Cognyte Reports Strong Second Quarter Fiscal 2025 Financial Results
Cognyte Software Ltd. (NASDAQ: CGNT) (the “Company,” “Cognyte,” “we,” “us” and “our”), a global leader in investigative analytics software, today announced results for the three an...
Empowering customers with AI-driven solutions to confront evolving threats, driving follow-on orders and new customer acquisition
Raises fiscal 2025 guidance once again
HERZLIYA, Israel: Cognyte Software Ltd. (NASDAQ: CGNT) (the “Company,” “Cognyte,” “we,” “us” and “our”), a global leader in investigative analytics software, today announced results for the three and six months ended July 31, 2024 (“Q2 FYE25” and “H1 FYE25”).
Q2 FYE25 Financial Highlights
| Three Months Ended July 31, 2024 |
| Three Months Ended July 31, 2023 | ||||
(in thousands, except per share data) | GAAP |
| Non-GAAP |
| GAAP |
| Non-GAAP |
Revenue | $84,413 |
| $84,413 |
| $77,053 |
| $77,053 |
Gross Margin | 70.6% |
| 71.3% |
| 68.7% |
| 69.2% |
Basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share (“EPS”)* | $(0.03) |
| $0.05 |
| $(0.13) |
| $(0.03) |
H1 FYE25 Financial Highlights
| Six Months Ended July 31, 2024 |
| Six Months Ended July 31, 2023 | ||||
(in thousands, except per share data) | GAAP |
| Non-GAAP |
| GAAP |
| Non-GAAP |
Revenue | $167,127 |
| $167,127 |
| $150,319 |
| $150,431 |
Gross Margin | 70.6% |
| 71.2% |
| 68.3% |
| 68.8% |
Basic and diluted EPS* | $(0.10) |
| $0.02 |
| $(0.26) |
| $(0.14) |
*Our non-GAAP income taxes for prior period were adjusted as detailed further under footnote 3. | |||||||
“We delivered strong second quarter results as we continued to execute on our growth strategy and business plan,” said Elad Sharon, Cognyte’s chief executive officer. “A healthy market and the tangible operational outcomes our solutions generate for customers are resulting in follow-on orders and driving new customer acquisitions.”
He added, “At the core of our work is our mission to make the world a safer place. Our leading AI-driven solutions empower customers to confront significant, evolving threats, accelerate investigations, enable faster decision-making and mitigate a wide range of security challenges.”
“Cognyte has grown revenue by more than 11% in the first six months of fiscal 2025,” said David Abadi, Cognyte’s chief financial officer. “We delivered $13.3 million in Adjusted EBITDA, marking a meaningful improvement compared to almost breakeven results in the first half of the prior fiscal year. Our advanced solutions deliver significant value to our customers, driving demand. As a result of market conditions and our strong execution, we are once again raising our full year outlook.”
FYE25 Outlook
Our non-GAAP outlook for the year ending January 31, 2025 (“FYE25” and “Fiscal 2025”) is as follows:
- Revenue: $347 million at the midpoint with a range of +/-2%, representing approximately 11% growth from previous year revenue.
- Adjusted EBITDA: Approximately $25 million at the midpoint of our revenue outlook.
- Diluted EPS: Loss of $0.03 at the midpoint of our revenue outlook.
Our non-GAAP outlook for FYE25 excludes the following GAAP measures which we are able to quantify with reasonable certainty, as described further below under “Supplemental Information About non-GAAP Financial Measures and Operating Metrics”:
- Amortization of intangible assets of approximately $0.3 million.
Our non-GAAP outlook for FYE25 excludes the following GAAP measures for which we are able to provide a range of probable significance:
- Stock-based compensation is expected to be between approximately $17.0 and $19.0 million, assuming market prices for our ordinary shares are generally consistent with current levels.
For additional information about our expectations for FYE25, please refer to the Q2 FYE25 conference call we will conduct on September 10, 2024.
Our non-GAAP outlook does not include the potential impact of any business acquisitions that may close after the date hereof, and, unless otherwise specified, reflects foreign currency exchange rates approximately consistent with current rates.
