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Nutanix (NTNX) Q4 Loss Narrower Than Estimated, Revenues Beat
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Nutanix (NTNX - Free Report) reported fourth-quarter fiscal 2021 non-GAAP loss of 26 cents per share, significantly narrower than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of 43 cents per share. The figure was narrower than the year-ago quarter’s loss of 39 cents per share.
Nutanix reported revenues of $390.7 million beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $363.5 million. The top line improved 19% from the year-earlier quarter’s $327.9 million. The company noted that the ongoing transition to a subscription-based business model led to a decline in the average contract term to 3.4 years from 3.8 years in the year-ago quarter.
During the fourth-quarter fiscal 2021, the software company’s Annual Contract Value (ACV) billings jumped 26% to $176.3 million. New ACV bookings witnessed the highest year-over-year growth rate over the past two years.
Top-Line Details
Product revenues (51.9% of revenues) increased 13.3% year over year to $202.9 million. Support, entitlements & other services revenues (48.1% of revenues) grew 26.2% to $187.8 million.
The top line was primarily driven by growth in the company’s core hyper-converged infrastructure software and the solid adoption of its new capabilities. It benefited from the strong adoption of its hybrid cloud solution on Amazon’s (AMZN - Free Report) cloud platform, Amazon Web Services (AWS). Nutanix continues to witness strong adoption of its hybrid multi cloud solutions across Fortune 100 and Global 2000 companies.
Subscription revenues (90% of revenues) rose 23.7% from the year-ago quarter to $352.2 million. Professional services revenues (6% of revenues) jumped 84% to $22.4 million.
Non-Portable Software revenues (3% of revenues) plunged 56.2% year over year to $12.9 million. Hardware revenues (1% of revenues) soared 130.5% to $3.2 million.
Billings were up 10.6% year over year to $429 million. The company’s run-rate ACV grew 26% year on year to $1.54 billion. Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) climbed a whopping 83% to $878.7 million.
During the fiscal fourth quarter, the company added 700 customers, bringing the total number of clients to 20,130.
New ACV bookings from Emerging Products witnessed year-over-year growth of 100%. Geography wise, 65% of ACV bookings stemmed from America, 22% from Europe, Middle East and Africa, and 13% from Asia-Pacific and Japan.
Operating Details
During the fiscal fourth quarter, Nutanix’s non-GAAP gross margin contracted 10 basis points (bps) year over year to 82.9%.
Non-GAAP operating expenses increased 8% year over year to $372.5 million.
Balance Sheet & Cash Flow
As of Jul 31, 2021, cash and cash equivalents plus short-term investments were $1.21 billion, down slightly from $1.25 billion at the end of third-quarter fiscal 2021.
Cash used in operating activities was $24.6 million in the fourth quarter and $99.8 million in fiscal 2021. Free cash outflow for the fourth quarter and fiscal 2021 were $42.2 million and $158.5 million, respectively.
In fiscal 2021, Nutanix repurchased shares worth $125.1 million.
Full-Year Highlights
Nutanix reported revenues of $1.39 billion in full fiscal 2021, up 7% year over year. ACV billings stood at $594.3 million, reflecting 18% year-over-year rise.
Non-GAAP gross margin expanded 100 basis points to 82.3%. Non-GAAP operating expenses were $1.43 billion from $1.52 billion reported a year ago.
Non-GAAP loss per share was $1.48 compared to loss of $2.39 per share reported a year ago.
The dollar-based net retention rate (including Life of the Device – non-portable software) was 124% at the end of fiscal 2021.
However, the company noted that the ongoing transition to a subscription-based business model led to a decline in the average contract term in fiscal 2021. This, in turn, adversely impacted the top-line performance.
Outlook
For first-quarter fiscal 2022, Nutanix expects ACV billings between $172 million and $177 million. Non-GAAP gross margin is estimated to be approximately 81.5.
Non-GAAP operating expenses are expected in the range $365 million to $370 million.
Nutanix did not provide any outlook for the full fiscal 2022. However, management announced that it expects the company’s growing base of low-cost renewals to drive the top and bottom-line growth.
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Nutanix (NTNX) Q4 Loss Narrower Than Estimated, Revenues Beat
Nutanix (NTNX - Free Report) reported fourth-quarter fiscal 2021 non-GAAP loss of 26 cents per share, significantly narrower than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of 43 cents per share. The figure was narrower than the year-ago quarter’s loss of 39 cents per share.
