EX-99.1 2 d339032dex991.htm PRESS RELEASE Press Release

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Zynga Reports First Quarter 2012 Financial Results

- Highest Ever Bookings of $329 Million, Up 15% Year-Over-Year and Up 7% From Q4 2011

- Strong Growth in Player Network with 182 Million Monthly Unique Users, Up 25% Year-over-Year

- Zynga Raises Bookings and EBITDA Guidance for Fiscal Year 2012

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – April 26, 2012 – Zynga Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA), the world’s leading provider of social game services, today announced financial results for the quarter ending March 31, 2012.

 

   

Q1 record bookings of $329 million, up 15% year-over-year

 

   

Q1 revenue of $321 million, up 32% year-over-year

 

   

Q1 adjusted EBITDA of $87 million, down 23% year-over-year driven primarily by increased investment in new game development

 

   

Q1 non-GAAP EPS of $0.06 and GAAP EPS of ($0.12)

“We’re pleased with the progress that Zynga has made in the first quarter growing our audience reach 25% year over year and nearly 20% quarter over quarter. Our team did a great job launching 5 new games across mobile and web including new hits like Hidden Chronicles, Slingo and Scramble with Friends,” said Mark Pincus, CEO and Founder of Zynga.

Financial Highlights (in thousands, except per share data)

 

     Quarter ended  
      Mar 31, 2012     Mar 31, 2011  

Non-GAAP Results

    

Bookings

   $ 329,164      $ 286,598   

Adjusted EBITDA

   $ 86,752      $ 112,263   

Non-GAAP net income

   $ 47,049      $ 75,415   

Non-GAAP earnings per share

   $ 0.06      $ 0.11   

GAAP Results

    

Revenue

   $ 320,972      $ 242,890   

Net income (loss)

   ($ 85,351   $ 16,758   

Diluted net income (loss) per share

   ($ 0.12   $ 0.00   

Business Highlights

 

   

Daily active users (DAUs) increased from 62 million in the first quarter of 2011 to 65 million in the first quarter of 2012, up 6% year-over-year.

 

   

Monthly active users (MAUs) increased from 236 million in the first quarter of 2011 to 292 million in the first quarter of 2012, up 24% year-over-year.

 

   

Monthly unique users (MUUs) increased from 146 million in the first quarter of 2011 to 182 million in the first quarter of 2012, up 25% year-over-year.

 

   

Average daily bookings per average DAU (ABPU) increased from $0.051 in the first quarter of 2011 to $0.055 in the first quarter of 2012, up 8% year-over-year.

 

   

Monthly Unique Payers (MUPs) increased from 2.9 million in the fourth quarter of 2011 to 3.5 million in the first quarter of 2012, up 21% sequentially.


   

Zynga experienced growth in both mobile and web bookings year-over-year and quarter-over-quarter, with the majority of bookings growth coming from mobile.

 

   

Zynga added six games during the first quarter of 2012, including two titles on web-based platforms: Hidden Chronicles, our first game in the hidden object category, and Zynga Slingo, our first game in the arcade category. Zynga added four titles on mobile platforms: Scramble with Friends, Dream PetHouse, Dream Heights, and Draw Something, which we acquired in March 2012.

 

   

As of March 31, 2012, Zynga held eight of the top ten games on Facebook, based on DAUs, including CastleVille, launched in the fourth quarter of 2011, and Hidden Chronicles, launched in the first quarter of 2012.

 

   

In March, we launched the Zynga Platform, which includes Zynga.com (beta release), a new destination for social games, and Zynga Platform Partners, a program that enables third-party developers to publish their games through Zynga.

First Quarter 2012 Financial Summary

 

   

Bookings: Bookings were $329.2 million for the first quarter of 2012, an increase of 15% compared to the first quarter of 2011 and an increase of 7% compared to the fourth quarter of 2011.

 

   

Revenue: Revenue was $321.0 million for the first quarter of 2012, an increase of 32% compared to the first quarter of 2011 and an increase of 3% compared to the fourth quarter of 2011. Online game revenue was $292.8 million, an increase of 27% compared to the first quarter of 2011 and an increase of 3% compared to the fourth quarter of 2011. Advertising revenue was $28.2 million, an increase of 117% compared to the first quarter of 2011 and an increase of 3% compared to the fourth quarter of 2011.

 

   

Adjusted EBITDA: Adjusted EBITDA was $86.8 million for the first quarter of 2012, a decrease of 23% compared to the first quarter of 2011 due primarily to increased investment in developing new games. Adjusted EBITDA was up 28% from the prior quarter.

 

   

Net income (loss): Net loss was $85.4 million for the first quarter of 2012 compared to net income of $16.8 million for the first quarter of 2011. $133.9 million of stock-based expense was included in the net loss for the first quarter of 2012 compared to $14.5 million of stock-based expense included in the first quarter of 2011.

 

   

Non-GAAP net income: Non-GAAP net income was $47.0 million for the first quarter of 2012, a decrease of 38% compared to the first quarter of 2011 and an increase of 27% compared to the fourth quarter of 2011.

 

   

EPS: Diluted EPS was ($0.12) for the first quarter of 2012 compared to $0.00 for the first quarter of 2011.

 

   

Non-GAAP EPS: Non-GAAP EPS was $0.06 for the first quarter of 2012 compared to $0.11 for the first quarter of 2011 and $0.05 for the fourth quarter of 2011.

 

   

Cash and cash flow: As of March 31, 2012, cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities were $1.5 billion, compared to $995.6 million as of March 31, 2011 and $1.9 billion as of December 31, 2011. Cash flow from operations was $78.8 million for the first quarter of 2012, compared to $103.7 million for the first quarter of 2011. Free cash flow was $43.8 million for the first quarter of 2012, compared to $53.4 million for the first quarter of 2011.

 

   

Secondary offering: On April 3, 2012 Zynga completed an underwritten public offering of 49,414,526 shares of its Class A common stock. As part of the offering, all selling stockholders, as well as all officers and directors, agreed to lock-up agreements that extend the transfer restrictions on their shares until at least 90 days following the offering. The principal purposes of the offering were to facilitate an orderly distribution of shares and to increase the company’s public float. Zynga did not receive any proceeds from the sale of shares in the offering.

 

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2012 Outlook

As of today, we’re updating our outlook for 2012 as follows:

 

   

Bookings are projected to be in the range of $1.425 billion to $1.5 billion. We expect that growth will be weighted towards the second half of the year with slower sequential growth in the first half of the year.

 

   

Adjusted EBITDA is projected to be in the range of $400 million to $450 million.

 

   

Stock-based expense is projected to be in the range of $420 million to $445 million excluding the impact of equity awards that may be granted in connection with potential future acquisitions.

 

   

Capital expenditures are projected to be in the range of $390 million to $410 million which includes the purchase of our corporate headquarters building in April 2012.

 

   

Our effective tax rate for non-GAAP net income is projected to be in the range of 25% to 30%.

 

   

Non-GAAP weighted-average diluted shares outstanding are projected to be approximately 880 million shares in the fourth quarter of 2012.

 

   

Full year 2012 non-GAAP EPS is projected to be in the range of $0.23 to $0.29.

Conference Call Details:

Zynga will host a conference call today, April 26, 2012, at 2:00 pm Pacific Time (5:00 pm Eastern Time) to discuss financial results. A live webcast of the conference call and supplemental slides will be accessible from the Investor Relations page of our website at http://investor.zynga.com and a replay will be archived and accessible at the same website after the call.

About Zynga (www.zynga.com):

Zynga Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA) is the world’s leading provider of social game services with more than 290 million monthly active users playing its games, which include CityVilleZynga PokerDraw SomethingHidden ChroniclesFarmVilleCastleVilleWords With FriendsEmpires & AlliesScramble With FriendsCafé WorldThe Pioneer TrailIndiana Jones™ Adventure World and Mafia Wars. Zynga’s games are available on a number of global platforms, including Facebook, Zynga.com, Google+, Tencent, Apple iOS and Google Android. Through Zynga.org, Zynga players have raised more than $10 million for world social causes.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements relating to, among other things, our outlook for full year 2012 bookings, adjusted EBITDA, stock-based expense, capital expenditures, effective tax rate for non-GAAP net income, weighted-average diluted shares, and non-GAAP EPS; our higher growth rate in the second-half of 2012; our launch of successful new games; and our future operational plans. Our actual results could differ materially from those predicted or implied, and reported results should not be considered as an indication of our future performance. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, our ability to launch new games in a timely manner and monetize these games, our ability to control expenses, competition, changing interests of players, intellectual property disputes or other litigation, our relationship with Facebook or changes in the Facebook platform, acquisitions by us and changes in corporate strategy or management.

 

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More information about factors that could affect our operating results is included under the captions “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in our registration statement on Form S-1, as amended, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 23, 2012 and our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011, copies of which may be obtained by visiting our Investor Relations web site at http://investor.zynga.com or the SEC’s web site at www.sec.gov. Undue reliance should not be placed on the forward-looking statements in this release, which are based on information available to us on the date hereof. We assume no obligation to update such statements. The results we report in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2012 could differ from the preliminary results we have announced in this press release.

DAU, MAU, MUU, MUP and ABPU figures presented in this press release represent the average for each period presented. The figures presented in this press release represent the quarterly average of the three months within each quarter presented.

MUPs represent the aggregate number of unique players who made a payment at least once during the applicable month through a payment method for which we can quantify the number of unique payers. MUPs do not include payers who use certain payment methods for which we cannot quantify the number of unique payers. If a player made a payment in our games on two separate platforms (e.g. Facebook and Google+) in a month, the player would be counted as two unique payers in that month. Average MUP data in this press release includes MUPs from our top mobile games; certain smaller titles do not provide unique payer data.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures:

We have provided in this release non-GAAP financial information including bookings, adjusted EBITDA, free cash flow, non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP EPS, as a supplement to the consolidated financial statements, which are prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). Management uses these non-GAAP financial measures internally in analyzing our financial results to assess operational performance and liquidity. The presentation of this financial information is not intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for the financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP. We believe that both management and investors benefit from referring to these non-GAAP financial measures in assessing our performance and when planning, forecasting and analyzing future periods. We believe these non-GAAP financial measures are useful to investors because they allow for greater transparency with respect to key financial metrics we use in making operating decisions and because our investors and analysts use them to help assess the health of our business. We have provided reconciliations between our historical non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures. However, we have not provided reconciliation of bookings outlook to revenue, adjusted EBITDA outlook to net income (loss), non-GAAP effective tax rate outlook to GAAP effective tax rate or non-GAAP EPS outlook to GAAP EPS because certain reconciling items necessary to accurately project revenue (including the projected mix of virtual goods sold in our games, and the projected estimated average lives of durable virtual goods for our games) are not in our control and cannot be reasonably projected due to variability from period to period caused by changes in player behavior and other factors. As revenue and/or net income for the applicable future period is a necessary input to determine all of these comparable GAAP figures, we are not able to provide these reconciliations. Accordingly, a reconciliation to revenue, net income (loss), GAAP effective tax rate and GAAP EPS for our outlook is not available without unreasonable effort.

Some limitations of bookings, adjusted EBITDA, non-GAAP net income, free cash flow and non-GAAP EPS are:

 

   

Adjusted EBITDA and non-GAAP net income do not include the impact of stock-based expense;

 

   

Bookings, adjusted EBITDA and non-GAAP net income do not reflect that we defer and recognize revenue over the estimated average life of virtual goods or as virtual goods are consumed;

 

   

Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect income tax expense;

 

   

Adjusted EBITDA does not include other income and expense, which includes foreign exchange gains and losses and interest income;

 

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Adjusted EBITDA excludes both depreciation and amortization of intangible assets, while non-GAAP net income excludes amortization of intangible assets from acquisitions. Although depreciation and amortization are non-cash charges, the assets being depreciated and amortized may have to be replaced in the future;

 

   

Adjusted EBITDA and non-GAAP net income do not include gains and losses associated with legal settlements;

 

   

Free cash flow is derived from net cash provided by operating activities less cash spent on capital expenditures, and removing the excess income tax benefits or costs associated with stock-based awards;

 

   

Non-GAAP EPS treats shares of convertible preferred stock as if they had converted into common stock at the beginning of the applicable period presented;

 

   

Non-GAAP EPS gives effect to all dilutive awards outstanding, including stock options, warrants and unvested restricted stock units that were excluded from the GAAP diluted earnings per share calculation and

 

   

Other companies, including companies in our industry, may calculate bookings, adjusted EBITDA, non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP EPS differently or not at all, which will reduce their usefulness as a comparative measure.