We are unable, without unreasonable effort, to provide a reconciliation for other GAAP measures which are excluded from our non-GAAP outlook, including the impact of future business acquisitions or acquisition expenses, future restructuring expenses, and non-GAAP income tax adjustments due to the level of unpredictability and uncertainty associated with these items. For these same reasons, we are unable to assess the probable significance of these excluded items. While historical results may not be indicative of future results, actual amounts for the three and six months ended July 31, 2024, and 2023, respectively, for the GAAP measures excluded from our non-GAAP outlook appear in Table 4 of this press release.
Conference Call Information
We will conduct a conference call today at 8:30 a.m. ET to discuss our results for the three months ended July 31, 2024. A real-time webcast of the conference call with presentation slides will be available in the Investor Relations section of Cognyte’s website. Those interested in participating in the question-and-answer session need to register here to receive the dial-in numbers and unique PIN to access the call seamlessly. It is recommended that you join 10 minutes prior to the event start (although you may register and dial in at any time during the call). An archived webcast of the conference call will also be available in the “Investors” section of the company’s website.
About Non-GAAP Financial Measures
This press release and the accompanying tables include non-GAAP financial measures. For a description of these non-GAAP financial measures, including the reasons management uses each measure, and reconciliations of non-GAAP financial measures presented for completed periods to the most directly comparable financial measures prepared in accordance with GAAP, please see the tables below as well as “Supplemental Information About Non-GAAP Financial Measures” at the end of this press release.
About Cognyte Software Ltd.
Cognyte Software Ltd. is a global leader in investigative analytics software that empowers a variety of government and other organizations with Actionable Intelligence for a Safer World™. Our open interface software is designed to help customers accelerate and improve the effectiveness of investigations and decision-making. Hundreds of customers rely on our solutions to accelerate and conduct investigations and derive insights, with which they identify, neutralize and tackle threats to national security and address different forms of criminal and terror activities. Learn more at www.cognyte.com.
Caution About Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and Section 21E of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Forward-looking statements include statements regarding expectations, predictions, views, opportunities, plans, strategies, beliefs, and statements of similar effect relating to Cognyte. All statements contained in this press release that do not relate to matters of historical fact should be considered forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements do not guarantee future performance and are based on management's expectations that involve a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other important factors, any of which could cause our actual results or conditions to differ materially from those expressed in or implied by the forward-looking statements. Some of the factors that could cause our actual results or conditions to differ materially from current expectations include, among others: uncertainties regarding the impact of changes in macroeconomic and/or global conditions; risks related to government contract dependency, including procurement risks, risks associated with operational challenges amid the Hamas and other terrorist organizations’ attack on Israel on October 7, 2023 and Israel’s war against them; risks related to geopolitical changes and investor visibility constraints; risks related to the impact of inflation and related volatility on our financial performance; risks relating to adverse changes to the regulatory constraints to which we are subject; risks related to the impact of disruptions to the global supply chain; risks resulting from health epidemics or pandemics or actions taken in response to such pandemics; risks associated with customer concentration and challenges associated with our ability to accurately forecast revenue and expenses; risks associated with political and reputational factors related to our business or operations; risks associated with our ability to keep pace with technological advances and challenges and evolving industry standards; risks relating to proprietary rights infringement claims; risks relating to defects, operational problems, or vulnerability to cyber-attacks of our products or any of the components used in our products; risks related to the strengths of our intellectual property rights protection; risks that we may be unable to establish and maintain relationships with key resellers, partners, and