Avalara Announces Third Quarter 2018 Financial Results

Nov 07, 2018 04:10 pm
SEATTLE -- 

Avalara, Inc. (NYSE:AVLR), a leading provider of tax compliance automation for businesses of all sizes, today announced financial results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2018.

“With our third consecutive quarter of 25% revenue growth, we delivered another strong performance,” said Scott McFarlane, Avalara co-founder and chief executive officer. “Transaction tax compliance remains a highly manual process. It is in the early stages of automating, representing an estimated $8 billion addressable market for us. We believe that automation will be adopted over an extended period, as customers upgrade systems, expand their businesses both domestically and internationally, and respond to changing government rules such as the new sales tax nexus rules driven by the Supreme Court’s Wayfair decision. Based on our broad tax content, robust platform, partner channel and pre-built integrations, we believe Avalara is a clear choice to lead this automation cycle.”

Third Quarter 2018 Financial Results

  • Revenue: Total revenue was $69.5 million, up 26% from $55.3 million in the third quarter of 2017. Subscription and returns revenue was $64.2 million, up 24% from $51.7 million in the same period last year. Professional services and other revenue was $5.3 million, up 47% from $3.6 million in the same period last year.
  • Gross Profit: GAAP gross profit was $49.3 million, representing a 71% gross margin, compared to a GAAP gross profit of $40.6 million and a 73% gross margin in the third quarter of 2017. Non-GAAP gross profit was $50.9 million, representing a 73% non-GAAP gross margin, compared to a non-GAAP gross profit of $41.8 million and a 76% non-GAAP gross margin in the third quarter of 2017.
  • Operating Loss: GAAP operating loss was $24.7 million, compared to a GAAP operating loss of $11.8 million in the third quarter of 2017. GAAP operating loss for the third quarter of 2018 included a $9.2 million goodwill impairment charge for the Brazilian operations. Non-GAAP operating loss was $9.6 million, compared to a non-GAAP operating loss of $7.2 million in the third quarter of 2017.
  • Net Loss: GAAP net loss was $24.1 million, compared to a GAAP net loss of $10.3 million in the third quarter of 2017. Non-GAAP net loss was $9.0 million, compared to a non-GAAP net loss of $5.6 million in the third quarter of 2017.
  • Net Loss per Share: GAAP net loss per share was $0.36 based on 66.6 million weighted-average shares outstanding, compared to a GAAP net loss per share of $1.80 based on 5.7 million weighted-average shares outstanding in the third quarter of 2017. Non-GAAP net loss per share was $0.14 based on 66.6 million non-GAAP shares outstanding, compared to a non-GAAP net loss per share of $0.10 based on 56.6 million non-GAAP shares outstanding in the third quarter of 2017.
  • Deferred Revenue: Total deferred revenue was $118.2 million at September 30, 2018, up from $109.3 million at June 30, 2018. The current portion of deferred revenue was $109.3 million at September 30, 2018, up from $100.7 million at June 30, 2018.
  • Cash: Net cash provided by operating activities was $1.2 million, compared to $5.3 million provided in the third quarter of 2017. Free cash flow was negative $3.6 million, compared to positive $1.1 million in the third quarter of 2017. Our cash and cash equivalents totaled $138.1 million at September 30, 2018.

Reconciliations of GAAP to non-GAAP financial measures have been provided in the tables included in this release.

Operating Highlights

  • Key Metrics: We ended the third quarter of 2018 with approximately 8,490 core customers, up from approximately 8,080 core customers at the end of the previous quarter. Net revenue retention rate was 105% in the third quarter of 2018 and has averaged 107% over the last four quarters.
  • New Partnerships: During the quarter, we signed partnership agreements that added 19 new integrations.
  • Avalara TrustFile on Amazon Marketplace Appstore: We announced the availability of Avalara TrustFile on the Amazon Marketplace Appstore. Avalara TrustFile helps businesses manage sales tax filing, offering essential automation features such as automated returns and filing reminders; integration with the most widely used shopping carts, marketplaces and accounting software; FBA inventory tracking; and access to Avalara’s self-service support center and expert support staff.
  • Avalara MyLodgeTax: We released a new onboarding API for Avalara MyLodgeTax, our tax compliance solution for the lodging industry. The new API allows vacation rental homeowners, hosts and property managers to easily transfer their property information from participating vacation rental platforms directly to Avalara MyLodgeTax’s robust lodging tax compliance solution.
  • Avalara Business Licensing and Tax Registration: Recently, we announced the availability of Avalara Licensing, a new service that allows businesses to easily obtain the required business licenses and sales tax registrations for each new jurisdiction where they have the obligation to collect and remit sales tax.

