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Yext, Inc. Announces Second Quarter Fiscal 2019 Results


NEW YORK, Aug. 30, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Yext, Inc. (NYSE: YEXT), the leader in digital knowledge management (DKM), today announced its results for the three months ended July 31, 2018, or the Company's second quarter of fiscal 2019.

Yext logo. (PRNewsFoto/Yext) (PRNewsFoto/Yext)

"We are very pleased with our results this quarter, highlighted by our 35% revenue growth over the second quarter of last year and the nearly 80 new enterprise logos we signed during the quarter - including some of the best known brands in financial services, healthcare and telecommunications, further demonstrating the momentum we are seeing around the world across many different verticals," said Howard Lerman, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Yext.

"Recently, we also accomplished two very significant milestones: adding an integration with Amazon Alexa to our industry-leading Yext Knowledge Network, ensuring that accurate, timely and authoritative information about our customers is accessible to the tens of millions of users of one of the most popular virtual assistants in the world; and formally launching an Events product in our Summer '18 Release, which substantially expands our market opportunity with an entirely new type of entity beyond the location entity and the people entity.

"Our ONWARD18 conference in October will bring together the smartest minds in marketing and technology to explore how AI, digital assistants and intelligent search will shape our world in the years to come.  We are assembling a compelling agenda with innovative speakers, thought-leaders and customers, and invite our investors to join us."

Second Quarter Fiscal 2019 Highlights:

Readers are encouraged to review the tables labeled "Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Measures" at the end of this release.

Recent Business Highlights:

Financial Outlook:

Yext is also providing the following guidance for its third fiscal quarter ending October 31, 2018 and the fiscal year ending January 31, 2019.

Readers are encouraged to review the tables labeled "Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Measures" at the end of this release.

Conference Call Information
Yext will host a conference call at 5:00 P.M. Eastern Time (2:00 P.M. Pacific Time) today to discuss its financial results.  To join, participants may call 1.877.883.0383 (U.S. callers) or 1.412.902.6506 (international callers) using conference ID number 6458799.  A live audio webcast of the call will also be available on the Investor Relations section of the Company's website at investors.yext.com.  A replay of the call will be available until September 6, 2018 at 11:59 P.M. Eastern Time by dialing 1.877.344.7529 (U.S. callers) or 1.412.317.0088 (international) and entering passcode 10123371.

About Yext
Yext is the leading Digital Knowledge Management (DKM) platform. Yext's mission is to give companies control over their brand experiences across the digital universe of maps, apps, search engines, voice assistants, and other intelligent services that drive consumer discovery, decision, and action. Today, thousands of businesses including brands like Taco Bell, Rite Aid and Steward Health Care use the Yext Knowledge Enginetm to manage their digital knowledge in order to boost brand engagement, drive foot traffic, and increase sales.

Yext has been named a Best Place to Work by Fortune and Great Place to Work® as well as a Best Workplace for women.  Yext is headquartered in New York City with offices in Berlin, Chicago, Dallas, Geneva, London, Paris, Tyson's Corner, San Francisco, Shanghai, and Tokyo. For more information, visit www.yext.com.

Safe Harbor Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995
This release includes forward-looking statements including, but not limited to, statements regarding our revenue, non-GAAP net loss and shares outstanding for our third fiscal quarter 2019 and full year fiscal 2019 in the paragraphs under "Financial Outlook" above, and other statements regarding our expectations regarding the growth of our company, our market opportunity and our industry.  In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as "may," "will," "should," "could," "expect," "plan," "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "predict," "intend," "potential," "might," "would," "continue," or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology.  Actual events or results may differ from those expressed in these forward-looking statements, and these differences may be material and adverse.

We have based the forward-looking statements contained in this release primarily on our current expectations and projections about future events and trends that we believe may affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, strategy, short- and long-term business operations, prospects, business strategy and financial needs.  Our actual results could differ materially from those stated or implied in forward-looking statements due to a number of factors, including, but not limited to, our ability to renew existing customers and attract new customers; our ability to successfully compete in new geographies; our ability to recruit and retain our enterprise-level sales force; our ability to expand our publishing network to obtain new partners; our ability to develop new product and platform offerings to expand our market opportunity; our ability to release product updates that are adopted by our customers; our ability to manage our growth effectively; the number of options exercised by our employees and former employees; and the accuracy of the assumptions and estimates underlying our financial projections.  For a detailed discussion of these and other risk factors, please refer to the risks detailed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, without limitation, our most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and Annual Report on Form 10-K, which are available at http://investors.yext.com and on the SEC's website at https://www.sec.gov.  Further information on potential risks that could affect actual results will be included in other filings we make with the SEC from time to time.  Moreover, we operate in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment.  New risks and uncertainties emerge from time to time and it is not possible for us to predict all risks and uncertainties that could have an impact on the forward-looking statements contained in this release.  We cannot assure you that the results, events and circumstances reflected in the forward-looking statements will be achieved or occur, and actual results, events or circumstances could differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements.

