SolarWinds Announces First Quarter 2024 Results

SolarWinds Corporation (NYSE:SWI), a leading provider of simple, powerful, secure observability and IT management software, today reported results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2024.

First Quarter Financial Highlights

• Total revenue for the first quarter of $193.3 million, representing 4% year-over-year growth, and total recurring revenue representing 93% of total revenue.
• Net income for the first quarter of $15.6 million.
• Adjusted EBITDA for the first quarter of $92.1 million, representing a margin of 48% of total revenue and 19% year-over-year growth.
• Subscription Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) of $251.3 million, representing year-over-year growth of 36%, and Total ARR of $695.3 million, representing year-over-year growth of 7%.

Please see the tables below for a reconciliation of our GAAP to non-GAAP results.

“We started the year strong, exceeding the high end of our guidance for total revenue and adjusted EBITDA, and also delivering our highest quarterly adjusted EBITDA margin in over three years,” said Sudhakar Ramakrishna, SolarWinds President and Chief Executive Officer. “I'm proud of our team's focus on helping customers accelerate their business transformations with solutions built to improve productivity while lowering complexity and costs. We look forward to building on this momentum with our SolarWinds Platform solution offerings.”

Recent Business Highlights

• In February, SolarWinds announced AI-powered enhancements to its SaaS-delivered and self-hosted, on-premises observability solutions, built to enable teams to manage on-premises, cloud-native, or hybrid ecosystems with full-stack visibility across networks, infrastructure, databases, applications, user experiences, and security through a unified, integrated solution available either on-premises or in the cloud, so organizations can monitor and observe everything from anywhere.
• Also in February, SolarWinds kicked off its series of Transform Partner Summits hosted in Lisbon, Portugal (February 19-23), Bali, Indonesia (March 4-6), and Miami, Florida (April 8-10), emphasizing the company’s commitment to its partners, and introducing its latest initiatives, programs, and incentives designed to create greater opportunities for shared growth between the company and its valued global channel partners.
• On March 21, SolarWinds announced it submitted its Secure Software Development self-attestation in alignment with Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) requirements. In submitting its form to the Repository for Software Attestation and Artifacts (RSAA), SolarWinds became the first software provider to publish CISA self-attestation in alignment with U.S. government requirements of all software providers.
• Also in March, SolarWinds announced a special cash dividend of $1.00 per share, returning significant capital to stockholders while continuing to grow the business.

Balance Sheet

At March 31, 2024, total cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments were $312.8 million, and total debt was $1.2 billion. The special cash dividend of $168.2 million declared in March and reflected as a current liability on our balance sheet as of March 31, 2024 was paid on April 15, 2024.

The financial results included in this press release are preliminary and pending final review by the company and its external auditors. Financial results will not be final until SolarWinds files its quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the period. Information about SolarWinds’ use of non-GAAP financial measures is provided below under “Non-GAAP Financial Measures.”

Financial Outlook

As of May 2, 2024, SolarWinds is providing its financial outlook for the second quarter and its updated financial outlook for the full year of 2024. The financial information below represents forward-looking non-GAAP financial information, including an estimate of adjusted EBITDA and non-GAAP diluted earnings per share. These non-GAAP financial measures exclude, among other items mentioned below, stock-based compensation expense and related employer-paid payroll taxes, amortization, certain expenses related to the cyberattack that occurred in December 2020 (the “Cyber Incident”), restructuring costs, and other costs related to non-recurring items. We have not reconciled our estimates of these non-GAAP financial measures to their most directly comparable GAAP measure as a result of uncertainty regarding, and the potential variability of, these excluded items in future periods. Accordingly, reconciliation is not available without unreasonable effort, although it is important to note that these excluded items could be material to our results computed in accordance with GAAP in future periods. Our reported results provide reconciliations of non-GAAP financial measures to their nearest GAAP equivalents.

