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SolarWinds Announces First Quarter 2022 Results

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SolarWinds Corporation (SWI) reported Q1 2022 results with total revenue of $176.9 million, marking a 1.7% year-over-year increase. Recurring revenue constituted 87.2% of total revenue. The company incurred a net loss of $4.7 million and achieved an adjusted EBITDA of $68.8 million, equating to a 38.9% margin. Key developments included the launch of Hybrid Observability solutions and the acquisition of Monalytic, enhancing support for federal clients. SolarWinds is focused on customer retention and subscription growth while maintaining strong cash reserves of $751.2 million against $1.9 billion in debt.

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  • Total revenue grew by 1.7% year-over-year to $176.9 million.
  • Recurring revenue made up 87.2% of total revenue.
  • Adjusted EBITDA of $68.8 million, with a margin of 38.9%.
  • Launch of Hybrid Observability solutions to enhance offerings.
  • Acquisition of Monalytic for better federal IT support.
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  • Net loss of $4.7 million in Q1 2022.

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- SolarWinds Corporation (NYSE:SWI), a leading provider of simple, powerful, and secure IT management software, today reported results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2022.

First Quarter Financial Highlights From Continuing Operations

  • Total revenue for the first quarter of $176.9 million, representing 1.7% year-over-year growth and total recurring revenue representing 87.2% of total revenue.1
  • Net loss for the first quarter of $4.7 million.
  • Adjusted EBITDA for the first quarter of $68.8 million, representing a margin of 38.9% of total revenue.

For a reconciliation of our GAAP to non-GAAP results, please see the tables below.

“In the first quarter, we made significant progress on our key priorities of customer retention, increased focus on subscription revenue growth, and our accelerated evolution to platform-based solutions with the April launch of Hybrid Observability solutions. Our teams achieved impressive results despite a challenging macro environment, due to the relevance of our solutions, the trust our customers place in us, and the customer success mindset and commitment of our Partners and the entire SolarWinds team,” said Sudhakar Ramakrishna, President and Chief Executive Officer, SolarWinds. “Continuing in 2022, we remain focused on growth by helping customers accelerate their business transformation with simple, powerful, and secure solutions.”

First Quarter Business Highlights

  • The 2022 GigaOm® Radar for Cloud Observability Solutions rated SolarWinds® Hybrid Cloud Observability as a Leader and Fast Mover due to our strengths across all key criteria of evaluation, including: reporting and dashboards, user interaction performance, multi-cloud resource view, predictive analysis, and licensing flexibility.
  • SolarWinds hosted THWACKcamp 2022 on March 2-3, a virtual event with over 2,200 attendees and marking our tenth year of this event. A key source of primary research and customer preferences, our vibrant THWACK® community of more than 180,000 registered members continues to grow with IT, Dev, Sec, and Cloud Ops professionals.
  • SolarWinds announced the acquisition of Monalytic, a provider of monitoring, analytics, and professional services to the public sector, which helps SolarWinds provide federal customers with around-the-clock support to help optimize and secure their dynamic IT environments.
  • SolarWinds hosted its EMEA Virtual Partner Summit February 8-10, the APJ Partner Summit February 15-17, Government and Education Virtual User Group March 22, and North American Virtual Partner Summit March 22-24.
  • SolarWinds sponsored and participated in several key industry events including AFCEA West in San Diego, California and SQLBits in London.
  • SolarWinds announced key findings from its seventh Public Sector Cybersecurity Survey report, including a shift to external threats as the leading public sector security concern for the first time in five years.
  • CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, named Jeff McCullough, SolarWinds’ Vice President, Worldwide Partner Sales as one of its 50 Most Influential Channel Chiefs, an award bestowed upon an elite subset of the prestigious 2022 CRN Channel Chiefs list.
  • SolarWinds made elements of its comprehensive database management portfolio—SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer (DPA), SolarWinds SQL Sentry®, and SolarWinds Database Insights for SQL Server®— available as fully-transactable solutions in the Microsoft® Azure® Marketplace.
  • SolarWinds introduced Dynamic Forms support in SolarWinds Service Desk, a modern IT service management (ITSM) solution, allowing agents to collect vital information relevant to customer issues quickly and efficiently, accelerating problem resolution.
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1

Beginning with the first quarter of 2022, we no longer adjust our revenue for the impact of purchase accounting, so GAAP total revenue is equivalent to our non-GAAP total revenue measure we have historically reported.

Balance Sheet

At March 31, 2022, total cash and cash equivalents were $751.2 million and total debt was $1.9 billion.

The financial results included in this press release are preliminary and pending final review by the company and its external auditors. Financial results will not be final until SolarWinds files its quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the period. Information about SolarWinds’ use of non-GAAP financial measures is provided below under “Non-GAAP Financial Measures.”

SolarWinds completed the previously announced separation and distribution of its managed service provider (“N-able”) business into a newly created and separately traded public company, N-able, Inc. on July 19, 2021. N‑able's historical financial results through July 19, 2021, are reflected in SolarWinds' consolidated financial statements as discontinued operations. Effective July 30, 2021, SolarWinds effected a 2:1 reverse stock split of its common stock. As a result of the reverse stock split, all share and per share figures contained in the financial statements have been retroactively restated as if the reverse stock split occurred at the beginning of the periods presented.

