Luxoft Holding, Inc Reports Results for Three and Nine Months Ended December 31, 2013
Tortola, BVI February 12, 2014 –/BusinessWire/Luxoft Holding, Inc (NYSE: LXFT), a leading provider of software development services and innovative IT solutions to a global client base, today announced results for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2013 .
Highlights – Three Months Ended December 31, 2013
Highlights – Nine Months Ended December 31, 2013
Revenue for the three months ended December 31, 2013 increased to $110.6 million, up 32.5% from $83.5 million for the same period a year ago, and 13.2% sequentially. Adjusted EBITDA was $22.7 million and corresponding margins of 20.5%, as compared to $17.7 million and 21.2%, respectively, in the year ago quarter, and $19.5 million and 19.9% sequentially. US GAAP net income was $17.7 million, or $0.54 per diluted share, compared to $12.5 million and $0.42 per diluted share for the same period a year ago, and $13.3 million and $0.40 sequentially. Non-GAAP net income was $17.7 million, or $0.54 per diluted share, compared to $14.1 million and $0.47 per diluted share for the same period a year ago, and $15.5 million and $0.47 sequentially. Reconciliations between non-GAAP financial measures and US GAAP operating results and diluted EPS are included at the end of this release.
Revenue for the nine months ended December 31, 2013 increased to $292.1 million, up 27.7% from $228.7 million for the same period a year ago. Operating income was $46.3 million, an increase of 48.4% year over year from $31.2 million in the first nine months of last year. US GAAP net income was $40.8 million, or $1.27 per diluted share, compared to $26.7 million and $0.88 per diluted share for the same period a year ago. Non-GAAP net income was $44.4 million, or $1.38 per diluted share, compared to $31.9 million and $1.05 per diluted share for the same period a year ago.
“We are glad to report that Luxoft had a very successful third quarter that translated into significant revenue growth and profitability. We have built new partnerships, generated first sales of our products, added multinational clients, created new solutions and expanded our global presence. The outsourcing industry is rapidly changing and clients are looking far beyond optimization and labor arbitrage opportunities when selecting their vendors. They are in need of engineering services with specialized domain expertise that are consistent, cost-predictable and efficient. This creates demand for tailored end-to-end solutions and managed delivery capabilities - one of the main reasons for our accelerated growth. We identified this trend over two years ago and built our growth strategy to become a go-to provider for such services within the areas of our focus, especially in the finance and automotive sectors,” said Dmitry Loschinin, President and Chief Executive Officer. “Also, on November 27, 2013 we successfully executed our secondary equity offering and would like to thank all of you for that support and interest in our story. I look with confidence to the end of this financial year and am excited for all of the opportunities that lie ahead of our company during financial year 2015 and beyond.”
Virtually all of Luxoft’s verticals experienced strong revenue growth, with Financial services and Automotive and transport delivering the strongest performance: 36% and 80% growth, respectively, for the first nine months of the year, on a year-over-year basis. The company continues to see dynamic growth across its core revenue-generating geographies: revenues generated in the U.S. increased 56%, and in the U.K. increased 34%, compared to the year-ago quarter. Luxoft finished the first nine months of this financial year with 7,273 employees, of which 6,142 were delivery professionals, who continued to drive average productivity during this period to a record of $70,000 per engineer.
“This has been one of the strongest quarters in the history of Luxoft in terms of both, revenue and profitability. We have generated robust growth coupled with increased productivity, which on one hand was supported by strong demand from North America and across Europe, while on the other by the increasing contribution from the high potential account group and growth from the top 10 accounts. The profitability that we reported today on operating and net income margin levels is one of the highest since inception of the Company,“ said Roman Yakushkin, Chief Financial Officer. “In the third quarter we reached yet another record high on annualized revenue per delivery employee of approximately $73,000, while reducing attrition by 50 basis points from the last quarter to 10.4%. Financial year 2014 is shaping up to be a year of strong growth and profitability and thus, we increase our revenue and earnings per share guidance.”
