednesday, May 4, 2022. To access the conference call, dial (877) 881-2609 in the U.S. or (970) 315-0463 for international participants with conference ID #6344826. A live webcast of the earnings conference call, investor presentation and prepared remarks can be accessed at https://investor.qualys.com/events-presentations. A replay of the conference call will be available through the same webcast link following the end of the call.
Investor Contact
Blair King
Vice President, Investor Relations and Corporate Development
(650) 801-6299
ir@qualys.com
About Qualys
Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ: QLYS) is a pioneer and leading provider of disruptive cloud-based Security, Compliance and IT solutions with more than 10,000 subscription customers worldwide, including a majority of the Forbes Global 100 and Fortune 100. Qualys helps organizations streamline and consolidate their security and compliance solutions onto a single platform for greater agility, better business outcomes, and substantial cost savings.
The Qualys Cloud Platform leverages a single agent to continuously deliver critical security intelligence while enabling enterprises to automate the full spectrum of vulnerability detection, compliance, and protection for IT systems, workloads and web applications across on premises, endpoints, servers, public and private clouds, containers, and mobile devices. Founded in 1999 as one of the first SaaS security companies, Qualys has strategic partnerships and seamlessly integrates its vulnerability management capabilities into security offerings from cloud service providers, including Amazon Web Services, the Google Cloud Platform and Microsoft Azure, along with a number of leading managed service providers and global consulting organizations. For more information, please visit www.qualys.com.
Qualys, Qualys VMDR® and the Qualys logo are proprietary trademarks of Qualys, Inc. All other products or names may be trademarks of their respective companies.
Legal Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Forward-looking statements generally relate to future events or our future financial or operating performance. Forward-looking statements in this press release include, but are not limited to, quotations of management and statements related to: the benefits of our new and upcoming products, features, integrations, collaborations and joint solutions, and their impact upon our long-term growth; our guidance for revenues, GAAP EPS and non-GAAP EPS for the second quarter and full year 2022; and our expectations for the number of weighted average diluted shares outstanding and the GAAP and non-GAAP effective income tax rate for the second quarter and full year 2022. Our expectations and beliefs regarding these matters may not materialize, and actual results in future periods are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. These risks include our ability to continue to develop platform capabilities and solutions; the ability of our platform and solutions to perform as intended; customer acceptance and purchase of our existing solutions and new solutions; real or perceived defects, errors or vulnerabilities in our products or services; our ability to retain existing customers and generate new customers; the budgeting cycles and seasonal buying patterns of our customers; the length of our sales cycle; the impact of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and related public health measures on our business and the global economy; our ability to manage costs as we increase our customer base and the number of our platform solutions; the market for cloud solutions for IT security and compliance not increasing at the rate we expect; competition from other products and services; fluctuations in currency exchange rates; unexpected fluctuations in our effective income tax rate on a GAAP and non-GAAP basis; our ability to effectively manage our rapid growth and our ability to anticipate future market needs and opportunities; any unanticipated accounting charges; and general market, political, economic and business conditions in the United States as well as globally. The forward-looking statements contained in this press release are also subject to other risks and uncertainties, including those more fully described in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q.
The forward-looking statements in this press release are based on information available to Qualys as of the date hereof, and Qualys disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, except as required by law.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
In addition to reporting financial results in accordance with GAAP, Qualys provides investors with certain non-GAAP financial measures, including non-GAAP gross profit, non-GAAP gross margin, non-GAAP operating expenses, non-GAAP operating income, non-GAAP net income, non-GAAP net income per diluted share, Adjusted EBITDA (defined as earnings before interest expense, interest income and other income (expense), net, income taxes, depreciation, amortization, and stock-based compensation) and non-GAAP free cash flows (defined as cash provided by operating activities less purchases of property and equipment (net of proceeds from disposal) and principal payments under finance lease obligations).