Nutanix reported revenues of $390.7 million beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $363.5 million. The top line improved 19% from the year-earlier quarter’s $327.9 million. The company noted that the ongoing transition to a subscription-based business model led to a decline in the average contract term to 3.4 years from 3.8 years in the year-ago quarter.
During the fourth-quarter fiscal 2021, the software company’s Annual Contract Value (ACV) billings jumped 26% to $176.3 million. New ACV bookings witnessed the highest year-over-year growth rate over the past two years.
Top-Line Details
Product revenues (51.9% of revenues) increased 13.3% year over year to $202.9 million. Support, entitlements & other services revenues (48.1% of revenues) grew 26.2% to $187.8 million.
The top line was primarily driven by growth in the company’s core hyper-converged infrastructure software and the solid adoption of its new capabilities. It benefited from the strong adoption of its hybrid cloud solution on Amazon’s (AMZN - Free Report) cloud platform, Amazon Web Services (AWS). Nutanix continues to witness strong adoption of its hybrid multi cloud solutions across Fortune 100 and Global 2000 companies.
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Subscription revenues (90% of revenues) rose 23.7% from the year-ago quarter to $352.2 million. Professional services revenues (6% of revenues) jumped 84% to $22.4 million.
Non-Portable Software revenues (3% of revenues) plunged 56.2% year over year to $12.9 million. Hardware revenues (1% of revenues) soared 130.5% to $3.2 million.
Billings were up 10.6% year over year to $429 million. The company’s run-rate ACV grew 26% year on year to $1.54 billion. Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) climbed a whopping 83% to $878.7 million.
During the fiscal fourth quarter, the company added 700 customers, bringing the total number of clients to 20,130.
New ACV bookings from Emerging Products witnessed year-over-year growth of 100%. Geography wise, 65% of ACV bookings stemmed from America, 22% from Europe, Middle East and Africa, and 13% from Asia-Pacific and Japan.
Operating Details
During the fiscal fourth quarter, Nutanix’s non-GAAP gross margin contracted 10 basis points (bps) year over year to 82.9%.
Non-GAAP operating expenses increased 8% year over year to $372.5 million.
Balance Sheet & Cash Flow
As of Jul 31, 2021, cash and cash equivalents plus short-term investments were $1.21 billion, down slightly from $1.25 billion at the end of third-quarter fiscal 2021.
Cash used in operating activities was $24.6 million in the fourth quarter and $99.8 million in fiscal 2021. Free cash outflow for the fourth quarter and fiscal 2021 were $42.2 million and $158.5 million, respectively.
In fiscal 2021, Nutanix repurchased shares worth $125.1 million.
Full-Year Highlights
Nutanix reported revenues of $1.39 billion in full fiscal 2021, up 7% year over year. ACV billings stood at $594.3 million, reflecting 18% year-over-year rise.
Non-GAAP gross margin expanded 100 basis points to 82.3%. Non-GAAP operating expenses were $1.43 billion from $1.52 billion reported a year ago.
Non-GAAP loss per share was $1.48 compared to loss of $2.39 per share reported a year ago.
The dollar-based net retention rate (including Life of the Device – non-portable software) was 124% at the end of fiscal 2021.
However, the company noted that the ongoing transition to a subscription-based business model led to a decline in the average contract term in fiscal 2021. This, in turn, adversely impacted the top-line performance.
Outlook
For first-quarter fiscal 2022, Nutanix expects ACV billings between $172 million and $177 million. Non-GAAP gross margin is estimated to be approximately 81.5.
Non-GAAP operating expenses are expected in the range $365 million to $370 million.
Nutanix did not provide any outlook for the full fiscal 2022. However, management announced that it expects the company’s growing base of low-cost renewals to drive the top and bottom-line growth.
Zacks Rank and Key Picks
Nutanix currently carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold).
Some better-ranked stocks in the broader technology sector are Advanced Micro Devices (AMD - Free Report) and Dropbox (DBX - Free Report) . While Advanced Micro Devices sports a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), Dropbox carries Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) at present. You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.
The long-term earnings growth rate for Advanced Micro Devices and Dropbox are pegged at 44.6% and 40.9%, respectively.