Financial Outlook for Second Quarter of 2024

SolarWinds’ management currently expects to achieve the following results for the second quarter of 2024:

• Total revenue in the range of $186 to $191 million, representing growth of approximately 2% as compared to the second quarter of 2023 total revenue at the midpoint of the range.
• Adjusted EBITDA of approximately $85 to $88 million, representing growth of approximately 9% over the second quarter of 2023 adjusted EBITDA at the midpoint of the range.
• Non-GAAP diluted earnings per share of $0.21 to $0.23.
• Weighted average outstanding diluted shares of approximately 171.6 million.

Financial Outlook for Full Year of 2024

SolarWinds’ management currently expects to achieve the following results for the full year of 2024:

• Total revenue in the range of $771 to $786 million, representing growth of approximately 3% over the full year of 2023 total revenue at the midpoint of the range.
• Adjusted EBITDA of approximately $360 to $370 million, representing growth of approximately 11% over the full year of 2023 adjusted EBITDA at the midpoint of the range.
• Non-GAAP diluted earnings per share of $1.00 to $1.04.
• Weighted average outstanding diluted shares of approximately 173.4 million.

The conference call will provide additional details on the company's outlook.

Conference Call and Webcast

In conjunction with this announcement, SolarWinds will host a conference call today to discuss its financial results, business and business outlook at 7:30 a.m. CT (8:30 a.m. ET/5:30 a.m. PT). A live webcast of the call and materials presented during the call will be available on the SolarWinds Investor Relations website at http://investors.solarwinds.com. A live dial-in will be available domestically at [phone] and internationally at [phone]. To access the live call, please dial in 5-10 minutes before the scheduled start time and enter the conference passcode 2975715. A replay of the webcast will be available on a temporary basis shortly after the event on the SolarWinds Investor Relations website.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains “forward-looking” statements, which are subject to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements regarding our financial outlook for the second quarter and the full year 2024. These forward-looking statements are based on management's beliefs and assumptions and on information currently available to management. Forward-looking statements include all statements that are not historical facts and may be identified by terms such as “aim,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “can,” “could,” “seek,” “should,” “feel,” “expect,” “will,” “would,” “plan,” “project,” “intend,” “estimate,” “continue,” “may,” or similar expressions and the negatives of those terms. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, the following: (a) risks related to the Cyber Incident, including with respect to (1) litigation and investigation risks related to the Cyber Incident, including as a result of the pending civil complaint filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission against us and our Chief Information Security Officer, including that we may incur significant costs in defending ourselves and may be unsuccessful in doing so, resulting in exposure to potential penalties, judgements, fines, settlement-related costs and other costs and liabilities related thereto, (2) numerous financial, legal, reputational and other risks to us related to the Cyber Incident, including risks that the incident, SolarWinds’ response thereto or litigation related to the Cyber Incident may result in the loss of business as a result of termination or non-renewal of agreements, or reduced purchases or upgrades of our products, reputational damage adversely affecting customer, partner, and vendor relationships and investor confidence, increased attrition of personnel and distraction of key and other personnel, indemnity obligations, damages for contractual breach, penalties for violation of applicable laws or regulations, significant costs for remediation, and the incurrence of other liabilities and risks related to the impact of any such costs and liabilities, and (3) the possibility that our steps to secure our internal environment, improve our product development environment, and ensure the security and integrity of the software that we deliver to our customers may not be successful or sufficient to protect against future threat actors or attacks, or be perceived by existing and prospective customers as sufficient to address the harm caused by the Cyber Incident; (b) other risks related to cybersecurity, including that we may experience other security incidents or have vulnerabilities in our systems and services exploited, whether through the actions or inactions of our employees, our customers, insider threats or otherwise, which may result in compromises or breaches of our and our customers’ systems or, theft or misappropriation of our and our customers’ confidential, proprietary or personal information, as well as exposure to legal and other liabilities, including the related risk of higher customer, employee and partner attrition and the loss of key personnel, as well as negative impacts to our sales, renewals and upgrades; (c) risks related to the evolving breadth of our sales motion and challenges, investments and additional costs associated with increased selling efforts toward enterprise customers and adopting a subscription first approach; (d) risks relating to increased investments in, and the timing and success of, our ongoing transformation from monitoring to observability; (e) risks related to any shifts in our revenue mix and the timing of how we recognize revenue as we transition to subscription; (f) risks related to using artificial intelligence (“AI”) in our business and our solutions, including risks related to evolving regulation of AI, machine learning and the receipt, collection, storage, processing and transfer of data as well as the threat of cyberattacks created through AI or leveraging AI; (g) potential foreign exchange gains and losses related to expenses and sales denominated in currencies other than the functional currency of an associated entity; (h) any of the following factors either generally or as a result of the impacts of global macroeconomic conditions, including the wars in Israel and Ukraine, geopolitical tensions involving China, disruptions in the global supply chain and energy markets, inflation, uncertainty over liquidity concerns in the broader financial services industry, foreign currency exchange rates and the effects of the global COVID pandemic or other public health crises on the global economy or on our business operations and financial condition or on the business operations and financial conditions of our customers, their end-customers and our prospective customers: (1) reductions in information technology spending or delays in purchasing decisions by our customers, their end-customers and our prospective customers, (2) the inability to sell products to new customers or to sell additional products or upgrades to our existing customers or to convert our maintenance customers to subscription products, (3) any decline in our renewal or net retention rates or any delay or loss of U.S. government sales, (4) the inability to generate significant volumes of high quality sales leads from our digital marketing initiatives and convert such leads into new business at acceptable conversion rates, (5) the timing and adoption of new products, product upgrades or pricing model changes by us or our competitors, (6) changes in interest rates, (7) risks associated with our international operations and any international expansion efforts and (8) ongoing sanctions and export controls; (i) the possibility that our operating income could fluctuate and may decline as percentage of revenue as we make further expenditures to expand our infrastructure, product offerings and sales motion in order to support additional growth in our business; (j) our ability to compete effectively in the markets we serve and the risks of increased competition as we enter new markets; (k) our ability to attract, retain and motivate employees; (l) any violation of legal and regulatory requirements or any misconduct by our employees or partners; (m) risks associated with increased efforts and costs to comply with ongoing changes in applicable laws and regulations; (n) our inability to successfully identify, complete, and integrate acquisitions and manage our growth effectively; (o) risks associated with our status as a controlled company; and (p) such other risks and uncertainties described more fully in documents filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the risk factors discussed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 filed on February 16, 2024, and our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2024 that SolarWinds anticipates filing on or before May 10, 2024. All information provided in this release is as of the date hereof, and SolarWinds undertakes no duty to update this information except as required by law.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

