PROCORE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (PCOR) FY 2022 MD&A
This page reproduces the company's own Item 7 MD&A text from the linked SEC filing. It is filer text, not grepcent analysis, scoring, or investment advice.
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
You should read the following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and the related notes and other financial information included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. You should review the disclosure under Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for a discussion of forward-looking statements and important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results described in or implied by the forward-looking statements contained in the following discussion and analysis. These statements, like all statements in this report, speak only as of their date (unless another date is indicated), and we undertake no obligation to update or revise these statements in light of future developments, except as required by law. A discussion of our financial condition and results of operations for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 compared to the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 is presented below. A discussion of our financial condition and results of operations for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 compared to the year ended December 31, 2020 has been reported previously under the heading “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in Part II, Item 7 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 4, 2022.
Overview
Our mission is to connect everyone in construction on a global platform.
We are a leading provider of cloud-based construction management software, and are helping transform one of the oldest, largest, and least digitized industries in the world. We focus exclusively on connecting and empowering the construction industry’s key stakeholders, such as owners, general contractors, specialty contractors, architects, and engineers, to collaborate and access our capabilities from any location, on any internet-connected device. Our platform is modernizing and digitizing construction management by enabling real-time access to critical project information, simplifying complex workflows, and facilitating seamless communication among key stakeholders, all of which we believe positions us to serve as the system of record for the construction industry. We are also developing other programs and services, such as our materials financing program, to address related challenges faced by the construction industry’s key stakeholders. Adoption of our products, services, and platform helps our customers increase productivity and efficiency, reduce rework and costly delays, improve safety and compliance, and enhance financial transparency and accountability.
In short, we build the software for the people that build the world.
We serve customers ranging from small businesses managing a few million dollars of annual construction volume to global enterprises managing billions of dollars of annual construction volume. Our core customers are owners, general contractors, and specialty contractors operating across the commercial, residential, industrial, and infrastructure segments of the construction industry. We primarily sell subscriptions to access our products through our direct sales team, which is specialized by stakeholder, region, size, and type.
Our products are offered on our cloud-based platform and are designed to be easy to configure and deploy. Our users can access our products on computers, smartphones, and tablets through any web browser or from our mobile application available for both the iOS and Android platforms.
We generate substantially all of our revenue from subscriptions to access our products and have an unlimited user model that is designed to facilitate adoption and maximize usage of our platform by all project stakeholders. We primarily sell our products on a subscription basis for a fixed fee with pricing generally based on the number and mix of products and the annual construction volume contracted to run on our platform. As our customers subscribe to additional products or increase the annual construction volume contracted to run on our platform, we generate more revenue. We do not provide refunds for unused construction volume, or charge customers based on consumption or on a per project basis. Subscriptions to access our products include customer support and allow for unlimited users as we do not charge a per-seat or per-user fee. Customers can invite all project participants to engage with our platform as part of a project team, including customers’ employees and collaborators, who are other project participants who engage with our platform but do not pay us for such use. Further, multiple stakeholders can be customers on the same project and retain access to project information for the duration of their subscription.
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Certain Factors Affecting Our Performance
Acquiring New Customers and Retaining and Expanding Existing Customers’ Use of Our Platform
We are highly focused on continuing to acquire new customers to support our long-term growth. We intend to efficiently drive new customer acquisitions by continuing to invest across our sales and marketing engine to engage our prospective customers, increase brand awareness, and drive adoption of our products, services, and platform. We added 2,295 net new customers in 2022, including 189 customers from LaborChart when it was integrated into the sales process in the third quarter of 2022. The number of customers on our platform has increased from 10,166 as of December 31, 2020, to 12,193 as of December 31, 2021, to 14,488 as of December 31, 2022, reflecting year-over-year growth rates of 20% in 2021 and 19% in 2022. All customer counts aforementioned exclude customers acquired from Levelset and Esticom which have not yet been renewed onto standard Procore annual contracts. Remaining Levelset and Esticom legacy customers will be included in our customer metrics once they are renewed onto standard Procore annual contracts or upon integration of the sales process. We define ARR at the end of a particular period as the annualized dollar value of our subscriptions from customers as of such period end date. For multi-year subscriptions, ARR at the end of a particular period is measured by using the stated contractual subscription fees as of the period end date on which ARR is measured. For example, if ARR is measured during the first year of a multi-year contract, the first-year subscription fees are used to calculate ARR. ARR at the end of a particular period includes the annualized dollar value of subscriptions for which the term has not ended, and subscriptions for which we are negotiating a subscription renewal. ARR should be viewed independently of revenue determined in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. (“GAAP” or “U.S. GAAP”) and does not represent our GAAP revenue on an annualized basis. ARR is not intended to be a replacement or forecast of revenue.
