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Exhibit 99.1

Opower Announces Third Quarter 2014 Financial Results

Q3 revenue is $33.8 million, representing 50% top line growth year over year

Behavioral Demand Response pilot delivers 5% energy savings at peak

ARLINGTON, Va.—(BUSINESS WIRE)— Opower (NYSE: OPWR), a leading provider of cloud-based software for the utility industry, today announced its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2014.

“We are succeeding on the strength of our solutions and our consistent execution over the 7-year history of our company,” said Daniel Yates, Chief Executive Officer of Opower. “We attribute our success to the power of our platform and our ability to digitize the customer experience for utilities.”

Revenue of $33.8 million exceeded Opower’s Q3 guidance by $2.2 million. Adjusted EBITDA loss of $(1.1) million was also well ahead of expectations.

During Q3, Opower demonstrated the effectiveness of its Behavioral Demand Response (BDR) solution. Across ten peak events called by three separate customers, Opower BDR delivered an average load reduction of nearly 3 percent with peak load reduction of 5 percent. Opower BDR uses smart meter data, proprietary analytics, behavioral science and high volume messaging to deliver peak reduction for utility customers. “I cannot think of a better way to demonstrate our technology and data lead,” said Yates.

Third Quarter 2014 Financial Highlights

Revenue

 

    Revenue was $33.8 million, an increase of 50% from the comparable period in 2013.

Operating Loss

 

    GAAP operating loss was $(7.4) million, compared to an operating loss of $(3.6) million for the comparable period in 2013.

 

    Non-GAAP operating loss was $(2.9) million, compared to a non-GAAP operating loss of $(2.4) million for the comparable period in 2013.

Net Loss

 

    GAAP net loss was $(8.2) million, compared to a net loss of $(3.2) million for the comparable period in 2013. GAAP net loss per share was $(0.17), based on 49.1 million weighted-average common shares outstanding, compared to a GAAP net loss per share of $(0.15) for the comparable period in 2013.

 

    Non-GAAP net loss was $(3.7) million, compared to a non-GAAP net loss of $(2.0) million for the comparable period in 2013. Non-GAAP net loss per share was $(0.08), based on 49.1 million non-GAAP weighted-average common shares outstanding, compared to a non-GAAP net loss per share of $(0.05) for the comparable period in 2013.

Adjusted EBITDA

 

    Adjusted EBITDA was a loss of $(1.1) million, compared to a loss of $(1.2) million for the comparable period in 2013.

Balance Sheet

 

    Cash and cash equivalents as of September 30, 2014 totaled $137.6 million, an increase of $108.7 million from the prior year-end.

 

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Business Outlook

Opower is issuing guidance for the fourth quarter and full year of 2014 as indicated below:

Fourth Quarter 2014

 

    Total revenue is expected to be in the range of $33.2 million to $33.6 million.

 

    Adjusted EBITDA is expected to be a loss in the range of $(5.5) million to $(6.0) million.

Full Year 2014

 

    Total revenue is expected to be in the range of $126.8 million to $127.2 million, an increase from prior expectations of total revenue between $120.0 and $123.5 million.

 

    Adjusted EBITDA is expected to be a loss in the range of $(14.7) million to $(15.2) million.

Conference Call Information

 

What:    Opower Third Quarter 2014 Financial Results Conference Call
When:    Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Time:    5:00 p.m. ET
Live Call:   

(877) 201-0168, domestic

(647) 788-4901, international

Conference ID #19810499

Webcast:    http://investor.opower.com (live and replay)

The webcast will be archived on Opower’s website for three months.

About Opower

Working with 95+ utility partners and serving 50+ million homes and businesses across the world, Opower is a leading provider of cloud-based software to the utility industry, and is transforming the way utilities relate to their customers. By combining data management, insightful analytics, and behavioral science, Opower’s customer engagement platform positions utilities as trusted energy advisors to the customers they serve. Founded in 2007 and listed on the NYSE as OPWR, Opower is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, with offices in San Francisco, London, Singapore and Tokyo. Opower’s technology platform analyzes more than 300 billion meter reads to deliver its services, and has created enough energy savings through behavior change to power all the homes in a city of 1 million people for a year. For more information, please visit www.opower.com and follow us on Twitter at @Opower.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

This press release contains the following non-GAAP financial measures: Non-GAAP operating loss, non-GAAP net loss, non-GAAP net loss per share, non-GAAP weighted-average common shares outstanding and adjusted EBITDA.

