8-K
Everpure, Inc. (P)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 26, 2021
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Pure Storage, Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
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| Delaware | 001-37570 | 27-1069557 |
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| 650 Castro Street, Suite 400<br><br>Mountain View, California 94041 | ||
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Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
On May 26, 2021, Pure Storage, Inc. ("Pure") issued a press release and will hold a conference call regarding its financial results for the quarter ended May 2, 2021. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K.
This information, including the exhibit(s) hereto, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
Pure is making reference to non-GAAP financial information in the press release and the conference call. A reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures to the comparable GAAP financial measures is contained in the attached press release. These non-GAAP financial measures are reported in addition to, and not as a substitute for, or superior to, financial measures calculated in accordance with GAAP.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
The following exhibit is furnished herewith:
| Exhibit No. | Description |
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| 99.1 | Press Release entitled "Pure Storage AnnouncesFirstQuarter Fiscal 2022Financial Results" |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
| Pure Storage, Inc. | |
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| (Registrant) | |
| By: | /s/ Kevan Krysler |
| Kevan Krysler | |
| Chief Financial Officer |
May 26, 2021
Document
Exhibit 99.1
Pure Storage Announces First Quarter Fiscal 2022 Financial Results
Return to double digit revenue growth of 12% year-over-year
New customer additions of approximately 330 this quarter, up 15% year-over-year
Continued strength and momentum of Subscription Services
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., May 26, 2021 – Today Pure Storage (NYSE: PSTG), the IT pioneer that delivers storage as-a-service in a multi-cloud world, announced financial results for its fiscal first quarter ended May 2, 2021.
“Pure Storage expanded our strong growth trend from last quarter with balanced contributions across all aspects of our business,” said Charles Giancarlo, Chairman and CEO, Pure Storage. “Our growing customer base loves our Modern Data Experience consisting of the industry's most advanced platforms, unique Evergreen and Pure as-a-Service models, with leading reliability and total cost of ownership."
First Quarter Financial Highlights
•Revenue $412.7 million, up 12% year-over-year
•Subscription services revenue $162.8 million, up 35% year-over-year
•GAAP gross margin 68.3%; non-GAAP gross margin 70.5%
•GAAP operating loss $(76.2) million; non-GAAP operating income $0.3 million
•Operating cash flow $21.4 million; free cash flow $(6.4) million
•Total cash and investments $1.2 billion
•Deferred revenue $866.2 million, up 23% year-over-year
•Remaining performance obligations (RPO) exceeding $1.1 billion, up 24% year-over-year
“We are very pleased with the strong start to the year returning to double digit revenue growth,” said Kevan Krysler, CFO, Pure Storage. “Broad-based performance in the quarter included early signs of strength in our commercial business and continuing accelerated momentum of FlashArray//C.”
First Quarter Company Highlights and Achievements
•Industry Accolades: FlashBlade® was named a leader in the GigaOm Radar Report for High-Performance Object Storage and a Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice for Distributed File Systems and Object Storage.
•Purity software enhancements across Pure’s portfolio enable new use cases: Updates to the flagship Purity software for FlashBlade and FlashArrayTM accelerate Windows applications; deliver ransomware protection across file, block, and native cloud-based apps; and make hybrid storage for both departmental and data center workloads obsolete with the FlashArray//C all-QLC platform.
•New Bare Metal as-a-Service solution with Equinix: Pure Storage on Equinix Metal is a full stack, bare metal solution that delivers a unified, connected platform for any stage of an organization's cloud journey.
•Pure Cloud Block Store is now generally available on both AWS and Microsoft Azure: Cloud Block Store eliminates common storage tradeoffs by combining high-performance, efficiency, reliability, and simplicity into a cloud native solution, now available on multiple hyperscalers.
Second Quarter Guidance
| Q2 FY22 | |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $ 470 Million |
| Non-GAAP Operating Income | $ 15 Million |
These statements are forward-looking and actual results may differ materially. Refer to the Forward Looking Statements section below for information on the factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from these statements. Pure has not reconciled its guidance for non-GAAP operating income (loss) to the most directly comparable GAAP measure because certain items that impact this measure are not within Pure’s control and/or cannot be reasonably predicted. Accordingly, a reconciliation of this non-GAAP financial measure guidance to the corresponding GAAP measure is not available without unreasonable effort.
