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Q2 Holdings, Inc. (QTWO)

Q1 2015 Earnings Call· Sun, May 10, 2015

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Operator

Operator

Good afternoon. My name is Chris, and I will be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the Q2 Holdings First Quarter 2015 Results Conference Call. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise. After the speakers’ remarks, there will be a question-and-answer session. [Operator Instructions] Thank you. Bob Gujavarty, Vice President of Investor Relations, you may begin your conference.

Robert Gujavarty

Analyst

Welcome to Q2 Holdings Earning Call for the first quarter ending March 31, 2015. I am Bob Gujavarty, Vice President of Investor Relations and with me today on the call are Matt Flake, our President and CEO, and Jennifer Harris, our CFO. As a reminder, today’s conference call is being broadcast live via webcast. In addition, a replay of the call will be available on our website following the call. By now, you should have received a copy of our press release that was distributed this afternoon. If you have not, it is available on the Investor Relations section of our website. Let me also highlighting our participation in JP Morgan TMT Conference in Boston on May 20. Please remember that certain statements made during this call, including those concerning our business and financial outlook for the second quarter and full year 2015, the alignment of our business, product and strategic direction with our customers needs, our growth opportunities and expectation, our long-term financial target, anticipate improvement in revenue, adjusted EBITDA, gross margins, operating margins and other financial measures, the strength of our financial position and the confidence that inspire in our customers and prospects, our ability to implement and support customers both large and small, the integration of additional users is a result of Umpqua acquisition of Sterling Bank, our ability to continue signing contract with Tier 1 prospectus and the competitive advantages from supporting Tier 1 institution, the competitive advantage and market acceptance of our single platform solution. Our sales pipeline across all of our target markets including continued growth for Tier 2 and Tier 3 institution, our ability to implement new customers, our ability to successfully implement new product innovation, the demand for person-to-person payment solution and the anticipate success of our partnership with Acculynk and our…

Matt Flake

Analyst

Thanks Bob, and thanks to all of you joining us today for our first quarter earnings call. I am pleased to share with you are start 2015 highlighted by our continuing strong revenue performance, driven by new customer go lives and are dedicated to excellent customer service and share some business details on today's call before turning it over to our CFO Jennifer Harris who will take you to our financial results in detail share our outlook for the second quarter. We are pleased to announce another quarter of strong revenue growth in the first quarter we generated total revenue of $24.2 million leading the high-end of our guidance of $23.8 million and up 44% year-over-year. I am particularly proud of record user growth in the quarter we added more than 800,000 users up 50% year-over-year and almost 20% sequentially and exited the quarter with 5.2 million registered end-users on the platform. We also took steps to continue to strengthen our balance sheet completing a follow-on offering of the company stock in February the rate approximately $32 million for the company. Customers and prospect alike are encouraged by our strong financial position in our ability to partner with them for the long-term. The first quarter saw the organization continuing to execute, I would like to some time on the call today to talk about our delivery execution because the ability to install and support customers large and small is an area of strength for Q2 and critical to our business. As I mentioned we added 800,000 users in the quarter, with a perspective that more users than we had in the system total for the first six years of the business. We’re pleased with the scale of the business and believe this reflects the capability of our single platform architecture.…

Jennifer Harris

Analyst

Thanks Matt. Let me review our financial results for the first quarter before finishing with updated guidance for the second quarter and full-year 2015. We have pleased to have delivered first quarter revenue that exceeded the high end of our guidance. Total revenue for the first quarter with $24.2 million an increase of 44% year-over-year and up 9% from the previous quarter. Our increased revenue in the first quarter was the result of strong growth in subscription revenue. Subscription revenue benefited from record user growth as we had over 800,000 registered users during the quarter. User growth was driven primarily by new customer go lives in the quarter, while also benefiting from organic growth in our existing customer base. The strong user growth increase subscription revenue as a percentage of total revenue and therefore positively impacted gross margin. Transactional revenue increase in absolute dollars they declined to 21% of total revenue in the quarter, down from 22% of revenue in the previous quarter and down from 24% of revenue in the first quarter of last year. As a reminder Tier 1 customers typically do not purchase bill pay from Q2 and therefore to the extent revenue growth is from Tier 1 customers the transaction revenue will continue to decline as the percentage of total revenue. As we turn to gross margin and operating expenses, please note that unless otherwise stated, all references to our expenses and operating results are on a non-GAAP basis. Gross margin was 45.8%, up sharply from 42.8% in the fourth quarter and 40.1% in the year ago period. The year-over-year improvement was primarily attributable to growth in subscription revenue and increase productivity of headcount and data center investment. The sequential increase was due to a combination of improved product mix and a shift in timing of…

