06/12/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 06/12/2025 14:50
MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report. This discussion contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties and our actual results, events or circumstances could differ materially from those described in forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include those identified below and those discussed in the section titled "Risk Factors" and other parts of this Quarterly Report. Our historical results are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for any period in the future. The last day of our fiscal year is January 31, and our fiscal quarters end on April 30, July 31, October 31 and January 31. Our fiscal years ended January 31, 2025 and 2026 are referred to herein as fiscal 2025 and fiscal 2026, respectively. Unless the context otherwise requires, all references in this Quarterly Report to "we," "us," "our," "our company," and "ServiceTitan" refer to ServiceTitan, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries, and references to our "common stock" include our Class A common stock, Class B common stock and Class C common stock.
Overview
ServiceTitan is the operating system that powers the trades.
We are modernizing a large and technologically underserved industry-an industry commonly referred to as the "trades." The trades consist of the collection of field service activities required to install, maintain, and service the infrastructure and systems of residences and commercial buildings.
ServiceTitan was born in the trades and built for the trades. Our founders, Ara Mahdessian and Vahe Kuzoyan (our "Co-Founders"), founded ServiceTitan to provide tradespeople, like their parents, with technology that is purpose built to help trades businesses thrive.
Our software provides an end-to-end, cloud-based software platform that connects and manages a wide array of business workflows such as advertising, job scheduling and management, dispatching, generating estimates and invoices, payment processing and more. Tradespeople spend their days interfacing with the ServiceTitan platform across what we believe to be the five most business-critical functions, or the "core centers of gravity," inside a trades business: CRM (customer relationship management, including sales enablement, marketing automation and customer service), FSM (field service management, including scheduling and dispatching), ERP (enterprise resource planning, including inventory), HCM (human capital management, including compensation and payroll integration) and FinTech (including payments and third-party consumer financing). By offering interoperable capabilities in all five centers of gravity, we continuously capture comprehensive data insights across key workflows in a trades business.
Our close customer proximity and deep connection with the industry enable us to make evidence-based recommendations that can improve our customers' business outcomes by identifying and replicating what works and fixing what does not. Our insights are augmented by the vast amounts of structured and unstructured data that we synthesize into best practices. These insights are then delivered across automated workflows, many of which we enhance with artificial intelligence ("AI"), to address the distinct vertical-specific needs of the trades.
Our platform enables impactful outcomes for our customers, including accelerating revenue and driving operational efficiency, all while improving the experience for both end customers and contractors. As customers experience the significant business acceleration benefits of our platform, we have often observed our customers hire more technicians, increase gross transaction volume ("GTV"), representing total dollars invoiced by our customers to end customers through our platform, and adopt more add-on products. Increased customer adoption of our platform leads to further data and insights, allowing us to build more differentiated features and address opportunities in new trades, use cases and customer subsegments. All of this allows us to drive more growth and efficiency for customers, delivering outsized return on investment ("ROI"), in our products. For the three months ended April 30, 2025 and 2024, we processed $17.7 billion and $14.5 billion of GTV, respectively.
Key Factors Affecting Our Business Performance
We believe that the growth and future success of our business is dependent upon many factors, including those described below.
Increase GTV on Our Platform
Grow with Our Customers.Our long-term revenue growth is correlated with the success of customers on our platform, and we strive to support the growth of their businesses. We can improve outcomes for our customers across every stage of the go-to-market funnel, from determining which end customers to target, marketing to those end customers effectively and converting and retaining end customers.
We empower technicians with the tools and training necessary to drive better end-customer outcomes that, in turn, can generate higher ticket sizes and more repeatable work orders. As our customers grow on our platform and expand into additional locations, generating more sales, hiring more technicians and automating more workflows, they can also significantly increase GTV, and, in turn, drive our growth and financial success.
Increase GTV By Serving Additional Customers in Existing Trades and Markets.Our ability to increase GTV also depends on our ability to serve additional customers in existing trades and markets. As our platform has deepened and expanded in features, we have been able to serve larger customers. The trades industry is also experiencing an influx of professional operators, including private equity owners, who are investing in and consolidating the trades, in many cases on our platform. Because of these dynamics, we focus on increasing the GTV on our platform, rather than new customer count. We believe our market opportunity is substantial, and we expect to continue to make significant investments across all aspects of our business to continue to increase the GTV on our platform.
We designed our platform to address key workflows within a trades business. In contrast, existing solutions are difficult to adopt and resource-intensive to stitch together in a manner that would address multiple workflows and generate return on investment for trades businesses. This gives us a substantial opportunity to continue to invest in our platform and in our sales and marketing efforts to add more customers in, or help existing customers expand into, the expansive set of trade verticals we have penetrated so far. We also believe that there is further potential to expand our customer base by productizing additional capabilities for these trade verticals.
Increase GTV By Entering New Trades and Markets. ServiceTitan began by serving a single trade-plumbing-and focusing on residential homes, and we now serve many trades that serve all sites: homes, businesses and even new construction. As we have penetrated new trades over time, we have significantly expanded our potential customer reach, unlocking new markets to drive future customer growth. We plan to continue to innovate and expand into new trade verticals through our playbook of harnessing common features of the trades industry, while also identifying and building features specific to each new trade vertical. It takes significant time and research and development to identify new trade verticals to enter and build out functionalities on top of our common products, as well as investment in sales and marketing resources, to ensure we can successfully go to market with an end-to-end offering in such new verticals.
Retain and Expand Our Existing Customer Relationships
Our ability to retain and increase the revenue we earn from existing customers is a key driver of our future business performance and depends on our customers renewing their subscriptions to our platform, expanding their number of users, increasing their usage of existing solutions and adopting additional products, driven by the three key strategies described below. We have observed that as customers experience the significant business acceleration benefits of our platform, they typically not only remain on our platform but also often hire more technicians and adopt more of our products. Our ability to retain and expand customer relationships is evidenced by our net dollar retention rate, which was over 110% for the three months ended April 30, 2025.1
Retain Our Customers.Our customer relationship begins with a thorough onboarding process. Then, our customers deploy our platform end-to-end across their entire organization, meaning the ServiceTitan platform powers their workflows and is the primary interface used by their employees. As a result, we become deeply embedded as the operating system that powers our customers' businesses. Over time, our Customer Success Management teams work closely with our customers to assist them in fully utilizing our platform.