Financial Outlook

For the fourth quarter of 2018, the Company currently expects:

  • Total revenue between $71.0 and $71.5 million.
  • Non-GAAP operating loss between $12.0 and $13.0 million.

For the full year 2018, the Company currently expects:

  • Total revenue between $265.6 and $266.1 million.
  • Non-GAAP operating loss between $44.3 and $45.3 million.

Conference Call Information

Avalara will host a conference call at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time (or 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time) today, November 7, 2018, to discuss its financial results and business highlights. The conference call can be accessed by dialing (866) 393-4306 from the United States and Canada or (734) 385-2616 internationally with conference ID 1098879. A live webcast of the call will also be available on the Avalara investor relations website at investor.avalara.com.

A telephone replay of the conference call will be available until 8:59 p.m. PT on Wednesday November 14, 2018 and a webcast replay will also be archived at investor.avalara.com. The telephone replay will be available by dialing (855) 859-2056 from the United States and Canada or (404) 537-3406 internationally with conference ID 1098879.

About Avalara, Inc.

Avalara helps businesses of all sizes get tax compliance right. In partnership with leading ERP, accounting, ecommerce, and other financial management system providers, Avalara delivers cloud-based compliance solutions for various transaction taxes, including sales and use, VAT, excise, communications, and other indirect tax types. Headquartered in Seattle, Avalara has offices across the U.S. and around the world in the U.K., Belgium, Brazil, and India. More information at avalara.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release and the accompanying conference call contain forward-looking statements including, among others, statements about our financial outlook for the fourth quarter and full year 2018. In some cases you can identify forward-looking statements because they contain words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “might,” “likely,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “seek,” “should,” “target,” “'will,” “would,” or similar expressions and the negatives of those terms.

These forward-looking statements involve risks, uncertainties, and assumptions that could cause actual performance or results to differ materially from those expressed or suggested by the forward-looking statements. If any of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or if any of our assumptions prove incorrect, our actual results could differ materially from the results expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include risks associated with: our ability to sustain our revenue growth rate, to achieve or maintain profitability, and to effectively manage our anticipated growth; our ability to attract new customers on a cost-effective basis and the extent to which existing customers renew and upgrade their subscriptions; the timing of our introduction of new solutions or updates to existing solutions; our ability to successfully diversify our solutions by developing or introducing new solutions or acquiring and integrating additional businesses, products, services, or content; our ability to maintain and expand our strategic relationships with third parties; our ability to deliver our solutions to customers without disruption or delay; our exposure to liability from errors, delays, fraud, or system failures, which may not be covered by insurance; our ability to expand our international reach; and the risks described in the other filings we make with the Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time, including the risks described under the heading “Risk Factors” in our quarterly report on Form 10-Q, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 10, 2018, and which should be read in conjunction with our financial results and forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements in this press release are based on information available to us as of the date hereof, and we do 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, except as required by law.

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

In addition to our results determined in accordance with GAAP, we have disclosed non-GAAP cost of revenue, non-GAAP gross profit, non-GAAP gross margin, non-GAAP research and development expense, non-GAAP sales and marketing expense, non-GAAP general and administrative expense, non-GAAP operating loss, non-GAAP net loss, non-GAAP net loss per share, non-GAAP shares outstanding, and free cash flow, which are all non-GAAP financial measures. We have provided tabular reconciliations of each non-GAAP financial measure to its most directly comparable GAAP financial measure at the end of this release.

