November 10, 2024

Reports 24% YoY ACV Billings Growth and Strong Free Cash Flow

Delivers Outperformance Across All First Quarter Guided Metrics

SAN JOSE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Nutanix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTNX), a leader in hybrid multicloud computing, today announced financial results for its first quarter ended October 31, 2023.

“We delivered a solid first quarter financial performance against an uncertain macro backdrop reflecting the value our customers see in the Nutanix Cloud Platform and the strength of our subscription business model,” said Rajiv Ramaswami, President and CEO of Nutanix. “I’m excited about our future as we look to capitalize on our large and growing market opportunity, favorable industry competitive dynamics, and our ramping partnerships.”

“Our first quarter marked a good start to our fiscal year with 24% year-over-year ACV billings growth along with strong free cash flow generation,” said Rukmini Sivaraman, CFO of Nutanix. “We continue to see good execution and remain focused on driving towards the targets we shared at our recent Investor Day and delivering durable growth and increasing profitability.”

First Quarter Fiscal 2024 Financial Summary

 

Q1 FY’24

Q1 FY’23

Y/Y Change

Annual Contract Value (ACV)1 Billings

$287.2 million

$231.9 million

24%

Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR)2

$1.66 billion

$1.28 billion

30%

Average Contract Duration3

2.9 years

3.0 years

(0.1) year

Revenue4

$511.1 million

$433.6 million

18%

GAAP Gross Margin

84.0%

81.0%

300 bps

Non-GAAP Gross Margin

85.9%

83.4%

250 bps

GAAP Operating Expenses

$434.8 million

$431.8 million

1%

Non-GAAP Operating Expenses

$359.8 million

$351.5 million

2%

GAAP Operating Loss

$(5.7) million

$(80.7) million

$75.0 million

Non-GAAP Operating Income

$79.5 million

$10.2 million

$69.3 million

GAAP Operating Margin

(1.1)%

(18.6)%

17.5% pts

Non-GAAP Operating Margin

15.6%

2.4%

13.2% pts

Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities

$145.5 million

$65.5 million

$80.0 million

Free Cash Flow

$132.5 million

 

$45.8 million

$86.7 million

Reconciliations between GAAP and non-GAAP financial measures and key performance measures, to the extent available, are provided in the tables of this press release.

Recent Company Highlights

Second Quarter Fiscal 2024 Outlook

ACV Billings

$295 – $305 million

Revenue

$545 – $555 million

Non-GAAP Gross Margin

85-86%

Non-GAAP Operating Margin

14% to 16%

Weighted Average Shares Outstanding (Diluted)5

Approximately 297 million

Fiscal 2024 Outlook

ACV Billings

$1.08 – $1.10 billion

Revenue

$2.095 – $2.125 billion

Non-GAAP Gross Margin

~85%

Non-GAAP Operating Margin

11.5% to 12.5%

Free Cash Flow

$340 – $360 million

Supplementary materials to this press release, including our first quarter fiscal 2024 earnings presentation, can be found at https://ir.nutanix.com/financial/quarterly-results.

Webcast and Conference Call Information

Nutanix executives will discuss the Company’s first quarter fiscal 2024 financial results on a conference call today at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time/1:30 p.m. Pacific Time. Interested parties may access the conference call by registering at this link to receive dial in details and a unique PIN number. The conference call will also be webcast live on the Nutanix Investor Relations website at ir.nutanix.com. An archived replay of the webcast will be available on the Nutanix Investor Relations website at ir.nutanix.com shortly after the call.

Footnotes

1Annual Contract Value, or ACV, is defined as the total annualized value of a contract, excluding amounts related to professional services and hardware. The total annualized value for a contract is calculated by dividing the total value of the contract by the number of years in the term of such contract, using, where applicable, an assumed term of five years for contracts that do not have a specified term. ACV Billings, for any given period, is defined as the sum of the ACV for all contracts billed during the given period.