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1Our net dollar retention rate measures the increase in annualized billings across our existing customer base by comparing the annualized billings from the same set of customers across comparable periods. To calculate our net dollar retention rate as of a given quarter, we first calculate annualized billings from the cohort of all customers billed in the same quarter in the prior year (the "prior period annualized billings"). We then calculate annualized billings from these same customers as of the current quarter (the "current period annualized billings"). Current period annualized billings includes the effect of any expansion, contraction or churn over the trailing 12 months. We divide (a) current period annualized billings by (b) prior period annualized billings to arrive at the net dollar retention rate. When calculating net dollar retention rate, we do not include the billings from any customers that were acquired as the result of our acquisition of a business until the completion of the first full quarter following the one-year anniversary of the acquisition.
We define annualized billings for a given quarter as the annualized value of the quarterly amount invoiced for our Core and Pro products, net of reserves, and the quarterly revenue recognized for our FinTech products. Contracts for our platform solutions range from monthly to multi-year. While monthly subscribers as a group have historically maintained or increased their subscriptions over time, there is no guarantee that any particular customer on a monthly subscription will renew its subscription in any given month, and therefore the calculation of annualized billings for these monthly subscriptions may not accurately reflect revenue to be received over a 12-month period from such customers. There may be seasonal fluctuations in annualized billings as a result of heightened demand for our customers during peak times. Annualized billings should be viewed independently of, and not as a replacement for, revenue and does not represent our revenue on an annualized basis.
Drive More Value to Our Customers through Add-on Product Adoption. As we demonstrate the high ROI of our products to our customers, we are able to sell more add-on products to them and increase our share of wallet, which we measure as the portion of our customers' GTV that we are able to earn. We efficiently expand our customer relationships over time to serve their additional needs and automate more workflows through our platform. We believe that the more our customers use our platform to power their workflows, the more value we deliver to them, and the higher revenue we can earn from them. As a result, we continue to invest in research and development to improve the functionality of our existing Core and add-on products. Our ability to increase adoption of our add-on products will depend on customer satisfaction with our platform, competition, pricing and our ability to continuously demonstrate the value proposition of our add-on products. We plan to continue investing in sales and marketing, thought leadership, industry resources and leveraging our customer success teams to focus on driving additional expanded value to customers on our platform.
Build New Products to Extend Our Platform. We have a culture of significant innovation evidenced by the extension of our platform's capabilities over time, producing new workflows across trades. We intend to continue to judiciously invest in research and development to expand the functionality of our platform, to develop new add-on products and to broaden our capabilities to address new market opportunities across trades. Powering key workflows of our customers through our Core product positions us to deliver value-added Pro and FinTech products that complement our Core product. We build Pro and FinTech products as an integrated add-on to our expansive Core product offering to deliver our customers business outcomes in a way that we believe no individual, standalone point solution can. As we continue to innovate and execute on our product roadmap, we believe customers will continue to find our new products additive and therefore continue to adopt them. We believe that there is further potential to expand our market opportunity by building new products to earn an even greater potential share of our customers' GTV in the future. While our engrained industry position and exposure to the trades facilitate efficient product development opportunities, innovating new products will continue to require substantial time and research and development resources.
Seasonality and Other Fluctuations
Generally, demand for our customers' services tends to increase during the second quarter of our fiscal year, as hot weather in the summer months typically results in higher demand for trades businesses. Given that our revenue model allows our customers to scale as needed (processing more GTV through our platform and adding technicians), our sequential revenue growth has historically been strongest in the second quarter of each fiscal year. This is especially true for our usage-based revenue, which is directly tied to the amount of GTV processed through our platform.
Certain recurring operational events that occur through our fiscal year have also historically impacted our financial performance. Specifically, we typically experience higher operating cash outflows during our first fiscal quarter due to payment of annual corporate bonuses. Additionally, our third fiscal quarter performance typically reflects increased sales and marketing expense related to our annual user conferences, Ignite and Pantheon.
Components of Results of Operations
Revenue
We have two general categories of revenue as set forth below:
Platform Revenue
We principally generate platform revenue through (i) subscription revenue generated from access to and use of our platform, including subscriptions to our Core and certain Pro products, and (ii) usage-based revenue generated from the transactions using our FinTech solutions and usage of certain Pro products and other usage-based services. Our customer contracts are generally based on the number of users, mix of products, number of end customers and the amount of GTV.
We offer tiered subscription plans for our Core and Pro products with varying contract lengths. Pursuant to these subscription contracts our customers do not have the ability to take possession of our proprietary software. For new customers, we primarily enter into either annual or multi-year subscription agreements with contract terms typically ranging from 12 to 36 months; however, certain Pro product and legacy customers are on month-to-month contracts. In nearly all cases, these contracts (monthly, annual, or multi-year) are renewed automatically unless cancelled in advance. We generally bill our customers on a monthly basis in advance of services, regardless of contract term. In some cases for certain products, the customer is billed in arrears. Pricing for these subscriptions are driven by the features included in the package and are linked to the size of the customer's business, generally based on the number of field technicians at the customer but in some cases directly tied to the number of end customers or the customer's revenue. In this way, our success is linked to the growth of our customers.
When subscription fees are received in advance of providing the related services, we record deferred revenue on our consolidated balance sheet and recognize the revenue ratably over the related subscription period. We recognize a contract asset when revenue has been
recognized but our right to consideration from the customer is conditional upon our future performance. Contract assets are transferred to accounts receivable when our right to the consideration becomes unconditional.
