Red Hat SummitRALEIGH, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced financial results for its fiscal year 2012 first quarter ended May 31, 2011.
Total revenue for the quarter was $264.7 million, an increase of 27% from the year ago quarter. Subscription revenue for the quarter was $225.5 million, up 26% year-over-year.
"Red Hat has begun fiscal year 2012 with a strong first quarter including year-over-year billings growth of 28% that contributed to revenue and profitability that exceeded the high-end of our expectations," stated Jim Whitehurst, President and Chief Executive Officer of Red Hat. "We believe there is a fundamental shift in IT spending, in which cloud computing and virtualization have become key strategic priorities. We believe that Red Hat is well positioned to capitalize on this growing demand as enterprise customers look to Red Hat when upgrading and modernizing their IT infrastructure."
GAAP operating income for the first quarter was $45.4 million, or a 17.1% operating margin. After adjusting for stock compensation and amortization expenses as detailed in the tables below, non-GAAP operating income for the first quarter was $66.5 million, up 28% year-over-year. Non-GAAP operating margin was 25.1%, up 30 basis points from the year ago quarter.
Net income for the quarter was $32.5 million, or $0.17 per diluted share, compared with $24.1 million, or $0.12 per diluted share, in the year ago quarter. After adjusting for stock compensation and amortization expenses as detailed in the tables below, non-GAAP net income for the quarter was $47.0 million, or $0.24 per diluted share, as compared to $35.6 million, or $0.18 per diluted share, in the year ago quarter.
Operating cash flow was $90.2 million for the first quarter, as compared to $60.6 million in the year ago quarter. At quarter end, the company's total deferred revenue balance was $786.0 million, an increase of 26% on a year-over-year basis. Total cash, cash equivalents and investments as of May 31, 2011 was $1.27 billion.
"Strong sales execution, focused spending and good collections drove 49% growth in operating cash flow year-over-year," stated Charlie Peters, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Red Hat. "Red Hat grew first quarter non-GAAP operating income by 28% year-over-year even as we ramped up marketing spending for the Red Hat Summit and product launches, and continued investments in R&D to enable further broadening of our product portfolio. We introduced innovative new cloud technologies such as OpenShift, our PaaS offering, and CloudForms, our IaaS offering. In addition, we enhanced our core products, including the release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1 and strengthened our partnerships with the launch of Open Virtualization Alliance."
Additional information on Red Hat's reported results, including a reconciliation of the non-GAAP adjusted results, are included in the financial tables below. A live webcast of Red Hat's results will begin at 5:00 pm ET today and can be accessed by the general public at Red Hat's investor relations website at http://investors.redhat.com. A replay of the webcast will be available shortly after the live event has ended.
About Red Hat, Inc.
Red Hat, the world's leading provider of open source solutions and an S&P 500 company, is headquartered in Raleigh, NC with over 70 offices spanning the globe. CIOs ranked Red Hat as one of the top vendors delivering value in Enterprise Software for seven consecutive years in the CIO Insight Magazine Vendor Value survey. Red Hat provides high-quality, affordable technology with its operating system platform, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, together with virtualization, applications, management and Services Oriented Architecture (SOA) solutions, including Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization and JBoss Enterprise Middleware. Red Hat also offers support, training and consulting services to its customers worldwide. Learn more: http://www.redhat.com.
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Certain statements contained in this press release may constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements provide current expectations of future events based on certain assumptions and include any statement that does not directly relate to any historical or current fact. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors, including: risks related to delays or reductions in information technology spending, the effects of industry consolidation, uncertainty and adverse results in litigation and related settlements, the integration of acquisitions and the ability to market successfully acquired technologies and products; the ability of the Company to effectively compete; the inability to adequately protect Company intellectual property and the potential for infringement or breach of license claims of or relating to third party intellectual property; the ability to deliver and stimulate demand for new products and technological innovations on a timely basis; risks related to data and information security vulnerabilities; ineffective management of, and control over, the Company's growth and international operations; fluctuations in exchange rates; and changes in and a dependence on key personnel, as well as other factors contained in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K (copies of which may be accessed through the Securities and Exchange Commission's website at http://www.sec.gov), including those found therein under the captions "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations". In addition to these factors, actual future performance, outcomes, and results may differ materially because of more general factors including (without limitation) general industry and market conditions and growth rates, economic and political conditions, governmental and public policy changes and the impact of natural disasters such as the earthquakes and related events in Japan. The forward-looking statements included in this press release represent the Company's views as of the date of this press release and these views could change. However, while the Company may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in the future, the Company specifically disclaims any obligation to do so. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing the Company's views as of any date subsequent to the date of the press release.
