GitLab Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2023 Financial Results

GitLab Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2023 Financial Results

Quarterly revenue of $122.9 million, up 58% year-over-year

Fiscal Fourth Quarter Highlights:

  • Total revenue of $122.9 million
  • GAAP operating margin of (38)%; Non-GAAP operating margin of (11)%
  • GAAP net loss per share of $(0.26); Non-GAAP net loss per share of $(0.03)

Fiscal Year 2023 Highlights:

  • Total revenue of $424.3 million
  • GAAP operating margin of (50)%; Non-GAAP operating margin of (21)%
  • GAAP net loss per share of $(1.16); Non-GAAP net loss per share of $(0.46)

SAN FRANCISCO, March 13, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- All-Remote - GitLab Inc. (NASDAQ: GTLB), The DevSecOps Platform, today reported financial results for its fourth quarter and full fiscal year of 2023, ended January 31, 2023.

“Now more than ever, it is critical for companies to show an immediate return on their software investments,” said Sid Sijbrandij, co-founder and CEO, GitLab Inc. “With our DevSecOps platform, our customers are consolidating tools, reducing integration costs, increasing productivity, and accelerating their revenue by deploying their software faster. We believe we are well positioned to continue to demonstrate significant value to our customers in the current macroeconomic environment.”

“Our fourth quarter results demonstrate our continued focus on growth while driving improvements in the unit economics of the business,” said Brian Robins, CFO, GitLab Inc. “Revenue of $122.9 million grew 58% organically, and our non-GAAP operating margin improved by approximately 2,400 basis points year-over-year. We see significant opportunities ahead, and we’re confident in the value that GitLab provides to customers.”

Fourth Quarter Fiscal Year 2023 Financial Highlights (in millions, except per share data and percentages):

 Q4 FY 2023 Q4 FY 2022 Y/Y Change
Revenue$122.9  $77.8   58%
GAAP Gross margin 88%  88%  
Non-GAAP Gross margin 90%  89%  
GAAP Operating loss$(46.3) $(40.6) $(5.7)
Non-GAAP Operating loss$(13.8) $(27.4) $13.6 
GAAP Net loss attributable to GitLab$(38.7) $(45.8) $7.1 
Non-GAAP Net loss attributable to GitLab$(4.5) $(23.2) $18.7 
GAAP Net loss per share attributable to GitLab$(0.26) $(0.32) $0.06 
Non-GAAP Net loss per share attributable to GitLab$(0.03) $(0.16) $0.13 
            

Fiscal Year 2023 Financial Highlights (in millions, except per share data and percentages):

 FY 2023 FY 2022 Y/Y Change
Revenue$424.3  $252.7   68%
GAAP Gross margin 88%  88%  
Non-GAAP Gross margin 90%  89%  
GAAP Operating loss$(211.4) $(129.0) $(82.4)
Non-GAAP Operating loss$(87.1) $(98.3) $11.2 
GAAP Net loss attributable to GitLab$(172.3) $(155.1) $(17.2)
Non-GAAP Net loss attributable to GitLab$(67.7) $(95.3) $27.6 
GAAP Net loss per share attributable to GitLab$(1.16) $(1.95) $0.79 
Non-GAAP Net loss per share attributable to GitLab$(0.46) $(1.20) $0.74 
            

A reconciliation between GAAP and non-GAAP financial measures is contained in this release under the section titled “Non-GAAP Financial Measures.”

Fourth Quarter Fiscal Year 2023 Business Highlights:

  • Customers with more than $5,000 of ARR increased to 7,002, up 52% from Q4 of fiscal year 2022.
  • Customers with more than $100,000 of ARR increased to 697, up 42% from Q4 of fiscal year 2022.
  • Customers with more than $1 million of ARR increased to 63, up 62% from Q4 of fiscal year 2022.
  • Dollar-Based Net Retention Rate was 133% in Q4 of fiscal year 2023.
  • Announced the limited availability of GitLab Dedicated, a single-tenant SaaS solution for organizations in highly regulated industries and have complex compliance and security requirements.
  • Announced beta availability of Value Streams Dashboard, a new way for all DevSecOps stakeholders to have visibility into value stream metrics.
  • Announced beta availability of GitLab Remote Development, enabling organizations to let developers establish an environment that best suits their needs, including where, when, and how they prefer to work.
  • Announced GitLab Premium price increase from $19 to $29 per user per month effective April 3, 2023.
  • Announced the expansion of the GitLab for Startups program.
  • Appointed Mark Porter, Chief Technology Officer at MongoDB, Inc., to GitLab’s Board of Directors.
  • Received a SOC 2 Type 1 report for GitLab Dedicated, which includes Security and Confidentiality criterion.
  • Expanded SOC 2 Type 2 report for GitLab.com to include the Availability Criteria.
  • Won CRN’s Tech Innovator Awards in the Application Development and DevOps category for GitLab 15.