Conference Call Information
Pure will host a teleconference to discuss the first quarter fiscal 2022 results at 2:00 pm PT today, May 26, 2021. A live audio broadcast of the conference call will be available at the Pure Storage Investor Relations website, investor.purestorage.com. Pure will also post its earnings presentation to this website in advance of the call and post its prepared remarks to this website within 24 hours of completion of the call. A replay will be available following the call on the Pure Storage Investor Relations website and in addition, for two weeks at (855) 859-2056 (or 404-537-3406 for international callers) with passcode 9699895.
Upcoming Events
Pure is scheduled to participate virtually at the following investor conferences:
William Blair 41st Annual Growth Stock Conference
Date: Tuesday, June 1, 2021
Time: 10:00 am PT
Pure Presenters: Charles Giancarlo, Chairman and CEO and Kevan Krysler, CFO
Pure Participants: Matt Kixmoeller, VP, Strategy and Sanjot Khurana, VP of Investor Relations
Cowen 49th Annual Technology, Media & Telecom Conference
Date: Thursday, June 3, 2021
Pure Participants: Kevan Krysler, CFO, Rob Lee, VP and Chief Architect and Sanjot Khurana, VP of Investor Relations
Bank of America 2021 Global Technology Conference
Date: Tuesday, June 8, 2021
Time: 11:30 am PT
Pure Presenters: Charles Giancarlo, Chairman and CEO and Kevan Krysler, CFO
Pure Participants: Matt Kixmoeller, VP, Strategy and Sanjot Khurana, VP of Investor Relations
The presentations will be webcast live and archived on Pure’s Investor Relations website at investor.purestorage.com.
About Pure Storage
Pure Storage gives technologists their time back. Pure delivers a modern data experience that empowers organizations to run their operations as a true, automated, storage as-a-service model seamlessly across multiple clouds. Pure helps customers put data to use while reducing the complexity and expense of managing the infrastructure behind it. And with a certified customer satisfaction score in the top one percent of B2B companies, Pure's ever-expanding list of customers are among the happiest in the world.
Analyst Recognition
Pure Storage has been named a Leader in the 2020 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Primary Storage Arrays.
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Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements regarding our products, business and operations, including but not limited to our views relating to future period outcomes, our continued momentum and growth potential, the scope and duration of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on our business operations, liquidity and capital resources, employees, customers, supply chain, financial results and the economy, our expectations regarding product and technology differentiation, including our new offerings, strategy and adoption of subscription services, growing customer adoption, the continued success of the Portworx technology, and other statements regarding our products, business, operations and results. Forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties and are based on potentially inaccurate assumptions that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expected or implied by the forward-looking statements.
Actual results may differ materially from the results predicted, and reported results should not be considered as an indication of future performance. The potential risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ from the results predicted include, among others, those risks and uncertainties included under the captions "Risk Factors" and elsewhere in our filings and reports with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which are available on our Investor Relations website at investor.purestorage.com and on the SEC website at www.sec.gov. Additional information is also set forth in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 31, 2021. All information provided in this release and in the attachments is as of May 26, 2021, and Pure undertakes no duty to update this information unless required by law.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
To supplement our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, which are prepared and presented in accordance with GAAP, Pure uses the following non-GAAP financial measures: non-GAAP gross profit, non-GAAP gross margin, non-GAAP operating income (loss), non-GAAP operating margin, non-GAAP net income (loss), non-GAAP net income (loss) per share, and free cash flow.
We use these non-GAAP financial measures for financial and operational decision-making and as a means to evaluate period-to-period comparisons. Our management believes that these non-GAAP financial measures provide meaningful supplemental information regarding our performance and liquidity by excluding certain expenses and expenditures such as stock-based compensation expense, payments to former shareholders of acquired companies, payroll tax expense related to stock-based activities, amortization of debt discount and debt issuance costs related to long-term debt, amortization of intangible assets acquired from acquisitions, acquisition-related transaction and integration expenses, restructuring activities, and expenses directly related to the COVID-19 pandemic that may not be indicative of our ongoing core business operating results. Pure believes that both management and investors benefit from referring to these non-GAAP financial measures in assessing our performance and when analyzing historical performance and liquidity and planning, forecasting, and analyzing future periods. The presentation of these non-GAAP financial measures is not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for our financial results prepared in accordance with GAAP, and our non-GAAP measures may be different from non-GAAP measures used by other companies.
