• Q2 SaaS Revenue Increases 32% to $47.7 Million
• Updates Full Year SaaS Revenue Guidance to $194.0 to $197.0 Million, 28 to 30% growth rate
• Raises Full Year Total Revenue Guidance to $245.0 to $248.0 Million
• Cash from Operations of $8.0 Million, up 16% Year over Year

DUBLIN, Calif., Aug. 03, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Callidus Software Inc. (NASDAQ:CALD), a global leader in cloud-based sales, marketing, learning and customer experience solutions, today announced financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2017.

“We delivered yet another quarter of over 30% SaaS growth in Q2, and are on track to meet our 2017 top and bottom line goals,” said Leslie Stretch, president and CEO, CallidusCloud. “We expanded our product portfolio with the acquisition of RevSym for ASC 606, and further strengthened our fast-growing mobile learning business with the acquisition of Learning Heroes. Our cross-sell and multi-product momentum continued and EMEA had a strong quarter.”

Financial Highlights for the Second Quarter 2017
SaaS revenue was $47.7 million, an increase of 32% over the same quarter in the prior year. Maintenance revenue was $900,000, resulting in total recurring revenue of $48.6 million. SaaS revenue growth continues to benefit from success in our Lead to Money suite. Professional services revenue was $12.7 million. Total revenue was $61.3 million for the second quarter, an increase of 23% year-over-year. Normalized SaaS billings growth was 30% for the trailing twelve-month period. Normalized billings growth for the quarter was 23%. Cash and short-term investments were $172.4 million. Cash flow from operations for the quarter was $8.0 million, compared to $6.9 million in the same quarter of the prior year.

GAAP Performance

• Recurring revenue gross margin was 72%, compared to 74% for the same quarter in the prior year.
  
  
• Overall gross margin was 60%, compared to 63% for the same quarter in the prior year.
  
  
• Operating loss was $7.2 million compared to $5.0 million for the same quarter in the prior year.
  
  
• Pre-tax loss was $6.9 million, compared to $5.3 million for the same quarter in the prior year.  

Non-GAAP Performance
The following non-GAAP measures are described below and are reconciled to the corresponding GAAP measures at the end of this release.

• Recurring revenue gross margin was 76%, compared to 77% in the prior year.
  
  
• Overall gross margin was 64%, compared to 66% in the prior year.
  
  
• Operating income was $5.4 million, compared to $4.0 million for the same quarter in the prior year.
  
  
• Pre-tax income was $5.6 million, compared to $3.7 million for the same quarter in the prior year. 

Business Highlights for the Second Quarter 2017

• CallidusCloud acquired RevSym, a brand-new cloud solution for the management of revenue and incentives in the new world of ASC 606 revenue recognition requirements.
   
• CallidusCloud acquired Learning Heroes, an innovative provider of education content. The acquisition adds a large library of bite-size, fun content to the Litmos Mobile Learning Platform and consolidates it as one of the most comprehensive business skills and compliance education platforms in the world.
   
• SAP SE named CallidusCloud “ISV Partner of the Year” in the 2017 SAP Pinnacle awards. The award was officially presented during the SAPPHIRE conference, where CallidusCloud had a large presence with of over 20,000 attendees.
   
• CallidusCloud’s Litmos learning platform was recognized by G2Crowd, a leading independent review company, as the highest rated provider in the Corporate LMS Software Satisfaction Report, Summer 2017.
   
• CallidusCloud was again recognized as the most awarded organization at the American Business Awards. The Lead to Money suite, Enablement, Litmos, and the customer service department received gold Stevie awards.

Financial Outlook for 2017 – Third Quarter and Full Year

For the third quarter of 2017, CallidusCloud expects SaaS revenue to be between $49.7 million and $50.2 million. Maintenance revenue is expected to be between $300,000 and $500,000. Total revenue is expected to be between $61.7 million and $62.7 million. GAAP operating loss is expected to be between $5.6 million and $6.2 million, with GAAP pre-tax loss between $5.8 million and $6.4 million. Non-GAAP operating income is expected to be between $5.0 million and $6.0 million, with non-GAAP pre-tax income between $4.8 million and $5.8 million.

For the full year of 2017, CallidusCloud is updating its previous SaaS revenue guidance to be between $194.0 million and $197.0 million and raising its previous total revenue guidance to be between $245.0 million and $248.0 million. Maintenance revenue is expected to be between $2.5 million and $2.9 million. GAAP operating loss is expected to be between $22.5 million and $24.0 million, with GAAP pre-tax loss between $22.6 million and $24.3 million. Non-GAAP operating income is expected to be between $22.0 million and $24.0 million, with non-GAAP pre-tax income between $21.9 million and $23.7 million.

Conference Call

In conjunction with this announcement CallidusCloud will host a conference call at 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time (PT) today to discuss the second quarter and outlook for the third quarter 2017 and the full year 2017. The conference call will be available via live webcast at the Investor Relations section of CallidusCloud’s website.

Webcast site: http://www.calliduscloud.com/about-us/investor-relations
Dial-in: 866-324-2828 (International callers: 678-509-7525)
Passcode: 49807849
Replay information: A webcast replay will be available on the Investor Relations section of our website under Calendar of Events.