In computing non-GAAP financial measures, Qualys excludes the effects of stock-based compensation expense, amortization of intangible assets from acquisitions, and non-recurring items and the related tax effects. Qualys believes that these non-GAAP financial measures help illustrate underlying trends in its business that could otherwise be masked by the effect of the income or expenses that are excluded in non-GAAP gross profit, non-GAAP gross margin, non-GAAP operating expenses, non-GAAP operating income, non-GAAP net income, non-GAAP net income per diluted share, Adjusted EBITDA and non-GAAP free cash flows.
Furthermore, Qualys uses some of these non-GAAP financial measures to establish budgets and operational goals for managing its business and evaluating its performance. Qualys believes that non-GAAP gross profit, non-GAAP gross margin, non-GAAP operating expenses, non-GAAP operating income, non-GAAP net income, non-GAAP net income per diluted share, Adjusted EBITDA and non-GAAP free cash flows provide additional tools for investors to use in comparing its recurring core business operating results over multiple periods with other companies in its industry.
Although Qualys does not focus on quarterly billings, Qualys provides calculated current billings (defined as total revenues recognized in a period plus the sequential change in current deferred revenue in the corresponding period) to assist investors and analysts in assessing its operating performance.
Qualys has not reconciled non-GAAP net income per diluted share guidance to GAAP net income per diluted share guidance because Qualys does not provide guidance on the various reconciling cash and non-cash items between GAAP net income and non-GAAP net income (i.e., stock-based compensation, amortization of intangible assets from acquisitions, and non-recurring items). The actual dollar amount of reconciling items in the second quarter and full year 2022 is likely to have a significant impact on the Company's GAAP net income per diluted share in the second quarter and full year 2022. A reconciliation of the non-GAAP net income per diluted share guidance to the GAAP net income per diluted share guidance is not available without unreasonable effort.
In order to provide a more complete picture of recurring core operating business results, the Company's non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP net income per diluted share are adjusted for non-recurring income tax items and tax effect of non-GAAP adjustments to achieve the effective income tax rate on a non-GAAP basis. The Company's non-GAAP effective tax rate may differ from the GAAP effective income tax rate as a result of these income tax adjustments. The Company believes its estimated non-GAAP effective income tax rate of
The presentation of this non-GAAP financial information is not intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for results prepared in accordance with GAAP. A reconciliation of the non-GAAP financial measures discussed in this press release to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures is included with the financial statements contained in this press release. Management uses both GAAP and non-GAAP information in evaluating and operating its business internally and as such has determined that it is important to provide this information to investors.
Qualys, Inc. | |||
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS | |||
(Unaudited) | |||
(in thousands, except per share data) | |||
Three Months Ended March 31, | |||
2022 | 2021 | ||
Revenues | |||
Cost of revenues(1) | 24,002 | 21,680 | |
Gross profit | 89,418 | 75,076 | |
Operating expenses: | |||
Research and development (1) | 23,107 | 17,749 | |
Sales and marketing(1) | 20,142 | 17,989 | |
General and administrative(1) | 12,634 | 42,043 | |
Total operating expenses | 55,883 | 77,781 | |