  • We calculate non-GAAP cost of revenue, non-GAAP research and development expense, non-GAAP sales and marketing expense, and non-GAAP general and administrative expense as GAAP cost of revenue, GAAP research and development expense, GAAP sales and marketing expense, and GAAP general and administrative expense before the stock-based compensation expense and the amortization of acquired intangible assets included in each of the expense categories.
  • We calculate non-GAAP gross profit as GAAP gross profit before the stock-based compensation expense and amortization of acquired intangibles that is included in cost of revenue. We calculate non-GAAP gross margin as GAAP gross margin before the impact of stock-based compensation expense included in cost of revenue as a percentage of revenue and amortization of acquired intangibles included in cost of revenue as a percentage of revenue.
  • We calculate non-GAAP operating loss as GAAP operating loss before stock-based compensation expense, amortization of acquired intangibles, and goodwill impairments. We calculate non-GAAP net loss as GAAP net loss before stock-based compensation expense, amortization of acquired intangibles, and goodwill impairments.
  • We calculate non-GAAP shares outstanding as GAAP weighted-average shares outstanding during the period adjusted as if (1) the conversion of preferred stock into common stock had occurred at the beginning of each respective period presented and (2) the issuance of 8,625,000 shares of common stock in our IPO had occurred as of January 1, 2018.
  • We calculate non-GAAP net loss per share as non-GAAP net loss divided by non-GAAP shares outstanding.
  • We define free cash flow as net cash (used in) provided by operating activities less cash used for the purchases of property and equipment.

Management uses these non-GAAP financial measures to understand and compare operating results across accounting periods, for internal budgeting and forecasting purposes, and to evaluate financial performance and liquidity. We believe that non-GAAP financial measures provide useful information to investors and others in understanding and evaluating our results, prospects, and liquidity period-over-period without the impact of certain items that do not directly correlate to our performance and that may vary significantly from period to period for reasons unrelated to our operating performance, as well as comparing our financial results to those of other companies. We believe that non-GAAP per share measures provide investors and other users of our financial information consistency with our past financial performance.

The company has not reconciled its expectations of non-GAAP financial measures to the corresponding GAAP measures primarily because stock-based compensation expense cannot be reasonably calculated or predicted at this time. Accordingly, a reconciliation is not available without unreasonable effort.

Our definitions of these non-GAAP financial measures may differ from the definitions used by other companies and therefore comparability may be limited. In addition, other companies may not publish these or similar metrics. Thus, our non-GAAP financial measures should be considered in addition to, not as a substitute for, or in isolation from, measures prepared in accordance with GAAP. We encourage investors and others to review our financial information in its entirety, not to rely on any single financial measure and to view non-GAAP financial measures in conjunction with the related GAAP financial measure.

Definitions of Key Business Metrics

Core Customers

We also use key business metrics, such as core customers and net revenue retention rate. We believe core customers is a key indicator of our market penetration, growth, and potential future revenue. We use core customers as a metric to focus our customer count reporting on our primary target market segment. We define a core customer as:

  • a unique account identifier in our billing system (multiple companies or divisions within a single consolidated enterprise that each have a separate unique account identifier are each treated as separate customers);
  • that is active as of the measurement date; and
  • for which we have recognized, as of the measurement date, greater than $3,000 in total revenue during the last twelve months.

Currently, our core customer count includes only customers with unique account identifiers in our primary U.S. billing systems and does not include customers who subscribe to our solutions through our international subsidiaries or certain legacy billing systems primarily related to past acquisitions. As we increase our international operations and sales in future periods, we may add customers billed from our international subsidiaries to the core customer metric.

We also have a substantial number of customers of various sizes who do not meet the revenue threshold to be considered a core customer. These customers provide us with market share and awareness, and we anticipate that some may grow into core customers. We believe there is strategic value to addressing the small business and self-serve segment of the marketplace.

Net Revenue Retention Rate

We believe that our net revenue retention rate provides insight into our ability to retain and grow revenue from our customers, as well as their potential long-term value to us. We also believe it reflects the stability of our revenue base, which is one of our core competitive strengths. We calculate our net revenue retention rate by dividing (a) total revenue in the current quarter from any billing accounts that generated revenue during the corresponding quarter of the prior year by (b) total revenue in such corresponding quarter from those same billing accounts. This calculation includes changes during the period for such billing accounts, such as additional solutions purchased, changes in pricing and transaction volume, and terminations, but does not reflect revenue for new billing accounts added during the one-year period.

Currently, our net revenue retention rate includes only customers with unique account identifiers in our primary U.S. billing systems and does not include customers who subscribe to our solutions through our international subsidiaries or certain legacy billing systems primarily related to past acquisitions.

       

Reported Consolidated Results

 

AVALARA, INC.

UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(in thousands, except per share amounts)

For the Three Months Ended September 30,
2018   2017
Revenue:
Subscription and returns $ 64,219 $ 51,668
Professional services and other   5,308   3,600
Total revenue 69,527 55,268
Cost of revenue:
Subscription and returns 17,330 12,330
Professional services and other   2,906   2,329
Total cost of revenue (1)   20,236   14,659
Gross profit 49,291 40,609
Operating expenses:
Research and development (1) 13,285 10,401
Sales and marketing (1) 41,276 33,151
General and administrative (1) 10,235 8,092
Restructuring charges - 793
Goodwill impairment   9,174   -
Total operating expenses   73,970   52,437
Operating loss (24,679 ) (11,828 )
Other (income) expense:
Interest income (1,068 ) (23 )
Interest expense 534 635
Other (income) expense, net   49   (2,003 )
Total other (income) expense, net   (485 )   (1,391 )
Loss before income taxes (24,194 ) (10,437 )
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes   (91 )   (172 )
Net loss $ (24,103 ) $ (10,265 )
 
Net loss per share attributable to common shareholders, basic and diluted $ (0.36 ) $ (1.80 )
Weighted average shares of common stock outstanding, basic and diluted 66,590 5,706
 
For the Three Months Ended September 30,
(1) The stock-based compensation expense included above was as follows: 2018 2017
Cost of revenue $ 508 $ 277
Research and development 906 761
Sales and marketing 1,589 985
General and administrative   1,334   1,159
Total stock-based compensation $ 4,337 $ 3,182
 
The amortization of acquired intangibles included above was as follows:
 
Cost of revenue $ 1,121 $ 938
Research and development - -
Sales and marketing 474 482
General and administrative   -   26
Total amortization of acquired intangibles $ 1,595 $ 1,446
       

AVALARA, INC.

UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(in thousands, except per share amounts)

For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
2018   2017
Revenue:
Subscription and returns $ 181,764 $ 145,825
Professional services and other   12,849   9,299
Total revenue 194,613 155,124
Cost of revenue:
Subscription and returns 47,984 35,683
Professional services and other   8,393   6,906
Total cost of revenue (1)   56,377   42,589
Gross profit 138,236 112,535
Operating expenses:
Research and development (1) 38,332 30,374
Sales and marketing (1) 119,187 96,642
General and administrative (1) 28,787 26,189
Restructuring charges - 793
Goodwill impairment   9,174   -
Total operating expenses   195,480   153,998
Operating loss (57,244 ) (41,463 )
Other (income) expense:
Interest income (1,373 ) (48 )
Interest expense 2,495 1,817
Other (income) expense, net   (423 )   (1,058 )
Total other (income) expense, net   699   711
Loss before income taxes (57,943 ) (42,174 )
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes   (825 )   (462 )
Net loss $ (57,118 ) $ (41,712 )
 
Net loss per share attributable to common shareholders, basic and diluted $ (1.95 ) $ (7.54 )
Weighted average shares of common stock outstanding, basic and diluted 29,269 5,531
 
For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
(1) The stock-based compensation expense included above was as follows: 2018 2017
Cost of revenue $ 1,181 $ 740
Research and development 2,271 1,800
Sales and marketing 3,674 2,755
General and administrative   4,285   3,701
Total stock-based compensation $ 11,411 $ 8,996
 
The amortization of acquired intangibles included above was as follows:
 
Cost of revenue $ 2,906 $ 2,765
Research and development - -
Sales and marketing 1,483 1,417
General and administrative   17   93
Total amortization of acquired intangibles $ 4,406 $ 4,275
             

AVALARA, INC.

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(in thousands)

September 30, December 31,
2018 2017
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents $ 138,093 $ 14,075
Trade accounts receivable—net of allowance for doubtful accounts 34,743 26,596
Prepaid expenses and other current assets   10,378   7,016
Total current assets before customer fund assets 183,214 47,687
Funds held and receivable from customers—net of allowance for doubtful accounts   11,429   13,395
Total current assets 194,643 61,082
Noncurrent assets:
Property and equipment—net 33,113 25,394
Goodwill 61,444 72,482
Intangible assets—net 20,797 19,074
Other noncurrent assets   1,330   780
Total assets $ 311,327 $ 178,812
 
Liabilities and shareholders' equity (deficit)
Current liabilities:
Accrued expenses and trade payables 40,768 38,164
Deferred revenue 109,323 83,778
Credit facility and notes payable   -   859
Total current liabilities before customer funds obligations   150,091   122,801
Customer funds obligations   11,530   14,061
Total current liabilities 161,621 136,862
Noncurrent liabilities:
Deferred revenue 8,886 8,453
Deferred tax liability 744 1,854
Credit facility - 38,840
Deferred rent 17,392 14,689
Other noncurrent liabilities   435   785
Total liabilities   189,078   201,483
Convertible preferred stock   -   370,921
Shareholders' equity (deficit):
Common stock 7 1
Additional paid-in capital 593,761 18,121
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (2,349 ) 338
Accumulated deficit   (469,170 )   (412,052 )
Total shareholders’ equity (deficit)   122,249   (393,592 )
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity (deficit) $ 311,327 $ 178,812
             

AVALARA, INC.

UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(in thousands)

For the Three Months Ended
September 30,

2018 2017
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net loss $ (24,103 ) $ (10,265 )
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating activities
Depreciation and amortization 3,398 2,863
Goodwill impairment 9,174 -
Stock-based compensation 4,337 3,182
Deferred tax expense (143 ) (323 )
Amortization of deferred rent (32 ) (214 )
Non-cash change in earnout liability 32 (1,831 )
Non-cash bad debt (recovery) expense (297 ) 118
Other 285 33
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Trade accounts receivable (5,830 ) 2,735
Prepaid expenses and other current assets (2,544 ) (1,502 )
Other long-term assets (533 ) 131
Trade payables (1,105 ) 1,867
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities 9,095 1,853
Deferred rent (lease incentives) 579 3,575
Deferred revenue   8,865   3,092
Net cash provided by operating activities 1,178 5,314
Cash flows from investing activities:
Net (increase) decrease in customer fund assets 6,638 (2,760 )
Cash paid for acquired intangible assets (121 ) -
Purchase of property and equipment   (4,745 )   (4,235 )
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities 1,772 (6,995 )
Cash flows from financing activities:
Payments on credit facility (30,000 ) (1,562 )
Proceeds from credit facility - 3,000
Payment of deferred financing costs (1,462 ) (565 )
Taxes paid related to net share settlement of stock-based awards (109 ) (14 )
Net increase (decrease) in customer fund obligations (6,638 ) 2,760
Proceeds from exercise of stock options and common stock warrants   207   31
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities (38,002 ) 3,650
Foreign currency effect on cash and cash equivalents   37   77
Net change in cash and cash equivalents (35,015 ) 2,046
Cash and cash equivalents—Beginning of year   173,108   12,303
Cash and cash equivalents—End of year $ 138,093 $ 14,349
       

AVALARA, INC.

UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(in thousands)