In addition to financial measures prepared in accordance with GAAP, we use certain non-GAAP financial measures to clarify and enhance our understanding, and aid in the period-to-period comparison, of our performance. We believe that these non-GAAP financial measures provide supplemental information that is meaningful when assessing our operating performance because they exclude the impact of certain amounts that our management and board of directors do not consider part of core operating results when assessing our operational performance, allocating resources, preparing annual budgets and determining compensation. Accordingly, these non-GAAP financial measures may provide insight to investors into the motivation and decision-making of management in operating the business.

SolarWinds also believes that investors and securities analysts use these non-GAAP financial measures to (a) compare and evaluate its performance from period to period and (b) compare its performance to those of its competitors. These non-GAAP measures exclude certain items that can vary substantially from company to company depending upon their financing and accounting methods, the book value of their assets, their capital structures, and the method by which their assets were acquired.

There are limitations associated with the use of these non-GAAP financial measures. These non-GAAP financial measures are not prepared in accordance with GAAP, do not reflect a comprehensive system of accounting and may not be completely comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies due to potential differences in the exact calculation method between companies. Certain items that are excluded from these non-GAAP financial measures can have a material impact on operating and net income (loss).

As a result, these non-GAAP financial measures have limitations and should not be considered in isolation from, or as a substitute for, the most comparable GAAP measures. SolarWinds' management and board of directors compensate for these limitations by using these non-GAAP financial measures as supplements to GAAP financial measures and by reviewing the reconciliations of the non-GAAP financial measures to their most comparable GAAP financial measure. Set forth in the tables below are the corresponding GAAP financial measures for each non-GAAP financial measure presented. Investors are encouraged to review the reconciliations of these non-GAAP financial measures to their most comparable GAAP financial measures that are set forth in the tables below.