Because of these limitations, you should consider bookings, adjusted EBITDA, non-GAAP net income, free cash flow and non-GAAP EPS along with other financial performance measures, including revenue, net income and our financial results presented in accordance with GAAP. See the GAAP to non-GAAP reconciliations below for further details.

Contact:

Investors - Krista Bessinger

415-339-5266

investors@zynga.com

Press - Dani Dudeck

415-503-0303

press@zynga.com

 

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ZYNGA INC.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In thousands, unaudited)

 

     March 31, 2012     December 31, 2011  

Current assets:

    

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 361,074      $ 1,582,343   

Marketable securities

     701,662        225,165   

Accounts receivable

     146,746        135,633   

Income tax receivable

     6,430        18,583   

Deferred tax assets

     21,794        23,515   

Restricted cash

     260,021        3,846   

Other current assets

     47,674        34,824   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current assets

     1,545,401        2,023,909   

Marketable securities

     458,731        110,098   

Goodwill

     195,796        91,765   

Other intangible assets, net

     143,426        32,112   

Property and equipment, net

     255,251        246,740   

Restricted cash

     60        4,082   

Other long-term assets

     7,281        7,940   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Assets

   $ 2,605,946      $ 2,516,646   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Current liabilities:

    

Accounts payable

   $ 44,312      $ 44,020   

Other current liabilities

     181,899        167,271   

Current deferred revenue

     478,303        457,394   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

     704,514        668,685   

Deferred revenue

     10,534        23,251   

Deferred tax liabilities

     53,020        13,950   

Other non-current liabilities

     62,508        61,221   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

     830,576        767,107   

Stockholders’ equity:

    

Common stock

     4        4   

Additional paid-in capital

     2,537,099        2,426,164   

Treasury stock

     (282,924     (282,897

Other comprehensive income

     636        362   

Retained earnings

     (479,445     (394,094
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total stockholders’ equity

     1,775,370        1,749,539   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity

   $ 2,605,946      $ 2,516,646  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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ZYNGA INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(In thousands, except per share data, unaudited)

 

     Three months ended
March 31,
 
     2012     2011  

Revenue:

    

Online game

   $ 292,780      $ 229,898   

Advertising

     28,192        12,992   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total revenue

     320,972        242,890   

Costs and expenses:

    

Cost of revenue

     90,122        67,662   

Research and development

     186,876        71,760   

Sales and marketing

     56,837        40,156   

General and administrative

     72,715        27,110   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total costs and expenses

     406,550        206,688   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income (loss) from operations

     (85,578     36,202   

Interest income

     1,291        518   

Other expense, net

     (1,142     (736
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income (loss) before income taxes

     (85,429     35,984   

Provision for (benefit from) income taxes

     (78     19,226   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

   ($ 85,351   $ 16,758   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income attributable to participating securities

     —        $ 15,416   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income attributable to common stockholders

   ($ 85,351   $ 1,342   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss) per share attributable to common stockholders:

    

Basic

   ($ 0.12   $ 0.01   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Diluted (1)

   ($ 0.12   $ 0.00   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Weighted-average shares used to compute net income (loss) per share attributable to common stockholders:

    

Basic

     707,693        258,168   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Diluted

     707,693        358,312   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Stock-based expense included in the above line items:

    

Cost of revenue

   $ 6,818      $ 551   

Research and development

     78,146        9,333   

Sales and marketing

     12,915        2,440   

General and administrative

     35,972        2,182   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total stock-based expense

   $ 133,851      $ 14,506   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1) For periods when we have net income, diluted earnings per share results cannot be recalculated using the numbers above due to reallocation of net income as required by the two-class method. Refer to the Net income (loss) per share footnote in the Company’s filings for further details.

