PagerDuty Announces Second Quarter Fiscal 2022 Financial Results

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• Revenue: Total revenue was $67.5 million, up 33.2% year over year.
• Gross Margin: GAAP gross margin was 82.3% compared to 86.9% in the second quarter of fiscal 2021. Non-GAAP gross margin was 84.2% compared to 87.4% in the second quarter of fiscal 2021.
• Operating Loss: GAAP operating loss was $28.5 million, or GAAP operating margin of negative 42.1%, compared to a $13.4 million GAAP operating loss, or GAAP operating margin of negative 26.5%, in the second quarter of fiscal 2021. Non-GAAP operating loss was $9.9 million, or non-GAAP operating margin of negative 14.7%, compared to a $3.2 million non-GAAP operating loss, or non-GAAP operating margin of negative 6.4%, in the second quarter of fiscal 2021.
• Net Loss: GAAP net loss was $29.7 million, compared to $14.7 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2021. GAAP net loss per share was $0.35, compared to $0.19 in the second quarter of fiscal 2021. Non-GAAP net loss was $10.7 million, compared to $3.2 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2021. Non-GAAP net loss per share was $0.13, compared to $0.04 in the second quarter of fiscal 2021.
• Cash Flow: Net cash used in operations was $11.6 million, or negative 17.2% of revenue, compared to net cash provided by operating activities of $2.0 million, or 4.0% of revenue, in the second quarter of fiscal 2021. Free cash flow was negative $12.9 million, or negative 19.1% of revenue, compared to $1.4 million, or 2.7% of revenue, in the second quarter of fiscal 2021.
• Cash and Cash Equivalents and Current Investments were $546.8 million as of July 31, 2021.

The section titled “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” below contains a description of the non-GAAP financial measures and reconciliations between historical GAAP and non-GAAP information.

Recent Highlights

• Land and expand: PagerDuty expanded with customers across the globe including Anheuser-Busch, Autodesk, Datadog, Nvidia, Snowflake and Ultimate Kronos Group. In the quarter, international revenue accounted for nearly 25% of total revenue.
• Companies on the platform: New PagerDuty customers including Alkeon Capital Management, Citigroup, EnterpriseDB Corporation, Mattress Firm, Via Varejo S.A., and Selfridges, were part of PagerDuty’s total customer base of almost 18,000 companies, as of July 31, 2021.
• Platform Integration: PagerDuty continues to build its leading integration ecosystem with over 600 direct integrations across security, workflow, data observability, digital experience, and other use cases.

Financial Outlook

For the third quarter of fiscal 2022, PagerDuty currently expects:

• Total revenue of $69.0 million – $71.0 million, representing a growth rate of 28% – 32% year over year
• Non-GAAP net loss per share of $0.10 – $0.09 assuming approximately 85 million shares

For the full fiscal year 2022, PagerDuty currently expects:

• Total revenue of $273.0 million – $276.0 million, representing a growth rate of 28% – 29% year over year
• Non-GAAP net loss per share of $0.39 – $0.35 assuming approximately 84 million shares

These statements are forward-looking and actual results may differ materially. Please refer to the Forward-Looking Statements section below for information on the factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from these forward-looking statements.

PagerDuty has not reconciled its expectations as to non-GAAP net loss per share to GAAP net loss per share because certain items are out of its control or cannot be reasonably predicted. Accordingly, a reconciliation for forward-looking non-GAAP net loss per share is not available without unreasonable effort.

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Conference Call Information:

PagerDuty will host a conference call and live webcast for analysts and investors at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time on September 2, 2021. This news release with the financial results will be accessible from PagerDuty’s website at investor.pagerduty.com prior to the conference call. A live webcast of the conference call will be accessible from the PagerDuty investor relations website at investor.pagerduty.com.

Supplemental Financial and Other Information:

Supplemental financial and other information can be accessed through PagerDuty’s investor relations website at investor.pagerduty.com. PagerDuty uses the investor relations section on its website as the means of complying with its disclosure obligations under Regulation FD. Accordingly, we recommend that investors should monitor PagerDuty’s investor relations website in addition to following PagerDuty’s press releases, SEC filings, social media and public conference calls and webcasts.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures:

This press release and the accompanying tables contain the following non-GAAP financial measures: non-GAAP gross profit, non-GAAP gross margin, non-GAAP operating expenses, non-GAAP operating loss, non-GAAP operating margin, non-GAAP net loss, non-GAAP net loss per share, and free cash flow.

PagerDuty believes that non-GAAP financial measures, when taken collectively, may be helpful to investors because they provide consistency and comparability with past financial performance and can assist in comparisons with other companies, some of which use similar non-GAAP financial measures to supplement their GAAP results. The non-GAAP financial information is presented for supplemental informational purposes only, should not be considered a substitute for financial information presented in accordance with GAAP, and may be different from similarly-titled non-GAAP measures used by other companies.

