ZoomInfo Announces First Quarter 2021 Financial Results

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ZoomInfo (NASDAQ: ZI) reported strong financial results for Q1 2021, with revenue of $153.3 million, a 50% year-over-year increase. Operating income reached $28.0 million, reflecting a 38% rise, while adjusted operating income was $66.1 million, up 35%. The company experienced a significant 229% increase in cash flow from operations, totaling $93.0 million. ZoomInfo anticipates Q2 2021 revenue between $161 million and $163 million, with full-year guidance set at $670 million to $676 million.

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• Revenue increased by 50% year-over-year to $153.3 million.
• Operating income rose by 38%, reaching $28.0 million.
• Adjusted operating income grew by 35%, totaling $66.1 million.
• Cash flow from operations surged by 229% to $93.0 million.
• Secured a TrustRadius top-rated award for sales intelligence for the fourth consecutive year.

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• None.

ZoomInfo, (NASDAQ: ZI) a global leader in go-to-market intelligence solutions, today announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2021.

"The first quarter was a strong start to the year that built on our momentum from 2020,” said Henry Schuck, ZoomInfo Founder and CEO. “We are executing well across all areas of the business, and we remain well-positioned to capitalize on the growing market opportunity in the go-to-market intelligence space, as B2B companies of all sizes modernize their sales and marketing motions.”

First Quarter 2021 Financial and Other Recent Highlights -

Financial Highlights:

• Revenue of $153.3 million, an increase of 50% year-over-year.
• Operating income of $28.0 million and Adjusted Operating Income of $66.1 million.
• GAAP operating income margin of 18% and Adjusted Operating Income Margin of 43%.
• Cash flow from operations of $93.0 million and Unlevered Free Cash Flow of $97.5 million.

Business and Operating Highlights:

• The ZoomInfo platform has been named a Leader by Forrester Research in The Forrester Wave™: B2B Marketing Data Providers, Q2 2021. The report evaluated 11 providers based on 24 criteria across three categories: current offering, strategy, and market presence. ZoomInfo received the highest possible scores in 18 criteria, such as data acquisition and processing; data security and privacy; integrations, APIs, and applications; sales support; go-to-market (within the strategy category); solution packaging and pricing; and product roadmap and vision.
• Significantly expanded the integration points between Engage and the ZoomInfo platform, enhancing the ability to search and import contacts from ZoomInfo and Salesforce.com into Engage for improved efficiency, and configuring target market personas to receive recommended contacts to target.
• Earned the TrustRadius top-rated award for sales intelligence software for the fourth consecutive year. ZoomInfo has more than 800 verified ratings and reviews on TrustRadius and is also a certified recipient of the 2021 TrustRadius TRUE Badge, recognizing vendors who are Transparent, Responsive, Unbiased and Ethical in sourcing and managing their consumer reviews.
• Attained 2021 TrustArc GDPR and CCPA Practices Validations, confirming ZoomInfo’s status as a privacy-forward organization. The GDPR and CCPA Practices Validations confirm that ZoomInfo’s privacy policies and practices meet or exceed the TrustArc Privacy and Data Governance Frameworks, including: establishing, maintaining, and continually improving GDPR- and CCPA-compliant privacy practices aligned with the ISO 27001 International Standard for Information Security Management Systems.
• Successfully lowered interest expense by issuing $350 million of 3.875% inaugural senior notes due 2029 and repricing $400 million of Term Loan B at L+300 with a maturity of February 2026.
• ZoomInfo closed the quarter with more than 950 customers with $100,000 or greater in annual contract value.

Q1 2021 Financial Highlights (Unaudited)
($ in millions, except per share amounts)
	GAAP Quarterly Results	Increase YoY		Non-GAAP Quarterly Results	Increase YoY
Revenue	$153.3	50%
Operating Income	$28.0	38%	Adjusted Operating Income	$66.1	35%
Operating Income Margin	18%		Adjusted Operating Income Margin	43%
Net Income Per Share (Diluted)	$0.02		Adjusted Net Income per share (Diluted)	$0.13
Cash Flow from Operating Activities	$93.0	229%	Unlevered Free Cash Flow	$97.5	77%

The Company uses a variety of operational and financial metrics, including non-GAAP financial measures, to evaluate its performance and financial condition. The accompanying financial data includes additional information regarding these metrics and a reconciliation of non-GAAP financial information for historical periods to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure. The presentation of non-GAAP financial information should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for, or superior to, the financial information prepared and presented in accordance with GAAP.

