Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced financial results for its fiscal year 2012 second quarter ended August 31, 2011.
Total revenue for the quarter was $281.3 million, an increase of 28% from the year ago quarter. Subscription revenue for the quarter was $238.3 million, up 28% year-over-year.
"The combination of strong sales execution and customer demand led to second quarter revenue that was above our guidance and represented our fourth straight quarter of accelerating revenue growth," stated Jim Whitehurst, President and Chief Executive Officer of Red Hat. "We continued to win and strengthen relationships with enterprise customers who partner with Red Hat to reduce costs while modernizing their IT infrastructure to enable applications to run on bare metal, virtualization and in the cloud. Based on the strong first half results, we believe Red Hat remains well positioned to finish fiscal 2012 as the first billion dollar open source software vendor."
GAAP operating income for the second quarter was $52.5 million, or 18.7% operating margin. After adjusting for stock compensation and amortization expenses as detailed in the tables below, non-GAAP operating income for the second quarter was $76.4 million, up 41% year-over-year. Non-GAAP operating margin was 27.2%, up 250 basis points from the year ago quarter.
Net income for the quarter was $40.0 million, or $0.20 per diluted share, compared with $23.7 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 $56.5 million, or $0.29 per diluted share, as compared to $36.8 million, or $0.19 per diluted share, in the year ago quarter. Both GAAP and non-GAAP net income for the quarter included a discrete tax benefit of $2.1 million, approximately $0.01 per diluted share. Excluding this tax benefit, GAAP earnings per share would have been $0.19 and non-GAAP earnings per share would have been $0.28 for the quarter.
Operating cash flow was $77.1 million for the second quarter, as compared to $64.3 million in the year ago quarter. At quarter end, the company's total deferred revenue balance was $813.2 million, an increase of 25% on a year-over-year basis. Total cash, cash equivalents and investments as of August 31, 2011 was $1.3 billion.
"Our investments in sales and R&D continued to pay off, producing market share gains, higher revenue and 30% year-over-year billings growth," stated Charlie Peters, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Red Hat. "Our productivity continued to improve as evidenced by non-GAAP operating income growth of 41% and cash flow growth of 20% in Q2. Moreover, year-to-date non-GAAP operating income grew 35% and operating cash flow grew 34% compared to the first half of last fiscal year."
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. Red Hat provides high-quality, affordable technology with its operating system platform, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, together with cloud, 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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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS | ||||||||||||||||||
(Unaudited) | ||||||||||||||||||
(In thousands - except per share amounts) | ||||||||||||||||||
Three Months Ended | Six Months Ended | |||||||||||||||||
August 31, | August 31, | August 31, | August 31, | |||||||||||||||
2011 | 2010 | 2011 | 2010 | |||||||||||||||
Revenue: | ||||||||||||||||||
Subscriptions | $ | 238,337 | $ | 186,183 | $ | 463,870 | $ | 365,259 | ||||||||||
Training and services | 42,983 | 33,578 | 82,196 | 63,646 | ||||||||||||||
Total subscription, training and services revenue | 281,320 | 219,761 | 546,066 | 428,905 | ||||||||||||||
Cost of revenue: | ||||||||||||||||||
Subscriptions | 16,596 | 12,256 | 31,835 | 24,920 | ||||||||||||||
Training and services | 30,043 | 23,446 | 57,251 | 44,019 | ||||||||||||||
Total cost of subscription, training and services revenue | 46,639 | 35,702 | 89,086 | 68,939 | ||||||||||||||
Total gross profit | 234,681 | 184,059 | 456,980 | 359,966 | ||||||||||||||
Operating expense: | ||||||||||||||||||
Sales and marketing | 99,730 | 79,434 | 197,056 | 153,998 | ||||||||||||||
Research and development | 51,488 | 42,361 | 99,776 | 83,019 | ||||||||||||||