Usage-based services primarily consist of payment processing where we connect to third-party processors to allow our customers to accept payments, primarily credit and debit cards, and also includes end-customer financing solutions and other forms of payment. The third-party processor determines the eligibility of the end customer to participate in the programs, provides the payment settlement and financing options to the end customer and is responsible for the provision of the payment or financing services. We receive a fee from the third-party processors, depending on the size and type of the transaction, which we recognize net of interchange and other direct expenses which are passed onto the customer. Revenue from financing and processing payments is recognized at the time of the transaction. In addition to payment processing revenue, we have a number of Pro products that generate revenue depending on the level of usage, which we recognize monthly in arrears based on consumption.
Professional Services and Other Revenue
Professional services and other revenue is primarily derived from services we provide to our customers, principally onboarding, training, and some ongoing professional services. Professional services and other revenue also includes revenue generated from our live voice and chat services and certain other ancillary hardware products and services sold to customers. Fees for these professional services are generally invoiced separately at the commencement of the contract or as ordered by the customer. Revenue is recognized for professional services as the services are performed or products are delivered.
Cost of Revenue
Platform
Cost of platform revenue consists of personnel-related costs and costs related to the provisioning of our platform services. Personnel-related costs primarily include salary, employee benefits, bonuses and stock-based compensation related to our customer support team and certain customer success personnel. Costs related to the provisioning of our platform services are primarily comprised of fees paid to third-party service providers associated with delivery of Pro and FinTech products, platform infrastructure and server costs, call tracking fees, and payment processing fees. In addition, cost of platform revenue includes amortization of certain acquired intangible assets, amortization of capitalized internal-use software costs directly related to our cloud-based software solution and allocated overhead, which we define as costs such as depreciation, rent, utilities, and other facilities-related costs that are allocated across our expense categories based on headcount.
We expect our cost of platform revenue to increase in absolute dollars as the adoption and usage of our platform and product offerings increase. Beginning in fiscal 2026, we shifted the roles of our customer success function to focus on both customer retention and customer expansion, and, as a result, certain customer success costs are now being recorded in sales and marketing expense.
Professional Services and Other
Professional services and other cost of revenue consists primarily of personnel-related costs in connection with providing customer onboarding and customer implementation, live voice and chat services. Personnel-related costs primarily include salary, employee benefits, bonuses and stock-based compensation. Professional services and other cost of revenue also includes amortization of certain acquired intangible assets, allocated overhead, and the cost of other ancillary hardware products and services sold to customers. Professional services and other cost of revenue historically has exceeded professional services and other revenue as we invest in providing customers with implementation and onboarding services to enhance customer success. We expect our cost of professional services and other revenue to increase in absolute dollars as the adoption of our product offerings for both new and existing customers increases.
Operating Expenses
Operating expenses consist of sales and marketing, research and development and general and administrative expenses. For each of these categories of expense, personnel-related costs consisting primarily of salary, employee benefits, bonuses and stock-based compensation are the most significant components.
Sales and Marketing Expense
Sales and marketing expense consists primarily of personnel-related costs, consulting costs and other costs incurred in connection with our sales and marketing and certain customer success efforts. Personnel-related costs primarily include salary, commissions, employee benefits, bonuses and stock-based compensation for our outbound sales personnel that focus on new customer acquisition and for our
customer success personnel that focus on expanding adoption of our products at existing customers. Sales and marketing expense also includes marketing and advertising expenses, such as our annual customer conferences, Pantheon and Ignite, and travel and trade show expenses, amortization of acquired customer intangible assets and allocated overhead. As our annual customer conferences are significant sales and marketing events, we expect an increase in sales and marketing expense during the respective quarter in which they occur. We expect that sales and marketing expense will increase on an absolute dollar basis as we invest to grow our business. We plan to continue to expand sales and marketing efforts to attract new customers, retain existing customers and increase revenue from both new and existing customers by adding outbound sales personnel and expanding our customer success team activities. In addition, beginning in fiscal 2026, we shifted the roles of our customer success function to focus on both customer retention and customer expansion and as a result certain customer success costs are now being recorded in sales and marketing expense.
Research and Development Expense
Research and development expense consists primarily of personnel-related and other costs incurred in connection with product management and development efforts. Personnel-related costs primarily include salary, employee benefits, bonuses and stock-based compensation. Research and development expense also includes fees to third-party product development resources, infrastructure and server costs, and allocated overhead costs. We expect that research and development expense will increase on an absolute dollar basis as we invest to build, enhance, maintain and scale our products.
General and Administrative Expense
General and administrative expense consists primarily of personnel-related costs for our executive, finance, legal, information systems, operations and human resource teams. Personnel-related costs primarily include salary, employee benefits, bonuses and stock-based compensation. General and administrative expense also includes professional fees, other outside consulting expenses, acquisition-related expenses and allocated overhead. We expect that general and administrative expense will increase on an absolute dollar basis, but over time decrease as a percentage of total revenue, as we focus on the efficiency of our processes and systems that will enable our internal support functions to scale with the growth of our business. We expect increases to general and administrative expense to support our growth and as we incur the costs of compliance associated with being a public company, including increased accounting and legal expenses.
Other Income (Expense), Net
Other income (expense), net consists primarily of interest expense related to our debt arrangements with financial institutions, interest income earned on our cash and cash equivalents, gains or losses on foreign currency transactions and miscellaneous other income.
Provision For Income Taxes
Our income tax provision consists of U.S. federal, state, and foreign income taxes. We maintain a full valuation allowance for our U.S. federal and state deferred tax assets, including net operating loss carryforwards, that are unable to be offset by our U.S. federal and state deferred tax liabilities, as we have concluded that it is not more likely than not that the U.S. deferred tax assets will be realized.
