Anaplan Announces Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2021 Financial Results

• Second Quarter Subscription Revenue up 32% Year-Over-Year
• Remaining Performance Obligation of $703.1 million, up 36% Year-Over-Year
• Dollar-Based Net Expansion of 116%

“Businesses need an agile digital connected planning platform in today’s challenging environment. We are at the forefront of offering real-time, valuable business performance insights, providing a competitive advantage to our customers,” said Frank Calderoni, chief executive officer at Anaplan. “I’m pleased with our progress this quarter, and we are confident in the long-term market opportunity for Connected Planning.”

Second Quarter Fiscal 2021 Financial Results

• Total revenue was $106.5 million, an increase of 26% year-over-year. Subscription revenue was $97.1 million, an increase of 32% year-over-year.

• GAAP operating loss was $37.7 million or 35.4% of total revenue, compared to $41.2 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2020 or 48.7% of total revenue. Non-GAAP operating loss was $9.6 million, or 9.0% of total revenue, compared to $16.6 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2020, or 19.7% of total revenue.

• GAAP loss per share was $0.26, compared to $0.31 in the second quarter of fiscal 2020. Non-GAAP loss per share was $0.04, compared to $0.12 in the second quarter of fiscal 2020.

• Cash and Cash Equivalents were $304.9 million as of July 31, 2020.

Financial Outlook

The company is providing the following guidance for its third quarter fiscal 2021:

• Total revenue is expected to be between $109 and $110 million.
• Non-GAAP operating margin is expected to be between negative 12.5% and 13.5%.
• As a baseline for third quarter, we expect billings to be in the range of $133 million to $135 million.

The company is providing the following guidance for its full year fiscal 2021:

• Total revenue is expected to be between $437 and $439 million.
• Non-GAAP operating margin is expected to be between negative 11% and 12%.

The guidance provided above are forward-looking statements and actual results may differ materially. Refer to the “Forward-Looking Statements” safe harbor section below for information on the factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from these forward-looking statements.

The section titled “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” below contains a description of the non-GAAP financial measures used in this press release, definitions of our operating metrics and a reconciliation of GAAP and non-GAAP financial measures is contained in the tables below. A reconciliation of non-GAAP measures to corresponding GAAP measures is not available on a forward-looking basis without unreasonable effort due to the uncertainty regarding, and the potential variability of, costs and expenses, including the impact of stock-based compensation, which is dependent on factors such as future stock price and volume of equity awards granted in the future, that may be incurred in the future and therefore, cannot be reasonably predicted. The effect of these excluded items may be significant.

Recent Highlights

• Anaplan was showcased in IDC’s study highlighting the market shares of the largest vendors in the worldwide Big Data and analytics software market for 2019.
• Anaplan was named one of Supply Chain Brain’s 100 Great Supply Chain Partners of 2020.
• Anaplan produced a report with Harvard Business Review Analytic Services on the importance of systematically orchestrating business performance to drive agility and resilience.

Webcast and Conference Call Information

Event: Anaplan Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2021 (Q2 FY21) Earnings Conference Call

When: Wednesday, August 26, 2020

Time: 5:30 a.m. PT / 8:30 a.m. ET

Live Call: Please see online registration

Replay: (855) 859-2056 or (404) 537-3406 with passcode 7758307

Live Webcast: https://investors.anaplan.com or with replay available for 12 months

About Anaplan

Anaplan, Inc. (NYSE: PLAN) is a cloud-native enterprise SaaS company helping global enterprises orchestrate business performance. Leaders across industries rely on our platform—powered by our proprietary Hyperblock^® technology—to connect teams, systems, and insights from across their organizations to continuously adapt to change, transform how they operate, and reinvent value creation. Based in San Francisco, Anaplan has over 20 offices globally, 175 partners and approximately 1,500 customers worldwide. To learn more, visit anaplan.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

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Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and resulting global economic downturn, has materially impacted how we, our customers, and our partners are operating, and could result in a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, operating results and cash flows; we have a limited history of operating at our current scale and under our current strategy, which makes it difficult to predict our future operating results, and we may not achieve our expected operating results in the future; we have a history of net losses, we anticipate increasing our operating expenses in the future, and we do not expect to be profitable for the foreseeable future; our quarterly results may fluctuate significantly and may not fully reflect the underlying performance of our business; economic uncertainty and volatility in the broader financial markets may result in our customers and prospective customers reducing their spending, scaling back their digital transformation efforts, delaying purchasing decisions or deferring implementation projects, any of which may adversely impact our business, financial condition and cash flows; if we are unable to achieve and sustain a level of liquidity sufficient to support our operations and fulfill our obligations, our business, operating results and financial position could be adversely affected; if we are unable to attract new customers, both domestically and internationally, the growth of our revenue will be adversely affected and our business may be harmed; our business depends substantially on our customers renewing their subscriptions and expanding their use of our platform and if we fail to achieve renewals and expansions or our customers renew or expand their subscriptions on less favorable terms, our business operations and financial condition may be materially and adversely affected; the markets in which we participate are intensely competitive, and if we do not compete effectively, our business and operating results could be adversely affected; our success depends in part on the continued performance of our strategic partners, and uncertain economic conditions including those caused by the COVID-19 pandemic may disrupt the operations and performance of our partners and ultimately adversely impact our financial results; if we experience a security incident, our platform may be perceived as not being secure, our reputation may be harmed, customers may reduce the use of or stop using our platform, we may incur significant liabilities, and our business could be materially adversely affected; real or perceived errors, failures, bugs, service outages, or disruptions in our platform could adversely affect our reputation and harm our business; our success depends upon training our customers to effectively utilize our platform and providing high-quality support services and if our ability to provide effective training or support is limited by the COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing remote work restrictions, then our results of operations and financial condition may be adversely affected; we could incur substantial costs in protecting or defending our intellectual property rights, and any failure to protect our intellectual property rights could impair our ability to protect our proprietary technology and our brand; our global operations and sales to customers outside the United States or with international operations subject us to risks inherent in international operations that can harm our business, results of operations, and financial condition; and the uncertainty in and volatility of the broader stock market generally or the stock price of our common stock specifically may result in stockholders not being able to resell their shares at or above the price at which they purchased shares. Furthermore, the additional or unforeseen effects from the COVID-19 pandemic and the global economic climate may amplify many of these risks. Information concerning risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause results to differ materially from the expectations described in this press release is contained in the company’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), including its quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on June 4, 2020, and other documents the company may file with or furnish to the SEC from time to time such as annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing the company’s views as of any subsequent date and the company undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date they were made. 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Non-GAAP Financial Measures