Financial Outlook

As of May 5, 2022, SolarWinds is providing its financial outlook for the second quarter and full year of 2022. The financial information below represents forward-looking non-GAAP financial information, including an estimate of adjusted EBITDA margin and non-GAAP diluted earnings per share. These non-GAAP financial measures exclude, among other items mentioned below, stock-based compensation expense and related employer-paid payroll taxes, amortization, certain expenses related to the cyberattack that occurred in December 2020 (the “Cyber Incident”), restructuring costs and other costs related to non-recurring items. We have not reconciled our estimates of these non-GAAP financial measures to their most directly comparable GAAP measure as a result of uncertainty regarding, and the potential variability of, these excluded items in future periods. Accordingly, reconciliation is not available without unreasonable effort, although it is important to note that these excluded items could be material to our results computed in accordance with GAAP in future periods. Our reported results provide reconciliations of non-GAAP financial measures to their nearest GAAP equivalents.

Financial Outlook for Second Quarter of 2022

SolarWinds’ management currently expects to achieve the following results for the second quarter of 2022:

  • Total revenue in the range of $174 to $177 million, representing a decline of 2% to flat as compared to the second quarter of 2021 total revenue from continuing operations.
  • Adjusted EBITDA margin of approximately 37% to 38% of total revenue.
  • Non-GAAP diluted earnings per share of $0.20.
  • Weighted average outstanding diluted shares of approximately 161.6 million.

Financial Outlook for Full Year of 2022

SolarWinds’ management currently expects to achieve the following results for the full year of 2022:

  • Total revenue in the range of $730 to $750 million, representing growth of 2% to 4% over the full year of 2021 total revenue from continuing operations.
  • Adjusted EBITDA margin of approximately 41% of total revenue.
  • Non-GAAP diluted earnings per share of $0.88 to $0.95.
  • Weighted average outstanding diluted shares of approximately 162.6 million.

Additional details on the company's outlook will be provided on the conference call.

Conference Call and Webcast

In conjunction with this announcement, SolarWinds will host a conference call today to discuss its financial results, business and business outlook at 7:30 a.m. CT (8:30 a.m. ET/5:30 a.m. PT). A live webcast of the call and materials presented during the call will be available on the SolarWinds Investor Relations website at http://investors.solarwinds.com. A live dial-in will be available domestically at (888) 510-2008 and internationally at +1 (646) 960-0306. To access the live call, please dial in 5-10 minutes before the scheduled start time and enter the conference passcode 2975715. A replay of the webcast will be available on a temporary basis shortly after the event on the SolarWinds Investor Relations website.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains “forward-looking” statements, which are subject to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements regarding our financial outlook for the second quarter and the full year 2022. These forward-looking statements are based on management's beliefs and assumptions and on information currently available to management. Forward-looking statements include all statements that are not historical facts and may be identified by terms such as “aim,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “can,” “could,” “seek,” “should,” “feel,” “expect,” “will,” “would,” “plan,” “project,” “intend,” “estimate,” “continue,” “may,” or similar expressions and the negatives of those terms. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, the following: (a) risks related to the Cyber Incident, including with respect to (1) the discovery of new or different information regarding the Cyber Incident, including with respect to its scope, the threat actor’s access to SolarWinds’ environments and its related activities during such period, and the related impact on SolarWinds’ systems, products, current or former employees and customers, (2) the possibility that our mitigation and remediation efforts with respect to the Cyber Incident may not be successful, (3) the possibility that additional confidential, proprietary, or personal information, including information of SolarWinds’ current or former employees and customers, was accessed and exfiltrated as a result of the Cyber Incident, (4) numerous financial, legal, reputational and other risks to us related to the Cyber Incident, including risks that the incident or SolarWinds’ response thereto, including with respect to providing notices to any impacted individuals, may result in the loss, compromise or corruption of data and proprietary information, loss of business as a result of termination or non-renewal of agreements or reduced purchases or upgrades of our products, severe reputational damage adversely affecting customer, partner and vendor relationships and investor confidence, increased attrition of personnel and distraction of key and other personnel, U.S. or foreign regulatory investigations and enforcement actions, litigation, indemnity obligations, damages for contractual breach, penalties for violation of applicable laws or regulations, significant costs for remediation and the incurrence of other liabilities, (5) risks that our insurance coverage, including coverage relating to certain security and privacy damages and claim expenses, may not be available or sufficient to compensate for all liabilities we incur related to these matters, (6) the possibility that our steps to secure our internal environment, improve our product development environment and ensure the security and integrity of the software that we deliver to our customers may not be successful or sufficient to protect against future threat actors or attacks or be perceived by existing and prospective customers as sufficient to address the harm caused by the Cyber Incident, (b) other risks related to cyber security, including that we may experience other security incidents or have vulnerabilities in our systems and services exploited, which may result in compromises or breaches of our and our customers’ systems or, theft or misappropriation of our and our customers’ confidential, proprietary or personal information, as well as exposure to legal and other liabilities, including the related risk of higher customer, employee and partner attrition and the loss of key personnel, as well as negative impacts to our sales, renewals and upgrades; (c) risks related to the spin-off of the N-able business into a newly created and separately traded public company, including that we may not realize some or all of the anticipated strategic, financial, operational, marketing or other benefits from the separation, or such benefits may be delayed by a variety of circumstances, which may not be under our control, we may experience increased difficulties in attracting, retaining and motivating employees or maintaining or initiating relationships with partners, customers and other parties with which we currently do business, or may do business in the future, we could incur significant liability if the separation is determined to be a taxable transaction, potential indemnification liabilities incurred in connection with the separation could materially affect our business and financial results and N-able may fail to perform under various transaction agreements that were executed as part of the separation; (d) risks related to our evolving focus in our sales motion and challenges and costs associated with selling products to enterprise customers and adopting a subscription first approach; (e) risks relating to increased investments in our transformation from monitoring to observability; (f) the possibility that the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic may adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition; (g) any of the following factors either generally or as a result of the impacts of the Cyber Incident, the global COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine or inflation on the global economy or on our business operations and financial condition or on the business operations and financial conditions of our customers, their end-customers and our prospective customers: (1) reductions in information technology spending or delays in purchasing decisions by our customers, their end-customers and our prospective customers, (2) the inability to sell products to new customers or to sell additional products or upgrades to our existing customers, (3) any decline in our renewal or net retention rates, (4) the inability to generate significant volumes of high quality sales leads from our digital marketing initiatives and convert such leads into new business at acceptable conversion rates, (5) the timing and adoption of new products, product upgrades or pricing model changes by SolarWinds or its competitors, (6) potential foreign exchange gains and losses related to expenses and sales denominated in currencies other than the functional currency of an associated entity, (7) risks associated with our international operations and (8) sanctions and disruptions resulting from the war in Ukraine; (h) the possibility that our operating income could fluctuate and may decline as percentage of revenue as we make further expenditures to support our business or expand our operations; (i) our inability to successfully identify, complete, and integrate acquisitions and manage our growth effectively; (j) risks associated with our status as a controlled company; and (k) such other risks and uncertainties described more fully in documents filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the risk factors discussed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2021 filed on February 25, 2022 and our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2022 that SolarWinds anticipates filing on or before May 10, 2022. All information provided in this release is as of the date hereof and SolarWinds undertakes no duty to update this information except as required by law.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