Business Outlook:

Based on information available as of May 3, 2021, ZoomInfo is providing guidance for the second quarter and full year 2021 as follows:

	Q2 2021		Prior FY 2021		FY 2021
GAAP Revenue	$161 - $163 million		$645 - $655 million		$670 - $676 million
Non-GAAP Adjusted Operating Income	$68 - $70 million		$280 - $285 million		$290 - $294 million
Non-GAAP Adjusted Net Income per share	$0.11 - $0.12		$0.47 - $0.49		$0.49 - $0.50
Non-GAAP Unlevered Free Cash Flow	Not Guided		$270 - $280 million		$290 - $295 million
Weighted Average Shares Outstanding	405 million		405 million		405 million

Conference Call and Webcast Information:

ZoomInfo will host a conference call today, May 3, 2021, to review its results at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time, 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time. The call will be accessible by telephone: (833) 519-1261 (U.S.) or (914) 800-3834 (International) with the passcode: 6297639.

The call will also be webcast live on the Company’s investor relations website at https://ir.zoominfo.com/, where related presentation materials will be posted prior to the conference call. Following the conference call, an archived webcast of the call will be available for one year on ZoomInfo’s Investor Relations website.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Other Metrics:

To supplement our consolidated financial statements presented in accordance with GAAP, this press release contains non-GAAP financial measures, including Adjusted Operating Income, Adjusted Operating Income Margin, Adjusted Net Income, Adjusted Net Income Per Share, and Unlevered Free Cash Flow. We believe these non-GAAP measures are useful to investors in evaluating our operating performance because they eliminate certain items that affect period-over-period comparability and provide consistency with past financial performance and additional information about our underlying results and trends by excluding certain items that may not be indicative of our business, results of operations, or outlook.​

​Non-GAAP financial measures are not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for the comparable GAAP measures, but rather as supplemental information to our business results. This information should be read only in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP. There are limitations to these non-GAAP financial measures because they are not prepared in accordance with GAAP and may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies due to potential differences in methods of calculation and items or events being adjusted. In addition, other companies may use different measures to evaluate their performance, all of which could reduce the usefulness of our non-GAAP financial measures as tools for comparison. A reconciliation is provided at the end of this press release for each historical non-GAAP financial measure to the most directly comparable financial measure stated in accordance with GAAP. We do not provide a quantitative reconciliation of the forward-looking non-GAAP financial measures included in this press release to the most directly comparable GAAP measures due to the high variability and difficulty to predict certain items excluded from these non-GAAP financial measures; in particular, the effects of stock-based compensation expense, taxes and amounts under the exchange tax receivable agreement, deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities, and restructuring and transaction expenses. We expect the variability of these excluded items may have a significant, and potentially unpredictable, impact on our future GAAP financial results.

We define Adjusted Operating Income as income from operations plus (i) impact of fair value adjustments to acquired unearned revenue, (ii) amortization of acquired technology and other acquired intangibles, (iii) equity-based compensation expense, (iv) restructuring and transaction-related expenses, and (v) integration costs and acquisition-related compensation. We define Adjusted Operating Income Margin as Adjusted Operating Income divided by the sum of revenue and the impact of fair value adjustments to acquired unearned revenue.

We define Adjusted Net Income as Adjusted Operating Income less (i) interest expense, net, (ii) other (income) expense, net, excluding TRA liability remeasurement (benefit) expense, and (iii) income tax expense (benefit) including incremental tax effects of adjustments to arrive at Adjusted Operating Income and current tax benefits related to the TRA. We define Adjusted Net Income Per Share as Adjusted Net Income divided by diluted weighted average shares outstanding.

We define Unlevered Free Cash Flow as net cash provided from operating activities less (i) purchases of property and equipment and other assets, plus (ii) cash interest expense, (iii) cash payments related to restructuring and transaction-related expenses, and (iv) cash payments related to integration costs and acquisition-related compensation. Unlevered Free Cash Flow does not represent residual cash flow available for discretionary expenditures since, among other things, we have mandatory debt service requirements.

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Information

This press release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by these statements. You can generally identify our forward-looking statements by the words “anticipate,” “believe,” “can,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “forecast,” “goal,” “intend,” “may,” “might,” “objective,” “outlook,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “projection,” “seek,” “should,” “target,” “trend,” “will,” “would” or the negative version of these words or other comparable words. Any statements in this press release regarding future revenue, earnings, margins, financial performance, cash flow, liquidity or results of operations (including, but not limited to, the guidance provided under “Business Outlook”), and any other statements that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements. We have based our forward-looking statements on our management’s beliefs and assumptions based on information available to our management at the time the statements are made. We caution you that assumptions, beliefs, expectations, intentions and projections about future events may and often do vary materially from actual results. Therefore, we cannot assure you that actual results will not differ materially from those expressed or implied by our forward-looking statements.

