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Exhibit 99.1

Palo Alto Networks Reports Fiscal Third Quarter 2014 Financial Results and Announces Settlement of Litigation with Juniper Networks

 

    Fiscal third quarter total revenue grows 49 percent year-over-year to a record $150.7 million

 

    Billings grow 46 percent year-over-year to a record $193.9 million

 

    Product revenue grows 38 percent year-over-year to a record $84.1 million; recurring subscription revenue grows 71 percent year-over-year to a record $32.0 million

 

    Deferred revenue grows 68 percent year-over-year to a record $367.9 million

SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 28, 2014 – Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (NYSE: PANW) today announced financial results for its fiscal third quarter of 2014 ended April 30, 2014.

Total revenue for the fiscal third quarter grew 49 percent year-over-year to a record $150.7 million, compared with $101.3 million in the fiscal third quarter of 2013. GAAP net loss for the fiscal third quarter was $139.1 million, or $1.86 per diluted share, compared with a net loss of $7.3 million, or $0.10 per diluted share, in the fiscal third quarter of 2013.

Palo Alto Networks recorded fiscal third quarter non-GAAP net income of $8.7 million, or $0.11 per diluted share, compared with non-GAAP net income of $5.3 million, or $0.07 per diluted share, in the fiscal third quarter of 2013. A reconciliation between GAAP and non-GAAP information is contained in the tables below.

“We reported record revenue in our third quarter driven by strong customer demand for our next-generation enterprise security platform. We achieved the highest rate of new customer acquisition in our history and now serve more than 17,000 customers globally to address their security needs and prevent increasingly sophisticated and complex cyber attacks from compromising an organization’s critical assets,” said Mark McLaughlin, president and chief executive officer of Palo Alto Networks. “We also announced this afternoon that we have reached a settlement with Juniper Networks of all litigation matters between us; this allows us to further focus our resources and time on our customers and growing our business.”


“Year-over-year revenue growth of 49 percent was driven by our land, expand and retain model, as product, recurring subscription and support revenue all delivered substantial growth,” said Steffan Tomlinson, chief financial officer of Palo Alto Networks. “Additionally, we continue to demonstrate the power of our hybrid SaaS model as gross margin and operating margin improved sequentially, and we generated $28.4 million of free cash flow in the quarter, bringing our fiscal year to date total to $83.2 million.”

Recent Highlights

 

    Reached a settlement with Juniper Networks, the terms of which provide that both parties will dismiss all litigation; both parties will license the patents at issue in all outstanding suits to each other for the life of the patents; both parties will also enter into a covenant not to sue each other for patent infringement for eight years; and Palo Alto Networks will pay Juniper Networks a one-time settlement amount of approximately $175 million, consisting of $75 million in cash, approximately $70 million in shares of common stock and a warrant to purchase approximately $30 million of common stock.

 

    Positioned in the “Leaders” quadrant of Gartner, Inc.’s April 2014 Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Network Firewalls; this is the third consecutive year in which Palo Alto Networks has been recognized as a leader in the Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Firewall report.1

 

    Completed the acquisition of Cyvera Ltd., a privately held cybersecurity company located in Tel Aviv, Israel; with the addition of Cyvera’s unique endpoint protection capabilities to the company’s security platform, Palo Alto Networks can provide protection across the enterprise, extending prevention technology from the network to the endpoint.

 

    Strengthened our strategic partnership with VMware by announcing a new reseller agreement and general availability of an integrated offering for automating and accelerating security deployments in the software-defined data center.

 

    Announced a global managed security services agreement with NTT Com Security (formerly Integralis) under which NTT Com Security will provide its extensive implementation, integration, and managed security services around the Palo Alto Networks security platform.

 

 

1  Gartner, “Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Network Firewalls”, Greg Young, Adam Hils, Jeremy D’Hoinne; April 15, 2014.


