TMCnet News
Ultimate Reports Q2 2015 Financial ResultsUltimate Software (Nasdaq: ULTI), a leading provider of Human Capital Management (HCM) solutions in the cloud, announced today its financial results for the second quarter of 2015. For the quarter ended June 30, 2015, Ultimate reported recurring revenues of $124.4 million, a 22% increase, and total revenues of $147.2 million, a 21% increase, both compared with 2014's second quarter. GAAP net income for the second quarter of 2015 was $3.7 million, or $0.12 per diluted share, as compared with GAAP net income of $6.4 million, or $0.22 per diluted share, for the second quarter of 2014. Non-GAAP net income for the second quarter of 2015, which excludes stock-based compensation expense and amortization of acquired intangible assets, was $18.4 million, or $0.62 per diluted share. Non-GAAP net income for the second quarter of 2014, on a comparable basis, was $13.4 million, or $0.46 per diluted share. See "Use of Non-GAAP Financial Information" below. "We executed in all areas of our 2015 second-quarter plan, and these results position us well to achieve our 2015 and future goals. Recurring revenues increased by 22% to $124 million and total revenues by 21% to $147 million, both compared with the second quarter of 2014, and our non-GAAP operating margin was above our target at 20%. At the same time, our customer retention rate continued to remain higher than 96% for the trailing 12 months ending June 30, 2015," said Scott Scherr, founder, president and CEO of Ultimate. "We are honored that third-parties have recognized our achievements in recent months. Forbes ranked Ultimate #7 on its 2015 list of the 'Most Innovative Growth Companies;' FORTUNE ranked us #6 on its list of the "100 Best Workplaces for Millennials in the U.S.;" InformationWeek named us to its Elite 100, a list of the top business technology innovators in the United States; and Nucleus Research once again recognized Ultimate's leadership status in its 2015 HCM Value Matrix. Also, the users of our solutions were responsible for identifying Ultimate as one of two leaders in G2 Crowd's Core HR grid and as #1 in Customer Satisfaction and Market Presence." Ultimate's financial results teleconference will be held today, July 28, 2015, at 5:00 p.m. Eastern time, through Vcall at http://www.investorcalendar.com/IC/CEPage.asp?ID=173509. The call will be available for replay at the same address beginning at 9:00 p.m. Eastern time today. Windows Media Player software is required to listen to the call and can be downloaded from the site. Forward-looking information about future company performance will be discussed during the teleconference call. Financial Highlights
Stock Repurchases During the six months ended June 30, 2015, we used $30.7 million to acquire 185,469 shares of our $0.01 par value common stock ("Common Stock") under our previously announced stock repurchase plan ("Stock Repurchase Plan"), and we used $10.8 million to acquire 65,013 shares of our Common Stock to settle employees' tax withholding obligations associated with their restricted stock that vested during the period. We have 597,905 shares available for repurchase under our Stock Repurchase Plan. Financial Outlook Ultimate provides the following financial guidance for the third quarter ending September 30, 2015, and full year 2015: For the third quarter of 2015:
For the year 2015:
Operating margin expectations were determined on a non-GAAP basis using the methodologies identified under the caption "Use of Non-GAAP Financial Information" in this press release. Forward-Looking Statements Certain statements in this press release are, and certain statements on the teleconference call may be, forward-looking statements within the meaning provided under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements are made only as of the date hereof. These statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause Ultimate's actual results to differ materially from those stated or implied by such forward-looking statements, including risks and uncertainties associated with fluctuations in Ultimate's quarterly operating results, concentration of Ultimate's product offerings, development risks involved with new products and technologies, competition, contract renewals with business partners, compliance by our customers with the terms of their contracts with us, and other factors disclosed in Ultimate's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Ultimate undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. About Ultimate Software Ultimate is a leading provider of cloud-based human capital management (HCM) solutions, with more than 20 million people records in the cloud. Ultimate's award-winning UltiPro delivers HR, payroll, talent, and time and labor management solutions that connect people with the information they need to work more effectively. Founded in 1990, the company is headquartered in Weston, Florida, and employs more than 2,600 professionals. In 2015, for the fourth consecutive year, Ultimate was ranked in the top 25 on FORTUNE's list of the 100 Best Companies to Work For; recognized for the third year in a row as one of Achievers' 50 Most Engaged Workplaces™ in North America; ranked #7 on Forbes magazine's list of the 100 Most Innovative Growth Companies; named among the InformationWeek Elite 100, honoring innovation in business technology; and recognized as a "Leader" in Nucleus Research's HCM Technology Value Matrix. Ultimate has more than 2,800 customers with employees in 160 countries, including Bloomin' Brands, Culligan International, Major League Baseball, Pep Boys, Texas Roadhouse, and Yamaha Corporation of America. More information on Ultimate's products and services for people management can be found at www.ultimatesoftware.com. UltiPro is a registered trademark of The Ultimate Software Group, Inc. All other trademarks referenced are the property of their respective owners.
