- Added 426 new enterprise platform customers and 63 net new six-figure customers.
- Revenue of $195.0 million, up 19% year-over-year.
- Calculated current billings of $200.2 million, up 15% year-over-year.
- Net cash provided by operating activities of $30.2 million; Unlevered free cash flow of $39.8 million.
COLUMBIA, Md., July 25, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Tenable Holdings, Inc. ("Tenable") ( TENB), the Exposure Management company, today announced financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2023.
"We are very pleased with our Q2 results, which included better than expected top-line growth and a sizable beat in earnings," said Amit Yoran, Chairman and CEO of Tenable. "Our traction with Tenable One strategically positions us to win in the exposure management market as we help customers protect their organizations and consolidate their security spend."
Second Quarter 2023 Financial Highlights
- Revenue was $195.0 million, a 19% increase year-over-year.
- Calculated current billings was $200.2 million, a 15% increase year-over-year.
- GAAP loss from operations was $10.7 million, compared to a loss of $23.2 million in the second quarter of 2022.
- Non-GAAP income from operations was $30.2 million, compared to $12.2 million in the second quarter of 2022.
- GAAP net loss was $16.0 million, compared to a loss of $27.5 million in the second quarter of 2022.
- GAAP net loss per share was $0.14, compared to a loss per share of $0.25 in the second quarter of 2022.
- Non-GAAP net income was $26.3 million, compared to $6.0 million in the second quarter of 2022.
- Non-GAAP diluted earnings per share was $0.22, compared to $0.05 in the second quarter of 2022.
- Cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments were $645.5 million at June 30, 2023, compared to $567.4 million at December 31, 2022.
- Net cash provided by operating activities was $30.2 million, compared to $30.5 million in the second quarter of 2022.
- Unlevered free cash flow was $39.8 million, compared to $29.1 million in the second quarter of 2022.
Recent Business Highlights
- Added 426 new enterprise platform customers and 63 net new six-figure customers.
- Launched new AI-fueled identity security into our Exposure Management Platform.
- Integrated Tenable Security Center into Tenable One to support on-premises and hybrid security deployments.
- Released new Tenable Cloud Security features that deliver automated operating system (OS) vulnerability detection across container images, registries and pipelines that prevents OS vulnerabilities and other risks from being deployed in runtime environments.
- Announced a strategic partnership with Splunk to improve data-driven incident response.
- Named Security Partner of the Year by both Snowflake and Cohesity.
Financial Outlook
For the third quarter of 2023, we currently expect:
- Revenue in the range of $197.0 million to $199.0 million.
- Non-GAAP income from operations in the range of $26.0 million to $27.0 million.
- Non-GAAP net income in the range of $22.0 million to $23.0 million, assuming interest expense of $8.1 million, interest income of $6.5 million and a provision for income taxes of $2.4 million.
- Non-GAAP diluted earnings per share in the range of $0.18 to $0.19.
- 122.5 million diluted weighted average shares outstanding.
For the year ending December 31, 2023, we currently expect:
- Calculated current billings in the range of $879.0 million to $887.0 million.
- Revenue in the range of $783.0 million to $791.0 million.
- Non-GAAP income from operations in the range of $96.0 million to $100.0 million.
- Non-GAAP net income in the range of $79.0 million to $83.0 million, assuming interest expense of $31.5 million, interest income of $25.0 million and a provision for income taxes of $8.6 million.
- Non-GAAP diluted earnings per share in the range of $0.65 to $0.69.
- 121.0 million diluted weighted average shares outstanding.
- Unlevered free cash flow in the range of $180.0 million to $185.0 million.
Conference Call Information
Tenable will host a conference call on July 25, 2023 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. An archived replay of the live broadcast will be available on the Investor Relations page of the website following the call.
About Tenable
Tenable® is the Exposure Management company. Approximately 43,000 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 approximately 60 percent of the Fortune 500, approximately 40 percent of the Global 2000, and large government agencies. Learn more at tenable.com.