Non-GAAP Revenue on a Constant Currency Basis. We provide non-GAAP revenue on a constant currency basis to provide a framework for assessing our performance, excluding the effect of foreign currency rate fluctuations. To present this information, current period results for entities reporting in currencies other than U.S. Dollars are converted into U.S. Dollars at the average exchange rates in effect during the corresponding prior period presented. We believe that providing non-GAAP revenue on a constant currency basis facilitates the comparison of revenue to prior periods.

Non-GAAP Cost of Revenue and Non-GAAP Operating Income. We provide non-GAAP cost of revenue and non-GAAP operating income and related non-GAAP margins excluding such items as amortization of acquired intangible assets, stock-based compensation expense and related employer-paid payroll taxes, acquisition and other costs, restructuring costs, and Cyber Incident costs. Management believes these measures are useful for the following reasons:

• Amortization of Acquired Intangible Assets. We provide non-GAAP information that excludes expenses related to purchased intangible assets associated with our acquisitions including our acquired technologies. We believe that eliminating this expense from our non-GAAP measures is useful to investors because the amortization of acquired intangible assets can be inconsistent in amount and frequency and is significantly impacted by the timing and magnitude of our acquisition transactions, which also vary in frequency from period to period. Accordingly, we analyze the performance of our operations in each period without regard to such expenses.

• Stock-Based Compensation Expense and Related Employer-Paid Payroll Taxes. We provide non-GAAP information that excludes expenses related to stock-based compensation and related employer-paid payroll taxes. We believe that the exclusion of stock-based compensation expense provides for a better comparison of our operating results to prior periods and to our peer companies as the calculations of stock-based compensation vary from period to period and company to company due to different valuation methodologies, subjective assumptions, and the variety of award types. Employer-paid payroll taxes on stock-based compensation is dependent on our stock price and the timing of the taxable events related to the equity awards, over which our management has little control and does not correlate to the core operation of our business. Because of these unique characteristics of stock-based compensation and related employer-paid payroll taxes, management excludes these expenses when analyzing the organization’s business performance.

• Acquisition and Other Costs. We exclude certain expense items resulting from acquisitions, such as legal, accounting and advisory fees, changes in fair value of contingent consideration, costs related to integrating the acquired businesses, deferred compensation, severance and retention expense. In addition, we exclude certain other non-recurring costs, including internal investigation costs. We consider these adjustments, to some extent, to be unpredictable and dependent on a significant number of factors that are outside of our control. Furthermore, acquisitions result in operating expenses we would not have otherwise incurred in the normal course of our organic business operations. We believe that providing these non-GAAP measures that exclude acquisition and other costs allows users of our financial statements to better review and understand the historical and current results of our operations, and also facilitates comparisons to our historical results and results of less acquisitive peer companies, both with and without such adjustments.

• Restructuring Costs. We provide non-GAAP information that excludes restructuring costs such as severance paid in connection with corporate restructuring activities, as well as costs related to the separation of employment with executives of the Company. In addition, we exclude lease impairments and other costs incurred in connection with the exiting of certain leased facilities and other contracts as they relate to our corporate restructuring and exit activities. These costs are infrequent, inconsistent in amount and are significantly impacted by the timing and nature of these events. Therefore, although we may incur these types of expenses in the future, we believe that eliminating these costs for purposes of calculating the non-GAAP financial measures facilitates a more meaningful evaluation of our operating performance and comparisons to our past operating performance.

• Cyber Incident Costs. We exclude certain expenses resulting from the Cyber Incident. Expenses include costs to investigate and remediate the Cyber Incident, costs of lawsuits and investigations related thereto, including settlement costs and legal and other professional services, and estimated loss contingencies. Cyber Incident costs are provided net of insurance reimbursements, although the timing of recognizing insurance reimbursements has differed from the timing of recognizing the associated expenses. We expect to incur significant legal and other professional services expenses associated with the Cyber Incident in future periods. The Cyber Incident results in operating expenses that we would not have otherwise incurred by us in the normal course of our organic business operations. We believe that providing non-GAAP measures that exclude these costs facilitates a more meaningful evaluation of our operating performance and comparisons to our past operating performance. We expect to continue to invest significantly in cybersecurity, and such additional investments are not included in the net Cyber Incident costs reported.

