Similarweb Announces Strong Third Quarter 2022 Results

Third quarter 2022 revenue grew 41% year-over-year to $50.0 million

Non-GAAP operating margin improved by over 12 percentage points

Remaining performance obligations increased 39% year-over-year to $158.0 million

Similarweb Ltd. (NYSE: SMWB) ("Similarweb" or the "Company"), a leading digital intelligence company, today announced financial results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2022. The Company published a letter to shareholders from management discussing these results, which can be accessed at the link: https://ir.similarweb.com/financials/quarterly-results, located on the Company's investor relations website.

“We delivered solid results in the third quarter despite the challenging demand environment,” said Or Offer, Founder and Chief Executive Office of Similarweb. “We saw both new customer growth and expansion from existing customers. Interest in our products remains high, even as customers are carefully scrutinizing their spending, because the return on investment is measurable. Our digital intelligence solutions provide visibility to company decision-makers when they need it most.”

Third Quarter 2022 Financial Highlights

• Total revenue was $50.0 million, an increase of 41% compared to $35.6 million for the third quarter of 2021.
• GAAP operating loss was $(20.6) million or (41)% of revenue, compared to $(16.7) million or (47)% of revenue for the third quarter of 2021.
• GAAP net loss per share was $(0.28), compared to $(0.23) for the third quarter of 2021.
• Non-GAAP operating loss was $(13.3) million or (27)% of revenue, compared to $(13.9) million or (39)% of revenue for the third quarter of 2021.
• Non-GAAP operating loss per share was $(0.18), compared to $(0.19) for the third quarter of 2021.
• Cash and cash equivalents totaled $90.6 million as of September 30, 2022, compared to $128.9 million as of December 31, 2021.
• Net cash used in operating activities was $(21.7) million, compared to $(16.6) million for the third quarter of 2021.
• Free cash flow was $(29.5) million, compared to $(17.1) million for the third quarter of 2021.
• Normalized free cash flow was $(25.1) million, compared to $(17.1) million for the third quarter of 2021.

Recent Business Highlights

• Grew number of customers to 3,911 as of September 30, 2022, an increase of 21% compared to September 30, 2021.
• Grew average annual revenue per customer to approximately $51,570 in the third quarter of 2022, an increase of 15% compared to the third quarter of 2021.
• Grew number of customers with ARR of $100,000 or more to 322 as of September 30, 2022, an increase of 31% compared to September 30, 2021.
• Customers with ARR of $100,000 or more contributed 53% of the total ARR as of September 30, 2022, compared to 51% as of September 30, 2021.
• Dollar-based net retention rate for customers with ARR of $100,000 or more increased to 123% in the third quarter of 2022 as compared to 122% in the third quarter of 2021.
• Overall dollar-based net retention rate increased to 112% in the third quarter of 2022 as compared to 110% in the third quarter of 2021.
• Multi-year subscriptions now comprise 37% of our overall ARR as of September 30, 2022, as compared to 31% as of September 30, 2021.
• Remaining performance obligations increased 39% year-over-year, to $158.0 million as of September 30, 2022, as compared to $114.0 million as of September 30, 2021.

Organizational Changes

The Company also announced organizational changes today. “Over the course of 2022, while our business has continued to grow, we have also seen substantial economic shifts around the globe,” said Mr. Offer. “As a result of these shifts, we have made the very difficult decision to reduce our headcount in preparation for prolonged changes in demand. This is part of an ongoing plan to accelerate our path to cash flow profitability during 2023. We are balancing our resources to align with this strategy, and to enhance our flexibility.”

The headcount reduction represents approximately 10% of the Company’s global workforce.

Financial Outlook

“While we are pleased with our third quarter results, we are seeing signs of changes ahead as we end the year,” said Jason Schwartz, Chief Financial Officer of Similarweb. “We are adjusting our revenue outlook and improving our operating loss outlook for the full year 2022.” Mr. Schwartz added, “We are aligning our strategic priorities to balance our revenue growth with profitability. As part of this optimization process we are implementing cost-saving measures across the company. Our continued focus on disciplined execution in this challenging environment will be critical to accelerating our plans to achieve positive free cash flow during 2023.”

• Q4 2022 Guidance
  • Total revenue between $50.5 million and $50.9 million, representing 26% growth year-over-year at the mid-point of the range.
  • Non-GAAP operating loss between $(14.5) million and $(15.0) million. This includes non-GAAP gross margin anticipated in the range of 75% to 76%.
• FY 2022 Guidance
  • Total revenue between $192.4 million and $192.8 million, representing 40% growth year-over-year at the mid-point of the range.
  • Non-GAAP operating loss between $(67.4) million and $(67.9) million, which includes non-GAAP gross margin anticipated at approximately 75%, reflecting continued investment to further expand our data moats through the previously reported acquisitions of Embee Mobile and SimilarTech, and the data licensing agreement with data.ai (formerly App Annie), as well as increased investment in research and development.

The Company’s fourth quarter and full year 2022 financial outlook is based upon a number of assumptions and trends observed from prior quarters that are subject to change and many of which are outside the Company’s control. Actual results may vary from these assumptions and trends from prior quarters, and the Company’s expectations may change. There can be no assurance that the Company will achieve these results.

The Company does not provide guidance for operating loss and gross margin, the most directly comparable GAAP measures to non-GAAP operating loss and non-GAAP gross margin, respectively, and similarly cannot provide a reconciliation to these measures to their closest GAAP equivalents without unreasonable effort due to the unavailability of reliable estimates for certain items, such as share-based compensation. These items are not within the Company’s control and may vary greatly between periods and could significantly impact future financial results.