In addition to financial measures prepared in accordance with GAAP, we use certain non-GAAP financial measures to clarify and enhance our understanding, and aid in the period-to-period comparison, of our performance. We believe that these non-GAAP financial measures provide supplemental information that is meaningful when assessing our operating performance because they exclude the impact of certain amounts that our management and board of directors do not consider part of core operating results when assessing our operational performance, allocating resources, preparing annual budgets and determining compensation. Accordingly, these non-GAAP financial measures may provide insight to investors into the motivation and decision-making of management in operating the business.

SolarWinds also believes that these non-GAAP financial measures are used by investors and security analysts to (a) compare and evaluate its performance from period to period and (b) compare its performance to those of its competitors. These non-GAAP measures exclude certain items that can vary substantially from company to company depending upon their financing and accounting methods, the book value of their assets, their capital structures, and the method by which their assets were acquired.

There are limitations associated with the use of these non-GAAP financial measures. These non-GAAP financial measures are not prepared in accordance with GAAP, do not reflect a comprehensive system of accounting and may not be completely comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies due to potential differences in the exact method of calculation between companies. Certain items that are excluded from these non-GAAP financial measures can have a material impact on operating and net income (loss).

As a result, these non-GAAP financial measures have limitations and should not be considered in isolation from, or as a substitute for, the most comparable GAAP measures. SolarWinds' management and board of directors compensate for these limitations by using these non-GAAP financial measures as supplements to GAAP financial measures and by reviewing the reconciliations of the non-GAAP financial measures to their most comparable GAAP financial measure. Set forth in the tables below are the corresponding GAAP financial measures for each non-GAAP financial measure presented. Investors are encouraged to review the reconciliations of these non-GAAP financial measures to their most comparable GAAP financial measures that are set forth in the tables below. Unless noted otherwise, all non-GAAP financial measures are derived from our GAAP financial measures from continuing operations.

Non-GAAP Revenue. We define non-GAAP total revenue as total revenue excluding the impact of purchase accounting from acquisitions. The non-GAAP revenue growth rate we provide is calculated using non-GAAP total revenue from the comparable prior period. We historically monitored this measure to assess our performance because we believed our revenue growth rate would be overstated without this adjustment. We believed presenting non-GAAP total revenue aided in the comparability between periods and in assessing our overall operating performance. Beginning in the first quarter of 2022, we no longer adjust our GAAP revenue for the impact of purchase accounting.

Non-GAAP Revenue on a Constant Currency Basis. We provide non-GAAP revenue on a constant currency basis to provide a framework for assessing our performance excluding the effect of foreign currency rate fluctuations. To present this information, current period results for entities reporting in currencies other than U.S. Dollars are converted into U.S. Dollars at the average exchange rates in effect during the corresponding prior period presented. We believe that providing non-GAAP revenue on a constant currency basis facilitates the comparison of non-GAAP revenue to prior periods.