Outlook for the Year Ending March 31, 2014
The Company is providing the following guidance for the financial year ending March 31, 2014:
Revenue is expected to be at least $396.0 million, an increase of at least 26.0% year over year, revised from previous guidance of at least $384.0 million and 22%, respectively
“It was another exciting quarter for us. Our current pipeline looks good and we made significant progress in several critical aspects outlined in our growth strategy. First, we started to monetize our product portfolio – our advanced visualization and risk management product Horizon and our mobile e-banking tool iStockTrack aided new client wins and contributed to our revenues for the past three months. Second, we unveiled two new solutions, AllView and Ulmo, for our clients in the automotive and telecom sectors, respectively. These solutions allow us to quickly demonstrate our capabilities and prove certain concepts, and enable our clients achieve better time-to-market and reduced development lifecycles that ultimately aid their results on the bottom line. Third, increased demand for our services and expertise, growth of our top 10 and high potential clients prompted us to further expand our global delivery model. I am pleased to report that we have expanded Luxoft’s presence in CEE and opened our 20th office and 15th global delivery location in Sofia, Bulgaria. Lastly, we have already started to see tangible results from the collaborations with various global players we discussed over the last several months with the market. We continue to build a strong company and look forward to further delivering on the promises made to our shareholders, clients, and partners, ” said Michael Friedland, Executive Vice President.
Luxoft Holding, Inc will host a conference call on February 13, 2014 at 8:00 a.m. EST to discuss its financial results for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2013. To access the conference call, please dial 877-407-8293 (for U.S. callers) or 201-689-8349 (for international callers). A live webcast of the conference call will also be available during the call and can be accessed at https://event.webcasts.com/starthere.jsp?ei=1028369. Participants, please access the website at least 10 minutes prior to the call to register and follow the instructions provided on the website to download and install the necessary applications. An archived recording of the conference call will be available for a limited time by dialing one of the following numbers: 877-660-6853 (for U.S. callers) or 201-612-7415 (for international callers) and entering the conference ID#13574724. The replay will be available from two hours as of the end of the call and up to 11:59 p.m. EST on February 27, 2014. The replay details will also be available at Luxoft’s Investor Relations section during the same time period.
About Luxoft:
Luxoft Holding, Inc (NYSE: LXFT) is a leading provider of software development services and innovative IT solutions to a global client base consisting primarily of large multinational corporations. Luxoft’s software development services consist of core and mission critical custom software development and support, product engineering and testing, and technology consulting. Luxoft’s solutions are based on its proprietary products and platforms that directly impact its clients’ business outcomes and efficiently deliver continuous innovation. The company’s core resources are located in Central and Eastern Europe. Luxoft has 15 delivery centers world-wide, 20 offices and presence in 13 countries, employing over 7,200 people. Luxoft is domiciled in Tortola, British Virgin Islands, has its principal executive office in Zug, Switzerland and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (LXFT US). For more information, please visit http://www.luxoft.com.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures:
To supplement our financial results presented in accordance with US GAAP, this press release includes the following measures defined by the Securities and Exchange Commission as non-GAAP financial measures: earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA); adjusted EBITDA; non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP diluted Earnings per share (EPS). Non-GAAP diluted EPS are calculated as non-GAAP net income divided by weighted average number of diluted shares. We provide these non-GAAP financial measures because we believe that they present a better measure of our core business and management uses them internally to evaluate our ongoing performance. Accordingly, we believe that these non-GAAP measures are useful to investors in enhancing their understanding of our operating performance. These non-GAAP measures should be considered in addition to, and not as a substitute for, comparable US GAAP measures. The non-GAAP results and a full reconciliation between US GAAP and non-GAAP results are provided in the accompanying tables at the end of this press release.