 

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ZYNGA INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(In thousands, unaudited)

 

     Three months ended
March 31,
 
     2012     2011  

Net income (loss)

   ($ 85,351   $ 16,758   

Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash

    

Provided by operating activities:

    

Depreciation and amortization

     29,398        17,847   

Stock-based expense

     133,851        14,506   

Accretion and amortization on marketable securities

     2,836        868   

Loss from sale of property and equipment

     12        —     

Deferred income taxes

     (1,286     —     

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

    

Accounts receivable, net

     (5,617     (21,791

Income tax receivable

     14,242        14,661   

Other assets

     (4,818     4,346   

Accounts payable

     (283     5,074   

Deferred revenue

     8,192        43,708   

Other liabilities

     (12,359     7,680   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

     78,817        103,657   

Investing activities

    

Purchase of marketable securities

     (964,741     (272,418

Sales of marketable securities

     16,747        1,501   

Maturities of marketable securities

     116,126        285,699   

Acquisition of property and equipment

     (34,994     (50,222

Acquisition of purchased technology and other intangibles

     (3,139     (1,640

Business acquisitions, net of acquired cash

     (182,164     (10,438

Purchase of other investments

     (38     —     

Restricted Cash

     (224,952     (8,020
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash used in investing activities

     (1,277,155     (55,538

 

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ZYNGA INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (continued)

(In thousands, unaudited)

 

     Three months ended
March 31,
 
     2012     2011  

Financing activities

    

Taxes paid related to net share settlement of equity awards

   ($ 23,500   $ —     

Repurchase of common stock

     —          (261,270

Exercise of stock options

     533        1,205   

Net proceeds from issuance of preferred stock

     —          485,314   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities

     (22,967     225,249   

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

     36        21   

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

     (1,221,269     273,389   

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year

     1,582,343        187,831   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

   $ 361,074      $ 461,220   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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ZYNGA INC.

RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP RESULTS

(In thousands, except per share data, unaudited)

 

     Three months ended
March 31,
 
     2012     2011  

Reconciliation of Revenue to Bookings

    

Revenue

   $ 320,972      $ 242,890   

Change in deferred revenue

     8,192        43,708   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Bookings

   $ 329,164      $ 286,598   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Reconciliation of Net income(loss) to Adjusted EBITDA

    

Net income (loss)

   ($ 85,351   $ 16,758   

Provision for (benefit from) income taxes

     (78     19,226   

Other expense, net

     1,142        736   

Interest income

     (1,291     (518

Legal settlement

     889        —     

Depreciation and amortization

     29,398        17,847   

Stock-based expense

     133,851        14,506   

Change in deferred revenue

     8,192        43,708   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Adjusted EBITDA

   $ 86,752      $ 112,263   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Reconciliation of Net income (loss) to Non-GAAP net income

    

Net income (loss)

   ($ 85,351   $ 16,758   

Stock-based expense

     133,851        14,506   

Amortization of intangible assets from acquisitions

     6,951        5,883   

Change in deferred revenue

     8,192        43,708   

Legal settlements

     889        —     

Tax effect of non-GAAP adjustments to net income

     (17,483     (5,440
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Non-GAAP net income

   $ 47,049      $ 75,415   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Reconciliation of GAAP diluted shares to Non-GAAP diluted shares

    

GAAP diluted shares

     707,693        358,312   

Add back: assumed preferred stock conversion (1)

     —          294,451   

Add back: other dilutive equity awards (2)

     135,993        42,097   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Non-GAAP diluted shares

     843,686        694,860   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Non-GAAP net income per share:

   $ 0.06      $ 0.11   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Reconciliation of cash provided by operating activities to free cash flow

    

Net cash provided by operating activities

   $ 78,817      $ 103,657   

Acquisition of property and equipment

     (34,994     (50,222

Excess tax benefits from stock-based awards

     —          —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Free cash flow

   $ 43,823      $ 53,435   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1) Gives effect to the conversion of convertible preferred stock into common stock as though the conversion had occurred at the beginning of the period.
(2) Gives effect to all dilutive awards outstanding, including stock options, warrants, unvested restricted shares and unvested restricted stock units that were excluded from the GAAP diluted earnings per share calculation because they were anti-dilutive as a result of our net loss position or they were considered participating securities and excluded from dilutive shares outstanding in accordance with GAAP. For comparability purposes, the impact of unvested restricted stock units, which were excluded from GAAP weighted-average diluted shares outstanding in periods prior to the initial public offering are included in all periods presented.

 

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