Non-GAAP Net Income (Loss) and Non-GAAP Net Income (Loss) Per Diluted Share. We believe that the use of non-GAAP net income (loss) and non-GAAP net income (loss) per diluted share is helpful to our investors to clarify and enhance their understanding of past performance and future prospects. Non-GAAP net income (loss) is calculated as net income (loss) excluding the adjustments to non-GAAP cost of revenue and non-GAAP operating income, certain other non-operating gains and losses and the income tax effect of the non-GAAP exclusions. We define non-GAAP net income (loss) per diluted share as non-GAAP net income (loss) divided by the weighted average outstanding diluted common shares.

Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin. We regularly monitor adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA margin, as it is a measure we use to assess our operating performance. We define adjusted EBITDA as net income (loss), excluding amortization of acquired intangible assets and developed technology, depreciation expense, stock-based compensation expense and related employer-paid payroll taxes, restructuring costs, acquisition and other costs, Cyber Incident costs, net, interest expense, net, debt-related costs including fees related to our credit agreements, debt extinguishment and refinancing costs, unrealized foreign currency (gains) losses, and income tax expense (benefit). We define adjusted EBITDA margin as adjusted EBITDA divided by total revenue. Adjusted EBITDA has limitations as an analytical tool, and you should not consider it in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP. Some of these limitations are: although depreciation and amortization are non-cash charges, the assets being depreciated and amortized may have to be replaced in the future, and adjusted EBITDA does not reflect cash capital expenditure requirements for such replacements or for new capital expenditure requirements. Additionally, adjusted EBITDA: excludes the impact of restructuring impairment charges related to exited leased facilities which may continue to require future cash rent payments; does not reflect changes in, or cash requirements for, our working capital needs; does not reflect the significant interest expense, or the cash requirements necessary to service interest or principal payments, on our debt; and does not reflect tax payments that may represent a reduction in cash available to us. Other companies, including companies in our industry, may calculate adjusted EBITDA differently, which reduces its usefulness as a comparative measure.

Unlevered Free Cash Flow.Unlevered free cash flow is a measure of our liquidity used by management to evaluate cash flow from operations after the deduction of capital expenditures and prior to the impact of our capital structure, acquisition and other costs, restructuring costs, Cyber Incident costs, net, employer-paid payroll taxes on stock awards and other one-time items, that can be used by us for strategic opportunities and strengthening our balance sheet. However, given our debt obligations, unlevered free cash flow does not represent residual cash flow available for discretionary expenses.

Other Defined Terms

Subscription Annual Recurring Revenue (Subscription ARR). Subscription ARR represents the annualized recurring value of all active subscription contracts at the end of a reporting period.

Total Annual Recurring Revenue (Total ARR). Total ARR represents the sum of Subscription ARR and the annualized value of all maintenance contracts related to perpetual licenses active at the end of a reporting period assuming those contracts are renewed at their existing terms.

We use Subscription ARR and Total ARR to better understand and assess the performance of our business, as our mix of revenue generated from recurring revenue has increased in recent years. Subscription ARR and Total ARR each provides a normalized view of customer retention, renewal and expansion, as well as growth from new customers. Subscription ARR and Total ARR should each be viewed independently of revenue and deferred revenue and are not intended to be combined with or to replace either of those items.

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About SolarWinds

SolarWinds (NYSE:SWI) is a leading provider of simple, powerful, secure observability and IT management software built to enable customers to accelerate their digital transformation. Our solutions provide organizations worldwide—regardless of type, size, or complexity—with a comprehensive and unified view of today’s modern, distributed, and hybrid network environments. We continuously engage IT service and operations professionals, DevOps and SecOps professionals, and Database Administrators (DBAs) to understand the challenges they face in maintaining high-performing and highly available IT infrastructures, applications, and environments. The insights we gain from them, in places like our THWACK community, allow us to address customers’ needs now, and in the future. Our focus on the user and our commitment to excellence in end-to-end hybrid IT management have established SolarWinds as a worldwide leader in solutions for observability, IT service management, application performance, and database management. Learn more today at www.solarwinds.com.