The forward-looking statements made in this release relate only to events as of the date on which such statements are made.  We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements after the date hereof or to conform such statements to actual results or revised expectations, except as required by law.

Non-GAAP Measurements
In addition to disclosing financial measures prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), this press release and the accompanying tables include non-GAAP net loss, non-GAAP net loss per share and non-GAAP net loss margin.  Non-GAAP net loss, non-GAAP net loss per share and non-GAAP net loss margin are financial measures that are not calculated in accordance with GAAP.  We define these non-GAAP net loss financial measures as our GAAP net loss as adjusted to exclude the effects of stock-based compensation expenses.  Non-GAAP net loss per share is defined as non-GAAP net loss on a per share basis.  See "Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Measures" for a discussion of the applicable weighted-average shares outstanding.  Non-GAAP net loss margin is defined as non-GAAP net loss divided by revenue.  We believe these non-GAAP financial measures provide investors and other users of our financial information consistency and comparability with our past financial performance and facilitate period-to-period comparisons of our results of operations.  With respect to non-GAAP net loss margin, we believe this metric is useful in evaluating our profitability relative to the amount of revenue generated, excluding the impact of stock-based compensation expense.  We also believe these non-GAAP financial measures are useful in evaluating our operating performance compared to that of other companies in our industry, as these metrics eliminate the effects of stock-based compensation, which may vary for reasons unrelated to overall operating performance.

We use these non-GAAP financial measures in conjunction with traditional 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.  Our definition may differ from the definitions used by other companies and therefore comparability may be limited.  In addition, other companies may not publish this or similar metrics.  Thus, our non-GAAP financial measures should be considered in addition to, not as a substitute for, nor superior to or in isolation from, measures prepared in accordance with GAAP.

These non-GAAP financial measures may be limited in their usefulness because they do not present the full economic effect of our use of stock-based compensation.  We compensate for these limitations by providing investors and other users of our financial information a reconciliation of non-GAAP net loss to net loss, non-GAAP net loss per share to net loss per share and non-GAAP net loss margin to net loss margin, the most closely related GAAP financial measures.  However, we have not reconciled the non-GAAP guidance measures disclosed under "Financial Outlook" to their corresponding GAAP measures because certain reconciling items such as stock-based compensation and the corresponding provision for income taxes depend on factors such as the stock price at the time of award of future grants and thus cannot be reasonably predicted.  Accordingly, reconciliations to the non-GAAP guidance measures is not available without unreasonable effort.  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 net loss and non-GAAP net loss per share in conjunction with net loss and net loss per share.

 

YEXT, INC.

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(In thousands, except share and per share data)

(unaudited)



July 31, 2018


January 31, 2018

Assets




Current assets:




Cash and cash equivalents

$

47,155



$

34,367


Marketable securities

77,664



83,974


Accounts receivable, net of allowances of $287 and $231, respectively

27,878



44,656


Prepaid expenses and other current assets

11,191



7,703


Deferred commissions, current

10,677



9,342


Total current assets

174,565



180,042


Property and equipment, net

11,649



11,438


Goodwill

4,726



4,924


Intangible assets, net

2,275



2,761


Other long term assets

4,519



4,324


Total assets

$

197,734



$

203,489


Liabilities and stockholders' equity




Current liabilities:




Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other current liabilities

$

30,237



$

27,416


Deferred revenue, current

87,474



89,474


Deferred rent, current

1,294



1,288


Total current liabilities

119,005



118,178


Deferred rent, non-current

2,594



3,213


Other long term liabilities

527



645


Total liabilities

122,126



122,036


Commitments and contingencies




Stockholders' equity:




Preferred stock, $0.001 par value per share; 50,000,000 shares authorized at July 31, 2018 and
January 31, 2018; zero shares issued and outstanding at July 31, 2018 and January 31, 2018

?



?