2Annual Recurring Revenue, or ARR, for any given period, is defined as the sum of ACV for all non life-of-device contracts in effect as of the end of a specific period. For the purposes of this calculation, we assume that the contract term begins on the date a contract is booked, unless the terms of such contract prevent us from fulfilling our obligations until a later period, and irrespective of the periods in which we would recognize revenue for such contract.

3Average Contract Duration represents the dollar-weighted term, calculated on a billings basis, across all subscription and life-of-device contracts, using an assumed term of five years for life-of-device licenses, executed in the period.

4Revenue was negatively impacted by a year-over-year decline in the average contract duration, including as a result of Nutanix’s transition to a subscription-based business model.

5Weighted average share count used in computing diluted non-GAAP net income per share.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Other Key Performance Measures

To supplement our consolidated financial statements, which are prepared and presented in accordance with GAAP, this press release includes the following non-GAAP financial and other key performance measures: non-GAAP gross margin, non-GAAP operating expenses, non-GAAP operating income, non-GAAP operating margin, free cash flow, Annual Contract Value Billings (or ACV Billings), Annual Recurring Revenue (or ARR), and Average Contract Duration. In computing non-GAAP financial measures, we exclude certain items such as stock-based compensation and the related income tax impact, costs associated with our acquisitions (such as amortization of acquired intangible assets, income tax-related impact, and other acquisition-related costs), costs related to the impairment and early exit of operating lease-related assets, restructuring charges, litigation settlement accruals and legal fees related to certain litigation matters, the amortization of the debt discount and issuance costs, interest expense related to convertible senior notes, gains on divestitures, and other non-recurring transactions and the related tax impact. Non-GAAP gross margin, non-GAAP operating expenses, non-GAAP operating income, and non-GAAP operating margin are financial measures which we believe provide useful information to investors because they provide meaningful supplemental information regarding our performance and liquidity by excluding certain expenses and expenditures such as stock-based compensation expense that may not be indicative of our ongoing core business operating results. Free cash flow is a performance measure that we believe provides useful information to our management and investors about the amount of cash generated by the business after necessary capital expenditures, and we define free cash flow as net cash provided by (used in) operating activities less purchases of property and equipment. ACV Billings is a performance measure that we believe provides useful information to our management and investors as it allows us to better track the topline growth of our business during our transition to a subscription-based business model because it takes into account variability in term lengths. ARR is a performance measure that we believe provides useful information to our management and investors as it allows us to better track the topline growth of our subscription business because it takes into account variability in term lengths. We use these non-GAAP financial and key performance measures for financial and operational decision-making and as a means to evaluate period-to-period comparisons. However, these non-GAAP financial and key performance measures have limitations as analytical tools and you should not consider them in isolation or as substitutes for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP. Non-GAAP gross margin, non-GAAP operating expenses, non-GAAP operating income, non-GAAP operating margin, and free cash flow are not substitutes for gross margin, operating expenses, operating income (loss), operating margin, or net cash provided by (used in) operating activities, respectively. There is no GAAP measure that is comparable to ACV Billings, ARR, or Average Contract Duration, so we have not reconciled the ACV Billings, ARR, or Average Contract Duration data included in this press release to any GAAP measure. In addition, other companies, including companies in our industry, may calculate non-GAAP financial measures and key performance measures differently or may use other measures to evaluate their performance, all of which could reduce the usefulness of our non-GAAP financial measures and key performance measures as tools for comparison. We urge you to review the reconciliation of our non-GAAP financial measures and key performance measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures included below in the tables captioned “Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Profit Measures” and “Reconciliation of GAAP Net Cash Provided By Operating Activities to Non-GAAP Free Cash Flow,” and not to rely on any single financial measure to evaluate our business. This press release also includes the following forward-looking non-GAAP financial measures as part of our second quarter fiscal 2024 outlook and/or our fiscal 2024 outlook: non-GAAP gross margin, non-GAAP operating margin, and free cash flow. We are unable to reconcile these forward-looking non-GAAP financial measures to their most directly comparable GAAP financial measures without unreasonable efforts, as we are currently unable to predict with a reasonable degree of certainty the type and extent of certain items that would be expected to impact the GAAP financial measures for these periods but would not impact the non-GAAP financial measures.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains express and implied forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, statements regarding: our business momentum and prospects, our market opportunity, competitive dynamics, our focus on driving towards targets and delivering durable growth and increasing profitability, our second quarter fiscal 2024 outlook, and our fiscal 2024 outlook.