Conference Call Information

Palo Alto Networks will host a conference call for analysts and investors to discuss its fiscal third quarter of 2014 results and outlook for its fiscal fourth quarter of 2014 today at 4:30 PM Eastern time / 1:30 PM Pacific time. Open to the public, investors may access the call by dialing 1-877-280-4959 or 857-244-7316 and entering the passcode 37864312. A live audio webcast of the conference call along with supplemental financial information will also be accessible from the “Investors” section of the company’s website at investors.paloaltonetworks.com. Following the webcast, an archived version will be available on the website for one year. A telephonic replay of the call will be available two hours after the call and will run for five business days and may be accessed by dialing 1-888-286-8010 or 617-801-6888 and entering the passcode 58471222.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including statements regarding the settlement of the company’s litigation with Juniper Networks and continued momentum in the company’s business. There are a significant number of factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from statements made in this press release, including: the need to receive formal dismissal of the litigation by the relevant courts in Delaware and California; Palo Alto Networks’ limited operating history; risks associated with Palo Alto Networks’ rapid growth, particularly outside of the U.S.; rapidly evolving technological developments in the market for network security products; and general market, political, economic and business conditions.

Additional risks and uncertainties that could affect Palo Alto Networks’ financial results are included under the captions “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” in the company’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on February 24, 2014, which is available on the company’s website at investors.paloaltonetworks.com and on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Additional information will also be set forth in other filings that the company makes with the SEC from time to time. All forward-looking statements in this press release are based on information available to the company as of the date hereof, and Palo Alto Networks does not assume any obligation to update the forward-looking statements provided to reflect events that occur or circumstances that exist after the date on which they were made.


Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Palo Alto Networks has provided in this release financial information that has not been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (GAAP). The company uses these non-GAAP financial measures internally in analyzing its financial results and believes that the use of these non-GAAP financial measures is useful to investors as an additional tool to evaluate ongoing operating results and trends and in comparing the company’s financial results with other companies in its industry, many of which present similar non-GAAP financial measures.

Non-GAAP financial measures are not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for comparable GAAP financial measures, and should be read only in conjunction with the company’s consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP. A reconciliation of the company’s non-GAAP financial measures to their most directly comparable GAAP measures has been provided in the financial statement tables included in this press release, and investors are encouraged to review the reconciliation.

Non-GAAP net income and diluted net income per share. Palo Alto Networks defines non-GAAP net income as net income (loss) plus share-based compensation expense, tax adjustments related to the valuation allowance on deferred tax assets, expenses related to IP litigation, legal settlement expenses, and acquisition related costs. Palo Alto Networks believes that excluding these items provides management and investors with greater visibility into the underlying performance of the company’s core business operating results, meaning its operating performance excluding these items and, from time to time, other discrete charges that are infrequent in nature, over multiple periods. The company also excludes from non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP diluted net income per share the tax effects, including income tax and payroll tax, associated with these items in order to provide a complete picture of the company’s recurring core business operating results. Without excluding these tax effects, investors would only see the gross effect that excluding these expenses had on the company’s operating results.

Billings. Palo Alto Networks defines billings as total revenue plus the change in deferred revenue, net of acquired deferred revenue, during the period. The company’s management monitors billings because billings drive deferred revenue, which is an important indicator of the health and visibility of the company’s business. The company considers billings to be a useful metric for management and investors, particularly as sales of subscriptions increase and the company experiences strong renewal rates for subscriptions and support and maintenance.


Free Cash Flow. Palo Alto Networks defines free cash flow as cash provided by operating activities less purchases of property, equipment, and other assets. The company considers free cash flow to be a liquidity measure that provides useful information to management and investors about the amount of cash generated by the business that, after the purchases of property, equipment, and other assets, can be used for strategic opportunities, including investing in our business, making strategic acquisitions, and strengthening the balance sheet.

Investors are cautioned that there are a number of limitations associated with the use of non-GAAP financial measures as an analytical tool. In particular, many of the adjustments to the company’s GAAP financial measures reflect the exclusion of items that are recurring and will be reflected in the company’s financial results for the foreseeable future, such as share-based compensation. Share-based compensation is an important part of Palo Alto Networks employees’ compensation and impacts their performance. In addition, the billings metric reported by the company includes amounts that have not yet been recognized as revenue. The components that Palo Alto Networks excludes in its calculation of non-GAAP financial measures may differ from the components that its peer companies exclude when they report their non-GAAP results of operations. Palo Alto Networks compensates for these limitations by providing specific information regarding the GAAP amounts excluded from these non-GAAP financial measures. In the future, the company may also exclude non-recurring expenses and other expenses that do not reflect the company’s core business operating results.