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Non-GAAP Financial Measures
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 the 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 include these non-GAAP financial measures to present our financial performance using a management view and because we believe that these measures provide an additional comparison of 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 and Unlevered Free Cash Flow: We define free cash flow, a non-GAAP financial measure, as net cash provided by operating activities less purchases of property and equipment and capitalized software development costs. We believe free cash flow is an important liquidity measure of the cash (if any) that is available, after purchases of property and equipment and capitalized software development costs, for investment in our business and to make acquisitions. We believe that free cash flow is useful as a liquidity measure because it measures our ability to generate or use cash. We define unlevered free cash flow as free cash flow plus cash paid for interest and other financing costs. We believe unlevered free cash flow is useful as a liquidity measure as it measures the cash that is available to invest in our business and meet our current debt obligations and future financing needs. However, given our debt obligations, non-cancelable commitments and other contractual obligations, unlevered free cash flow does not represent residual cash flow available for discretionary expenses.
Non-GAAP Income 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, costs related to the intra-entity asset transfers resulting from the internal restructuring of legal entities and amortization of acquired intangible assets. Acquisition-related expenses include transaction expenses and costs related to the intercompany transfer of acquired intellectual property.
Non-GAAP Net Income and Non-GAAP Earnings Per Share: We define non-GAAP net income as GAAP net loss, excluding the effect of stock-based compensation, acquisition-related expenses and amortization of acquired intangible assets, including the applicable tax impacts. In addition, we exclude the tax impact and related costs of intra-entity asset transfers resulting from the internal restructuring of legal entities as well as deferred income tax benefits recognized in connection with acquisitions. We use non-GAAP net income to calculate non-GAAP earnings 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, acquisition-related expenses and costs related to intra-entity asset transfers resulting from the internal restructuring of legal entities.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(unaudited) Three Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30,(in thousands, except per share data) 2023 2022 2023 2022 Revenue$195,036 $164,341 $383,875 $323,709 Cost of revenue(1) 43,514 36,037 89,020 70,967 Gross profit 151,522 128,304 294,855 252,742 Operating expenses: Sales and marketing(1) 97,800 88,426 194,991 169,996 Research and development(1) 37,845 36,228 76,028 70,518 General and administrative(1) 26,622 26,870 53,737 52,996 Total operating expenses 162,267 151,524 324,756 293,510 Loss from operations (10,745) (23,220) (29,901) (40,768)Interest income 6,566 693 11,661 943 Interest expense (7,750) (3,588) (15,089) (7,164)Other expense, net (944) (1,863) (1,491) (2,807)Loss before income taxes (12,873) (27,978) (34,820) (49,796)Provision (benefit) for income taxes 3,101 (479) 6,251 2,209 Net loss$(15,974) $(27,499) $(41,071) $(52,005) Net loss per share, basic and diluted$(0.14) $(0.25) $(0.36) $(0.47)Weighted-average shares used to compute net loss per share, basic and diluted 115,131 111,041 114,465 110,287
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(1) Includes stock-based compensation as follows:
Three Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30, 2023 2022 2023 2022Cost of revenue$2,906 $2,114 $5,531 $3,627Sales and marketing 16,423 12,766 30,817 22,831Research and development 9,764 8,077 18,629 14,540General and administrative 8,767 8,956 17,000 16,313Total stock-based compensation$37,860 $31,913 $71,977 $57,311CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS June 30, 2023 December 31, 2022(in thousands, except per share data)(unaudited) Assets Current assets: Cash and cash equivalents$376,059 $300,866 Short-term investments 269,487 266,569 Accounts receivable (net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $308 and $1,400 at June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively) 154,436 187,341 Deferred commissions 45,036 44,270 Prepaid expenses and other current assets 54,703 58,121 Total current assets 899,721 857,167 Property and equipment, net 44,764 46,726 Deferred commissions (net of current portion) 64,546 67,238 Operating lease right-of-use assets 37,124 38,495 Acquired intangible assets, net 69,224 75,376 Goodwill 316,520 316,520 Other assets 33,940 38,008 Total assets$1,465,839 $1,439,530 Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity Current liabilities: Accounts