These forward-looking statements are not historical facts and instead are based on our current expectations, estimates, opinions, and beliefs. Consequently, you should not rely on these forward-looking statements. The accuracy of these forward-looking statements depends upon future events and involves risks, uncertainties, and other factors, including factors that may be beyond our control, that may cause these statements to be inaccurate and cause our actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially and adversely from those anticipated or implied by such statements, including, among others: the inherent uncertainty or assumptions and estimates underlying our projections and guidance, which are necessarily speculative in nature; any failure to successfully implement or realize the full benefits of, or unexpected difficulties or delays in successfully implementing or realizing the full benefits of, our business plans, strategies, initiatives, vision, and objectives; our ability to achieve, sustain and/or manage future growth effectively; the rapid evolution of the markets in which we compete, including the introduction, or acceleration of adoption of, competing solutions, including public cloud infrastructure; failure to timely and successfully meet our customer needs; delays in or lack of customer or market acceptance of our new solutions, products, services, product features or technology; macroeconomic or geopolitical uncertainty, including supply chain issues; our ability to attract, recruit, train, retain, and, where applicable, ramp to full productivity, qualified employees and key personnel; factors that could result in the significant fluctuation of our future quarterly operating results (including anticipated changes to our revenue and product mix, the timing and magnitude of orders, shipments and acceptance of our solutions in any given quarter, our ability to attract new and retain existing end-customers, changes in the pricing and availability of certain components of our solutions, and fluctuations in demand and competitive pricing pressures for our solutions); our ability to form new or maintain and strengthen existing strategic alliances and partnerships, as well as our ability to manage any changes thereto; the impact of a pandemic or major public health concern; our ability to make share repurchases; and other risks detailed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2023 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, on September 21, 2023. Additional information will be set forth in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 31, 2023, which should be read in conjunction with this press release and the financial results included herein. Our SEC filings are available on the Investor Relations section of our website at ir.nutanix.com and on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release and, except as required by law, we assume no obligation, and expressly disclaim any obligation, to update, alter or otherwise revise any of these forward-looking statements to reflect actual results or subsequent events or circumstances.

About Nutanix

Nutanix is a global leader in cloud software, offering organizations a single platform for running apps and data across clouds. With Nutanix, companies can reduce complexity and simplify operations, freeing them to focus on their business outcomes. Building on its legacy as the pioneer of hyperconverged infrastructure, Nutanix is trusted by companies worldwide to power hybrid multicloud environments consistently, simply, and cost-effectively. Learn more at www.nutanix.com or follow us on social media @nutanix.

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NUTANIX, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Unaudited)

 

 

As of

 

July 31,

2023

October 31,

2023

 

(in thousands)

Assets

 

 

 

Current assets:

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

$

512,929

$

612,462

 

Short-term investments

 

924,466

 

958,654

 

Accounts receivable, net

 

157,251

 

133,716

 

Deferred commissions—current

 

120,001

 

126,195

 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

147,087

 

86,920

 

Total current assets

 

1,861,734

 

1,917,947

 

Property and equipment, net

 

111,865

 

110,204

 

Operating lease right-of-use assets

 

93,554

 

96,301

 

Deferred commissions—non-current

 

237,990

 

226,698

 

Intangible assets, net

 

4,893

 

3,745

 

Goodwill

 

184,938

 

184,938

 

Other assets—non-current

 

31,941

 

30,807

 

Total assets

$

2,526,915

$

2,570,640

 

Liabilities and Stockholders’ Deficit

 

 

 

Current liabilities:

 

 

 

Accounts payable

$

29,928

$

35,795

 

Accrued compensation and benefits

 

143,679

 

 

136,258

 