The SolarWinds, SolarWinds & Design, Orion, and THWACK trademarks are the exclusive property of SolarWinds Worldwide, LLC or its affiliates, are registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and may be registered or pending registration in other countries. All other SolarWinds trademarks, service marks, and logos may be common law marks or are registered or pending registration. All other trademarks mentioned herein are used for identification purposes only and are trademarks of (and may be registered trademarks of) their respective companies.

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SolarWinds Corporation
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(In thousands, except share and per share information)
(Unaudited)
	March 31,				December 31,
	2024				2023
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	304,431			$	284,695
Short-term investments		8,382				4,477
Accounts receivable, net of allowances of $776 and $743 as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively		102,752				103,455
Income tax receivable		603				459
Prepaid and other current assets		26,451				28,241
Total current assets		442,619				421,327
Property and equipment, net		18,641				19,669
Operating lease assets		39,848				43,776
Deferred taxes		133,288				133,224
Goodwill		2,384,077				2,397,545
Intangible assets, net		168,624				183,688
Other assets, net		51,567				51,686
Total assets	$	3,238,664			$	3,250,915
Liabilities and stockholders’ equity
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	$	9,541			$	9,701
Accrued liabilities and other		40,516				56,643
Current operating lease liabilities		14,762				14,925
Accrued interest payable		1,182				942
Dividends payable		168,162				—
Income taxes payable		38,038				29,240
Current portion of deferred revenue		344,292				344,907
Current debt obligation		9,267				12,450
Total current liabilities		625,760				468,808
Long-term liabilities:
Deferred revenue, net of current portion		41,920				42,070
Non-current deferred taxes		1,904				1,933
Non-current operating lease liabilities		46,366				49,848
Other long-term liabilities		41,795				55,278
Long-term debt, net of current portion		1,195,800				1,190,934
Total liabilities		1,953,545				1,808,871
Commitments and contingencies
Stockholders’ equity:
Common stock, $0.001 par value: 1,000,000,000 shares authorized and 168,161,987 and 166,637,506 shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 respectively		168				167
Preferred stock, $0.001 par value: 50,000,000 shares authorized and no shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively		—				—
Additional paid-in capital		2,532,169				2,688,854
Accumulated other comprehensive loss		(43,903	)			(28,103	)
Accumulated deficit		(1,203,315	)			(1,218,874	)
Total stockholders’ equity		1,285,119				1,442,044
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$	3,238,664			$	3,250,915

SolarWinds Corporation
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
(In thousands, except per share information)
(Unaudited)
	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2024				2023
Revenue:
Subscription	$	68,757			$	54,357
Maintenance		111,720				114,478
Total recurring revenue		180,477				168,835
License		12,834				17,141
Total revenue		193,311				185,976
Cost of revenue:
Cost of recurring revenue		18,172				18,394
Amortization of acquired technologies		2,664				3,436
Total cost of revenue		20,836				21,830
Gross profit		172,475				164,146
Operating expenses:
Sales and marketing		54,921				65,916
Research and development		27,828				23,791
General and administrative		31,308				25,601
Amortization of acquired intangibles		11,519				13,005
Total operating expenses		125,576				128,313
Operating income		46,899				35,833
Other income (expense):
Interest expense, net		(26,830	)			(28,581	)
Other income (expense), net		51				(89	)
Total other expense		(26,779	)			(28,670	)
Income before income taxes		20,120				7,163
Income tax expense		4,561				12,784
Net income (loss)	$	15,559			$	(5,621	)
Net income (loss) available to common stockholders	$	15,559			$	(5,621	)
Net income (loss) available to common stockholders per share:
Basic income (loss) per share	$	0.09			$	(0.03	)
Diluted income (loss) per share	$	0.09			$	(0.03	)
Weighted-average shares used to compute net income (loss) available to common stockholders per share:
Shares used in computation of basic income (loss) per share		167,419				162,773
Shares used in computation of diluted income (loss) per share		171,169				162,773

