Sapiens Reports First Quarter 2022 Financial Results

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Sapiens International Corporation (NASDAQ: SPNS) reported strong Q1 2022 results, with non-GAAP revenue of $117.7 million, a 6.8% increase from Q1 2021. Gross profit rose 7.5% to $52.9 million, and net income surged 41.6% to $13.9 million, delivering a diluted EPS of $0.25. The company reaffirmed its 2022 revenue guidance of $495 million to $500 million and will implement semi-annual dividends beginning with $0.47 per share, reflecting confidence in cash flow. CEO Roni Al-Dor emphasized ongoing growth in Europe and the APAC regions.

Positive

• Non-GAAP revenue increased by 6.8% year-over-year to $117.7 million.
• Gross profit rose by 7.5%, reaching $52.9 million, improving gross margin.
• Net income increased by 41.6% to $13.9 million.
• Diluted EPS improved by 38.9% to $0.25.
• 2022 revenue guidance remains strong at $495 million to $500 million.
• Increase in profit margin guidance from 17.0%-17.3% to 17.4%-17.6%.
• Approval of a $0.47 cash dividend reflecting confidence in cash generation.

Negative

• None.

HOLON, Israel, May 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sapiens International Corporation, (NASDAQ: SPNS) (TASE: SPNS), a leading global provider of software solutions for the insurance industry, today announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2022.

Summary Results for First Quarter 2022 (USD in millions, except per share data)

	GAAP			Non-GAAP
	Q1 2022	Q1 2021	% Change	Q1 2022	Q1 2021	% Change
Revenue	$117.7	$109.6	7.4%	$117.7	$110.2	6.8%
Gross Profit	$49.4	$44.3	11.7%	$52.9	$49.2	7.5%
Gross Margin	42.0%	40.4%	160 bps	45.0%	44.7%	30 bps
Operating Income	$16.5	$12.4	33.8%	$20.8	$19.0	9.3%
Operating Margin	14.1%	11.3%	280 bps	17.6%	17.2%	40 bps
Net Income (*)	$13.9	$9.8	41.6%	$17.3	$14.9	16.0%
Diluted EPS	$0.25	$0.18	38.9%	$0.31	$0.27	14.8%
(*) Attributable to Sapiens' shareholders

"Sapiens started 2022 with solid results in our first quarter that showed non-GAAP revenue of $117.7 million and non-GAAP operating profit margin of 17.6%. This is a reflection of our ability to keep growing while improving profitability," stated Roni Al-Dor, President and CEO of Sapiens.

"Europe and APAC continue to experience growth with new exciting prospects and customers. In North America, we see a positive improvement. We continue to invest in our products, which is  reflected in our market brand and pipeline," continued Mr. Al-Dor. 

Sapiens reiterated today its revenue guidance of $495 million to $500 million for 2022, along with an increase in its profit margin from a range of 17.0% to 17.3%, to a range of 17.4% to 17.6%.

"Furthermore, Sapiens remains committed to returning value to shareholders," stated Al-Dor.

 "We announced today that the board of directors has approved the distribution of a cash dividend of $0.47 per share, or $25.9 million in total – reflecting our continued confidence in our business and Sapiens' ability to generate cash."

The dividend is in line with the Company's policy of distributing up to 40% of its annual non-GAAP net income. The dividend will be paid on May 25, 2022 to Sapiens' shareholders of record as of May 17, 2022.

The dividend is subject to withholding of Israeli tax at source at the rate of 25% of the dividend amount payable to Israeli individual, and to non-Israeli, shareholders of record.

"Moving forward, we have approved a change to our dividend policy, whereby we will pay out dividends on a semi-annual basis, reflecting our confidence in recurring positive cash flow generation," concluded Roni Al-Dor, President & CEO of Sapiens.

Quarterly Results Conference Call
Management will host a conference call and webcast today, May 3, 2022 at 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time (4:30 pm. in Israel) to review and discuss Sapiens' results.