Forward-Looking Statements:
In addition to historical information, this release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These forward-looking statements include information about possible or assumed future results of our business and financial condition, as well as the results of operations, liquidity, plans and objectives. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as "believe," "may," "estimate," "continue," "anticipate," "intend," "should," "plan," "expect," "predict," "potential," or the negative of these terms or other similar expressions. These statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding: the persistence and intensification of competition in the IT industry; the future growth of spending in IT services outsourcing generally and in each of our industry verticals, application outsourcing and custom application development and offshore research and development services; the level of growth of demand for our services from our clients; the level of increase in revenues from our new clients; seasonal trends and the budget and work cycles of our clients; the levels of our concentration of revenues by vertical, geography, by client and by type of contract in the future; the expected timing of the increase in our corporate tax rate; our expectations with respect to the proportion of our fixed price contracts; our expectation that our Freedom Professional Services and Technologies LLC acquisition will help us develop new practice expertise; the demands we expect our rapid growth to place on our management and infrastructure; the sufficiency of our current cash, cash flow from operations, and lines of credit to meet our anticipated cash needs; the high proportion of our cost of services comprised of personnel salaries; our plans to introduce new products for commercial resale and licensing in addition to providing services; our anticipated joint venture with one of our clients; IBS Group Holding Limited and its subsidiaries consideration of further divesting all or a portion of its ownership interest in us; and our continued financial relationship with IBS Group Holding limited and its subsidiaries including expectations for the provision and purchase of services and purchase and lease of equipment; and other factors discussed under the heading "Risk Factors" in the final prospectus for our initial public offering, the final prospectus for our secondary offering and other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements for any reason after the date of this press release whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Investor Relations:
Alina V. Plaia|
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For the threemonths ended December 31, |
For the ninemonths ended December31, | |||
|
|
2012 |
2013 |
2012 |
2013 | |
|
|
(unaudited) |
(unaudited) | |||
|
Sales of services |
$83,524 |
$110,621 |
$228,652 |
$292,050 | |
|
Operating expenses |
- |
- |
- |
- | |
|
Cost of services (exclusive of depreciation and amortization) |
47,618 |
62,669 |
135,862 |
166,832 | |
|
Selling, general and administrative expenses |
19,364 |
24,165 |
55,067 |
68,586 | |
|
Depreciation and amortization |
2,307 |
3,457 |
6,500 |
9,392 | |
|
Loss from revaluation of contingent liability |
- |
181 |
- |
909 | |
|
Operating income |
14,235 |
20,149 |
31,223 |
46,331 | |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Other income and expenses |
|
|
|
| |
|
Interest expense, net |
(278) |
(392) |
(941) |
(1,199) | |
|
Other gains/(loss), net |
63 |
232 |
54 |
149 | |
|
Gain (loss) from foreign currency exchange contract |
(406) |
(109) |
(703) |
(317) | |
|
Net foreign exchange gain (loss) |
243 |
(361) |
22 |
(620) | |
|
Income from continuing operations before income taxes |
13,857 |
19,519 |
29,655 |
44,344 | |
|
Provision for income tax |
(1,322) |
(1,809) |
(2,926) |
(3,516) | |
|
Net income |
$12,535 |
$17,710 |
$26,729 |
$40,828 | |
|
Net (income)/loss attributable to the non-controlling interest |