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities

 

109,269

 

21,054

 

Deferred revenue—current

 

823,665

 

877,547

 

Operating lease liabilities—current

 

29,567

 

28,917

 

Total current liabilities

 

1,136,108

 

1,099,571

 

Deferred revenue—non-current

 

771,367

 

767,685

 

Operating lease liabilities—non-current

 

68,940

 

72,419

 

Convertible senior notes, net

 

1,218,165

 

1,239,189

 

Other liabilities—non-current

 

39,754

 

33,987

 

Total liabilities

 

3,234,334

 

3,212,851

 

Stockholders’ deficit:

 

 

 

Common stock

 

6

 

6

 

Additional paid-in capital

 

3,930,668

 

4,020,672

 

Accumulated other comprehensive income

 

(5,171

)

 

(4,375

)

Accumulated deficit

 

(4,632,922

)

 

(4,658,514

)

Total stockholders’ deficit

 

(707,419

)

 

(642,211

)

Total liabilities and stockholders’ deficit

$

2,526,915

$

2,570,640

 

NUTANIX, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

October 31,

 

2022

2023

 

(in thousands, except per share data)

Revenue:

 

 

Product

$

208,574

$

246,922

Support, entitlements and other services

 

225,035

 

264,132

Total revenue

 

433,609

 

511,054

Cost of revenue:

 

 

 

Product (1)(2)

 

12,516

 

10,234

Support, entitlements and other services (1)

 

69,979

 

71,725

Total cost of revenue

 

82,495

 

81,959

Gross profit

 

351,114

 

429,095

Operating expenses:

 

 

Sales and marketing (1)(2)

 

236,222

 

235,323

Research and development (1)

 

149,443

 

151,975

General and administrative (1)

 

46,104

 

47,503

Total operating expenses

 

431,769

 

434,801

Loss from operations

 

(80,655

)

 

(5,706

)

Other expense, net

 

(13,416

)

 

(5,275

)

Loss before provision for income taxes

 

(94,071

)

 

(10,981

)

Provision for income taxes

 

5,443

 

4,872

Net loss

$

(99,514

)

$

(15,853

)

Net loss per share attributable to Class A common stockholders—basic and diluted

$

(0.44

)

$

(0.07

)

Weighted average shares used in computing net loss per share attributable to Class A common stockholders—basic and diluted

 

228,544

 

241,490

(1)

Includes the following stock-based compensation expense:

 

Three Months Ended

October 31,

 

2022

 

2023

 

(in thousands)

Product cost of revenue

$

2,159

 

$

1,928

Support, entitlements and other services cost of revenue

 

5,346

 

 

7,116

Sales and marketing

 

20,472

 

 

21,471

Research and development

 

38,622

 

 

38,404

General and administrative

 

14,356

 

 

15,079

Total stock-based compensation expense

$

80,955

 

$

83,998

(2)

Includes the following amortization of intangible assets:

 

Three Months Ended

October 31,

 

2022

 

2023

 

(in thousands)

Product cost of revenue

$

2,810

 

$

1,111

Sales and marketing

 

349

 

 

37

Total amortization of intangible assets

$

3,159

 

$

1,148

NUTANIX, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

Three Months Ended October 31,

 

 

 

2022

 

 

2023

 

 

 

(in thousands)

 

Cash flows from operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

$

(99,514

)

 

$

(15,853

)

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

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

19,839

 

 

 

18,187

 

Stock-based compensation

 

 

80,955

 

 

 

83,998

 

Amortization of debt discount and issuance costs

 

 

10,477

 

 

 

11,055

 

Operating lease cost, net of accretion

 

 

8,722

 

 

 

7,872

 

Early exit of lease-related assets

 

 

(304

)

 

 

 

Non-cash interest expense

 

 

4,894

 

 

 

5,017

 

Other

 

 

(776

)

 

 

(4,044

)

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts receivable, net

 

 

40,838

 

 

 

23,656

 

Deferred commissions

 

 

15,213

 

 

 

5,098

 