First Quarter and Fiscal Year 2024 Financial Outlook

For the first quarter of fiscal year 2024, GitLab Inc. expects (in millions, except share and per share data):

 Q1 FY 2024 Guidance FY 2024 Guidance
Revenue$117.0 - $118.0 $529.0 - $533.0
Non-GAAP operating loss$(27.0) - $(26.0) $(64.0) - $(59.0)
Non-GAAP net loss per share assuming approximately 151 million and 153 million weighted average shares outstanding as of Q1 FY2024 and FY24, respectively$(0.15) - $(0.14) $(0.29) - $(0.24)
    

These statements are forward-looking and actual results may differ materially as a result of many factors. Refer to the Forward-Looking Statements safe harbor below for information on the factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from these forward-looking statements.

Guidance for non-GAAP financial measures excludes stock-based compensation expense, amortization of acquired intangible assets, foreign exchange (gain) loss, equity method investment (gain) loss, changes in the fair value of acquisition related contingent consideration, and restructuring charges. We have not provided the most directly comparable GAAP financial guidance measures because certain items are out of our control or cannot be reasonably predicted. Accordingly, a reconciliation of non-GAAP guidance for operating loss and net loss per share to the corresponding GAAP measures is not available.

Conference Call Information

GitLab will host a conference call today, March 13, 2023, at 1:30 p.m. (PT) / 4:30 p.m. (ET) to discuss its fourth quarter and full year fiscal 2023 financial results. Investors and analysts should register for the call in advance by visiting https://gitlab.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_XQP9f5HKSoOKr24vQiswcw. A replay of the call will be available on GitLab’s investor relations website (ir.gitlab.com).

About GitLab

GitLab is the most comprehensive DevSecOps Platform that empowers organizations to maximize the overall return on software development by delivering software faster and efficiently, while strengthening security and compliance. GitLab’s single application is easier to use, leads to faster cycle time and allows visibility throughout and control over all stages of the DevSecOps lifecycle. With GitLab, every team in your organization can collaboratively plan, build, secure, and deploy software to drive business outcomes faster with complete transparency, consistency and traceability.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

GitLab believes non-GAAP measures are useful in evaluating its operating performance. GitLab uses this supplemental information to evaluate its ongoing operations and for internal planning and forecasting purposes. GitLab believes that non-GAAP financial information, when taken collectively with its GAAP financial information, may be helpful to investors because it provides consistency and comparability with past financial performance. However, non-GAAP financial information is presented for supplemental informational purposes only, has limitations as an analytical tool, and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for financial information presented in accordance with GAAP. Reconciliations of non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable financial results as determined in accordance with GAAP are included at the end of this press release following the accompanying financial data. We define non-GAAP financial measures as GAAP measures, excluding stock-based compensation expense, amortization of acquired intangible assets, foreign exchange (gain) loss, (gain) loss from a deconsolidation of a subsidiary, equity method investment (gain) loss, changes in the fair value of acquisition related contingent consideration, and restructuring charges. A reconciliation of non-GAAP guidance measures to corresponding GAAP measures is not available on a forward-looking basis without unreasonable effort due to the uncertainty of expenses that may be incurred in the future. Investors are encouraged to review the related GAAP financial measures and the reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures to their most directly comparable GAAP financial measures and not rely on any single financial measure to evaluate our business.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release and the accompanying earnings call contain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements contained in this release and the accompanying earnings call are reasonable, they are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors that may cause actual results or outcomes to be materially different from any future results or outcomes expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. These risks, uncertainties, assumptions, and other factors include, but are not limited to the following:

• our ability to appropriately manage future growth;
• our revenue growth rate in the future;
• our ability to achieve and sustain profitability, our business, financial condition, and operating results;
• our intense competition and loss of market share to our competitors;
• the market for our services may not grow;
• a decline in our customer renewals and expansions;
• fluctuations in our operating results;
• our ability to manage our growth effectively;
• our transparency;
• our publicly available company Handbook;
• security and privacy breaches;
• customers staying on our open-source or free SaaS product offering;
• our limited operating history;
• our ability to respond to rapid technological changes;
• our ability to accurately predict the long-term rate of customer subscription renewals or adoption, or the impact of these renewals and adoption;
• our hiring model;
• the effects of the armed conflict in Ukraine on our business; and
• general economic conditions (including changes in interest rates and inflation) and slow or negative growth of our markets.

