Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)

6 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2024

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”) and applicable rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) regarding interim financial reporting. The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and notes include the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries and reflect all adjustments that, in the opinion of management, are necessary for a fair presentation of the interim periods presented. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements do not include all disclosures normally required in annual consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Therefore, these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes included in the Company’s final prospectus dated April 24, 2024 and filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b)(4) on April 26, 2024 ("Final Prospectus").

Principles of Consolidation

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”) and applicable rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) regarding interim financial reporting. The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and notes include the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries and reflect all adjustments that, in the opinion of management, are necessary for a fair presentation of the interim periods presented. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements do not include all disclosures normally required in annual consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Therefore, these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes included in the Company’s final prospectus dated April 24, 2024 and filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b)(4) on April 26, 2024 ("Final Prospectus").

Use of Estimates

The preparation of condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the condensed consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Such management estimates include, but are not limited to, the estimation of standalone selling prices for performance obligations, the estimates for material rights, the application of a portfolio approach for capitalization of deferred commissions, the determination of the period of benefit for deferred commissions, the determination of fair value of the Company’s common stock prior to the completion of the IPO, the valuation of stock-based awards, the valuation and assessment of recoverability of intangible assets and their estimated useful lives, the assessment of goodwill impairment, the incremental borrowing rate used to value operating lease liabilities, the valuation of deferred income tax assets and uncertain tax positions, and contingencies. Management evaluates these estimates and assumptions on an ongoing basis using historical experience and other factors and makes adjustments when facts and circumstances dictate. Actual results could differ materially from these estimates.

Revenue Recognition

The Company generates revenue primarily from the sale of subscriptions and typically invoices customers at the inception of the contract. The Company’s contracts with customers have a typical stated duration ranging from one to five years, with the majority of contracts having a stated duration of three years. The Company’s contracts with customers are generally non-cancelable and non-refundable. The Company primarily sells products and services to end users through distributors and resellers (“Channel Partners”). Channel Partners are the Company’s customers. The Company offers rebates to its Channel Partners calculated as a fixed percentage of the total selling price of a revenue contract. The Company accounts for rebates as consideration payable to a customer and records the amounts as a reduction to revenue.

The Company determines revenue recognition through the following steps:

•Identification of the contract, or contracts, with a customer;

•Identification of the performance obligations in the contract;

•Determination of the transaction price;

•Allocation of the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract; and

•Recognition of revenue when, or as, the Company satisfies a performance obligation.

Payment terms of the Company’s contracts range from 30 days to 60 days after fulfillment or service commencement date, except for certain contracts, which are billed in installments over the contract term.

The Company determines its transaction price based on the expected amount it is entitled to receive in exchange for transferring promised products and services to the customer.

The Company’s contracts with customers can include multiple products and services. The Company determines performance obligations in a customer contract by assessing whether products and services are capable of being distinct and distinct in the context of the contract, including customer options that are determined to be material rights. The transaction price is allocated to the separate performance obligations based on the relative standalone selling price basis. The standalone selling price is determined based on the price at which the performance obligation either is sold separately or, if not observable through past transactions, is estimated taking into account available information such as market conditions and internally approved pricing guidelines related to the performance obligations. For performance obligations that are not sold separately, standalone selling price is determined based on observable inputs, overall pricing trends, market conditions and other factors, such as the price charged by the Company’s competitors for similar products and services with any necessary or appropriate adjustments.

Subscription revenue

Subscription revenue consists of software-as-a-service (“SaaS”) subscriptions and subscription term-based licenses with related support services.

SaaS subscriptions include standalone sales of SaaS subscription products as well as sales of Rubrik Security Cloud (“RSC”). RSC is a fully-hosted subscription in the case of protection of cloud, SaaS, and unstructured data applications. When RSC is securing enterprise applications, it is a hybrid cloud subscription which includes software hosted from the cloud (as a service) and on-premise software licenses. RSC is accounted for as a single performance obligation because the software hosted from the cloud (as a service) and the on-premise software licenses are not separately identifiable and serve together to fulfill the Company’s promise to RSC customers, which is to provide a single, unified data security solution. The Company’s subscription capabilities are primarily sold as editions which bundle multiple products and include the Foundation Edition, Business Edition, Enterprise Edition, and Enterprise Proactive Edition. Subscription revenue related to SaaS is recognized ratably over the subscription period.

