PALO ALTO, Calif., Dec. 5, 2019 -- Cloudera, Inc. (NYSE: CLDR), the enterprise data cloud company, reported results for its third quarter of fiscal year 2020, ended October 31, 2019. Total revenue for the third quarter was $198.3 million, and subscription revenue was $166.9 million. Annualized Recurring Revenue grew 13% year-over-year.
"I am pleased to report that we executed well in Q3, building on the positive momentum generated in Q2. We delivered strong operating and financial results across the board and launched the Cloudera Data Platform to a great reception from customers, partners and industry analysts," said Marty Cole, chairman of the board and interim chief executive officer, Cloudera. "Customers now have a highly competitive set of cloud-native services from Cloudera, and we've made hybrid cloud data management and analytics a reality via the industry's first enterprise data cloud."
Except where noted, all numbers reported for prior periods are presented for Cloudera on a standalone basis, since there is no comparative year-over-year financial information for the combined company.
GAAP loss from operations for the third quarter of fiscal 2020 was $82.5 million, compared to a GAAP loss from operations of $25.7 million for the third quarter of fiscal 2019.
Non-GAAP loss from operations for the third quarter of fiscal 2020 was $8.2 million, compared to a non-GAAP loss from operations of $3.1 million for the third quarter of fiscal 2019.
Operating cash flow for the third quarter of fiscal 2020, which includes $6.1 million of merger-related payments, was negative $5.9 million, compared to operating cash flow of negative $6.8 million for the third quarter of fiscal 2019.
GAAP net loss per share for the third quarter of fiscal 2020 was $0.29 per share, based on weighted-average shares outstanding of 283.3 million shares, compared to a GAAP net loss per share of $0.17 per share for the third quarter of fiscal 2019, based on weighted-average shares outstanding of 152.2 million shares. See financial statement tables below for additional information regarding historical and forward-looking stock-based compensation expense and shares outstanding.
Non-GAAP net loss per share for the third quarter of fiscal 2020 was $0.03 per share, based on weighted-average shares outstanding of 283.3 million shares, compared to a non-GAAP net loss per share of $0.02 per share for the third quarter of fiscal 2019, based on weighted-average shares outstanding of 152.2 million shares.
A reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP financial measures has been provided in the financial statement tables included in this press release. An explanation of these measures is also included below under the heading Non‑GAAP Financial Measures.
As of October 31, 2019, the company had total cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities and restricted cash of $502.2 million.
Recent Business and Financial Highlights
- Annualized Recurring Revenue was $697.4 million, representing 13% year-over-year growth
- Non-GAAP subscription gross margin for the quarter was 86%
- Operating cash flow was negative $5.9 million, including $6.1 million of merger-related payments
- Customers with Annualized Recurring Revenue greater than $100,000 were 977, up 24 from the prior quarter
- Launched the Cloudera Data Platform (CDP) on Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure
- Delivered CDP Data Center, our next-generation on-premises offering, representing the strongest elements of the former Cloudera and Hortonworks platforms and new innovations for better scalability, performance and private cloud readiness
- Cloudera debuted as a Strong Performer in The Forrester Wave: Streaming Analytics, Q3 2019 and was named one of "The 11 providers that matter most" in streaming analytics
Business Outlook
The outlook for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2020, ending January 31, 2020, is:
- Total revenue in the range of $200 million to $203 million
- Subscription revenue in the range of $173 million to $176 million
- Non-GAAP net loss per share in the range of $0.04 to $0.02 per share
- Weighted-average shares outstanding of approximately 294 million shares
The outlook for fiscal 2020, ending January 31, 2020, is:
- Annualized Recurring Revenue in the range of $700 million to $720 million
- Total revenue in the range of $782 million to $785 million
- Subscription revenue in the range of $659 million to $662 million
- Operating cash flow in the range of negative $55 million to negative $45 million, including $60 million of merger-related payments
- Non-GAAP net loss per share in the range of $0.21 to $0.19 per share
- Weighted-average shares outstanding of approximately 281 million shares
Conference Call and Webcast Information
Cloudera is hosting a conference call for analysts and investors to discuss its third quarter fiscal 2020 results and the outlook for its fourth quarter of fiscal 2020 and full year fiscal 2020 at 2:00 PM Pacific Time today. Participants can listen via webcast by visiting the Investor Relations section of Cloudera's website. A replay of the webcast will be available for two weeks following the call.
