• |
Double-Digit Growth in Operating Income and EPS
|
• |
Quarterly Record of Cash Flow from Operations of $195 million
|
• |
Company Raises Full-Year 2023 Guidance for Total Revenue and EPS
|
GAAP
|
Non-GAAP
|
Total revenue was $571.9 million and increased 8%
|
Total revenue was $571.9 million and increased 8% ($576.0 million in constant currency, up 9%)
|
Cloud revenue was $367.6 million and increased 25%
|
Cloud revenue was $367.6 million and increased 25%
|
Cloud gross margin was 64.2% compared to 61.5% last year
|
Cloud gross margin was 70.0% compared to 68.6% last year
|
Operating income was $93.5 million and increased 29%
|
Operating income was $163.4 million and increased 10%
|
Operating margin was 16.4% compared to 13.7% last year
|
Operating margin was 28.6% compared to 28.3% last year
|
Diluted EPS was $1.15 and increased 32%
|
Diluted EPS was $2.03 and increased 13%
|
Operating cash flow was $195.1 million
|
NICE LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
|
||||||
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
|
||||||
U.S. dollars in thousands
|
March 31,
|
December 31,
|
|||||||
2023
|
2022
|
|||||||
Unaudited
|
Audited
|
|||||||
ASSETS
|
||||||||
CURRENT ASSETS:
|
||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents
|
$
|
630,661
|
$
|
529,596
|
||||
Short-term investments
|
1,054,184
|
1,041,943
|
||||||
Trade receivables
|
503,751
|
518,517
|
||||||
Debt hedge option
|
160,474
|
122,323
|
||||||
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
|
211,431
|
204,754
|
||||||
Total current assets
|
2,560,501
|
2,417,133
|
||||||
LONG-TERM ASSETS:
|
||||||||
Property and equipment, net
|
169,062
|
159,285
|
||||||
Deferred tax assets
|
123,377
|
116,889
|
||||||
Other intangible assets, net
|
185,859
|
209,605
|
||||||
Operating lease right-of-use assets
|
101,415
|
102,893
|
||||||
Goodwill
|
1,620,802
|
1,617,118
|
||||||
Prepaid expenses and other long-term assets
|
232,306
|
231,496
|
||||||
Total long-term assets
|
2,432,821
|
2,437,286
|
||||||
TOTAL ASSETS
|
$
|
4,993,322
|
$
|
4,854,419
|
||||
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
|
||||||||
CURRENT LIABILITIES:
|
||||||||
Trade payables
|
$
|
54,902
|
$
|
56,019
|
||||
Deferred revenues and advances from customers
|
376,785
|
338,930
|
||||||
Current maturities of operating leases
|
13,147
|
13,525
|
||||||
Debt
|
248,180
|
209,292
|
||||||
Accrued expenses and other liabilities
|
518,164
|
523,451
|
||||||
Total current liabilities
|
1,211,178
|
1,141,217
|
||||||
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES:
|
||||||||
Deferred revenues and advances from customers
|
53,704
|
57,211
|
||||||
Operating leases
|
97,320
|
99,262
|
||||||
Deferred tax liabilities
|
7,260
|
7,336
|
||||||
Debt
|
455,800
|
455,382
|
||||||
Other long-term liabilities
|
38,544
|
38,588
|
||||||
Total long-term liabilities
|
652,628
|
657,779
|
||||||
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
|
||||||||
Nice Ltd's equity
|
3,117,584
|
3,042,085
|
||||||
Non-controlling interests
|
11,932
|
13,338
|
||||||
Total equity
|
3,129,516
|
3,055,423
|
||||||
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
|
$
|
4,993,322
|
$
|
4,854,419
|
NICE LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
|
|||
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
|
|||
U.S. dollars in thousands (except per share amounts)
|
Quarter ended
|
||||||||
March 31,
|
||||||||
2023
|
2022
|
|||||||
Unaudited
|
Unaudited
|
|||||||
Revenue:
|
||||||||
Cloud
|
$
|
367,567
|
$
|
294,592
|
||||
Services
|
159,858
|
156,974
|
||||||
Product
|
44,435
|
75,863
|
||||||
Total revenue
|
571,860
|
527,429
|
||||||
Cost of revenue:
|
||||||||