Results of Operations
The following table sets forth our condensed consolidated statements of operations data for the periods indicated:
Three Months Ended April 30, |
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2025 |
2024 |
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(in thousands) |
|||||||||
Revenue: |
|||||||||
Platform |
$ |
207,982 |
$ |
163,225 |
|||||
Professional services and other |
7,710 |
7,103 |
|||||||
Total revenue |
215,692 |
170,328 |
|||||||
Cost of revenue: |
|||||||||
Platform |
50,037 |
47,757 |
|||||||
Professional services and other |
17,259 |
16,591 |
|||||||
Total cost of revenue |
67,296 |
64,348 |
|||||||
Gross profit |
148,396 |
105,980 |
|||||||
Operating expenses: |
|||||||||
Sales and marketing |
69,223 |
57,601 |
|||||||
Research and development |
69,140 |
58,613 |
|||||||
General and administrative |
59,569 |
43,194 |
|||||||
Total operating expenses |
197,932 |
159,408 |
|||||||
Loss from operations |
(49,536 |
) |
(53,428 |
) |
|||||
Other income (expense), net |
|||||||||
Interest expense |
(2,035 |
) |
(4,128 |
) |
|||||
Interest income |
4,940 |
1,696 |
|||||||
Other income, net |
501 |
227 |
|||||||
Total other income (expense), net |
3,406 |
(2,205 |
) |
||||||
Loss before income taxes |
(46,130 |
) |
(55,633 |
) |
|||||
Provision for income taxes |
234 |
406 |
|||||||
Net loss |
$ |
(46,364 |
) |
$ |
(56,039 |
) |
Comparison of the Three Months Ended April 30, 2025 and 2024
Revenue
Three Months Ended April 30, |
Change |
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2025 |
2024 |
$ |
Percent |
|||||||||||||
(dollars in thousands) |
||||||||||||||||
Revenue |
||||||||||||||||
Platform |
$ |
207,982 |
$ |
163,225 |
$ |
44,757 |
27 |
% |
||||||||
Professional services and other |
7,710 |
7,103 |
607 |
9 |
% |
|||||||||||
Total revenue |
$ |
215,692 |
$ |
170,328 |
$ |
45,364 |
27 |
% |
Platform revenue increased by $44.8 million, or 27%, for the three months ended April 30, 2025, compared to the three months ended April 30, 2024. This increase was primarily driven by subscription revenue, which increased by $36.7 million, or 29%, for the three months ended April 30, 2025, compared to the three months ended April 30, 2024. In addition, revenue from our usage-based products increased by $8.1 million, or 22%, for the three months ended April 30, 2025, compared to the three months ended April 30, 2024. This increase was primarily driven by increases in both the volume and types of payment transactions processed using our FinTech offerings.
Professional services and other revenue increased by $0.6 million, or 9%, for the three months ended April 30, 2025, compared to the three months ended April 30, 2024. This increase was primarily driven by a higher volume of services performed.
Cost of Revenue
Three Months Ended April 30, |
Change |
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2025 |
2024 |
$ |
Percent |
|||||||||||||
(dollars in thousands) |
||||||||||||||||
Cost of revenue |
||||||||||||||||
Platform |
$ |
50,037 |
$ |
47,757 |
$ |
2,280 |
5 |
% |
||||||||
Professional services and other |
17,259 |
16,591 |
668 |
4 |
% |
|||||||||||
Total cost of revenue |
$ |
67,296 |
$ |
64,348 |
$ |
2,948 |
5 |
% |
||||||||
Gross profit |
$ |
148,396 |
$ |
105,980 |
||||||||||||
Platform gross margin |
75.9 |
% |
70.7 |
% |
||||||||||||
Professional services and other gross |
(123.9 |
)% |
(133.6 |
)% |
||||||||||||
Total gross margin |
68.8 |
% |
62.2 |
% |
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Platform cost of revenue increased by $2.3 million, or 5%, for the three months ended April 30, 2025, compared to the three months ended April 30, 2024. The increase was primarily due to a $4.1 million increase in costs to deliver our Core, Pro, and FinTech products driven by the increase in our subscription and usage-based revenue and a $1.6 million increase in amortization of capitalized internally developed software. These increases were partially offset by a decrease of $1.9 million of impairment losses on operating lease assets and related property and equipment for a portion of our headquarters space that we ceased to use. In addition, personnel-related costs decreased $1.2 million due to the shift in the roles of ourcustomer success function to sales and marketing activities at the beginning of fiscal 2026.Platform gross margin increased to 75.9% for the three months ended April 30, 2025, compared to 70.7% for the three months ended April 30, 2024, primarily due to the shift of certain customer success costs to sales and marketing, a decrease in impairment losses on operating lease assets and related property and equipment, and improved efficiencies in delivering our platform at scale.
Professional services and other cost of revenue increased by $0.7 million, or 4%, for the three months ended April 30, 2025, compared to the three months ended April 30, 2024. The increase was primarily due to an increase of $2.4 million in personnel-related costs driven by an increase in headcount. This increase was partially offset by a decrease of $0.7 million in third-party consulting costs, a decrease of $0.6 million of impairment losses on operating lease assets and related property and equipment for a portion of our headquarters space that we ceased to use, and a decrease of $0.5 million of amortization of acquired intangible assets. Professional services and other gross margin improved to (123.9)% for the three months ended April 30, 2025, compared to (133.6)% for the three months ended April 30, 2024, due to the increase in revenue.
Operating Expenses
Sales and Marketing Expense
Three Months Ended April 30, |
Change |
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2025 |
2024 |
$ |
Percent |
|||||||||||||
(dollars in thousands) |
||||||||||||||||
Sales and marketing expense |
$ |
69,223 |
$ |
57,601 |
$ |
11,622 |
20 |
% |
||||||||
Sales and marketing expense as a |
32 |
% |
34 |
% |
Sales and marketing expense increased by $11.6 million, or 20%, for the three months ended April 30, 2025, compared to the three months ended April 30, 2024. The increase in sales and marketing expense was primarily driven by an increase of $10.5 million in personnel-related costs resulting from an increase in headcount and, beginning in fiscal 2026, we shifted the roles of our customer success function to focus on both customer retention and customer expansion, and as a result, certain customer success costs are now being recorded in sales and marketing. In addition, marketing and advertising costs increased $2.9 million for the three months ended April 30, 2025, compared to the three months ended April 30, 2024. These increases were partially offset by a decrease of $1.9 million of impairment losses on operating lease assets and related property and equipment for a portion of our headquarters space that we ceased to use.