system integrators and risks associated with our reliance on third-party suppliers for certain components, products or services; risks due to the aggressive competition in all of our markets; challenges associated with our long sales cycles and with the sophisticated nature of our solutions; risks associated with our ability or costs to retain, recruit and train qualified personnel; risks relating to our ability to properly manage investments in our business and operations, execute on growth or strategic initiatives; risks associated with acquisitions, strategic investments, partnerships or alliances; risk of security vulnerabilities or lapses, including cyber-attacks, information technology system breaches, failures or disruptions; risks associated with the mishandling or perceived mishandling of sensitive, confidential or classified information; risks associated with our failure to comply with laws; risks associated with our credit facilities or that we may experience liquidity or working capital issues and related risks that financing sources may be unavailable to us on reasonable terms; risks associated with changing tax laws and regulations, tax rates, and the continuing availability of expected tax benefits in the countries in which we operate; risks associated with our significant international operations, including due to our Israeli operations, fluctuations in foreign exchange rates, and exposure to regions subject to political or economic instability; risks associated with complex and changing regulatory environments relating to our operations and the markets we operate in; risks relating to the adequacy of our existing infrastructure, systems, processes, policies, procedures, internal controls and personnel for our current and future operations and reporting needs; risks associated with our limited operating history as an independent public company; risks related to the tax treatment of our spin-off from Verint; and risks associated with different corporate governance requirements applicable to Israeli companies and risks associated with being a foreign private issuer. ; and other risks set forth and in Section 3.D - “Risk Factors” in our latest annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2024, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on April 9, 2024, and in our subsequent filings with the SEC. In addition, we operate in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment. New risks and uncertainties emerge from time to time. It is not possible for our management to predict all risks and uncertainties, nor can we assess the impact of all factors on its 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 that we may make. In light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, the forward-looking events and circumstances discussed in this release are inherently uncertain and may not occur, and actual results could differ materially and adversely from those anticipated or implied in the forward-looking statements. Accordingly, you should not rely upon forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. Any forward-looking statement made in this press release speaks only as of the date hereof. Except as otherwise required by law, the Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, changed circumstances, or any other reason.
Table 1 COGNYTE SOFTWARE LTD. Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited) | ||||||||||||||||
|
| Six Months Ended July 31, |
| Three Months Ended July 31, | ||||||||||||
(in thousands except per share data) |
|
| 2024 |
|
|
| 2023 |
|
|
| 2024 |
|
|
| 2023 |
|
Revenue: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ||||||||
Software |
| $ | 58,377 |
|
| $ | 51,892 |
|
| $ | 26,932 |
|
| $ | 26,520 |
|
Software service |
|
| 89,693 |
|
|
| 81,313 |
|
|
| 45,338 |
|
|
| 40,220 |
|
Professional service and other |
|
| 19,057 |
|
|
| 17,114 |
|
|
| 12,143 |
|
|
| 10,313 |
|
Total revenue |
|
| 167,127 |
|
|
| 150,319 |
|
|
| 84,413 |
|
|
| 77,053 |
|
Cost of revenue: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ||||||||
Software |
|
| 10,036 |
|
|
| 7,217 |
|
|
| 4,186 |
|
|
| 3,880 |
|
Software service |
|
| 21,888 |
|
|
| 22,641 |
|
|
| 11,253 |
|
|
| 11,569 |
|
Professional service and other |
|
| 17,197 |
|
|
| 17,745 |
|
|
| 9,350 |
|
|
| 8,657 |
|
Total cost of revenue |
|
| 49,121 |
|
|
| 47,603 |
|
|
| 24,789 |
|
|
| 24,106 |
|
Gross profit |
|
| 118,006 |
|
|
| 102,716 |
|
|
| 59,624 |
|
|
| 52,947 |
|
Operating expenses: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ||||||||
Research and development, net |
|
| 53,005 |
|
|
| 54,850 |
|
|
| 26,180 |
|
|
| 27,103 |
|
Selling, general and administrative |
|
| 68,528 |
|
|
| 60,110 |
|
|
| 34,762 |
|
|
| 31,310 |
|
Amortization of other acquired intangible assets |
|
| 145 |
|
|
| 181 |
|
|
| 72 |
|
|
| 91 |
|
Total operating expenses |
|
| 121,678 |
|
|
| 115,141 |
|
|
| 61,014 |
|
|
| 58,504 |
|
Operating loss |
|
| (3,672 | ) |
|
| (12,425 | ) |
|
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