Smartsheet Inc. (NYSE:) reported first-quarter fiscal 2020 non-GAAP loss of 12 cents per share, which was narrower than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of 18 cents. The bottom line was flat year over year.
Revenues surged 54.7% year over year to $56.2 million and surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $55 million. The year-over-year increase in revenues was driven by customer wins and growth in business value.
Smartsheet ended fiscal the first quarter with more than 5.1 million users.
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Quarter in Details
Subscription revenues (89.5% of total revenues) increased 57% from the year-ago quarter to $50.3 million. Professional services (10.5%) revenues rose 37.8% from the year-ago quarter to $5.9 million.
Customers with annualized contract value (ACV) of $5,000 or higher increased 56% year over year to 6,779. Additionally, customers with annualized contract value (ACV) of $50,000 or higher jumped 117% year over year to 518. Moreover, customers with annualized contract value (ACV) of $100,000 or higher surged 139% year over year to 189.
Smartsheet was successful in improving business relationship with a few customers, including Seagate (NASDAQ:) , American Electric Power Company (NYSE:) , DocuSign (NASDAQ:) and Arc'teryx in the reported quarter. Notably, 34 companies increased their annual recurring revenues (ARR) by more than $50,000 and of these, 13 companies increased ARR by more than $100,000.
Smartsheet’s net dollar retention rate was 134% in the reported quarter, up 4% year over year. Moreover, Smartsheet’s average annualized contract value per domain-based customer grew 48% year over year to $2,675, reflecting growing demand for the company’s products like Accelerator.
Calculated billings in the reported quarter were $69 million, higher than $45.4 million in the year-ago quarter.
Operating Details
Gross profit surged 57.6% year over year to $45.7 million. Gross margin expanded 150 basis points (bps) from the year-ago quarter to 81.3%.
Subscription gross margin was 88%, flat sequentially. Professional services margin was 31%, on par with the prior quarter.
Operating expenses surged 58.4% year over year to $66.6 million. As percentage of revenues, operating expenses increased 280 bps to 118.5%.
Research & development (R&D), general & administrative (G&A) and sales & marketing (S&M) expenses soared 57.6%, 60.9% and 58.2%, respectively, on a year-over-year basis.
Notably, R&D expenses were higher due to increase in headcount and introduction of features. R&D, S&M and G&A expenses, as a percentage of revenues, increased 70 bps, 140 bps and 70bps, respectively.
Non-GAAP operating loss was $14.1 million, higher than the year-ago quarter’s loss of $11 million, due to continued investments in the business.
Balance Sheet & Cash Flow
Smartsheet exited the quarter with cash & cash equivalents of $208.8 million compared with $213.1 million in the previous quarter.
Cash outflow from operations was $9.2 million compared with cash outflow of $8.2 million in the year-ago quarter. Free cash outflow was $13.1 million compared with free cash outflow of $9.7 million in the year-ago quarter.
Recent Updates
On May 1, 2019 Smartsheet acquired Artefact Product Group LLC for about $27.5 million. The company noted that the acquisition will help its customers do “real-time capacity planning, resource management and reporting.”
Guidance
Second-quarter fiscal 2020
Smartsheet expects revenues between $63 million and $64 million, indicating year-over-year growth of 49-51%. Non-GAAP operating loss is expected between $17 million and $18 million.
Non-GAAP net loss is expected to be 15-16 cents per share. Net free cash outflow is expected to be a maximum of $8 million.
Fiscal 2020
Smartsheet anticipates revenues between $262 million and $265 million, indicating growth of 47-49%.
The company expects non-GAAP operating loss of $60-$65 million. Non-GAAP net loss is expected between 54 cents and 59 cents.
Calculated billings are expected to grow 46-48% year over year to $316-$320 million.
Moreover, net free cash outflow is estimated to be a maximum of $20 million.
Currently, Smartsheet carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.
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