payable and accrued expenses$24,855 $18,722 Accrued compensation 45,220 52,620 Deferred revenue 495,199 502,115 Operating lease liabilities 5,620 5,821 Other current liabilities 6,177 4,882 Total current liabilities 577,071 584,160 Deferred revenue (net of current portion) 154,995 162,487 Term loan, net of issuance costs (net of current portion) 360,609 361,970 Operating lease liabilities (net of current portion) 51,005 52,611 Other liabilities 7,598 7,436 Total liabilities 1,151,278 1,168,664 Stockholders’ equity: Common stock (par value: $0.01; 500,000 shares authorized; 115,529 and 113,056 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively) 1,156 1,131 Additional paid-in capital 1,101,928 1,017,837 Accumulated other comprehensive loss (701) (1,351)Accumulated deficit (787,822) (746,751)Total stockholders’ equity 314,561 270,866 Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity$1,465,839 $1,439,530
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(unaudited) Six Months Ended June 30,(in thousands) 2023 2022 Cash flows from operating activities: Net loss$(41,071) $(52,005)Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating activities: Depreciation and amortization 12,624 10,141 Stock-based compensation 71,977 57,311 Other (2,795) 665 Changes in operating assets and liabilities: Accounts receivable 33,997 27,664 Prepaid expenses and other assets 12,649 16,765 Accounts payable, accrued expenses and accrued compensation (1,276) (14,250)Deferred revenue (14,408) 16,075 Other current and noncurrent liabilities (2,758) 1,014 Net cash provided by operating activities 68,939 63,380 Cash flows from investing activities: Purchases of property and equipment (1,098) (3,236)Capitalized software development costs (2,813) (6,327)Purchases of short-term investments (147,434) (119,619)Sales and maturities of short-term investments 148,760 108,858 Business combinations, net of cash acquired — (66,993)Net cash used in investing activities (2,585) (87,317) Cash flows from financing activities: Payments on term loan (1,875) (1,875)Proceeds from loan agreement 424 572 Proceeds from stock issued in connection with the employee stock purchase plan 9,914 8,882 Proceeds from the exercise of stock options 1,537 8,676 Other financing activities (129) (6)Net cash provided by financing activities 9,871 16,249 Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash (1,032) (2,471)Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash 75,193 (10,159)Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period 300,866 278,271 Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period$376,059 $268,112
REVENUE COMPONENTS AND RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES
(unaudited) RevenueThree Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30,(in thousands) 2023 2022 2023 2022Subscription revenue$176,767 $146,806 $347,865 $289,493Perpetual license and maintenance revenue 12,154 12,683 24,335 25,556Professional services and other revenue 6,115 4,852 11,675 8,660Revenue(1)$195,036 $164,341 $383,875 $323,709
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(1) Recurring revenue, which includes revenue from subscription arrangements for software (both recognized ratably over the subscription term and upon delivery) and cloud-based solutions and maintenance associated with perpetual licenses, represented 95% of revenue in the three and six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022.
Calculated Current BillingsThree Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30,(in thousands) 2023 2022 2023 2022 Revenue$195,036 $164,341 $383,875 $323,709 Deferred revenue (current), end of period 495,199 415,378 495,199 415,378 Deferred revenue (current), beginning of period(1) (490,076) (405,594) (502,115) (408,443)Calculated current billings$200,159 $174,125 $376,959 $330,644_______________
(1) Deferred revenue (current), beginning of period for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 includes $0.8 million and $0.9 million, respectively, related to acquired deferred revenue.
Free Cash Flow and Unlevered Free Cash FlowThree Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30,(in thousands) 2023 2022 2023 2022 Net cash provided by operating activities$30,193 $30,518 $68,939 $63,380 Purchases of property and equipment (711) (1,229) (1,098) (3,236)Capitalized software development costs(1) (1,790) (3,523) (2,813) (6,327)Free cash flow(2) 27,692 25,766 65,028 53,817 Cash paid for interest and other financing costs 12,123 3,315 18,943 7,366 Unlevered free cash flow(2)$39,815 $29,081 $83,971 $61,183________________
(1) Capitalized software development costs were previously included in purchases of property and equipment.
(2) Free cash flow and unlevered free cash flow for the periods presented were impacted by:
Free cash flow and unlevered free cash flow for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 were benefited by approximately $2 million and $8 million, respectively, from prepayments of software subscription costs, insurance and rent in prior quarters.
