Splunk : Announces Fiscal Third Quarter 2017 Financial Results

SAN FRANCISCO - November 29, 2016 - Splunk Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLK), provider of the leading software platform for real-time Operational Intelligence, today announced results for its fiscal third quarter ended October 31, 2016.

Third Quarter 2017 Financial Highlights

• Total revenues were $245 million, up 40% year-over-year.
• License revenues were $140 million, up 34% year-over-year.
• GAAP operating loss was $91.0 million; GAAP operating margin was negative 37.2%.
• Non-GAAP operating income was $16.7 million; non-GAAP operating margin was 6.8%.
• GAAP loss per share was $0.69; non-GAAP earnings per share was $0.12.
• Operating cash flow was $45.3 million with free cash flow of $32.3 million.

'Our market opportunity is tremendous,' said Doug Merritt, President and CEO. 'Splunk provides the market leading platform that powers Operational Intelligence to enable customers to cost effectively get value from machine data. We want to make it easier to collect and analyze even larger volumes and varieties of data to help our customers gain more insights and value from Splunk solutions. Our passionate customers and their innovations with the Splunk platform are at the core of our success.'

Third Quarter 2017 and Recent Business Highlights:

Customers:

• Signed nearly 500 new enterprise customers.
• New and Expansion Customers Include: BMW (Germany), Cequint, Dow Jones, Educational Testing Services, Emirates Airlines, Exostar, Florida State University, Garanti Bank (Turkey), Monash University (Australia), Progressive Insurance, Rackspace, State of Maine, University Health System, University of Illinois, University of Miami, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Department of State, Yahoo Japan and Zendesk.

Products:

Corporate:

• Unveiled Splunk Pledge, a new philanthropic program through the Splunk4Good initiative, which commits to donate a minimum of $100 million in software licenses, training, support, education and volunteerism over a 10-year period to nonprofit organizations and educational institutions in order to support academic research and generate social impact.
• Announced investments in two companies - Acalvio and Insight Engines - to further drive innovation and extend the power and reach of the Splunk platform.

Strategic and Channel Partners:

• Announced the expansion of the Splunk-led Adaptive Response Initiative to strengthen enterprise security, with 11 new members including Acalvio, Anomali, Cisco, CrowdStrike, DomainTools, ForeScout, Okta, Proofpoint, Qualys, Recorded Future and Symantec.
• Cisco and Splunk joined forces at .conf2016 to highlight the companies' eight-year partnership, together delivering integrated solutions for thousands of organizations around the globe.
• Highlighted the strong partnership between Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Splunk at .conf2016, focused on driving customer success in the cloud.

• Ansible by Red Hat introduced the Ansible Tower App for Splunk, a new app developed to ingest all data associated with Ansible deployments, inventories and jobs and deliver this visibility to teams involved in app delivery.

Recognition:

Events:

• Hosted .conf2016, the 7th annual Splunk Worldwide Users' Conference in Orlando, drawing more than 4,500 Splunk enthusiasts, partners and experts in machine learning, data analytics, security, IT operations, cloud, DevOps, SaaS, business analytics, Internet of Things and more.
• Hosted SplunkLive! events in cities worldwide, including Auckland, Santa Clara, Denver, Nashville, Shanghai and Stockholm. Presentations can be found on the SplunkLive! website.

Appointments:

Financial Outlook

The company is providing the following guidance for its fiscal fourth quarter 2017 (ending January 31, 2017):

• Total revenues are expected to be between $286 and $288 million.
• Non-GAAP operating margin is expected to be between 8% and 9%.

The company is updating its previous guidance for its fiscal year 2017 (ending January 31, 2017):

• Total revenues are expected to be between $930 and $932 million (was between $910 and $914 million per prior guidance provided on August 25, 2016).
• Non-GAAP operating margin is expected to be between 5% and 6% (was approximately 5% per prior guidance provided on August 25, 2016).

All forward-looking non-GAAP financial measures contained in this section 'Financial Outlook' exclude estimates for stock-based compensation expenses, employer payroll tax expense related to employee stock plans, amortization of acquired intangible assets, acquisition-related costs and adjustments related to a financing lease obligation.

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 regarding, and the potential variability of, many of these costs and expenses that may be incurred in the future. For example, stock-based compensation expense is impacted by a number of factors, such as Splunk's future hiring and retention, as well as the future fair market value of Splunk's common stock, all of which are difficult to predict and subject to constant change. The company has provided a reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP financial measures in the financial statement tables for its fiscal third quarter 2017 non-GAAP results included in this press release. The exclusion of these costs and expenses will have a significant impact on Splunk's non-GAAP operating margin.

Conference Call and Webcast

Splunk's executive management team will host a conference call today beginning at 1:30 p.m. PT (4:30 p.m. ET) to discuss the company's financial results and business highlights. Interested parties may access the call by dialing (866) 501-1535. International parties may access the call by dialing (216) 672-5582. A live audio webcast of the conference call will be available through Splunk's Investor Relations website at http://investors.splunk.com/events.cfm. A replay of the call will be available through December 6, 2016 by dialing (855) 859-2056 and referencing Conference ID: 4131068.

Safe Harbor Statement

This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including statements regarding Splunk's revenue and non-GAAP operating margin targets for the company's fiscal fourth quarter and fiscal year 2017 in the paragraphs under 'Financial Outlook' above and other statements regarding customer demand and return on investment, market opportunity, the rate of customer adoption and growth strategies. There are a significant number of factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from statements made in this press release, including: Splunk's limited operating history and experience developing and introducing new products, including its cloud offerings; risks associated with Splunk's rapid growth, Splunk's limited experience with respect to predicting future customer demand and customer acceptance of the company's products and services, in and outside of the United States; Splunk's ability to rapidly and successfully integrate new employees into its workforce, particularly sales personnel; Splunk's inability to realize value from its significant investments in its business, including product and service innovations; Splunk's transition to a multi-product software and services business; Splunk's inability to successfully integrate acquired businesses and technologies; and general market, political, economic and business conditions.

Additional information on potential factors that could affect Splunk's financial results is included in the company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended July 31, 2016, which is on file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Splunk does not assume any obligation to update the forward-looking statements provided to reflect events that occur or circumstances that exist after the date on which they were made.