EX-99.1 2 d888202dex991.htm EX-99.1 EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

 

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We continued to drive significant growth at scale. In the fourth quarter of 2019, total net revenue and gross profit grew 41% and 39% year over year, respectively. Excluding Caviar, total net revenue and gross profit grew 46% and 42% year over year, respectively.   

Our Seller ecosystem continued to drive growth in the fourth quarter of 2019, with total net revenue and gross profit growing 26% and 27% year over year, respectively. We have maintained a payback period of four quarters while increasing our sales and marketing spend.

   Cash App growth remained strong with total net revenue and gross profit increasing 147% and 104% year over year, respectively, in the fourth quarter of 2019. Cash App had approximately 24 million monthly active customers in December 2019, achieving 60% year-over-year growth.

FOURTH QUARTER FINANCIAL METRICS

 

 

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As a reminder, we are no longer reporting Adjusted Revenue in our financial results, but our statement of operations will continue to disclose net revenue, transaction-based costs, and bitcoin costs.

The following items impacted net income (loss) per share during the respective periods. On October 31, 2019, we completed the sale of Caviar to DoorDash, which resulted in a gain of $373 million in the fourth quarter of 2019. In August 2017, we invested $25 million for preferred shares of Eventbrite, which converted into common stock in connection with Eventbrite’s IPO in September 2018. We revalued this investment, which resulted in gains of $2 million and $4 million in the third and fourth quarters of 2019, respectively, and losses of $17 million, $14 million, and $5 million in the fourth quarter of 2018 and first and second quarters of 2019, respectively. We sold our entire investment in Eventbrite during the fourth quarter of 2019 for a cumulative net gain of $8 million.

A reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures used in this letter to their nearest GAAP equivalents is provided at the end of this letter.

 

 

                       

 

 

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On The Cover

Chef Romeo Garcia, owner of Romeo Chocolates in Long Beach, California.

Romeo Chocolates uses Square Stand, Square Point of Sale, Square Loyalty, Square Payroll, Square Capital, Square Developer Platform, and Postmates

and Intuit through our

App Marketplace.

February 26, 2020

On October 31, 2019, we completed the sale of Caviar to DoorDash, which resulted in a gain of $373 million in the fourth quarter of 2019.

1. Financial results for our Seller ecosystem exclude Cash App and Caviar. For a definition of Cash App revenue, refer to the sidebar on page 9.

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To Our Shareholders

In the fourth quarter of 2019, we continued to generate strong revenue growth at scale and invested in our business to drive long-term growth. These investments are intended to further our purpose of economic empowerment in serving both businesses and individuals. Total net revenue grew 41% year over year to $1.31 billion, and gross profit grew 39% year over year to $527 million. Excluding Caviar, total net revenue grew 46% year over year to $1.30 billion, and gross profit grew 42% year over year to $523 million. Net income was $391 million, and excluding the gain on sale from the Caviar transaction, net income was $17 million. Adjusted EBITDA was $119 million, up 46% year over year.

For the full year of 2019, total net revenue grew 43% year over year to $4.71 billion, and gross profit grew 45% year over year to $1.89 billion. Excluding Caviar, total net revenue grew 45% year over year to $4.57 billion, and gross profit grew 46% year over year to $1.85 billion. Our Seller ecosystem generated $3.46 billion in total net revenue,1 up 27% year over year, and $1.39 billion in gross profit, up 30% year over year. Cash App generated $1.11 billion in total net revenue, up 157% year over year, and $458 million in gross profit, up 135% year over year.

 

 

                                        

 

 

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Awareness marketing is designed to drive a shift in perception by increasing customers’ knowledge of our brand, products, and services.

Payback period measures the effectiveness of sales and marketing spend. Payback period equals the number of quarters for a seller cohort’s cumulative gross profit to surpass our sales and marketing expense in the quarter in which we acquired the cohort. We evaluate payback on a trailing four-quarter average. We have changed this metric to be calculated on gross profit from prior disclosures, which were based on a non-GAAP revenue metric. For further information on this calculation, please see the sidebar on page 8.

1. Represents growth in dollars of originations during the quarter.

SQUARE CAPITAL NOTABLE INVESTORS

Morgan Stanley Investment Management is an active manager of capital with more than $500 billion in assets under management or supervision.

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is a professional investment management organization with net assets of more than CAD $400 billion.

Credigy, a U.S. subsidiary of National Bank of Canada is a global specialty finance company with over $4 billion in total assets.

 

SELLER ECOSYSTEM

Our Seller ecosystem continued to drive growth in the fourth quarter of 2019, with total net revenue and gross profit growing 26% and 27% year over year, respectively. We have maintained a payback period of four quarters while increasing our sales and marketing spend.

Efficiently scaling go-to-market

We are continuing to efficiently scale our sales and marketing investments. Early in 2019, we ran an awareness marketing campaign in the U.S. to support our Seller ecosystem. This drove increases in awareness, perception, and acquisition of new sellers. We built on this momentum by launching another flight of campaigns in September, across both local and national channels, reaching an estimated eight million businesses. We have seen positive early results, including a continued lift in measured awareness of Square’s product ecosystem. Investments in our brand and product awareness helped increase web traffic by 30% year over year, which drove both self-onboarding as well as lead generation for our sales team. These leads helped enable our sales team to drive strong results: In 2019, sales generated 20% of new seller GPV (Gross Payment Volume). In the fourth quarter, we grew our Seller sales and marketing acquisition spend by more than 30% year over year and estimate a four-quarter payback period on these investments.

Square Capital

Square Capital achieved strong growth in the fourth quarter: Capital facilitated approximately 91,000 in originations totaling $671 million, representing 42% year-over-year growth.1 To date, we have facilitated more than $6 billion in originations across more than 300,000 sellers. Recently, we updated Square Capital’s risk models to incorporate additional signals to improve our determination of a seller’s credit worthiness. These updates enhance targeting to qualified sellers by dynamically adjusting loan fees and terms, enabling us to offer loans to more sellers while historically maintaining loss rates of less than 4% on average for our core Flex Loan product. Capital plays an important role in our overall Seller ecosystem, as loans help our sellers invest and grow and, in turn, can help us grow as well. Additionally, strong investor demand for Square Capital loans allows us to manage our balance sheet exposure, as we continue to sell the majority of the loans to third-party investors. We have continued to diversify toward long-term investors with contractual commitments—including the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Credigy (a subsidiary of National Bank of Canada), a fund managed by Morgan Stanley Investment Management, and insurance vehicles—further strengthening the resilience of our funding model.