Please call the following numbers (at least 10 minutes before the scheduled time) to participate:

North America (toll-free): + 1-888-642-5032; International: +972-3-918-0609; UK: 0-800-917-5108

The live webcast of the call can be viewed on Sapiens' website at: https://www.sapiens.com/investor-relations/ir-events-presentations. A replay of the call will be available one business day following the completion of the event, at the same link for 90 days.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures
This press release contains the following non-GAAP financial measures: non-GAAP revenue, non-GAAP gross profit, non-GAAP gross margin, non-GAAP operating income, non-GAAP operating margin, non-GAAP net income attributed to Sapiens shareholders, non-GAAP basic and diluted earnings per share, Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted Free Cash-Flow.

Sapiens believes that these non-GAAP measures of financial results provide useful information to management and investors regarding certain financial and business trends relating to Sapiens' financial condition and results of operations. The Company's management uses these non-GAAP measures to compare the Company's performance to that of prior periods for trend analyses, for purposes of determining executive and senior management incentive compensation and for budgeting and planning purposes. These measures are used in financial reports prepared for management and in quarterly financial reports presented to the Company's board of directors. The Company believes that the use of these non-GAAP financial measures provides an additional tool for investors to use in evaluating ongoing operating results and trends, and in comparing the Company's financial measures with other software companies, many of which present similar non-GAAP financial measures to investors.

Non-GAAP financial measures consist of GAAP financial measures adjusted to exclude: Valuation adjustment on acquired deferred revenue, amortization of capitalized software development and other intangible assets, capitalization of software development, stock-based compensation, compensation related to acquisition and acquisition-related costs, restructuring and cost reduction costs, and tax adjustments related to non-GAAP adjustments.

Management of the Company does not consider these non-GAAP measures in isolation, or as an alternative to financial measures determined in accordance with GAAP. The principal limitation of these non-GAAP financial measures is that they exclude significant expenses and income that are required by GAAP to be recorded in the Company's financial statements. In addition, they are subject to inherent limitations, as they reflect the exercise of judgment by management about which expenses and income are excluded or included in determining these non-GAAP financial measures.

To compensate for these limitations, management presents non-GAAP financial measures in connection with GAAP results. Sapiens urges investors to review the reconciliation of its non-GAAP financial measures to the comparable GAAP financial measures, which it includes in press releases announcing quarterly financial results, including this press release, and not to rely on any single financial measure to evaluate the Company's business.

Reconciliation tables of the most comparable GAAP financial measures to the non-GAAP financial measures used in this press release are included with the financial tables of this release.

The Company defines Adjusted EBITDA as net profit, adjusted to eliminate valuation adjustment on acquired deferred revenue, stock-based compensation expense, depreciation and amortization, capitalization of software development costs, compensation expenses related to acquisition and acquisition-related costs, restructuring and cost reduction costs, financial expense (income), provision for income taxes and other income (expenses). These amounts are often excluded by other companies as well, in order to help investors understand the operational performance of their business.

The Company uses Adjusted EBITDA as a measurement of its operating performance, because it assists in comparing the operating performance on a consistent basis by removing the impact of certain non-cash and non-operating items. Adjusted EBITDA reflects an additional way of viewing aspects of the operations that the Company believes, when viewed with the GAAP results and the accompanying reconciliations to corresponding GAAP financial measures, provide a more complete understanding of factors and trends affecting its business. The Company uses Adjusted Free Cash-Flow as a measurement of its operating performance, and reconciles cash-flow from operating activities to Adjusted Free Cash-Flow, while reducing the amounts for capitalization of software development costs and capital expenditures. The Company adds back cash payments made for former acquisitions in respect of future performance targets and retention criteria as determined upon acquisition date of the respective acquired company, which were included in the cash-flow from operating activities. We believe that Adjusted Free Cash-Flow is useful in evaluating our business, because Adjusted Free Cash-Flow reflects the cash surplus available to fund the expansion of our business.

About Sapiens
Sapiens International Corporation (NASDAQ and TASE: SPNS) empowers the financial sector, with a focus on insurance, to transform and become digital, innovative and agile. Backed by more than 35 years of industry expertise, Sapiens offers a complete insurance platform, with pre-integrated, low-code solutions and a cloud-first approach that accelerates customers' digital transformation. Serving over 600 customers in 30 countries, Sapiens offers insurers across property and casualty, workers compensation and life markets the most comprehensive set of solutions, from core to complementary, including Reinsurance, Financial & Compliance, Data & Analytics, Digital, and Decision Management.  For more information visit www.sapiens.com or follow us on LinkedIn.

Media Contact Shay Assaraf Chief Marketing Officer, Sapiens Shay.assaraf@sapiens.com

Investors Contact Brett Maas Managing Partner, Hayden IR +1 646-536-7331 Brett.Maas@HaydenIR.com   Kimberly Rogers Managing Director, Hayden IR +1 541-904-5075 kim@HaydenIR.com

Forward Looking Statements

Certain matters discussed in this press release are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act, Section 21E of the Exchange Act and the safe harbor provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, and are based on our beliefs, assumptions and expectations, as well as information currently available to us. Such forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of the words "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "expect," "may," "will," "plan" and similar expressions. Such statements reflect our current views with respect to future events and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties. There are important factors that could cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to differ materially from the results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to: the degree of our success in our plans to leverage our global footprint to grow our sales; the degree of our success in integrating the companies that we have acquired through the implementation of our M&A growth strategy; the lengthy development cycles for our solutions, which may frustrate our ability to realize revenues and/or profits from our potential new solutions; our lengthy and complex sales cycles, which do not always result in the realization of revenues; the degree of our success in retaining our existing customers or competing effectively for greater market share; difficulties in successfully planning and managing changes in the size of our operations; the frequency of the long-term, large, complex projects that we perform that involve complex estimates of project costs and profit margins, which sometimes change mid-stream; the challenges and potential liability that heightened privacy laws and regulations pose to our business; occasional disputes with clients, which may adversely impact our results of operations and our reputation; various intellectual property issues related to our business; potential unanticipated product vulnerabilities or cybersecurity breaches of our or our customers' systems; risks related to the insurance industry in which our clients operate; risks associated with our global sales and operations, such as changes in regulatory requirements, wide-spread viruses and epidemics like the recent novel coronavirus pandemic, which adversely affected our results of operations, or fluctuations in currency exchange rates; and risks related to our principal location in Israel and our status as a Cayman Islands company. While we believe such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, should one or more of the underlying assumptions prove incorrect, or these risks or uncertainties materialize, our actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Please read the risks discussed under the heading "Risk Factors" in our most recent Annual Report on Form 20-F, which we filed with the SEC on March 31, 2022, in order to review conditions that we believe could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements. You should not rely upon forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee that future results, levels of activity, performance and events and circumstances reflected in the forward-looking statements will be achieved or will occur. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements for any reason, to conform these statements to actual results or to changes in our expectations.

 

SAPIENS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION N.V. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INCOME U.S. dollars in thousands (except per share amounts)
			Three months ended
			March 31,
			2022		2021
			(unaudited)		(unaudited)
Revenue			117,695		109,592
Cost of revenue			68,278		65,336
Gross profit			49,417		44,256
Operating expenses:
	Research and development, net		14,150		13,088
	Selling, marketing, general and administrative		18,719		18,803
Total operating expenses			32,869		31,891
Operating income			16,548		12,365
Financial and other expenses (income), net			(348)		515
Taxes on income			2,938		1,948
Net income			13,958		9,902
Attributable to non-controlling interest			32		67
Net income attributable to Sapiens' shareholders			13,926		9,835
Basic earnings per share			0.25		0.18
Diluted earnings per share			0.25		0.18
Weighted average number of shares outstanding used to compute basic earnings per share (in thousands)			55,093		54,689
Weighted average number of shares outstanding used to compute diluted earnings per share (in thousands)			55,630		55,567

 