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| CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS | ||||
| (Unaudited) | ||||
| (In thousands) | ||||
| Three Months Ended | ||||
| May 31, | May 31, | |||
| 2011 | 2010 | |||
| Cash flows from operating activities: | ||||
| Net income | $32,450 | $24,071 | ||
| Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: | ||||
| Depreciation and amortization | 12,739 | 11,722 | ||
| Share-based compensation expense | 16,187 | 13,174 | ||
| Deferred income taxes | 11,055 | 8,352 | ||
| Excess tax benefits from share-based payment arrangements | (8,560) | (11,007) | ||
| Gain on sale of available-for-sale equity securities | (644) | (516) | ||
| Other | 567 | (203) | ||
| Changes in operating assets and liabilities net of effects of acquisitions: | ||||
| Accounts receivable | 32,042 | 19,525 | ||
| Prepaid expenses | (3,293) | (591) | ||
| Accounts payable | (90) | (5,069) | ||
| Accrued expenses | (3,849) | 1,540 | ||
| Deferred revenue | 1,270 | (1,058) | ||
| Other | 338 | 704 | ||
| Net cash provided by operating activities | 90,212 | 60,644 | ||
| Cash flows from investing activities: | ||||
| Purchase of available-for-sale debt securities | (180,850) | (110,343) | ||
| Proceeds from sales and maturities of available-for-sale debt securities | 172,583 | 198,318 | ||
| Proceeds from sales of available-for-sale equity securities | 665 | 548 | ||
| Purchase of developed technologies and other intangible assets | (2,543) | (1,621) | ||
| Purchase of property and equipment | (8,657) | (6,722) | ||
| Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities | (18,802) | 80,180 | ||
| Cash flows from financing activities: | ||||
| Excess tax benefits from share-based payment arrangements | 8,560 | 11,007 | ||
| Proceeds from exercise of common stock options | 5,043 | 37,688 | ||
| Purchase of treasury stock | (18,946) | (74,362) | ||
| Payments related to net settlement of employee share-based compensation awards | (9,033) | (7,055) | ||
| Payments on other borrowings | (594) | (877) | ||
| Net cash used in financing activities | (14,970) | (33,599) | ||
| Effect of foreign currency exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents | 11,153 | (16,973) | ||
| Net increase in cash and cash equivalents | 67,593 | 90,252 | ||
| Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the period | 642,630 | 388,118 | ||
| Cash and cash equivalents at end of period | $710,223 | $478,370 | ||
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| RECONCILIATION OF CERTAIN GAAP RESULTS TO NON-GAAP ADJUSTED RESULTS | ||||
| (Unaudited) | ||||
| (In thousands - except per share amounts) | ||||
| Non cash share-based compensation expense included in Consolidated Statements of Operations: | ||||
| Three Months Ended | ||||
| May 31, | May 31, | |||
| 2011 | 2010 | |||
| Cost of revenue | $1,790 | $1,191 | ||
| Sales and marketing | 5,571 | 3,776 | ||
| Research and development | 4,193 | 3,355 | ||
| General and administration | 4,633 | 4,852 | ||
| Total share-based compensation expense | $16,187 | $13,174 | ||
| Amortization of intangible assets expense included in Consolidated Statements of Operations: | ||||
| Three Months Ended | ||||
| May 31, | May 31, | |||
| 2011 | 2010 | |||
| Cost of revenue | $979 | $704 | ||
| Sales and marketing | 1,959 | 2,086 | ||
| Research and development | 1,157 | 925 | ||
| General and administration | 846 | 822 | ||
| Total amortization of intangible assets expense | $4,941 | $4,537 | ||
| Three Months Ended | ||||
| May 31, | May 31, | |||
| 2011 | 2010 | |||
| GAAP net income | $32,450 | $24,071 | ||
| Provision for income taxes | 14,579 | 12,961 | ||
| GAAP income before provision for income taxes | $47,029 | $37,032 | ||
| Add: Non-cash share-based compensation expense | 16,187 | 13,174 | ||
| Add: Amortization of intangible assets | 4,941 | 4,537 | ||
| Non-GAAP adjusted income before provision for income taxes | $68,157 | $54,743 | ||
| Provision for income taxes | 21,129 | 19,160 | ||
| Non-GAAP adjusted net income | $47,028 | $35,583 | ||
| Non-GAAP adjusted net income-diluted | $47,028 | $35,583 | ||
| Non-GAAP adjusted net income per share: | ||||
| Basic | $0.24 | $0.19 | ||
| Diluted | $0.24 | $0.18 | ||
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| RECONCILIATION OF CERTAIN GAAP RESULTS TO NON-GAAP ADJUSTED RESULTS | ||||
| (Unaudited) | ||||
| (In thousands - except per share amounts) | ||||
| Reconciliation of GAAP results to non-GAAP adjusted results | ||||
| Three Months Ended | ||||
| May 31, | May 31, | |||
| 2011 | 2010 | |||
| GAAP gross profit | $222,299 | $175,906 | ||
| Add: Non-cash share-based compensation expense | 1,790 | 1,191 | ||
| Add: Amortization of intangible assets | 979 | 704 | ||
| Non-GAAP gross profit | $225,068 | $177,801 | ||
| Non-GAAP gross margin | 85.0% | 85.0% | ||
| Three Months Ended | ||||
| May 31, | May 31, | |||
| 2011 | 2010 | |||
| GAAP operating expenses | $176,940 | $141,667 | ||
| Deduct: Non-cash share-based compensation expense | (14,397) | (11,983) | ||
| Deduct: Amortization of intangible assets | (3,962) | (3,833) | ||
| Non-GAAP adjusted operating expenses | $158,581 | $125,851 | ||
| Three Months Ended | ||||
| May 31, | May 31, | |||
| 2011 | 2010 | |||
| GAAP operating income | $45,359 | $34,239 | ||
| Add: Non-cash share-based compensation expense | 16,187 | 13,174 | ||
| Add: Amortization of intangible assets | 4,941 | 4,537 | ||
| Non-GAAP adjusted operating income | $66,487 | $51,950 | ||
| Non-GAAP adjusted operating margin | 25.1% | 24.8% | ||
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