We define non-GAAP operating loss, non-GAAP net loss and non-GAAP net loss per share as excluding the impact of stock-based compensation. The weighted-average shares outstanding used to calculate non-GAAP net loss per share gives effect to the conversion of the preferred stock as of the beginning of each of the periods presented.

We define adjusted EBITDA as net loss adjusted to exclude our income tax provision, other income (expense), including interest, depreciation and amortization, and stock-based compensation.

 

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We believe that these non-GAAP measures of financial results provide useful information to management and investors regarding certain financial and business trends relating to Opower’s financial condition and results of operations. We use these non-GAAP measures for financial, operational and budgetary decision-making purposes, and to compare our performance to that of prior periods for trend analyses. We believe that these non-GAAP financial measures provide useful information regarding past financial performance and future prospects, and permit us to analyze key financial metrics used to make operational decisions more thoroughly. We believe that the use of these non-GAAP financial measures provides an additional tool for investors to use in evaluating ongoing operating results and trends and in comparing our financial measures with other software companies, many of which disclose similar non-GAAP financial measures.

We do not consider these non-GAAP measures in isolation or as an alternative to financial measures determined in accordance with GAAP. The principal limitation of these non-GAAP financial measures is their exclusion of significant income and expenses that are required by GAAP to be recorded in the Company’s financial statements. In addition, they are subject to inherent limitations as they reflect the exercise of judgment by management on which income and expenses are excluded or included in determining these non- GAAP financial measures. In order to compensate for these limitations, management presents non-GAAP financial measures in connection with GAAP results. We urge investors to review the reconciliation of our non- GAAP financial measures to the comparable GAAP financial measures that is included in this press release, and not to rely on any single financial measure to evaluate our business.

Cautionary Language Concerning Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including but not limited to, statements regarding our revenue, net income and profitability metrics for the company’s fourth quarter and full year 2014, and statements regarding our market position in our industry. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this press release and were based on current expectations, estimates, forecasts and projections as well as the beliefs and assumptions of management. Words such as “expect,” “anticipate,” “should,” “believe,” “hope,” “target,” “project,” “goals,” “estimate,” “potential,” “predict,” “may,” “will,” “might,” “could,” “intend,” variations of these terms or the negative of these terms and similar expressions are intended to identify these forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, many of which involve factors or circumstances that are beyond our control. Our actual results could differ materially from those stated or implied in forward-looking statements due to a number of factors, including but not limited to, unpredictable sales cycles and implementation times; changes to the regulatory landscape could alter our customers’ buying patterns; our ability to respond to evolving technological changes; our ability to retain and attract customers; the risk of technological developments and innovations by others; failure to manage growth and effectively scale the organization; failure to protect and enforce our intellectual property rights; assertions by third parties that we infringe their intellectual property rights; the risk of losing key employees; changes to current accounting rules; and general political or destabilizing events, including war, conflict or acts of terrorism. For a detailed discussion of these and other risk factors, please refer to the risks detailed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, without limitation, our final prospectus for our initial public offering filed on April 4, 2014 and most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results. We anticipate that subsequent events and developments will cause our views to change. We undertake no intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. These forward- looking statements should not be relied upon as representing our views as of any date subsequent to the date of this press release.