Research and Development Expense
Three Months Ended April 30, |
Change |
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2025 |
2024 |
$ |
Percent |
|||||||||||||
(dollars in thousands) |
||||||||||||||||
Research and development expense |
$ |
69,140 |
$ |
58,613 |
$ |
10,527 |
18 |
% |
||||||||
Research and development expense as a |
32 |
% |
34 |
% |
Research and development expense increased by $10.5 million, or 18%, for the three months ended April 30, 2025, compared to the three months ended April 30, 2024. The increase in research and development expense was primarily driven by an increase of $11.2 million in personnel-related costs, which included $3.6 million increase in stock-based compensation expense driven by an increase in headcount. These increases were partially offset by a decrease of $1.8 million of impairment losses on operating lease assets and related property and equipment for a portion of our headquarters space that we ceased to use.
General and Administrative Expense
Three Months Ended April 30, |
Change |
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2025 |
2024 |
$ |
Percent |
|||||||||||||
(dollars in thousands) |
||||||||||||||||
General and administrative expense |
$ |
59,569 |
$ |
43,194 |
$ |
16,375 |
38 |
% |
||||||||
General and administrative expense as a |
28 |
% |
25 |
% |
General and administrative expense increased by $16.4 million, or 38%, for the three months ended April 30, 2025, compared to the three months ended April 30, 2024. The increase in general and administrative expense was primarily driven by a $20.6 million increase in personnel-related costs primarily driven by an increase of$18.0 million in stock-based compensation. The increase in stock-based compensation includes $13.1 million related to performance-based RSUs granted to our Co-Founders in October 2024. In addition, our allowance for credit losses increased $2.9 million for the three months ended April 30, 2025, compared to the three months ended April 30, 2024 as we further integrated acquired businesses and aligned our processes. These increases were partially offset by a decrease of $5.9 million of impairment losses on operating lease assets and related property and equipment for a portion of our headquarters space that we ceased to use. Additionally, the three months ended April 30, 2024 included acquisition-related costs of $2.1 million.
Other Income (Expense), Net
Three Months Ended April 30, |
Change |
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2025 |
2024 |
$ |
Percent |
|||||||||||||
(dollars in thousands) |
||||||||||||||||
Other income (expense), net |
$ |
3,406 |
$ |
(2,205 |
) |
$ |
5,611 |
(254 |
)% |
Other income, net, was $3.4 million for the three months ended April 30, 2025, compared to other expense, net, of $2.2 million for the three months ended April 30, 2024. The increase was primarily due to a $3.2 million increase in interest income due to a higher cash balance as well as a decrease in interest expense of $2.1 million due to a lower debt balance in the three months ended April 30, 2025 resulting from therepayment of all amounts outstandingunder our Revolver Facility that occurred in January 2025.
Provision for Income Taxes
Three Months Ended April 30, |
Change |
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2025 |
2024 |
$ |
Percent |
|||||||||||||
(dollars in thousands) |
||||||||||||||||
Provision for income taxes |
$ |
234 |
$ |
406 |
$ |
(172 |
) |
(42 |
)% |
Our provision for income taxes decreased by $0.2 million, or 42%, for the three months ended April 30, 2025 compared to the three months ended April 30, 2024. The change was primarily driven by a decrease in certain state taxes for the three months ended April 30, 2025.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
In addition to our results prepared in accordance with GAAP, we believe non-GAAP gross profit and non-GAAP gross margin in total and for platform and professional services and other, non-GAAP sales and marketing expense, non-GAAP research and development expense, non-GAAP general and administrative expense, non-GAAP income from operations, non-GAAP operating margin, and non-GAAP net income are useful in evaluating our operating performance.
For the reasons set forth below, we believe that excluding the following items provides information that is helpful in understanding our results of operations, evaluating our future prospects, comparing our financial results across accounting periods, and comparing our financial results to our peers, many of which provide similar non-GAAP financial measures.
These measures, however, have certain limitations in that they reflect the exercise of judgment by our management about which expenses are excluded or included and do not include the impact of certain expenses that are reflected in our consolidated statement of operations that are necessary to run our business. These non-GAAP financial measures should be considered in addition to, not as a substitute for or in isolation from, our financial results determined in accordance with GAAP. We caution investors that amounts presented in accordance with our definition of non-GAAP gross profit, non-GAAP gross margin, non-GAAP sales and marketing expense, non-GAAP research and development expense, non-GAAP general and administrative expense, non-GAAP income from operations, non-GAAP operating margin, and non-GAAP net income may not be comparable to similar measures disclosed by other companies because not all companies and analysts calculate these non-GAAP financial measures in the same manner.
Non-GAAP Gross Profit and Non-GAAP Gross Margin
We define non-GAAP gross profit and non-GAAP gross margin as GAAP gross profit and GAAP gross margin, respectively, excluding stock-based compensation expense and related employer payroll taxes, amortization of acquired intangible assets, restructuring charges, and loss on operating lease assets. Total non-GAAP gross margin represents total non-GAAP gross profit as a percentage of total revenue. Non-GAAP platform gross margin represents non-GAAP platform gross profit as a percentage of platform revenue and
non-GAAP professional services and other gross margin represents non-GAAP professional services and other gross profit as a percentage of professional services and other revenue.
