Dennis Story
Analyst · quarters of deals that had slipped as opposed to naturally occurring new business that you expected to play out in the quarter
Thanks, Pete. No question Q2's financial results benefited from a strong uptick in license revenue performance combined with solid execution across all other revenue lines, effective expense control and good capital structure management. Despite lingering economic volatility and uncertainty, it was good to see many of our customers and prospects investing in their supply chains again. Before I get into the results in detail, I would like to summarize the key Q2 financial takeaways. Number one, revenue growth in the demand environment is certainly improving. Total revenue of $88.4 million increased 14% on strong license and services revenue performance. Number two, operating profit and margin expansion objectives continue to drive earnings leverage. Manhattan Associates posted an all-time record quarterly adjusted earnings per share of $0.65 and GAAP earnings per share of $0.57, growing at 55% and 58%, respectively. First half adjusted EPS of $1.06 is a record as well, growing 29%, and GAAP EPS of $0.89 increased 31% over 2010. Excluding the $0.09 India tax benefit realized in Q1 2011, on an apples-to-apples basis, year-to-date adjusted and GAAP EPS increased 18% versus 2010. So number three, services demand is exceeding capacity. In Q2, we had nearly 100 net new associates and our headcount is up more than 160 net new associates versus our staffing level in Q2 2010. The increase is almost entirely within professional services to support demand and continued customer satisfaction. Number four, operating cash flow continues to be strong. We generated $16 million in operating cash flow for the quarter and $24.1 million year-to-date. Number five, our balance sheet continues to support long-term strategic flexibility and stability. Cash investments for the quarter totaled $110 million with a cash-to-asset ratio of 40% and no debt. Number six, our capital structure is efficient and well-managed. Our share buyback program continues to be accretive to our shareholders. Year-to-date, we have bought back 1.9 million shares against option exercises of 1.1 million shares, reducing our common shares outstanding by 3% or 841,000 shares. In addition, last week our Board approved raising our share repurchase authority limit to a total of $50 million. And the final takeaway, number seven, we continue to maintain meaningful strategic investments in R&D that deliver competitively superior solutions with nearly 1/3 of our workforce dedicated to R&D. Turning to the details. Q2 2011 total revenue performance of $88.4 million increased 14% over Q2 2010 and sequentially improved 23% over Q1 2011 on the strength of license revenue performance and services revenue growth. Our license revenue rebounded well in Q2. Total license revenue of $16.3 million in the quarter grew 6% compared to $15.5 million we delivered in Q2 2010 and sequentially more than doubled Q1 2011 license revenue of $7.8 million. We delivered four $1-plus million deals in the quarter, returning to a more historic norm. In the Americas, we recognized three $1-plus million deals and delivered $12.5 million of license revenue in the quarter, about flat with the $12.8 million we delivered in Q2 2010. EMEA's Q2 license revenue totaled $2.9 million versus $1.4 million in Q2 2010 and included one software license deal valued above $1 million. And finally, our APAC team delivered license revenue totaling $907,000 compared to $1.3 million in Q2 2010. As we've said before, our license performance depends heavily on the number and relative value of large deals we close in the quarter. And the sales cycle on these deals remain somewhat less predictable than in prior years. But overall, our large sized deal activity is building momentum, which should bode well for future revenue performance. Our Q2 services revenue of $63.8 million increased 16% compared to Q2 2010 and was up nearly 14% sequentially from Q1 2011. Our consulting services business continues to experience solid demand with revenues of $42.2 million, increasing 23% over Q2 2010. In the quarter we recognized approximately $3 million of previously deferred consulting revenue from a large services engagement as we successfully completed our contract delivery requirements ahead of schedule in Q2. Our previous annual guidance included the impact of this revenue and its associated earnings in Q3 2011. The $3 million impact provided $0.10 of EPS earnings contribution in the quarter. Second quarter maintenance revenues of $21.6 million reflects growth of 6% over Q2 2010, driven by license revenue, customer maintenance renewals and cash collections. Our customer retention rates continue to run at a strong 90-plus percent. As we formulate our outlook for Q3 2011 total services revenue, we are factoring in both continued strength in services demand along with the effect of recognizing the $3 million in previously deferred revenue in Q2. Balancing these effects leads us to expect Q3 2011 total services revenue to decline sequentially by about 1% to 3%. And looking forward to the fourth quarter and full year results, remember the holidays and seasonally high vacation results and sequentially -- results in sequentially lower services revenue in the fourth quarter of the year. Consolidated services margins for the quarter were 57.5% compared to 55.2% in Q2 2010. Net of the $3 million deferred services revenue, our Q2 2011 services margins would have been 55.3%. Of the nearly 100 net new associates hired in Q2, the majority are in professional services, and the full costs of these added resources will not be seen until Q3. With continued solid services demand, we expect to bring on additional professional services resources in the second half of the year, including a group of recent college graduates. Given the training time required for these new resources and the effect of Q4 holidays, we continue to estimate our full year 2011 services margins to be in the 54% to 55% range. Turning to profit, our Q2 adjusted operating income totaled $21.1 million with a very strong operating margin of 23.8%. Net of the $3 