The conference call can also be accessed as follows:
- Participant Toll Free Number: +1-833-231-7247
- Participant International Number: +1-647-689-4091
- Conference ID: 4252879
About Cloudera
At Cloudera, we believe that data can make what is impossible today, possible tomorrow. We empower people to transform complex data into clear and actionable insights. Cloudera delivers an enterprise data cloud for any data, anywhere, from the Edge to AI. Powered by the relentless innovation of the open source community, Cloudera advances digital transformation for the world's largest enterprises. Learn more at cloudera.com.
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Forward-Looking Statements
Statements in this press release that are not historical in nature are forward-looking statements that, within the meaning of the federal securities laws including the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties. Words such as "may", "will", "expect", "intend", "plan", "believe", "seek", "could", "estimate", "judgment", "targeting", "should", "anticipate", "goal" and variations of these words and similar expressions, are also intended to identify forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements in this press release address a variety of subjects, including statements about our short-term and long-term goals and targets, including expectations regarding the acceptance by our enterprise customers of enterprise data cloud and the Cloudera Data Platform, and our "Business Outlook" for our fourth quarter of fiscal 2020 and our full year fiscal 2020 operating results. Readers are cautioned that actual results could differ materially from those implied by such forward-looking statements due to a variety of factors, including global economic conditions, competitive pressures and pricing declines, intellectual property infringement claims, and other risks or uncertainties that are described under the caption "Risk Factors" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K and our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and in our other SEC filings. You can obtain copies of the company's SEC filings on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Although we believe the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, we can give no assurances that our expectations will be attained. We undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
We report all financial information required in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). To supplement our unaudited and audited condensed consolidated financial statements presented in accordance with GAAP, we use certain non-GAAP measures of financial performance. The presentation of these non-GAAP financial measures is not intended to be considered in isolation from, as a substitute for, or superior to, the financial information prepared and presented in accordance with GAAP, and may be different from non-GAAP financial measures used by other companies. In addition, these non-GAAP measures have limitations in that they do not reflect all of the amounts associated with the results of our operations as determined in accordance with GAAP. The non-GAAP financial measures used by us include non-GAAP cost of revenue-subscription, non-GAAP cost of revenue-services, non-GAAP subscription gross margin, non-GAAP services gross margin, non-GAAP gross margin, non-GAAP gross profit, non-GAAP operating expenses, non-GAAP loss from operations, non-GAAP operating margin, non-GAAP net loss, and historical and forward-looking non-GAAP net loss per share. These non-GAAP financial measures exclude stock-based compensation, acquisition- and disposition-related expenses (if any), and amortization of acquired intangible assets from the Cloudera unaudited and audited condensed consolidated statement of operations.
For a description of these items, including the reasons why management adjusts for them, and reconciliations of historical non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures, please see the section of the accompanying tables titled "Use of Non-GAAP Financial Information" as well as the related tables that precede it. We may consider whether other significant non-recurring items that arise in the future should also be excluded in calculating the non-GAAP financial measures we use.
We believe that these non-GAAP financial measures, when taken together with the corresponding GAAP financial measures, provide meaningful supplemental information regarding our performance by excluding certain items that may not be indicative of our core business, operating results or future outlook. Management uses, and believes that investors benefit from referring to, these non-GAAP financial measures in assessing our operating results, as well as when planning, forecasting and analyzing future periods. We use these non‑GAAP financial measures in conjunction with traditional GAAP measures to communicate with our board of directors concerning our financial performance. These non-GAAP financial measures also facilitate comparisons of our performance to prior periods.
Annualized Recurring Revenue
Annualized Recurring Revenue ("ARR") is a non-GAAP performance metric, which we use to assess the health and trajectory of our business. ARR equals the annualized value of all recurring subscription contracts with active entitlements as of the end of the period, including pre-merger Hortonworks contracts. ARR does not reflect non-recurring partner revenue, subscription revenue with certain related parties, custom engineering and premium add-on support.