For more information, please visit: http://www.calliduscloud.com/about-us/investor-relations/

About CallidusCloud
Callidus Software Inc. (NASDAQ: CALD), doing business as CallidusCloud^®, is the global leader in cloud-based sales, marketing, learning and customer experience solutions. CallidusCloud enables organizations to accelerate and maximize their Lead to Money process with a complete suite of solutions that identify the right leads, ensure proper territory and quota distribution, enable sales forces, automate configure price quote, and streamline sales compensation – driving bigger deals, faster. Approximately 5,700 leading organizations, across all industries, rely on CallidusCloud to optimize the Lead to Money process to close more deals for more money in record time.

For more information, please visit www.calliduscloud.com.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

In this release, CallidusCloud has provided additional financial information that has not been prepared in accordance with GAAP. This information includes non-GAAP gross margin, non-GAAP recurring revenue gross margin, non-GAAP operating expenses, non-GAAP operating income, and non-GAAP net income before provision for income taxes. CallidusCloud uses non-GAAP measures internally in analyzing its financial results and believes that they are useful to investors as a supplement to GAAP measures in evaluating CallidusCloud’s operating performance. CallidusCloud believes that the use of these non-GAAP measures provides additional insight for investors to use in evaluation of ongoing operating results and trends and in comparing its financial measures with other companies in CallidusCloud’s industry, many of which present non-GAAP financial measures that may resemble our non-GAAP financial measures. Non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered in isolation from, or as a substitute for, financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP.

Our non-GAAP measures reflect adjustments based on the following items:

Stock-based compensation expense: We have excluded the effect of stock-based compensation expense from our non-GAAP gross profit, recurring revenue gross profit, operating expenses, operating income, and net income before provision for income taxes. We believe the exclusion of stock-based compensation expense provides a useful comparison of our operating results to our peers.

Restructuring and other expense: We have excluded the effect of restructuring and other expense from our non-GAAP operating expenses, operating income and net income before provision for income taxes. Restructuring and other expense consists of employee severance and facility exit costs. We feel it is useful to investors to understand the effects of these items on our financial results.

Patent litigation and settlement costs: We have excluded patent litigation and settlement costs from our non-GAAP gross profit, recurring revenue gross profit, operating expenses, operating income, and net income before provision for income taxes. We believe patent litigation and settlement costs are not indicative of our ongoing business operations, and are inconsistent in amount and frequency; as such we exclude these costs during our evaluation of our business performance.

Non-cash amortization of acquired intangible assets: We have excluded the effect of amortization of acquired intangibles which include developed technology, customer relationships, trade names, domain names, patents and licenses, and order backlog from our non-GAAP gross profit, recurring revenue gross profit, operating expenses, operating income, other income and expense, and net income before provision for income taxes. Amortization of acquired intangibles are significantly affected by timing, and as such, can be inconsistent in amount and nature. 

Acquisition-related costs: We have excluded the costs related to acquisitions from our non-GAAP operating expenses, operating income, net income and net income before provision for income taxes. These costs include legal and transactional costs associated with acquisition activities as well as expense related to earnouts that we would not have otherwise incurred in the periods presented as part of our continuing operations. We believe the exclusion of acquisition-related costs provides a useful comparison of our operating results to our peers.

Cash taxes: Cash taxes are defined as GAAP current income tax expense excluding the related tax amount for non-cash and non-GAAP items.

Additionally, CallidusCloud believes the following supplemental non-GAAP financial information is useful to investors and others in assessing its operating performance. A calculation of the supplemental non-GAAP financial information is provided in the table titled “Non-GAAP Supplemental Financial Information.”

• SaaS billings is calculated as SaaS revenue plus the change in SaaS deferred revenue in a period.
• Normalized SaaS billings is calculated as SaaS revenue plus the change in SaaS deferred revenue, reduced for the remaining deferred revenue acquired during the period, plus or minus the effect of multiple year SaaS billings in that period.

We believe that normalized SaaS billings provide valuable insight into the sales of our solutions and the performance of our business. We do not consider normalized SaaS billings as a substitute for revenue recognition or revenue measurement.

Note on Forward-Looking Statements

The forward-looking statements included in this press release, including for example discussion of our commercial prospects, partnerships, estimates of future revenues, operating income/loss and expenses, stock-based compensation expenses, amortization of acquired intangible assets, acquisition-related costs, restructuring and other expenses, and patent litigation and settlement costs and estimates reflect management’s best judgment based on factors currently known and involve risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, potential disruption of customer purchase decisions resulting from global economic conditions, timing and size of orders, relative growth of our recurring revenue, potential decreases in customer spending, uncertainty regarding purchasing trends in the cloud software market, customer cancellations or non-renewal of maintenance contracts or on-demand services, our potential inability to manage effectively any growth we experience, our ability to develop new products and services, increased competition or new entrants in the marketplace, potential impact of acquisitions and investments, changes in staffing levels, and other risks detailed in periodic reports we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q which may be obtained by contacting CallidusCloud’s Investor Relations department at 415-445-3232, or from the Investor Relations section of CallidusCloud’s website (http://www.calliduscloud.com/about-us/investor-relations/). Actual results may differ materially from those presently reported. We assume no obligation to update the information contained in this release.

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FINANCIAL OUTLOOK

The guidance figures provided below and elsewhere in this press release are forward-looking statements, reflect a number of estimates, assumptions and other uncertainties, and are approximate in nature because the Company's future performance is difficult to predict. Such guidance is based on information available on the date of this press release, and the Company assumes no obligation to update.