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Citrix Reports First Quarter Financial Results
Quarterly Revenue of $377 million; Year-over-year growth of 22%; GAAP Diluted Earnings Per Share of $0.18
Non-GAAP Diluted Earnings Per Share of $0.35
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- Citrix Reports First Quarter Financial Results
Citrix Q1 2008 Earnings Release
- Citrix Reports First Quarter Financial Results
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. » 4/23/2008 » Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS), the global leader in application delivery infrastructure, today reported financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2008 ended March 31, 2008.
FINANCIAL RESULTS
In the first quarter of fiscal 2008, Citrix achieved revenue of $377 million, compared to $308 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2007, representing 22 percent revenue growth.
GAAP Results
Net income for the first quarter of fiscal 2008 was $34 million, or $0.18 per diluted share, compared to $38 million, or $0.20 per diluted share for the first quarter of 2007.
Non-GAAP Results
Non-GAAP net income in the first quarter of 2008 increased 16 percent to $66 million, or $0.35 per diluted share, compared to $57 million, or $0.31 per diluted share, in the comparable period last year. Non-GAAP net income excludes the effects of amortization of intangible assets primarily related to business combinations, stock-based compensation expenses, the write-off of in-process research and development and the tax effects related to those items.
“I’m delighted with another great quarter of growth,” said Mark Templeton, president and chief executive officer for Citrix.
“Our focus and investments in building a more global footprint, product line breadth, and business model diversity is serving us well.”
Q1 Financial Highlights
In reviewing the first quarter results of 2008, compared to the first quarter of 2007:
- Product license revenue increased 20 percent;
- Revenue from license updates grew 19 percent;
- Online services contributed $62 million of revenue, representing an increase of 31 percent;
- Technical services revenue, which is comprised of consulting, education and technical support, grew 31 percent;
- Revenue grew in the EMEA region by 31 percent; the Pacific region by 28 percent; and, the America’s region by 13 percent;
- Deferred revenue totaled $459 million, compared to $376 million on March 31, 2007;
- GAAP operating margin was 8 percent for the quarter; non-GAAP operating margin was 20 percent for the quarter, excluding the effects of amortization of intangible assets primarily related to business combinations and stock-based compensation expense;
- Cash flow from operations was $107 million; and
- Repurchased shares were 4.2 million shares at an average price paid per share of $35.22.
Financial Outlook for Second Quarter 2008
Citrix management expects to achieve the following results during its second fiscal quarter 2008 ending June 30, 2008:
- Net revenue is expected to be in the range of $380 million to $390 million, compared to $334 million in the second quarter of 2007;
- GAAP diluted earnings per share is expected to be in the range of $0.16 to $0.20. Non-GAAP diluted earnings per share is expected to be in the range of $0.35 to $0.38, excluding $0.07 related to the effects of amortization of intangible assets primarily related to business combinations and $0.11 to $0.12 related to the effects of stock-based compensation expenses.
The above statements are based on current expectations. These statements are forward-looking, and actual results may differ materially.
Financial Outlook for Fiscal Year 2008
Citrix management expects to achieve the following results for the fiscal year 2008:
- The company expects net revenue to be in the range of $1.600 billion to $1.645 billion.
- The company expects GAAP diluted earnings per share to be in the range of $0.78 to $0.89. Non-GAAP diluted earnings per share to be in the range of $1.54 to $1.64. Non-GAAP diluted earnings per share excludes $0.26 related to the effects of the amortization of intangible assets, and $0.49 to $0.50 related to the effects of stock-based compensation expenses.
The above statements are based on current expectations. These statements are forward-looking, and actual results may differ materially.
Company, Product and Alliance Highlights
During the first quarter of 2008, Citrix announced:
- An expanded alliance with Microsoft to deliver desktop virtualization solutions and develop interoperability between Citrix XenServer™ and both Windows Server 2008 and Microsoft System Center;
- Full support for Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V with Citrix XenDesktop™ as well as Citrix XenServer;
- A strategic development and distribution agreement with HP integrating an enhanced version of Citrix XenServer into 64-bit HP ProLiant servers called Citrix XenServer HP Select Edition;
- A global, strategic partnership with NetApp to deliver a complete server virtualization solution capable of leveraging NetApp® storage solutions called Citrix XenServer Adapter for NetApp Data ONTAP®;
- An OEM agreement for Lenovo to certify, support and sell Citrix XenServer products with their hardware;
- Citrix XenServer 4.1, which extending the dynamic datacenter to both physical and virtual servers;
- Citrix Delivery Center™, a new overarching product family brand featuring four primary product lines: Citrix XenServer, Citrix XenDesktop, Citrix® NetScaler® and Citrix XenApp™ – the new name for Citrix Presentation Server™;
- Frost & Sullivan named Citrix Online its 2008 North American Web Conferencing Company of the Year;
- Gartner, Inc. positioned Citrix WANScaler™ in the visionaries quadrant in its “Magic Quadrant for WAN Optimization Controllers, 2007” report; and
- Its Board of Directors authorized a $300 Million increase to the company’s share repurchase program.