- |
- |
- |
- | |
|
Net income attributable to the Group |
$12,535 |
$17,710 |
$26,729 |
$40,828 | |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Comprehensive income, net of tax |
|
|
|
| |
|
Foreign currency translation adjustment |
(162) |
74 |
(1,298) |
1,141 | |
|
Comprehensive income |
$12,373 |
$17,784 |
$25,431 |
$41,969 | |
|
Other comprehensive income/(loss) attributable to the non-controlling interest |
- |
- |
- |
- | |
|
Comprehensive income attributable to the Group |
$12,373 |
$17,784 |
$25,431 |
$41,969 | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As of March31, 2013 |
As of December31, 2013 (unaudited) |
|
Assets |
|
|
|
Current assets: |
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents |
$4,499 |
$42,304 |
|
Trade accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $487 at March 31, 2013 and $609 at December 31, 2013 |
77,562 |
86,929 |
|
Work-in-progress |
3,478 |
3,793 |
|
Due from related parties |
6,811 |
2,842 |
|
VAT and other taxes receivable |
810 |
1,678 |
|
Deferred tax assets |
238 |
- |
|
Advances issued |
1,964 |
5,264 |
|
Other current assets |
1,650 |
2,152 |
|
Total current assets |
97,012 |
144,962 |
|
|
| |
|
Non-current assets: |
|
|
|
Property and equipment, net |
21,860 |
26,320 |
|
Intangible assets, net |
22,357 |
21,405 |
|
Goodwill |
11,351 |
11,351 |
|
Due from related parties |
430 |
- |
|
Other non-current assets |
2,212 |
2,164 |
|
Total non-current assets |
58,210 |
61,240 |
|
Total assets |
$155,222 |
$206,202 |
|
|
As of March31, 2013 |
As of December31, 2013 (unaudited) |
|
Liabilities and shareholders’ equity |
|
|
|
Current liabilities: |
|
|
|
Short-term borrowings |
$16,576 |
$27,850 |
|
Accounts payable |
9,177 |
6,121 |
|
Advances received |
1,384 |
1,050 |
|
Accrued liabilities |
12,592 |
10,580 |
|
Deferred revenue |
- |
261 |
|
Due to related parties |
136 |
464 |
|
Capital lease obligations, current portion |
183 |
24 |
|
VAT and other taxes payable |
4,489 |
5,376 |
|
Payable for business acquisition, current |
2,015 |
2,376 |
|
Dividends payable to shareholders (Note 9) |
125 |
19 |
|
Deferred tax liability, current |
230 |
91 |
|
Foreign currency exchange contract financial liabilities |
- |
123 |
|
Payable for software acquisition, current |
3,265 |
3,652 |
|
Other current liabilities |
178 |
357 |
|
Total current liabilities |
50,350 |
58,344 |
|
|
| |
|
Deferred tax liability, non-current |
3,464 |
2,830 |
|
Capital lease obligations, less current portion |
6 |
- |
|
Payable for business acquisition, non-current |
3,790 |
4,803 |
|
Payable for software acquisition, non-current |
2,317 |
1,703 |
|
Total liabilities |
59,927 |
67,680 |
|
|
| |
|
Shareholders’ equity: |
|
|
|
Share capital (36,400,000 shares authorized, 30,593,080 issued and outstanding with no par value as at March 31, 2013; 80,000,000 shares authorized, and 32,758,535 issued and outstanding with no par value as at December 31, 2013) |
- |
- |
|
Additional paid-in capital |
50,936 |
82,674 |
|
Retained earnings |
46,720 |
57,068 |
|
Accumulated other comprehensive loss |
(2,393) |
(1,252) |
|
Total shareholders’ equity attributable to the Group |
95,263 |
138,490 |
|
Non-controlling interest |
32 |
32 |
|
Total equity |
95,295 |
138,522 |
|
Total liabilities and equity |
$155,222 |
$206,202 |
|
|
Three Months Ended December 31, |
Nine Months Ended December 31, | ||||||
|
|
2013 |
2013 |
|
2013 |
2013 |
2013 |
|
2013 |
|
|
GAAP |
Adjustments |
|
Non-GAAP |
GAAP |
Adjustments |
|
Non-GAAP |
|
Operating income |
20,149 |
(16) |
(a) |
20,133 |
46,331 |
3,534 |
(a) |
49,865 |
|
Operating margin |
18.21% |
(0.01)% |
|
18.20% |
15.86% |
1.21% |
|
17.07% |
|
Net income |
17,710 |
(16) |
(b) |
17,694 |
40,828 |
3,534 |
(b) |
44,362 |
|
Diluted earnings per share |
$0.54 |
- |
|
$0.54 |
$1.27 |
- |
|
$1.38 |
|
|
Three Months Ended December 31, |
Nine Months Ended December 31, | ||||||
|
|
2012 |
2012 |
|
2012 |
2012 |
2012 |
|
2012 |
|
|
GAAP |
Adjustments |