 

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Ecosystem Campaign

We launched a second ecosystem awareness campaign in September across both local and national channels, reaching an estimated eight million businesses. The campaign ran across TV (top), social (left), and out of home (right), among other media.

  

 

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Square Capital has maintained loss rates below 4% on average since 2017.

 
 

 

                                   

 

 

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Global

Our Seller teams are building globally and bringing more products to each of our markets. In the fourth quarter, we introduced Square for Restaurants in the U.K. and Australia to provide sellers operating full-service and takeaway restaurants and bars with an end-to-end solution. With Square Terminal also launching in both markets in the third quarter, Square now provides a powerful tableside payments solution, combining our elegant software and hardware in markets where this use case is already commonplace.

Pricing change

We changed the U.S. rate for tapped, dipped, and swiped transactions to 2.6% + 10¢ for existing sellers on November 1, 2019. We made this change to better align our rates with the fixed fee component of interchange in the U.S. Based on preliminary results, we are encouraged by early retention of impacted sellers, which demonstrates the value of Square’s ecosystem across software, hardware, and financial services even with the new pricing. We continue to monitor activity as it may take a few quarters to see the full impact.

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Global launches

Josh Begbie, bar manager at Bar Liberty in Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia. Square recently introduced Square for Restaurants and Square Terminal in Australia.

 

SELLER HIGHLIGHT

ON PRICING CHANGE

 

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We decided to stay with Square because even with the rate increase, Square is still the best value of all the services around. Integrated POS software, no hidden fees, and fast payments are just a few of the many reasons we love Square.”

Ron Jacobs

Owner

J.R.’s Fresh Cut French Fries

York, PA

 
 

 

                                   

 

 

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An active Cash App customer has at least one cash inflow or outflow during the specified period.

 

With Cash App, customers can buy fractional shares of stocks for as little as $1.00, with no commission fees.

CASH APP ECOSYSTEM

Cash App growth remained strong with total net revenue and gross profit increasing 147% and 104% year over year, respectively, in the fourth quarter of 2019. Cash App had approximately 24 million monthly active customers in December 2019, achieving 60% year-over-year growth.

Network growth and engagement

We continued to focus on expanding Cash App’s network: In December 2019, Cash App had approximately 24 million monthly active customers, growing 60% year over year, and added its largest number of net-new active customers in December. Peer-to-peer transfers continued to be the primary driver of customer acquisition for Cash App. As customers send money within their networks, they bring new customers onto the platform and engage existing customers. This acquisition model has allowed Cash App to increase the number of net-new customers added each year since it launched in 2013. As we have launched new products and redesigned Cash App’s interface, customers have increasingly used Cash App on a daily basis. Cash App’s daily active customers increased 80% year over year in the fourth quarter, growing even faster than monthly active customers.

Investing

We launched fractional equity investing in the fourth quarter to provide customers with an accessible way to invest in the stock market. Within the first three months since its launch, equity investing has seen the fastest adoption of any product ever launched by Cash App. Customers are taking advantage of the ability to buy fractional shares, with the average customer buying around $20 of stock every time they make a purchase. New products like investing have driven greater adoption and engagement across the broader Cash App ecosystem.

Revenue growth

In the fourth quarter of 2019, total net revenue for Cash App was $361 million, up 147% year over year, and gross profit was $144 million, up 104% year over year. Excluding bitcoin, Cash App revenue was $183 million, up 96% year over year. While Cash App’s number of monthly active customers has grown rapidly, revenue has increased even faster. In December, Cash App generated annualized revenue of more than $30 per monthly active customer, excluding bitcoin, which grew more than 25% compared to the prior year. Cash Card was an important driver of revenue growth, as we have grown the number of customers using the card and existing customers have been spending more with the card.

 

 

 

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Invested in stocks today for the first time (besides 401k stocks). Proud moment for me. Something I’ve been wanting to do since middle school. I used @CashApp to purchase the stocks. You can purchase stock as low as $1. Time to research my next purchase! #TradingPlaces”

 

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Via Twitter

 

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Revenue per active Cash App customer is calculated based on Cash App annualized revenue, excluding bitcoin, during a given quarter divided by the monthly active customers for the last month of the quarter.

 
 

 

                                   

 

 

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A reconciliation of non-GAAP metrics used in this letter to their nearest GAAP equivalents is provided at the end of this letter.

As a reminder, we are no longer reporting Adjusted Revenue in our financial results, but our statement of operations will continue to disclose net revenue, transaction-based costs, and bitcoin costs.

We completed the sale of Caviar to DoorDash on October 31, 2019. As a result, we recognized Caviar revenue and gross profit for only one month during the fourth quarter of 2019.

A larger seller generates more than $125,000 in annualized GPV. A mid-market seller generates more than $500,000 in annualized GPV.

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Discussion

REVENUE AND GROSS PROFIT

 

Total net revenue was $1.31 billion in the fourth quarter of 2019, up 41% year over year. For the full year of 2019, total net revenue was $4.71 billion, an increase of 43% from the full year of 2018. Excluding Caviar, total net revenue in the fourth quarter was $1.30 billion, up 46% year over year, and total net revenue for the full year of 2019 was $4.57 billion, up 45% year over year.

Gross profit was $527 million in the fourth quarter of 2019, up 39% year over year. For the full year of 2019, gross profit was $1.89 billion, an increase of 45% from the full year of 2018. Excluding Caviar, gross profit in the fourth quarter was $523 million, up 42% year over year, and gross profit for the full year of 2019 was $1.85 billion, up 46% year over year.

We processed $28.6 billion in GPV in the fourth quarter of 2019, up 25% year over year. For the full year of 2019, GPV totaled $106.2 billion, an increase of 25% from the full year of 2018. In the fourth quarter, GPV from larger sellers grew 33% year over year and accounted for 55% of total GPV, up from 51% of total GPV in the fourth quarter of 2018. GPV from our largest sellers—mid-market sellers—grew 42% year over year and accounted for 27% of total GPV, up from 24% of total GPV in the fourth quarter of 2018.