The following are some of the factors that could cause actual results to differ from those expressed or implied by our forward-looking statements: (i) the COVID-19 pandemic, including the global economic uncertainty and measures taken in response, could materially impact our business and future results of operations; (ii) larger well-funded companies shifting their existing business models to become more competitive with us; (iii) our ability to provide or adapt our platform for changes in laws and regulations or public perception, or changes in the enforcement of such laws, relating to data privacy; (iv) the effects of companies more effectively catering to our customers by offering more tailored products or platforms at lower costs; (v) adverse general economic and market conditions reducing spending on sales and marketing; (vi) the effects of declining demand for sales and marketing subscription platforms; (vii) our ability to improve our technology and keep up with new processes for data collection, organization, and cleansing; (viii) our ability to provide a highly accurate, reliable, and comprehensive platform moving forward; (ix) our reliance on third-party systems that we do not control to integrate with our system and our potential inability to continue to support integration; (x) our ability to adequately fund research and development potentially limiting introduction of new features, integrations, and enhancements; (xi) our ability to attract new customers and expand existing subscriptions; (xii) a decrease in participation in our contributory network or increased opt-out rates impacting the depth, breadth, and accuracy of our platform; (xiii) our failure to protect and maintain our brand and our ability to attract and retain customers; (xiv) our failure to achieve and maintain effective internal controls over financial reporting; (xv) our ability to successfully integrate acquired businesses, services, databases and technologies into our operations; (xvi) our substantial indebtedness, which could adversely affect our financial condition, our ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, our ability to operate our business, our ability to react to changes in the economy or our industry, and our ability to meet our obligations under our outstanding indebtedness, and could divert our cash flow from operations for debt payments; (xvii) the parties to our stockholders agreement controlling us and their interests conflicting with ours or our other stockholders in the future; (xviii) our being a “controlled company” within the meaning of the Nasdaq rules and, as a result, qualifying for exemptions from certain corporate governance requirements, as a result of which our stockholders will not have the same protections afforded to stockholders of companies that are subject to such requirements; and (xix) other factors described under “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 and in other reports we file from time to time with the SEC. These factors should not be construed as exhaustive. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should any of our assumptions prove incorrect, our actual results may vary in material respects from those projected in our forward-looking statements. Factors or events that could cause our actual results to differ may emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for us to predict all of them. Our forward-looking statements do not reflect the potential impact of any future acquisitions, mergers, dispositions, joint ventures, investments, or other strategic transactions we may make. Each forward-looking statement contained in this press release speaks only as of the date of this release, and we undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise, except as required by law.

About ZoomInfo

ZoomInfo (NASDAQ:ZI) is a Go-To-Market Intelligence Solution for more than 20,000 companies worldwide. The ZoomInfo platform empowers business-to-business sales, marketing, and recruiting professionals to hit their number by pairing best-in-class technology with unrivaled data coverage, accuracy, and depth of company and contact information. With integrations embedded into workflows and technology stacks, including the leading CRM, Sales Engagement, Marketing Automation, and Talent Management applications, ZoomInfo drives more predictable, accelerated, and sustainable growth for its customers. ZoomInfo emphasizes GDPR and CCPA compliance. In addition to creating the industry’s first proactive notice program, the company is a registered data broker with the states of California and Vermont. Read about ZoomInfo’s commitment to compliance, privacy, and security. For more information about our leading Go-To-Market Intelligence Solution, and how it helps sales, marketing, and recruiting professionals, please visit www.zoominfo.com.

Website Disclosure

ZoomInfo intends to use its website as a distribution channel of material company information. Financial and other important information regarding the Company is routinely posted on and accessible through the Company’s website at https://ir.zoominfo.com/. Accordingly, you should monitor the investor relations portion of our website at https://ir.zoominfo.com/ in addition to following our press releases, SEC filings, and public conference calls and webcasts. In addition, you may automatically receive email alerts and other information about ZoomInfo when you enroll your email address by visiting the “Email Alerts” section of our investor relations page at https://ir.zoominfo.com/.