Matt Flake

Analyst

Thanks Jennifer. We’re pleased with the progress of the business and I would like to close by sharing that we recently hosted our annual client conference in Austin. Year-after-year this event is an opportunity for us to meet face-to-face with our customers and with over 400 Bank and credit union attendees. I would like to report that we had record participation from customers, partners, and prospects of this year's conference. The overwhelming message for customers with that we remain strategically aligned. The conference left the company and the attendees energized and optimistic about the opportunity ahead of us. With that, let me turn it over to the operator for question.

Operator

Operator

Thank you. [Operator Instructions] Your first question is from Sterling Auty with JPMorgan. Your line is open.

Jackson Ader

Analyst

Hi, guys. Its Jackson on for Sterling. One question from us the user edition one that they come in the quarter was mostly front end or back end loaded.

Jennifer Harris

Analyst

Yes, Jackson this is Jennifer. So they came on throughout the quarter, but a significant portion of them went on at the end of the quarter as we brought some of those guidelines that we expected to happen early in Q2 and to the end of Q1.

Jackson Ader

Analyst

So does that actually pool your expectation for the second quarter user editions to that – if that coming down at all or I guess how was this quarter shaping up in terms user edition.

Jennifer Harris

Analyst

It really bounces around it depends a lot on the timing of the banks and their organizational readiness to go live it is currently pulling down what we thought would be Q2 editions because we had we pulled some of them into Q1 its too early in the quarter to tell whether working to be able to pool in any from Q3 or whether any that are scheduled to go live at the end of Q2 might push for some reason on the bank side. But I wouldn't expect the pace of growth that you Q1 again in Q2.

Jackson Ader

Analyst

Fair enough and then one more you mentioned Umpqua I think that almost all of their users are live there is another chunk that are coming soon. How large is that the second wave of users compared to the first.

Matt Flake

Analyst

We don’t disclose the number of users that are - the bank intends to use and that is scheduled for sometime in the back half of 2015 or first half of 2016. So it's really their schedule and they can drive they had a lot of technology changed since the Internet banking conversion as well as the core conversion on the back end. And so we never they're ready to do that conversion will be ready to go, but we don't disclose the amount in the number users.

Jackson Ader

Analyst

Okay thanks guys.

Matt Flake

Analyst

Thanks, Jackson I appreciate it.

Operator

Operator

Your next question is from Tom Roderick with Stifel Nicolaus. Your line is open.

Unidentified Analyst

Analyst

Yes, Matt [indiscernible] for Tom. Thanks for talking my question. The first one you announced the new peer-to-peer payment product how that one be priced and available for your customers relative to say bill payer or some of the other offerings that you have.

Matt Flake

Analyst

Hi, Matt, good question. Partnership with Acculynk for the P2P is going to be priced at a there's a the slight imitation fee to get up and running and then as a per payment fee that the financial institution will pay and they usually charge sometimes they charge to that back to their – some of it to their customers and we take a percentage of that as well.

Unidentified Analyst

Analyst

Okay and then on the - the rapid implementation of version 4 that you saw here in the first quarter. Are you expecting to get done with the whole thing and maybe sooner than expected or was this potentially some assertive delays going into the end of the year is banks don't want to take on version conversion. And then you can accelerated here in the first half of the year.

