Zoom Reports Financial Results for the Second Quarter of Fiscal Year 2022


  • Second quarter total revenue of $1,021.5 million, up 54% year over year
  • Number of customers contributing more than $100,000 in TTM revenue up 131% year over year
  • Second quarter GAAP operating margin of 28.8% and non-GAAP operating margin of 41.6%

SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 30, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Zoom Video Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZM) today announced financial results for the second fiscal quarter ended July 31, 2021.

“In Q2, we achieved our first billion dollar revenue quarter while delivering strong profitability and cash flow,” said Zoom founder and CEO, Eric S. Yuan. “Q2 also marked several milestones on our expansion beyond the UC platform. We launched Zoom Apps, bringing over 50 apps directly into the Zoom experience, and Zoom Events, an all-in-one digital events service. Today we are a global brand counting over half a million customers with more than 10 employees, which we believe positions us extremely well to support organizations and individuals as they look to reimagine work, communications, and collaboration.”

Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2022 Financial Highlights:

  • Revenue: Total revenue for the second quarter was $1,021.5 million, up 54% year over year.
  • Income from Operations and Operating Margin: GAAP income from operations for the second quarter was $294.6 million, up from $188.1 million in the second quarter of fiscal year 2021. After adjusting for stock-based compensation expense and related payroll taxes, acquisition-related expenses, and expenses related to charitable donation of common stock, non-GAAP income from operations for the second quarter was $424.7 million, up from $277.0 million in the second quarter of fiscal year 2021. For the second quarter, GAAP operating margin was 28.8% and non-GAAP operating margin was 41.6%.
  • Net Income and Diluted Net Income Per Share: GAAP net income attributable to common stockholders for the second quarter was $316.9 million, or $1.04 per share, up from $185.7 million, or $0.63 per share in the second quarter of fiscal year 2021.

    Non-GAAP net income for the quarter was $415.1 million, after adjusting for stock-based compensation expense and related payroll taxes, acquisition-related expenses, gains on strategic investments, undistributed earnings attributable to participating securities, and expenses related to charitable donation of common stock. Non-GAAP net income per share was $1.36. In the second quarter of fiscal year 2021, non-GAAP net income was $274.8 million, or $0.92 per share.
  • Cash and Marketable Securities: Total cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities, excluding restricted cash, as of July 31, 2021 was $5.1 billion.
  • Cash Flow: Net cash provided by operating activities was $468.0 million for the second quarter, compared to $401.3 million in the second quarter of fiscal year 2021. Free cash flow, which is net cash provided by operating activities less purchases of property and equipment, was $455.0 million, compared to $373.4 million in the second quarter of fiscal year 2021.

Customer Metrics: Drivers of total revenue included acquiring new customers and expanding across existing customers. At the end of the second quarter of fiscal year 2022, Zoom had:

  • 2,278 customers contributing more than $100,000 in trailing 12 months revenue, up approximately 131% from the same quarter last fiscal year.
  • Approximately 504,900 customers with more than 10 employees, up approximately 36% from the same quarter last fiscal year.
  • A trailing 12-month net dollar expansion rate in customers with more than 10 employees above 130% for the 13th consecutive quarter.

Financial Outlook: Zoom is providing the following guidance for its third quarter fiscal year 2022 and its full fiscal year 2022.

  • Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2022: Total revenue is expected to be between $1.015 billion and $1.020 billion and non-GAAP income from operations is expected to be between $340.0 million and $345.0 million. Non-GAAP diluted EPS is expected to be between $1.07 and $1.08 with approximately 309 million non-GAAP weighted average shares outstanding.
  • Full Fiscal Year 2022: Total revenue is expected to be between $4.005 billion and $4.015 billion. Non-GAAP income from operations is expected to be between $1.500 billion and $1.510 billion. Non-GAAP diluted EPS is expected to be between $4.75 and $4.79 with approximately 308 million non-GAAP weighted average shares outstanding.

Additional information on Zoom's reported results, including a reconciliation of the non-GAAP results 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 Zoom's results computed in accordance with GAAP.

A supplemental financial presentation and other information can be accessed through Zoom’s investor relations website at investors.zoom.us.

Zoom Video Earnings Call
Zoom will host a Zoom Video Webinar for investors on August 30, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time / 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time to discuss the company’s financial results and business highlights. Investors are invited to join the Zoom Video Webinar by visiting: https://investors.zoom.us/

About Zoom
Zoom is for you. We help you express ideas, connect to others, and build toward a future limited only by your imagination. Our frictionless communications platform is the only one that started with video as its foundation, and we have set the standard for innovation ever since. That is why we are an intuitive, scalable, and secure choice for large enterprises, small businesses, and individuals alike. Founded in 2011, Zoom is publicly traded (NASDAQ:ZM) and headquartered in San Jose, California. Visit zoom.com and follow @zoom.

Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains express and implied “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements regarding our financial outlook for the third quarter of fiscal year 2022 and full fiscal year 2022, Zoom’s growth strategy and business aspirations to support organizations and people on multiple fronts as they look to reimagine work, communications and collaboration. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terms such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “project,” “will,” “would,” “should,” “could,” “can,” “predict,” “potential,” “target,” “explore,” “continue,” or the negative of these terms, and similar expressions intended to identify forward-looking statements. By their nature, these statements are subject to numerous uncertainties and risks, including factors beyond our control, that could cause actual results, performance or achievement to differ materially and adversely from those anticipated or implied in the statements, including: declines in new customers and hosts, renewals or upgrades, difficulties in evaluating our prospects and future results of operations given our limited operating history, competition from other providers of communications platforms, continued uncertainty regarding the extent and duration of the impact of COVID-19 and the responses of government and private industry thereto, including the potential effect on our user growth rate once the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic tapers, particularly as a vaccine becomes widely available, and users return to work or school or are otherwise no longer subject to shelter-in-place mandates, as well as the impact of COVID-19 on the overall economic environment, any or all of which will have an impact on demand for remote work solutions for businesses as well as overall distributed, face-to-face interactions and collaboration using Zoom, delays or outages in services from our co-located data centers, and failures in internet infrastructure or interference with broadband access which could cause current or potential users to believe that our systems are unreliable. Additional risks and uncertainties that could cause actual outcomes and results to differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements are included under the caption “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in our most recent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), including our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended April 30, 2021. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date the statements are made and are based on information available to Zoom at the time those statements are made and/or management's good faith belief as of that time with respect to future events.  Zoom assumes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date they were made, except as required by law.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Zoom has provided in this press release financial information that has not been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”). Zoom uses these non-GAAP financial measures internally in analyzing its financial results and believes that use of these non-GAAP financial measures is useful to investors as an additional tool to evaluate ongoing operating results and trends and in comparing Zoom’s financial results with other companies in its industry, many of which present similar non-GAAP financial measures.

Non-GAAP financial measures are not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for comparable GAAP financial measures and should be read only in conjunction with Zoom’s condensed consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP. A reconciliation of Zoom’s historical non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures has been provided in the financial statement tables included in this press release, and investors are encouraged to review the reconciliation.

Non-GAAP Income From Operations and Non-GAAP Operating Margins. Zoom defines non-GAAP income from operations as income from operations excluding stock-based compensation expense and related payroll taxes, expenses related to charitable donation of common stock, acquisition-related expenses, and litigation settlements, net. Zoom excludes stock-based compensation expense and expenses related to charitable donation of common stock because they are non-cash in nature and excluding these expenses provides meaningful supplemental information regarding Zoom’s operational performance and allows investors the ability to make more meaningful comparisons between Zoom’s operating results and those of other companies. Zoom excludes the amount of employer payroll taxes related to employee stock plans, which is a cash expense, in order for investors to see the full effect that excluding stock-based compensation expense had on Zoom's operating results. In particular, this expense is dependent on the price of our common stock and other factors that are beyond our control and do not correlate to the operation of the business. Zoom views acquisition-related expenses when applicable, such as amortization of acquired intangible assets, transaction costs, and acquisition-related retention payments that are directly related to business combinations as events that are not necessarily reflective of operational performance during a period. Zoom excludes significant litigation settlements, net of amounts covered by insurance, that we deem not to be in the ordinary course of our business. In particular, Zoom believes the consideration of measures that exclude such expenses can assist in the comparison of operational performance in different periods which may or may not include such expenses and assist in the comparison with the results of other companies in the industry.

Non-GAAP Net Income and Non-GAAP Net Income Per Share, Basic and Diluted. Zoom defines non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP net income per share, basic and diluted, as GAAP net income attributable to common stockholders and GAAP net income per share attributable to common stockholders, basic and diluted, respectively, adjusted to exclude stock-based compensation expense and related payroll taxes, expenses related to charitable donation of common stock, acquisition-related expenses, litigation settlements, net, gains on strategic investments, and undistributed earnings attributable to participating securities. Zoom excludes gains on strategic investments because given the size and volatility in the ongoing adjustments to the valuation of our strategic investments, we believe that excluding these gains or losses facilitates a more meaningful evaluation of our operational performance. Zoom excludes undistributed earnings attributable to participating securities because they are considered by management to be outside of Zoom’s core operating results, and excluding them provides investors and management with greater visibility to the underlying performance of Zoom’s business operations, facilitates comparison of its results with other periods and may also facilitate comparison with the results of other companies in the industry.