General and administrative | 30,985 | 28,193 | 62,311 | 54,638 | ||||||||||||||
Total operating expense | 182,203 | 149,988 | 359,143 | 291,655 | ||||||||||||||
Income from operations | 52,478 | 34,071 | 97,837 | 68,311 | ||||||||||||||
Interest income | 2,127 | 1,775 | 4,063 | 3,438 | ||||||||||||||
Other income, net | 326 | 548 | 59 | 1,677 | ||||||||||||||
Income before provision for income taxes | 54,931 | 36,394 | 101,959 | 73,426 | ||||||||||||||
Provision for income taxes | 14,963 | 12,738 | 29,542 | 25,699 | ||||||||||||||
Net income | $ | 39,968 | $ | 23,656 | $ | 72,417 | $ | 47,727 | ||||||||||
Net income-diluted | $ | 39,968 | $ | 23,656 | $ | 72,417 | $ | 47,727 | ||||||||||
Net income per share: | ||||||||||||||||||
Basic | $ | 0.21 | $ | 0.13 | $ | 0.38 | $ | 0.25 | ||||||||||
Diluted | $ | 0.20 | $ | 0.12 | $ | 0.37 | $ | 0.25 | ||||||||||
Weighted average shares outstanding: | ||||||||||||||||||
Basic | 192,937 | 189,027 | 193,046 | 188,477 | ||||||||||||||
Diluted | 196,171 | 193,560 | 196,428 | 193,457 |
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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS | ||||||||||||||
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ASSETS | ||||||||||||||
August 31, | February 28, | |||||||||||||
2011 | 2011 | |||||||||||||
(Unaudited) | ||||||||||||||
Current assets: | ||||||||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 737,458 | $ | 642,630 | ||||||||||
Investments in debt and equity securities | 199,781 | 217,970 | ||||||||||||
Accounts receivable, net | 175,703 | 184,741 | ||||||||||||
Deferred tax assets, net | 79,707 | 75,720 | ||||||||||||
Prepaid expenses | 66,557 | 62,364 | ||||||||||||
Other current assets | 1,583 | 1,133 | ||||||||||||
Total current assets | 1,260,789 | 1,184,558 | ||||||||||||
Property and equipment, net | 81,478 | 75,558 | ||||||||||||
Goodwill | 465,558 | 463,673 | ||||||||||||
Identifiable intangibles, net | 102,363 | 109,932 | ||||||||||||
Investments in debt securities | 363,862 | 331,791 | ||||||||||||
Other assets, net | 34,480 | 33,810 | ||||||||||||
Total assets | $ | 2,308,530 | $ | 2,199,322 | ||||||||||
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY | ||||||||||||||
Current liabilities: | ||||||||||||||
Accounts payable | $ | 16,142 | $ | 16,285 | ||||||||||
Accrued expenses | 88,736 | 90,229 | ||||||||||||
Deferred revenue | 601,627 | 572,637 | ||||||||||||
Other current obligations | 457 | 650 | ||||||||||||
Total current liabilities | 706,962 | 679,801 | ||||||||||||
Deferred lease credits | 5,056 | 5,215 | ||||||||||||
Long term deferred revenue | 211,527 | 199,617 | ||||||||||||
Other long term obligations | 23,814 | 23,990 | ||||||||||||
Stockholders' equity: | ||||||||||||||
Common stock | 22 | 22 | ||||||||||||
Additional paid-in capital | 1,664,433 | 1,610,238 | ||||||||||||
Retained earnings | 317,467 | 245,050 | ||||||||||||
Treasury stock, at cost | (619,744 | ) | (562,792 | ) | ||||||||||
Accumulated other comprehensive loss | (1,007 | ) | (1,819 | ) | ||||||||||
Total stockholders' equity | 1,361,171 | 1,290,699 | ||||||||||||
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity | $ | 2,308,530 | $ | 2,199,322 |
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS | |||||||||||||||||||
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Three Months Ended | Six Months Ended | ||||||||||||||||||
August 31, | August 31, | August 31, | August 31, | ||||||||||||||||
2011 | 2010 | 2011 | 2010 | ||||||||||||||||
Cash flows from operating activities: | |||||||||||||||||||
Net income | $ | 39,968 | $ | 23,656 | $ | 72,417 | $ | 47,727 | |||||||||||
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: | |||||||||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 13,147 | 11,689 | 25,886 | 23,411 | |||||||||||||||
Share-based compensation expense | 18,753 | 15,675 | 34,940 | 28,849 | |||||||||||||||
Deferred income taxes | 8,155 | 13,434 | 19,210 | 21,786 | |||||||||||||||
Excess tax benefits from share-based payment arrangements | (8,112 | ) | (10,192 | ) | (16,672 | ) | (21,199 | ) | |||||||||||
Gain on sale of available-for-sale equity securities | (663 | ) | (601 | ) | (1,307 | ) | (1,117 | ) | |||||||||||
Other | 423 | 319 | 990 | 116 | |||||||||||||||
Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | |||||||||||||||||||
Accounts receivable | (20,457 | ) | (6,794 | ) | 11,585 | 12,732 | |||||||||||||
Prepaid expenses | 65 | (4,153 | ) | (3,228 | ) | (4,744 | ) | ||||||||||||
Accounts payable | (286 | ) | 2,187 | (376 | ) | (2,882 | ) | ||||||||||||
Accrued expenses | 3,614 | 6,712 | (235 | ) | 8,252 | ||||||||||||||
Deferred revenue | 22,851 | 13,439 | 24,121 | 12,381 | |||||||||||||||
Other | (357 | ) | (1,087 | ) | (19 | ) | (384 | ) | |||||||||||
Net cash provided by operating activities | 77,101 | 64,284 | 167,312 | 124,928 | |||||||||||||||
Cash flows from investing activities: | |||||||||||||||||||
Purchase of available-for-sale debt securities | (220,436 | ) | (110,021 | ) | (401,286 | ) | (220,364 | ) | |||||||||||
Proceeds from sales and maturities of available-for-sale debt securities | 208,693 | 215,811 | 381,276 | 414,129 | |||||||||||||||
Proceeds from sales of available-for-sale equity securities | 681 | 609 | 1,346 | 1,157 | |||||||||||||||
Purchase of strategic equity investments | (1,000 | ) | - | (1,000 | ) | - | |||||||||||||
Purchase of developed technologies and other intangible assets | (1,059 | ) | (1,324 | ) | (3,602 | ) | (2,945 | ) | |||||||||||
Purchase of property and equipment | (11,523 | ) | (8,371 | ) | (20,179 | ) | (15,093 | ) | |||||||||||
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities | (24,644 | ) | 96,704 | (43,445 | ) | 176,884 | |||||||||||||
Cash flows from financing activities: | |||||||||||||||||||
Excess tax benefits from share-based payment arrangements | 8,112 | 10,192 | 16,672 | 21,199 | |||||||||||||||
Proceeds from exercise of common stock options | 3,370 | 18,011 | 8,413 | 55,699 | |||||||||||||||
Purchase of treasury stock | (38,006 | ) | (4,994 | ) | (56,952 | ) | (79,355 | ) | |||||||||||
Payments related to net settlement of employee share-based compensation awards | (2,952 | ) | (1,135 | ) | (11,985 | ) | (8,190 | ) | |||||||||||
Payments on other borrowings | (94 | ) | - | (688 | ) | (877 | ) | ||||||||||||
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities | (29,570 | ) | 22,074 | (44,540 | ) | (11,524 | ) | ||||||||||||
Effect of foreign currency exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents | 4,348 | 7,795 | 15,501 | (9,179 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents | 27,235 | 190,857 | 94,828 | 281,109 | |||||||||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the period | 710,223 | 478,370 | 642,630 | 388,118 | |||||||||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period | $ | 737,458 | $ | 669,227 | $ | 737,458 | $ | 669,227 |
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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 | Six Months Ended | |||||||||||||||||||||
August 31, | August 31, | August 31, | August 31, | |||||||||||||||||||
2011 | 2010 | 2011 | 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||
Cost of revenue | $ | 1,842 | $ | 1,370 | $ | 3,631 | $ | 2,561 | ||||||||||||||
Sales and marketing | 6,101 | 4,771 | 11,672 | 8,547 | ||||||||||||||||||
Research and development | 4,883 | 4,080 | 9,077 | 7,435 | ||||||||||||||||||
General and administration | 5,927 | 5,454 | 10,560 | 10,306 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total share-based compensation expense | $ | 18,753 | $ | 15,675 | $ | 34,940 | $ | 28,849 | ||||||||||||||
Amortization of intangible assets expense included in Consolidated Statements of Operations: | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Three Months Ended | Six Months Ended | |||||||||||||||||||||
August 31, | August 31, | August 31, | August 31, | |||||||||||||||||||
2011 | 2010 | 2011 | 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||
Cost of revenue | $ | 1,216 | $ | 704 | $ | 2,195 | $ | 1,408 | ||||||||||||||
Sales and marketing | 1,958 | 2,075 | 3,918 | 4,161 | ||||||||||||||||||
Research and development | 1,157 | 925 | 2,313 | 1,850 | ||||||||||||||||||
General and administration | 865 | 833 | 1,711 | 1,655 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total amortization of intangible assets expense | $ | 5,196 | $ | 4,537 | $ | 10,137 | $ | 9,074 | ||||||||||||||
Three Months Ended | Six Months Ended | |||||||||||||||||||||
