Qualtrics Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2022 Financial Results

• Full Year 2022 total revenue of $1,458.6M, up 36% year over year
• Q4 2022 total revenue of $389.1M, up 23% year over year
• Full Year 2022 subscription revenue of $1,223.7M, up 41% year over year
• Q4 2022 subscription revenue of $327.6M, up 26% year over year
• Total remaining performance obligations¹ of $2,174.6M, up 25% year over year
• Next 12 months remaining performance obligations of $1,202.3M, up 19% year over year

Qualtrics (NASDAQ: XM), the leader and creator of the experience management (XM) category, today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2022.

"Qualtrics delivered solid results in Q4, capping off a very strong year of growth and significant operating margin expansion,” said Qualtrics CEO Zig Serafin. “Qualtrics continues to be critical to helping companies build deeper relationships with their employees and customers to increase revenue and operate more efficiently in a challenging market.”

Fourth Quarter 2022 Financial Highlights:

• Revenue: Total revenue for the fourth quarter was $389.1 million, up from $316.0 million one year ago, an increase of 23% year over year. Subscription revenue for the fourth quarter was $327.6 million, up from $259.0 million one year ago, an increase of 26% year over year.
• Operating Income (Loss) and Margin: Fourth quarter operating loss was $(246.6) million, compared to $(306.1) million one year ago. Non-GAAP operating income for the fourth quarter (see discussion of non-GAAP operating income and margin measures below) was $23.9 million, compared to non-GAAP operating income of $0.3 million one year ago. For the fourth quarter, GAAP operating margin was (63)% and non-GAAP operating margin was 6.1%, compared to GAAP operating margin of (97)% and non-GAAP operating margin of 0.1% one year ago.
• Net Income (Loss) and Net Income (Loss) Per Share: Fourth quarter net loss was $(256.4) million, or $(0.43) per share, compared to $(309.8) million, or $(0.56) per share in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2021. Non-GAAP net income (see discussion of the non-GAAP net income (loss) measure below) for the fourth quarter was $16.0 million, or $0.03 per share, compared to non-GAAP net loss of $(39.4) million, or $(0.07) per share in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2021.
• Cash and Cash Equivalents: Total cash and cash equivalents as of December 31, 2022 and 2021 were $719.9 million and $1,014.5 million, respectively.

Full Year 2022 Financial Highlights:

• Revenue: Total revenue for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 was $1,458.6 million, up from $1,075.7 million one year ago, an increase of 36% year over year. Subscription revenue was $1,223.7 million, up from $870.7 million one year ago, an increase of 41% year over year.
• Operating Income (Loss) and Margin: Operating loss for the year was $(1,049.0) million, compared to operating loss of $(1,053.8) million in 2021. Non-GAAP operating income for the year was $57.8 million, compared to $31.9 million in fiscal year 2021. For the fiscal year 2022, GAAP operating margin was (72)% and non-GAAP operating margin was 4%, compared to GAAP operating margin of (98)% and non-GAAP operating margin of 3% one year ago.
• Net Income (Loss) and Net Income (Loss) Per Share: Fiscal year 2022 net loss was $(1,061.5) million, or $(1.82) per share, compared to $(1,059.1) million in fiscal year 2021, or $(2.05) per share. Non-GAAP net income for the year was $25.0 million, or $0.04 per share, compared to non-GAAP net loss of $(6.0) million in fiscal year 2021, or $(0.01) per share.

Financial Outlook:

Qualtrics is providing guidance for its first quarter ending March 31, 2023 as follows:

• Total revenue between $392 and $394 million.
• Subscription revenue between $333 and $335 million.
• Non-GAAP operating margin between 4% and 5%.
• Non-GAAP net income per share between $0.01 and $0.02 assuming 605 million weighted shares outstanding.

Qualtrics is providing its guidance for its full year ending December 31, 2023 as follows:

• Total revenue between $1,661 and $1,669 million.
• Subscription revenue between $1,406 and $1,414 million.
• Non-GAAP operating margin between 10% and 11%.
• Non-GAAP net income per share between $0.20 and $0.24 assuming 625 million weighted shares outstanding.

The guidance provided above constitutes forward-looking statements and actual results may differ materially. Refer to the “Forward-Looking Statements” safe harbor section below for information on the factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from these forward-looking statements.

Non-GAAP operating income, non-GAAP operating margin, non-GAAP net income (loss), and non-GAAP net income (loss) per share are non-GAAP financial measures. Additional information on Qualtrics' reported results, including a reconciliation of the non-GAAP financial measures to their most comparable GAAP measures, is included in the financial tables below. A reconciliation of non-GAAP guidance measures to corresponding GAAP measures is not available on a forward-looking basis without unreasonable effort due to the uncertainty of expenses that may be incurred in the future, although it is important to note that these factors could be material to Qualtrics’ results computed in accordance with GAAP.

A supplemental financial presentation and other information can be accessed through Qualtrics’ investor relations website at https://www.qualtrics.com/investors/.

¹ Remaining performance obligations represent all contracted future revenue that has not yet been recognized, including both deferred revenue and non-cancelable contracted amounts that will be invoiced and recognized as revenue in future periods.

Qualtrics Earnings Call

Qualtrics plans to host a conference call today to review its fiscal fourth quarter and full year 2022 financial results and to discuss its financial outlook. The call is scheduled to begin at 3:00 p.m. MT/5:00 p.m. ET. Investors are invited to join the webcast by visiting: https://qualtrics.com/investors/events. The webcast will be available live, and a replay will be available following completion of the live broadcast for approximately 90 days.