The following table sets forth the stock-based compensation expense resulting from stock-based arrangements (excluding the income tax effect, or "gross") and the amortization of acquired intangibles that are recorded in Ultimate's unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income for the periods indicated (in thousands):
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Information This press release contains non-GAAP financial measures. Ultimate believes that non-GAAP measures of financial results provide useful information to management and investors regarding certain financial and business trends relating to Ultimate's financial condition and results of operations. Ultimate's management uses these non-GAAP results to compare Ultimate's performance to that of prior periods for trend analyses, for purposes of determining executive incentive compensation, and for budget and planning purposes. These measures are used in monthly financial reports prepared for management and in quarterly financial reports presented to Ultimate's Board of Directors. These measures may be different from non-GAAP financial measures used by other companies. These non-GAAP measures should not be considered in isolation or as an alternative to such measures determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (GAAP). The principal limitation of these non-GAAP financial measures is that they exclude significant expenses that are required by GAAP to be recorded. In addition, they are subject to inherent limitations as they reflect the exercise of judgment by management about which expenses are excluded from the non-GAAP financial measures. To compensate for these limitations, Ultimate presents its non-GAAP financial measures in connection with its GAAP results. Ultimate strongly urges investors and potential investors in Ultimate's securities to review the reconciliation of its non-GAAP financial measures to the comparable GAAP financial measures that are included in this press release (under the caption "Unaudited Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures to GAAP Financial Measures") and not to rely on any single financial measure to evaluate its business. Ultimate presents the following non-GAAP financial measures in this press release: non-GAAP operating income, non-GAAP operating income, as a percentage of total revenues (or non-GAAP operating margin), non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP net income, per diluted share. We exclude the following items from these non-GAAP financial measures as appropriate: Stock-based compensation expense. Ultimate's non-GAAP financial measures exclude stock-based compensation expense, which consists of expenses for stock options and stock and stock unit awards recorded in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification 718, "Compensation - Stock Compensation." For the three and six months ended June 30, 2015, stock-based compensation expense was $21.8 million and $37.9 million, respectively, on a pre-tax basis. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2014, stock-based compensation expense was $11.2 million and $22.0 million, respectively, on a pre-tax basis. Stock-based compensation expense is excluded from the non-GAAP financial measures because it is a non-cash expense that Ultimate does not consider part of ongoing operations when assessing its financial performance. Ultimate believes that such exclusion facilitates the comparison of results of ongoing operations for current and future periods with such results from past periods. For GAAP net income periods, non-GAAP reconciliations are calculated on a diluted weighted average share basis. Amortization of acquired intangible assets. In accordance with GAAP, operating expenses include amortization of acquired intangible assets over the estimated useful lives of such assets. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2015, the amortization of acquired intangible assets was $0.3 million and $0.5 million, respectively. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2014, the amortization of acquired intangible assets was $0.3 million and $0.6 million, respectively. Amortization of acquired intangible assets is excluded from Ultimate's non-GAAP financial measures because it is a non-cash expense that Ultimate does not consider part of ongoing operations when assessing its financial performance. Ultimate believes that such exclusion facilitates comparisons to its historical operating results and to the results of other companies in the same industry, which have their own unique acquisition histories.
View source version on businesswire.com: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150728006716/en/ |