Transaction-based revenue was $832 million in the fourth quarter of 2019, up 25% year over year, and transaction-based gross profit was $313 million, up 27% year over year. For the full year of 2019, transaction-based revenue was $3.08 billion, up 25% year over year, and transaction-based gross profit was $1.14 billion, up 25% year over year.

 

 

 

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In 2020, we anticipate changing our operating and reportable segments from one segment to two segments. These two segments will represent our Seller and Cash App businesses and will reflect the way we plan to evaluate our business performance and manage our operations.

 

We deduct bitcoin revenue because our role is to facilitate customers’ access to bitcoin. When customers buy bitcoin through Cash App, we only apply a small margin to the market cost of bitcoin, which tends to be volatile and outside our control. Therefore, we believe deducting bitcoin revenue better reflects the economic benefits as well as our performance from these transactions.

1. The following products were already priced at 2.6% + 10¢ for in-person payments: Square for Restaurants, Square Register, Square Terminal, and Reader SDK.

For our Seller ecosystem, we continued to achieve positive GPV and gross profit retention across our seller base for each of our annual cohorts since 2012, demonstrating that existing sellers can grow in the Square ecosystem. We have maintained a stable payback period on our sales and marketing spend to date, and we expect a four-quarter payback period in 2020, inclusive of our incremental investments. Additionally, the gross profit contribution from new seller cohorts continued to grow year over year as a result of greater sales and marketing spend, increased adoption of our products and services, and the acquisition of larger sellers.

In the fourth quarter of 2019, our Seller ecosystem generated $938 million of total net revenue and $379 million of gross profit, which increased 26% and 27% year over year, respectively. Cash App total net revenue was $361 million, up 147% year over year, and, excluding bitcoin, Cash App revenue was $183 million, up 96% year over year. Cash App gross profit was $144 million, up 104% year over year. In the fourth quarter, Cash App gross profit represented 27% of our overall gross profit.

We changed the U.S. rate for tapped, dipped, and swiped transactions for Square Point of Sale from 2.75% to 2.6% + 10¢. This change was implemented for new sellers beginning on September 24 and existing sellers on November 1, 2019. We made this change to better align our rates with the fixed fee component of interchange in the U.S.1 In the fourth quarter of 2019, transaction-based gross profit as a percentage of GPV was 1.09%, with an increase of approximately 3 basis points resulting from the pricing change. We expect this pricing change to have a neutral to positive impact on transaction-based revenue and transaction-based profit for our Seller ecosystem in 2020, although we will continue to monitor the impact of churn on GPV growth for existing sellers in the first half of 2020.

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Gross profit retention rate is calculated as the year-over-year gross profit growth of a quarterly seller cohort, averaged over the last four quarters (excluding gross profit from hardware, Gift Cards, Caviar, and Weebly prior to the acquisition). A seller cohort represents the new sellers onboarded to Square during a given period.

 

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Payback period on gross profit measures the effectiveness of sales and marketing spend. Sales and marketing shown above represents GAAP sales and marketing expenses, excluding the following: Cash App sales and marketing expenses, Caviar sales and marketing expenses, and the portion of sales and marketing expenses from the legacy Weebly business. We have changed this metric to be calculated on gross profit from prior disclosures, which were based on a non-GAAP revenue metric. 2019 payback period is an estimate based on expected gross profit contribution from new sellers acquired in 2019. For additional information on payback period, refer to the sidebar on page 4.

 
 

 

                                            

 

 

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Subscription and services-based revenue was $281 million in the fourth quarter of 2019, up 45% year over year, and subscription and services-based gross profit was $231 million, up 63% year over year. Excluding Caviar, subscription and services-based revenue was $266 million in the fourth quarter of 2019, up 78% year over year, and subscription and services-based gross profit was $227 million, up 73% year over year. Revenue growth in the fourth quarter was driven primarily by Cash App, Square Capital, and Seller subscription and services products. For the full year of 2019, subscription and services-based revenue was $1.03 billion, up 74% year over year, and subscription and services-based gross profit was $797 million, up 89% year over year. Excluding Caviar, subscription and services-based revenue was $886 million for the full year of 2019, up 100% year over year, and subscription and services-based gross profit was $755 million, up 96% year over year.

Hardware revenue in the fourth quarter of 2019 was $22 million, up 23% year over year, and generated a gross loss of $18 million. Hardware revenue growth was driven primarily by Square Terminal and Square Reader for contactless and chip. Our differentiated hardware is an important acquisition tool for new sellers. We recently lowered pricing on two of our newer hardware devices, Square Register and Square Terminal, which affected our hardware gross margins in the fourth quarter of 2019. We expect these investments to generate incremental revenue at strong paybacks as we saw a strong increase in unit sales during the fourth quarter.

REVENUE AND GROSS PROFIT FROM CASH APP

 

Q4 2019     Revenue         Gross Profit  
Subscription and services-based and transaction-based   $183M     $141M

Bitcoin

  $178M     $3M
Total contribution from Cash App   $361M     $144M

 

Full-Year 2019     Revenue         Gross Profit
Subscription and services-based and transaction-based   $589M     $449M

Bitcoin

  $516M     $8M
Total contribution from Cash App   $1.11B     $458M

Revenue from Cash App in the fourth quarter and full-year 2019 was generated primarily by subscriptions and services. Cash App subscription and services-based revenue is primarily composed of transaction fees from Cash App Instant Deposit and Cash Card, with a small portion generated from interest earned on customer funds. Cash App transaction-based revenue primarily comprised fees from business accounts and, to a lesser extent, peer-to-peer transactions funded with a credit card.

 
 

 

                                            

 

 

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We offer the peer-to-peer service free to our Cash App customers, and we consider it to be a marketing tool to encourage the use of Cash App.

OPERATING EXPENSES

 

 

Operating expenses were $510 million in the fourth quarter of 2019, up 33% year over year, and non-GAAP operating expenses were $411 million, up 35% year over year. For the full year of 2019, operating expenses were $1.86 billion, up 39% year over year, and non-GAAP operating expenses were $1.49 billion, up 39% year over year.

 

  Product development expenses were $173 million on a GAAP basis and $106 million on a non-GAAP basis in the fourth quarter of 2019, up 22% and 20% year over year, respectively. This increase was driven primarily by personnel costs related to our engineering, data science, and design teams.