The following table reflects the reconciliation of GAAP gross profit to non-GAAP gross profit and GAAP gross margin to non-GAAP gross margin for the periods presented:
Platform |
Professional |
Total |
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Three Months Ended April 30, |
Three Months Ended April 30, |
Three Months Ended April 30, |
||||||||||||||||||||||
2025 |
2024 |
2025 |
2024 |
2025 |
2024 |
|||||||||||||||||||
(in thousands) |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
GAAP gross profit |
$ |
157,945 |
$ |
115,468 |
$ |
(9,549 |
) |
$ |
(9,488 |
) |
$ |
148,396 |
$ |
105,980 |
||||||||||
Stock-based compensation expense |
1,398 |
1,142 |
1,384 |
869 |
2,782 |
2,011 |
||||||||||||||||||
Amortization of acquired intangible |
5,533 |
5,303 |
334 |
784 |
5,867 |
6,087 |
||||||||||||||||||
Restructuring charges |
- |
386 |
- |
129 |
- |
515 |
||||||||||||||||||
Loss on operating lease assets |
960 |
2,828 |
751 |
1,318 |
1,711 |
4,146 |
||||||||||||||||||
Non-GAAP gross profit |
$ |
165,836 |
$ |
125,127 |
$ |
(7,080 |
) |
$ |
(6,388 |
) |
$ |
158,756 |
$ |
118,739 |
Platform |
Professional |
Total |
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Three Months Ended April 30, |
Three Months Ended April 30, |
Three Months Ended April 30, |
||||||||||||||||||||||
2025 |
2024 |
2025 |
2024 |
2025 |
2024 |
|||||||||||||||||||
GAAP gross margin |
75.9 |
% |
70.7 |
% |
(123.9 |
)% |
(133.6 |
)% |
68.8 |
% |
62.2 |
% |
||||||||||||
Stock-based compensation expense |
0.7 |
% |
0.7 |
% |
18.0 |
% |
12.2 |
% |
1.3 |
% |
1.2 |
% |
||||||||||||
Amortization of acquired intangible |
2.7 |
% |
3.2 |
% |
4.3 |
% |
11.0 |
% |
2.7 |
% |
3.6 |
% |
||||||||||||
Restructuring charges |
0.0 |
% |
0.2 |
% |
0.0 |
% |
1.8 |
% |
0.0 |
% |
0.3 |
% |
||||||||||||
Loss on operating lease assets |
0.5 |
% |
1.7 |
% |
9.7 |
% |
18.6 |
% |
0.8 |
% |
2.4 |
% |
||||||||||||
Non-GAAP gross margin* |
79.7 |
% |
76.7 |
% |
(91.8 |
)% |
(89.9 |
)% |
73.6 |
% |
69.7 |
% |
* Totals may not foot due to rounding.
Non-GAAP Sales and Marketing Expense
We define non-GAAP sales and marketing expense as GAAP sales and marketing expense excluding stock-based compensation expense and related employer payroll taxes, amortization of acquired intangible assets, restructuring charges and loss on operating lease assets.
The following table reflects the reconciliation of GAAP sales and marketing expense to non-GAAP sales and marketing expense for the periods presented:
Three Months Ended April 30, |
||||||||
2025 |
2024 |
|||||||
(in thousands) |
||||||||
GAAP sales and marketing expense |
$ |
69,223 |
$ |
57,601 |
||||
Stock-based compensation expense |
(5,568 |
) |
(3,575 |
) |
||||
Amortization of acquired intangible assets |
(5,515 |
) |
(5,450 |
) |
||||
Restructuring charges |
- |
(292 |
) |
|||||
Loss on operating lease assets |
(1,765 |
) |
(3,649 |
) |
||||
Non-GAAP sales and marketing expense |
$ |
56,375 |
$ |
44,635 |
Non-GAAP Research and Development Expense
We define non-GAAP research and development expense as GAAP research and development expense excluding stock-based compensation expense and related employer payroll taxes, acquisition-related items, restructuring charges and loss on operating lease assets.
The following table reflects the reconciliation of GAAP research and development expense to non-GAAP research and development expense for the periods presented:
Three Months Ended April 30, |
||||||||
2025 |
2024 |
|||||||
(in thousands) |
||||||||
GAAP research and development expense |
$ |
69,140 |
$ |
58,613 |
||||
Stock-based compensation expense |
(12,263 |
) |
(7,758 |
) |
||||
Restructuring charges |
- |
(991 |
) |
|||||
Loss on operating lease assets |
(1,679 |
) |
(3,478 |
) |
||||
Non-GAAP research and development expense |
$ |
55,198 |
$ |
46,386 |
Non-GAAP General and Administrative Expense
We define non-GAAP general and administrative expense as GAAP general and administrative expense excluding stock-based compensation expense and related employer payroll taxes, acquisition-related items, restructuring charges, and loss on operating lease assets.
The following table reflects the reconciliation of GAAP general and administrative expense to non-GAAP general and administrative expense for the periods presented:
Three Months Ended April 30, |
||||||||
2025 |
2024 |
|||||||
(in thousands) |
||||||||
GAAP general and administrative expense |
$ |
59,569 |
$ |
43,194 |
||||
Stock-based compensation expense |
(12,647 |
) |
(7,228 |
) |
||||
Stock-based compensation expense - |
(13,071 |
) |
- |
|||||
Acquisition-related items |
- |
(2,054 |
) |
|||||
Restructuring charges |
- |
(698 |
) |
|||||
Loss on operating lease assets |
(2,877 |
) |
(8,808 |
) |
||||
Non-GAAP general and administrative expense |
$ |
30,974 |
$ |
24,406 |
Non-GAAP Income from Operations and Non-GAAP Operating Margin
We define non-GAAP income from operations and non-GAAP operating margin as GAAP loss from operations and GAAP operating margin, respectively, excluding stock-based compensation expense and related employer payroll taxes, amortization of acquired intangible assets, restructuring charges, acquisition-related items, and loss on operating lease assets. Non-GAAP operating margin represents non-GAAP income from operations as a percentage of total revenue.