SAPIENS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION N.V. AND SUBSIDIARIES RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP RESULTS U.S. dollars in thousands (except per share amounts)
		Three months ended
		March 31,
		2022		2021
		(unaudited)		(unaudited)
GAAP revenue		117,695		109,592
Valuation adjustment on acquired deferred revenue		23		630
Non-GAAP revenue		117,718		110,222
GAAP gross profit		49,417		44,256
Revenue adjustment		23		630
Amortization of capitalized software		1,471		1,784
Amortization of other intangible assets		2,032		2,559
Non-GAAP gross profit		52,943		49,229
GAAP operating income		16,548		12,365
Gross profit adjustments		3,526		4,973
Capitalization of software development		(1,746)		(1,632)
Amortization of other intangible assets		1,244		1,366
Stock-based compensation		931		1,399
Acquisition-related costs (*)		267		529
Non-GAAP operating income		20,770		19,000
GAAP net income attributable to Sapiens' shareholders		13,926		9,835
Operating income adjustments		4,222		6,635
Tax effect on NON-GAAP adjustment		(850)		(1,562)
Non-GAAP net income attributable to Sapiens' shareholders		17,298		14,908
Diluted earnings per share		0.31		0.27
Weighted average number of shares outstanding used to compute diluted earnings per share (in thousands)		55,630		55,567
(*) Acquisition-related costs pertain to charges on behalf of M&A agreements related to future performance targets and retention criteria, as well as third-party services, such as tax, accounting and legal rendered until the acquisition date.

 

Adjusted EBITDA Calculation  U.S. dollars in thousands
		Three months ended
		March 31,
		2022		2021
GAAP operating profit		16,548		12,365
Non-GAAP adjustments:
Valuation adjustment on acquired deferred revenue		23		630
Amortization of capitalized software		1,471		1,784
Amortization of other intangible assets		3,276		3,925
Capitalization of software development		(1,746)		(1,632)
Stock-based compensation		931		1,399
Compensation related to acquisition and acquisition-related costs		267		529
Non-GAAP operating profit		20,770		19,000
Depreciation		1,140		1,120
Adjusted EBITDA		21,910		20,120

 

Summary of NON-GAAP Financial Information  U.S. dollars in thousands (except per share amounts)
	Q1 2022		Q4 2021		Q3 2021		Q2 2021		Q1 2021
Revenues	117,718		119,854		118,442		115,036		110,222
Gross profit	52,943		53,933		53,413		51,720		49,229
Operating income	20,770		21,590		21,019		19,795		19,000
Adjusted EBITDA	21,910		23,579		22,144		20,920		20,120
Net income to Sapiens' shareholders	17,298		17,681		16,976		15,975		14,908
Diluted earnings per share	0.31		0.32		0.31		0.29		0.27

 

Non-GAAP Revenues by Geographic Breakdown  U.S. dollars in thousands
	Q1 2022		Q4 2021		Q3 2021		Q2 2021		Q1 2021
North America	49,009		48,872		48,952		46,767		44,754
Europe	59,267		62,416		59,707		59,718		57,642
Rest of the World	9,442		8,566		9,783		8,551		7,826
Total	117,718		119,854		118,442		115,036		110,222

 

Adjusted Free Cash-Flow U.S. dollars in thousands
	Q1 2022		Q4 2021		Q3 2021		Q2 2021		Q1 2021
Cash-flow from operating activities	18,330		27,386		14,556		26,845		11,755
Increase in capitalized software development costs	(1,746)		(2,256)		(2,064)		(1,959)		(1,632)
Capital expenditures	(453)		(801)		(1,082)		(1,082)		(821)
Free cash-flow	16,131		24,329		11,410		23,804		9,302
Cash payments attributed to acquisition-related costs(*) (**)	-		407		477		-		1,280
Adjusted free cash-flow	16,131		24,736		11,887		23,804		10,582
(*) Included in cash-flow from operating activities
(**) Acquisition-related payments pertain to payments on behalf of M&A agreements related to future performance targets and retention criteria, as well as third-party services, such as, tax, accounting and legal rendered until the acquisition date.