ZoomInfo Technologies Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(in millions, except share data)
	March 31,				December 31,
	2021				2020
	(unaudited)
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	229.1			$	269.8
Short-term investments	124.6				30.6
Restricted cash, current	0.1				1.2
Accounts receivable	115.2				121.2
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	15.5				14.3
Income tax receivable	1.0				2.4
Total current assets	485.5				439.5
Property and equipment, net	30.5				31.0
Operating lease right-of-use assets, net	30.6				32.0
Intangible assets, net	354.1				365.7
Goodwill	1,000.1				1,000.1
Deferred tax assets	584.9				415.7
Deferred costs and other assets, net of current portion	59.3				43.4
Restricted cash, non-current	2.0				—
Total assets	$	2,547.0			$	2,327.4
Liabilities, Temporary, and Permanent Equity (Deficit)
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	$	13.8			$	8.6
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities	56.7				81.5
Unearned revenue, current portion	260.6				221.3
Income taxes payable	3.8				3.4
Current portion of tax receivable agreements liability	6.2				—
Current portion of operating lease liabilities	7.1				6.0
Total current liabilities	348.2				320.8
Unearned revenue, net of current portion	1.3				1.4
Tax receivable agreements liability, net of current portion	384.0				271.0
Operating lease liabilities, net of current portion	32.6				33.6
Long-term debt, net of current portion	738.7				744.9
Deferred tax liabilities	89.7				8.3
Other long-term liabilities	5.6				7.8
Total liabilities	1,600.1				1,387.8
Commitments and Contingencies
Permanent Equity (Deficit)
Members' equity (deficit)	—				—
Class A common stock, par value $0.01	1.0				0.9
Class B common stock, par value $0.01	2.1				2.2
Class C common stock, par value $0.01	0.8				0.9
Additional paid-in capital	549.6				505.2
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)	1.6				(2.4)
Retained Earnings	(0.8)				(4.0)
Noncontrolling interests	392.6				436.8
Total equity (deficit)	946.9				939.6
Total liabilities, temporary, and permanent equity (deficit)	$	2,547.0			$	2,327.4

ZoomInfo Technologies Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Operations
(in millions, except per share amounts; unaudited)
	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2021				2020
Revenue	$	153.3			$	102.2
Cost of service:
Cost of service(2)	21.4				14.8
Amortization of acquired technology	6.7				5.6
Gross profit	125.2				81.8
Operating expenses:
Sales and marketing(2)	48.8				34.1
Research and development(2)	20.4				9.9
General and administrative(2)	18.8				10.0
Amortization of other acquired intangibles	4.8				4.6
Restructuring and transaction related expenses	4.4				2.9
Total operating expenses	97.2				61.5
Income (loss) from operations	28.0				20.3
Interest expense, net	6.5				24.5
Loss on debt extinguishment	5.9				2.2
Other (income) expense, net	(0.2)				(0.1)
Income (loss) before income taxes	15.8				(6.3)
Income tax expense (benefit)	49.7				(0.4)
Net income (loss)	(33.9)				(5.9)
Less: Net income (loss) attributable to ZoomInfo OpCo prior to the Reorganization Transactions	—				(5.9)
Less: Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests	(37.1)				—
Net income (loss) attributable to ZoomInfo Technologies Inc.	$	3.2			$	—
Net income (loss) per share of Class A and Class C common stock(1):
Basic	$	0.02			N/A
Diluted	$	0.02			N/A

(1)		Basic and diluted earnings per share of Class A and Class C common stock is applicable only for periods after the initial public offering ("IPO") and related Reorganization Transactions.
(2)		Amounts include equity-based compensation expense, as follows:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2021				2020
Cost of service	$	3.5			$	1.7
Sales and marketing	8.4				6.4
Research and development	2.6				1.6
General and administrative	3.6				1.6
Total equity-based compensation expense	$	18.1			$	11.3

ZoomInfo Technologies Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(in millions; unaudited)
	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2021				2020
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income (loss)	$	(33.9)			$	(5.9)
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	15.5				12.2
Amortization of debt discounts and issuance costs	0.5				1.4
Amortization of deferred commissions costs	8.7				5.4
Asset impairments	2.7				—
Loss on early extinguishment of debt	5.9				2.2
Deferred consideration valuation adjustments	0.2				0.9
Equity-based compensation expense	18.1				11.3
Deferred income taxes	47.0				(0.1)
Provision for bad debt expense	0.7				0.6
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions:
Accounts receivable	5.1				3.3
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	(0.9)				(5.9)
Deferred costs and other assets, net of current portion	(9.8)				(6.3)
Income tax receivable	1.4				(0.3)
Accounts payable	5.2				5.5
Accrued expenses and other liabilities	(12.6)				(10.0)
Unearned revenue	39.2				14.0
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	93.0				28.3
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of short-term investments	(103.6)				—
Maturities of short-term investments	9.5				—
Purchases of property and equipment and other assets	(4.7)				(4.1)
Cash paid for acquisitions, net of cash acquired	(0.2)				—
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	(99.0)				(4.1)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Payments of deferred consideration	(9.2)				(24.0)
Proceeds from debt	350.0				35.0
Repayment of debt	(356.4)				(2.2)
Payments of debt issuance and modification costs	(5.7)				(0.9)
Proceeds from exercise of stock options	0.5				—
Taxes paid related to net share settlement of equity awards	(2.2)				—
Repurchase outstanding equity / member units	—				(5.5)
Tax distributions	(10.8)				(5.0)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	(33.8)				(2.6)
Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash	(39.8)				21.6
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at beginning of period	271.0				42.5
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at end of period	$	231.2			$	64.1
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at end of period:
Cash and cash equivalents	229.1				63.0
Restricted cash, current	0.1				1.1
Restricted cash, non-current	2.0				—
Total cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash	$	231.2			$	64.1
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information
Interest paid in cash	$	6.8			$	23.3
Cash paid for taxes	$	—			$	—