ABOUT PALO ALTO NETWORKS

Palo Alto Networks is leading a new era in cybersecurity by protecting thousands of enterprise, government, and service provider networks from cyber threats. Unlike fragmented legacy products, our security platform safely enables business operations and delivers protection based on what matters most in today’s dynamic computing environments: applications, users, and content. Find out more at www.paloaltonetworks.com.


Palo Alto Networks and the Palo Alto Networks Logo are trademarks of Palo Alto Networks, Inc. in the United States and in jurisdictions throughout the world. All other trademarks, trade names or service marks used or mentioned herein belong to their respective owners.

Media Contact:

Jennifer Jasper Smith

Head of Corporate Communications

Palo Alto Networks

408-638-3280

jjsmith@paloaltonetworks.com

Investor Relations Contact:

Kelsey Turcotte

Vice President of Investor Relations

408-753-3872

kturcotte@paloaltonetworks.com

Chris Danne/Maria Riley

The Blueshirt Group

415-217-7722

ir@paloaltonetworks.com


Palo Alto Networks, Inc.

Preliminary Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

(In thousands, except per share data)

(Unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended
April 30,
    Nine Months Ended
April 30,
 
     2014     2013     2014     2013  

Revenue:

        

Product

   $ 84,128      $ 60,793      $ 240,436      $ 178,251   

Services

     66,572        40,496        179,512        105,471   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total revenue

     150,700        101,289        419,948        283,722   

Cost of revenue:

        

Product

     20,425        15,855        58,600        46,907   

Services

     19,285        11,835        52,421        32,591   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total cost of revenue

     39,710        27,690        111,021        79,498   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total gross profit

     110,990        73,599        308,927        204,224   

Operating expenses:

        

Research and development

     27,837        16,048        71,983        44,855   

Sales and marketing

     83,995        51,733        228,095        140,136   

General and administrative

     23,718        12,268        57,576        30,971   

Legal settlement [a]

     113,700        —          133,700        —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     249,250        80,049        491,354        215,962   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating loss

     (138,260     (6,450     (182,427     (11,738

Interest income

     272        133        619        347   

Other income (expense), net

     145        (157     11        (387
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loss before income taxes

     (137,843     (6,474     (181,797     (11,778

Provision for income taxes

     1,272        808        5,125        1,632   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss

   $ (139,115   $ (7,282   $ (186,922   $ (13,410
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss per share, basic and diluted

   $ (1.86   $ (0.10   $ (2.56   $ (0.20
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Weighted-average shares used to compute net loss per share, basic and diluted

     74,967        69,575        73,127        67,980   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

[a] Represents legal settlement expenses, including expenses related to the Q3’14 legal settlement with Juniper.


Palo Alto Networks, Inc.

Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Measures

(In thousands, except per share amounts)

(Unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended
April 30,
    Nine Months Ended
April 30,
 
     2014     2013     2014     2013  

GAAP net loss

   $ (139,115   $ (7,282   $ (186,922   $ (13,410

Share-based compensation expense

     27,930        12,634        63,341        29,730   

Share-based payroll tax expense

     1,267        1,135        3,887        1,135   

Acquisition related costs

     3,681        —          7,480        —     

Amortization expense of acquired intangible assets

     614        —          679        —     

Legal settlement expense [a]

     113,700        —          133,700        —     

Litigation expense [b]

     4,732        1,256        9,274        2,295   

Income tax related to the above

     (4,079     (2,486     (8,769     (7,054
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Non-GAAP net income

   $ 8,730      $ 5,257      $ 22,670      $ 12,696   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

GAAP net loss per share, diluted

   $ (1.86   $ (0.10   $ (2.56   $ (0.20

Share-based compensation expense

     0.36        0.17        0.85        0.42   

Share-based payroll tax expense

     0.02        0.02        0.05        0.02   

Acquisition related costs

     0.05        —          0.10        —     

Amortization expense of acquired intangible assets

     0.01        —          0.01        —     

Legal settlement expense [a]

     1.52        —          1.83        —     

Litigation expense [b]

     0.06        0.02        0.13        0.02   

Income tax related to the above

     (0.05     (0.04     (0.12     (0.10
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Non-GAAP net income per share, diluted

   $ 0.11      $ 0.07      $ 0.29      $ 0.16   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

