Hortonworks Reports Second Quarter 2018 Revenue of $86.3 Million

“Our entire team executed extremely well in the second quarter to deliver another fantastic result, with total revenue growth of 40 percent year over year,” said Rob Bearden, chief executive officer of Hortonworks. “We attribute our continued growth to the rapid adoption of our open source global data management platforms, which help customers manage the entire lifecycle of their data from point of origin to point of rest and across hybrid and multi cloud architectures, all with common security and data governance.”

Second Quarter 2018 Financial Highlights

• Revenue: Total GAAP revenue was $86.3 million for the second quarter of 2018, an increase of 40 percent compared to the second quarter of 2017.

• Gross Profit: Total GAAP gross profit was $62.4 million for the second quarter of 2018, compared to $41.4 million for the same period last year. Non-GAAP gross profit was $65.4 million for the second quarter of 2018, compared to $43.4 million for the same period last year. GAAP gross margin was 72 percent for the second quarter of 2018, compared to 67 percent for the same period last year. Non-GAAP gross margin was 76 percent for the second quarter of 2018, compared to 70 percent for the same period last year.

• Operating Loss: GAAP operating loss was $42.0 million for the second quarter of 2018, compared to $54.5 million for the same period last year. Non-GAAP operating loss was $10.4 million for the second quarter of 2018, compared to $27.0 million for the same period last year. GAAP operating margin was negative 49 percent for the second quarter of 2018, compared to negative 88 percent for the same period last year. Non-GAAP operating margin was negative 12 percent for the second quarter of 2018, compared to negative 44 percent for the same period last year.

• Net Loss: GAAP net loss was $41.2 million for the second quarter of 2018, or $0.52 per basic and diluted share, compared to a GAAP net loss of $56.1 million, or $0.87 per basic and diluted share, in the second quarter of 2017. Non-GAAP net loss was $9.5 million for the second quarter of 2018, or $0.12 per basic and diluted share, compared to a non-GAAP net loss of $28.6 million, or $0.44 per basic and diluted share, for the same period last year.

• Contract Liabilities: Total contract liabilities, which is comprised of short-term deferred revenue, other contract liabilities and long-term deferred revenue, were $259.1 million as of June 30, 2018, compared to $249.5 million as of March 31, 2018, $252.5 million as of January 1, 2018 and $275.2 million as of December 31, 2017. The balance as of January 1, 2018 reflects a reduction to contract liabilities of $22.7 million from December 31, 2017 as a result of our adoption of ASU No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606).

• Cash & Investments: Cash and investments totaled $86.0 million as of June 30, 2018, compared to $72.5 million as of December 31, 2017 and $71.8 million as of June 30, 2017.

• Operating Cash: Operating cash flow used was $2.0 million for the second quarter of 2018, compared to operating cash flow used of $11.7 million for the same period last year.  

A reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP financial measures has been provided in the financial statement tables included in this press release.

Recent Business Highlights

• Hortonworks Data Platform 3.0 Enables Containerization and Deep Learning Workloads. In June, we announced Hortonworks Data Platform (HDP^®) 3.0, which delivers significant new enterprise features, including containerization for faster and easier deployment of applications and increased developer productivity. The new version of HDP is optimized for hybrid cloud architectures and enables customers to more quickly, reliably and securely get value from their data at scale to drive business transformation.

• Hortonworks and Google Cloud Expand Partnership to Accelerate Big Data Analytics in the Cloud. In June, we announced enhancements to our existing partnership with Google Cloud. These enhancements further optimize HDP and Hortonworks DataFlow (HDF^™) for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) to deliver next-gen big data analytics for hybrid cloud deployments. This partnership will enable customers to achieve faster business insights by leveraging ongoing innovations from the open source community via HDP and HDF on GCP. HDP now integrates with Google Cloud Storage, which offers consistent cloud storage for running big data workloads.

• Hortonworks Extends Collaboration with Microsoft to Drive Big Data Workloads to Azure. In June, we announced that we renewed and extended our long-standing relationship with Microsoft to give enterprise customers greater agility and flexibility when moving big data workloads to the cloud. The collaboration now gives customers more choices as to where their analytic and Internet of Things (IoT) data workloads run. Customers can deploy HDP, HDF and Hortonworks DataPlane Service (DPS^™) products natively on Microsoft Azure infrastructure as a service (IaaS) to extract value from data of all types. Additionally, customers can also use Microsoft Azure HDInsight, a fully managed service powered by HDP, which delivers Apache Hadoop and Apache Spark.
• Hortonworks Congratulates 2018 Americas Data Heroes Award Winners. In June, we announced the winners of the 2018 Americas Data Heroes Awards, recognizing Hortonworks customers who have significantly transformed their enterprises by leveraging connected data platforms and highlighting real business value derived from data. The winners were PayPal, Claro Colombia, Symantec, Universal and TRAC Intermodal.

• Hortonworks Named a Strong Performer in Big Data Fabric Report by Independent Research Firm. In June, we were among the select companies that Forrester Research, Inc. invited to participate in its June 2018 report titled The Forrester Wave™: Big Data Fabric, Q2 2018. In this evaluation, Hortonworks was cited as a Strong Performer. HDP, HDF and DPS were evaluated for the report and received scores of five out of five in the Ability to Execute and Customer Base subcategories.

• Hortonworks IoT Solution Helps American Water Improve Operational Efficiency. In June, we announced that American Water, the United States’ largest publicly traded water utility company, is leveraging global data management platforms from Hortonworks to modernize its data architecture. Using HDP and HDF, American Water is enhancing its ability to deliver critical data and insights to its field workers in a matter of minutes. 

Financial Outlook

As of August 7, 2018, Hortonworks is providing the following financial outlook for its third quarter and full year 2018:

For the third quarter of 2018, we expect:

Total GAAP revenue of $87.0 million.

GAAP operating margin between negative 45 percent and negative 40 percent, which includes stock-based compensation and related expenses and amortization of purchased intangibles of approximately $27.0 million.

Non-GAAP operating margin between negative 14 percent and negative 10 percent, which excludes stock-based compensation and related expenses and amortization of purchased intangibles of approximately $27.0 million.

For the full year 2018, we expect:

Total GAAP revenue between $338.0 million and $343.0 million.

GAAP operating margin between negative 48 percent and negative 43 percent, which includes stock-based compensation and related expenses and amortization of purchased intangibles of approximately $110.0 million.

Non-GAAP operating margin between negative 16 percent and negative 10 percent, which excludes stock-based compensation and related expenses and amortization of purchased intangibles of approximately $110.0 million.

GAAP operating margin outlook includes estimates of stock-based compensation and related expenses and amortization of purchased intangibles in future periods and assumes, among other things, the occurrence of no additional acquisitions, investments or restructuring and no further revisions to stock-based compensation and related expenses.