Ravi Narula
Analyst · William Blair. Please go ahead, your line is open
Thank you, Eric, and good afternoon, everyone. I’ll start with a review of our financial results for the fourth quarter and full year fiscal 2019 and then provide our financial outlook for the first quarter and full-year fiscal 2020. All income statement items except revenue are on a non-GAAP basis, and we have excluded expenses such as stock-based compensation, amortization of intangibles and legal expenses related to certain litigations. The reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP financial data can be found in the press release issued earlier today, which is available on the Investor Relations section of our website. First, Q4 2019 and full year fiscal 2019 results. We ended the year with strong fourth quarter financial performance, achieving $34.7 million of revenue, which exceeded our previously issued guidance range of $33 million to $33.5 million. On a year-over-year basis, total revenue grew $4.5 million or 15%. This revenue performance was driven by the continued growth of Ooma Business, as well as higher sales of security cameras in the fourth quarter. For full year fiscal 2019, we achieved revenues of $129.2 million, up 13% year-over-year and exceeding our previously issued guidance range of $127.5 million to $128 million. Net loss for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2019 was $669,000 better than the previously issued guidance range of a loss of $800,000 to $1.2 million. Net loss for the year was $3 million compared to a previously issued guidance range of a loss of $3.1 million to $3.5 million. Ooma Business subscription and services revenue during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2019 grew 50% on a year-over-year basis. And revenue contributions from Ooma Business are now 30% of total revenue compared to 23% for the prior year quarter. Overall, we are pleased with the progress we have made in fiscal 2019 on our key strategic initiatives, namely growth of Ooma Business and development of new features and functionalities for our smart security solutions. The combined subscription and services revenue from the core businesses, namely Ooma Business and Ooma Residential grew 16% year-over-year driven by 50% growth of Ooma Business. Our residential subscription and services revenue grew 4% on a year-over-year basis as we have been shifting our sales and marketing activities towards the growth of business. For the fourth quarter of fiscal 2019, subscription and services revenue was 89% of the total revenue compared to 90% in the prior year period. Product revenue for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2019 was $3.8 million, up 25% year-over-year primarily due to higher sales of security cameras in the fourth quarter. With that, I’ll now provide details on some of our key customer metrics. Our total core users increased from 929,000 core users at the end of fiscal 2018 to 976,000 core users at the end of fiscal 2019, driven primarily by growth of Ooma Business. The end of the fourth quarter of fiscal 2019, our business users now account for 16% of total core users compared to 13% at the end of the prior year period. As a result of the mix shift towards the business customers, our blended average subscription and services revenue per month or ARPU increased to $10.17 in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2017 – fiscal 2019 compared to $9.24 in the prior year period. Annualized exit recurring revenue was approximately $119 million, at the end of fourth quarter of fiscal 2019, a 16% year-over-year increase. We achieved 99% net dollar subscription retention rate for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2019 compared to 101% for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2018 driven by growth in ARPU for Ooma Business offset by lower growth of residential business. With that, let me add some color to our gross margins. Product and other gross margin was negative 36% for the fourth quarter, compared to negative 19% for the same period last year. This negative product gross margin was impacted due to tariffs, which were imposed recently as well as due to additional freight charges incurred during the holiday period to fulfill higher than expected product demand. We have since increased our inventory levels, which should help us reduce some freight charges. However, product margins may fluctuate, including due to further changes in tariffs. Subscription and services gross margins of approximately 70% were in line with our expectations as we continue to grow and invest in the business. As a result of higher negative product margins and because – product revenue was a larger portion of our overall revenue, our overall gross margins were 58% for the fourth quarter, down from 61% in the prior year quarter. However, overall gross profit dollars for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2019 increased to $20.1 million compared to $18.6 million for the same period last year, driven by increased subscription and services revenue. Now on to operating expenses. Fourth quarter operating expenses were $21.1 million, an increase of $1.9 million or 10% on a year-over-year basis. Overall, sales and marketing expenses for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2019 increased year-over-year by approximately $800,000 to $10.2 million as we increased marketing programs to support the growth of Ooma Business offset in part by lower residential spending. Research and development expenses were $7.4 million, an increase of approximately $200,000 year-over-year. As we have already completed a number of enhancements to Ooma Business, we expect to see some leverage from R&D starting in fiscal 2020. G&A expenses were $3.6 million compared to $2.7 million for the prior year quarter to support the growth of business. We have excluded certain legal expenses of approximately $100,000 from our non-GAAP results that relates to certain lawsuits, primarily securities and litigation. Given these expenses do not directly correlated to our regular business operations, we believe it is useful to exclude these expenses from non-GAAP results going forward. Our net loss in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2019 was $669,000 or $0.03 loss per share compared to a loss of $508,000 or $0.03 loss per share in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2018. Adjusted EBITDA loss was $455,000 in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2019 versus a loss of $176,000 for the same period last year. Now turning to the balance sheet and other metrics. We had cash and investments of $42.6 million with no debt at the end of the fourth quarter of fiscal 2019, as we invest in the business for growth and due to increasing our inventory position at the end of fiscal 2019. For the fourth quarter of fiscal 2019, cash used in operations was $2.1 million compared to cash generation of approximately $800,000 in the prior year quarter. We ended the quarter with 684 full-time employees and contractors, up from 619 in the prior year quarter. I’ll now provide outlook for our first quarter and full-year fiscal 2020. Once again, our guidance is non-GAAP and has been adjusted for expenses such as stock based compensation, certain litigation charges and amortization of intangibles. The first quarter of fiscal 2020, as there is some seasonality in the first quarter relative to the fourth quarter, total revenue is expected to be in the range of $33.5 million to $34 million. We have assumed $1 million of revenue from Talkatone for the quarter. We expect non-GAAP net loss to be in the range of $900,000 to $1.3 million. Non-GAAP net loss per share is expected to be in the range of $0.04 to $0.06, we have assumed 20.5 million weighted average shares outstanding for Q1. For full year fiscal 2020, revenue is expected to be in the range of $140 million to $143 million. We have assumed $4 million of revenue from Talkatone for the year. We expect non-GAAP net loss to be in the range of $3 million to $5 million as we continue to invest in the sales and marketing channels to grow Ooma business, as well as in R&D for expansion of smart security solutions. We believe these investments should help us with our longer-term growth goals. Non-GAAP net loss per share is expected to be in the range $0.14 to $0.24. We have assumed approximately 21 million weighted average shares outstanding for fiscal 2020. In summary, we are pleased with our fiscal 2019 results, driven by continued growth of Ooma business and believe our efforts in fiscal 2019 positions us well going into this year. With that, I’ll pass it back to Eric for some closing remarks. Eric?