Veeva Announces Fiscal 2024 Second Quarter Results

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Aug 30, 2023

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Total Revenues of $590.2M, up 10% Year Over Year;
Subscription Services Revenues of $470.6M, up 10% Year Over Year

PLEASANTON, Calif., Aug. 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Veeva Systems Inc. (NYSE: VEEV), a leading provider of industry cloud solutions for the global life sciences industry, today announced results for its second quarter ended July 31, 2023.

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"We had a great quarter with progress across the board that was particularly significant in CRM and clinical," said CEO Peter Gassner. "Thanks to our customers for your partnership and to the Veeva team for your continued focus on customer success and product excellence."

Fiscal 2024 Second Quarter Results:

  • Revenues: Total revenues for the second quarter were $590.2 million, up from $534.2 million one year ago, an increase of 10% year over year. Subscription services revenues for the second quarter were $470.6 million, up from $428.6 million one year ago, an increase of 10% year over year.
  • Operating Income and Non-GAAP Operating Income(1): Second quarter operating income was $104.0 million, compared to $101.1 million one year ago, an increase of 3% year over year. Non-GAAP operating income for the second quarter was $211.9 million, compared to $202.0 million one year ago, an increase of 5% year over year.
  • Net Income and Non-GAAP Net Income(1): Second quarter net income was $111.6 million, compared to $90.6 million one year ago, an increase of 23% year over year. Non-GAAP net income for the second quarter was $198.0 million, compared to $166.2 million one year ago, an increase of 19% year over year.
  • Net Income per Share and Non-GAAP Net Income per Share(1): For the second quarter, fully diluted net income per share was $0.68, compared to $0.56 one year ago, while non-GAAP fully diluted net income per share was $1.21, compared to $1.03 one year ago.
  • Customer Contracting Change: The previously announced customer contracting change that standardized termination for convenience (TFC) rights in our master subscription agreements went into effect on February 1, 2023. This resulted in a change in the timing of revenue for certain customer contracts to which a TFC right was added and reduced revenues, operating income and non-GAAP operating income, and net income and non-GAAP net income in the second quarter.

"In the second quarter, we delivered strong financial performance across the board including results ahead of all guided metrics," said CFO Brent Bowman. "We are executing well and our proven operating model will continue to drive strong growth and profitability well into the future."

Recent Highlights:

  • Veeva Announces Vault CRM Milestones — Veeva recently announced the first Vault CRM customer win, less than a year since announcing the migration of its market leading Veeva CRM solution to the Veeva Vault Platform. Vault CRM is now planned for general availability in April 2024 and will be the go-forward product for all new customers at that point. The next generation of CRM for the life sciences industry, Vault CRM will include all the functionality of Veeva CRM and new omnichannel capabilities, including Vault CRM Service Center.
  • Leading in Clinical with Innovation and Product Excellence — Veeva is helping the life sciences industry deliver clinical excellence by connecting sponsors, research sites, and patients. Companies are looking for a unified platform that is tightly integrated across clinical operations and clinical data management to speed clinical execution. Veeva Vault Clinical has more than 500 customers, including 85 that have selected applications from both Veeva Vault Clinical Operations and Veeva Vault Clinical Data Management.

Financial Outlook:

Veeva is providing guidance for its fiscal third quarter ending October 31, 2023 as follows:

  • Total revenues between $614 and $616 million.
  • Non-GAAP operating income between $223 and $225 million(2).
  • Non-GAAP fully diluted net income per share between $1.26 and $1.27(2).

Veeva is providing updated guidance for its fiscal year ending January 31, 2024 as follows:

  • Total revenues between $2,365 and $2,370 million.
  • Non-GAAP operating income of about $820 million(2).
  • Non-GAAP fully diluted net income per share of approximately $4.68(2).

Veeva is reiterating guidance for its fiscal year ending January 31, 2025 for the following metrics:

  • Total revenues of at least $2,800 million.
  • Non-GAAP operating income of at least $1,000 million(2).

Conference Call Information

Prepared remarks and an investor presentation providing additional information and analysis can be found on Veeva's investor relations website at ir.veeva.com. Veeva will host a Q&A conference call at 2:00 p.m. PT today, August 30, 2023, and a replay of the call will be available on Veeva's investor relations website.