For the Nine Months Ended
September 30,

2018       2017
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net loss $ (57,118 ) $ (41,712 )
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization 9,390 8,129
Goodwill impairment 9,174 -
Stock-based compensation 11,411 8,996
Deferred tax expense (1,110 ) (726 )
Amortization of deferred rent 231 (659 )
Non-cash change in earnout liability (430 ) (996 )
Non-cash bad debt (recovery) expense (382 ) 221
Other 526 199
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Trade accounts receivable (7,852 ) 4,294
Prepaid expenses and other current assets (2,688 ) (1,732 )
Other long-term assets (549 ) 556
Trade payables (3,353 ) 805
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities 6,095 1,201
Deferred rent (lease incentives) 579 7,701
Deferred revenue   25,978   12,158
Net cash used in operating activities (10,098 ) (1,565 )
Cash flows from investing activities:
Net (increase) decrease in customer fund assets 2,053 (2,050 )
Cash paid for acquired intangible assets (5,002 ) -
Purchase of property and equipment   (12,914 )   (10,350 )
Net cash used in investing activities (15,863 ) (12,400 )
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from initial public offering, net of underwriting discounts 192,510 -
Payments on credit facility (63,000 ) (1,562 )
Proceeds from credit facility 23,000 8,000
Payments on capital leases - (14 )
Repurchase of shares (1,806 ) -
Repayment of note payable (234 ) -
Payment of deferred financing costs (2,084 ) (565 )
Taxes paid related to net share settlement of stock-based awards (2,326 ) (268 )
Net increase (decrease) in customer fund obligations (2,053 ) 2,050
Payment related to business combination earnouts - (83 )
Proceeds from exercise of stock options and common stock warrants   5,787   545
Net cash provided by financing activities 149,794 8,103
Foreign currency effect on cash and cash equivalents   185   (19 )
Net change in cash and cash equivalents 124,018 (5,881 )
Cash and cash equivalents—Beginning of year   14,075   20,230
Cash and cash equivalents—End of year $ 138,093 $ 14,349
 

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

The following schedule reflects our non-GAAP financial measures and reconciles our non-GAAP financial measures to the related GAAP financial measures:

             

AVALARA, INC.

UNAUDITED PRESENTATION AND RECONCILIATION TO NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES

(in thousands, except per share amounts)

 

Summary of Non-GAAP Financial Measures:

 

For the Three Months
Ended September 30,

For the Nine Months
Ended September 30,

2018       2017 2018       2017
Non-GAAP cost of revenue $ 18,607 $ 13,444 $ 52,290 $ 39,084
Non-GAAP gross profit 50,920 41,824 142,323 116,040
Non-GAAP gross margin 73 % 76 %

73

% 75 %
Non-GAAP research and development expense $ 12,379 $ 9,640 $ 36,061 $ 28,574
Non-GAAP sales and marketing expense 39,213 31,684 114,030 92,470
Non-GAAP general and administrative expense 8,901 6,907 24,485 22,395
Non-GAAP operating loss (9,573 ) (7,200 ) (32,253 ) (28,192 )
Non-GAAP net loss (8,997 ) (5,637 ) (32,127 ) (28,441 )
Non-GAAP net loss per share (0.14 ) (0.10 ) (0.49 ) (0.50 )
Free cash flow $ (3,567 ) $ 1,079 $ (23,012 ) $ (11,915 )
 

Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures:

             

For the Three Months
Ended September 30,

For the Nine Months
Ended September 30,

2018       2017 2018       2017
Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Cost of Revenue:
Cost of revenue $ 20,236 $ 14,659 $ 56,377 $ 42,589
Stock-based compensation expense (508 ) (277 ) (1,181 ) (740 )
Amortization of acquired intangibles   (1,121 )   (938 )   (2,906 )   (2,765 )
Non-GAAP Cost of Revenue $ 18,607 $ 13,444 $ 52,290 $ 39,084
 
Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Gross Profit:
Gross Profit $ 49,291 $ 40,609 $ 138,236 $ 112,535
Stock-based compensation expense 508 277 1,181 740
Amortization of acquired intangibles   1,121   938   2,906   2,765
Non-GAAP Gross Profit $ 50,920 $ 41,824 $ 142,323 $ 116,040
 
Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Gross Margin:
Gross margin 71 % 73 % 71 % 73 %
Stock-based compensation expense as a percentage of revenue 1 % 1 % 1 % 0 %
Amortization of acquired intangibles as a percentage of revenue   2 %   2 %   1 %   2 %
Non-GAAP Gross Margin   73 %   76 %   73 %   75 %
 
Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Research and Development Expense:
Research and development $ 13,285 $ 10,401 $ 38,332 $ 30,374
Stock-based compensation expense (906 ) (761 ) (2,271 ) (1,800 )
Amortization of acquired intangibles   -   -   -   -
Non-GAAP Research and Development Expense $ 12,379 $ 9,640 $ 36,061 $ 28,574
 
Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Sales and Marketing Expense:
Sales and marketing $ 41,276 $ 33,151 $ 119,187 $ 96,642
Stock-based compensation expense (1,589 ) (985 ) (3,674 ) (2,755 )
Amortization of acquired intangibles   (474 )   (482 )   (1,483 )   (1,417 )
Non-GAAP Sales and Marketing Expense $ 39,213 $ 31,684 $ 114,030 $ 92,470
 
Reconciliation of Non-GAAP General and Administrative Expense:
General and administrative $ 10,235 $ 8,092 $ 28,787 $ 26,189
Stock-based compensation expense (1,334 ) (1,159 ) (4,285 ) (3,701 )
Amortization of acquired intangibles   -   (26 )   (17 )   (93 )
Non-GAAP General and Administrative Expense $ 8,901 $ 6,907 $ 24,485 $ 22,395
 

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Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Operating Loss:                                      
Operating loss $ (24,679 ) $ (11,828 ) $ (57,244 ) $ (41,463 )
Stock-based compensation expense 4,337 3,182 11,411 8,996
Amortization of acquired intangibles 1,595 1,446 4,406 4,275
Goodwill impairment   9,174   -   9,174  

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Non-GAAP Operating Loss $ (9,573 ) $ (7,200 ) $ (32,253 ) $ (28,192 )
 
Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Net Loss:
Net loss $ (24,103 ) $ (10,265 ) $ (57,118 ) $ (41,712 )
Stock-based compensation expense 4,337 3,182 11,411 8,996
Amortization of acquired intangibles 1,595 1,446 4,406 4,275
Goodwill impairment   9,174   -   9,174   -
Non-GAAP Net Loss $ (8,997 ) $ (5,637 ) $ (32,127 ) $ (28,441 )
 
Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Net Loss Per Share:
Net loss per share $ (0.36 ) $ (1.80 ) $ (1.95 ) $ (7.54 )
Stock-based compensation expense per share 0.07 0.56 0.39 1.63
Amortization of acquired intangibles per share 0.02 0.25 0.15 0.77
Goodwill impairment per share 0.14 - 0.31 -

Non-GAAP unweighted adjustment to common and preferred shares
issued (1) per share

  -   0.89   0.61   4.64
Non-GAAP Net Loss Per Share $ (0.14 ) $ (0.10 ) $ (0.49 ) $ (0.50 )
 
Computation of Non-GAAP Shares Outstanding:

Weighted average shares of common stock outstanding used in
computing net loss per share

66,590 5,706 29,269 5,531

Non-GAAP adjustment to common and preferred shares issued (1)

  -   50,888   36,842   50,888

Non-GAAP Shares Outstanding Used in

Computing Non-GAAP Net Loss Per Share

  66,590   56,594   66,111   56,419
 
Free Cash Flow:
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities $ 1,178 $ 5,314 $ (10,098 ) $ (1,565 )
Purchases of property and equipment   (4,745 )   (4,235 )   (12,914 )   (10,350 )
Free Cash Flow $ (3,567 ) $ 1,079 $ (23,012 ) $ (11,915 )
(1)   The Company’s IPO closed on June 19, 2018 and 8,625,000 shares of common stock were issued. In connection with the IPO, the Company’s outstanding convertible preferred stock converted into 50,888,014 shares of common stock. See description of adjustment in “Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures” section.
 

(concluded)

AVALARA, INC.

UNAUDITED PRESENTATION OF KEY BUSINESS METRICS

                             
Mar 31, Jun 30, Sep 30, Dec 31, Mar 31, Jun 30, Sep 30,
2017 2017 2017 2017 2018 2018 2018
Number of core customers

(as of end of period)

  6,650   6,970   7,250   7,490   7,760   8,080   8,490
Net revenue retention rate 109% 106% 107% 105% 109% 108% 105%
 

Investors
ICR, LLC
Kevin Faulkner, 206-641-2425
[email protected]
or
Media
Avalara
Jesse Hamlin, 518-281-0631
[email protected]