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MicroStrategy Announces First Quarter 2020 Financial Results

MicroStrategy® (Nasdaq: MSTR), the largest independent publicly-traded business intelligence company, today announced financial results for the three-month period ended March 31, 2020 (the first quarter of its 2020 fiscal year).

“As the world faces uncertain times with the impacts of COVID-19, analytics has never been more essential for organizations. To help our customers—many of whom are on the front lines of this crisis performing mission-critical services—continue their operations, our technical support and cloud operations teams remain staffed 24/7 across the globe. Our enterprise-grade, governed, and secure platform provides intelligence and stability at a time when our customers need them most in order to make fast, data-driven decisions,” said Michael J. Saylor, CEO, MicroStrategy Incorporated. “We remain focused on executing on our strategic priorities around cloud, HyperIntelligence®, and upgrading customers, while prudently managing the business through this rapidly evolving economic situation.”

First Quarter 2020 Financial Highlights

  • Revenues: Total revenues for the first quarter of 2020 were $111.4 million, a 3.4% decrease, or a 1.7% decrease on a non-GAAP constant currency basis, compared to the first quarter of 2019. Product licenses and subscription services revenues for the first quarter of 2020 were $20.6 million, a 19.2% decrease, or a 16.9% decrease on a non-GAAP constant currency basis, compared to the first quarter of 2019. Product support revenues for the first quarter of 2020 were $71.2 million, a 0.4% decrease, or a 1.2% increase on a non-GAAP constant currency basis, compared to the first quarter of 2019. Other services revenues for the first quarter of 2020 were $19.7 million, a 6.7% increase, or a 8.1% increase on a non-GAAP constant currency basis, compared to the first quarter of 2019.
  • Gross Profit: Gross profit for the first quarter of 2020 was $86.9 million, representing a 78.0% gross margin, compared to a gross margin of 77.3% in the first quarter of 2019.
  • Operating Expenses: Operating expenses for the first quarter of 2020 were $87.0 million, a 12.7% decrease compared to the first quarter of 2019.
  • Loss from Operations: Loss from operations for the first quarter of 2020 was $0.1 million versus $10.4 million for the first quarter of 2019. Non-GAAP income from operations, which excludes share-based compensation expense, was $3.0 million for the first quarter of 2020 versus non-GAAP loss from operations of $7.4 million for the first quarter of 2019.
  • Net Income: Net income for the first quarter of 2020 was $0.7 million, or $0.07 per share on a diluted basis, as compared to a net loss of $7.9 million, or $0.77 per share on a diluted basis, for the first quarter of 2019. Contributing to net income for the first quarter of 2020 was $1.9 million in net interest income.
  • Cash and Short-term Investments: As of March 31, 2020, MicroStrategy had cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments of $539.2 million, as compared to $565.6 million as of December 31, 2019, a decrease of $26.4 million. During the first quarter of 2020, MicroStrategy repurchased 354,633 shares of its class A common stock for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $50.7 million. As of March 31, 2020, MicroStrategy had 7.7 million shares of class A common stock and 2.0 million shares of class B common stock outstanding.

The tables at the end of this press release include a reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP financial measures for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019. An explanation of non-GAAP financial measures is also included under the heading “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” below.

MicroStrategy uses its Intelligent Enterprise platform across the enterprise and has created an interactive dossier with quarterly financial performance data. Anyone can access the MSTR Financials dossier via a web browser, or by downloading the MicroStrategy Library app on an iOS or Android device. To download the native apps, visit MicroStrategy Library for iPad, MicroStrategy Library for iPhone, or MicroStrategy Library for Android tablet and smartphone.

Recent Business Highlights

The following are some key business highlights from the first quarter of 2020 related to MicroStrategy’s customer focus, recognition, and product innovation:

  • Customer Focus. MicroStrategy is helping its customers in multiple ways, including offering programs that encourage their upgrade to MicroStrategy 2020™ and teach new skills. These offerings consist of:
    • Free support to its customers to upgrade to MicroStrategy 2020 through June 30, 2020.
    • Free online education classes and certifications to its customers through May 15, 2020.