Subscription term-based licenses provide customers with a right to use the software for a fixed term commencing upon delivery of the license to the customers. Support services are bundled with each subscription term-based license for the term of the subscription. Subscription revenue related to subscription term-based licenses includes upfront revenue recognized at the later of the start date of the subscription term-based license and the date when the subscription term-based license is delivered. The remainder of the revenue is recognized ratably over the subscription period for support services, commencing on the date the service is made available to customers. The Company does not recognize software revenue related to the renewal of subscription term-based licenses earlier than the beginning of the related renewal period. The Company also sells Rubrik-branded commodity servers ("Rubrik-branded Appliances") support which is recognized ratably over the support period.

Maintenance revenue

Maintenance revenue represents fees earned from software updates on a when-and-if-available basis, telephone support, integrated web-based support, and Rubrik-branded Appliance support relating to the Company’s perpetual licenses. Maintenance revenue is recognized ratably over the term of the service period.

Other revenue

Other revenue represents fees earned from the sale of Rubrik-branded Appliances and professional services.

The Company has determined the Rubrik-branded Appliances and software licenses are separate performance obligations because the Rubrik-branded Appliances and software licenses are not highly interdependent or interrelated and the customer can benefit from the Rubrik-branded Appliances and software licenses separately. The Company does not customize its software licenses and installation services are not required for the software to function.

Rubrik-branded Appliance revenue is recognized when shipped to the customer. The Company’s shipping term is free on board shipping point, which means the control of the Rubrik-branded Appliance is transferred to customers upon shipment. When the Company sells software licenses with Rubrik-branded Appliances, revenue related to both the Rubrik-branded Appliances and software licenses are recognized at the same time.

Revenue related to professional services is typically recognized as the services are performed.

Amounts billed to customers for shipping and handling costs are classified as other revenue, and the Company’s shipping and handling costs are classified as cost of revenue.

Judgments

The Company identifies performance obligations in a customer contract by assessing whether products and services are capable of being distinct and distinct in the context of the contract. The determination of the performance obligations for RSC when offered as a hybrid cloud subscription requires significant judgment due to the ongoing interaction between the software hosted from the cloud (as a service) and the on-premise software licenses. The Company has concluded that the software hosted from the cloud (as a service) and software licenses are not distinct from each other in the context of the contract such that revenue from the combined offering should be recognized ratably over the subscription period for which the software hosted from the cloud (as a service) is provided. In reaching this conclusion, the Company considered the nature of its promise to customers with a RSC hybrid cloud subscription, which is to provide a single, unified data security solution that operates seamlessly across multiple data sources and teams, and to give customers the ability to manage all their data sources consistently and/or in a manner they dictate. The Company only fulfills this multi-faceted promise by providing access to an integrated solution comprised of both cloud-based and on-premise software. The cloud-based software and on-premise software work together to provide features and functionalities necessary to fulfill that promise, which neither the software hosted from the cloud (as a service) nor the software licenses could provide on their own or together with third-party resources.

The Company had offered subscription credits for RSC to qualified customers with Refresh Rights (as defined below) in exchange for relinquishing their existing rights to next-generation Rubrik-branded Appliances at no cost (“Refresh Rights”). These are customer options that are accounted for as material rights.

The Company’s contracts with customers may include customer options that are material rights. The determination of the likelihood of customers exercising their options requires significant judgment. Management estimates the likelihood of customers exercising their options by taking into account available information such as the number and timing of options exercised or forfeited, and considers other factors such as customer churn that may impact the options that have yet to be exercised or forfeited. Depending on the type of customer option exercised, the amount of consideration allocated to the material rights will be recognized into revenue at a point in time or over time beginning on the date the customer accepts the option. Deferred revenue associated with customer options that are subsequently forfeited will be released into revenue at the time the options are forfeited.