Matt Flake

Analyst

Yes, I think on the earnings call in the fourth quarter I think I’ve talked about we anticipated about 50% adoption in 2016. So were clearly ahead of schedule I think you'll see especially after the client conference and being able to talk to the other customers that were there you'll see us ahead of schedule it's hard to say 100% I don't think you'll hit 100% in 2016. But I would think the majority of our customers would be on the system by the end of the year.

Jennifer Harris

Analyst

2015 just to clarify.

Matt Flake

Analyst

Yes, 2015 I am sorry.

Unidentified Analyst

Analyst

Okay and then follow up on one of the other questions there that you had a pretty big chuck of the users come on near the end of the quarter. Just in terms of kind a high level quantity could you give us may be a little more color just so we can kind understand how much impact they had on this quarter versus you know having a full quarter in 2Q.

Jennifer Harris

Analyst

Because his Matt discussed in his script one of those we brought on a bit earlier than anticipated with IBC which has a relatively large user base and they did come in late in the quarter, but they also tend to be fairly significant amount of revenue and so the impact to the current order and what probably a good portion of the overachievement from the analyst consensus, but was already baked into Q2 because we had had them fairly early in Q2 going live. So I don't expect a big impact or big overage from the time in Q2.

Unidentified Analyst

Analyst

One last one for me, obviously the user conference talk about is very successful how do you think about one played out in terms of looking at maybe the Tier 1 pipeline this time and just kind of whereabouts that after you had such a strong year last year.

Matt Flake

Analyst

Yes, thanks I think the only things we’ve talked about Matt is the important to the marketplace the banks of delivering our application in production and so when you think about Umpqua and IBC and we’re making tremendous progress on the other Tier 1s, those of the questions that our perspective Tier 1s - are those of the questions that they asked is tell me about words in production where I can see running. And so are overachievement on the delivery of the software to our existing Tier 1 customers plus we have a lot of customers of grown up to be Tier 1s means a lot. So the client conference we did have some Tier 1 prospects that were the there and they were able to kind have unfettered access candidly to the Tier 1s that are customers there and I think it is going play pretty well. We had more Tier 1s in the pipeline would never had to have more RFPs from Tier 1 then we've ever had in our brand awareness is growing adding $30 plus million the balance sheet done her as well. So I feel a lot of momentum there and we’re really excited about how the products performing in that space as well.

Unidentified Analyst

Analyst

All right, thanks great quarter.

Matt Flake

Analyst

Thanks Matt.

Jennifer Harris

Analyst

Thanks Matt.

Operator

Operator

Your next question is from Richard Davis with Canaccord. Your line is open.

Richard Davis

Analyst

Thanks very much, I was a call back but security is a big topic these days do you have update on kind of customer demand and functionality on that front and also this to any discussion on the competitive environment especially as you kind move up market you kind move into a slightly different part of the sandbox. Thanks.

Matt Flake

Analyst

Thanks Richard. Security update our security story bill seems to be unique in the marketplace behavioral analytics tied to mobile tablet desktop experience with appear to be the only vendor author that has a fully integrated from the ground up, system that we build our own we also partner with easy solutions which does outside of this browser authentication we sold a lot of that they have - they were very well received in our client conference easy solutions will beginning to sell quite a bit of that. So our security story seems to be unique and seems to help us close a lot of deals as I said in the past we lead with our chin when it comes to security and that the big differentiator when you talk to prospects. As far as other competitive market that there's no changes the same group of competitors whether its Tier 1, Tier 2 or Tier 3 is just different flavors other stuff and we still compete favorably in and all those bases.

Richard Davis

Analyst

Thanks Matt.

Matt Flake

Analyst

Thanks Richard.

Jennifer Harris

Analyst

Thanks Richard.

Operator

Operator

Your next question is from Terry Tillman with Raymond James. Your line is open.

Brian Peterson

Analyst

Hi, this is Brian Peterson and for Terry. You mentioned a couple credit union wins this quarter on any perspective on if that’s coming [technical difficulties] or from some of your partners there and just curious on your sales force hiring efforts any update their.