      MicroStrategy World 2020 hosted thousands of product experts, thought leaders, and MicroStrategy users for three days of inspirational keynotes, educational sessions, workshops, and customer and partner presentations. At the conference, MicroStrategy announced:

    • Customer awards to Petco, Lowe’s, Sonic Automotive, and Ta-Ta Supermarkets for their HyperIntelligence-enabled, innovative, and impactful analytics solutions.
    • Partner awards to Amazon Web Services (“AWS”), DataRobot, Datastrong, and T-Systems for delivering modern analytics to organizations using the MicroStrategy platform.
  • Recognition. Numerous leading organizations, such as the General Services Administration, Pfizer, and Nu Skin, purchased HyperIntelligence during the quarter. MicroStrategy was also recognized in the following Gartner published research:
    • MicroStrategy received the highest use case scores from Gartner in the Enterprise Analytics Use Case (4.86 out of 5) and Embedded Analytics Use Case (4.96 out of 5) in the Critical Capabilities for Analytics and Business Intelligence Platforms report(1).
    • MicroStrategy was recognized as a Challenger in Gartner’s 2020 Magic Quadrant for Analytics and Business Intelligence Platforms report(2).
  • Product Innovation. MicroStrategy continued to drive innovation in the following ways:
    • In the first quarter of 2020, MicroStrategy announced the general availability of MicroStrategy 2020, its flagship platform. Highlights of MicroStrategy 2020 include design and performance enhancements to HyperIntelligence, enhanced AWS and Microsoft Azure support, new self-service authoring capabilities for Dossier®, improved Microsoft Excel experience through the MicroStrategy Office connector, and new data science connectors to Jupyter Notebook and RStudio.
    • Published the Coronavirus Dossier so that people can stay current with the latest headlines and easily share relevant data and insights using the latest features of the MicroStrategy 2020 platform.

MicroStrategy Names Phong Le Chief Financial Officer

MicroStrategy also announced today that Lisa Mayr resigned from her position as its Senior Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer on April 23, 2020. In connection with her resignation, MicroStrategy appointed Phong Le, MicroStrategy’s Senior Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, to succeed Ms. Mayr as its Chief Financial Officer, effective immediately. In addition to his new responsibilities as Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Le will continue to serve as MicroStrategy’s Senior Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Le will continue to report to Michael Saylor, MicroStrategy’s Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer.

Conference Call

MicroStrategy will be discussing its first quarter 2020 financial results on a conference call today beginning at approximately 5:00 p.m. EDT. To access the conference call, dial (844) 824-7425 (domestically) or (716) 220-9429 (internationally) and use conference ID 8699165. A live and archived webcast will be available under the “Events” section on MicroStrategy’s investor relations website at https://ir.microstrategy.com/events-presentations. A replay of the conference call will be available beginning approximately two hours after the call concludes until May 5, 2020 at (855) 859-2056 (domestically) or (404) 537-3406 (internationally) using the passcode 8699165.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

MicroStrategy is providing supplemental financial measures for (i) non-GAAP income (loss) from operations that excludes the impact of share-based compensation arrangements and (ii) non-GAAP constant currency revenues that exclude foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations. These supplemental financial measures are not measurements of financial performance under generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”) and, as a result, these supplemental financial measures may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies. Management uses these non-GAAP financial measures internally to help understand, manage, and evaluate business performance and to help make operating decisions.

MicroStrategy believes that these non-GAAP financial measures are also useful to investors and analysts in comparing its performance across reporting periods on a consistent basis. The first supplemental financial measure excludes a significant non-cash expense that MicroStrategy believes is not reflective of its general business performance, and for which the accounting requires management judgment and the resulting share-based compensation expense could vary significantly in comparison to other companies. The second set of supplemental financial measures excludes changes resulting from fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates so that results may be compared to the same period in the prior year on a non-GAAP constant currency basis. MicroStrategy believes the use of these non-GAAP financial measures can also facilitate comparison of MicroStrategy’s operating results to those of its competitors.