Non-GAAP Cost of Revenue and Non-GAAP Operating Income. We provide non-GAAP cost of revenue and non-GAAP operating income and related non-GAAP margins using non-GAAP revenue and excluding such items as the write-down of deferred revenue related to purchase accounting, amortization of acquired intangible assets, stock-based compensation expense and related employer-paid payroll taxes, acquisition and other costs, restructuring costs and Cyber Incident costs. Management believes these measures are useful for the following reasons:

  • Amortization of Acquired Intangible Assets. We provide non-GAAP information that excludes expenses related to purchased intangible assets associated with our acquisitions. We believe that eliminating this expense from our non-GAAP measures is useful to investors, because the amortization of acquired intangible assets can be inconsistent in amount and frequency and is significantly impacted by the timing and magnitude of our acquisition transactions, which also vary in frequency from period to period. Accordingly, we analyze the performance of our operations in each period without regard to such expenses.
  • Stock-Based Compensation Expense and Related Employer-paid Payroll Taxes. We provide non-GAAP information that excludes expenses related to stock-based compensation and related employer-paid payroll taxes. We believe that the exclusion of stock-based compensation expense provides for a better comparison of our operating results to prior periods and to our peer companies as the calculations of stock-based compensation vary from period to period and company to company due to different valuation methodologies, subjective assumptions, and the variety of award types. Employer-paid payroll taxes on stock-based compensation is dependent on our stock price and the timing of the taxable events related to the equity awards, over which our management has little control, and does not correlate to the core operation of our business. Because of these unique characteristics of stock-based compensation and related employer-paid payroll taxes, management excludes these expenses when analyzing the organization’s business performance.
  • Acquisition and Other Costs. We exclude certain expense items resulting from acquisitions, such as legal, accounting and advisory fees, changes in fair value of contingent consideration, costs related to integrating the acquired businesses, deferred compensation, severance and retention expense. In addition, we exclude certain other costs including expense related to our offerings. We consider these adjustments, to some extent, to be unpredictable and dependent on a significant number of factors that are outside of our control. Furthermore, acquisitions result in operating expenses that would not otherwise have been incurred by us in the normal course of our organic business operations. We believe that providing these non-GAAP measures that exclude acquisition and other costs, allows users of our financial statements to better review and understand the historical and current results of our continuing operations, and also facilitates comparisons to our historical results and results of less acquisitive peer companies, both with and without such adjustments.
  • Restructuring Costs. We provide non-GAAP information that excludes restructuring costs such as severance and the estimated costs of exiting and terminating facility lease commitments, as they relate to our corporate restructuring and exit activities and costs related to the separation of employment with executives of the Company. In addition, we exclude certain costs resulting from the spin-off of N-able reported in continuing operations. These costs are inconsistent in amount and are significantly impacted by the timing and nature of these events. Therefore, although we may incur these types of expenses in the future, we believe that eliminating these costs for purposes of calculating the non-GAAP financial measures facilitates a more meaningful evaluation of our operating performance and comparisons to our past operating performance.
  • Cyber Incident Costs. We exclude certain expenses resulting from the Cyber Incident. Expenses include costs to investigate and remediate the Cyber Incident, and legal and other professional services related thereto, and consulting services being provided to customers at no charge. Cyber Incident costs are provided net of expected and received insurance reimbursements, although the timing of recognizing insurance reimbursements may differ from the timing of recognizing the associated expenses. We expect to incur significant legal and other professional services expenses associated with the Cyber Incident in future periods. The Cyber Incident results in operating expenses that would not have otherwise been incurred by us in the normal course of our organic business operations. We believe that providing non-GAAP measures that exclude these costs facilitates a more meaningful evaluation of our operating performance and comparisons to our past operating performance. We continue to invest significantly in cybersecurity and expect to make additional investments. These estimated investments are in addition to the Cyber Incident costs and not included in the net Cyber Incident costs reported.

Non-GAAP Net Income (Loss) and Non-GAAP Net Income (Loss) Per Diluted Share. We believe that the use of non-GAAP net income (loss) and non-GAAP net income (loss) per diluted share is helpful to our investors to clarify and enhance their understanding of past performance and future prospects. Non-GAAP net income (loss) is calculated as net income (loss) excluding the adjustments to non-GAAP revenue, non-GAAP cost of revenue and non-GAAP operating income, losses on extinguishment of debt, certain other non-operating gains and losses and the income tax effect of the non-GAAP exclusions. We define non-GAAP net income (loss) per diluted share as non-GAAP net income (loss) divided by the weighted average outstanding diluted common shares.

Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin. We regularly monitor adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA margin, as it is a measure we use to assess our operating performance. We define adjusted EBITDA as net income or loss, excluding the impact of purchase accounting on total revenue, amortization of acquired intangible assets and developed technology, depreciation expense, stock-based compensation expense and related employer-paid payroll taxes, restructuring costs, acquisition and other costs, Cyber Incident costs, interest expense, net, debt related costs including fees related to our credit agreements, debt extinguishment and refinancing costs, unrealized foreign currency (gains) losses, and income tax expense (benefit). We define adjusted EBITDA margin as adjusted EBITDA divided by non-GAAP revenue. Adjusted EBITDA has limitations as an analytical tool, and you should not consider it in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP. Some of these limitations are: although depreciation and amortization are non-cash charges, the assets being depreciated and amortized may have to be replaced in the future, and adjusted EBITDA does not reflect cash capital expenditure requirements for such replacements or for new capital expenditure requirements; adjusted EBITDA excludes the impact of the write-down of deferred revenue due to purchase accounting in connection with acquisitions, and therefore includes revenue that will never be recognized under GAAP; adjusted EBITDA does not reflect changes in, or cash requirements for, our working capital needs; adjusted EBITDA does not reflect the significant interest expense, or the cash requirements necessary to service interest or principal payments, on our debt; adjusted EBITDA does not reflect tax payments that may represent a reduction in cash available to us; and other companies, including companies in our industry, may calculate adjusted EBITDA differently, which reduces its usefulness as a comparative measure.

Unlevered Free Cash Flow. Unlevered free cash flow is a measure of our liquidity used by management to evaluate cash flow from operations, after the deduction of capital expenditures and prior to the impact of our capital structure, acquisition and other costs, restructuring costs, Cyber Incident costs, employer-paid payroll taxes on stock awards and other one-time items, that can be used by us for strategic opportunities and strengthening our balance sheet. However, given our debt obligations, unlevered free cash flow does not represent residual cash flow available for discretionary expenses.

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About SolarWinds

SolarWinds (NYSE:SWI) is a leading provider of simple, powerful, and secure IT management software built to enable customers to accelerate their digital transformation. Our solutions provide organizations worldwide—regardless of type, size, or complexity—with a comprehensive and unified view of today’s modern, distributed, and hybrid network environments. We continuously engage with technology professionals—IT service and operations professionals, DevOps and SecOps professionals, and Database Administrators (DBAs) – to understand the challenges they face in maintaining high-performing and highly available IT infrastructures, applications, and environments. The insights we gain from them, in places like our THWACK® community, allow us to address customers’ needs now, and in the future. Our focus on the user and our commitment to excellence in end-to-end hybrid IT management have established SolarWinds as a worldwide leader in solutions for observability, IT service management, application performance, and database management. Learn more today at www.solarwinds.com.

The SolarWinds, SolarWinds & Design, Orion, and THWACK trademarks are the exclusive property of SolarWinds Worldwide, LLC or its affiliates, are registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and may be registered or pending registration in other countries. All other SolarWinds trademarks, service marks, and logos may be common law marks or are registered or pending registration. All other trademarks mentioned herein are used for identification purposes only and are trademarks of (and may be registered trademarks of) their respective companies.

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SolarWinds Corporation

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(In thousands, except share and per share information)

(Unaudited)

 

 

March 31,

 

December 31,

 

2022

 

2021

Assets

 

 

 

Current assets:

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

$

751,218

 

 

$

732,116

 

Accounts receivable, net of allowances of $693 and $476 as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively

 

98,231

 

 

 

95,095

 

Income tax receivable

 

1,343

 

 

 

1,114

 

Prepaid and other current assets

 

22,559

 

 

 

30,515

 

Total current assets

 

873,351

 

 

 

858,840

 

Property and equipment, net

 

27,974

 

 

 

29,722

 

Operating lease assets

 

71,373

 

 

 

74,318

 

Deferred taxes

 

141,512

 

 

 

144,162

 

Goodwill

 

3,299,468

 

 

 

3,308,405

 

Intangible assets, net

 

311,874

 

 

 

342,563

 

Other assets, net

 

36,197

 

 

 

34,117

 

Total assets

$

4,761,749

 

 

$

4,792,127

 

Liabilities and stockholders’ equity

 

 

 

Current liabilities:

 

 

 

Accounts payable

$

7,188

 

 

$

7,327

 

Accrued liabilities and other

 

32,994

 

 

 

41,328

 

Current operating lease liabilities

 

14,938

 

 

 

14,382

 

Accrued interest payable

 

171

 

 

 

153

 

Income taxes payable

 

6,483

 

 

 

3,086

 

Current portion of deferred revenue

 

329,017

 

 

 

327,701

 

Current debt obligation

 

19,900

 

 

 

19,900

 

Total current liabilities

 

410,691

 

 

 

413,877

 

Long-term liabilities:

 

 

 

Deferred revenue, net of current portion

 

35,458

 

 

 

34,968

 

Non-current deferred taxes

 

10,713

 

 

 

16,918

 

Non-current operating lease liabilities

 

70,713

 

 

 

74,543

 

Other long-term liabilities

 

88,786

 

 

 

93,156

 

Long-term debt, net of current portion

 

1,868,010

 

 

 

1,870,769

 

Total liabilities

 

2,484,371

 

 

 

2,504,231

 

Commitments and contingencies

 

 

 

Stockholders’ equity:

 

 

 

Common stock, $0.001 par value: 1,000,000,000 shares authorized and 160,456,486 and 159,176,042 shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively

 

160

 

 

 

159

 

Preferred stock, $0.001 par value: 50,000,000 shares authorized and no shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively

 

 

 

 

 

Additional paid-in capital

 

2,577,818

 

 

 

2,566,783

 

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

 

(15,589

)

 

 

1,306

 

Accumulated deficit

 

(285,011

)

 