For a reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures to GAAP measures, please see the tables captioned "Reconciliations of non-GAAP results of operations to the nearest comparable GAAP measures" and "Reconciliation from net cash provided by operating activities to free cash flow," included at the end of this release.
Contacts
Sanjot Khurana -- Investor Relations, Pure Storage
ir@purestorage.com
Rena Fallstrom -- Public Relations, Pure Storage
pr@purestorage.com
PURE STORAGE, INC.
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(in thousands, unaudited)
| At the End of | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Quarter of Fiscal 2022 | Fiscal 2021 | |||
| Assets | ||||
| Current assets: | ||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 300,808 | $ | 337,147 |
| Marketable securities | 933,376 | 916,388 | ||
| Accounts receivable, net of allowance of $1,046 and $1,033 | 327,507 | 460,879 | ||
| Inventory | 49,287 | 46,733 | ||
| Deferred commissions, current | 55,212 | 57,183 | ||
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 117,880 | 89,836 | ||
| Total current assets | 1,784,070 | 1,908,166 | ||
| Property and equipment, net | 172,381 | 163,041 | ||
| Operating lease right-of-use-assets | 129,582 | 134,668 | ||
| Deferred commissions, non-current | 130,663 | 130,741 | ||
| Intangible assets, net | 72,351 | 76,648 | ||
| Goodwill | 358,736 | 358,736 | ||
| Restricted cash | 10,544 | 10,544 | ||
| Other assets, non-current | 39,611 | 36,896 | ||
| Total assets | $ | 2,697,938 | $ | 2,819,440 |
| Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity | ||||
| Current liabilities: | ||||
| Accounts payable | $ | 40,563 | $ | 67,530 |
| Accrued compensation and benefits | 84,322 | 160,817 | ||
| Accrued expenses and other liabilities | 52,823 | 61,754 | ||
| Operating lease liabilities, current | 33,886 | 32,231 | ||
| Deferred revenue, current | 458,705 | 438,321 | ||
| Total current liabilities | 670,299 | 760,653 | ||
| Long-term debt | 763,064 | 755,814 | ||
| Operating lease liabilities, non-current | 114,304 | 120,361 | ||
| Deferred revenue, non-current | 407,455 | 405,376 | ||
| Other liabilities, non-current | 27,343 | 27,230 | ||
| Total liabilities | 1,982,465 | 2,069,434 | ||
| Stockholders’ equity: | ||||
| Common stock and additional paid-in capital | 2,359,923 | 2,307,608 | ||
| Accumulated other comprehensive income | 4,768 | 7,410 | ||
| Accumulated deficit | (1,649,218) | (1,565,012) | ||
| Total stockholders' equity | 715,473 | 750,006 | ||
| Total liabilities and stockholders' equity | $ | 2,697,938 | $ | 2,819,440 |
PURE STORAGE, INC.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
(in thousands, except per share data, unaudited)
| First Quarter of Fiscal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2021 | |||
| Revenue: | ||||
| Product | $ | 249,888 | $ | 246,939 |
| Subscription services | 162,819 | 120,180 | ||
| Total revenue | 412,707 | 367,119 | ||
| Cost of revenue: | ||||
| Product (1) | 79,064 | 69,285 | ||
| Subscription services(1) | 51,777 | 41,009 | ||
| Total cost of revenue | 130,841 | 110,294 | ||
| Gross profit | 281,866 | 256,825 | ||
| Operating expenses: | ||||
| Research and development (1) | 131,381 | 112,446 | ||
| Sales and marketing (1) | 183,496 | 173,433 | ||
| General and administrative (1) | 43,146 | 41,125 | ||
| Restructuring and other (2) | — | 14,702 | ||
| Total operating expenses | 358,023 | 341,706 | ||
| Loss from operations | (76,157) | (84,881) | ||
| Other income (expense), net | (4,727) | (3,416) | ||
| Loss before provision for income taxes | (80,884) | (88,297) | ||
| Income tax provision | 3,322 | 2,297 | ||
| Net loss | $ | (84,206) | $ | (90,594) |
| Net loss per share attributable to common stockholders, basic and diluted | $ | (0.30) | $ | (0.34) |
| Weighted-average shares used in computing net loss per share attributable to common stockholders, basic and diluted | 280,331 | 262,935 |
(1) Includes stock-based compensation expense as follows:
| Cost of revenue -- product | $ | 1,347 | $ | 996 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cost of revenue -- subscription services | 4,406 | 3,392 | ||
| Research and development | 30,421 | 28,711 | ||
| Sales and marketing | 16,808 | 16,272 | ||
| General and administrative | 8,352 | 9,323 | ||
| Total stock-based compensation expense | $ | 61,334 | $ | 58,694 |