ZoomInfo Technologies Inc.
Reconciliation of GAAP Operating Cash Flow to Unlevered Free Cash Flow
($ in millions; unaudited)
	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2021				2020
Cash flow from operations	$	93.0			$	28.3
Purchases of property and equipment and other assets	(4.7)				(4.1)
Interest paid in cash	6.8				23.3
Restructuring and transaction-related expenses paid in cash	1.1				3.9
Integration costs and acquisition-related compensation paid in cash	1.3				3.6
Unlevered Free Cash Flow	$	97.5			$	55.0

ZoomInfo Technologies Inc.
Reconciliation of GAAP Net Income (Loss) to Adjusted Net Income and Income (Loss) From Operations to Adjusted Operating Income
(in millions, except per share amounts; unaudited)
	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2021				2020
Net income (loss)	$	(33.9)			$	(5.9)
Add (less): Expense (benefit) from income taxes	49.7				(0.4)
Add: Interest expense, net	6.5				24.5
Add: Loss on debt extinguishment	5.9				2.2
Add (less): Other expense (income), net	(0.2)				(0.1)
Income (loss) from operations	28.0				20.3
Add: Impact of fair value adjustments to acquired unearned revenue	0.6				1.4
Add: Amortization of acquired technology	6.7				5.6
Add: Amortization of other acquired intangibles	4.8				4.6
Add: Equity-based compensation	18.1				11.3
Add: Restructuring and transaction-related expenses	4.4				2.9
Add: Integration costs and acquisition-related expenses	3.4				3.0
Adjusted Operating Income	66.1				49.1
Less: Interest expense, net	(6.5)				(24.5)
Less (add): Other expense (income), net, excluding TRA liability remeasurement (benefit) expense	0.2				0.1
Add (less): Benefit (expense) from income taxes	(49.7)				0.4
Less: Tax impacts of adjustments to net income (loss)	40.6				(4.9)
Adjusted Net Income	$	50.7			$	20.2
Shares for Adjusted Net Income Per Share(1)	404
Adjusted Net Income Per Share	$	0.13

	Three Months Ended March 31,
($ in millions)	2021				2020
Adjusted Operating Income	$	66.1			$	49.1
Revenue	153.3				102.2
Impact of fair value adjustments to acquired unearned revenue	0.6				1.4
Revenue for adjusted operating margin calculation	$	154.0			$	103.6
Adjusted Operating Income Margin	43		%		47		%

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Diluted earnings per share is computed by giving effect to all potential weighted average Class A common stock, Class C common stock, and any securities that are convertible into Class A common stock, including options and restricted stock units. The dilutive effect of outstanding awards and convertible securities is reflected in diluted earnings per share by application of the treasury stock method, excluding deemed repurchases assuming proceeds from unrecognized compensation as required by GAAP. Shares and grants issued in conjunction with the IPO were assumed to be issued at the beginning of the period.

 

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FAQ

What were ZoomInfo's Q1 2021 earnings results?

ZoomInfo reported Q1 2021 revenue of $153.3 million, an increase of 50% year-over-year.

What is ZoomInfo's revenue guidance for Q2 2021?

ZoomInfo anticipates Q2 2021 revenue between $161 million and $163 million.

What were the non-GAAP earnings per share for ZoomInfo in Q1 2021?

The non-GAAP adjusted net income per share for Q1 2021 was $0.13.

How did ZoomInfo perform in terms of cash flow in Q1 2021?

ZoomInfo reported cash flow from operations of $93.0 million, up 229% year-over-year.

What were the full-year revenue projections for ZoomInfo in 2021?

ZoomInfo projects full-year 2021 revenue to be between $670 million and $676 million.