 

(280,352

)

Total stockholders’ equity

 

2,277,378

 

 

 

2,287,896

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

$

4,761,749

 

 

$

4,792,127

 

SolarWinds Corporation

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

(In thousands, except per share information)

(Unaudited)

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

2022

 

2021

Revenue:

 

 

 

Subscription

$

38,747

 

 

$

28,317

 

Maintenance

 

115,495

 

 

 

120,665

 

Total recurring revenue

 

154,242

 

 

 

148,982

 

License

 

22,626

 

 

 

24,874

 

Total revenue

 

176,868

 

 

 

173,856

 

Cost of revenue:

 

 

 

Cost of recurring revenue

 

17,831

 

 

 

15,654

 

Amortization of acquired technologies

 

17,227

 

 

 

40,417

 

Total cost of revenue

 

35,058

 

 

 

56,071

 

Gross profit

 

141,810

 

 

 

117,785

 

Operating expenses:

 

 

 

Sales and marketing

 

61,044

 

 

 

57,666

 

Research and development

 

23,422

 

 

 

26,358

 

General and administrative

 

32,664

 

 

 

30,865

 

Amortization of acquired intangibles

 

13,239

 

 

 

14,038

 

Total operating expenses

 

130,369

 

 

 

128,927

 

Operating income (loss)

 

11,441

 

 

 

(11,142

)

Other income (expense):

 

 

 

Interest expense, net

 

(16,087

)

 

 

(16,174

)

Other income (expense), net

 

(169

)

 

 

656

 

Total other income (expense)

 

(16,256

)

 

 

(15,518

)

Loss before income taxes

 

(4,815

)

 

 

(26,660

)

Income tax benefit

 

(156

)

 

 

(4,880

)

Net loss from continuing operations

 

(4,659

)

 

 

(21,780

)

Net income from discontinued operations, net of tax

 

 

 

 

14,620

 

Net loss

$

(4,659

)

 

$

(7,160

)

Net loss from continuing operations available to common stockholders

$

(4,659

)

 

$

(21,780

)

Net income from discontinued operations available to common stockholders

$

 

 

$

14,620

 

Net income (loss) available to common stockholders per share:

 

 

 

Basic loss from continuing operations per share

$

(0.03

)

 

$

(0.14

)

Basic earnings from discontinued operations per share

 

 

 

 

0.09

 

Basic loss per share

$

(0.03

)

 

$

(0.05

)

Diluted loss from continuing operations per share

$

(0.03

)

 

$

(0.14

)

Diluted earnings from discontinued operations per share

 

 

 

 

0.09

 

Diluted loss per share

$

(0.03

)

 

$

(0.05

)

Weighted-average shares used to compute net income (loss) available to common stockholders per share:

 

 

 

Shares used in computation of basic earnings (loss) per share

 

159,847

 

 

 

157,123

 

Shares used in computation of diluted earnings (loss) per share

 

159,847

 

 

 

157,123

 

SolarWinds Corporation

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

2022

 

2021

Cash flows from operating activities

 

 

 

Net loss from continuing operations

$

(4,659

)

 

$

(21,780

)

Adjustments to reconcile net loss from continuing operations to net cash provided by operating activities:

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

33,928

 

 

 

58,355

 

Provision for losses on accounts receivable

 

297

 

 

 

413

 

Stock-based compensation expense

 

15,269

 

 

 

13,794

 

Amortization of debt issuance costs

 

2,258

 

 

 

2,239

 

Deferred taxes

 

(6,392

)

 

 

26

 

Loss (gain) on foreign currency exchange rates

 

280

 

 

 

(1,462

)

Other non-cash expenses

 

211

 

 

 

2,266

 

Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of assets acquired and liabilities assumed in business combinations:

 

 

 

Accounts receivable

 

(3,332

)

 

 

(4,515

)

Income taxes receivable

 

(243

)

 

 

487

 

Prepaid and other assets

 

8,073

 

 

 

(9,580

)

Accounts payable

 

(138

)

 

 

4,834

 

Accrued liabilities and other

 

(8,482

)

 

 

(14,848

)

Accrued interest payable

 

18

 

 

 

(3

)

Income taxes payable

 

(822

)

 

 

(14,864

)

Deferred revenue

 

3,876

 

 

 

603

 

Other long-term liabilities

 

116

 

 

 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities from continuing operations

 

40,258

 

 

 

15,965

 

Cash flows from investing activities

 

 

 

Purchases of property and equipment

 

(1,180

)

 

 

(3,389

)

Purchases of intangible assets

 

(3,120

)

 

 

(926

)

Acquisitions, net of cash acquired

 

(6,500

)

 

 

447

 

Net cash used in investing activities from continuing operations

 

(10,800

)

 

 

(3,868

)

Cash flows from financing activities

 

 

 

Proceeds from issuance of common stock under employee stock purchase plan

 

1,753

 

 

 

3,129

 

Repurchase of common stock and incentive restricted stock

 

(6,419

)

 

 

(8,588

)

Exercise of stock options

 

12

 

 

 

11

 

Repayments of borrowings from credit agreement

 

(4,975

)

 

 

(4,975

)

Net cash used in financing activities from continuing operations

 

(9,629

)

 

 