Income (loss) from operations | 33,535 | (2,705) | |
Other income (expense), net: | |||
Interest expense | - | (4) | |
Interest income | 518 | 746 | |
Other income (expense), net | (710) | (244) | |
Total other income (expense), net | (192) | 498 | |
Income (loss) before income taxes | 33,343 | (2,207) | |
Income tax provision (benefit) | 7,933 | (2,435) | |
Net income | $ 25,410 | $ 228 | |
Net income per share: | |||
Basic | $ 0.65 | $ 0.01 | |
Diluted | $ 0.64 | $ 0.01 | |
Weighted average shares used in computing net income per share: | |||
Basic | 38,992 | 39,209 | |
Diluted | 40,001 | 40,430 | |
(1)Includes stock-based compensation as follows: | |||
Cost of revenues | $ 1,080 | $ 875 | |
Research and development | 3,287 | 2,215 | |
Sales and marketing | 2,031 | 1,628 | |
General and administrative | 5,347 | 33,484 | |
Total stock-based compensation | $ 11,745 | ||
Qualys, Inc. | |||
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS | |||
(Unaudited) | |||
(in thousands) | |||
March 31, | December 31, | ||
Assets | |||
Current assets: | |||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ 166,287 | $ 137,328 | |
Short-term marketable securities | 290,851 | 267,960 | |
Accounts receivable, net | 89,294 | 108,998 | |
Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 26,752 | 32,112 | |
Total current assets | 573,184 | 546,398 | |
Long-term marketable securities | 82,360 | 111,198 | |
Property and equipment, net | 63,377 | 61,854 | |
Operating leases - right of use asset | 34,569 | 37,016 | |
Deferred tax assets, net | 29,986 | 25,087 | |
Intangible assets, net | 4,839 | 6,545 | |
Goodwill | 7,447 | 7,447 | |
Restricted cash | 1,200 | 1,200 | |
Other noncurrent assets | 17,588 | 17,814 | |
Total assets | $ 814,550 | $ 814,559 | |
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity | |||
Current liabilities: | |||
Accounts payable | $ 2,477 | $ 1,296 | |
Accrued liabilities | 37,083 | 32,504 | |
Deferred revenues, current | 266,934 | 257,872 | |
Operating lease liabilities, current | 12,044 | 12,608 | |
Total current liabilities | 318,538 | 304,280 | |
Deferred revenues, noncurrent | 31,117 | 32,753 | |
Operating lease liabilities, noncurrent | 33,284 | 35,914 | |
Other noncurrent liabilities | 4,976 | 4,898 | |
Total liabilities | 387,915 | 377,845 | |
Stockholders' equity: | |||
Common stock | 39 | 39 | |
Additional paid-in capital | 485,676 | 477,323 | |
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) | (670) | 1,007 | |
Accumulated deficit | (58,410) | (41,655) | |
Total stockholders' equity | 426,635 | 436,714 | |
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity | $ 814,550 | $ 814,559 | |
Qualys, Inc. | |||
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS | |||
(Unaudited) | |||
(in thousands) | |||
Three Months Ended March 31, | |||
2022 | 2021 | ||
Cash flow from operating activities: | |||
Net income | $ 25,410 | $ 228 | |
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: | |||
Depreciation and amortization expense | 8,982 | 9,078 | |
Bad debt expense | 141 | 138 | |
Loss on disposal of property and equipment | 5 | - | |
Stock-based compensation | 11,745 | 38,202 | |
Amortization of premiums (accretion of discounts) on marketable securities | 762 | 967 | |
Deferred income taxes | (5,095) | (5,162) | |
Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | |||
Accounts receivable | 19,563 | 14,819 | |
Prepaid expenses and other assets | 6,067 | (6,083) | |
Accounts payable | 599 | 107 | |
Accrued liabilities | 3,435 | 1,686 | |
Deferred revenues | 7,426 | 3,874 | |
Net cash provided by operating activities | 79,040 | 57,854 | |
Cash flow from investing activities: | |||
Purchases of marketable securities | (81,800) | (115,610) | |
Sales and maturities of marketable securities | 84,915 | 145,044 | |
Purchases of property and equipment | (7,639) | (6,259) | |
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities | (4,524) | 23,175 | |