 

  Sales and marketing expenses were $185 million on a GAAP basis and $178 million on a non-GAAP basis in the fourth quarter of 2019, up 55% and 59% year over year, respectively. Cash App marketing expenses were up 99% year over year, driven primarily by increases in peer-to-peer transactions and risk loss, and Cash Card issuances.

 

  General and administrative expenses were $118 million on a GAAP basis and $96 million on a non-GAAP basis in the fourth quarter of 2019, up 24% and 20% year over year, respectively. The increase was due primarily to additions to customer support, finance, and legal personnel.

 

  Transaction and loan losses were $32 million in the fourth quarter of 2019, up 31% year over year. This increase was driven primarily by growth in Seller GPV, Cash App volumes, and Square Capital loan volumes, including newer loan products for which we continue to train our risk models. Seller transaction losses remained below 0.1% of GPV, underscoring continued discipline in risk management. For Square Capital, we continued to see an average loss rate of less than 4% for our core Flex Loan product.

    

 
 

 

                                            

 

 

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Adjusted EPS excludes the gain on sale of Caviar and gain or loss on Eventbrite.

EARNINGS

 

 

In the fourth quarter of 2019, net income was $391 million, compared to a net loss of $28 million in the fourth quarter of 2018. Net income per share was $0.91 and $0.83 on a basic and diluted basis, respectively, in the fourth quarter of 2019, based on 430 million weighted-average basic shares and 485 million weighted-average diluted shares. This compares to net loss per share of $0.07 in the fourth quarter of 2018, on a basic and diluted basis. The Caviar transaction resulted in a gain on sale of $373 million in the fourth quarter of 2019, and, excluding this impact, net income was $17 million, or $0.04 per share on both a basic and diluted basis.

For the full year, net income per share was $0.88 and $0.81 on a basic and diluted basis, respectively, based on 425 million weighted-average basic and 466 million weighted-average diluted shares, respectively, compared to a net loss per share of $0.09 for the full year of 2018 on both a basic and diluted basis.

During the fourth quarter, we disposed of our investment in Eventbrite, which resulted in a gain of $4 million during the fourth quarter, and a loss of $12 million for the full year of 2019.

Adjusted EBITDA was $119 million in the fourth quarter of 2019, up 46% year over year. For the full year of 2019, Adjusted EBITDA was $417 million, compared to $257 million for the full year of 2018, up 63% year over year.

Adjusted Net Income Per Share (Adjusted EPS) was $0.23 based on 485 million weighted-average diluted shares for the fourth quarter of 2019, representing a $0.09 improvement year over year. For the full year of 2019, Adjusted EPS was $0.80 based on 486 million weighted-average diluted shares, compared to $0.47 for the full year of 2018.

 

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The following items impacted net income (loss) per share during the respective periods. On October 31, 2019, we completed the sale of Caviar to DoorDash, which resulted in a gain of $373 million in the fourth quarter of 2019. In August 2017, we invested $25 million for preferred shares of Eventbrite, which converted into common stock in connection with Eventbrite’s IPO in September 2018. We revalued this investment, which resulted in gains of $2 million and $4 million in the third and fourth quarters of 2019, respectively, and losses of $17 million, $14 million, and $5 million in the fourth quarter of 2018 and first and second quarters of 2019, respectively. We sold our entire investment in Eventbrite during the fourth quarter of 2019 for a cumulative net gain of $8 million.

 

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BALANCE SHEET/CASH FLOW

 

 

We ended the fourth quarter of 2019 with $2.1 billion in cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and investments in marketable debt securities, an increase of approximately $300 million compared to the end of the third quarter of 2019.

The increase in cash on our balance sheet was primarily driven by the sale of Caviar to DoorDash. We completed the transaction on October 31, 2019, for a total consideration of $410 million, comprised of $310 million in cash and $100 million of DoorDash’s preferred stock.

In the fourth quarter of 2019, Adjusted EBITDA, proceeds from the exercise of stock options, and proceeds from sale of our investment in Eventbrite contributed positively to our cash balance. This was partly offset by construction costs associated with facilities expansion, purchases of property, equipment, and other long-term investments; and payments for tax withholding related to vesting of restricted stock units.

    

 
 

 

                                            

 

 

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Guidance

 

           Q1 2020           2020

Total net revenue

     $1,340M to $1,360M       $5,900M to $5,960M

Gross profit

     $550M to $560M       $2,440M to $2,475M

YoY growth (midpoint):

          

Ex-Caviar1

     44%       33%

Reported2

     40%       30%

Adjusted EBITDA

 

    

$95M to $100M

 

     

$500M to $520M

 

Net income (loss) per share3

     $(0.03) to $(0.01)       $(0.09) to $(0.05)

Adjusted EPS (diluted)

 

    

$0.16 to $0.18

 

     

$0.90 to $0.94

 

Transaction-based costs and bitcoin costs

 

    

$705M to $715M

 

     

$3,100M to $3,115M

 

We see significant opportunity ahead to drive growth for our Seller and Cash App ecosystems and will continue to invest where we see attractive returns. Our guidance for the full year of 2020 reflects strong revenue and gross profit growth and, as we outlined at the time of the transaction, we are using the operational capacity unlocked by the Caviar transaction to reinvest into our two ecosystems.

As a reminder, the first quarter is typically our slowest in terms of sequential gross profit growth due to seasonality, driven primarily by our Seller business. Additionally, our operating expense base will increase in the first quarter as we invest in growth opportunities.

1. Excludes Caviar for all of 2019.

2. Includes Caviar through October 2019.

3. In 2020, we expect a modest increase in share-based compensation as a percentage of gross profit compared to 2019, driven by our headcount growth as we build out our teams and look to align employee and shareholder incentives. As a reminder, share-based compensation impacts net income but is added back to Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EPS.

We have not reconciled Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EPS guidance to their GAAP equivalents as a result of the uncertainty regarding, and the potential variability of, reconciling items such as share-based compensation expense and weighted-average fully diluted shares outstanding. Accordingly, a reconciliation of these non-GAAP guidance metrics to their corresponding GAAP equivalents is not available without unreasonable effort. However, it is important to note that material changes to reconciling items could have a significant effect on our Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EPS guidance, net income (loss) per share, and future GAAP results. We have provided a reconciliation of other GAAP to non-GAAP metrics in tables at the end of this letter.