Further information on these and additional risks, uncertainties, and other factors that could cause actual outcomes and results to differ materially from those included in or contemplated by the forward-looking statements contained in this release are included under the caption “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in the filings and reports we make with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We do not undertake any obligation to update or release any revisions to any forward-looking statement or to report any events or circumstances after the date of this press release or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as required by law.

Operating Metrics

Annual Recurring Revenue (“ARR”): We define annual recurring revenue as the annual run-rate revenue of subscription agreements, including our self-managed and SaaS offerings but excluding professional services, from all customers as measured on the last day of a given month. We calculate ARR by taking the monthly recurring revenue (“MRR”) and multiplying it by 12. MRR for each month is calculated by aggregating, for all customers during that month, monthly revenue from committed contractual amounts of subscriptions, including our self-managed license, self-managed subscription, and SaaS subscription offerings but excluding professional services.

Dollar-Based Net Retention Rate: We calculate Dollar-Based Net Retention Rate as of a period end by starting with our customers as of the 12 months prior to such period end (“Prior Period ARR”). We then calculate the ARR from these customers as of the current period end (“Current Period ARR”). The calculation of Current Period ARR includes any upsells, price adjustments, user growth within a customer, contraction, and attrition. We then divide the total Current Period ARR by the total Prior Period ARR to arrive at the Dollar-Based Net Retention Rate.


GitLab Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(in thousands, except per share data)
(unaudited)

 January 31, 2023(1) January 31, 2022(1)
ASSETS   
CURRENT ASSETS:   
Cash and cash equivalents        $295,402  $884,672 
Short-term investments         641,249   50,031 
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $1,564 and $1,098 as of January 31, 2023 and January 31, 2022, respectively         130,479   77,233 
Deferred contract acquisition costs, current         26,505   24,363 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets         24,327   15,544 
Total current assets         1,117,962   1,051,843 
Property and equipment, net         5,797   3,271 
Operating lease right-of-use assets         998    
Equity method investment         12,682    
Goodwill         8,145   8,145 
Intangible assets, net         3,901   6,285 
Deferred contract acquisition costs, non-current         15,628   14,743 
Other long-term assets         4,087   7,151 
TOTAL ASSETS        $1,169,200  $1,091,438 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY   
CURRENT LIABILITIES:   
Accounts payable        $5,184  $4,984 
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities         25,954   24,571 
Accrued compensation and benefits         20,776   32,820 
Deferred revenue, current         254,382   179,224 
Total current liabilities         306,296   241,599 
Deferred revenue, non-current         28,355   32,568 
Other non-current liabilities         9,824   18,002 
TOTAL LIABILITIES         344,475   292,169 
STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY:   
Preferred stock, $0.0000025 par value; 50,000 shares authorized as of January 31, 2023 and January 31, 2022; no shares issued and outstanding as of January 31, 2023 and January 31, 2022             
Class A Common stock, $0.0000025 par value; 1,500,000 shares authorized as of January 31, 2023 and January 31, 2022; 94,655 and 27,141 shares issued and outstanding as of January 31, 2023 and January 31, 2022, respectively             
Class B Common stock, $0.0000025 par value; 250,000 shares authorized as of January 31, 2023 and January 31, 2022; 56,489 and 119,747 shares issued and outstanding as of January 31, 2023 and January 31, 2022, respectively             
Additional paid-in capital         1,497,373   1,320,479 
Accumulated deficit         (725,648)  (553,337)
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)         (705)  7,724 
Total GitLab stockholders’ equity         771,020   774,866 
Noncontrolling interests         53,705   24,403 
TOTAL STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY         824,725   799,269 
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY        $1,169,200  $1,091,438 

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(1) As of January 31, 2023 and January 31, 2022, the consolidated balance sheet includes assets of the consolidated variable interest entity, GitLab Information Technology (Hubei) Co., LTD (“JiHu”), of $62.8 million and $17.7 million, respectively, and liabilities of $8.9 million and $3.7 million, respectively. The assets of JiHu can be used only to settle obligations of JiHu and creditors of JiHu do not have recourse against the general credit of the Company.