 

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OPOWER, INC.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Unaudited, in thousands)

 

     December 31,
2013
    September 30,
2014
 

Assets

    

Current assets:

    

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 28,819      $ 137,565   

Accounts receivable, net

     20,228        21,529   

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

     1,988        3,854   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current assets

     51,035        162,948   

Property and equipment, net

     10,813        15,017   

Other assets

     1,287        206   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 63,135      $ 178,171   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit)

    

Current liabilities:

    

Accounts payable

   $ 1,163      $ 943   

Accrued expenses

     4,452        5,545   

Deferred revenue

     50,623        54,931   

Accrued compensation and benefits

     4,817        6,167   

Other current liabilities

     1,831        1,350   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

     62,886        68,936   

Deferred revenue

     1,767        558   

Notes payable

     2,418        —     

Other liabilities

     2,327        1,351   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     69,398        70,845   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Stockholders’ equity (deficit):

    

Convertible preferred stock:

    

Series A preferred stock

     1,466        —     

Series B preferred stock

     16,355        —     

Series C preferred stock

     49,872        —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total convertible preferred stock

     67,693        —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Preferred stock

     —          —     

Common stock

     —          —     

Additional paid-in capital

     9,407        220,636   

Accumulated deficit

     (83,243     (113,224

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

     (120     (86
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total stockholders’ equity (deficit)

     (6,263     107,326   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity (deficit)

   $ 63,135      $ 178,171   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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OPOWER, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share data)

 

     Three Months Ended
September 30,
    Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
     2013 (2)     2014     2013 (2)     2014  

Revenue

   $ 22,491      $ 33,774      $ 62,743      $ 93,594   

Cost of revenue (1)

     7,970        11,212        23,239        31,920   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gross profit

     14,521        22,562        39,504        61,674   

Operating expenses (1):

      

Sales and marketing

     8,391        14,580        22,615        43,958   

Research and development

     7,821        11,177        19,666        34,131   

General and administrative

     1,886        4,241        4,948        13,010   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     18,098        29,998        47,229        91,099   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating loss

     (3,577     (7,436     (7,725     (29,425

Other income (expense):

      

Gain (loss) on foreign currency

     370        (853     (30     (691

Interest expense

     (61     (14     (122     (99

Other, net

     84        144        17        287   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loss before income taxes

     (3,184     (8,159     (7,860     (29,928

Provision for (benefit from) income taxes

     (9     37        24        53   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss

   $ (3,175   $ (8,196   $ (7,884   $ (29,981
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Weighted-average common stock outstanding:

      

Basic and diluted

     21,303        49,091        20,959        39,253   

Net loss per share:

      

Basic and diluted

   $ (0.15   $ (0.17   $ (0.38   $ (0.76

 

(1)  Stock-based compensation was allocated as follows:

 

     Three Months Ended
September 30,
     Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
     2013 (2)      2014      2013 (2)      2014  

Cost of revenue

   $ 67       $ 305       $ 133       $ 918   

Sales and marketing

     492         2,019         748         6,994   

Research and development

     328         1,195         677         4,088   

General and administrative

     291         968         362         3,425   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total stock-based compensation

   $ 1,178       $ 4,487       $ 1,920       $ 15,425   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(2)  During the first quarter of 2014, the Company updated its methodology for allocating certain general and administrative costs to more closely align these costs to the functional departments consuming the related services. As a result, certain prior period costs have been reclassified from general and administrative expenses to cost of revenue, sales and marketing expenses, and research and development expenses primarily based on the headcount in each of these functional areas. The reclassifications for the three months ended September 30, 2013 reduced general and administrative expenses by $1.4 million and increased cost of revenue, sales and marketing expenses, and research and development expenses by $0.2 million, $0.6 million and $0.6 million, respectively. The reclassifications for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 reduced general and administrative expenses by $3.5 million and increased cost of revenue, sales and marketing expenses, and research and development expenses by $0.4 million, $1.6 million, and $1.5 million, respectively. These reclassifications had no effect on previously reported operating loss, net loss or cash flows.