Conference Call Information

The financial results and business highlights will be discussed on a conference call and webcast scheduled at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, November 16, 2022. A live webcast of the call can be accessed from Similarweb’s Investor Relations website at https://ir.similarweb.com. An archived webcast of the conference call will also be made available on the Similarweb website following the call. The live call may also be accessed via telephone at (877) 407-0726 toll-free and at (201) 689-7806 internationally.

About Similarweb: As a trusted platform for understanding online behavior, millions of people rely on Similarweb insights to strengthen their knowledge of the digital world. We empower anyone — from the curious individual to the enterprise business leader — to make smarter decisions by understanding why things happen across the digital ecosystem.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including statements relating to our guidance for the fourth quarter and full year of 2022 described under "Financial Outlook". Forward-looking statements include all statements that are not historical facts. Such statements may be preceded by the words “intends,” “may,” “will,” “plans,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “projects,” “predicts,” “estimates,” “aims,” “believes,” “hopes,” “potential” or similar words. These forward-looking statements reflect our current views regarding our intentions, products, services, plans, expectations, strategies and prospects, which are based on information currently available to us and assumptions we have made. Actual results may differ materially from those described in such forward-looking statements and are subject to a variety of assumptions, uncertainties, risks and factors that are beyond our control. Such risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, risks and uncertainties associated with (i) challenges associated with forecasting our revenue given our recent growth and rapid technological development, particularly in light of current macroeconomic uncertainty, (ii) our history of net losses and desire to increase operating expenses, thereby limiting our ability to achieve profitability, (iii) challenges related to effectively managing our growth, including as result of macroeconomic factors, (iv) intense competition in the market and services categories in which we participate, (v) potential reductions in participation in our contributory network and/or increase in the volume of opt-out requests from individuals with respect to our collection of their data, or a decrease in our direct measurement dataset, which could lead to a deterioration in the depth, breadth or accuracy of our data, (vi) our inability to attract new customers and expand subscriptions of current customers, (vii) changes in laws, regulations, and public perception concerning data privacy or change in the patterns of enforcement of existing laws and regulations, (viii) our inability to introduce new features or solutions and make enhancements to our existing solutions, (ix) real or perceived errors, failures, vulnerabilities or bugs in our platform, (x) potential security breaches to our systems or to the systems of our third-party service providers, (xi) our inability to obtain and maintain comprehensive and reliable data to generate our insights, (xii) changes in laws and regulations related to the Internet or changes in the internet infrastructure itself that may diminish the demand for our solutions, (xiii) failure to effectively develop and expand our direct sales capabilities, which could harm our ability to increase the number of organizations using our platform and achieve broader market acceptance for our solutions and (xiv) the impact that current worldwide geopolitical and macroeconomic uncertainty, including uncertainty resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic or other public health crises and the Russian military operations in Ukraine, and any related economic downturn could have on our or our customers' businesses, financial condition and results of operations.

These risks and uncertainties are more fully described in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including in the section entitled “Risk Factors” in our Form 20-F filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 25, 2022, and subsequent reports that we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Moreover, we operate in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment. New risks emerge from time to time. It is not possible for our management to predict all risks, nor can we assess the impact of all factors on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements we may make. In light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance, achievements, or events and circumstances reflected in the forward-looking statements will occur.

Forward-looking statements represent our beliefs and assumptions only as of the date of this press release. Except as required by law, we undertake no duty to update any forward-looking statements contained in this release as a result of new information, future events, changes in expectations or otherwise.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

This press release contains certain financial measures that are expressed on a non-GAAP basis. We use these non-GAAP financial measures internally to facilitate analysis of our financial and business trends and for internal planning and forecasting purposes. We believe these non-GAAP financial measures, when taken collectively, may be helpful to investors because they provide consistency and comparability with past financial performance by excluding certain items that may not be indicative of our business, results of operations, or outlook. However, non-GAAP financial measures have limitations as an analytical tool and are presented for supplemental informational purposes only. They should not be considered in isolation from, or as a substitute for, financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP. Free cash flow represents net cash provided by (used in) operating activities less capital expenditures and capitalized internal-use software costs. Normalized free cash flow represents free cash flow less capital investments related to the Company's new headquarters, payments received in connection with these capital investments and deferred payments related to business combinations. Non-GAAP operating income (loss), non-GAAP gross profit, Non-GAAP research and development expenses, non-GAAP sales and marketing expenses and non-GAAP general and administrative expenses represent the comparable GAAP financial figure operating income (loss) or expense, less share-based compensation, adjustments and payments related to business combinations, amortization of intangible assets and certain other non-recurring items, as applicable and indicated in the above tables.

Other Metrics

Customer acquisition costs (CAC) represent the portion of sales and marketing expenses allocated to acquire new customers. Customer retention costs (CRC) represent the portion of sales and marketing expenses allocated to retain existing customers and to increase existing customers’ subscriptions. Annual recurring revenue (ARR) represents the annualized subscription revenue we would contractually expect to receive from customers assuming no increases or reductions in their subscriptions. CAC payback period is the estimated time in months to recover CAC in terms of incremental gross profit that newly acquired customers generate. Net retention rate (NRR) represents the comparison of our ARR from the same set of customers as of a certain point in time, relative to the same point in time in the previous year ago period, expressed as a percentage.

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