(10,423

)

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents from continuing operations

 

(727

)

 

 

(4,390

)

Cash flows of discontinued operations

 

 

 

Operating activities of discontinued operations

 

 

 

 

10,966

 

Investing activities of discontinued operations

 

 

 

 

(3,661

)

Financing activities of discontinued operations

 

 

 

 

 

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents from discontinued operations

 

 

 

 

(735

)

Net cash provided by discontinued activities

 

 

 

 

6,570

 

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents

 

19,102

 

 

 

3,854

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

 

 

Beginning of period

 

732,116

 

 

 

370,498

 

End of period

$

751,218

 

 

$

374,352

 

 

 

 

 

Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information

 

 

 

Cash paid for interest

$

13,907

 

 

$

13,993

 

Cash paid for income taxes

$

6,259

 

 

$

14,408

 

SolarWinds Corporation

Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Measures from Continuing Operations

(Unaudited)

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

2022

 

2021

 

 

 

 

 

(in thousands, except margin data)

Total GAAP revenue

$

176,868

 

 

$

173,856

 

Impact of purchase accounting(1)

 

 

 

 

79

 

Total non-GAAP revenue

$

176,868

 

 

$

173,935

 

 

 

 

 

GAAP cost of revenue

$

35,058

 

 

$

56,071

 

Stock-based compensation expense and related employer-paid payroll taxes

 

(519

)

 

 

(463

)

Amortization of acquired technologies

 

(17,227

)

 

 

(40,417

)

Acquisition and other costs

 

 

 

 

(2

)

Cyber Incident costs

 

(156

)

 

 

(820

)

Non-GAAP cost of revenue

$

17,156

 

 

$

14,369

 

 

 

 

 

GAAP gross profit

$

141,810

 

 

$

117,785

 

Impact of purchase accounting(1)

 

 

 

 

79

 

Stock-based compensation expense and related employer-paid payroll taxes

 

519

 

 

 

463

 

Amortization of acquired technologies

 

17,227

 

 

 

40,417

 

Acquisition and other costs

 

 

 

 

2

 

Cyber Incident costs

 

156

 

 

 

820

 

Non-GAAP gross profit

$

159,712

 

 

$

159,566

 

GAAP gross margin

 

80.2

%

 

 

67.7

%

Non-GAAP gross margin

 

90.3

%

 

 

91.7

%

 

 

 

 

GAAP sales and marketing expense

$

61,044

 

 

$

57,666

 

Stock-based compensation expense and related employer-paid payroll taxes

 

(5,515

)

 

 

(5,556

)

Restructuring costs

 

(163

)

 

 

(140

)

Cyber Incident costs

 

(68

)

 

 

(766

)

Non-GAAP sales and marketing expense

$

55,298

 

 

$

51,204

 

 

 

 

 

GAAP research and development expense

$

23,422

 

 

$

26,358

 

Stock-based compensation expense and related employer-paid payroll taxes

 

(2,624

)

 

 

(3,698

)

Acquisition and other costs

 

 

 

 

(151

)

Cyber Incident costs

 

(2

)

 

 

(8

)

Non-GAAP research and development expense

$

20,796

 

 

$

22,501

 

 

 

 

 

GAAP general and administrative expense

$

32,664

 

 

$

30,865

 

Stock-based compensation expense and related employer-paid payroll taxes

 

(7,279

)

 

 

(4,811

)

Acquisition and other costs

 

(168

)

 

 

(773

)

Restructuring costs

 

(1,260

)

 

 

(595

)

Cyber Incident costs, net

 

(5,490

)

 

 

(8,569

)

Non-GAAP general and administrative expense

$

18,467

 

 

$

16,117

 

 

 

 

 

GAAP operating expenses

$

130,369

 

 

$

128,927

 

Stock-based compensation expense and related employer-paid payroll taxes

 

(15,418

)

 

 

(14,065

)

Amortization of acquired intangibles

 

(13,239

)

 

 

(14,038

)

Acquisition and other costs

 

(168

)

 

 

(924

)

Restructuring costs

 

(1,423

)

 

 

(735

)

Cyber Incident costs, net

 

(5,560

)

 

 

(9,343

)

Non-GAAP operating expenses

$

94,561

 

 

$

89,822

 

 

 

 

 

GAAP operating income (loss)

$

11,441

 

 

$

(11,142

)

Impact of purchase accounting(1)

 

 

 

 

79

 

Stock-based compensation expense and related employer-paid payroll taxes

 

15,937

 

 

 

14,528

 

Amortization of acquired technologies

 

17,227

 

 

 

40,417

 

Amortization of acquired intangibles

 

13,239

 

 

 

14,038

 

Acquisition and other costs

 

168

 

 

 

926

 

Restructuring costs

 

1,423

 

 

 

735

 

Cyber Incident costs, net

 

5,716

 

 

 

10,163

 

Non-GAAP operating income

$

65,151

 

 

$

69,744

 

GAAP operating margin

 

6.5

%

 

 

(6.4

)%

Non-GAAP operating margin

 

36.8

%

 

 

40.1

%

 

 

 

 

GAAP net loss from continuing operations

$

(4,659

)

 

$

(21,780

)

Impact of purchase accounting(1)