(2) Includes expenses related to restructuring and incremental expenses directly related to COVID-19
PURE STORAGE, INC.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(in thousands, unaudited)
| First Quarter of Fiscal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2021 | |||
| Cash flows from operating activities | ||||
| Net loss | $ | (84,206) | $ | (90,594) |
| Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating activities: | ||||
| Depreciation and amortization | 18,826 | 15,133 | ||
| Amortization of debt discount and debt issuance costs | 7,403 | 6,936 | ||
| Stock-based compensation expense | 61,334 | 58,694 | ||
| Other | 2,621 | 1,705 | ||
| Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | ||||
| Accounts receivable, net | 133,380 | 109,441 | ||
| Inventory | (3,508) | (1,370) | ||
| Deferred commissions | 2,049 | (3,159) | ||
| Prepaid expenses and other assets | (30,407) | (6,298) | ||
| Operating lease right-of-use assets | 7,581 | 6,706 | ||
| Accounts payable | (24,354) | (14,294) | ||
| Accrued compensation and other liabilities | (84,837) | (49,643) | ||
| Operating lease liabilities | (6,897) | (6,926) | ||
| Deferred revenue | 22,463 | 8,772 | ||
| Net cash provided by operating activities | 21,448 | 35,103 | ||
| Cash flows from investing activities | ||||
| Purchases of property and equipment | (27,829) | (23,782) | ||
| Purchases of marketable securities | (171,563) | (98,161) | ||
| Sales of marketable securities | 85,537 | 17,657 | ||
| Maturities of marketable securities | 65,740 | 95,375 | ||
| Net cash used in investing activities | (48,115) | (8,911) | ||
| Cash flows from financing activities | ||||
| Net proceeds from exercise of stock options | 8,016 | 9,275 | ||
| Proceeds from issuance of common stock under employee stock purchase plan | 17,726 | 16,021 | ||
| Proceeds from borrowings | — | 4,950 | ||
| Repayments of borrowings | (344) | — | ||
| Tax withholding on vesting of equity awards | (5,050) | (1,374) | ||
| Repurchases of common stock | (30,020) | (70,119) | ||
| Net cash used in financing activities | (9,672) | (41,247) | ||
| Net decrease in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash | (36,339) | (15,055) | ||
| Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, beginning of period | 347,691 | 377,922 | ||
| Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, end of period | $ | 311,352 | $ | 362,867 |
Reconciliations of non-GAAP results of operations to the nearest comparable GAAP measures
The following table presents non-GAAP gross margins by revenue source before certain items (in thousands except percentages, unaudited):
| First Quarter of Fiscal 2022 | First Quarter of Fiscal 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GAAP<br>results | GAAP<br>gross<br>margin (a) | Adjustment | Non-<br>GAAP<br>results | Non-<br>GAAP<br>gross<br>margin (b) | GAAP<br>results | GAAP<br>gross<br>margin (a) | Adjustment | Non-<br>GAAP<br>results | Non-<br>GAAP<br>gross<br>margin (b) | |||||||||||||
| $ | 1,347 | (c) | $ | 996 | (c) | |||||||||||||||||
| 78 | (d) | 36 | (d) | |||||||||||||||||||
| — | 438 | (e) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3,067 | (f) | 2,004 | (f) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Gross profit --product | $ | 170,824 | 68.4 | % | $ | 4,492 | $ | 175,316 | 70.2 | % | $ | 177,654 | 71.9 | % | $ | 3,474 | $ | 181,128 | 73.3 | % | ||
| $ | 4,406 | (c) | $ | 3,392 | (c) | |||||||||||||||||
| 243 | (d) | 99 | (d) | |||||||||||||||||||
| — | 190 | (e) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 24 | (g) | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Gross profit -- subscription services | $ | 111,042 | 68.2 | % | $ | 4,673 | $ | 115,715 | 71.1 | % | $ | 79,171 | 65.9 | % | $ | 3,681 | $ | 82,852 | 68.9 | % | ||
| $ | 5,753 | (c) | $ | 4,388 | (c) | |||||||||||||||||
| 321 | (d) | 135 | (d) | |||||||||||||||||||
| — | 628 | (e) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3,067 | (f) | 2,004 | (f) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 24 | (g) | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total gross profit | $ | 281,866 | 68.3 | % | $ | 9,165 | $ | 291,031 | 70.5 | % | $ | 256,825 | 70.0 | % | $ | 7,155 | $ | 263,980 | 71.9 | % |
(a) GAAP gross margin is defined as GAAP gross profit divided by revenue.