In order to calculate non-GAAP net income per share, basic and diluted, Zoom uses a non-GAAP weighted-average share count. Zoom defines non-GAAP weighted-average shares used to compute non-GAAP net income per share, basic and diluted, as GAAP weighted average shares used to compute net income per share attributable to common stockholders, basic and diluted, adjusted to reflect the common stock issued in connection with the IPO, including the concurrent private placement, that are outstanding as of the end of the period as if they were outstanding as of the beginning of the period for comparability.

Free Cash Flow. Zoom defines free cash flow as GAAP net cash provided by operating activities less purchases of property and equipment. Zoom considers free cash flow to be a liquidity measure that provides useful information to management and investors regarding net cash provided by operating activities and cash used for investments in property and equipment required to maintain and grow the business.

Customer Metrics
Zoom defines a customer as a separate and distinct buying entity, which can be a single paid host or an organization of any size (including a distinct unit of an organization) that has multiple paid hosts.

Zoom calculates net dollar expansion rate as of a period end by starting with the annual recurring revenue (“ARR”) from all customers with more than 10 employees as of 12 months prior (“Prior Period ARR”). Zoom defines ARR as the annualized revenue run rate of subscription agreements from all customers at a point in time. We then calculate the ARR from these customers as of the current period end (“Current Period ARR”), which includes any upsells, contraction, and attrition. Zoom divides the Current Period ARR by the Prior Period ARR to arrive at the net dollar expansion rate. For the trailing 12 months calculation, Zoom takes an average of the net dollar expansion rate over the trailing 12 months.

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Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(Unaudited, in thousands)

  As of
  July 31,
2021
 January 31,
2021
Assets    
Current assets:    
Cash and cash equivalents $1,931,370  $2,240,303 
Marketable securities 3,174,029  2,004,410 
Accounts receivable, net 395,266  294,703 
Deferred contract acquisition costs, current 162,126  136,630 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets 172,288  116,819 
Total current assets 5,835,079  4,792,865 
Deferred contract acquisition costs, noncurrent 154,971  157,262 
Property and equipment, net 193,852  149,924 
Operating lease right-of-use assets 91,087  97,649 
Strategic investments 137,795  18,668 
Goodwill 26,247  24,340 
Other assets, noncurrent 69,562  57,285 
Total assets $6,508,593  $5,297,993 
Liabilities and stockholders’ equity    
Current liabilities:    
Accounts payable $49,762  $8,664 
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities 482,162  393,018 
Deferred revenue, current 1,154,449  858,284 
Total current liabilities 1,686,373  1,259,966 
Deferred revenue, noncurrent 23,579  25,211 
Operating lease liabilities, noncurrent 83,009  90,415 
Other liabilities, noncurrent 57,884  61,634 
Total liabilities 1,850,845  1,437,226 
     
Stockholders’ equity:    
Preferred stock    
Common stock 296  292 
Additional paid-in capital 3,440,222  3,187,168 
Accumulated other comprehensive income 147  839 
Retained earnings 1,217,083  672,468 
Total stockholders’ equity 4,657,748  3,860,767 
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity $6,508,593  $5,297,993 

Note: The amount of unbilled accounts receivable included within accounts receivable, net on the condensed consolidated balance sheets was $35.4 million and $24.6 million as of July 31, 2021 and January 31, 2021, respectively.



Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
(Unaudited, in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

  Three Months Ended July 31,  Six Months Ended July 31,
  2021 2020 2021 2020
Revenue $1,021,495   $663,520   $1,977,732   $991,687  
Cost of revenue 261,256   192,271   526,250   295,978  
Gross profit 760,239   471,249   1,451,482   695,709  
Operating expenses:        
Research and development 82,311   42,734   147,486   69,123  
Sales and marketing 271,179   159,173   516,846   280,729  
General and administrative 112,146   81,238   266,235   134,368  
Total operating expenses 465,636   283,145   930,567   484,220  
Income from operations 294,603   188,104   520,915   211,489  
Gains on strategic investments 32,076      32,076   2,538  
Interest income and other, net (2,795)  2,081   (176)  5,333  
Income before provision for income taxes 323,884   190,185   552,815   219,360  
Provision for income taxes 6,800   4,196   8,200   6,296  
Net income 317,084   185,989   544,615   213,064  
Undistributed earnings attributable to participating securities (154)  (247)  (309)  (305) 
Net income attributable to common stockholders $316,930   $185,742   $544,306   $212,759  
         
Net income per share attributable to common stockholders:        
Basic $1.07   $0.66   $1.85   $0.76  
Diluted $1.04   $0.63   $1.78   $0.72  
Weighted-average shares used in computing net income per share attributable to common stockholders:        
Basic 295,712,675   282,850,805   294,769,619   281,394,901  
Diluted 305,861,051   297,162,309   305,652,628   296,408,229  



Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(Unaudited, in thousands)