 

 

 

 

79

 

Stock-based compensation expense and related employer-paid payroll taxes

 

15,937

 

 

 

14,528

 

Amortization of acquired technologies

 

17,227

 

 

 

40,417

 

Amortization of acquired intangibles

 

13,239

 

 

 

14,038

 

Acquisition and other costs

 

168

 

 

 

926

 

Restructuring costs

 

1,387

 

 

 

735

 

Cyber Incident costs, net

 

5,716

 

 

 

10,163

 

Tax benefits associated with above adjustments

 

(11,447

)

 

 

(17,312

)

Non-GAAP net income

$

37,568

 

 

$

41,794

 

 

 

 

 

GAAP diluted loss from continuing operations per share

$

(0.03

)

 

$

(0.14

)

Non-GAAP diluted earnings per share

$

0.24

 

 

$

0.27

 

_______________

(1)

Adjustment represents the impact of purchase accounting to the subscription revenue line item.

.

Reconciliation of GAAP Net Income (Loss) to Adjusted EBITDA from Continuing Operations

(Unaudited)

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

2022

 

2021

 

 

 

 

 

(in thousands, except margin data)

Net loss

$

(4,659

)

 

$

(7,160

)

Less: Net income from discontinued operations

 

 

 

 

14,620

 

Net loss from continuing operations

 

(4,659

)

 

 

(21,780

)

Amortization and depreciation

 

33,928

 

 

 

58,355

 

Income tax benefit

 

(156

)

 

 

(4,880

)

Interest expense, net

 

16,087

 

 

 

16,174

 

Impact of purchase accounting on total revenue

 

 

 

 

79

 

Unrealized foreign currency (gains) losses

 

280

 

 

 

(1,449

)

Acquisition and other costs

 

168

 

 

 

926

 

Debt related costs

 

102

 

 

 

99

 

Stock-based compensation expense and related employer-paid payroll taxes

 

15,937

 

 

 

14,528

 

Restructuring costs

 

1,387

 

 

 

735

 

Cyber Incident costs, net

 

5,716

 

 

 

10,163

 

Adjusted EBITDA

$

68,790

 

 

$

72,950

 

Adjusted EBITDA margin

 

38.9

%

 

 

41.9

%

Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Revenue to Non-GAAP Revenue

on a Constant Currency Basis from Continuing Operations

(Unaudited)

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

2022

 

2021

 

Growth Rate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(in thousands, except percentages)

Total GAAP revenue

$

176,868

 

$

173,856

 

1.7

%

Impact of purchase accounting(1)

 

 

 

79

 

 

Non-GAAP total revenue

 

176,868

 

 

173,935

 

1.7

 

Estimated foreign currency impact(2)

 

1,923

 

 

 

1.1

 

Non-GAAP total revenue on a constant currency basis

$

178,791

 

$

173,935

 

2.8

%

_______

(1)

Adjustment represents the impact of purchase accounting to the subscription revenue line item.

(2)

The estimated foreign currency impact is calculated using the average foreign currency exchange rates in the comparable prior year monthly periods and applying those rates to foreign-denominated revenue in the corresponding monthly periods in the three months ended March 31, 2022.

Reconciliation of Unlevered Free Cash Flow from Continuing Operations

(Unaudited)

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

2022

 

2021

 

 

 

 

 

(in thousands)

Net cash provided by operating activities from continuing operations

$

40,258

 

 

$

15,965

 

Capital expenditures(1)

 

(4,300

)

 

 

(4,315

)

Free cash flow

 

35,958

 

 

 

11,650

 

Cash paid for interest and other debt related items

 

13,912

 

 

 

14,070

 

Cash paid for acquisition and other costs, restructuring costs, Cyber Incident costs, net, employer-paid payroll taxes on stock awards and other one-time items

 

8,770

 

 

 

12,517

 

Unlevered free cash flow (excluding forfeited tax shield)

 

58,640

 

 

 

38,237

 

Forfeited tax shield related to interest payments(2)

 

(3,407

)

 

 

(3,288

)

Unlevered free cash flow

$

55,233

 

 

$

34,949

 

_______________

(1)

Includes purchases of property and equipment and purchases of intangible assets.

(2)

Forfeited tax shield related to interest payments assumes a statutory rate of 24.5% for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 23.5% for the three months ended March 31, 2021.

 

Investors and Media:

Jenne Barbour

Phone: 512.498.6804

Investors: ir@solarwinds.com

Media: pr@solarwinds.com

Source: SolarWinds Worldwide, LLC.

FAQ

What were SolarWinds' financial results for Q1 2022?

SolarWinds reported Q1 2022 revenue of $176.9 million, with a net loss of $4.7 million.

What is the recurring revenue percentage for SolarWinds in Q1 2022?

Recurring revenue accounted for 87.2% of total revenue in Q1 2022.

What is the adjusted EBITDA for SolarWinds in Q1 2022?

The adjusted EBITDA for Q1 2022 was $68.8 million, representing a 38.9% margin.

What new solutions did SolarWinds launch recently?

SolarWinds launched Hybrid Observability solutions in April 2022.

What acquisition did SolarWinds announce?

SolarWinds announced the acquisition of Monalytic to provide better support for federal customers.

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