In addition to financial measures prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), this press release and the accompanying tables contain non-GAAP financial measures, including non-GAAP loss from operations, non-GAAP operating margin, non-GAAP net loss, non-GAAP net loss per share, and free cash flow. The non-GAAP financial information is presented for supplemental informational purposes only, and is not intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for, or superior to, financial information prepared and presented in accordance with GAAP. The non-GAAP measures presented here may be different from similarly-titled non-GAAP measures used by other companies.

We use these non-GAAP measures in conjunction with GAAP measures as part of our overall assessment of our performance, including the preparation of our annual operating budget and quarterly forecasts, to evaluate the effectiveness of our business strategies and to communicate with our board of directors concerning our financial performance. We believe these non-GAAP measures, when viewed collectively with the GAAP measures, may be helpful to investors because they provide consistency and comparability with our past financial performance and facilitate period-to-period comparisons of our operating results.

There are material limitations associated with the use of non-GAAP financial measures since they exclude significant expenses and income that are required by GAAP to be recorded in our financial statements. The definitions of our non-GAAP measures may differ from the definitions used by other companies and therefore comparability may be limited. In addition, other companies may utilize metrics that are not similar to ours. We compensate for these limitations by analyzing current and future results on a GAAP basis as well as a non-GAAP basis and by providing specific information regarding the GAAP items excluded from these non-GAAP financial measures. Please see the reconciliation tables in this release for the reconciliation of GAAP and non-GAAP results.

We adjust the following items from one or more of our non-GAAP financial measures:

Stock-based compensation expense. We exclude stock-based compensation expense, which is a non-cash expense, from certain of our non-GAAP financial measures because we believe that excluding this item provides meaningful supplemental information regarding operational performance. In particular, companies calculate stock-based compensation expense using a variety of valuation methodologies and subjective assumptions.

Employer payroll tax expense related to employee stock plans. We exclude employer payroll tax expense related to employee stock plans, which is a cash expense, from certain of our non-GAAP financial measures because we believe that excluding this item provides meaningful supplemental information regarding operational performance. In particular, this expense is tied to the exercise or vesting of underlying equity awards and the price of our common stock at the time of exercise or vesting, which may vary from period to period independent of the operating performance of our business.

Amortization of acquired intangible assets. We exclude amortization of acquired intangible assets, which is a non-cash expense, from certain of our non-GAAP financial measures. Our expenses for amortization of intangible assets are inconsistent in amount and frequency because they are significantly affected by the timing, size of acquisitions and the inherent subjective nature of purchase price allocations. We exclude these amortization expenses because we do not believe these expenses have a direct correlation to the operation of our business.

Business combinations and related cost. We exclude transaction, integration, and retention expenses that are directly related to business combinations from certain of our non-GAAP financial measures because we believe that excluding these items provides meaningful supplemental information regarding operational performance.

Non-GAAP tax adjustments. We exclude discrete tax expenses associated with non-recurring intercompany transactions because we believe that excluding these items facilitate a comparison of the non-GAAP tax provision in the current and prior periods.

Free cash flow. Our management reviews cash flows generated from operations after taking into consideration capital expenditures such as purchase of property and equipment and internal-use software as these expenditures are considered to be a necessary component of ongoing operations. We define non-GAAP free cash flow as net cash provided by (used in) operating activities, reduced by purchase of property and equipment and capitalization of internal-use software.

Operating Metrics

Annual recurring revenue (ARR) is calculated as subscription revenue already booked and in backlog that will be recorded over the next 12 months, assuming any contract expiring in those 12 months is renewed and continues on its existing terms and at its prevailing rate of utilization.

Dollar-based Net Expansion Rate is calculated as the ARR at the end of a period for the base set of customers from which we had ARR in the year prior to the calculation, divided by the ARR one year prior to the date of calculation for that same customer base.

Contacts

Investor Contact:
Edelita Tichepco
investors@anaplan.com

Media Contact:
Caitlin Tridle
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