About MicroStrategy Incorporated

MicroStrategy (Nasdaq: MSTR) is the largest independent publicly-traded business intelligence company, with the leading enterprise analytics platform. Our vision is to enable Intelligence Everywhere. MicroStrategy provides modern analytics on an open, comprehensive enterprise platform used by many of the world’s most admired brands in the Fortune Global 500. Optimized for cloud and on-premises deployments, the platform features HyperIntelligence, a breakthrough technology that overlays actionable enterprise data on popular business applications to help users make smarter, faster decisions. For more information about MicroStrategy, visit www.microstrategy.com.

MicroStrategy, HyperIntelligence, Intelligent Enterprise, MicroStrategy Library, MicroStrategy 2020, MicroStrategy World, Dossier, MicroStrategy Office, and Intelligence Everywhere are either trademarks or registered trademarks of MicroStrategy Incorporated in the United States and certain other countries. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

This press release may include statements that may constitute “forward-looking statements,” including estimates of future business prospects or financial results and statements containing the words “believe,” “estimate,” “project,” “expect” or similar expressions. Forward-looking statements inherently involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results of MicroStrategy Incorporated and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. Factors that could contribute to such differences include: the extent and timing of market acceptance of MicroStrategy’s new offerings, including MicroStrategy 2020; impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic; the Company’s ability to recognize revenue or deferred revenue through delivery of products or satisfactory performance of services; continued acceptance of the Company’s other products in the marketplace; fluctuations in tax benefits or provisions; the timing of significant orders; delays in or the inability of the Company to develop or ship new products; customers shifting from a product license model to a cloud subscription model; competitive factors; general economic conditions; currency fluctuations; and other risks detailed in the Company’s registration statements and periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements for revisions or changes after the date of this release.

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(1) Gartner, Critical Capabilities for Analytics and Business Intelligence Platforms, Kurt Schlegel, James Richardson, Rita Sallam, Austin Kronz, Julian Sun, 17 March 2020.

(2) Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Analytics and Business Intelligence Platforms, James Richardson, Rita Sallam, Kurt Schlegel, Austin Kronz, Julian Sun, 11 February 2020.

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MICROSTRATEGY INCORPORATED

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(in thousands, except per share data)

 

Three Months Ended

March 31,

2020

2019

(unaudited)

(unaudited)

Revenues

Product licenses

$

12,584

$

18,291

Subscription services

7,968

7,144

Total product licenses and subscription services

20,552

25,435

Product support

71,158

71,450

Other services

19,714

18,481

Total revenues

111,424

115,366

Cost of revenues

Product licenses

670

519

Subscription services

4,064

3,598

Total product licenses and subscription services

4,734

4,117

Product support

6,718

7,067

Other services

13,093

14,989

Total cost of revenues

24,545

26,173

Gross profit

86,879

89,193

Operating expenses

Sales and marketing

39,518

48,760

Research and development

26,101

28,215

General and administrative

21,332

22,604

Total operating expenses

86,951

99,579

Loss from operations

(72

)

(10,386

)

Interest income, net

1,855

2,566

Other income (expense), net

434

(596

)

Income (loss) before income taxes

2,217

(8,416

)

Provision for (benefit from) income taxes

1,560

(510

)

Net income (loss)

$

657

$

(7,906

)

Basic earnings (loss) per share (1):

$

0.07

$

(0.77

)

Weighted average shares outstanding used in computing basic earnings (loss) per share

9,976

10,328

Diluted earnings (loss) per share (1):

$

0.07

$

(0.77

)

Weighted average shares outstanding used in computing diluted earnings (loss) per share

10,031

10,328

(1) Basic and fully diluted earnings (loss) per share for class A and class B common stock are the same.

 

MICROSTRATEGY INCORPORATED

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(in thousands, except per share data)

 

March 31,

December 31,

2020

2019*

(unaudited)

Assets

Current assets

Cash and cash equivalents

$

429,276

$

456,727

Restricted cash

2,742

1,089

Short-term investments

109,946

108,919

Accounts receivable, net

124,935

163,516

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

26,163

23,195

Total current assets

693,062

753,446

Property and equipment, net

47,623

50,154

Right-of-use assets

82,690

85,538

Deposits and other assets

7,757

8,024

Deferred tax assets, net

18,139

19,409

Total Assets

$

849,271

$

916,571

Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity

Current liabilities

Accounts payable, accrued expenses, and operating lease liabilities

$

32,539

$

33,919

Accrued compensation and employee benefits

35,207

48,792

Deferred revenue and advance payments

184,891

187,107

Total current liabilities

252,637

269,818

Deferred revenue and advance payments

3,660

4,344

Operating lease liabilities

100,251

103,424

Other long-term liabilities

31,273

30,400

Deferred tax liabilities

24

26

Total Liabilities

387,845

408,012

Stockholders’ Equity

Preferred stock undesignated, $0.001 par value; 5,000 shares authorized; no shares issued or outstanding

0

0

Class A common stock, $0.001 par value; 330,000 shares authorized; 15,891 shares issued and 7,729 shares outstanding, and 15,888 shares issued and 8,081 shares outstanding, respectively

16

16

Class B convertible common stock, $0.001 par value; 165,000 shares authorized; 2,035 shares issued and outstanding, and 2,035 shares issued and outstanding, respectively

2

2

Additional paid-in capital

597,087

593,583

Treasury stock, at cost; 8,162 shares and 7,807 shares, respectively

(709,627

)

(658,880

)

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

(10,198

)

(9,651

)

Retained earnings

584,146

583,489

Total Stockholders’ Equity

461,426

508,559

Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity

$

849,271

$

916,571

* Derived from audited financial statements.

 

MICROSTRATEGY INCORPORATED

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(in thousands)

 

Three Months Ended

March 31,

2020

2019

(unaudited)

(unaudited)

Operating activities:

Net income (loss)

$

657

$

(7,906

)

Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities:

Depreciation and amortization

2,756

1,657

Reduction in carrying amount of right-of-use assets

2,053

2,007

Credit losses and sales allowances

828

827

Net realized loss on short-term investments

0

41

Deferred taxes

957

(1,694

)

Share-based compensation expense

3,111

3,017

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

Accounts receivable

14,406

10,266

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

(3,295

)

(3,070

)

Deposits and other assets

84

(134

)

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

(154

)

(3,108

)

Accrued compensation and employee benefits

(13,031

)

(12,195

)

Deferred revenue and advance payments

22,001

38,502

Operating lease liabilities

(2,238

)

(2,074

)

Other long-term liabilities

934

320

Net cash provided by operating activities

29,069

26,456

Investing activities:

Proceeds from redemption of short-term investments

10,000

314,403

Purchases of property and equipment

(661

)

(6,011

)

Purchases of short-term investments

(9,928

)

(138,099

)

Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities

(589

)

170,293

Financing activities:

Proceeds from sale of class A common stock under exercise of employee stock options

340

1,507

Purchases of treasury stock

(50,747

)

(48,244

)

Net cash used in financing activities

(50,407

)

(46,737

)

Effect of foreign exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash

(3,871

)

(1,133

)

Net (decrease) increase in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash

(25,798

)

148,879

Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash, beginning of period

457,816

110,786

Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash, end of period

$

432,018

$

259,665

 

MICROSTRATEGY INCORPORATED

REVENUE AND COST OF REVENUE DETAIL

(in thousands)

 

Three Months Ended

March 31,

2020

2019

(unaudited)

(unaudited)

Revenues

Product licenses and subscription services:

Product licenses

$

12,584

$

18,291

Subscription services

7,968

7,144

Total product licenses and subscription services

20,552

25,435

Product support

71,158

71,450

Other services:

Consulting

18,441

16,603

Education

1,273

1,878

Total other services

19,714

18,481

Total revenues

111,424

115,366

Cost of revenues

Product licenses and subscription services:

Product licenses

670

519

Subscription services

4,064

3,598

Total product licenses and subscription services

4,734

4,117

Product support

6,718

7,067

Other services:

Consulting

11,428

12,985

Education

1,665

2,004

Total other services

13,093

14,989

Total cost of revenues

24,545

26,173

Gross profit

$

86,879

$

89,193

 