  Three Months Ended July 31,  Six Months Ended July 31,
  2021 2020 2021 2020
Cash flows from operating activities:        
Net income $317,084   $185,989   $544,615   $213,064  
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:        
Stock-based compensation expense 102,142   56,855   201,111   85,632  
Amortization of deferred contract acquisition costs 41,626   24,494   79,392   40,781  
Gains on strategic investments (32,076)     (32,076)  (2,538) 
Charitable donation of common stock    22,312      23,312  
Provision for accounts receivable allowances 10,537   11,091   14,592   14,959  
Depreciation and amortization 12,028   6,475   22,691   11,814  
Non-cash operating lease cost 4,359   2,349   8,633   4,597  
Other (6)  (36)  264   838  
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:        
Accounts receivable (41,594)  (54,425)  (117,259)  (196,926) 
Prepaid expenses and other assets (27,395)  (4,649)  (57,370)  (53,729) 
Deferred contract acquisition costs (54,784)  (88,936)  (102,597)  (213,790) 
Accounts payable 42,368   9,115   43,960   10,871  
Accrued expenses and other liabilities 5,153   34,744   93,809   202,066  
Deferred revenue 85,740   196,287   296,636   519,149  
Operating lease liabilities, net (4,211)  (1,266)  (7,724)  (979) 
Net cash provided by operating activities 468,012   401,346   1,001,314   660,311  
Cash flows from investing activities:        
Purchases of marketable securities (669,136)  (277,336)  (2,094,587)  (484,882) 
Maturities of marketable securities 500,859   150,324   791,906   287,338  
Sales of marketable securities 119,569   10,284   119,569   36,897  
Purchases of property and equipment (12,975)  (27,981)  (92,049)  (35,253) 
Purchases of strategic investments (80,400)     (86,900)  (13,000) 
Cash paid for acquisition, net of cash acquired (2,121)  (26,486)  (2,121)  (26,486) 
Purchase of intangible assets    (1,332)     (1,494) 
Other          1,319  
Net cash used in investing activities (144,204)  (172,527)  (1,364,182)  (235,561) 
Cash flows from financing activities:        
Proceeds from issuance of common stock for employee stock purchase plan 37,846   20,760   37,846   20,760  
Proceeds from employee equity transactions to be remitted to employees and tax authorities, net 28,884   15,925   18,900   234,465  
Proceeds from exercise of stock options 4,653   7,831   8,021   17,417  
Other       337     
Net cash provided by financing activities 71,383   44,516   65,104   272,642  
Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash 395,191   273,335   (297,764)  697,392  
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash – beginning of period 1,600,161   758,139   2,293,116   334,082  
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash – end of period $1,995,352   $1,031,474   $1,995,352   $1,031,474  



Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Measures
(Unaudited, in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

  Three Months Ended July 31,  Six Months Ended July 31,
  2021 2020 2021 2020
GAAP income from operations $294,603   $188,104   $520,915   $211,489  
Adjustments:        
Stock-based compensation expense and related payroll taxes 116,742   61,602   221,117   91,848  
Litigation settlements, net       66,916     
Acquisition-related expenses 13,320   4,942   16,604   4,942  
Charitable donation of common stock    22,312      23,312  
Non-GAAP income from operations $424,665   $276,960   $825,552   $331,591  
         
GAAP net income attributable to common stockholders $316,930   $185,742   $544,306   $212,759  
Adjustments:        
Stock-based compensation expense and related payroll taxes 116,742   61,602   221,117   91,848  
Litigation settlements, net       66,916     
Gains on strategic investments (32,076)     (32,076)    
Acquisition-related expenses 13,320   4,942   16,604   4,942  
Charitable donation of common stock    22,312      23,312  
Undistributed earnings attributable to participating securities 154   247   309   305  
Non-GAAP net income $415,070   $274,845   $817,176   $333,166  
         
Net income per share - basic and diluted:        
GAAP net income per share - basic $1.07   $0.66   $1.85   $0.76  
Non-GAAP net income per share - basic $1.40   $0.97   $2.77   $1.18  
GAAP net income per share - diluted $1.04   $0.63   $1.78   $0.72  
Non-GAAP net income per share - diluted $1.36   $0.92   $2.67   $1.12  
         
GAAP and non-GAAP weighted-average shares used to compute net income per share - basic 295,712,675   282,850,805   294,769,619   281,394,901  
GAAP and non-GAAP weighted-average shares used to compute net income per share - diluted 305,861,051   297,162,309   305,652,628   296,408,229  
         
Net cash provided by operating activities $468,012   $401,346   $1,001,314   $660,311  
Less:        
Purchases of property and equipment (12,975)  (27,981)  (92,049)  (35,253) 
Free cash flow (non-GAAP) $455,037   $373,365   $909,265   $625,058  
Net cash used in investing activities $(144,204)  $(172,527)  $(1,364,182)  $(235,561) 
Net cash provided by financing activities $71,383   $44,516   $65,104   $272,642