 

 


 

                                            

 

 

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MEDIA CONTACT

press@squareup.com

INVESTOR RELATIONS CONTACT

ir@squareup.com

Earnings

Webcast

Square (NYSE:SQ) will host a conference call and earnings webcast at 2:00 p.m. Pacific time/ 5:00 p.m. Eastern time today, February 26, 2020 to discuss these financial results. The domestic dial-in for the call is (877) 683-2081. The Conference ID is 6366068. To listen to a live audio webcast, please visit Square’s Investor Relations website at square.com/investors. A replay will be available on the same website following the call.

We will release financial results for the first quarter 2020 on May 6, 2020 after the market closes, and will also host a conference call and earnings webcast at 2:00 p.m. Pacific time/ 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on the same day to discuss those financial results.

 

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Jack Dorsey

  

Amrita Ahuja

  
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We started using Square a couple of years ago so that we could accept card payments at our pop-ups and events, as we only had one bank terminal and we needed that in the shop. I liked how all the tools in Square’s platform worked really well together, so I decided to ditch our bank terminal and switch everything across to Square.”

Lily Peddle

Owner, Henry Lee Barbershop

Melbourne, Australia

 

 

                                            

 

 

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SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT

 

 

This letter contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Safe Harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements other than statements of historical fact could be deemed forward-looking, including, but not limited to, statements regarding the future performance of Square, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries (the Company); the Company’s expected financial results for future periods and expected impact of its pricing change; statements regarding the Company’s sales and marketing investments and their expected benefits and payback periods; future profitability and growth in the Company’s businesses and products and the Company’s ability to drive such profitability and growth; the Company’s expectations regarding scale, economics, and the demand for or benefits from its products, product features, and services in the U.S. and in international markets; the ability of the Company’s products to attract and retain customers; the Company’s expectations regarding Square Capital’s risk modeling and investor demand; the Company’s expectations regarding monetization and usage of the products and features in the Cash App ecosystem; the Company’s intentions regarding future operating and reportable segments; and management’s statements related to business strategy, plans, and objectives for future operations. In some cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by terms such as “may,” “will,” “appears,” “should,” “expects,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “could,” “intends,” “target,” “projects,” “contemplates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential,” or “continue,” or the negative of these words or other similar terms or expressions that concern our expectations, strategy, plans, or intentions. Such statements are subject to a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions, and other factors that may cause the Company’s actual results, performance, or achievements to differ materially from results expressed or implied in this letter. Investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these statements, and reported results should not be considered as an indication of future performance.

Risks that contribute to the uncertain nature of the forward-looking statements include, among others, the Company’s ability to deal with the substantial and increasingly intense competition in its industry; the Company’s ability to ensure the interoperability of its technology with that of third parties; changes to the rules and practices of payment card networks and acquiring processors; the impact of acquisitions or divestitures, strategic investments, joint ventures, or entries into new businesses; the effect of extensive regulation and oversight related to the Company’s business in a variety of areas; the effect of management changes and business initiatives; adoption of the Company’s products and services in international markets; and changes in political, business, and economic conditions; as well as other risks listed or described from time to time in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC), including the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2019, which is on file with the SEC and available on the investor relations page of the Company’s website. Additional information will also be set forth in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019. All forward-looking statements are based on information and estimates available to the Company at the time of this letter and are not guarantees of future performance. Except as required by law, the Company assumes no obligation to update any of the statements in this letter.

    

 
 

 

                                            

 

 

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KEY OPERATING METRICS AND

NONGAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES

 

 

To supplement our financial information presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (GAAP), we consider certain operating and financial measures that are not prepared in accordance with GAAP, including Gross Payment Volume, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA margin, Adjusted Net Income, Diluted Adjusted Net Income Per Share (Adjusted EPS), and non-GAAP operating expenses. We believe these metrics and measures are useful to facilitate period-to-period comparisons of our business and to facilitate comparisons of our performance to that of other payments solution providers.

We define Gross Payment Volume (GPV) as the total dollar amount of all card payments processed by sellers using Square, net of refunds. Additionally, GPV includes Cash App activity related to peer-to-peer payments sent from a credit card, and Business Accounts.

Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA margin, Adjusted Net Income, Diluted Adjusted Net Income Per Share (Adjusted EPS), and non-GAAP operating expenses are non-GAAP financial measures that represent our net income (loss) and net income (loss) per share, adjusted to eliminate the effect of share-based compensation expenses, amortization of intangible assets, amortization of debt discount and issuance costs in connection with our offering of convertible senior notes in the first quarter of 2017 and in the second quarter of 2018, the gain or loss on the disposal of property and equipment, gain or loss on revaluation of equity investment, gain or loss on debt extinguishment related to the conversion of senior notes, and impairment of intangible assets, as applicable. We also exclude certain costs associated with acquisitions and other activities that are not normal recurring operating expenses, including amounts paid to redeem acquirees’ unvested stock-based compensation awards, and legal, accounting, and due diligence costs, and we add back the impact of the acquired deferred revenue and deferred cost adjustment, which was written down to fair value in purchase accounting. Additionally, for purposes of calculating diluted Adjusted EPS, we add back cash interest expense on convertible senior notes, as if converted at the beginning of the period, if the impact is dilutive, since we intend to settle future conversions of our convertible senior notes entirely in shares. In addition to the items above, Adjusted EBITDA and non-GAAP operating expenses are non-GAAP financial measures that also exclude depreciation, other cash interest income and expense, other income and expense, and provision or benefit from income taxes, as applicable. To calculate the diluted Adjusted EPS, we adjust the weighted-average number of shares of common stock

 

outstanding for the dilutive effect of all potential shares of common stock. In periods when we recorded an Adjusted Net Loss, the diluted Adjusted EPS is the same as basic Adjusted EPS because the effects of potentially dilutive items were anti-dilutive given the Adjusted Net Loss position. Adjusted EBITDA margin is calculated as Adjusted EBITDA divided by gross profit. This calculation of Adjusted EBITDA margin will not be comparable to the calculation used in prior quarters, which was previously based on a non-GAAP revenue metric.

We have included Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EPS because they are key measures used by our management to evaluate our operating performance, generate future operating plans, and make strategic decisions, including those relating to operating expenses and the allocation of internal resources. Accordingly, we believe that Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EPS provide useful information to investors and others in understanding and evaluating our operating results in the same manner as our management and board of directors. In addition, they provide useful measures for period-to-period comparisons of our business, as they remove the effect of certain non-cash items and certain variable charges. Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EPS have limitations as financial measures, should be considered as supplemental in nature, and are not meant as substitutes for the related financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP.

We believe that the aforementioned metrics provide useful information about our operating results, enhance the overall understanding of our past performance and future prospects, and provide useful measures for period-to-period comparisons of our business, as they remove the effect of certain variable amounts. Our management uses these measures to evaluate our operating performance, generate future operating plans, and make strategic decisions, including those relating to operating expenses and the allocation of internal resources.

These non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered in isolation from, or as a substitute for, financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP. These non-GAAP financial measures are not based on any standardized methodology prescribed by GAAP and are not necessarily comparable to similarly titled measures presented by other companies.

 
 

 

                                            

 

 

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Consolidated Statements

of Operations

UNAUDITED

In thousands, except per share data

 

     THREE MONTHS ENDED      YEAR ENDED  
     Dec 31, 2019      Dec 31, 2018      Dec 31, 2019      Dec 31, 2018  

Revenue:

           

Transaction-based revenue

   $ 832,180      $ 667,802      $ 3,081,074      $ 2,471,451  

Subscription and services-based revenue

     281,415        194,117        1,031,456        591,706  

Hardware revenue

     22,267        18,166        84,505        68,503  

Bitcoin revenue

     177,567        52,443        516,465        166,517  

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total net revenue

     1,313,429        932,528        4,713,500        3,298,177  

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Cost of revenue:

           

Transaction-based costs

     519,241        420,846        1,937,971        1,558,562  

Subscription and services-based costs

     50,276        52,654        234,270        169,884  

Hardware costs

     40,504        25,647        136,385        94,114  

Bitcoin costs

     174,438        51,951        508,239        164,827  

Amortization of acquired technology

     1,921        1,376        6,950        7,090  

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total cost of revenue

     786,380        552,474        2,823,815        1,994,477  

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Gross profit

     527,049        380,054        1,889,685        1,303,700  

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Operating expenses:

           

Product development

     173,284        141,811        670,606        497,479  

Sales and marketing

     185,231        119,305        624,832        411,151  

General and administrative

     118,164        95,445        436,250        339,245  

Transaction and loan losses

     32,132        24,474        126,959        88,077  

Amortization of acquired customer assets

     890        2,127        4,481        4,362  

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     509,701        383,162        1,863,128        1,340,314  

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Operating income (loss)

     17,348        (3,108)        26,557        (36,614)  

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Gain on sale of asset group

     (373,445)               (373,445)         

Interest expense, net

     6,060        5,176        21,516        17,982  

Other expense (income), net

     (6,715)        19,439        273        (18,469)  

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Income (loss) before income tax

     391,448        (27,723)        378,213        (36,127)  

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Provision for income taxes

     508        481        2,767        2,326  

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

   $ 390,940      $ (28,204)      $ 375,446      $ (38,453)  

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net income (loss) per share:

           

Basic

   $ 0.91      $ (0.07)      $ 0.88      $ (0.09)  

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Diluted

   $ 0.83      $ (0.07)      $ 0.81      $ (0.09)  

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Weighted-average shares used to compute net income (loss) per share

           

Basic

   $ 430,136      $ 413,984      $ 424,999      $ 405,731  

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Diluted

   $ 485,394      $ 413,984      $ 466,076      $ 405,731  

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
 

 

                                            

 

 

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Consolidated Balance Sheets

UNAUDITED

In thousands, except share and per share data

 

Assets    Dec 31, 2019      Dec 31, 2018  

Current assets:

     

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 1,047,118      $ 583,173  

Investments in short-term debt securities

     492,456        540,991  

Settlements receivable

     588,692        364,946  

Customer funds

     676,292        334,017  

Loans held for sale

     164,834        89,974  

Other current assets

     250,409        198,804  

 

    

 

 

 

Total current assets

     3,219,801        2,111,905  

 

    

 

 

 

Property and equipment, net

     149,194        142,402  

Goodwill

     266,345        261,705  

Acquired intangible assets, net

     69,079        77,102  

Investments in long-term debt securities

     537,303        464,680  

Built-to-suit lease asset

            149,000  

Operating lease right-of-use assets

     113,148         

Other non-current assets

     196,388        74,229  

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 4,551,258      $ 3,281,023  

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity

     

Current liabilities:

     

Customers payable

   $ 1,273,135      $ 749,215  

Settlements payable

     95,834        54,137  

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities

     297,841        215,189  

Operating lease liabilities, current

     27,275         

 

    

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

     1,694,085        1,018,541  

 

    

 

 

 

Long-term debt

     938,832        899,695  

Built-to-suit lease liability

            149,000  

Operating lease liabilities, non-current

     108,830         

Other non-current liabilities

     94,461        93,286  

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     2,836,208        2,160,522  

Stockholders’ equity:

     

Preferred stock, $0.0000001 par value: 100,000,000 shares authorized at December 31, 2019, and December 31, 2018. None issued and outstanding at December 31, 2019, and December 31, 2018.

             

Class A common stock, $0.0000001 par value: 1,000,000,000 shares authorized at December 31, 2019, and December 31, 2018; 352,386,562 and 323,546,864 issued and outstanding at December 31, 2019, and December 31, 2018, respectively.

             

Class B common stock, $0.0000001 par value: 500,000,000 shares authorized at December 31, 2019, and December 31, 2018; 80,410,158 and 93,501,142 issued and outstanding at December 31, 2019, and December 31, 2018, respectively.

             

Additional paid-in capital

     2,223,749        2,012,328  

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

     1,629        (6,053)  

Accumulated deficit

     (510,328)        (885,774)  

 

    

 

 

 

Total stockholders’ equity

     1,715,050        1,120,501  

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

   $ 4,551,258      $ 3,281,023  

 

    

 

 

 
 

 

                                            

 

 

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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

UNAUDITED

In thousands

 

     YEAR ENDED  
Cash Flows from Operating Activities    Dec 31, 2019      Dec 31, 2018  

Net income (loss)

   $ 375,446      $ (38,453)  

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating activities:

     

Depreciation and amortization

     75,598        60,961  

Non-cash interest and other expense

     34,547        31,257  

Loss on extinguishment of long-term debt

            5,047  

Non-cash lease expense

     29,696         

Share-based compensation

     297,863        216,881  

Replacement stock awards in connection with acquisition

            899  

Gain on sale of asset group

     (373,445)         

Loss (gain) on revaluation of equity investment

     12,326        (20,342)  

Recovery of common stock in connection with indemnification settlement agreement

     (1,069)        (2,745)  

Transaction and loan losses

     126,959        88,077  

Change in deferred income taxes

     (1,376)        (646)  

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

     

Settlements receivable

     (248,271)        245,795  

Customer funds

     (204,208)        (131,004)  

Purchase of loans held for sale

     (2,266,738)        (1,609,611)  

Sales and principal payments of loans held for sale

     2,168,682        1,579,834  

Customers payable

     523,795        15,597  

Settlements payable

     41,697        (60,651)  

Charge-offs to accrued transaction losses

     (78,325)        (58,192)  

Other assets and liabilities

     (47,478)        (27,624)  

 

    

 

 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

     465,699        295,080  

 

    

 

 

 
Cash Flows from Investing Activities      

Purchase of marketable debt securities

     (992,583)        (1,000,346)  

Proceeds from maturities of marketable debt securities

     430,888        197,454  

Proceeds from sale of marketable debt securities

     548,619        171,992  

Purchase of marketable debt securities from customer funds

     (311,499)        (148,096)  

Proceeds from maturities of marketable debt securities from customer funds

     158,055         

Proceeds from sale of marketable debt securities from customer funds

     17,493        48,334  

Purchase of property and equipment

     (62,498)        (61,203)  

Purchase of other investments

     (15,250)         

Proceeds from sale of equity investment

     33,016         

Purchase of intangible assets

            (1,584)  

Proceeds from sale of asset group

     309,324         

Business combinations, net of cash acquired

     (20,372)        (112,399)  

 

    

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

     95,193        (905,848)  

 

    

 

 

 
Cash Flows from Financing Activities      

Proceeds from issuance of convertible senior notes, net

            855,663  

Purchase of convertible senior note hedges

            (172,586)  

Proceeds from issuance of warrants

            112,125  

Principal payment on conversion of senior notes

            (219,384)  

Proceeds from the exercise of stock options and purchases

     118,514        133,850  

under the employee stock purchase plan, net

     

Payments for tax withholding related to vesting of restricted stock units

     (212,264)        (189,124)  

Other financing activities

     (5,124)        (4,789)  

 

    

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

     (98,874)        515,755  

 

    

 

 

 

Effect of foreign exchange rate on cash and cash equivalents

     3,841        (7,221)  

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

     465,859        (102,234)  

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, beginning of period

     632,847        735,081  

 

    

 

 

 

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, end of period

   $ 1,098,706      $ 632,847  

 

    

 

 

 
 

 

                                            

 

 

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Key Operating Metrics and

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

UNAUDITED

In thousands, except GPV and per share data

 

     THREE MONTHS ENDED      YEAR ENDED  
     Dec 31, 2019      Dec 31, 2018      Dec 31, 2019      Dec 31, 2018  

Gross Payment Volume (GPV) (in millions)

   $ 28,639      $ 22,958      $ 106,239      $ 84,654  

Adjusted EBITDA

   $ 118,529      $ 81,310      $ 416,853      $ 256,523  

Adjusted Net Income Per Share:

           

Basic

   $ 0.25      $ 0.16      $ 0.90      $ 0.55  

Diluted

   $ 0.23      $ 0.14      $ 0.80      $ 0.47  

Select Financial Results

Excluding Caviar

UNAUDITED

In thousands

 

     THREE MONTHS ENDED      YEAR ENDED  
     Dec 31, 2019      Dec 31, 2018      Dec 31, 2019      Dec 31, 2018  

Total net revenue

   $ 1,313,429      $ 932,528      $ 4,713,500      $ 3,298,177  

Less: Caviar contribution to total net revenue

     15,045        44,628        145,912        148,609  

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total net revenue excluding Caviar

   $ 1,298,384      $ 887,900      $ 4,567,588      $ 3,149,568  

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Subscription and services-based revenue

   $ 281,415      $ 194,117      $ 1,031,456      $ 591,706  
Less: Caviar contribution to subscription and services-based revenue      15,045        44,628        145,912        148,609  

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Subscription and services-based revenue excluding Caviar

   $ 266,370      $ 149,489      $ 885,544      $ 443,097  

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Cost of revenue, in accordance with GAAP

   $ 786,380      $ 552,474      $ 2,823,815      $ 1,994,477  

Less: Caviar contribution to cost of revenue

     10,855        33,579        104,323        112,239  

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Cost of revenue excluding Caviar

   $ 775,525      $ 518,895      $ 2,719,492      $ 1,882,238  

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Gross Profit, in accordance with GAAP

   $ 527,049      $ 380,054      $ 1,889,685      $ 1,303,700  

Less: Caviar contribution to gross profit

     4,190        11,049        41,589        36,370  

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Gross profit excluding Caviar

   $ 522,859      $ 369,005      $ 1,848,096      $ 1,267,330  

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Subscription and services-based gross profit, in accordance with GAAP    $ 231,139      $ 141,463      $ 797,186      $ 421,822  
Less: Caviar contribution to subscription and services-based gross profit      4,190        11,049        41,589        36,370  

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Subscription and services-based gross profit excluding Caviar

   $ 226,949      $ 130,414      $ 755,597      $ 385,452  

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
 

 

                                            

 

 

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Quarterly Selected Financial

Results Excluding Caviar

UNAUDITED

In thousands

 

     THREE MONTHS ENDED  
     Dec 31
2019
     Sep 30
2019
     Jun 30
2019
     Mar 31
2019
     Dec 31
2018
     Sep 30
2018
     June 30
2018
     Mar 31
2018
 
Total net revenue    $ 1,313,429      $ 1,266,474      $ 1,174,238      $ 959,359      $ 932,528      $ 882,108      $ 814,938      $ 668,603  
Less: Caviar contribution to total net revenue      15,045        40,948        43,389        46,530        44,628        39,584        36,928        27,469  

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total net revenue excluding Caviar

   $ 1,298,384      $ 1,225,526      $ 1,130,849      $ 912,829      $ 887,900      $ 842,524      $ 778,010      $ 641,134  