What:

Veeva Systems Fiscal 2024 Second Quarter Results Conference Call

When:

Wednesday, August 30, 2023

Time:

2:00 p.m. PT (5:00 p.m. ET)

Online Registration:

https://conferencingportals.com/event/badXudFz

Webcast:

ir.veeva.com

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(1) This press release uses non-GAAP financial metrics that are adjusted for the impact of various GAAP items. See the section titled "Non-GAAP Financial Measures" and the tables entitled "Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Measures" below for details.

(2) Veeva is not able, at this time, to provide GAAP targets for operating income and fully diluted net income per share for the third fiscal quarter ending October 31, 2023, the fiscal year ending January 31, 2024, or the fiscal year ending January 31, 2025, because of the difficulty of estimating certain items excluded from non-GAAP operating income and non-GAAP fully diluted net income per share that cannot be reasonably predicted, such as charges related to stock-based compensation expense. The effect of these excluded items may be significant.

About Veeva Systems
Veeva is the global leader in cloud software for the life sciences industry. Committed to innovation, product excellence, and customer success, Veeva serves more than 1,000 customers, ranging from the world's largest pharmaceutical companies to emerging biotechs. As a Public Benefit Corporation, Veeva is committed to balancing the interests of all stakeholders, including customers, employees, shareholders and the industries it serves. For more information, visit veeva.com.

Veeva uses its ir.veeva.com website as a means of disclosing material non-public information, announcing upcoming investor conferences, and for complying with its disclosure obligations under Regulation FD. Accordingly, you should monitor our investor relations website in addition to following our press releases, SEC filings, and public conference calls and webcasts.

Forward-looking Statements
This release contains forward-looking statements regarding Veeva's expected future performance and, in particular, includes quotes from management and guidance, provided as of August 30, 2023, about Veeva's expected future financial results. Estimating guidance accurately for future periods is difficult. It involves assumptions and internal estimates that may prove to be incorrect and is based on plans that may change. Hence, there is a significant risk that actual results could differ materially from the guidance we have provided in this release and we have no obligation to update such guidance. There are also numerous risks that have the potential to negatively impact our financial performance, including issues related to the performance, security, or privacy of our products, competitive factors, customer decisions and priorities, events that impact the life sciences industry, general macroeconomic and geopolitical events (including inflationary pressures, changes in interest rates, currency exchange fluctuations, changes in applicable laws and regulations, and impacts related to Russia's invasion of Ukraine), and issues that impact our ability to hire, retain and adequately compensate talented employees. We have summarized what we believe are the principal risks to our business in a section titled "Summary of Risk Factors" on pages 37 and 38 in our filing on Form 10-Q for the period ended April 30, 2023 which you can find here. Additional details on the risks and uncertainties that may impact our business can be found in the same filing on Form 10-Q and in our subsequent SEC filings, which you can access at sec.gov. We recommend that you familiarize yourself with these risks and uncertainties before making an investment decision.

Investor Relations Contact:
Gunnar Hansen
Veeva Systems Inc.
267-460-5839
[email protected]

Media Contact:
Maria Scurry
Veeva Systems Inc.
781-366-7617
[email protected]

VEEVA SYSTEMS INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)

July 31,
2023

January 31,
2023

Assets

Current assets:

Cash and cash equivalents

$ 742,607

$ 886,465

Short-term investments

3,126,132

2,216,163

Accounts receivable, net

379,066

703,055

Unbilled accounts receivable

37,541

82,174

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

76,407

81,456

Total current assets

4,361,753

3,969,313

Property and equipment, net

56,937

49,817

Deferred costs, net

22,463

31,825

Lease right-of-use assets

51,059

55,336

Goodwill

439,877

439,877

Intangible assets, net

72,825

82,476

Deferred income taxes

184,331

136,697

Other long-term assets

38,898

38,955

Total assets

$ 5,228,143

$ 4,804,296

Liabilities and stockholders' equity

Current liabilities:

Accounts payable

$ 49,932

$ 41,678

Accrued compensation and benefits

48,296

44,282

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities

32,431

35,306

Income tax payable

24,143

4,946

Deferred revenue

836,500

869,285

Lease liabilities

10,652

11,306

Total current liabilities

1,001,954

1,006,803

Deferred income taxes

1,283

1,492

Lease liabilities, noncurrent

47,853

49,670

Other long-term liabilities

24,410

30,079

Total liabilities

1,075,500

1,088,044

Stockholders' equity:

Class A common stock

2

2

Class B common stock

—

—

Additional paid-in capital

1,729,123

1,532,627

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

(34,383)

(31,129)

Retained earnings

2,457,901

2,214,752

Total stockholders' equity

4,152,643

3,716,252

Total liabilities and stockholders' equity

$ 5,228,143

$ 4,804,296

VEEVA SYSTEMS INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(In thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)

Three months ended July
31,

Six months ended July
31,

2023

2022

2023

2022

Revenues:

Subscription services(3)

$ 470,637

$ 428,649

$ 885,183

$ 831,281

Professional services and other(4)

119,588

105,569

231,367

208,039

Total revenues

590,225

534,218

1,116,550

1,039,320

Cost of revenues(5):

Cost of subscription services

71,169

64,035

138,744

122,988

Cost of professional services and other

97,849

87,634

196,937

168,196

Total cost of revenues

169,018

151,669

335,681

291,184

Gross profit

421,207

382,549

780,869

748,136

Operating expenses(5):

Research and development

157,228

134,008

304,188

247,483

Sales and marketing

96,995

89,617

185,498

165,732

General and administrative

62,935

57,832

125,604

106,157

Total operating expenses

317,158

281,457

615,290

519,372

Operating income

104,049

101,092

165,579

228,764

Other income, net

38,826

8,398

69,074

11,107

Income before income taxes

142,875

109,490

234,653

239,871

Income tax provision (benefit)

31,247

18,889

(8,496)

49,155

Net income

$ 111,628

$ 90,601

$ 243,149

$ 190,716

Net income per share:

Basic

$ 0.70

$ 0.58

$ 1.52

$ 1.23

Diluted

$ 0.68

$ 0.56

$ 1.49

$ 1.17

Weighted-average shares used to compute net income per share:

Basic

160,396

154,951

160,129

154,736

Diluted

163,284

162,132

162,989

162,499

Other comprehensive income:

Net change in unrealized loss on available-for-sale investments

$ (8,891)

$ (2,224)

$ (3,463)

$ (13,223)

Net change in cumulative foreign currency translation gain (loss)

267

(900)

209

(2,154)

Comprehensive income

$ 103,004

$ 87,477

$ 239,895

$ 175,339

(3) Includes subscription services revenues from the following product areas:

Veeva Commercial Solutions

$ 243,430

$ 236,356

$ 482,754

$ 464,080

Veeva R&D Solutions

227,207

192,293

402,429

367,201

Total subscription services

$ 470,637

$ 428,649

$ 885,183

$ 831,281

(4) Includes professional services and other revenues from the following product areas:

Veeva Commercial Solutions

$ 47,319

$ 44,424

$ 92,183

$ 87,745

Veeva R&D Solutions

72,269

61,145

139,184

120,294

Total professional services and other

$ 119,588

$ 105,569

$ 231,367

$ 208,039

(5) Includes stock-based compensation as follows:

Cost of revenues:

Cost of subscription services

1,748

1,693

$ 3,253

2,970

Cost of professional services and other

14,216

13,818

$ 26,938

23,808

Research and development

45,292

38,901

84,198

64,724

Sales and marketing

23,489

24,031

43,624

40,924

General and administrative

18,150

17,599

35,601

30,750

Total stock-based compensation

$ 102,895

$ 96,042

$ 193,614

$ 163,176

VEEVA SYSTEMS INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)

Three months ended July
31,

Six months ended July
31,

2023

2022

2023

2022

Cash flows from operating activities

Net income

$ 111,628

$ 90,601

$ 243,149

$ 190,716

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

Depreciation and amortization

8,087

7,228

15,636

14,286

Reduction of operating lease right-of-use assets

2,965

3,020

6,025

5,968

(Accretion) amortization of discount on short-term investments

(7,376)

(507)

(10,783)

549

Stock-based compensation

102,895

96,042

193,614

163,176

Amortization of deferred costs

4,249

5,736

9,301

11,729

Deferred income taxes

(25,213)

(20,881)

(46,727)

(53,313)

(Gain) loss on foreign currency from mark-to-market derivative

(727)

1,768

(547)

1,186

Bad debt expense

341

146

496

121

Changes in operating assets and liabilities: