Quarterly revenue of $78.0 million, up 18.5% year over year
Quarterly gross margin of 61.3%, down from 63.8% year over year
2,077 active clients at March 31, 2020, up 12.1% year over year
LAS VEGAS, May 7, 2020 – Rimini Street, Inc. (Nasdaq: RMNI), a global provider of enterprise software products and services, the leading third-party support provider for Oracle and SAP software products and a Salesforce partner, today announced results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2020.
“For the first quarter, we achieved record quarterly revenue, matching the high-end of management guidance, generated $26.3 million of operating cash flow, produced another quarter of net income, strengthened the balance sheet with total cash of $58.0 million at quarter end and expanded sales capabilities. Operationally, in response to the pandemic, we leveraged our secure, remote-connectivity infrastructure to seamlessly and smoothly transition our office-based employees worldwide to a work-at-home model with no material impact to our client service delivery or sales execution,” stated Seth A. Ravin, Rimini Street co-founder, CEO and chairman of the board. “Having already saved our clients nearly $5 billion to date, we are the right company, at the right time, with proven solutions that are helping organizations immediately slash IT operating costs, save jobs, stabilize operations and focus their more limited resources on strategic initiatives. Prior to the pandemic, we were making investments to meet increasing global demand for our expanded product and service portfolio. This increased demand was reflected in our previously issued – and today re-affirmed – 2020 guidance for accelerated year-over-year revenue growth. We are now accelerating those investments to service additional opportunities resulting from the global economic slowdown. We remain committed to the long-term goals of improving free cash flow and growing GAAP profitability.”
First Quarter 2020 Financial Highlights
- Revenue was $78.0 million for the 2020 first quarter, an increase of 18.5% compared to $65.9 million for the 2019 first quarter.
- Annualized Subscription Revenue was $310 million for the 2020 first quarter, an increase of 17.7% compared to $263 million for the 2019 first quarter.
- Active Clients as of March 31, 2020 were 2,077, an increase of 12.1% compared to 1,852 Active Clients as of March 31, 2019.
- Revenue Retention Rate was 92% for the trailing 12 months ended March 31, 2020 compared to 92% for the comparable period ended March 31, 2019.
- Gross margin was 61.3% for the 2020 first quarter compared to 63.8% for the same period last year.
- Operating income was $3.7 million for the 2020 first quarter compared to $11.2 million for the same period last year.
- Non-GAAP Operating Income was $8.9 million for the 2020 first quarter compared to $6.2 million for the same period last year.
- Net income was $2.5 million for the 2020 first quarter compared to $10.3 million for the same period last year.
- Non-GAAP Net Income was $7.7 million for the 2020 first quarter compared to $5.1 million for the same period last year.
- Adjusted EBITDA for the 2020 first quarter was $9.2 million compared to $6.6 million for the same period last year.
- Basic and diluted net income (loss) per share attributable to common stockholders was a net loss per share of $0.06 for the 2020 first quarter compared to a net income per share of $0.05 for the same period last year.
- Employee count as of March 31, 2020 was 1,302, a year-over-year increase of 17%.
Reconciliations of the non-GAAP financial measures provided in this press release to their most directly comparable GAAP financial measures are provided in the financial tables included at the end of this press release. An explanation of these measures, why we believe they are meaningful and how they are calculated is also included under the heading “About Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Certain Key Metrics.”
First Quarter 2020 Company Highlights
- Announced significant international client news, including;
– Two client CFO’s from Brazil industrial manufacturers Metalurgica Fallgatter and Continental Parafusos, spearheaded the move to Rimini Street Support to save costs and improve productivity and business operations
– Hearing Australia, Australia’s largest provider of government-funded services, switched to Rimini Street Support and was able to free up internal resources to undertake digital transformation initiatives - Announced that Rimini Street established a whole-of-government volume sourcing agreement with the Australian Government, an initiative which is part of the government’s agenda to transform ICT procurement to make it simpler, clearer and faster for agencies and industry to transact services.
- Announced the release of a research note from analyst firm Gartner, predicting that the third-party enterprise software support market is expected to grow by 200% from $351 million in 2019 to $1.05 billion by 2023.
- Closed over 8,400 support cases across 42 countries, and delivered more than 28,000 tax, legal and regulatory updates to clients in 33 countries, while achieving an average client satisfaction rating on the Company’s support delivery of 4.8 out of 5.0 (where 5.0 is rated excellent).
- Presented at nine CIO and IT and procurement leader events worldwide, including NRF Retail’s Big Show in New York, the Software Asset Management Conference in Berlin, Germany, and the TechTalk Summit in Miami, Florida.
- Partnered with seven global charities through the Rimini Street Foundation and donated more than 300 volunteer hours.
2020 Revenue Guidance
The Company is currently providing second quarter 2020 revenue guidance to be in the range of $77 million to $80 million, and maintaining full year 2020 revenue guidance in the range of $310 million to $320 million.