 

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OPOWER, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

(Unaudited, in thousands)

 

     Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
     2013     2014  

Operating Activities

  

Net loss

   $ (7,884   $ (29,981

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

  

Depreciation and amortization

     2,779        4,841   

Stock-based compensation expense

     1,920        15,425   

Non-cash interest expense

     109        51   

Asset impairment

     —          82   

Other

     59        263   

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

  

Accounts receivable

     (6,999     (1,102

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

     (339     (1,236

Other assets

     (571     62   

Accounts payable

     547        (215

Accrued expenses

     1,495        1,256   

Accrued compensation and benefits

     446        1,363   

Deferred revenue

     14,779        2,755   

Other liabilities

     (360     (319
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

     5,981        (6,755
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investing Activities

  

Additions to property and equipment

     (5,660     (8,081
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash used in investing activities

     (5,660     (8,081
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Financing Activities

  

Proceeds from issuance of common stock

     2,548        1,777   

Proceeds from initial public offering, net of underwriting discounts and commissions

     —          123,955   

Issuance of notes payable

     2,500        —     

Payment of offering costs

     —          (1,687

Principal payments on capital lease obligations

     (24     (358
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by financing activities

     5,024        123,687   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

     (11     (105

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents

     5,334        108,746   

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

     24,597        28,819   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

   $ 29,931      $ 137,565   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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OPOWER, INC.

RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES

(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share data)

 

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

Reconciliation of Net Loss to Adjusted EBITDA:

        

Net loss

   $ (3,175   $ (8,196   $ (7,884   $ (29,981

Provision for (benefit from) income taxes

     (9     37        24        53   

Other (income) expense, including interest

     (393     723        135        503   

Depreciation and amortization

     1,158        1,852        2,779        4,841   

Stock-based compensation

     1,178        4,487        1,920        15,425   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Adjusted EBITDA

   $ (1,241   $ (1,097   $ (3,026   $ (9,159
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Reconciliation of Cost of Revenue to Non-GAAP Cost of Revenue:

        

Cost of revenue

   $ 7,970      $ 11,212      $ 23,239      $ 31,920   

Less: Stock-based compensation

     67        305        133        918   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Non-GAAP cost of revenue

   $ 7,903      $ 10,907      $ 23,106      $ 31,002   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Reconciliation of Gross Margin to Non-GAAP Gross Margin:

        

Gross margin

     64.6     66.8     63.0     65.9

Add back: Stock-based compensation

     0.3     0.9     0.2     1.0
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Non-GAAP gross margin

     64.9     67.7     63.2     66.9
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Reconciliation of Operating Expenses to Non-GAAP Operating Expenses:

        

Operating expenses

   $ 18,098      $ 29,998      $ 47,229      $ 91,099   

Less: Stock-based compensation

     1,111        4,182        1,787        14,507   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Non-GAAP operating expenses

   $ 16,987      $ 25,816      $ 45,442      $ 76,592   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Reconciliation of Operating Loss to Non-GAAP Operating Loss:

        

Operating loss

   $ (3,577   $ (7,436   $ (7,725   $ (29,425

Add back: Stock-based compensation

     1,178        4,487        1,920        15,425   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Non-GAAP operating loss

   $ (2,399   $ (2,949   $ (5,805   $ (14,000
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Reconciliation of Net Loss to Non-GAAP Net Loss:

        

Net loss

   $ (3,175   $ (8,196   $ (7,884   $ (29,981

Add back: Stock-based compensation

     1,178        4,487        1,920        15,425   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Non-GAAP net loss

   $ (1,997   $ (3,709   $ (5,964   $ (14,556
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares used in computing Non-GAAP Per Share Amounts:

        

Weighted-average common stock outstanding, basic and diluted

     21,303        49,091        20,959        39,253   

Add: Additional weighted-average shares giving effect to the conversion of preferred stock as of the beginning of the period

     19,247        —          19,247        6,909   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Non-GAAP weighted-average common stock outstanding, basic and diluted

     40,550        49,091        40,206        46,162   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Non-GAAP net loss per share

   $ (0.05   $ (0.08   $ (0.15   $ (0.32

 

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Contacts

Media Contact

Opower

Carly Llewellyn

pr@opower.com

or

Investor Contact

ICR

Garo Toomajanian, 571-483-5200

investor@opower.com

Source: Opower

 

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