The following table reflects the reconciliation of GAAP loss from operations to non-GAAP income from operations and GAAP operating margin to non-GAAP operating margin for the periods presented:
Three Months Ended April 30, |
||||||||
2025 |
2024 |
|||||||
(in thousands) |
||||||||
GAAP loss from operations |
$ |
(49,536 |
) |
$ |
(53,428 |
) |
||
Stock-based compensation expense and |
33,260 |
20,572 |
||||||
Stock-based compensation expense - |
13,071 |
- |
||||||
Amortization of acquired intangible assets |
11,382 |
11,537 |
||||||
Restructuring charges |
- |
2,496 |
||||||
Acquisition-related items |
- |
2,054 |
||||||
Loss on operating lease assets |
8,032 |
20,081 |
||||||
Non-GAAP income from operations |
$ |
16,209 |
$ |
3,312 |
Three Months Ended April 30, |
||||||||
2025 |
2024 |
|||||||
GAAP operating margin |
(23.0 |
)% |
(31.4 |
)% |
||||
Stock-based compensation expense and |
15.4 |
% |
12.1 |
% |
||||
Stock-based compensation expense - |
6.1 |
% |
0.0 |
% |
||||
Amortization of acquired intangible assets |
5.3 |
% |
6.8 |
% |
||||
Restructuring charges |
0.0 |
% |
1.5 |
% |
||||
Acquisition-related items |
0.0 |
% |
1.2 |
% |
||||
Loss on operating lease assets |
3.7 |
% |
11.8 |
% |
||||
Non-GAAP operating margin* |
7.5 |
% |
1.9 |
% |
* Totals may not foot due to rounding.
Non-GAAP Net Income
We define non-GAAP net income as GAAP net loss, excluding stock-based compensation expense and related employer payroll taxes, amortization of acquired intangible assets, restructuring charges, acquisition-related items, and loss on operating lease assets, adjusted for the income tax effects on the difference between GAAP and non-GAAP expenses.
Three Months Ended April 30, |
||||||||
2025 |
2024 |
|||||||
(in thousands) |
||||||||
GAAP net loss |
$ |
(46,364 |
) |
$ |
(56,039 |
) |
||
Stock-based compensation expense and |
33,260 |
20,572 |
||||||
Stock-based compensation expense - |
13,071 |
- |
||||||
Amortization of acquired intangible assets |
11,382 |
11,537 |
||||||
Restructuring charges |
- |
2,496 |
||||||
Acquisition-related items |
- |
2,054 |
||||||
Loss on operating lease assets |
8,032 |
20,081 |
||||||
Income tax effects related to the above adjustments (1) |
(1,484 |
) |
(489 |
) |
||||
Non-GAAP net income |
$ |
17,897 |
$ |
212 |
(1) This amount represents adjustments for the current and deferred income tax effects on non-GAAP net income for the impact of the non-GAAP adjustments above.
Free Cash Flow
We define free cash flow, a non-GAAP measure, as net cash provided by (used in) operating activities less cash used for investing activities for capitalized internal use software and less cash paid for purchases of, and deposits for, property and equipment. We believe that free cash flow is a meaningful indicator of our sources of liquidity and capital requirements that provides information to management and investors in evaluating the cash flow trends of our business. Once our business needs and obligations are met, cash can be used to maintain a strong balance sheet and invest in future growth. Free cash flow has limitations as an analytical tool and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP. Other companies may calculate free cash flow or similarly titled non-GAAP measures differently, which could reduce the usefulness of free cash flow as a tool for comparison. In addition, free cash flow does not reflect mandatory debt service and other non-discretionary expenditures that are required to be made under contractual commitments and does not represent the total increase or decrease in our cash balance for any given period.
Three Months Ended April 30, |
||||||||
2025 |
2024 |
|||||||
(in thousands) |
||||||||
Net cash used in operating activities |
$ |
(14,570 |
) |
$ |
(19,224 |
) |
||
Capitalized internal-use software |
(6,472 |
) |
(4,785 |
) |
||||
Purchase of property and equipment |
(1,292 |
) |
(628 |
) |
||||
Non-GAAP free cash flow |
$ |
(22,334 |
) |
$ |
(24,637 |
) |
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Since our inception, we have financed our operations, capital expenditures and acquisitions primarily through issuance of redeemable convertible preferred stock, non-convertible preferred stock, and debt as well as through payments received from our customers. As of April 30, 2025, we had cash and cash equivalents of $420.3 million and $140.0 million available under the Credit Agreement, as defined
below. Cash and cash equivalents consisted of checking accounts and money market funds with maturities less than 90 days from the date of purchase.
We believe that our existing cash and cash equivalents, cash available under our Credit Agreement, and cash receipts from our revenue arrangements will be sufficient to support working capital, operating lease payments and capital expenditure requirements for at least the next 12 months from the date of this Quarterly Report. Our future capital requirements and the adequacy of available funds will depend on many factors, including those set forth in the section titled "Risk Factors." Further, in the future we may enter into arrangements to acquire or invest in businesses, products, services and technologies. We may be required to seek additional equity or debt financing. In the event that additional financing is required from outside sources, we cannot be sure that any additional financing will be available to us on acceptable terms if at all. If we are unable to raise additional capital when desired, our business, results of operations and financial condition could be adversely affected.
Credit Agreement
In January 2023, we entered into a secured credit agreement with Wells Fargo Bank N.A., as administrative agent and collateral agent, and certain lenders. In September 2024, we entered into an amendment to the secured credit agreement, effective October 1, 2024 (as amended, the "Credit Agreement") that converted our existing term loan balance of $177.3 million and $70.0 million revolver facility to a term loan of $107.3 million (as amended, the "Term Loan") and a revolver facility of $140.0 million, of which $70.0 million was initially drawn (as amended, the "Revolver Facility"). In January 2025 we repaid all amounts outstanding under the Revolver Facility. The Credit Agreement contains the standard and customary covenants for agreements of this type, including various reporting, affirmative and negative covenants. Among other things, these covenants set forth minimum revenue thresholds, require the maintenance of minimum liquidity and establish certain limits to our and our subsidiaries' ability to create or incur liens on assets, make acquisitions of or investments in businesses, engage in any material line of business substantially different from our current lines of business, incur additional indebtedness or contingent obligations, sell or dispose of assets, pay dividends and make loans or advances to employees.