August 31, | August 31, | August 31, | August 31, | |||||||||||||||||||
2011 | 2010 | 2011 | 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||
GAAP net income | $ | 39,968 | $ | 23,656 | $ | 72,417 | $ | 47,727 | ||||||||||||||
Provision for income taxes | 14,963 | 12,738 | 29,542 | 25,699 | ||||||||||||||||||
GAAP income before provision for income taxes | $ | 54,931 | $ | 36,394 | $ | 101,959 | $ | 73,426 | ||||||||||||||
Add: Non-cash share-based compensation expense | 18,753 | 15,675 | 34,940 | 28,849 | ||||||||||||||||||
Add: Amortization of intangible assets | 5,196 | 4,537 | 10,137 | 9,074 | ||||||||||||||||||
Non-GAAP adjusted income before provision for income taxes | $ | 78,880 | $ | 56,606 | $ | 147,036 | $ | 111,349 | ||||||||||||||
Provision for income taxes (1) | 22,388 | 19,812 | 43,516 | 38,972 | ||||||||||||||||||
Non-GAAP adjusted net income | $ | 56,492 | $ | 36,794 | $ | 103,520 | $ | 72,377 | ||||||||||||||
Non-GAAP adjusted net income-diluted | $ | 56,492 | $ | 36,794 | $ | 103,520 | $ | 72,377 | ||||||||||||||
Non-GAAP adjusted net income per share: | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Basic | $ | 0.29 | $ | 0.19 | $ | 0.54 | $ | 0.38 | ||||||||||||||
Diluted | $ | 0.29 | $ | 0.19 | $ | 0.53 | $ | 0.37 | ||||||||||||||
(1) Provision for income taxes: | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Non-GAAP adjusted net income before income tax provision | $ | 78,880 | $ | 56,606 | $ | 147,036 | $ | 111,349 | ||||||||||||||
Estimated annual effective tax rate | 31 | % | 35 | % | 31 | % | 35 | % | ||||||||||||||
Non-GAAP provision for income taxes before discrete tax benefit | $ | 24,453 | $ | 19,812 | $ | 45,581 | $ | 38,972 | ||||||||||||||
Discrete tax benefit | 2,065 | - | 2,065 | - | ||||||||||||||||||
Provision for income taxes on Non-GAAP adjusted net income | $ | 22,388 | $ | 19,812 | $ | 43,516 | $ | 38,972 |
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RECONCILIATION OF CERTAIN GAAP RESULTS TO NON-GAAP ADJUSTED RESULTS | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Reconciliation of GAAP results to non-GAAP adjusted results | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Three Months Ended | Six Months Ended | |||||||||||||||||||||
August 31, | August 31, | August 31, | August 31, | |||||||||||||||||||
2011 | 2010 | 2011 | 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||
GAAP gross profit | $ | 234,681 | $ | 184,059 | $ | 456,980 | $ | 359,966 | ||||||||||||||
Add: Non-cash share-based compensation expense | 1,842 | 1,370 | 3,631 | 2,561 | ||||||||||||||||||
Add: Amortization of intangible assets | 1,216 | 704 | 2,195 | 1,408 | ||||||||||||||||||
Non-GAAP gross profit | $ | 237,739 | $ | 186,133 | $ | 462,806 | $ | 363,935 | ||||||||||||||
Non-GAAP gross margin | 85 | % | 85 | % | 85 | % | 85 | % | ||||||||||||||
Three Months Ended | Six Months Ended | |||||||||||||||||||||
August 31, | August 31, | August 31, | August 31, | |||||||||||||||||||
2011 | 2010 | 2011 | 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||
GAAP operating expenses | $ | 182,203 | $ | 149,988 | $ | 359,143 | $ | 291,655 | ||||||||||||||
Deduct: Non-cash share-based compensation expense | (16,911 | ) | (14,305 | ) | (31,309 | ) | (26,288 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Deduct: Amortization of intangible assets | (3,980 | ) | (3,833 | ) | (7,942 | ) | (7,666 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Non-GAAP adjusted operating expenses | $ | 161,312 | $ | 131,850 | $ | 319,892 | $ | 257,701 | ||||||||||||||
Three Months Ended | Six Months Ended | |||||||||||||||||||||
August 31, | August 31, | August 31, | August 31, | |||||||||||||||||||
2011 | 2010 | 2011 | 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||
GAAP operating income | $ | 52,478 | $ | 34,071 | $ | 97,837 | $ | 68,311 | ||||||||||||||
Add: Non-cash share-based compensation expense | 18,753 | 15,675 | 34,940 | 28,849 | ||||||||||||||||||
Add: Amortization of intangible assets | 5,196 | 4,537 | 10,137 | 9,074 | ||||||||||||||||||
Non-GAAP adjusted operating income | $ | 76,427 | $ | 54,283 | $ | 142,914 | $ | 106,234 | ||||||||||||||
Non-GAAP adjusted operating margin | 27.2 | % | 24.7 | % | 26.2 | % | 24.8 | % |
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