SolarWinds Corporation
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)
	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2024				2023
Cash flows from operating activities
Net income (loss)	$	15,559			$	(5,621	)
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization		19,277				22,018
Provision for losses on accounts receivable		62				594
Stock-based compensation expense		17,881				16,234
Amortization of debt issuance costs		2,657				2,666
Deferred taxes		(3,043	)			1,906
(Gain) loss on foreign currency exchange rates		(230	)			184
Lease impairment charges		1,381				5,754
Other non-cash expenses (benefit)		(36	)			166
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable		(327	)			(7,930	)
Income taxes receivable		(155	)			(312	)
Prepaid and other assets		2,315				(6,339	)
Accounts payable		(139	)			(5,205	)
Accrued liabilities and other		(16,823	)			(33,587	)
Accrued interest payable		240				(273	)
Income taxes payable		(4,690	)			3,485
Deferred revenue		2,345				7,059
Net cash provided by operating activities		36,274				799
Cash flows from investing activities
Purchases of investments		(8,311	)			—
Maturities of investments		4,500				15,035
Purchases of property and equipment		(1,411	)			(342	)
Capitalized software development costs		(3,310	)			(3,087	)
Purchases of intangible assets		(54	)			(51	)
Other investing activities		—				564
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities		(8,586	)			12,119
Cash flows from financing activities
Proceeds from issuance of common stock under employee stock purchase plan		1,594				1,711
Repurchase of common stock		(8,289	)			(6,991	)
Exercise of stock options		8				8
Payment of debt issuance costs		(1,036	)			—
Net cash used in financing activities		(7,723	)			(5,272	)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents		(229	)			(204	)
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents		19,736				7,442
Cash and cash equivalents
Beginning of period		284,695				121,738
End of period	$	304,431			$	129,180
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information
Cash paid for interest	$	27,083			$	26,740
Cash paid for income taxes	$	11,144			$	6,566
Non-cash investing and financing transactions
Stock-based compensation included in capitalized software development costs	$	284			$	322
Dividends declared but not paid	$	168,162			$	—

SolarWinds Corporation
Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Measures
(Unaudited)
	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2024				2023
	(in thousands, except margin data)
GAAP cost of revenue	$	20,836			$	21,830
Stock-based compensation expense and related employer-paid payroll taxes		(590	)			(519	)
Amortization of acquired technologies		(2,664	)			(3,436	)
Restructuring costs		(39	)			(377	)
Non-GAAP cost of revenue	$	17,543			$	17,498
GAAP gross profit	$	172,475			$	164,146
Stock-based compensation expense and related employer-paid payroll taxes		590				519
Amortization of acquired technologies		2,664				3,436
Restructuring costs		39				377
Non-GAAP gross profit	$	175,768			$	168,478
GAAP gross margin		89.2	%			88.3	%
Non-GAAP gross margin		90.9	%			90.6	%
GAAP sales and marketing expense	$	54,921			$	65,916
Stock-based compensation expense and related employer-paid payroll taxes		(5,202	)			(5,536	)
Restructuring costs		(908	)			(2,574	)
Non-GAAP sales and marketing expense	$	48,811			$	57,806
GAAP research and development expense	$	27,828			$	23,791
Stock-based compensation expense and related employer-paid payroll taxes		(3,491	)			(3,012	)
Restructuring costs		(629	)			(240	)
Non-GAAP research and development expense	$	23,708			$	20,539
GAAP general and administrative expense	$	31,308			$	25,601
Stock-based compensation expense and related employer-paid payroll taxes		(9,440	)			(8,090	)
Acquisition and other costs		(507	)			(55	)
Restructuring costs		(1,798	)			(7,768	)
Cyber Incident costs, net		(3,005	)			7,770
Non-GAAP general and administrative expense	$	16,558			$	17,458
GAAP operating expenses	$	125,576			$	128,313
Stock-based compensation expense and related employer-paid payroll taxes		(18,133	)			(16,638	)
Amortization of acquired intangibles		(11,519	)			(13,005	)
Acquisition and other costs		(507	)			(55	)
Restructuring costs		(3,335	)			(10,582	)
Cyber Incident costs, net		(3,005	)			7,770
Non-GAAP operating expenses	$	89,077			$	95,803
GAAP operating income	$	46,899			$	35,833
Stock-based compensation expense and related employer-paid payroll taxes		18,723				17,157
Amortization of acquired technologies		2,664				3,436
Amortization of acquired intangibles		11,519				13,005
Acquisition and other costs		507				55
Restructuring costs		3,374				10,959
Cyber Incident costs, net		3,005				(7,770	)
Non-GAAP operating income	$	86,691			$	72,675
GAAP operating margin		24.3	%			19.3	%
Non-GAAP operating margin		44.8	%			39.1	%
GAAP net income (loss)	$	15,559			$	(5,621	)
Stock-based compensation expense and related employer-paid payroll taxes		18,723				17,157
Amortization of acquired technologies		2,664				3,436
Amortization of acquired intangibles		11,519				13,005
Acquisition and other costs		507				55
Restructuring costs		3,374				10,959
Cyber Incident costs, net		3,005				(7,770	)
Loss on extinguishment of debt		65				—
Tax benefit (expense) associated with above adjustments		(5,583	)			1,662
Non-GAAP net income	$	49,833			$	32,883
GAAP diluted earnings (loss) per share	$	0.09			$	(0.03	)
Non-GAAP diluted earnings per share	$	0.29			$	0.20