The principal limitation of these non-GAAP financial measures is that they exclude significant expenses and income that are required by GAAP to be recorded in PagerDuty’s financial statements. In addition, they are subject to inherent limitations as they reflect the exercise of judgment by PagerDuty’s management about which expenses and income are excluded or included in determining these non-GAAP financial measures. A reconciliation is provided below for each historical non-GAAP financial measure to the most directly comparable financial measure presented in accordance with GAAP.

Specifically, PagerDuty excludes the following from its historical and prospective non-GAAP financial measures, as applicable:

Share-based Compensation: PagerDuty utilizes share-based compensation to attract and retain employees. It is principally aimed at aligning their interests with those of its stockholders and at long-term retention, rather than to address operational performance for any particular period. As a result, share-based compensation expenses vary for reasons that are generally unrelated to financial and operational performance in any particular period.

Employer Taxes Related to Employee Stock Transactions: PagerDuty views the amount of employer taxes related to its employee stock transactions as an expense that is dependent on its stock price, employee exercise and other award disposition activity, and other factors that are beyond PagerDuty’s control. As a result, employer taxes related to employee stock transactions vary for reasons that are generally unrelated to financial and operational performance in any particular period.

Amortization of Acquired Intangible Assets: PagerDuty views amortization of acquired intangible assets as items arising from pre-acquisition activities determined at the time of an acquisition. While these intangible assets are evaluated for impairment regularly, amortization of the cost of purchased intangibles is an expense that is not typically affected by operations during any particular period.

Acquisition-Related Expenses: PagerDuty views acquisition-related expenses, such as transaction costs and acquisition-related retention payments, as events that are not necessarily reflective of operational performance during a period. In particular, PagerDuty believes the consideration of measures that exclude such expenses can assist in the comparison of operational performance in different periods which may or may not include such expenses.

Amortization of Debt Issuance Costs: For the three and six months ended July 31, 2021, the imputed interest rate of the Convertible Senior Notes (the “Notes”) was approximately 1.93%. This is a result of the debt issuance costs, which reduce the carrying value of the convertible debt instruments. For the three and six months ended July 31, 2020, the imputed interest rate of the Notes was approximately 7.88%. This was a result of the debt discount and debt issuance costs, which reduce the carrying value of the convertible debt instruments. The debt issuance costs and debt discount are amortized as interest expense. The expense for the amortization of the debt issuance costs and the debt discount is a non-cash item, and we believe the exclusion of this interest expense will provide for a more useful comparison of our operational performance in different periods.

Acquisition-Related Income Tax Benefit: PagerDuty views acquisition-related income tax benefits as events that are not necessarily reflective of operational performance during a period. In particular, PagerDuty believes the consideration of measures that exclude such benefits can assist in the comparison of operational performance in different periods which may or may not include such benefits.

PagerDuty defines non-GAAP operating loss as GAAP loss from operations excluding stock-based compensation expense, employer taxes related to employee stock transactions, amortization of acquired intangible assets, and acquisition-related expenses. PagerDuty defines non-GAAP net loss (which is used in calculating non-GAAP net loss per share) as GAAP net loss excluding amortization of debt issuance costs and debt discount, stock-based compensation expense, employer taxes related to employee stock transactions, amortization of acquired intangible assets, and acquisition-related expenses. There are a number of limitations related to the use of these non-GAAP measures as compared to GAAP operating loss and net loss, including that the non-GAAP measures exclude stock-based compensation expense, which has been, and will continue to be for the foreseeable future, a significant recurring expense in PagerDuty’s business and an important part of its compensation strategy.

PagerDuty defines free cash flow as net cash provided by (used in) operating activities, less cash used for purchases of property and equipment and capitalized internal-use software. In addition to the reasons stated above, PagerDuty believes that free cash flow is useful to investors as a liquidity measure because it measures PagerDuty’s ability to generate or use cash in excess of its capital investments in property and equipment to strengthen its balance sheet and further invest in its business and potential strategic initiatives. PagerDuty uses free cash flow in conjunction with traditional GAAP measures as part of its overall assessment of its liquidity, including the preparation of PagerDuty’s annual operating budget and quarterly forecasts, to evaluate the effectiveness of its business strategies, and to assess its liquidity.

There are a number of limitations related to the use of free cash flow as compared to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities, including that free cash flow includes capital expenditures, the benefits of which are realized in periods subsequent to those when expenditures are made.

PagerDuty encourages investors to review the related GAAP financial measures and the reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures to their most directly comparable GAAP financial measures, which it includes in press releases announcing quarterly financial results, including this press release, and not to rely on any single financial measure to evaluate PagerDuty’s business.

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