Tenable Announces Third Quarter 2020 Financial Results
Tenable (NASDAQ: TENB) reported a revenue of $112.3 million for Q3 2020, marking a 22% year-over-year increase. They added 335 new enterprise customers and 56 six-figure customers. While GAAP loss from operations was $3.5 million, non-GAAP income stood at $12.4 million. Net cash from operations was $24.8 million with free cash flow of $16.7 million. For Q4, revenue guidance is projected between $113 million and $115 million.
- Revenue increased by 22% year-over-year to $112.3 million.
- Added 335 new enterprise platform customers.
- Non-GAAP income from operations was $12.4 million.
- Free cash flow of $16.7 million.
- GAAP loss from operations of $3.5 million.
- GAAP net loss of $5.9 million.
- Added 335 new enterprise platform customers and 56 net new six-figure customers
- Revenue of
$112.3 million , up22% year-over-year - GAAP loss from operations of
$3.5 million ; Non-GAAP income from operations of$12.4 million - Net cash provided by operating activities of
$24.8 million ; Free cash flow of$16.7 million
COLUMBIA, Md., Oct. 27, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Tenable (Nasdaq: TENB), the Cyber Exposure company, today announced financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2020.
“We are pleased with our results for the quarter which includes attractive topline growth and expanding operating and free cash flow margins,” said Amit Yoran, Chairman and CEO of Tenable. “Remote work models have accelerated digital transformation and cloud adoption and organizations are increasingly relying on Tenable to secure these dynamic, modern environments. Tenable is helping customers invest in the cloud confidently and securely, empowering them to take a unified, risk-based approach to vulnerability management.”
Third Quarter 2020 Financial Highlights
- Revenue was
$112.3 million , representing a22% increase year-over-year. - Calculated current billings was
$133.7 million , representing a21% increase year-over-year. - GAAP loss from operations was
$3.5 million , compared to a loss of$18.3 million in the third quarter of 2019. - Non-GAAP income from operations was
$12.4 million , compared to a loss of$7.7 million in the third quarter of 2019. - GAAP net loss was
$5.9 million , compared to a loss of$17.6 million in the third quarter of 2019. - GAAP net loss per share was
$0.06 , compared to a loss per share of$0.18 in the third quarter of 2019. - Non-GAAP net income was
$10.5 million , compared to a loss of$6.7 million in the third quarter of 2019. - Non-GAAP diluted earnings per share was
$0.09 , compared to a loss per share of$0.07 in the third quarter of 2019. - Cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments were
$269.1 million at September 30, 2020, compared to$212.3 million at December 31, 2019. - Net cash provided by operating activities was
$24.8 million , compared to$4.7 million of net cash used in operating activities in the third quarter of 2019. - Free cash flow was
$16.7 million , compared to$(9.6) million in the third quarter of 2019.
Recent Business Highlights
- Added 335 new enterprise platform customers and 56 net new six-figure customers.
- Unveiled Frictionless Assessment, a new cloud security capability for Tenable.io® that empowers customers to instantly and continuously evaluate their cloud assets and allows them to quickly detect new vulnerabilities without the need to schedule a scan or deploy an agent.
- Announced enhancements to Tenable Lumin™, including new capabilities to assess organizations’ remediation maturity, an inventory of endpoint security controls and predictive scoring for more comprehensive insight into an organization’s cyber exposure.
- Achieved “In Process” designation from the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) for Tenable.io, our cloud-based vulnerability management platform.
- Announced a new partnership with the Center for Internet Security, Inc. (CIS®) that will bolster cyber hygiene for both public and private sector organizations, making foundational cybersecurity more affordable, accessible and actionable.
Financial Outlook
For the fourth quarter of 2020, we currently expect:
- Revenue in the range of
$113.0 million to$115.0 million . - Non-GAAP income from operations in the range of
$8.0 million to$9.0 million . - Non-GAAP net income in the range of
$6.0 million to$7.0 million . - Non-GAAP diluted earnings per share in the range of
$0.05 t o$0.06 . - 113.0 million diluted weighted average shares outstanding.
For the year ending December 31, 2020, we currently expect:
- Revenue in the range of
$435.1 million to$437.1 million . - Non-GAAP income from operations in the range of
$18.4 million to$19.4 million . - Non-GAAP net income in the range of
$12.4 million to$13.4 million . - Non-GAAP diluted earnings per share in the range of
$0.11 t o$0.12 . - 110.6 million diluted weighted average shares outstanding.
Conference Call Information
Tenable will host a conference call at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time to discuss its financial results. The conference call can be accessed at 877-407-9716 (U.S.) and 201-493-6779 (international). A live webcast of the event will be available on the Tenable Investor Relations website at https://investors.tenable.com. A replay of the webcast will be available until November 10, 2020.