Matt Flake

Analyst

Thanks Brian. The credit union this quarter NAVTEQ is a partnership to where we know that we signed in the third quarter is their helpful through as they were at our client conference help and so there are trusted advisor that helps us helps credit unions come to the decision. So in that sense there part of those decisions but they're there they come to us from our direct sales organization and in the other question. On the sales hiring we are continuing to add sales reps we think will add you somewhat in that in the about the 30% range, 30% growth in the sales spending and in 2015 I would say that there some seasonality to it if you think about a lot of sales reps try to finish out the year at the company there with get their commission checks and they join us in the second and third quarter. So I think you probably see lift in and sales spending in the back half of the year. But will continue to invest 3% penetrated we got a lot of opportunity in front of us to go get

Brian Peterson

Analyst

Okay.

Matt Flake

Analyst

Thanks Brian.

Brian Peterson

Analyst

On the gross margins you said with the shift in some of the resources in the R&D issue we continue would assume that's going to stay the same or we are going to seeing any more fluctuation there.

Jennifer Harris

Analyst

I think you're going to maybe be a little bit of fluctuation on a quarterly basis given the capacity that we have with implementation but I think now that we have the capacity built up and we’re continuing to hire ahead of that demand and implementations I do believe that the amount of debt resources that are focused on that. We will continue to stay at level such as they were in Q1 and we factored all of that into our forward guidance.

Brian Peterson

Analyst

Okay thank you.

Matt Flake

Analyst

Thanks Brian, appreciate it.

Operator

Operator

[Operator Instructions] Your next question is from Spencer Bogart with Needham & Company. Your line is open.

Spencer Bogart

Analyst

Hi, guys two one of the sign last year. What percentage of their available user base is set the model that we can walk us through how they get rolled out through the year?

Matt Flake

Analyst

What percentage of their user could you add that question again Spencer.

Spencer Bogart

Analyst

Yes, available user based so how many of them are actually using the system now.

Matt Flake

Analyst

Let me we don't disclose number of users and individual bank let me talk about the customers and the status on which is we signed five last year we have delivered one of those in the first quarter which is IBC even my was sent to them at the end of the year we anticipate taking a parts of them of the of the three to we signed in the first half year live in the next two quarters. And then we anticipate the two we signed at the end of the year coming live at the end of 2015 or in the first quarter of 2016 depending on if we kind can get caught in the holidays at the end of year was a lot times can push the conversion. So that would be a better way to look at in the number of users.

Spencer Bogart

Analyst

Great. Thanks guys and could you give us an update on the treasury product which is rolled out last quarter and what type of respective are you seen in the market and how can you differentiate in deals.

Matt Flake

Analyst

Thanks for the question Spencer we obviously got the roll the treasury product out of the client conference and it was well received its a living breathing thing and the customer say keep giving more we more and more feature functionality. The think it was really interesting was a lot of customers if said we have never had access to technology like this without having to go by a standalone system pay a license and the service dollars. So we can just roll out Q2s platform and rollout this feature function as workflows for the larger customers just by binary platform that we don't have to – the cost associate with standalone products. So that was very well received and I think you're beginning to see you begin to see that treasury will have an impact on our bookings in 2015 and 2016 is it something that differentiates us as we put pressure our competitors to answer the questions around what’s you are going to do around treasury in those type solutions. So you are not going to see anything in 2015 - anything material 2015 is a revenue but in 2016 and 2017 and beyond you are going to begin to see the impact of our investment treasury. So thank you for the question.

Spencer Bogart

Analyst

So and just one for me. Let me think about the split between credit union versus bans in the quarter. How does that compare with what you are seening in the pipeline?

Matt Flake

Analyst

Well, I would say we’ve got lot of momentum in the credit union space, but we are still doing well on the bank side from the pipeline perspective the pipeline in all tiers and all sizes is growing and so Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3 there is growth in the pipeline and that's what sort I look at make sure the help of the business to make sure were begun to build deliver on the 30 plus percent top line growth for the foreseeable future.

Spencer Bogart

Analyst

Thanks for that color.

Matt Flake

Analyst

Thanks Spencer. End of Q&A

Operator

Operator

There are no further questions at this time and this will conclude today's conference call. Ladies and gentlemen you may now disconnect.