Reconciliation of GAAP Net Income (Loss) to Adjusted EBITDA
(Unaudited)
	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2024				2023
	(in thousands, except margin data)
Net income (loss)	$	15,559			$	(5,621	)
Amortization and depreciation		19,040				20,931
Income tax expense		4,561				12,784
Interest expense, net		26,830				28,581
Unrealized foreign currency (gains) losses		(230	)			184
Acquisition and other costs		507				55
Debt-related costs		701				105
Stock-based compensation expense and related employer-paid payroll taxes		18,723				17,157
Restructuring costs(1)		3,374				10,959
Cyber Incident costs, net		3,005				(7,770	)
Adjusted EBITDA	$	92,070			$	77,365
Adjusted EBITDA margin		47.6	%			41.6	%

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(1)	Restructuring costs for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023 include $1.6 million and $6.8 million, respectively, of non-cash lease impairment and other charges incurred in connection with the exiting of certain leased facilities.

Reconciliation of Revenue to Non-GAAP Revenue
on a Constant Currency Basis
(Unaudited)
	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2024				2023			Growth Rate
	(in thousands, except percentages)
Total revenue	$	193,311			$	185,976		3.9	%
Estimated foreign currency impact(1)		(407	)			—		(0.2	)
Non-GAAP total revenue on a constant currency basis	$	192,904			$	185,976		3.7	%

__________
(1)	The estimated foreign currency impact is calculated using the average foreign currency exchange rates in the comparable prior year monthly periods and applying those rates to foreign-denominated revenue in the corresponding monthly periods in the three months ended March 31, 2024.

Reconciliation of Unlevered Free Cash Flow
(Unaudited)
	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2024				2023
	(in thousands)
Net cash provided by operating activities	$	36,274			$	799
Capital expenditures(1)		(4,775	)			(3,480	)
Free cash flow		31,499				(2,681	)
Cash paid for interest and other debt related items		24,568				26,129
Cash paid for acquisition and other costs, restructuring costs, Cyber Incident costs(2), net, employer-paid payroll taxes on stock awards and other one-time items		7,517				24,463
Unlevered free cash flow (excluding forfeited tax shield)		63,584				47,911
Forfeited tax shield related to interest payments(3)		(7,042	)			(6,952	)
Unlevered free cash flow	$	56,542			$	40,959

__________
(1)	Includes purchases of property and equipment, capitalized software development costs and purchases of intangible assets.
(2)	Includes the $26 million consolidated putative class action lawsuit settlement payment made during the three months ended March 31, 2023.
(3)	Forfeited tax shield related to interest payments assumes a statutory rate of 26.0% for both the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023.

 

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