MicroStrategy Announces Second Quarter 2006 Financial Results
Second Quarter Revenue Up 13% Year-Over-Year
MCLEAN, Va., (July 27, 2006) –
MicroStrategy(R) Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced financial results for the three-month period ended June 30, 2006 (the second quarter of its 2006 fiscal year).
Second quarter 2006 revenue was $74.1 million versus $65.4 million for the second quarter of 2005, a 13% increase. This marked the fourteenth consecutive quarter of year-over-year revenue growth. Product support and other services revenue for the second quarter of 2006 was $51.0 million versus $41.2 million for the second quarter of 2005, a 24% increase. Product licenses revenue for the second quarter of 2006 was $23.1 million versus $24.3 million for the second quarter of 2005, a 5% decrease.
Operating expenses for the second quarter of 2006 were $39.8 million versus $33.4 million for the second quarter of 2005, a 19% increase which resulted primarily from an increase in worldwide employee headcount and includes approximately $417,000 in stock option compensation expense in connection with the implementation of the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s Statement of Financial Accounting Standards Number 123(R) as of January 1st, 2006. The increase in second quarter operating expenses reflects continued expansion of our worldwide sales and services organization and administrative and IT support functions. Second quarter 2006 income from operations increased by 3% to $23.7 million, or 32% of revenue, versus $23.0 million, or 35% of revenue, for the second quarter of 2005. Net income for the second quarter of 2006 was $16.6 million, or $1.21 per share on a diluted basis.
During the second quarter of 2006, MicroStrategy repurchased 528,300 shares of its class A common stock for $54.0 million at an average price per share of $102.24, including broker commissions. As of June 30, 2006, MicroStrategy had $46.9 million in cash and cash equivalents and 9,583,470 shares of class A common stock and 3,227,573 shares of class B common stock outstanding.
“Our worldwide services business led the way in the quarter with impressive growth, providing a strong financial and operational foundation that allowed us to expand our global presence and make further investments in our products,” said Arthur S. Locke, III, MicroStrategy’s Vice President, Finance & Chief Financial Officer. “We are pleased with the balance achieved during the second quarter, as we generated an operating income margin of 32% while expanding our worldwide sales and services organization.”
New Customers and New Deals with Existing Customers in Q2 2006 included:
21st Century Insurance, American Healthways, Apria Healthcare, Cascade Corporation, Catalina Marketing Corporation, David’s Bridal, Fieldstone Mortgage, The First American Financial Corporation, GERS Retail Systems, Guy Carpenter, Hard Rock Cafe, Iridium Satellite LLC, ITT Industries, KeySpan Corporate Services LLC, Meijer Great Lakes Limited Partnership, Morguard Corporation, N.E.W. Corp., National Institutes of Health (NIH), Network Solutions, New Plan Excel Realty Trust, Inc., New York & Company, Inc., NEXCOM, Payless ShoeSource Worldwide, Inc., Porsche Cars North America, ProcessMAP Corporation, Rewards Network Services Inc., Rite-Hite Corporation, SOCAN, Transportation Security Administration, Unisource Administrators, Inc., United States Geological Survey, Universal Studios Hollywood, US Department of State, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A, and Wyeth.
Examples of Customer Deals from Q2 2006:
ProcessMAP Corporation
A new MicroStrategy customer, ProcessMAP Corporation is a leading provider of end-to-end software solutions in environmental, health and safety (EH&S) information management. ProcessMAP provides a suite of applications, anchored by MicroStrategy, that help customers better manage EH&S compliance data, risk management data, and performance data. ProcessMAP has integrated MicroStrategy to allow customers to analyze a wide range of EH&S information such as key EH&S metrics, scorecards and performance indicators; injury/illness incident rates, trends and root causes; behavioral safety data; waste; energy consumptions and Greenhouse Gas emissions; corporate EH&S compliance and ISO 14001/OHSAS 18001 audit data; and industrial hygiene data. The ProcessMAP solution enables customers to establish enterprise-wide consistency in data management as well as monitor regulatory compliance, increase productivity, streamline business processes and enhance organizational transparency.
Rite-Hite Corporation
Rite-Hite Corporation, headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is a world-wide leader in the development, manufacture and sale of loading dock safety systems and industrial door solutions. Using MicroStrategy, Rite-Hite recently introduced a new scorecard for executives, which provides a snapshot of critical company information such as forecasted revenue and balance sheet analysis. Monitoring business performance using MicroStrategy’s “at-a-glance” scorecards gives Rite-Hite users timely insights into key business metrics. Rite-Hite also uses MicroStrategy to streamline and automate its planning data to make more strategic and analytically-based decisions.