Prepaid expenses and other assets

 

 

958

 

 

 

60,696

 

Accounts payable

 

 

(7,104

)

 

 

3,953

 

Accrued compensation and benefits

 

 

(29,820

)

 

 

(7,421

)

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

 

 

(3,076

)

 

 

(89,029

)

Operating leases, net

 

 

(11,910

)

 

 

(7,791

)

Deferred revenue

 

 

36,121

 

 

 

50,079

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

 

65,513

 

 

 

145,473

 

Cash flows from investing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maturities of investments

 

 

267,667

 

 

 

248,980

 

Purchases of investments

 

 

(256,202

)

 

 

(278,178

)

Purchases of property and equipment

 

 

(19,702

)

 

 

(13,020

)

Net cash used in investing activities

 

 

(8,237

)

 

 

(42,218

)

Cash flows from financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from sales of shares through employee equity incentive plans

 

 

22,186

 

 

 

13,783

 

Repurchases of common stock

 

 

 

 

 

(17,513

)

Payment of finance lease obligations

 

 

(1,856

)

 

 

(637

)

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

 

 

20,330

 

 

 

(4,367

)

Net increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

 

$

77,606

 

 

$

98,888

 

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash—beginning of period

 

 

405,862

 

 

 

515,771

 

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash—end of period

 

$

483,468

 

 

$

614,659

 

Restricted cash (1)

 

 

2,851

 

 

 

2,197

 

Cash and cash equivalents—end of period

 

$

480,617

 

 

$

612,462

 

Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash paid for income taxes

 

$

7,635

 

 

$

8,134

 

Supplemental disclosures of non-cash investing and financing information:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purchases of property and equipment included in accounts payable and accrued and other liabilities

 

$

10,748

 

 

$

15,013

 

Finance lease liabilities arising from obtaining right-of-use assets

 

$

9,822

 

 

$

12,382

 

(1)

Included within other assets—non-current in the consolidated balance sheets.

Reconciliation of Revenue to Billings

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

October 31,

 

 

 

2022

 

 

2023

 

 

 

(in thousands)

 

Total revenue

 

$

433,609

 

 

$

511,054

 

Change in deferred revenue

 

 

36,121

 

 

 

50,079

 

Total billings

 

$

469,730

 

 

$

561,133

 

Disaggregation of Revenue and Billings

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

October 31,

 

 

 

2022

 

 

2023

 

 

 

(in thousands)

 

Disaggregation of revenue:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Subscription revenue

 

$

402,924

 

 

$

479,478

 

Professional services revenue

 

 

22,278

 

 

 

22,835

 

Other non-subscription product revenue

 

 

8,407

 

 

 

8,741

 

Total revenue

 

$

433,609

 

 

$

511,054

 

Disaggregation of billings:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Subscription billings

 

$

441,430

 

 

$

528,914

 

Professional services billings

 

 

19,893

 

 

 

23,478

 

Other non-subscription product billings

 

 

8,407

 

 

 

8,741

 

Total billings

 

$

469,730

 

 

$

561,133

 

Subscription revenue — Subscription revenue includes any performance obligation which has a defined term, and is generated from the sales of software entitlement and support subscriptions, subscription software licenses and cloud-based Software as a Service, or SaaS offerings.

  • Ratable — We recognize revenue from software entitlement and support subscriptions and SaaS offerings ratably over the contractual service period, the substantial majority of which relate to software entitlement and support subscriptions.
  • Upfront — Revenue from our subscription software licenses is generally recognized upfront upon transfer of control to the customer, which happens when we make the software available to the customer.

Professional services revenue — We also sell professional services with our products. We recognize revenue related to professional services as they are performed.

Other non-subscription product revenue — Other non-subscription product revenue includes $7.8 million and $8.1 million of non-portable software revenue for the three months ended October 31, 2022 and 2023, respectively, and $0.6 million and $0.

Contacts

Investor Contact:
Richard Valera

ir@nutanix.com

Media Contact:
Jennifer Massaro

pr@nutanix.com

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