GitLab Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
(in thousands, except per share data)
(unaudited)

 Three Months Ended January 31, Fiscal Year Ended January 31,
  2023   2022   2023   2022 
Revenue:     
Subscription—self-managed and SaaS        $105,055  $69,621  $369,349  $226,163 
License—self-managed and other         17,852   8,175   54,987   26,490 
Total revenue         122,907   77,796   424,336   252,653 
Cost of revenue:       
Subscription—self-managed and SaaS         11,124   7,302   40,841   23,668 
License—self-managed and other         3,114   1,871   10,839   6,317 
Total cost of revenue         14,238   9,173   51,680   29,985 
Gross profit         108,669   68,623   372,656   222,668 
Operating expenses:       
Sales and marketing         81,513   57,192   309,992   190,754 
Research and development         43,680   28,610   156,143   97,217 
General and administrative         29,750   23,378   117,932   63,654 
Total operating expenses         154,943   109,180   584,067   351,625 
Loss from operations         (46,274)  (40,557)  (211,411)  (128,957)
Interest income         6,249   510   14,496   736 
Other income (expense), net         (1,024)  (9,598)  21,585   (30,850)
Loss before income taxes and loss from equity method investment         (41,049)  (49,645)  (175,330)  (159,071)
Loss from equity method investment, net of tax         (693)     (2,468)   
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes         379   (2,881)  2,898   (1,511)
Net loss        $(42,121) $(46,764) $(180,696) $(157,560)
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest         (3,388)  (979)  (8,385)  (2,422)
Net loss attributable to GitLab        $(38,733) $(45,785) $(172,311) $(155,138)
Net loss per share attributable to GitLab Class A and Class B common stockholders, basic and diluted        $(0.26) $(0.32) $(1.16) $(1.95)
Weighted-average shares used to compute net loss per share attributable to GitLab Class A and Class B common stockholders, basic and diluted         150,133   144,929   148,407   79,755 


GitLab Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(in thousands)
(unaudited)

  Fiscal Year Ended January 31,
   2023   2022 
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:    
Net loss, including amounts attributable to noncontrolling interest         $(180,696) $(157,560)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:    
Stock-based compensation expense          122,567   30,009 
Operating lease non-cash expense          562    
Gain from the fair value change of acquisition related contingent consideration          (1,722)   
Amortization of intangible assets          2,362   665 
Depreciation expense          3,231   543 
Amortization of deferred contract acquisition costs          44,958   33,368 
Gain from deconsolidation of Meltano Inc.          (17,798)   
Loss from equity method investment          3,189    
Net amortization of premiums or discounts on short-term investments          (6,077)   
Unrealized foreign exchange (gain) loss          (3,727)  20,389 
Other non-cash expense, net          594   197 
Changes in assets and liabilities:    
Accounts receivable          (54,169)  (38,223)
Prepaid expenses and other current assets          (8,909)  (8,219)
Deferred contract acquisition costs          (48,555)  (42,575)
Other long-term assets          3,012   (3,374)
Accounts payable          287   1,877 
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities          4,619   13,953 
Accrued compensation and benefits          (11,693)  19,755 
Deferred revenue          73,003   79,074 
Other long-term liabilities          (2,446)  307 
Net cash used in operating activities          (77,408)  (49,814)
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:    
Purchases of short-term investments          (821,622)  (100,031)
Proceeds from maturities of short-term investments          231,626   50,000 
Purchases of property and equipment          (6,070)  (3,541)
Deconsolidation of Meltano Inc.          (9,620)   
Payments for business combination, net of cash acquired and consideration withheld in an escrow             (323)
Net cash used in investing activities          (605,686)  (53,895)
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:    
Proceeds from initial public offering, net of underwriting discounts             654,552 
Proceeds from the issuance of common stock upon exercise of stock options, including early exercises, net of repurchases          24,515   25,354 
Issuance of common stock under employee stock purchase plan  14,378    
Proceeds from warrants exercised             86 
Repurchase of common stock in a tender offer             (590)
Contributions received from noncontrolling interests, net of issuance costs          61,726   26,450 
Partial settlement of acquisition related contingent cash consideration          (3,137)   
Payments of deferred offering costs             (4,667)
Net cash provided by financing activities          97,482   701,185 
Impact of foreign exchange on cash and cash equivalents          (3,658)  6,846 
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents          (589,270)  604,322 
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at beginning of period          887,172   282,850 
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at end of period         $297,902  $887,172 
Reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash within the consolidated balance sheets to the amounts shown in the consolidated statements of cash flows above:    
Cash and cash equivalents         $295,402  $884,672 
Restricted cash, included in prepaid expenses and other current assets          2,500    
Restricted cash, included in other long-term assets             2,500 
Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash         $297,902  $887,172 