Iridium Satellite LLC
Iridium Satellite LLC, a global supplier of mobile satellite communications services, selected MicroStrategy to provide improved sales and customer data reporting, and enhanced analysis of marketing programs. A new MicroStrategy customer, Iridium plans to use MicroStrategy to leverage its historical subscriber and network usage data to improve customer retention and better understand the geographic distribution of its products and services, as well as the market segments it serves. Using MicroStrategy, Iridium executives will be able to monitor the company’s marketing and sales performance via real-time dashboards, and Iridium marketing analysts can more accurately understand the existing Iridium subscriber base and better tailor marketing initiatives for its various market segments.
MicroStrategy 8 Enhancements:
During the second quarter of 2006, MicroStrategy announced that IBM WebSphere(R) Information Integrator was certified to interoperate with MicroStrategy 8. This interoperability is another milestone in the long-standing relationship between IBM and MicroStrategy. The combination of MicroStrategy and IBM WebSphere Information Integrator technology enables companies to seamlessly derive critical business insights from multiple, heterogeneous data sources. MicroStrategy also announced that it certified Sybase(R) Avaki(R) Enterprise Information Integration (EII) software on the MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform(TM). With the certification of Sybase Avaki EII, MicroStrategy 8 extends its heterogeneous database access capability to include Web services data sources and file-based data stores.
MicroStrategy recently expanded its relationship with Microsoft by extending MicroStrategy 8 access to multidimensional data sources with support for Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services. MicroStrategy 8 uses the industry standards of Web Services and XML for Analysis (XMLA) to connect to SQL Server Analysis Services. MicroStrategy’s support for SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services will allow customers to report and analyze Analysis Services data and join it with data from other sources, enabling deeper insights to uncover problems and trends previously unseen. This support expands MicroStrategy’s integration points with Microsoft, including Microsoft SQL Server 2005, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server, and the Microsoft Windows operating systems.
MicroStrategy 2006 Symposia Series:
MicroStrategy continued its 2006 Symposia series with the Summer Symposia held in London, July 10-12, and New York City, July 17-19. These events provide a collaborative forum for attendees to exchange ideas with peers and industry experts, learn BI success strategies from leading companies in their industries, and gain valuable insights from MicroStrategy’s technology leaders. At both events, MicroStrategy customers presented case studies demonstrating their deployed enterprise BI applications using MicroStrategy. Customer speakers at the London Symposium included Deutsche Bank, Virgin Retail, Amlin, and Finansbank. At the New York City Summer Symposium, customer speakers included representatives from Lowe’s Companies, Yahoo!, Bank of America, and MetLife. Upcoming 2006 Symposia will be held in Sao Paulo, Brazil, September 11-13; Chicago, October 9-11; and Rome, October 16-18.
MicroStrategy Customer Recognition:
Four MicroStrategy customers were recognized as Laureates by the Computerworld Honors Program at an awards event held in Washington, D.C. in June. Consip (the IT branch of Italy’s Ministry of the Economy and Finance), NBC Universal, Ohio Department of Education, and Receita Federal (Brazil’s Federal Revenue and Customs Administration) were selected for their noteworthy use of business intelligence technology. Established in 1988, The Computerworld Honors Program brings together the principals of leading information technology companies to recognize and document the achievements of the men, women, organizations and institutions around the world, whose visionary applications of information technology promote positive social, economic and educational change.
About MicroStrategy Incorporated
Founded in 1989, MicroStrategy is a global leader in business intelligence (BI) technology. MicroStrategy provides integrated reporting, analysis, and monitoring software that helps leading organizations worldwide make better business decisions every day. Companies choose MicroStrategy for its advanced technical capabilities, sophisticated analytics, and superior data and user scalability. More information about MicroStrategy (Nasdaq: MSTR) is available at http://www.microstrategy.com.
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This press release may include statements that may constitute “forward-looking statements,” including estimates of future business prospects or financial results and statements containing the words “believe,” “estimate,” “project,” “expect” or similar expressions. Forward-looking statements inherently involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results of MicroStrategy Incorporated and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. Factors that could contribute to such differences include: the ability of the Company to implement and achieve widespread customer acceptance of its MicroStrategy 8 software on a timely basis; the Company’s ability to recognize deferred revenue through delivery of products or satisfactory performance of services; continued acceptance of the Company’s products in the marketplace; the timing of significant orders; delays in the Company’s ability to develop or ship new products; market acceptance of new products; competitive factors; general economic conditions; currency fluctuations; and other risks detailed in the Company’s registration statements and periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. By making these forward-looking statements, the Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes after the date of this release.