We use a gross retention rate to measure our ability to retain our customers. Our gross retention rate reflects only customer losses and does not reflect customer expansion or contraction. We believe our high gross retention rates demonstrate that we serve a vital role in our customers’ operations, as the vast majority of our customers continue to use our products and platform and renew their subscriptions. To calculate our gross retention rate at the end of a particular period, we first calculate the ARR from the cohort of active customers at the end of the period 12 months prior to the end of the period selected. We then calculate the value of ARR from any customers whose subscriptions terminated and were not renewed during the 12 months preceding the end of the period selected, which we refer to as churn. We then divide (a) the total prior period ARR minus churn by (b) the total prior period ARR to calculate the gross retention rate. Our gross retention rate was 95% as of December 31, 2022 and 2021.
Our ability to continue to grow our business and serve the broader needs of the construction industry depends on acquiring new customers, customers purchasing new products or signing up for new services, customers renewing and expanding their use of existing products and services, and maintaining or increasing the price of our existing products and services.
Continued Technology Innovation and Strategic Expansion of Our Products and Services
We plan to continue to invest in technology innovation and product development to enhance the capabilities of our platform. Additional features and products will also enable customers and collaborators to manage new workflows on our platform and allow us to attract a broader set of stakeholders. We have introduced new products and services developed in-house and through our acquisitions of Zimfly, Inc., Honest Buildings, Construction BI, LLC, Esticom, LaborChart, and Levelset.
In connection with our acquisition of Levelset, we assumed, and continue to develop, a materials financing program for our customers. Purchasers of construction materials, typically specialty contractors, generally pay their materials suppliers on 30-day payment terms but typically do not recoup their costs for such materials for 60 to 120 days after they submit invoices for those materials to the general contractors. This disconnect between payment terms set by suppliers and when specialty contractors receive payment for those materials can pose risk and uncertainty to specialty contractors and their ability to manage their cash flow. Our materials financing program facilitates the purchase of construction materials from fulfillment partners (our suppliers) on behalf of our customers, allowing such customers to pay us for the materials on deferred payment terms. We typically charge an origination fee upon purchase of the materials and a weekly finance charge until receipt of deferred payment in full. We use internal data where available on the performance and payment history of other project participants (like the property owner and general contractor) who are involved in the construction project to help determine whether to provide materials financing for a given project, and we secure such financing with mechanic’s lien rights. In circumstances of customer non-payment, our lien rights help enforce payment collections from property owners, lenders, and general contractors who are involved in such project, which in turn strengthens the collectability of amounts we finance for our customers. We are currently using capital from our balance sheet for our materials financing program. Ultimately, we anticipate partnering with a capital provider at the appropriate time to dedicate the financing needed to scale this program. Until that time,
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we may use up to approximately 10% of our current cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities position to support the program.
We intend to continue to invest in building additional products, financial offerings, features, and functionality that expand our capabilities and facilitate the extension of our platform. We also intend to continue to evaluate strategic acquisitions and investments in businesses and technologies to drive product and market expansion. Our acquisitions of LaborChart and Levelset closed in the fourth fiscal quarter of 2021, and, as such, expenses, both in dollars and as a percentage of total revenues, increased and may continue to increase from historical periods. Our future success is dependent on our ability to successfully develop or acquire, market, and sell existing and new products and services to both new and existing customers.
International Growth
We see international expansion as a major, and largely greenfield, opportunity for growth as we look to capture a larger part of the worldwide construction market. We have started to grow our presence internationally with the opening of sales and marketing offices in Sydney, Australia and Vancouver and Toronto, Canada in 2017; London, England in 2018; Mexico City, Mexico in 2019; and Singapore, Republic of Singapore; Paris, France; Dublin, Ireland; and Dubai, UAE in 2022. We have also developed focused sales and marketing efforts in Germany, where we do not yet maintain an office location. As a result of our international efforts, we support multiple languages and currencies. Non-U.S. revenue as a percentage of our total revenue was 14% in 2022, 15% in 2021, and 12% in 2020. We determine the percentage of non-U.S. revenue based on the billing location of each subscription. Fluctuations in foreign currencies may positively or negatively impact the amount of revenue that we report for our foreign subsidiaries upon the translation of these amounts into U.S. dollars.
Furthermore, we believe global demand for our products, services, and platform will continue to increase as we expand our international sales and marketing efforts, and the awareness of our products, services, and platform grows. However, our ability to conduct our operations internationally will require considerable management attention and resources and is subject to the particular challenges of supporting a rapidly growing business in an environment of multiple languages, currencies, cultures, customs, legal, tax and regulatory systems, alternative dispute systems, and commercial markets. We have made, and plan to continue to make, significant investments in existing and select additional international markets. While these investments may adversely affect our operating results in the near term, we believe they will contribute to our long-term growth.
Macroeconomic Factors and COVID-19 Update
Macroeconomic factors such as rising inflation, rising interest rates, volatility in capital markets, and fluctuations in foreign exchange rates, may impact our operating expenses, customers’ spending, and cash flows. We do not currently believe that these macroeconomic factors have had a material impact on our business; however, as they develop, we continue to monitor the ways in which such factors may directly or indirectly impact our business, results of operations, and financial condition. See the section titled “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk” in Part II, Item 7A of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for further discussion.