 

SAPIENS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION N.V. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET U.S. dollars in thousands
			March 31,		December 31,
			2022		2021
			(unaudited)		(unaudited)
ASSETS
CURRENT ASSETS
	Cash and cash equivalents		171,309		190,243
	Short-term bank deposit		35,000		20,000
	Trade receivables, net and unbilled receivables		82,473		76,261
	Other receivables and prepaid expenses		14,354		13,841
	Total current assets		303,136		300,345
LONG-TERM ASSETS
	Property and equipment, net		13,889		14,458
	Severance pay fund		5,802		5,954
	Goodwill and intangible assets, net		336,593		343,283
	Operating lease right-of-use assets		41,256		43,665
	Other long-term assets		7,207		7,288
	Total long-term assets		404,747		414,648
TOTAL ASSETS			707,883		714,993
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
CURRENT LIABILITIES
	Trade payables		5,264		5,008
	Current maturities of Series B Debentures		19,796		19,796
	Accrued expenses and other liabilities		77,101		76,450
	Current maturities of operating lease liabilities		10,626		10,827
	Deferred revenue		45,272		39,614
	Total current liabilities		158,059		151,695
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
	Series B Debentures, net of current maturities		59,208		78,986
	Deferred tax liabilities		14,617		15,360
	Other long-term liabilities		12,160		12,144
	Long-term operating lease liabilities		36,916		38,751
	Redeemable non-controlling interest		99		101
	Accrued severance pay		9,067		9,236
	Total long-term liabilities		132,067		154,578
EQUITY			417,757		408,720
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY			707,883		714,993

 

SAPIENS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION N.V. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOW U.S. dollars in thousands
	For the three months ended March 31,
	2022		2021
	(unaudited)		(unaudited)
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income	13,958		9,902
Reconciliation of net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	5,887		6,829
Accretion of discount on Series B Debentures	18		26
Capital loss from sale of property and equipment	7		5
Stock-based compensation related to options issued to employees	931		1,399
Net changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of amount acquired:
Trade receivables, net and unbilled receivables	(7,357)		(10,541)
Deferred tax liabilities, net	(471)		(1,913)
Other operating assets	959		6,116
Trade payables	(34)		609
Other operating liabilities	(1,136)		(7,774)
Deferred revenues	5,526		6,995
Accrued severance pay, net	42		102
Net cash provided by operating activities	18,330		11,755
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchase of property and equipment	(453)		(821)
Proceeds from (Investment in) deposits	(15,033)		-
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment	-		154
Capitalized software development costs	(1,746)		(1,632)
Net cash used in investing activities	(17,232)		(2,299)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from employee stock options exercised	-		413
Repayment of Series B Debenture	(19,796)		(19,796)
Payment of contingent considerations	-		(537)
Dividend to non-controlling interest	-		(31)
Net cash used in financing activities	(19,796)		(19,951)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents	(236)		118
Decrease in cash and cash equivalents	(18,934)		(10,377)
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of period	190,243		152,561
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of period	171,309		142,184

 

Debentures Covenants
As of March 31, 2022, Sapiens was in compliance with all of its financial covenants under the indenture for the Series B Debentures, based on having achieved the following in its consolidated financial results:

Covenant 1

• Target shareholders' equity (excluding non-controlling interest): above $120 million.
• Actual shareholders' equity (excluding non-controlling interest) equal to $415.6 million.

Covenant 2

• Target ratio of net financial indebtedness to net capitalization (in each case, as defined under the indenture for the Company's Series B Debentures) below 65%.
• Actual ratio of net financial indebtedness to net capitalization equal to (42.75)%.

Covenant 3

• Target ratio of net financial indebtedness to EBITDA (accumulated calculation for the four last quarters) is below 5.5.
• Actual ratio of net financial indebtedness to EBITDA (accumulated calculation for the four last quarters) is equal to (1.41).

 

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