GitLab Inc.
Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP
(in thousands, except per share data)
(unaudited)

 Three Months Ended January 31, Fiscal Year Ended January 31,
  2023   2022   2023   2022 
Gross profit on GAAP basis         $108,669  $68,623  $372,656  $222,668 
Gross margin on GAAP basis         88%  88%  88%  88%
Stock-based compensation expense         1,455   578   5,078   1,300 
Amortization of acquired intangibles         521   334   2,067   334 
Gross profit on non-GAAP basis         $110,645  $69,535  $379,801  $224,302 
Gross margin on non-GAAP basis         90%  89%  90%  89%
        
Sales and marketing on GAAP basis         $81,513  $57,192  $309,992  $190,754 
Stock-based compensation expense         (13,194)  (4,862)  (48,001)  (10,550)
Sales and marketing on non-GAAP basis         $68,319  $52,330  $261,991  $180,204 
        
Research and development on GAAP basis         $43,680  $28,610  $156,143  $97,217 
Stock-based compensation expense         (9,920)  (3,652)  (36,325)  (8,305)
Research and development on non-GAAP basis         $33,760  $24,958  $119,818  $88,912 
        
General and administrative on GAAP basis         $29,750  $23,378  $117,932  $63,654 
Amortization of acquired intangibles         (74)  (80)  (295)  (331)
Stock-based compensation expense         (9,072)  (3,675)  (33,163)  (9,854)
Changes in the fair value of acquisition related contingent consideration         1,722      659    
General and administrative on non-GAAP basis         $22,326  $19,623  $85,133  $53,469 
        
Loss from operations on GAAP basis         $(46,274) $(40,557) $(211,411) $(128,957)
Stock-based compensation expense         33,641   12,767   122,567   30,009 
Amortization of acquired intangibles         595   414   2,362   665 
Changes in the fair value of acquisition related contingent consideration         (1,722)     (659)   
Loss from operations on non-GAAP basis         $(13,760) $(27,376) $(87,141) $(98,283)
        
Other income (expense), net on GAAP basis        $(1,024) $(9,598) $21,585  $(30,850)
Gain from deconsolidation of Meltano Inc.               (17,798)   
Foreign exchange (gain) loss         997   9,437   (4,364)  29,140 
Other income (expense), net on non-GAAP basis        $(27) $(161) $(577) $(1,710)
        
Net loss attributable to GitLab common stockholders on GAAP basis        $(38,733) $(45,785) $(172,311) $(155,138)
Stock-based compensation expense         33,641   12,767   122,567   30,009 
Amortization of acquired intangibles         595   414   2,362   665 
Changes in the fair value of acquisition related contingent consideration         (1,722)     (659)   
Gain from deconsolidation of Meltano Inc.               (17,798)   
Loss from equity method investment, net of tax         693      2,468    
Foreign exchange (gain) loss         997   9,437   (4,364)  29,140 
Net loss attributable to GitLab common stockholders on non-GAAP basis        $(4,529) $(23,167) $(67,735) $(95,324)
        
Net loss per share on GAAP basis        $(0.26) $(0.32) $(1.16) $(1.95)
Non-GAAP adjustments to net loss per share         0.23   0.16   0.70   0.75 
Net loss per share on non-GAAP basis        $(0.03) $(0.16) $(0.46) $(1.20)
Shares used in per share calculation - diluted on GAAP and non-GAAP basis         150,133   144,929   148,407   79,755 
                

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