|
Non-GAAP |
GAAP |
Adjustments |
|
Non-GAAP |
|
Operating income |
14,235 |
1,576 |
(a) |
15,811 |
31,223 |
5,191 |
(a) |
36,414 |
|
Operating margin |
17.04% |
1.89% |
|
18.93% |
13.66% |
2.27% |
|
15.93% |
|
Net income |
12,535 |
1,576 |
(b) |
14,111 |
26,729 |
5,191 |
(b) |
31,920 |
|
Diluted earnings per share |
$0.42 |
- |
|
$0.47 |
$0.88 |
- |
|
$1.05 |
|
|
Three Months Ended December 31, |
Nine Months Ended December 31, | ||
|
(a) |
2012 |
2013 |
2012 |
2013 |
|
Adjustments to GAAP operating income |
|
|
|
|
|
Stock-based compensation expense |
$1,254 |
$(838) |
$4,225 |
$702 |
|
Amortization of purchased Intangible assets |
322 |
641 |
966 |
1,923 |
|
Loss from revaluation of contingent liability |
- |
181 |
- |
909 |
|
Total Adjustments to GAAP income from operations: |
$1,576 |
$ (16) |
$5,191 |
$3,534 |
|
|
Three Months Ended December 31, |
Nine Months Ended December 31, | ||
|
(b) |
2012 |
2013 |
2012 |
2013 |
|
Adjustments to GAAP net income |
|
|
|
|
|
Stock-based compensation expense |
$1,254 |
$ (838) |
$4,225 |
$702 |
|
Amortization of purchased Intangible assets |
322 |
641 |
966 |
1,923 |
|
Loss from revaluation of contingent liability |
- |
181 |
- |
909 |
|
Total Adjustments to GAAP net income |
$1,576 |
$ (16) |
$5,191 |
$3,534 |
|
|
Three Months Ended December 31, |
Nine Months Ended December 31, | ||
|
|
2012 |
2013 |
2012 |
2013 |
|
Net income |
$ 12,535 |
$17,710 |
$26,729 |
$ 40,828 |
|
Adjusted for: |
|
|
|
|
|
Interest Expense |
278 |
392 |
941 |
1,199 |
|
Income tax |
1,322 |
1,809 |
2,926 |
3,516 |
|
Depreciation and Amortization |
2,307 |
3,457 |
6,500 |
9,392 |
|
EBITDA |
$ 16,442 |
$23,368 |
$37,096 |
$ 54,935 |
|
Adjusted for |
|
|
|
|
|
Stock based compensation |
1,254 |
(838) |
4,225 |
702 |
|
Change in fair value of contingent consideration |
- |
181 |
- |
909 |
|
Adjusted EBITDA |
$ 17,696 |
$22,711 |
$41,321 |
$ 56,546 |
|
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Revenue for the three Months Ended December 31, | |||
|
|
2012 |
2013 | ||
|
Client location |
Amount |
% of sales |
Amount |
% of sales |
|
U.S. |
$31,393 |
37.6% |
$49,033 |
44.3% |
|
UK |
23,464 |
28.1% |
31,488 |
28.5% |
|
Germany |
9,284 |
11.1% |
7,454 |
6.7% |
|
Russia |
10,038 |
12.0% |
13,141 |
11.9% |
|
Canada |
4,762 |
5.7% |
2,945 |
2.7% |
|
Rest of Europe |
3,824 |
4.6% |
5,931 |
5.4% |
|
Other |
759 |
0.9% |
629 | 5% |
|
Total |
$83,524 |
100% |
$110,621 |
100% |
|
|
Revenue for the nine Months Ended December 31, | |||
|
|
2012 |
2013 | ||
|
Client location |
Amount |
% of sales |
Amount |
% of sales |
|
U.S. |
$85,078 |
37.2% |
$122,632 |
42.0% |
|
UK |
65,804 |
28.8% |
83,570 |
28.6% |
|
Germany |
27,825 |
12.2% |
30,011 |
10.3% |
|
Russia |
22,933 |
10.0% |
29,507 |
10.1% |
|
Canada |
13,252 |
5.8% |
10,247 |
3.5% |
|
Rest of Europe |
10,497 |
4.6% |
14,907 |
5.1% |
|
Other |
3,263 | 4% |
1,176 |
0.4% |
|
Total |
$228,652 |
100% |
$292,050 |
100% |
|
|
Revenue for the three Months Ended December 31, | |||
|
|
2012 |
2013 | ||
|
Industry vertical |
Amount |
% of sales |
Amount |
% of sales |
|
Financial Services |
$45,635 |
54.6% |
$65,840 |
59.5% |
|
Automotive and transport |
6,143 | 4% |
12,988 |
11.7% |
|
Travel and Aviation |
11,877 |
14.2% |
10,859 |
9.8% |
|
Technology |
9,431 | 3% |
9,472 |
8.6% |
|
Telecom |
7,644 |
9.2% |
8,060 |
7.3% |
|
Energy |
2,364 |
2.8% |
2,825 |
2.6% |
|
Other |
430 | 5% |
577 |
0.5% |
|
Total |
$83,524 |
100% |
$110,621 |
100% |
|
|
Revenue for the nine Months Ended December 31, | |||
|
|
2012 |
2013 | ||
|
Industry vertical |
Amount |
% of sales |
Amount |
% of sales |
|
Financial Services |
$124,333 |
54.4% |
$169,525 |
58.0% |
|
Automotive and transport |
18,751 |
8.2% |
33,823 |
11.6% |
|
Travel and Aviation |
29,660 |
13.0% |
29,567 |
10.1% |
|
Technology |
25,082 |
11.0% |
26,242 |
9.0% |
|
Telecom |
23,225 | 1% |
24,142 |
8.3% |
|
Energy |
6,264 |
2.7% |
7,124 |
2.4% |
|
Other |
1,337 | 6% |
1,627 |
0.6% |
|
Total |
$228,652 |
100% |
$292,050 |
100% |