MICROSTRATEGY INCORPORATED

DEFERRED REVENUE DETAIL

(in thousands)

 

March 31,

December 31,

March 31,

2020

2019*

2019

(unaudited)

(unaudited)

Current:

Deferred product licenses revenue

$

131

$

481

$

555

Deferred subscription services revenue

16,567

16,561

15,641

Deferred product support revenue

161,135

161,670

166,306

Deferred other services revenue

7,058

8,395

7,568

Total current deferred revenue and advance payments

$

184,891

$

187,107

$

190,070

Non-current:

Deferred product licenses revenue

$

262

$

293

$

479

Deferred subscription services revenue

84

97

247

Deferred product support revenue

2,789

3,417

3,231

Deferred other services revenue

525

537

582

Total non-current deferred revenue and advance payments

$

3,660

$

4,344

$

4,539

Total current and non-current:

Deferred product licenses revenue

$

393

$

774

$

1,034

Deferred subscription services revenue

16,651

16,658

15,888

Deferred product support revenue

163,924

165,087

169,537

Deferred other services revenue

7,583

8,932

8,150

Total current and non-current deferred revenue and advance payments

$

188,551

$

191,451

$

194,609

* Derived from audited financial statements.

 

MICROSTRATEGY INCORPORATED

RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP MEASURES

EXCLUSION OF SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION EXPENSE

(in thousands)

 

Three Months Ended

March 31,

2020

2019

(unaudited)

(unaudited)

Reconciliation of non-GAAP income (loss) from operations:

Loss from operations

$

(72

)

$

(10,386

)

Share-based compensation expense

3,111

3,017

Non-GAAP income (loss) from operations

$

3,039

$

(7,369

)

 

MICROSTRATEGY INCORPORATED

RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP MEASURES

CONSTANT CURRENCY

(in thousands)

 

Three Months Ended

March 31,

(unaudited)

GAAP

Foreign

Currency

Exchange

Rate Impact (1)

Non-GAAP

Constant

Currency (2)

GAAP

GAAP %

Change

Non-GAAP

Constant

Currency

% Change (3)

2020

2020

2020

2019

2020

2020

Revenues

Product licenses

$

12,584

$

(541

)

$

13,125

$

18,291

-31.2

%

-28.2

%

Subscription services

7,968

(36

)

8,004

7,144

11.5

%

12.0

%

Total product licenses and subscription services

20,552

(577

)

21,129

25,435

-19.2

%

-16.9

%

Product support

71,158

(1,176

)

72,334

71,450

-0.4

%

1.2

%

Other services

19,714

(255

)

19,969

18,481

6.7

%

8.1

%

Total revenues

111,424

(2,008

)

113,432

115,366

-3.4

%

-1.7

%

(1)

The “Foreign Currency Exchange Rate Impact” reflects the estimated impact from fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates on international revenues. It shows the increase (decrease) in international revenues from the same period in the prior year, based on comparisons to the prior year quarterly average foreign currency exchange rates. The term “international” refers to operations outside of the United States and Canada.

(2)

The “Non-GAAP Constant Currency” reflects the current period GAAP amount, less the Foreign Currency Exchange Rate Impact.

(3)

The “Non-GAAP Constant Currency % Change” reflects the percentage change between the current period Non-GAAP Constant Currency amount and the GAAP amount for the same period in the prior year.

MICROSTRATEGY INCORPORATED

WORLDWIDE EMPLOYEE HEADCOUNT

 

March 31,

December 31,

September 30,

June 30,

March 31,

2020

2019

2019

2019

2019

Subscription services

63

69

66

62

54

Product support

204

219

231

234

224

Consulting

425

392

390

404

429

Education

42

38

38

40

50

Sales and marketing

594

597

616

637

675

Research and development

721

743

775

764

733

General and administrative

314

338

337

336

329

Total headcount

2,363

2,396

2,453

2,477

2,494

Contacts:

MicroStrategy Incorporated
Claudia Cahill
Investor Relations
ir@microstrategy.com
(703) 848-8600

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