million deferred services revenue, our Q2 operating margin would have been 21%, still very strong, reflecting the leverage associated with strong license and services revenue combined with strong services margins given the relative timing of new hires in the quarter. With year-to-date operating margins at 19.6%, for 2011 full year, we continue to target a 100 basis point improvement or 19% operating margin versus 2010 adjusted operating margin of 18%. Operating expenses, which include sales and marketing R&D, G&A and depreciation, were $32 million for Q2 2011, a sequential increase of 10% over Q1 2011 due primarily to variable commission expenses associated with incremental license revenue and the cost of momentum our annual user conference. And our effective income tax rate for the quarter was 33.5% and remains our current forecast for Q3 and Q4. Transitioning to diluted shares, for the quarter diluted shares totaled 21.8 million shares, down from 22.1 million shares in Q1 2011. The decrease was driven by the weighted average impact of share repurchase activity in the quarter, partially offset by option exercises and the impact of a rising stock price on our fully diluted share common stock equivalents. In Q2, we repurchased about 1.1 million shares of Manhattan common stock at an average share price of $35.50, totaling $38.3 million. Option exercises in the quarter totaled 579,000 shares. On a year-to-date basis, we repurchased 1.9 million shares at an average price of $33.55, totaling $63.9 million while option exercises in the same period totaled 1.1 million shares. As our stock prices continue to appreciate, over the past 6 quarters, 2.7 million options have been exercised, significantly reducing the company's equity overhang. During the same period, our share buybacks have totaled 4.6 million shares, mitigating the dilutive impact of option exercises while delivering positive earnings accretion to our shareholders. So for the remainder of 2011, we are estimating full year and quarterly diluted shares to total about 22 million shares. Our estimate does not assume any common stock repurchases and certainly depends on a number of variables including stock price, option exercises, forfeitures and share repurchases, which all can significantly impact estimates. Turning to cash flow and balance sheet metrics, for the quarter we delivered cash flow from operations of $16 million, bringing our year-to-date total to $24.1 million, slightly ahead of last year. Operating cash flows nearly doubled sequentially from $8.1 million in Q1 2011 to $16 million in Q2 driven on strong earnings, while our net accounts receivable balance has increased by $7.8 million since Q1 2011. On higher sequential revenue performance, our DSO improved from 57 days in Q1 2011 to 55 days in Q2 on very strong cash collections. Capital expenditures were $700,000 in the quarter and are $2 million year-to-date. On a full year basis, we continue to estimate CapEx to be about $5 to $6 million. Our cash and investments balance at June 30, 2011, totaled $110 million compared to $119 million at March 31, 2011, and $127 million at December 31, 2010. The net decrease represents investment in our share buyback program. And deferred revenue, which consists primarily of maintenance and consulting services revenue, billed and collected in advance of performing services, was $50.3 million on June 30, 2011, compared to $52.1 million at March 31, 2011. The reduction was primarily driven by the aforementioned deferred services engagement of $3 million that was recognized this quarter. So that covers my Q2 remarks. Let me now review our updated guidance. For 2011 revenue, given stronger-than-expected license and services revenue in Q2, we are increasing our full year total revenue guidance from our previous range of $325 million to $330 million to $325 million to $335 million. Delivering $330 million of total revenue at the midpoint of our revised guidance would imply $170 million of total revenue in the second half, which we are planning to be about equally split between Q3 and Q4. We are forecasting Q3 license revenue to be sequentially lower than in Q2 due to typical Q3 seasonality and Q4 license to be about equal to our Q2 2011 result. As mentioned earlier, we are forecasting Q3 services revenue to be about 1% to 3% lower sequentially given the Q2 deferred services revenue recognition. And consistent with historical seasonality due to Q4 holidays, we are forecasting Q4 services revenue to be about 4% lower than in Q3 2011. So that covers revenue. For 2011 adjusted earnings per share, again, given our better-than-expected Q2 earnings per share performance, net of the $0.10 deferred services revenue factored into previous guidance, we are raising our previous full year guidance by another $0.10, taking our previous range of $1.87 to $1.92 to a new range of $1.97 to $2.02. This new range now represents about 25% to 28% growth over 2010 adjusted EPS of $1.58. We expect Q4 EPS to be a bit lower than in Q3, given the combined impacts of seasonally lower Q4 services revenue and our planned ramp-up of headcount, primarily in the professional services area, which will not be fully absorbed until Q4. Full year GAAP EPS guidance is also raised by the same $0.10 to $1.65 to $1.70, representing a 32% to 36% growth range over 2010. For reference, a guidance table is provided in today's earnings release. Regarding adjusted operating margins, we continue to focus on year-over-year operating margin expansion and are maintaining our full year operating margin objective of 19%, representing 100 basis point improvement over 2010. Due to the seasonality impacts on Q3 and Q4 license and services revenue combined with continuing hiring efforts, we expect Q3 margins to be about 19%, slightly below our year-to-date operating margin of 19.6%. And consistent with historical trends, we are forecasting a sequential decrease in Q4 operating margin versus Q3 2011 due to the impact of Q4 seasonal holidays generating lower services revenue combined with realizing the full impact of new hire activity from Q2 and Q3. So that covers our 2011 guidance. Now I'm happy to turn the call back to Pete for the business update.