(b) Non-GAAP gross margin is defined as non-GAAP gross profit divided by revenue.
(c) To eliminate stock-based compensation expense.
(d) To eliminate payroll tax expense related to stock-based activities.
(e) To eliminate expenses directly related to COVID-19 pandemic including hazard pay premiums.
(f) To eliminate amortization expense of acquired intangible assets.
(g) To eliminate payments to former shareholders of acquired company.
The following table presents certain non-GAAP consolidated results before certain items (in thousands, except per share amounts and percentages, unaudited):
| First Quarter of Fiscal 2022 | First Quarter of Fiscal 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GAAP<br>results | GAAP<br>operating<br>margin (a) | Adjustment | Non-GAAPresults | Non-<br>GAAP<br>operating<br>margin (b) | GAAP<br>results | GAAP<br>operating<br>margin (a) | Adjustment | Non-<br>GAAP<br>results | Non-<br>GAAP<br>operating<br>margin (b) | ||||||||||||
| $ | 61,334 | (c) | $ | 58,694 | (c) | ||||||||||||||||
| 5,675 | (d) | 1,872 | (d) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3,791 | (e) | 1,623 | (e) | ||||||||||||||||||
| — | 9,531 | (f) | |||||||||||||||||||
| — | 5,799 | (g) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3,600 | (h) | 2,004 | (h) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2,043 | (i) | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| Operating Income (loss) | $ | (76,157) | -18.5 | % | $ | 76,443 | 0.1 | % | $ | (84,881) | -23.1 | % | $ | 79,523 | $ | (5,358) | -1.5 | % | |||
| $ | 61,334 | (c) | $ | 58,694 | (c) | ||||||||||||||||
| 5,675 | (d) | 1,872 | (d) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3,791 | (e) | 1,623 | (e) | ||||||||||||||||||
| — | 9,531 | (f) | |||||||||||||||||||
| — | 5,799 | (g) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3,600 | (h) | 2,004 | (h) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2,043 | (i) | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| 7,403 | (j) | 6,936 | (j) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Net loss | $ | (84,206) | $ | 83,846 | $ | (90,594) | $ | 86,459 | $ | (4,135) | |||||||||||
| Net loss per share -- basic and diluted | $ | (0.30) | (0.00) | $ | (0.34) | $ | (0.02) | ||||||||||||||
| Weighted-average shares used in per share calculation -- basic and diluted | 280,331 | 280,331 | 262,935 | 262,935 |
All values are in US Dollars.
(a) GAAP operating margin is defined as GAAP operating loss divided by revenue.
(b) Non-GAAP operating margin is defined as non-GAAP operating loss divided by revenue.
(c) To eliminate stock-based compensation expense.
(d) To eliminate payments to former shareholders of acquired companies.
(e) To eliminate payroll tax expense related to stock-based activities.
(f) To eliminate expenses directly related to COVID-19 pandemic. These expenses included marketing commitments no longer deemed to have value and hazard pay premiums.
(g) To eliminate restructuring expenses resulting from workforce reduction in February 2020.
(h) To eliminate amortization expense of acquired intangible assets.
(i) To eliminate acquisition-related transaction and integration expenses.
(j) To eliminate amortization expense of debt discount and debt issuance costs related to our long-term debt.
Reconciliation from net cash provided by operating activities to free cash flow (in thousands except percentages, unaudited):
| First Quarter of Fiscal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2021 | |||
| Net cash provided by operating activities | $ | 21,448 | $ | 35,103 |
| Less: purchases of property and equipment | (27,829) | (23,782) | ||
| Free cash flow (non-GAAP) | $ | (6,381) | $ | 11,321 |
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