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Gross Profit, in accordance with GAAP    $ 527,049      $ 500,037      $ 465,845      $ 396,754      $ 380,054      $ 352,660      $ 315,816      $ 255,170  
Less: Caviar contribution to gross profit      4,190        12,663        13,296        11,440        11,049        9,736        9,337        6,248  

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Gross profit excluding Caviar

   $ 522,859      $ 487,374      $ 452,549      $ 385,314      $ 369,005      $ 342,924      $ 306,479      $ 248,922  

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
 

 

                                            

 

 

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Adjusted EBITDA

UNAUDITED

In thousands

 

     THREE MONTHS ENDED      YEAR ENDED  
     Dec 31, 2019      Dec 31, 2018      Dec 31, 2019      Dec 31, 2018  

Net income (loss)

   $ 390,940      $ (28,204)      $ 375,446      $ (38,453)  

Share-based compensation expense

     79,883        59,025        297,863        216,881  

Depreciation and amortization

     18,719        22,638        75,598        60,961  

Interest expense, net

     6,060        5,176        21,516        17,982  

Other expense (income), net

     (6,715)        19,439        273        (18,469)  

Provision for income taxes

     508        481        2,767        2,326  

Loss (gain) on disposal of property and equipment

     580        (1,005)        1,008        (224)  

Gain on sale of asset group

     (373,445)               (373,445)         

Acquisition-related and other costs

     1,260               9,739        4,708  

Acquired deferred revenue adjustment

     928        4,521        7,457        12,853  

Acquired deferred costs adjustment

     (189)        (761)        (1,369)        (2,042)  

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Adjusted EBITDA

   $ 118,529      $ 81,310      $ 416,853      $ 256,523  

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Adjusted Net Income and

Adjusted EPS

UNAUDITED

In thousands

 

     THREE MONTHS ENDED      YEAR ENDED  
     Dec 31, 2019      Dec 31, 2018      Dec 31, 2019      Dec 31, 2018  

Net income (loss)

   $ 390,940      $ (28,204)      $ 375,446      $ (38,453)  

Share-based compensation expense

     79,883        59,025        297,863        216,881  

Amortization of intangible assets

     3,714        4,028        15,000        13,103  

Amortization of debt discount and issuance costs

     9,963        10,005        39,139        32,855  

Loss (gain) on revaluation of equity investment

     (4,141)        16,566        12,326        (20,342)  

Loss on extinguishment of long-term debt

            3,403               5,028  

Loss (gain) on disposal of property and equipment

     580        (1,005)        1,008        (224)  

Gain on sale of asset group

     (373,445)               (373,445)         

Acquisition related and other costs

     1,260               9,739        4,708  

Acquired deferred revenue adjustment

     928        4,521        7,457        12,853  

Acquired deferred costs adjustment

     (189)        (761)        (1,369)        (2,042)  

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Adjusted Net Income - basic

   $ 109,493      $ 67,578      $ 383,164      $ 224,367  

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Cash interest expense on convertible senior notes

   $ 1,277        1,292      $ 5,108        1,292  

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Adjusted Net Income - diluted

   $ 110,770      $ 68,870      $ 388,272      $ 225,659  

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Adjusted Net Income Per Share:

           

Basic

   $ 0.25      $ 0.16      $ 0.90      $ 0.55  

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Diluted

   $ 0.23      $ 0.14      $ 0.80      $ 0.47  

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Weighted-average shares used to compute

           

Adjusted Net Income Per Share:

           

Basic

     430,136        413,984        424,999        405,731  

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Diluted

     485,394        488,177        486,381        478,895  

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
 

 

                                            

 

 

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Non-GAAP Operating Expenses

UNAUDITED

In thousands

 

                                                                                   
     THREE MONTHS ENDED      YEAR ENDED  
     Dec 31, 2019      Dec 31, 2018      Dec 31, 2019      Dec 31, 2018  

Operating expenses

   $ (509,701)      $ (383,162)      $ (1,863,128)      $ (1,340,314)  

Share-based compensation

     79,816        59,007        297,708        216,784  

Depreciation and amortization

     16,691        20,754        67,884        52,791  

Loss (gain) on disposal of property and equipment

     580        (1,005)        1,008        (224)  

Acquisition related and other costs

     1,260               9,739        4,708  

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Non-GAAP operating expenses

   $ (411,354)      $ (304,406)      $ (1,486,789)      $ (1,066,255)  

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Product development

   $ (173,284)      $ (141,811)      $ (670,606)      $ (497,479)  

Share-based compensation

     55,726        40,788        210,840        144,601  

Depreciation and amortization

     11,446        14,029        46,790        33,307  

Loss (gain) on disposal of property and equipment

     379        (986)        308        (274)  

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Non-GAAP product development

   $ (105,733)      $ (87,980)      $ (412,668)      $ (319,845)  

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Sales and marketing

   $ (185,231)      $ (119,305)      $ (624,832)      $ (411,151)  

Share-based compensation

     6,416        6,094        26,720        22,797  

Depreciation and amortization

     1,188        1,238        4,444        4,407  

Loss on disposal of property and equipment

     95        68        523        239  

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Non-GAAP sales and marketing

   $ (177,532)      $ (111,905)      $ (593,145)      $ (383,708)  

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

General and administrative

   $ (118,164)      $ (95,445)      $ (436,250)      $ (339,245)  

Share-based compensation

     17,674        12,125        60,148        49,386  

Depreciation and amortization

     3,167        3,360        12,169        10,715  

Loss (gain) on disposal of property and equipment

     106        (87)        177        (189)  

Acquisition-related and other costs

     1,260               9,739        4,708  

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Non-GAAP general and administrative

   $ (95,957)      $ (80,047)      $ (354,017)      $ (274,625)  

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Depreciation and

Amortization by Function

UNAUDITED

In thousands

 

                                                                                   
     THREE MONTHS ENDED      YEAR ENDED  
     Dec 31, 2019      Dec 31, 2018      Dec 31, 2019      Dec 31, 2018  

Cost of revenue

   $ 2,028      $ 1,884      $ 7,714      $ 8,170  

Product development

     11,446        14,029        46,790        33,307  

Sales and marketing

     1,188        1,238        4,444        4,407  

General and administrative

     3,167        3,360        12,169        10,715  

Amortization of acquired customer assets

     890        2,127        4,481        4,362  

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total depreciation and amortization

   $ 18,719      $ 22,638      $ 75,598      $ 60,961  

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
 

 

                                            

 

 

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