Scott Behrens
Analyst · Craig-Hallum Capital. Go ahead, your line is open
Thanks, Bill and good morning, everyone. I first plan to go to the highlights of the fourth quarter and full-year 2015, then provide our outlook for 2016. We will then open the line for questions. I'll be starting my comments on slide 6 with key takeaways from the quarter. Starting with sales, our new sales bookings were up 10% in the quarter after adjusting for foreign currency fluctuations, with particular strength in new account and new application sales. And as Phil already mentioned, we signed a Key Universal Payments contract with one of the largest banks in Australia who will be utilizing ACI's UP Framework for Immediate Payments for its next-generation switch. Our total sales bookings including term extensions were up 14% in the quarter after adjusting for FX. These sales bookings contributed to a very strong growth in backlog with 60-month backlog of $4.3 billion and 12-month backlog of $918 million at the end of the year. Excluding the PAY.ON acquisition and adjusting for FX, our 60-month backlog was up $110 million during the quarter and our 12-month backlog was up $27 million. Revenue of $309 million was up 8% over Q4 2015 after adjusting for FX and adjusted EBITDA of $115 million was also up 8% over Q4 2014. Turning next to slide 7, with key takeaways from the full year. For the year, net new bookings and total sales bookings set an all-time high for ACI with net new bookings up 9% over last year after adjusting for FX. And if you exclude our CFS business, our bookings were up 11%. Total sales bookings were up 19% after adjusting for FX or up 21% excluding our CFS business. For the year, revenue was up 5% after adjusting for FX or up 7% excluding our CFS business. And adjusted EBITDA of $260 million was essentially flat with last year or up 2% excluding our CFS business. Operating free cash flow of $143 million was up 6% from last year or 8% excluding our CFS business. In a particular note, we reported strong GAAP cash flow from operations, up 23% over last year. We ended the year with $102 million in cash and $939 million in debt. During the year, we drew down $181 million on our revolver for the acquisition of PAY.ON and paid down $134 million for a net increase in debt of $47 million compared to year-end 2014. During the year, we received cash proceeds of $35 million and recorded a gain of $24 million from the sale of our ownership by positioning Yodlee and subsequent to year-end, we announced the sale of our CFS business for expected proceeds of $200 million. The cash proceeds will be available for normal uses of cash flow, including debt repayment, share repurchases, of which we still have $138 million available on our authorization, and one-time CapEx investments, including our new data center and cyber security investments. Finally, turning to slide 8 is our outlook for 2016. For your financial modeling purposes, we have provided a pro forma view of 2014 and normalized for the acquisition of PAY.ON, the divestiture of CFS and to reflect 2015 revenues at our year-end foreign currency change rates. And as a reminder, with our mix of foreign currency denominated revenues and expenses, FX is generally a top line revenue phenomenon that has minimal impact at the margin level. So for the full-year 2016, we expect revenue to be in a range of $990 million to $1.02 billion, excluding any revenue contribution from our CFS business. This representing a growth in the 4% to 7% range. We expect adjusted EBITDA to be in the range of $265 million to $275 million, again excluding any contribution from our CFS business. Our adjusted EBITDA margin will be approximately 31% or 100 basis points higher than our pro forma 2015 results. We expect our revenue phasing by quarter to follow our historic seasonality with Q1 revenue expected to be in a range of $205 million to $215 million excluding any contribution from our CFS business. And depending on our close date, CFS may contribute up to $23 million of incremental revenue in Q1. And lastly on slide 9, you'll also find we've provided additional data for your 2016 financial models. We expect GAAP interest expense to be approximately $42 million with cash interest payments of $36 million. Capital expenditures are expected to be in a range of $50 million to $60 million, which excludes one-time investments in our European data center of approximately $20 million, and cyber security of $5 million. We expect depreciation and amortization in a range of $95 million to $100 million and non-cash compensation expense is expected to approximate $48 million for the year, including $6 million related to the stock consideration and the acquisition of PAY.ON. Pass through interchange revenue should approximate $140 million. We expect our GAAP tax rate to be approximately 35% for the year with cash taxes in a range of $25 million to $30 million. Our diluted share count should approximate 120 million which excludes any future share buyback activity. And lastly, our guidance excludes approximately $15 million in expected one-time integration divestiture-related expenses for PAY.ON, CFS and our continued data center and facilities consolidation and bill payment platform rationalization. Following the sale of our CFS business, ACI and Fiserv will be operating under a Transition Services Agreement for a period of time and will disclose financial detail separately from our ongoing operations. So in summary, we finished 2015 strong and look to accelerate our growth in 2016. That concludes my prepared remarks. Operator, we are ready to open the line for questions.