Splunk Announces Fiscal Second Quarter 2023 Financial Results

Rhea-AI Summary

Splunk Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLK) reported strong fiscal Q2 2023 results with total revenues of $799 million, marking a 32% increase year-over-year, and cloud revenue rising 59% to $346 million. The company achieved a Cloud Dollar-Based Net Retention Rate of 129% and increased its customer base with annual recurring revenue (ARR) exceeding $1 million by 24%. Splunk also raised its revenue outlook for the year, projecting total revenues between $3.35 billion and $3.4 billion. Non-GAAP operating margin guidance improved significantly, indicating a balanced approach to growth and profitability.

Positive

• Total revenue increased 32% year-over-year to $799 million.
• Cloud revenue grew 59% year-over-year, reaching $346 million.
• Cloud Dollar-Based Net Retention Rate reported at 129%.
• Customer count with total ARR greater than $1 million rose by 24%.

Negative

• Cloud ARR forecast reduced from $3.9 billion to approximately $1.8 billion.

Total Revenues Grow 32%; Cloud Revenue up 59%

Increases Full Year Revenue, Profitability and Cash Flow Outlook

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Splunk Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLK), the data platform leader for security and observability, today announced results for its fiscal second quarter ended July 31, 2022.

Second Quarter 2023 Financial Highlights

• Total revenues were $799 million, up 32% year-over-year.
• Cloud revenue was $346 million, up 59% year-over-year.
• Cloud Dollar-Based Net Retention Rate was 129%.
• 723 customers with total ARR greater than $1 million, up 24% year-over-year.

“The value we bring customers is evident in our Q2 results, with total revenues growing 32 percent. We also delivered substantially higher non-GAAP operating margin for the quarter, driven by our laser focus on balancing growth with profitability,” said Gary Steele, President and CEO of Splunk. “Splunk is well-positioned to deliver long-term, durable growth and profitability as we help the world’s largest and most innovative enterprises improve their cybersecurity and business resilience. These customers appreciate the unique and unmatched level of visibility we provide into their data and consider Splunk their partner of choice to secure and strengthen their mission critical operations.”

“In the face of some headwinds, we had solid execution in Q2, including $346 million in cloud revenue, a 59 percent increase over last year,” said Jason Child, CFO of Splunk. “Given the continued normalization of our revenue model, plus good progress on our expense optimization efforts, we substantially outperformed on the top and bottom lines for the quarter, and we’re increasing our revenue, operating profit and cash flow outlook for the second half.”

Q2 2023 Business Highlights

• Splunk Delivers Advancements Across its Products and Partner Community at .conf22: Over 12,500 attendees, including thousands of partners, came together during Splunk’s annual user conference to discuss how organizations are overcoming the barriers between data and action. Key product announcements included:
  • The Splunk Platform, including Splunk Cloud Platform and Splunk Enterprise 9.0, allows customers to access more data sources easily, find and operationalize insights even faster, secure and scale deployments, build cloud-ready custom applications, and streamline administration to turn data insights into business outcomes.
  • Data Manager for Splunk Cloud Platform delivers a scalable data onboarding experience across Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure, with Google Cloud Platform support available later this summer, providing an easy-to-manage hybrid cloud control plane of data flowing into Splunk within minutes.
  • Splunk Log Observer Connect allows customers to visualize all their data in one place. By combining the power of Splunk Cloud Platform and Splunk Observability, site reliability engineers and DevOps engineers can access their metrics, traces, and Splunk Cloud logs in a single interface for faster, in-context debugging.
• Splunk Ranks First in Both IT Operations and Security Markets in Gartner® Market Share Report: Splunk leads in market share for IT Operations for Health and Performance Analysis (HPA) segment and in the Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) segment, worldwide in the Gartner Market Share: All Software Markets, Worldwide, 2021 report*. In the report, Splunk once again maintained its highest position in both IT and security operations markets.
• Splunk Names New Chief Customer Officer and EMEA General Manager: Splunk appointed Katie Bianchi as its Chief Customer Officer and Petra Jenner as Senior Vice President and General Manager for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA).

Financial Outlook

The company is providing the following guidance for its fiscal third quarter 2023 (ending October 31, 2022):

• Total revenues are expected to be between $835 million and $855 million.
• Non-GAAP operating margin is expected to be between 6% and 8%.

The company is providing or updating the following guidance for its fiscal year 2023 (ending January 31, 2023):

• Total revenues are expected to be between $3.35 billion and $3.4 billion (was previously between $3.30 billion and $3.35 billion).
• Non-GAAP operating margin is expected to be approximately 8% (was previously 2%).
• Total ARR is expected to be approximately $3.65 billion; Cloud ARR is expected to be approximately $1.8 billion (was previously $3.9 billion and $2.0 billion respectively).
• Operating cash flow is expected to be at least $420 million (was previously $400 million).
• Free Cash flow is expected to be at least $400 million.

Conference Call and Webcast

Splunk’s executive management team will host a conference call beginning at 1:30 p.m. PT (4:30 p.m. ET) to discuss financial results and business highlights. Interested parties can register for the conference call through the following link: https://register.vevent.com/register/BIbf790aaaf90848e587b036c45117a877. Registered participants will receive an email containing conference call details with dial-in options. A live audio webcast of the conference call will also be available through Splunk’s Investor Relations website at http://investors.splunk.com/events-presentations. A webcast replay of the call will be available for the next 12 months.

Safe Harbor Statement

This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including statements regarding Splunk’s long-term prospects, including growth and profitability, Splunk’s guidance for revenue and non-GAAP operating margin targets for the company’s fiscal third quarter 2023 and Total ARR, Cloud ARR, revenue, non-GAAP operating margin, operating cash flow and free cash flow for the company’s fiscal year 2023; statements regarding our market opportunity, including trends in the pace of customer digital and cloud transformation; our global presence and trends in customer demand and engagement; the growth of our cloud business; our products and technologies, including the unique and unmatched level of visibility they provide; the market for data-related products and the importance of data and our ability to leverage these trends; our strategy, technology and product innovation; expectations for our industry, business and products, such as our business model, customer demand and trust, our partner relationships, customer success and feedback, expanding use of Splunk by customers, and expected benefits and scale of our products. There are a significant number of factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from statements made in this press release, including: risks associated with Splunk’s rapid growth, particularly outside of the United States; Splunk’s inability to realize value from its significant investments in the company’s business, including product and service innovations and through acquisitions; Splunk’s shift from sales of licenses to sales of cloud services which impacts the timing of revenue and margins; a shift from generally invoicing multi-year contracts upfront to invoicing on an annual basis, which impacts cash collections; Splunk’s transition to a multi-product software and services business; Splunk’s inability to successfully integrate acquired businesses and technologies; Splunk’s inability to service its debt obligations or other adverse effects related to the company’s convertible notes; the macroeconomic environment, including inflationary pressures and economic uncertainty; COVID-19 and related public health measures on our business and the business of our customers, as well as the impact of new variants on the overall economic environment, including customer buying capacity, urgency and patterns; and general market, political, economic, business and competitive market conditions.

Additional information on potential factors that could affect Splunk’s financial results is included in the company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended April 30, 2022, which is on file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and Splunk’s other filings with the SEC. Splunk does not assume any obligation to update the forward-looking statements provided to reflect events that occur or circumstances that exist after the date on which they were made.

*Gartner, Inc., Market Share: All Software Markets, Worldwide 2021, Neha Gupta et al, April 12, 2022

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About Splunk Inc.

Splunk Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLK) helps organizations around the world turn data into doing. Splunk technology is designed to investigate, monitor, analyze and act on data at any scale.

Splunk, Splunk>, Data-to-Everything, and Turn Data Into Doing are trademarks and registered trademarks of Splunk Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to their respective owners. © 2022 Splunk Inc. All rights reserved.

Splunk Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
(Unaudited)
		Three Months Ended July 31,								Six Months Ended July 31,
		2022				2021				2022				2021
Revenues
Cloud services		$	346,405			$	217,422			$	669,334			$	411,380
License			281,716				219,600				467,527				362,881
Maintenance and services			170,632				168,721				335,973				333,533
Total revenues			798,753				605,743				1,472,834				1,107,794
Cost of revenues
Cloud services			122,860				98,016				242,381				186,101
License			1,337				2,459				2,800				6,749
Maintenance and services			82,594				82,932				163,766				162,463
Total cost of revenues			206,791				183,407				408,947				355,313
Gross profit			591,962				422,336				1,063,887				752,481
Operating expenses
Research and development			257,057				259,709				512,748				506,907
Sales and marketing			410,622				382,129				805,835				738,237
General and administrative			114,381				124,928				227,089				287,114
Total operating expenses			782,060				766,766				1,545,672				1,532,258
Operating loss			(190,098	)			(344,430	)			(481,785	)			(779,777	)
Interest and other income (expense), net
Interest income			4,847				507				6,219				886
Interest expense			(12,905	)			(39,013	)			(23,568	)			(72,603	)
Other income (expense), net			(3,613	)			1,146				(3,603	)			(77	)
Total interest and other income (expense), net			(11,671	)			(37,360	)			(20,952	)			(71,794	)
Loss before income taxes			(201,769	)			(381,790	)			(502,737	)			(851,571	)
Income tax provision			7,943				2,161				11,297				3,381
Net loss		$	(209,712	)		$	(383,951	)		$	(514,034	)		$	(854,952	)
Basic and diluted net loss per share		$	(1.30	)		$	(2.34	)		$	(3.19	)		$	(5.23	)
Weighted-average shares used in computing basic and diluted net loss per share			161,787				164,018				161,070				163,615

Splunk Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)
		July 31, 2022				January 31, 2022
Assets
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents		$	747,883			$	1,428,691
Investments, current			995,510				286,337
Accounts receivable, net			820,115				1,306,666
Prepaid expenses and other current assets			157,458				152,871
Deferred commissions, current			109,487				102,322
Total current assets			2,830,453				3,276,887
Investments, non-current			50,060				46,431
Accounts receivable, non-current			176,134				242,689
Operating lease right-of-use assets			206,639				229,198
Property and equipment, net			122,189				124,900
Intangible assets, net			136,672				164,769
Goodwill			1,401,628				1,401,628
Deferred commissions, non-current			202,891				200,876
Other assets			82,890				103,497
Total assets		$	5,209,556			$	5,790,875
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
Current liabilities
Accounts payable		$	82,835			$	59,206
Accrued compensation			258,654				396,952
Accrued expenses and other liabilities			235,683				257,979
Deferred revenue, current			1,155,928				1,384,605
Total current liabilities			1,733,100				2,098,742
Convertible senior notes, net			3,870,150				3,137,731
Operating lease liabilities			205,371				225,556
Deferred revenue, non-current			62,454				86,584
Other liabilities, non-current			22,455				19,491
Total non-current liabilities			4,160,430				3,469,362
Total liabilities			5,893,530				5,568,104
Stockholders' equity
Common stock			170				167
Accumulated other comprehensive loss			(7,740	)			(1,199	)
Additional paid-in capital			4,346,503				5,032,351
Treasury stock			(1,000,000	)			(1,000,000	)
Accumulated deficit			(4,022,907	)			(3,808,548	)
Total stockholders' equity			(683,974	)			222,771
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity		$	5,209,556			$	5,790,875

Splunk Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)
		Three Months Ended July 31,								Six Months Ended July 31,
		2022				2021				2022				2021
Cash flows from operating activities
Net loss		$	(209,712	)		$	(383,951	)		$	(514,034	)		$	(854,952	)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization			24,631				24,829				47,952				50,625
Amortization of deferred commissions			26,585				35,669				53,574				77,983
Amortization of investment premiums (accretion of discounts), net			(764	)			382				(482	)			432
Amortization of debt discount and issuance costs			3,971				31,226				5,484				57,784
Loss on lease termination			-				-				-				52,524
Non-cash operating lease costs			(972	)			(1,565	)			(2,805	)			571
Stock-based compensation			199,476				204,780				413,141				387,197
Deferred income taxes			(372	)			835				(1,020	)			(294	)
Other			188				33				97				33
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of acquisition:
Accounts receivable, net			(89,839	)			(109,548	)			553,106				384,798
Prepaid expenses and other assets			38,097				83,327				17,078				(14,842	)
Deferred commissions			(38,203	)			(47,508	)			(62,754	)			(77,073	)
Accounts payable			63,116				(3,140	)			23,629				19,698
Accrued compensation			39,858				74,247				(138,298	)			20,170
Accrued expenses and other liabilities			12,640				11,395				(17,142	)			17,817
Deferred revenue			(87,328	)			23,069				(252,807	)			(107,731	)
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities			(18,628	)			(55,920	)			124,719				14,740
Cash flows from investing activities
Purchases of property and equipment			(3,458	)			(3,510	)			(6,650	)			(4,363	)
Capitalized software development costs			(2,562	)			(2,082	)			(4,990	)			(5,148	)
Purchases of marketable securities			(143,007	)			(269,352	)			(923,762	)			(289,573	)
Maturities of marketable securities			110,334				-				209,424				87,766
Purchases of strategic investments			(300	)			-				(6,099	)			-
Acquisition, net of cash acquired			-				(80,333	)			-				(80,333	)
Other investment activities			936				(1,293	)			1,436				(1,168	)
Net cash used in investing activities			(38,057	)			(356,570	)			(730,641	)			(292,819	)
Cash flows from financing activities
Proceeds from the exercise of stock options			182				636				1,132				1,174
Proceeds from employee stock purchase plan			48,596				48,246				48,596				48,246
Proceeds from the issuance of convertible senior notes, net of issuance costs			-				982,749				-				982,749
Repurchases of common stock			-				(192,208	)			-				(192,208	)
Taxes paid related to net share settlement of equity awards			(58,220	)			(40,966	)			(124,614	)			(101,781	)
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities			(9,442	)			798,457				(74,886	)			738,180
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents			(66,127	)			385,967				(680,808	)			460,101
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period			814,010				1,845,198				1,428,691				1,771,064
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period		$	747,883			$	2,231,165			$	747,883			$	2,231,165

Splunk Inc.
Operating Metrics

Total Annual Recurring Revenue (“Total ARR”) represents the annualized revenue run-rate of active cloud services, term license and maintenance contracts at the end of a reporting period. Cloud Annual Recurring Revenue (“Cloud ARR”) represents the annualized revenue run-rate of active cloud services contracts at the end of a reporting period. Each contract is annualized by dividing the contract value by the number of days in the contract term and then multiplying by 365. We calculate cloud dollar-based net retention rate (“Cloud DBNRR”) by dividing the Cloud ARR at the end of a period (“Cloud Current Period ARR”) by the Cloud ARR of the same group of customers at the beginning of that 12-month period. Cloud Current Period ARR includes existing customer renewals and expansion, is net of existing customer contraction and churn, and excludes new customers. For the trailing 12-month Cloud DBNRR, we take the dollar-weighted average of the Cloud DBNRR over the trailing 12 months.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Reconciliations

To supplement Splunk’s condensed consolidated financial statements, which are prepared and presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”), Splunk provides investors with the following non-GAAP financial measures: cloud services cost of revenues, cloud services gross margin, cost of revenues, gross margin, research and development expense, sales and marketing expense, general and administrative expense, operating income (loss), operating margin, income tax provision (benefit), net income (loss), net income (loss) per share and free cash flow (collectively the “non-GAAP financial measures”). These non-GAAP financial measures exclude all or a combination of the following (as reflected in the following reconciliation tables): expenses related to stock-based compensation and related employer payroll tax, amortization of intangible assets, acquisition-related adjustments, restructuring and facility exit charges, capitalized software development costs, non-cash interest expense related to convertible senior notes and a net loss on strategic investments. The non-GAAP financial measures are also adjusted for Splunk's current and deferred tax rate on non-GAAP income (loss). Splunk uses a long-term projected non-GAAP tax rate to provide consistency across interim reporting periods. We base our rate on non-GAAP financial projections. In determining our tax rate, we exclude the impact of nonrecurring items, and we make assumptions including those about tax legislation and our tax positions. We applied a 20% non-GAAP tax rate to the three and six months ended July 31, 2022 and 2021. In addition, non-GAAP financial measures include free cash flow, which represents operating cash flow less purchases of property and equipment and capitalized software development costs. Splunk considers free cash flow to be a liquidity measure that provides useful information to management and investors about the amount of cash generated or used by the business.