About Qualtrics

Qualtrics, the leader and creator of the experience management (XM) category, is changing the way organizations manage and improve the four core experiences of business, customer, employee, product and brand. Over 18,750 organizations around the world use Qualtrics to listen, understand and take action on experience data (X-data)—the beliefs, emotions and intentions that tell you why things are happening, and what to do about it. The Qualtrics XM Platform is a system of action that helps businesses attract customers who stay longer and buy more, engage employees who build a positive culture, develop breakthrough products people love and build a brand people are passionate about.

Forward-Looking Statements

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Non-GAAP Financial Measures

To supplement our financial results, which are prepared and presented in accordance with US GAAP (“GAAP”), we use certain non-GAAP financial measures, as described below, to understand and evaluate our core operating performance. These non-GAAP financial measures, which may be different than similarly-titled measures used by other companies, are presented to enhance investors’ overall understanding of our financial performance and should not be considered a substitute for, or superior to, the financial information prepared and presented in accordance with GAAP.

We believe that these non-GAAP financial measures provide useful information about our financial performance, enhance the overall understanding of our past performance and future prospects, and allow for greater transparency with respect to important metrics used by our management for financial and operational decision-making. We are presenting these non-GAAP measures to assist investors in seeing our financial performance using a management view, and because we believe that these measures provide an additional tool for investors to use in comparing our core financial performance over multiple periods with other companies in our industry. You should consider non-GAAP results alongside other financial performance measures and results presented in accordance with GAAP. In addition, in evaluating non-GAAP results, you should be aware that in the future we will incur expenses such as those that are the subject of adjustments in deriving non-GAAP results and you should not infer from our non-GAAP results that our future results will not be affected by these expenses or any unusual or non-recurring items.

Non-GAAP gross profit, non-GAAP gross margin, non-GAAP operating income, non-GAAP operating margin, non-GAAP net income (loss), non-GAAP net income (loss) per share, free cash flow, free cash flow margin: We define these non-GAAP financial measures as the respective GAAP measures, excluding equity and cash settled stock-based compensation expenses, including employer payroll tax on employee stock transactions, amortization of acquired intangible assets, acquisition related costs, changes in the fair value of our distribution liability for our tax sharing agreement with SAP, and the tax impact of the non-GAAP adjustments, as applicable.

We revised our non-GAAP definitions during 2022 to exclude employer payroll taxes on employee stock transactions. The amount of employer payroll tax on employee stock transactions is dependent on our stock price and other factors that are beyond our control and do not correlate with the core operation of our business. Going forward, we expect these expenses to increase relative to prior periods as a result of the vesting of restricted stock units (RSUs), and we believe it is useful to exclude these expenses in order to help investors better understand the long-term performance of our core business. The revisions to these definitions had no material impact on our reported non-GAAP financial measures for periods prior to 2022.

When evaluating the performance of our business and making operating plans, we do not consider the items excluded from our non-GAAP definitions (for example, when considering the impact of equity award grants, we place a greater emphasis on overall stockholder dilution rather than the accounting charges associated with such grants). We believe it is useful to exclude these items in order to better understand the long-term performance of our core business and to facilitate comparison of our results to those of peer companies and over multiple periods.

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(a) During the three months ended December 31, 2022, employer payroll tax on employee stock transactions reported in cost of revenue was $0.1 million and employer payroll tax reported in operating expenses was $1.5 million. During the year ended December 31, 2022, employer payroll tax on employee stock transactions reported in cost of revenue was $1.3 million and employer payroll tax reported in operating expenses was $17.1 million. Employer payroll tax on employee stock transactions was not material during the three months and year ended December 31, 2021.

Amortization of acquired intangible assets as follows:

We calculate non-GAAP gross profit as GAAP gross profit excluding equity and cash settled stock-based compensation expense allocated to cost of revenue, including employer payroll tax on employee stock transactions, and amortization of acquired intangible assets allocated to cost of revenue. Non-GAAP gross margin is calculated as non-GAAP gross profit divided by total revenue.

We calculate non-GAAP operating income as GAAP operating loss excluding equity and cash settled stock-based compensation expense, including employer payroll tax on employee stock transactions, amortization of acquired intangible assets, and acquisition related costs. Non-GAAP operating margin is calculated as non-GAAP operating income divided by total revenue.

We calculate non-GAAP net income (loss) as GAAP net loss excluding equity and cash settled stock-based compensation expense, including employer payroll tax on employee stock transactions, amortization of acquired intangible assets, acquisition related costs, changes in the fair value of our distribution liability for our tax sharing agreement with SAP, and the tax impact of the non-GAAP adjustments. Non-GAAP net income (loss) per share is calculated as non-GAAP net income (loss) divided by the weighted-average Class A and Class B shares attributable to common stockholders.

We calculate free cash flow as net cash provided by operating activities less capital expenditures. Free cash flow margin is calculated as free cash flow divided by total revenue. We incurred significant cash outflows in connection with the settlement of liability-classified, stock-based awards in accordance with SAP’s employee equity compensation programs. Our free cash flow for the three months ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 includes $0.6 million and $2.5 million, respectively, in cash outflows related to the settlement of liability-classified, stock-based awards. Our free cash flow for the year ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 includes $5.3 million and $79.4 million, respectively, in cash outflows related to the settlement of liability-classified, stock-based awards.

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