MICROSTRATEGY INCORPORATED
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(in thousands, except per share data)
Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
June 30, June 30,
2006 2005 2006 2005
(unaudited) (unaudited)
Revenues
Product licenses $23,111 $24,255 $46,244 $46,066
Product support and other services 50,995 41,182 97,360 79,357
Total revenues 74,106 65,437 143,604 125,423
Cost of Revenues
Product licenses 592 918 1,296 2,195
Product support and other services 10,039 8,179 18,869 15,595
Total cost of revenues 10,631 9,097 20,165 17,790
Gross profit 63,475 56,340 123,439 107,633
Operating Expenses
Sales and marketing 20,313 16,533 40,282 33,767
Research and development 8,732 8,061 16,981 15,279
General and administrative 10,716 8,773 21,466 17,125
Amortization of intangible assets 18 18 36 36
Total operating expenses 39,779 33,385 78,765 66,207
Income from operations 23,696 22,955 44,674 41,426
Financing and Other Income
Interest income 667 721 1,530 1,593
Interest expense (19) (17) (51) (32)
Loss on investments – (149) – (131)
Other income (expense), net (515) 1,157 (667) 1,415
Total financing and other income 133 1,712 812 2,845
Income before income taxes 23,829 24,667 45,486 44,271
Provision for income taxes 7,271 7,080 13,935 11,631
Net income $16,558 $17,587 $31,551 $32,640
Basic earnings per share $1.27 $1.16 $2.37 $2.08
Diluted earnings per share $1.21 $1.12 $2.26 $1.99
Basic weighted average shares
outstanding 13,024 15,149 13,295 15,683
Diluted weighted average shares
outstanding 13,678 15,767 13,990 16,363
MICROSTRATEGY INCORPORATED
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(in thousands, except per share data)
June 30, December 31,
2006 2005
Assets (unaudited) (audited)
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents $46,940 $42,318
Restricted cash and investments 5,225 5,076
Short-term investments 22 53,761
Accounts receivable, net 34,069 43,052
Prepaid expenses and other current
assets 7,490 6,209
Deferred tax assets, net 25,954 22,971
Total current assets 119,700 173,387
Property and equipment, net 10,937 12,031
Capitalized software development
costs, net 2,608 3,669
Deposits and other assets 1,923 2,293
Deferred tax assets, net 73,278 86,393
Total assets $208,446 $277,773
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
Current liabilities
Accounts payable and accrued
expenses $17,942 $19,550
Accrued compensation and employee
benefits 21,925 27,258
Deferred revenue and advance
payments 58,794 45,874
Total current liabilities 98,661 92,682
Deferred revenue and advance
payments 1,451 1,554
Other long-term liabilities 2,330 2,815
Total liabilities 102,442 97,051
Stockholders’ Equity:
Preferred stock undesignated;
$0.001 par value; 5,000 shares
authorized; no shares issued or
outstanding – –
Class A common stock; $0.001 par
value; 330,000 shares authorized;
13,422 shares issued and 9,583
shares
outstanding, and 13,270 shares
issued and 10,595 shares
outstanding, respectively 13 13
Class B common stock; $0.001 par
value; 165,000 shares authorized;
3,228 and 3,258 shares
issued and outstanding,
respectively 3 3
Additional paid-in capital 434,215 428,062
Treasury stock, at cost; 3,839 and
2,675 shares, respectively (249,625) (136,817)
Accumulated other comprehensive
income 2,703 2,318
Accumulated deficit (81,305) (112,857)
Total stockholders’ equity 106,004 180,722
Total liabilities and stockholders’
equity $208,446 $277,773
MICROSTRATEGY INCORPORATED
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(in thousands)
Six months ended
June 30,
2006 2005
(unaudited) (unaudited)
Operating activities:
Net income $31,551 $32,640
Adjustments to reconcile net income
to net cash provided by operating
activities:
Depreciation and amortization $3,886 4,521
Bad debt provision (recovery) 656 (49)
Deferred taxes 11,981 9,592
Stock-based compensation 821 –
Excess tax benefits from stock-
based payment arrangements (2,214) –
Other, net 50 (347)
Changes in operating assets and
liabilities:
Accounts receivable 9,444 7,444
Prepaid expenses and other
current assets (1,074) 1,058
Deposits and other assets 391 292
Accounts payable and accrued
expenses, compensation
and employee benefits (8,055) (8,743)
Deferred revenue and advance payments 11,853 5,932
Other long-term liabilities (273) (183)
Net cash provided by
operating activities 59,017 52,157
Investing activities:
Proceeds from maturities of short-
term investments 106,691 114,110
Purchases of short-term investments (52,924) (49,293)
Purchases of property and
equipment, net (1,622) (881)
Capitalized software development
costs – (926)
Increase in restricted cash and
investments (97) (4,845)
Net cash provided by
investing activities 52,048 58,165
Financing activities:
Proceeds from sale of class A
common stock under employee
stock purchase plan and exercise
of employee stock options 2,758 2,952
Excess tax benefits from stock-
based payment arrangements 2,214 –
Purchases of treasury stock (112,807) (127,562)
Net cash used in financing
activities (107,835) (124,610)
Effect of foreign exchange
rate changes on cash and
cash equivalents 1,392 (3,394)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and
cash equivalents 4,622 (17,682)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning
of period 42,318 68,314
Cash and cash equivalents, end of
period $46,940 $50,632
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