About Tenable
Tenable® is the Cyber Exposure company. Over 30,000 organizations around the globe rely on Tenable to understand and reduce cyber risk. As the creator of Nessus®, Tenable extended its expertise in vulnerabilities to deliver the world’s first platform to see and secure any digital asset on any computing platform. Tenable customers include more than 50 percent of the Fortune 500, more than 30 percent of the Global 2000, and large government agencies. Learn more at tenable.com.
Contact Information
Investor Relations
Andrea DiMarco
investors@tenable.com
Media Relations
Cayla Baker
tenablepr@tenable.com
Forward-Looking Statements
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Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Other Key Metrics
To supplement our consolidated financial statements, which are prepared and presented in accordance with GAAP, we use certain non-GAAP financial measures, as described below, to understand and evaluate our core operating performance. These non-GAAP financial measures, which may be different than similarly titled measures used by other companies, are presented to enhance investors’ overall understanding of our financial performance and should not be considered a substitute for, or superior to, the financial information prepared and presented in accordance with GAAP.
We believe that these non-GAAP financial measures provide useful information about our financial performance, enhance the overall understanding of our past performance and future prospects and allow for greater transparency with respect to important metrics used by management for financial and operational decision-making. We present these non-GAAP financial measures to assist investors in seeing our financial performance using a management view and because we believe that these measures provide an additional tool for investors to use in comparing our core financial performance over multiple periods with other companies in our industry.
Reconciliations of non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures are included in the financial tables accompanying this press release.
Calculated Current Billings: We define calculated current billings, a non-GAAP financial measure, as total revenue recognized in a period plus the change in current deferred revenue in the corresponding period. We believe that calculated current billings is a key metric to measure our periodic performance. Given that most of our customers pay in advance (including multi-year contracts), but we generally recognize the related revenue ratably over time, we use calculated current billings to measure and monitor our ability to provide our business with the working capital generated by upfront payments from our customers. We believe that calculated current billings, which excludes deferred revenue for periods beyond twelve months in a customer’s contractual term, more closely correlates with annual contract value and that the variability in total billings, depending on the timing of large multi-year contracts and the preference for annual billing versus multi-year upfront billing, may distort growth in one period over another.
Free Cash Flow: We define free cash flow, a non-GAAP financial measure, as net cash provided by (used in) operating activities less purchases of property and equipment. We believe free cash flow is an important liquidity measure of the cash (if any) that is available, after purchases of property and equipment, for investment in our business and to make acquisitions. We believe that free cash flow is useful to investors as a liquidity measure because it measures our ability to generate or use cash.
Non-GAAP Income (Loss) from Operations and Non-GAAP Operating Margin: We define these non-GAAP financial measures as their respective GAAP measures, excluding the effect of stock-based compensation, acquisition-related expenses and amortization of acquired intangible assets. Acquisition-related expenses include transaction expenses and costs related to the transfer of acquired intellectual property.
Non-GAAP Net Income (Loss) and Non-GAAP Earnings (Loss) Per Share: We define non-GAAP net income (loss) as GAAP net loss, excluding the effect of stock-based compensation, acquisition-related expenses and amortization of acquired intangible assets, including the applicable tax impact. We use non-GAAP net income (loss) to calculate non-GAAP earnings (loss) per share.
Non-GAAP Gross Profit and Non-GAAP Gross Margin: We define non-GAAP gross profit as GAAP gross profit, excluding the effect of stock-based compensation and amortization of acquired intangible assets. Non-GAAP gross margin is defined as non-GAAP gross profit as a percentage of revenue.
Non-GAAP Sales and Marketing Expense, Non-GAAP Research and Development Expense and Non-GAAP General and Administrative Expense: We define these non-GAAP measures as their respective GAAP measures, excluding stock-based compensation and acquisition-related expenses.
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(unaudited)
| Three Months Ended September 30, | Nine Months Ended September 30, | ||||||||||||||
| (in thousands, except per share data) | 2020 | 2019 | 2020 | 2019 | |||||||||||
| Revenue | $ | 112,282 | $ | 91,852 | $ | 322,139 | $ | 257,537 | |||||||
| Cost of revenue(1) | 19,394 | 15,245 | 57,237 | 42,389 | |||||||||||
| Gross profit | 92,888 | 76,607 | 264,902 | 215,148 | |||||||||||
| Operating expenses: | |||||||||||||||
| Sales and marketing(1) | 53,045 | 56,699 | 168,343 | 165,403 | |||||||||||
| Research and development(1) | 25,128 | 20,763 | 77,269 | 64,396 | |||||||||||
| General and administrative(1) | 18, | ||||||||||||||
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