Common stock, $0.001 par value per share; 500,000,000 shares authorized at July 31, 2018
and January 31, 2018; 104,966,201 and 100,482,264 shares issued at July 31, 2018 and
January 31, 2018, respectively; 98,460,867 and 93,976,930 shares outstanding at July 31,
2018 and January 31, 2018, respectively

105



100


Additional paid-in capital

361,719



328,344


Accumulated other comprehensive loss

(1,629)



(1,636)


Accumulated deficit

(272,682)



(233,450)


Treasury stock, at cost

(11,905)



(11,905)


Total stockholders' equity

75,608



81,453


Total liabilities and stockholders' equity

$

197,734



$

203,489



 

 

YEXT, INC.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss

(In thousands, except share and per share data)

(unaudited)



Three months ended July 31,


Six months ended July 31,


2018


2017


2018


2017

Revenue

$

55,096



$

40,769



$

106,191



$

77,849


Cost of revenue

14,086



10,541



26,886



20,229


Gross profit

41,010



30,228



79,305



57,620


Operating expenses:








Sales and marketing

40,171



30,673



77,200



59,135


Research and development

9,983



6,493



17,712



11,479


General and administrative

12,060



9,569



23,598



18,907


Total operating expenses

62,214



46,735



118,510



89,521


Loss from operations

(21,204)



(16,507)



(39,205)



(31,901)


Investment income

376



322



763



322


Interest expense

(9)



(82)



(76)



(170)


Other (expense) income, net

(219)



57



(389)



(535)


Loss from operations before income taxes

(21,056)



(16,210)



(38,907)



(32,284)


Provision for income taxes

(40)



(189)



(325)



(221)


Net loss

$

(21,096)



$

(16,399)



$

(39,232)



$

(32,505)










Net loss per share attributable to common stockholders, basic and
diluted

$

(0.22)



$

(0.18)



$

(0.41)



$

(0.49)



Weighted-average number of shares used in computing net loss per share
attributable to common stockholders, basic and diluted

97,511,660



90,064,644



96,248,506



65,676,665










Other comprehensive income (loss):








Foreign currency translation adjustment

$

(11)



$

165



$

(104)



$

357


Unrealized gain (loss) on marketable securities

113



(60)



111



(60)


Total comprehensive loss

$

(20,994)



$

(16,294)



$

(39,225)



$

(32,208)


 

 

YEXT, INC.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(In thousands)

(unaudited)



Six months ended July 31,


2018


2017

Operating activities:




Net loss

$

(39,232)



$

(32,505)


Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:




Depreciation and amortization

3,241



2,385


Provision for bad debts

353



169


Stock-based compensation expense

19,021



9,065


Change in fair value of convertible preferred stock warrant liability

?



491


Deferred income taxes

(57)



6


Amortization of deferred financing costs

66



69


Amortization of premium on marketable securities

47



44


Changes in operating assets and liabilities:




Accounts receivable

16,065



13,168


Prepaid expenses and other current assets

(3,690)



(2,571)


Deferred commissions

(1,581)



(487)


Other long term assets

(94)



(119)


Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other current liabilities

4,875



(3,506)


Deferred revenue

(1,434)



125


Deferred rent

(598)



(303)


Other long term liabilities

2



20


Net cash used in operating activities

(3,016)



(13,949)


Investing activities:




Purchases of marketable securities

(24,692)



(94,446)


Maturities of marketable securities

31,067



?


Capital expenditures

(2,703)



(1,886)


Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

3,672



(96,332)


Financing activities:




Proceeds from initial public offering, net of underwriting discounts and commissions

?



123,527


Payments of deferred offering costs

?



(4,263)


Proceeds from exercise of stock options

10,165



2,381


Proceeds from exercise of warrants

?



79


Repayments on Revolving Line

?



(5,000)


Payments of deferred financing costs

(159)



(99)


Proceeds, net from employee stock purchase plan withholdings

2,479



1,337


Net cash provided by financing activities

12,485



117,962


Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

(353)



278


Net increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

12,788



7,959


Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period

34,367



24,920


Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period

$

47,155



$

32,879



Supplemental reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash reported within the condensed consolidated balance sheets:

(in thousands)

July 31, 2018


July 31, 2017

Cash and cash equivalents

$

47,155



$

32,879


Restricted cash

?



?


Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

$

47,155



$

32,879


 

 

YEXT, INC.

Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Measures

(in thousands)

(unaudited)



Three months ended July 31, 2018


GAAP


Stock-Based
Compensation
Expense


Non-GAAP

Cost and expenses:






Cost of revenue

$

14,086



$

(646)



$

13,440


Gross profit

$

41,010



$

(646)



$

41,656


Sales and marketing

$

40,171



$

(5,669)



$

34,502


Research and development

$

9,983



$

(2,086)



$

7,897


General and administrative

$

12,060



$

(2,627)



$

9,433


Loss from operations

$

(21,204)



$

(11,028)



$

(10,176)


Net loss

$

(21,096)



$

(11,028)



$

(10,068)


Net loss margin

(38)%



(20)%



(18)%





Three months ended July 31, 2017


GAAP


Stock-Based
Compensation
Expense


Non-GAAP

Cost and expenses:






Cost of revenue

$

10,541



$

(339)



$

10,202


Gross profit

$

30,228



$

(339)



$

30,567


Sales and marketing

$

30,673



$

(2,477)



$

28,196


Research and development

$

6,493



$

(749)



$

5,744


General and administrative

$

9,569



$

(1,438)



$

8,131


Loss from operations

$

(16,507)



$

(5,003)



$

(11,504)


Net loss

$

(16,399)



$

(5,003)



$

(11,396)


Net loss margin

(40)%



(12)%



(28)%


 

 

YEXT, INC.

Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Measures

(in thousands)

(unaudited)



Six months ended July 31, 2018


GAAP


Stock-Based
Compensation
Expense


Non-GAAP

Cost and expenses:






Cost of revenue

$

26,886



$

(1,212)



$

25,674


Gross profit

$

79,305



$

(1,212)



$

80,517


Sales and marketing

$

77,200



$

(9,439)



$

67,761


Research and development

$

17,712



$

(3,642)



$

14,070


General and administrative

$

23,598



$

(4,728)



$

18,870


Loss from operations

$

(39,205)



$

(19,021)



$

(20,184)


Net loss

$

(39,232)



$

(19,021)



$

(20,211)


Net loss margin

(37)%



(18)%



(19)%





Six months ended July 31, 2017


GAAP


Stock-Based
Compensation
Expense


Non-GAAP

Cost and expenses:






Cost of revenue

$

20,229



$

(486)



$

19,743


Gross profit

$

57,620



$

(486)



$

58,106


Sales and marketing

$

59,135



$

(4,736)



$

54,399


Research and development

$

11,479



$

(1,312)



$

10,167


General and administrative

$

18,907



$

(2,531)



$

16,376


Loss from operations

$

(31,901)



$

(9,065)



$

(22,836)


Net loss

$

(32,505)



$

(9,065)



$

(23,440)


Net loss margin

(42)%



(12)%



(30)%


 

 

YEXT, INC.

Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Measures

(in thousands, except share and per share data)

(unaudited)



Three months ended July 31,


2018


2017

Net loss

$

(21,096)



$

(16,399)


Stock-based compensation expense

11,028



5,003


Non-GAAP net loss

$

(10,068)



$

(11,396)






Net loss per share attributable to common stockholders, basic and diluted

$

(0.22)



$

(0.18)






Stock-based compensation expense per share

0.12



0.05


Non-GAAP net loss per share attributable to common stockholders, basic and diluted

$

(0.10)



$

(0.13)






Weighted-average number of shares used in computing net loss per share attributable to common stockholders, basic and diluted

97,511,660



90,064,644





Six months ended July 31,


2018


2017

Net loss

$

(39,232)



$

(32,505)


Stock-based compensation expense

19,021



9,065


Non-GAAP net loss

$

(20,211)



$

(23,440)






Net loss per share attributable to common stockholders, basic and diluted

$

(0.41)



$

(0.49)






Stock-based compensation expense per share

0.20



0.14


Non-GAAP unweighted adjustment

?



0.09


Non-GAAP net loss per share attributable to common stockholders, basic and diluted

$

(0.21)



$

(0.26)






Weighted-average number of shares used in computing net loss per share attributable to common stockholders, basic and diluted

96,248,506



65,676,665






Non-GAAP unweighted adjustment

?



24,318,776


Non-GAAP number of shares outstanding in computing non-GAAP net loss per share attributable to common stockholders, basic and diluted

96,248,506



89,995,441


Note: the Company's IPO transaction closed on April 19, 2017, at which time the Company's convertible preferred stock converted to approximately 43.5 million shares and the Company issued an additional 12.1 million shares to investors in that offering.  In order to serve as a better comparison, the Company calculated non-GAAP net loss per share for the six months ended July 31, 2017, using the shares outstanding as of the end of the period, as if they had been outstanding for the whole period.

The Company calculated non-GAAP net loss per share for the three and six months ended July 31, 2018  and three months ended July 31, 2017 using the weighted-average number of shares outstanding for the respective period and did not include a non-GAAP unweighted adjustment.

 

YEXT, INC.

Condensed Cash Flow Data

(in thousands)

(unaudited)



Three months ended July 31,


2018


2017

Net cash (used in) provided by:




      Net loss

$

(21,096)



$

(16,399)


          Adjustments to net loss for non-cash items

12,975



6,400


          Changes in operating assets and liabilities

3,696



4,394


   Operating activities

(4,425)



(5,605)


   Investing activities

(7,979)



(95,254)


   Financing activities

6,316



(736)


   Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

(160)



237


Net decrease in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

(6,248)



(101,358)


Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period

53,403



134,237


Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period

$

47,155



$

32,879


 

SOURCE Yext, Inc.


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