Splunk excludes stock-based compensation expense because it is non-cash in nature and excluding this expense provides meaningful supplemental information regarding Splunk’s operational performance and allows investors the ability to make more meaningful comparisons between Splunk’s operating results and those of other companies. Splunk excludes employer payroll tax expense related to employee stock plans in order for investors to see the full effect that excluding that stock-based compensation expense had on Splunk’s operating results. These expenses are tied to the exercise or vesting of underlying equity awards and the price of Splunk’s common stock at the time of vesting or exercise, which may vary from period to period independent of the operating performance of Splunk’s business. Splunk also excludes amortization of intangible assets, acquisition-related adjustments, restructuring and facility exit charges, capitalized software development costs, non-cash interest expense related to convertible senior notes and a net loss on strategic investments from the applicable non-GAAP financial measures because these adjustments are considered by management to be outside of Splunk’s core operating results. A reconciliation of non-GAAP guidance measures to corresponding GAAP guidance measures is not available on a forward-looking basis without unreasonable effort due to the uncertainty regarding, and the potential variability of, expenses that may be incurred in the future. For example, stock-based compensation-related charges, including related employer payroll tax-related items, are impacted by the timing of employee stock transactions, the future fair market value of our common stock, and our future hiring and retention needs, all of which are difficult to predict and subject to constant change. We have provided a reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP financial measures in the financial statement tables for our historical non-GAAP financial results included in this release.

There are limitations in using non-GAAP financial measures because the non-GAAP financial measures are not prepared in accordance with GAAP, may be different from non-GAAP financial measures used by Splunk’s competitors and exclude expenses that may have a material impact upon Splunk’s reported financial results. Further, stock-based compensation expense has been and will continue to be, for the foreseeable future, a significant recurring expense in Splunk’s business and an important part of the compensation provided to Splunk’s employees. The presentation of the non-GAAP financial measures is not intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for, or superior to, the financial information prepared and presented in accordance with GAAP. Splunk uses these non-GAAP financial measures for financial and operational decision-making purposes and as a means to evaluate period-to-period comparisons. Splunk believes that these non-GAAP financial measures provide useful information about Splunk’s operating results, enhance the overall understanding of past financial performance and future prospects and allow for greater transparency with respect to key metrics used by management in its financial and operational decision making. In addition, these non-GAAP financial measures facilitate comparisons to competitors’ operating results. The non-GAAP financial measures are meant to supplement and be viewed in conjunction with GAAP financial measures.

The following tables reconcile Splunk’s GAAP results to Splunk’s non-GAAP results included in this press release.

Splunk Inc.
Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Measures
(In thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)
Reconciliation of Cash (Used In) Provided By Operating Activities to Free Cash Flow
		Three Months Ended July 31,								Six Months Ended July 31,
		2022				2021				2022				2021
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities		$	(18,628	)		$	(55,920	)		$	124,719			$	14,740
Less purchases of property and equipment			(3,458	)			(3,510	)			(6,650	)			(4,363	)
Less capitalized software development costs			(2,562	)			(2,082	)			(4,990	)			(5,148	)
Free cash flow (non-GAAP)		$	(24,648	)		$	(61,512	)		$	113,079			$	5,229
Net cash used in investing activities		$	(38,057	)		$	(356,570	)		$	(730,641	)		$	(292,819	)
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities		$	(9,442	)		$	798,457			$	(74,886	)		$	738,180

Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Three Months Ended July 31, 2022
		GAAP				Stock-based compensation and related employer payroll tax				Amortization of intangible assets				Capitalized software development costs				Non-cash interest expense related to convertible senior notes				Loss on strategic investments, net				Income tax adjustment (2)				Non-GAAP
Cloud services cost of revenues		$	122,860			$	(6,025	)		$	(7,579	)		$	(2,991	)		$	-			$	-			$	-			$	106,265
Cloud services gross margin			64.5	%			1.7	%			2.2	%			0.9	%			-	%			-	%			-	%			69.3	%
Cost of revenues			206,791				(23,563	)			(8,807	)			(2,991	)			-				-				-				171,430
Gross margin			74.1	%			2.9	%			1.1	%			0.4	%			-	%			-	%			-	%			78.5	%
Research and development			257,057				(88,445	)			-				2,562				-				-				-				171,174
Sales and marketing			410,622				(59,712	)			(5,242	)			-				-				-				-				345,668
General and administrative			114,381				(32,524	)			-				-				-				-				-				81,857
Operating income (loss)			(190,098	)			204,244				14,049				429				-				-				-				28,624
Operating margin			(23.8	)%			25.5	%			1.8	%			0.1	%			-	%			-	%			-	%			3.6	%
Income tax provision (benefit)			7,943				-				-				-				-				-				(3,721	)			4,222
Net income (loss)		$	(209,712	)		$	204,244			$	14,049			$	429			$	3,971			$	188			$	3,721			$	16,890
Basic net income (loss) per share (1)		$	(1.30	)		$	1.27			$	0.09			$	-			$	0.02			$	-			$	0.02			$	0.10
Diluted net income (loss) per share (1)		$	(1.30	)																										$	0.09

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(1)		GAAP basic and diluted net loss per share and non-GAAP basic net loss per share calculated based on 161,787 weighted-average shares of common stock. Non-GAAP net income per share calculated based on 184,571 diluted weighted-average shares of common stock, which includes 22,784 potentially dilutive shares related to convertible notes and employee stock awards. GAAP to non-GAAP diluted net income (loss) per share is not reconciled due to the difference in the number of weighted-average shares used to calculate GAAP and non-GAAP diluted net income (loss) per share.
(2)		Represents the income tax adjustment using our estimated non-GAAP tax rate of 20%.

Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Three Months Ended July 31, 2021
		GAAP				Stock-based compensation and related employer payroll tax				Amortization of intangible assets				Acquisition- related adjustments				Restructuring and facility exit charges				Capitalized software development costs				Non-cash interest expense related to convertible senior notes				Income tax adjustment (2)				Non-GAAP
Cloud services cost of revenues		$	98,016			$	(4,698	)		$	(7,299	)		$	-			$	-			$	(594	)		$	-			$	-			$	85,425
Cloud services gross margin			54.9	%			2.2	%			3.4	%			-	%			-	%			0.2	%			-	%			-	%			60.7	%
Cost of revenues			183,407				(22,295	)			(9,758	)			-				-				(594	)			-				-				150,760
Gross margin			69.7	%			3.7	%			1.6	%			-	%			-	%			0.1	%			-	%			-	%			75.1	%
Research and development			259,709				(82,191	)			-				-				-				2,081				-				-				179,599
Sales and marketing			382,129				(65,613	)			(5,101	)			-				(613	)			-				-				-				310,802
General and administrative			124,928				(38,099	)			-				(957	)			6				(533	)			-				-				85,345
Operating loss			(344,430	)			208,198				14,859				957				607				(954	)			-				-				(120,763	)
Operating margin			(56.9	)%			34.4	%			2.5	%			0.2	%			0.1	%			(0.2	)%			-	%			-	%			(19.9	)%
Income tax provision (benefit)			2,161				-				-				-				-				-				-				(27,540	)			(25,379	)
Net loss		$	(383,951	)		$	208,198			$	14,859			$	957			$	607			$	(954	)		$	31,227			$	27,540			$	(101,517	)
Basic and diluted net loss per share (1)		$	(2.34	)		$	1.27			$	0.09			$	0.01			$	-			$	(0.01	)		$	0.19			$	0.17			$	(0.62	)
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(1) Calculated based on 164,018 weighted-average shares of common stock.
(2) Represents the income tax adjustment using our estimated non-GAAP tax rate of 20%.

Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Six Months Ended July 31, 2022
		GAAP				Stock-based compensation and related employer payroll tax				Amortization of intangible assets				Capitalized software development costs				Non-cash interest expense related to convertible senior notes				Loss on strategic investments, net				Income tax adjustment (2)				Non-GAAP
Cloud services cost of revenues		$	242,381			$	(11,035	)		$	(15,157	)		$	(5,433	)		$	-			$	-			$	-			$	210,756
Cloud services gross margin			63.8	%			1.6	%			2.3	%			0.8	%			-	%			-	%			-	%			68.5	%
Cost of revenues			408,947				(43,991	)			(17,614	)			(5,433	)			-				-				-				341,909
Gross margin			72.2	%			3.0	%			1.2	%			0.4	%			-	%			-	%			-	%			76.8	%
Research and development			512,748				(175,949	)			-				4,990				-				-				-				341,789
Sales and marketing			805,835				(134,759	)			(10,484	)			-				-				-				-				660,592
General and administrative			227,089				(69,919	)			-				-				-				-				-				157,170
Operating loss			(481,785	)			424,618				28,098				443				-				-				-				(28,626	)
Operating margin			(32.7	)%			28.9	%			1.9	%			-	%			-	%			-	%			-	%			(1.9	)%
Income tax provision (benefit)			11,297				-				-				-				-				-				(20,095	)			(8,798	)
Net loss		$	(514,034	)		$	424,618			$	28,098			$	443			$	5,484			$	97			$	20,095			$	(35,199	)
Basic and diluted net loss per share (1)		$	(3.19	)		$	2.65			$	0.17			$	-			$	0.03			$	-			$	0.12			$	(0.22	)
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(1) Calculated based on 161,070 weighted-average shares of common stock.
(2) Represents the income tax adjustment using our estimated non-GAAP tax rate of 20%.

Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Six Months Ended July 31, 2021
		GAAP				Stock-based compensation and related employer payroll tax				Amortization of intangible assets				Acquisition- related adjustments				Restructuring and facility exit charges				Capitalized software development costs				Non-cash interest expense related to convertible senior notes				Income tax adjustment (2)				Non-GAAP
Cloud services cost of revenues		$	186,101			$	(8,368	)		$	(14,040	)		$	-			$	-			$	(1,188	)		$	-			$	-			$	162,505
Cloud services gross margin			54.8	%			2.0	%			3.4	%			-	%			-	%			0.3	%			-	%			-	%			60.5	%
Cost of revenues			355,313				(40,617	)			(19,826	)			-				-				(1,188	)			-				-				293,682
Gross margin			67.9	%			3.7	%			1.8	%			-	%			-	%			0.1	%			-	%			-	%			73.5	%
Research and development			506,907				(162,465	)			(26	)			-				-				5,149				-				-				349,565
Sales and marketing			738,237				(123,331	)			(9,847	)			-				(613	)			-				-				-				604,446
General and administrative			287,114				(71,787	)			-				(957	)			(55,228	)			(709	)			-				-				158,433
Operating loss			(779,777	)			398,200				29,699				957				55,841				(3,252	)			-				-				(298,332	)
Operating margin			(70.4	)%			35.9	%			2.7	%			0.1	%			5.0	%			(0.2	)%			-	%			-	%			(26.9	)%
Income tax provision (benefit)			3,381				-				-				-				-				-				-				(65,849	)			(62,468	)
Net loss		$	(854,952	)		$	398,200			$	29,699			$	957			$	55,841			$	(3,252	)		$	57,786			$	65,849			$	(249,872	)
Basic and diluted net loss per share (1)		$	(5.23	)		$	2.44			$	0.18			$	0.01			$	0.34			$	(0.02	)		$	0.35			$	0.40			$	(1.53	)
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(1) Calculated based on 163,615 weighted-average shares of common stock.
(2) Represents the income tax adjustment using our estimated non-GAAP tax rate of 20%.

 

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