Timing of revenue recognition (in thousands)

	Three Months Ended July 31,				Six Months Ended July 31,
	2024		2023		2024		2023
Subscription revenue
Products and services transferred over time	$	176,161	$	98,853	$	334,181	$	180,502
Products and services transferred at a point in time	15,154		28,603		29,329		55,352
Maintenance revenue
Products and services transferred over time	5,018		10,594		10,685		22,882
Other revenue
Products and services transferred over time	7,095		7,907		14,495		15,604
Products and services transferred at a point in time	1,523		5,578		3,576		12,935
Total revenue	$	204,951	$	151,535	$	392,266	$	287,275

Contract assets

The Company invoices its customers in accordance with contractual billing terms established in each contract. As the Company performs under customer contracts, its right to consideration that is unconditional is classified as accounts receivable. If the Company’s right to consideration for such performance is contingent upon a future event or satisfaction of additional performance obligations, the amount of revenue the Company has recognized in excess of the amount it has billed to the customer is classified as a contract asset. Contract assets are included in prepaid expenses and other current assets and other assets, noncurrent in the condensed consolidated balance sheets. There were $8.5 million and $9.0 million of contract assets as of July 31, 2024 and January 31, 2024, respectively. The decrease is due to a decrease in certain contracts with customers where the timing of revenue recognition differs from the timing of invoicing to the customers. The current and noncurrent contract assets balances as of July 31, 2024 were $5.2 million and $3.3 million, respectively, and as of January 31, 2024 were $6.4 million and $2.6 million, respectively.

Deferred revenue

Deferred revenue, which are contract liabilities, are amounts received or due from customers in advance of the Company’s performance. The current portion of deferred revenue represents the amount that is expected to be recognized as revenue within one year of the condensed consolidated balance sheet date. The Company invoices customers upfront for the majority of contracts, and the increase in the Company’s deferred revenue corresponds to an increase in revenue contracts that include SaaS and support in which the Company satisfies its performance obligations typically over the contractual service period. During the three and six months ended July 31, 2024, the Company recognized revenue of approximately $170.4 million and $290.0 million, respectively, pertaining to amounts deferred as of April 30, 2024 and January 31, 2024, respectively.

Transaction price allocated to the remaining performance obligations

Transaction price allocated to the remaining performance obligations represents contracted revenue that has not yet been recognized, which includes deferred revenue for contracts that have been invoiced and will be recognized as revenue in future periods.

As of July 31, 2024, total remaining non-cancellable performance obligations under the Company’s contracts with customers was approximately $1,513.0 million. The Company expects to recognize 48% of this amount as revenue over the next 12 months, with the remaining balance to be recognized as revenue thereafter.

Concentration of Risk

Credit risk

The Company’s financial instruments that are exposed to concentrations of credit risk consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, short-term investments, and accounts receivable. Cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments are primarily held in two financial institutions and, at times, may exceed federally insured limits. The Company grants credit to customers in a wide variety of industries worldwide and generally does not require collateral.

Vendor risk

The Company uses third-party vendors for delivering its SaaS. While these services are highly available and designed to be resilient to failure of infrastructure, the Company’s services could be significantly impacted if the third-party vendors’ services experience certain types of interruptions.

The Company relies on a limited number of suppliers for its contract manufacturing and certain raw material components. In instances where suppliers fail to perform their obligations, the Company may be unable to find alternative suppliers or satisfactorily deliver its products to its customers on time.

Recently Announced Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted

In November 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2023-07, Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures, which updates reportable segment disclosure requirements primarily through enhanced disclosures about significant segment expenses. ASU 2023-07 is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2023, and interim periods within annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024, with early adoption permitted. ASU 2023-07 should be applied retrospectively to all prior periods presented in the financial statements. The Company is assessing the timing and impact of adopting this standard.

In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures, which requires entities to provide consistent categories and greater disaggregation of information in the rate reconciliation as well as income tax paid disaggregated by jurisdiction to improve the transparency of income tax disclosures. ASU 2023-09 is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024, on a prospective basis, with early adoption permitted. The Company is assessing the timing and impact of adopting this standard.