Conference Call Information
Citrix will host a conference call today at 4:45 p.m. ET to discuss its financial results, quarterly highlights and business outlook. The call will include a slide presentation, and participants are encouraged to listen to and view the presentation via webcast at http://www.citrix.com/investors.
The conference call may also be accessed by dialing: (888) 799-0519 or (706) 634-0155, using passcode: CITRIX. A replay of the webcast can be viewed by visiting the Investor Relations section of the Citrix corporate website at http://www.citrix.com/investors for approximately 30 days. In addition, an audio replay of the conference call will be available for approximately fifteen days by dialing (800) 642-1687 or (706) 645-9291 (passcode required: 42425610).
About Citrix
Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS) is the global leader and the most trusted name in application delivery infrastructure. More than 200,000 organizations worldwide rely on Citrix to deliver any application to users anywhere with the best performance, highest security and lowest cost. Citrix customers include 100% of the Fortune 100 companies and 99% of the Fortune Global 500, as well as hundreds of thousands of small businesses and prosumers. Citrix has approximately 7,680 channel and alliance partners in more than 100 countries. Annual revenue in 2007 was $1.4 billion.
For Citrix Investors
This release contains forward-looking statements which are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The forward-looking statements in this release do not constitute guarantees of future performance. Investors are cautioned that statements in this press release, which are not strictly historical statements, including, without limitation, statements by management, the statements contained in the Financial Outlook for Second Fiscal Quarter 2008, Financial Outlook for Fiscal Year 2008 and statements regarding management’s plans, objectives and strategies, constitute forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated by the forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, the uncertainty in the IT spending environment and the risk of a downturn in economic conditions generally; the success and growth of the company’s product lines; the company’s product concentration and its ability to develop and commercialize new products and services; the success of investments in its product groups, foreign operations and vertical and geographic markets; Citrix’s and Microsoft’s ability to develop and market application delivery and virtualization products; Citrix’s timing and ability to successfully integrate acquired companies (including without limitation XenSource), their products, operations (including migration to Citrix’s systems and controls) and employees; the introduction of new products by competitors or the entry of new competitors into the markets for Citrix’s products; failure to further develop and successfully market the technology and products of acquired companies, including failure to execute Citrix’s sales and marketing plans and failure to successfully partner with key distributors, resellers, OEM’s and strategic partners; and the possible failure to achieve or maintain anticipated revenues and profits from acquisitions; the company’s ability to maintain and expand its business in small sized and large enterprise accounts; the size, timing and recognition of revenue from significant orders; the effect of new accounting pronouncements on revenue and expense recognition; the company’s reliance on and the success of the company’s independent distributors and resellers for the marketing and distribution of the company’s products and the success of the company’s marketing and licensing programs; intellectual property litigation; shareholder litigation; increased competition; changes in the company’s pricing policies or those of its competitors; management of operations and operating expenses; charges in the event of the impairment of assets acquired through business combinations and licenses; impairment of the value of the company’s investment in auction rate securities; the management of anticipated future growth and the recruitment and retention of qualified employees, including those of acquired companies; competition and other risks associated with the market for our Web-based access, training and customer assistance products and appliance products; as well as risks of political and social turmoil; and other risks detailed in the company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Citrix assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking information contained in this press release or with respect to the announcements described herein.
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
In our earnings release, conference call, slide presentation or webcast, we may use or discuss non-GAAP financial measures as defined by SEC Regulation G. The GAAP financial measure most directly comparable to each non-GAAP financial measure used or discussed and a reconciliation of the differences between each non-GAAP financial measure and the comparable GAAP financial measure are included in this press release after the condensed consolidated financial statement and can be found on the Investor Relations page of the Citrix corporate Web site at http://www.citrix.com/investors.
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