Webcast and Conference Call Information
Rimini Street will host a conference call and webcast to discuss the first quarter 2020 results and select second quarter 2020 performance to-date commentary at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time / 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time on May 7, 2020. A live webcast of the event will be available on Rimini Street’s Investor Relations site at https://investors.riministreet.com. Dial-in participants can access the conference call by dialing (855) 213-3942 in the U.S. and Canada and enter the code 2672493. A replay of the webcast will be available for at least 90 days following the event.
Company’s Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
This press release contains certain “non-GAAP financial measures.” Non-GAAP financial measures are not based on a comprehensive set of accounting rules or principles. This non-GAAP information supplements, and is not intended to represent a measure of performance in accordance with disclosures required by U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP. Non-GAAP financial measures should be considered in addition to, and not as a substitute for or superior to, financial measures determined in accordance with GAAP. A reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP results is included in the financial tables included in this press release. Presented under the heading “About Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Certain Key Metrics” is a description and explanation of our non-GAAP financial measures.
About Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Certain Key Metrics
To provide investors and others with additional information regarding Rimini Street’s results, we have disclosed the following non-GAAP financial measures and certain key metrics. We have described below Active Clients, Annualized Subscription Revenue and Revenue Retention Rate, each of which is a key operational metric for our business. In addition, we have disclosed the following non-GAAP financial measures: non-GAAP operating income, non-GAAP net income (loss), EBITDA, and adjusted EBITDA. Rimini Street has provided in the tables above a reconciliation of each non-GAAP financial measure used in this earnings release to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure. Due to a valuation allowance for our deferred tax assets, there were no tax effects associated with any of our non-GAAP adjustments. These non-GAAP financial measures are also described below.
The primary purpose of using non-GAAP measures is to provide supplemental information that management believes may prove useful to investors and to enable investors to evaluate our results in the same way management does. We also present the non-GAAP financial measures because we believe they assist investors in comparing our performance across reporting periods on a consistent basis, as well as comparing our results against the results of other companies, by excluding items that we do not believe are indicative of our core operating performance. Specifically, management uses these non-GAAP measures as measures of operating performance; to prepare our annual operating budget; to allocate resources to enhance the financial performance of our business; to evaluate the effectiveness of our business strategies; to provide consistency and comparability with past financial performance; to facilitate a comparison of our results with those of other companies, many of which use similar non-GAAP financial measures to supplement their GAAP results; and in communications with our board of directors concerning our financial performance. Investors should be aware however, that not all companies define these non-GAAP measures consistently.
Active Client is a distinct entity that purchases our services to support a specific product, including a company, an educational or government institution, or a business unit of a company. For example, we count as two separate active clients when support for two different products is being provided to the same entity. We believe that our ability to expand our active clients is an indicator of the growth of our business, the success of our sales and marketing activities, and the value that our services bring to our clients.
Annualized Subscription Revenue is the amount of subscription revenue recognized during a fiscal quarter and multiplied by four. This gives us an indication of the revenue that can be earned in the following 12-month period from our existing client base assuming no cancellations or price changes occur during that period. Subscription revenue excludes any non-recurring revenue, which has been insignificant to date.
Revenue Retention Rate is the actual subscription revenue (dollar-based) recognized over a 12-month period from customers that were clients on the day prior to the start of such 12-month period, divided by our Annualized Subscription Revenue as of the day prior to the start of the 12-month period.
Non-GAAP Operating Income is operating income adjusted to exclude: litigation costs and related recoveries, net, and stock-based compensation expense. The exclusions are discussed in further detail below.
Non-GAAP Net Income is net income adjusted to exclude: litigation costs and related recoveries, net, post-judgment interest in litigation awards, and stock-based compensation expense. These exclusions are discussed in further detail below.
Specifically, management is excluding the following items from its non-GAAP financial measures, as applicable, for the periods presented:
Litigation Costs and Related Recoveries, Net: Litigation costs and the associated insurance and appeal recoveries relate to outside costs of litigation activities. These costs and recoveries reflect the ongoing litigation we are involved with, and do not relate to the day-to-day operations or our core business of serving our clients.
Stock-Based Compensation Expense: Our compensation strategy includes the use of stock-based compensation to attract and retain employees. This strategy is principally aimed at aligning the employee interests with those of our stockholders and to achieve long-term employee retention, rather than to motivate or reward operational performance for any particular period. As a result, stock-based compensation expense varies for reasons that are generally unrelated to operational decisions and performance in any particular period.
Post-judgment interest in litigation awards: Post-judgment interest resulted from our appeals of ongoing litigation and does not relate to the day-to-day operations or our core business of serving our clients.
EBITDA is net income adjusted to exclude: interest expense, income tax expense, and depreciation and amortization expense.
Adjusted EBITDA is EBITDA adjusted to exclude: litigation costs and related recoveries, net, post-judgment interest in litigation awards, and stock-based compensation expense, as discussed above.