The Term Loan and Revolver Facility will mature in January 2028 and bear interest at a floating rate at our option of either (i) a term Secured Overnight Financing Rate ("SOFR"), based rate for a specified interest period plus an applicable margin, which is initially 2.5% per annum and ranges from 2.25% to 3.00% per annum based on a ratio of outstanding debt to annual recurring revenue, or (ii) a base rate plus an applicable margin, which is initially 1.5% per annum and ranges from 1.25% to 2.0% per annum based on the ratio of total outstanding debt to annual recurring revenue. On the first day of each calendar quarter, we have been required to repay an aggregate principal amount equal to 0.25% of the aggregate original principal amount of the Term Loan, which repayment amount became fixed at approximately $0.3 million beginning January 1, 2025. The Revolver Facility will incur a 0.25% annual fee for undrawn amounts.
As of April 30, 2025, we had total debt of $104.9 million, consisting of the outstanding principal balance of the Term Loan of $106.8 million, net of unamortized debt issuance costs of $1.8 million. There was no balance drawn under the Revolver Facility.
Cash Flows
The following table summarizes our cashflows for the periods indicated:
Three Months Ended April 30, |
|||||||||
2025 |
2024 |
||||||||
(in thousands) |
|||||||||
Net cash used in operating activities |
$ |
(14,570 |
) |
$ |
(19,224 |
) |
|||
Net cash used in investing activities |
(7,764 |
) |
(6,597 |
) |
|||||
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities |
380 |
(5,108 |
) |
||||||
Net decrease in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash |
$ |
(21,954 |
) |
$ |
(30,929 |
) |
Operating Activities
Net cash used in operating activities was $14.6 million for the three months ended April 30, 2025. This primarily related to our net loss of $46.4 million and net cash outflows of $49.1 million from changes in our operating assets and liabilities. These were partially offset by non-cash charges of $80.9 million. The primary drivers of the changes in our operating assets and liabilities related to a decrease in accrued personnel related expenses of $40.6 million as annual corporate bonuses are paid in the first fiscal quarter, an increase in deferred contract costs and contract assets of $7.1 million, an increase of $5.3 million in accounts receivable, and a decrease of lease liabilities of $3.2 million. These were partially offset by an increase of $4.0 million in accounts payable and other accrued expenses, a decrease in prepaid expenses and other assets of $2.2 million and an increase in other liabilities of $1.2 million.
Net cash used in operating activities was $19.2 million for the three months ended April 30, 2024. This primarily related to our net loss of $56.0 million, adjusted for non-cash charges of $65.6 million and net cash outflows of $28.8 million for changes in our operating assets and liabilities. The primary drivers of the changes in our operating assets and liabilities related to a decrease in accrued personnel related expenses of $27.2 million as annual corporate bonuses are paid in the first fiscal quarter, an increase in accounts receivable of $4.6 million, an increase in deferred contract costs and contract assets of $3.2 million, and a decrease in lease liabilities of $1.0 million. These were partially offset by an increase of $4.3 million in accounts payable and other accrued expenses, a decrease in prepaid expenses and other assets of $2.2 million and an increase in other liabilities of $0.9 million.
Investing Activities
Net cash used in investing activities was $7.8 million for the three months ended April 30, 2025. This consisted of cash outflows of $6.5 million for the investments in capitalized internal-use software and $1.3 million for the purchase of property and equipment.
Net cash used in investing activities was $6.6 million for the three months ended April 30, 2024. This consisted of cash outflows of $4.8 million for the investments in capitalized internal-use software and $0.6 million for the purchase of property and equipment, and $1.2 million of cash paid, net of cash acquired for the acquisition of Convex.
Financing Activities
Net cash provided by financing activities was $0.4 million for the three months ended April 30, 2025. This consisted primarily of proceeds from the exercise of stock options of $1.2 million. This was partially offset by payments related to IPO costs of $0.5 million and the repayment of debt of $0.3 million.
Net cash used in financing activities was $5.1 million for the three months ended April 30, 2024. This consisted primarily of the repurchase of shares for the tax withholdings upon settlement of RSUs of $5.3 million, the payment of deferred offering costs of $0.6 million, and the repayment of debt of $0.5 million. These were partially offset by proceeds of $1.4 million from the exercise of stock options.
JOBS Act Accounting Election
We are an emerging growth company, as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, as amended (the "JOBS Act"). Under the JOBS Act, emerging growth companies can delay adopting new or revised accounting standards issued subsequent to the enactment of the JOBS Act until such time as those standards apply to private companies. We have elected to use this extended transition period until we are no longer an emerging growth company or until we affirmatively and irrevocably opt out of the extended transition period. As a result, our condensed consolidated financial statements may not be comparable to companies that comply with new or revised accounting pronouncements applicable to public companies.
Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements
Refer to Note 2 to our condensed consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report for recently adopted accounting pronouncements and new accounting pronouncements not yet adopted as of the date of this report.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
Management's discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations is based on our consolidated financial statements and the related notes thereto, which have been prepared in accordance with GAAP. In preparing the condensed financial statements, we apply accounting policies and estimates that affect the reported amounts and related disclosures. Inherent in such policies are certain key assumptions and estimates made by management, which we believe best reflect our underlying business and economic conditions. Our estimates are based on historical experience and various other factors and assumptions that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances. We regularly re-evaluate our estimates used in the preparation of the consolidated financial statements based on our latest assessment of the current and projected business and economic environment. By their nature, these estimates and judgments are subject to an inherent degree of uncertainty and actual results could differ materially from the amounts reported based on these estimates. There have been no material changes to our critical accounting policies and estimates as described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year 2025.