Cash flow from financing activities: | |||
Repurchase of common stock | (46,581) | (31,029) | |
Proceeds from exercise of stock options | 2,569 | 2,264 | |
Payments for taxes related to net share settlement of equity awards | (3,631) | (17,643) | |
Proceeds from issuance of common stock through ESPP | 2,086 | - | |
Net cash used in financing activities | (45,557) | (46,408) | |
Net increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash | 28,959 | 34,621 | |
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period | 138,528 | 75,332 | |
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period | |||
Qualys, Inc. | |||
RECONCILIATION OF NON-GAAP DISCLOSURES | |||
ADJUSTED EBITDA | |||
(Unaudited) | |||
(in thousands) | |||
Three Months Ended March 31, | |||
2022 | 2021 | ||
Net income | $ 228 | ||
Depreciation and amortization of property and equipment | 7,276 | 7,433 | |
Amortization of intangible assets | 1,706 | 1,645 | |
Income tax provision (benefit) | 7,933 | (2,435) | |
Stock-based compensation | 11,745 | 38,202 | |
Other income (expense), net | 192 | (498) | |
Adjusted EBITDA | |||
Qualys, Inc. | ||||
RECONCILIATION OF NON-GAAP DISCLOSURES | ||||
(Unaudited) | ||||
(in thousands, except per share data) | ||||
Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||
2022 | 2021 | |||
GAAP Cost of revenues | ||||
Less: Stock-based compensation | (1,080) | (875) | ||
Less: Amortization of intangible assets | (1,621) | (1,620) | ||
Non-GAAP Cost of revenues | ||||
GAAP Gross profit | ||||
Plus: Stock-based compensation | 1,080 | 875 | ||
Plus: Amortization of intangible assets | 1,621 | 1,620 | ||
Non-GAAP Gross Profit | ||||
GAAP Research and development | ||||
Less: Stock-based compensation | (3,287) | (2,215) | ||
Less: Amortization of intangible assets | (85) | (25) | ||
Non-GAAP Research and development | ||||
GAAP Sales and marketing | ||||
Less: Stock-based compensation | (2,031) | (1,628) | ||
Non-GAAP Sales and marketing | ||||
GAAP General and administrative | ||||
Less: Stock-based compensation | (5,347) | (33,484) | ||
Non-GAAP General and administrative | $ 7,287 | $ 8,559 | ||
GAAP Operating expenses | ||||
Less: Stock-based compensation | (10,665) | (37,327) | ||
Less: Amortization of intangible assets | (85) | (25) | ||
Non-GAAP Operating expenses | ||||
GAAP Income (loss) from operations | ||||
Plus: Stock-based compensation | 11,745 | 38,202 | ||
Plus: Amortization of intangible assets | 1,706 | 1,645 | ||
Non-GAAP Income from operations | ||||
GAAP Net income | $ 228 | |||
Plus: Stock-based compensation | 11,745 | 38,202 | ||
Plus: Amortization of intangible assets | 1,706 | 1,645 | ||
Less: Tax adjustment | (3,297) | (10,313) | ||
Non-GAAP Net income | ||||
Non-GAAP Net income per share: | ||||
Basic | $ 0.91 | $ 0.76 | ||
Diluted | $ 0.89 | $ 0.74 | ||
Weighted average shares used in non-GAAP net income per share: | ||||
Basic | 38,992 | 39,209 | ||
Diluted | 40,001 | 40,430 | ||
Qualys, Inc. | |||
RECONCILIATION OF NON-GAAP DISCLOSURES | |||
FREE CASH FLOWS | |||
(Unaudited) | |||
(in thousands) | |||
Three Months Ended March 31, | |||
2022 | 2021 | ||
GAAP Cash flows provided by operating activities | |||
Less: Purchases of property and equipment, net of proceeds from disposal | (7,639) | (6,259) | |
Non-GAAP Free cash flows | |||
Qualys, Inc. | |||
RECONCILIATION OF NON-GAAP DISCLOSURES | |||
CALCULATED CURRENT BILLINGS | |||
(Unaudited) | |||
(in thousands) | |||
Three Months Ended March 31, | |||
2022 | 2021 | ||
GAAP Revenue | $ 96,756 | ||
Plus: Current deferred revenue at March 31 | 266,934 | 218,898 | |
Less: Current deferred revenue at December 31 | (257,872) | (213,494) | |
Non-GAAP Calculated current billings | |||
Calculated current billings growth compared to same quarter of prior year | |||
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