Cloud
|
131,596
|
113,349
|
||||||
Services
|
47,905
|
46,908
|
||||||
Product
|
7,095
|
6,745
|
||||||
Total cost of revenue
|
186,596
|
167,002
|
||||||
Gross profit
|
385,264
|
360,427
|
||||||
Operating expenses:
|
||||||||
Research and development, net
|
78,102
|
76,578
|
||||||
Selling and marketing
|
148,479
|
152,618
|
||||||
General and administrative
|
65,176
|
58,867
|
||||||
Total operating expenses
|
291,757
|
288,063
|
||||||
Operating income
|
93,507
|
72,364
|
||||||
Financial and other income, net
|
(8,721
|
)
|
(486
|
)
|
||||
Income before tax
|
102,228
|
72,850
|
||||||
Taxes on income
|
25,286
|
14,909
|
||||||
Net income
|
$
|
76,942
|
$
|
57,941
|
||||
Basic
|
$
|
1.20
|
$
|
0.91
|
||||
Diluted
|
$
|
1.15
|
$
|
0.87
|
||||
Weighted average shares outstanding:
|
||||||||
Basic
|
63,941
|
63,736
|
||||||
Diluted
|
66,662
|
66,853
|
NICE LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
|
|||
CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOW STATEMENTS
|
|||
U.S. dollars in thousands
|
Quarter ended
|
||||||||
March 31,
|
||||||||
2023
|
2022
|
|||||||
Unaudited
|
Unaudited
|
|||||||
Operating Activities
|
||||||||
Net income
|
$
|
76,942
|
$
|
57,941
|
||||
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities
|
||||||||
Depreciation and amortization
|
41,846
|
44,281
|
||||||
Share-based compensation
|
44,961
|
48,184
|
||||||
Amortization of premium and discount and accrued interest on marketable securities
|
1,270
|
3,818
|
||||||
Deferred taxes, net
|
(7,878
|
)
|
(1,796
|
)
|
||||
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
|
||||||||
Trade Receivables, net
|
16,752
|
(21,259
|
)
|
|||||
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
|
(11,372
|
)
|
(28,931
|
)
|
||||
Operating lease right-of-use assets
|
3,068
|
3,942
|
||||||
Trade payables
|
(1,180
|
)
|
9,078
|
|||||
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities
|
(694
|
)
|
29,229
|
|||||
Deferred revenues
|
33,247
|
52,349
|
||||||
Operating lease liabilities
|
(3,907
|
)
|
(4,997
|
)
|
||||
Amortization of discount on long-term debt
|
1,154
|
1,137
|
||||||
Loss from extinguishment of debt
|
-
|
1,092
|
||||||
Other
|
862
|
(1,357
|
)
|
|||||
Net cash provided by operating activities
|
195,071
|
192,711
|
||||||
Investing Activities
|
||||||||
Purchase of property and equipment
|
(13,106
|
)
|
(9,584
|
)
|
||||
Purchase of Investments
|
(69,542
|
)
|
(98,266
|
)
|
||||
Proceeds from Investments
|
64,899
|
101,666
|
||||||
Capitalization of internal use software costs
|
(14,136
|
)
|
(10,671
|
)
|
||||
Net cash used in investing activities
|
(31,885
|
)
|
(16,855
|
)
|
||||
Financing Activities
|
||||||||
Proceeds from issuance of shares upon exercise of options
|
959
|
75
|
||||||
Purchase of treasury shares
|
(64,715
|
)
|
(63,842
|
)
|
||||
Dividends paid to noncontrolling interest
|
(1,480
|
)
|
-
|
|||||
Repayment of debt
|
-
|
(18,093
|
)
|
|||||
Net cash used in financing activities
|
(65,236
|
)
|
(81,860
|
)
|
||||
Effect of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents
|
1,167
|
(937
|
)
|
|||||
Net change in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
|
99,117
|
93,059
|
||||||
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, beginning of period
|
$
|
533,095
|
$
|
378,656
|
||||
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, end of period
|
$
|
632,212
|
$
|
471,715
|
||||
Reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash reported in the consolidated balance sheet:
|
||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents
|
$
|
630,661
|
$
|
471,715
|
||||
Restricted cash included in other current assets
|
$
|
1,551
|
$
|
-
|
||||
Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash shown in the statement of cash flows
|
$
|
632,212
|
$
|
471,715
|
NICE LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
|
|||
RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP RESULTS
|
|||
U.S. dollars in thousands (except per share amounts)
|
Quarter ended
|
||||||||
March 31,
|
||||||||
2023
|
2022
|
|||||||
GAAP revenues
|
$
|
571,860
|
$
|
527,429
|
||||
Non-GAAP revenues
|
$
|
571,860
|
$
|
527,429
|
||||
GAAP cost of revenue
|
$
|
186,596
|
$
|
167,002
|
||||
Amortization of acquired intangible assets on cost of cloud
|
(19,369
|
)
|
(18,665
|
)
|
||||
Amortization of acquired intangible assets on cost of services
|
-
|
(377
|
)
|
|||||
Amortization of acquired intangible assets on cost of product
|
(249
|
)
|
(276
|
)
|
||||
Valuation adjustment on acquired deferred cost of cloud
|
-
|
15
|
||||||
Cost of cloud revenue adjustment (1)
|
(1,947
|
)
|
(2,324
|
)
|
||||
Cost of services revenue adjustment (1)
|
(2,885
|
)
|
(2,967
|
)
|
||||
Cost of product revenue adjustment (1)
|
(138
|
)
|
(132
|
)
|
||||
Non-GAAP cost of revenue
|
$
|
162,008
|
$
|
142,276
|
||||
GAAP gross profit
|
$
|
385,264
|
$
|
360,427
|
||||
Gross profit adjustments
|
24,588
|
24,726
|
||||||
Non-GAAP gross profit
|
$
|
409,852
|
$
|
385,153
|
||||
GAAP operating expenses
|
$
|
291,757
|
$
|
288,063
|
||||
Research and development (1)
|
(8,398
|
)
|
(8,515
|
)
|
||||
Sales and marketing (1)
|
(11,102
|
)
|
(16,269
|
)
|
||||
General and administrative (1)
|
(21,296
|
)
|
(18,400
|
)
|
||||
Amortization of acquired intangible assets
|
(4,515
|
)
|
(8,811
|
)
|
||||
Valuation adjustment on acquired deferred commission
|
40
|
53
|
||||||
Non-GAAP operating expenses
|
$
|
246,486
|
$
|
236,121
|
||||
GAAP financial and other income, net
|
$
|
(8,721
|
)
|
$
|
(486
|
)
|
||
Amortization of discount and loss of extinguishment on debt
|
(1,154
|
)
|
(2,229
|
)
|
||||
Non-GAAP financial and other income, net
|
$
|
(9,875
|
)
|
$
|
(2,715
|
)
|
||
GAAP taxes on income
|
$
|
25,286
|
$
|
14,909
|
||||
Tax adjustments re non-GAAP adjustments
|
12,308
|
16,351
|
||||||
Non-GAAP taxes on income
|
$
|
37,594
|
$
|
31,260
|
||||
GAAP net income
|
$
|
76,942
|
57,941
|
|||||
Valuation adjustment on acquired deferred revenue
|
-
|
-
|
||||||
Valuation adjustment on acquired deferred cost of cloud revenue
|
-
|
(15
|
)
|
|||||
Amortization of acquired intangible assets
|
24,133
|
28,129
|
||||||
Valuation adjustment on acquired deferred commission
|
(40
|
)
|
(53
|
)
|
||||
Share-based compensation (1)
|
45,766
|
48,607
|
||||||
Amortization of discount and loss of extinguishment on debt
|
1,154
|
2,229
|
||||||
Tax adjustments re non-GAAP adjustments
|
(12,308
|
)
|
(16,351
|
)
|
||||
Non-GAAP net income
|
$
|
135,647
|
$
|
120,487
|
||||
GAAP diluted earnings per share
|
$
|
1.15
|
$
|
0.87
|
||||
Non-GAAP diluted earnings per share
|
$
|
2.03
|
$
|
1.80
|
||||
Shares used in computing GAAP diluted earnings per share
|
66,662
|
66,853
|
||||||
Shares used in computing non-GAAP diluted earnings per share
|
66,662
|
66,853
|
NICE LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
|
|||
RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP RESULTS (continued)
|
|||
U.S. dollars in thousands
|
(1)
|
Share-based Compensation
|
Quarter ended
|
||||||||
March 31,
|
||||||||
2023
|
2022
|
|||||||
Cost of cloud revenue
|
$
|
1,947
|
$
|
2,324
|
||||
Cost of services revenue
|
2,885
|
2,967
|
||||||
Cost of product revenue
|
138
|
132
|
||||||
Research and development
|
8,398
|
8,515
|
||||||
Sales and marketing
|
11,102
|
16,269
|
||||||
General and administrative
|
21,296
|
18,400
|
||||||
$
|
45,766
|
$
|
48,607
|