GAAP weighted-average shares used to compute net loss per share, diluted

     74,967        69,575        73,127        67,980   

Weighted-average effect of potentially dilutive securities

     5,248        8,466        5,350        9,752   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Non-GAAP weighted-average shares used to compute net income per share, diluted

     80,215        78,041        78,477        77,732   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Revenue

   $ 150,700      $ 101,289      $ 419,948      $ 283,722   

Change in deferred revenue, net of acquired deferred revenue

     43,191        31,121        118,552        83,496   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Billings

   $ 193,891      $ 132,410      $ 538,500      $ 367,218   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flow provided by operating activities

   $ 34,279      $ 15,206      $ 114,556      $ 72,789   

Less: purchase of property, equipment, and other assets

     5,896        6,359        31,379        16,595   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Free cash flow

   $ 28,383      $ 8,847      $ 83,177      $ 56,194   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

[a] Represents legal settlement expenses, including expenses related to the Q3’14 legal settlement with Juniper.
[b] Litigation expense represents legal expenses attributable to IP litigation, including our litigation with Juniper.


Palo Alto Networks, Inc.

Preliminary Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

 

     April 30, 2014     July 31, 2013  

Assets

    

Current assets:

    

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 234,790      $ 310,614   

Short-term investments

     133,180        109,007   

Accounts receivable, net

     114,789        87,461   

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

     33,686        22,617   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current assets

     516,445        529,699   

Property and equipment, net

     48,488        32,086   

Long-term investments

     103,902        17,314   

Goodwill

     155,086        —     

Intangible assets, net

     49,613        1,358   

Other assets

     6,853        5,149   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 880,387      $ 585,606   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Liabilities and stockholders’ equity

    

Current liabilities:

    

Accounts payable

   $ 24,641      $ 15,544   

Accrued liabilities [a]

     142,823        14,609   

Accrued compensation

     29,188        22,004   

Deferred revenue

     231,227        153,945   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

     427,879        206,102   

Deferred revenue – non-current

     136,707        95,285   

Other long-term liabilities

     36,636        11,799   

Stockholders’ equity:

    

Preferred stock

     —          —     

Common stock

     7        7   

Additional paid-in capital

     575,293        381,703   

Accumulated other comprehensive gain (loss)

     61        (16

Accumulated deficit

     (296,196     (109,274
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total stockholders’ equity

     279,165        272,420   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

   $ 880,387      $ 585,606   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

[a] Includes an accrual for the Q3’14 legal settlement with Juniper.


Palo Alto Networks, Inc.

Preliminary Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

 

     Nine Months Ended April 30,  
     2014     2013  

Cash flows from operating activities

    

Net loss

   $ (186,922   $ (13,410

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating activities:

    

Depreciation and amortization

     11,638        7,221   

Amortization of investment premiums, net of accretion of purchase discounts

     1,180        1,445   

Share-based compensation for equity based awards

     66,685        29,608   

Excess tax benefit from share-based compensation

     (758     (177

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

    

Accounts receivable, net

     (27,220     (45,847

Prepaid expenses and other assets

     (7,926     (5,991

Accounts payable

     8,965        3,347   

Accrued and other liabilities [a]

     130,362        13,097   

Deferred revenue

     118,552        83,496   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

     114,556        72,789   

Cash flows from investing activities

    

Purchase of property, equipment, and other assets

     (31,379     (16,595

Purchase of investments

     (316,911     (310,683

Proceeds from sales of investments

     6,630        13,491   

Proceeds from maturities of investments

     198,080        117,150   

Acquisition of business, net of cash acquired

     (85,726     —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash used in investing activities

     (229,306     (196,637

Cash flows from financing activities

    

Excess tax benefit from share-based compensation

     758        177   

Proceeds from exercise of stock options

     25,431        11,195   

Proceeds from employee stock purchase plan

     12,869        6,267   

Repurchase of restricted common stock from employees

     (132     (71

Payments of initial public offering costs

     —          (2,698
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by financing activities

     38,926        14,870   

Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents

     (75,824     (108,978

Cash and cash equivalents - beginning of period

     310,614        322,642   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents - end of period

   $ 234,790      $ 213,664   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

[a] Includes an accrual for the Q3’14 legal settlement with Juniper.