Non-GAAP Income from Operations and Non-GAAP Operating MarginThree Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30,(dollars in thousands) 2023 2022 2023 2022 Loss from operations$(10,745) $(23,220) $(29,901) $(40,768)Stock-based compensation 37,860 31,913 71,977 57,311 Acquisition-related expenses 30 713 130 2,054 Costs related to intra-entity asset transfers — — — 838 Amortization of acquired intangible assets 3,073 2,785 6,153 5,212 Non-GAAP income from operations$30,218 $12,191 $48,359 $24,647 Operating margin (6)% (14)% (8)% (13)%Non-GAAP operating margin 15% 7% 13% 8%________________
(1) The tax impact of stock-based compensation is based on the tax treatment for the applicable tax jurisdictions.
(2) The tax impact of acquisition-related expenses is not material.
(3) The costs related to the intra-entity asset transfers resulted from our internal restructuring of Cymptom.
(4) The tax impact of the amortization of acquired intangible assets is included in the tax impact of acquisitions.
(5) The tax impact of acquisitions for all periods presented includes the deferred tax benefits of the Alsid acquisition. Additionally, the tax impact of acquisitions for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 includes a reversal of the $2.5 million income tax benefit recognized for GAAP purposes related to the partial release of our valuation allowance associated with the Bit Discovery acquisition.
(6) The tax impact of the intra-entity transfers is related to current tax expense based on the applicable Israeli tax rates resulting from our internal restructuring of Cymptom.
(7) An adjustment to reconcile GAAP net loss per share, which excludes potentially dilutive shares, to non-GAAP earnings per share, which includes potentially dilutive shares.
The following adjustments to reconcile forecasted non-GAAP income from operations, non-GAAP net income, non-GAAP earnings per share, free cash flow and unlevered free cash flow are subject to a number of uncertainties and assumptions, each of which are inherently difficult to forecast. As a result, actual adjustments and GAAP results may differ materially.
September 30, 2023 Year Ending
December 31, 2023(in millions)Low High Low HighForecasted loss from operations$(14.1) $(13.1) $(62.3) $(58.3)Forecasted stock-based compensation 37.0 37.0 146.0 146.0 Forecasted amortization of acquired intangible assets 3.1 3.1 12.3 12.3 Forecasted non-GAAP income from operations$26.0 $27.0 $96.0 $100.0
September 30, 2023 Year Ending
December 31, 2023(in millions, except per share data)Low High Low HighForecasted net loss(1)$(17.8) $(16.8) $(81.5) $(77.5)Forecasted stock-based compensation 37.0 37.0 146.0 146.0 Forecasted tax impact of stock-based compensation (0.2) (0.2) 2.4 2.4 Forecasted amortization of acquired intangible assets 3.1 3.1 12.3 12.3 Forecasted tax impact of acquisitions (0.1) (0.1) (0.2) (0.2)Forecasted non-GAAP net income$22.0 $23.0 $79.0 $83.0 Forecasted net loss per share, diluted(1)$(0.15) $(0.14) $(0.71) $(0.67)Forecasted stock-based compensation 0.32 0.32 1.26 1.26 Forecasted tax impact of stock-based compensation — — 0.02 0.02 Forecasted amortization of acquired intangible assets 0.02 0.02 0.11 0.11 Forecasted tax impact of acquisitions — — — — Adjustment to diluted earnings per share(2) (0.01) (0.01) (0.03) (0.03)Forecasted non-GAAP earnings per share, diluted$0.18 $0.19 $0.65 $0.69 Forecasted weighted-average shares used to compute GAAP net loss per share, diluted 116.0 116.0 115.5 115.5 Forecasted weighted-average shares used to compute non-GAAP earnings per share, diluted 122.5 122.5 121.0 121.0
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(1) The forecasted GAAP net loss assumes income tax expense of $2.1 million and $10.8 million in the three months ending September 30, 2023 and year ending December 31, 2023, respectively.
(2) Adjustment to reconcile GAAP net loss per share, which excludes potentially dilutive shares, to non-GAAP earnings per share, which includes potentially dilutive shares.
December 31, 2023(in millions)Low HighForecasted net cash provided by operating activities$156.0 $161.0 Forecasted purchases of property and equipment (3.5) (3.5)Forecasted capitalized software development costs (7.0) (7.0)Forecasted free cash flow 145.5 150.5 Forecasted cash paid for interest and other financing costs 34.5 34.5 Forecasted unlevered free cash flow$180.0 $185.0