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused and continues to cause business disruption worldwide. Governments and businesses have taken unprecedented measures, including restrictions on business operations, temporary closures, and other mandates that have, at times, caused significant disruption in global financial markets and disrupted our customers’ workflow and payment cycles. The full extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic, including any new variants and the measures taken by governments and businesses in response, may directly or indirectly impact our business, results of operations, and financial condition will depend on future developments that are highly uncertain and cannot be accurately predicted.
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Components of Results of Operations
Revenue
We generate substantially all of our revenue from subscriptions to access our products and related support. Subscriptions are sold for a fixed fee and revenue is recognized ratably over the term of the subscription. Our subscriptions generally have annual or multi-year terms, are typically subject to renewal at the end of the subscription term, and are non-cancelable. To the extent we invoice our customers in advance of revenue recognition, we record deferred revenue. Consequently, a portion of the revenue that we report each period is attributable to the recognition of revenue previously deferred related to subscriptions that we entered into during previous periods.
Cost of Revenue
Cost of revenue primarily consists of personnel-related compensation expenses for our customer support team, including salaries, benefits, stock-based compensation, payroll taxes, commissions, and bonuses. Cost of revenue also includes third-party hosting costs, software license fees, amortization of acquired technology intangible assets, amortization of capitalized software development costs related to our platform, and allocated overhead. We expect our cost of revenue to increase on an absolute dollar basis as our revenue and acquisition activities increase. We intend to continue to invest additional resources in platform hosting, customer support, and software development as we grow our business and to ensure that our customers are realizing the full benefit of our products. The level and timing of investment in these areas could affect our cost of revenue in the future.
Costs related to the development of internal-use software for new products and major platform enhancements are capitalized until the software is substantially complete and ready for its intended use. Capitalized software development costs are amortized on a straight-line basis over the developed software’s estimated useful life of two years and the amortization is recorded in cost of revenue.
Subsequent to our IPO in 2021, we have incurred higher cost of revenue expenses as a result of stock-based compensation expense associated with restricted stock units (“RSUs”) where the performance condition was satisfied upon the effective date of the registration statement for our IPO, and higher employer payroll taxes related to employee stock transactions. We anticipate additional stock-based compensation expense and employer payroll tax related to employee stock transactions going forward. In addition, we recorded and will continue to record significant amortization of acquired developed technology intangible assets as a result of our acquisitions of Levelset and LaborChart in the fourth quarter of 2021.
Operating Expenses
Our operating expenses consist of sales and marketing, research and development, and general and administrative expenses. For each of these categories of expense, personnel-related compensation expenses are the most significant component, which include salaries, stock-based compensation, commissions, benefits, payroll taxes, and bonuses. To support the growth of our business, we also increased our headcount in each of these categories, including, to a limited extent, through our previous acquisitions.
Subsequent to our IPO in 2021, we have incurred higher operating expenses as a result of stock-based compensation expense associated with RSUs where the performance condition was satisfied upon the effective date of the registration statement for our IPO, and higher employer payroll taxes related to employee stock transactions. We anticipate additional stock-based compensation expense and employer payroll tax related to employee stock transactions going forward.
Sales and Marketing
Sales and marketing expenses primarily consist of personnel-related compensation expenses for our sales and marketing organizations, advertising costs, marketing events, travel, trade shows and other marketing activities, contractor costs to supplement our staff levels, consulting services, amortization of acquired customer relationship intangible assets, and allocated overhead. We expense advertising and other promotional expenditures as incurred. We expect sales and marketing expenses to increase on an absolute dollar basis and vary from period to period as a percentage of revenue, as we increase our investment in sales and marketing efforts over the foreseeable future, primarily from increased headcount in sales and marketing as well as investment in marketing to drive customer growth.
Research and Development
Research and development expenses primarily consist of personnel-related compensation expenses for our engineering, product, and design teams, contractor costs to supplement our staff levels, consulting services, amortization of certain acquired intangible assets used in research and development activities, and allocated overhead. We expect research and development
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expenses to increase on an absolute dollar basis and vary from period to period as a percentage of revenue for the foreseeable future as we continue to invest in headcount to build, enhance, maintain, and scale our products, services, and platform.
General and Administrative
General and administrative expenses primarily consist of personnel-related compensation expenses for our finance, information technology, executive, human resources, legal, and other administrative functions. Additionally, general and administrative expenses include non-personnel-related expenses, such as professional fees for audit, legal, tax, and other external consulting services, including acquisition-related transaction expenses, costs associated with operating as a public company, including insurance costs, professional services, investor relations, and other compliance costs, property and use taxes, licenses, travel and entertainment costs, and allocated overhead. We expect general and administrative expenses to increase on an absolute dollar basis and vary from period to period as a percentage of revenue, as we continue to increase the size of our general and administrative functions to support the growth of our business, including our international expansion.
Interest Income
Interest income consists primarily of interest income earned on our marketable securities, money market funds, and cash savings accounts. Interest income also includes accretion of discounts, net of amortization of premiums, related to our available-for-sale marketable debt securities.
Interest Expense
Interest expense consists primarily of costs associated with our finance leases and undrawn fees associated with our former credit agreement (the “Credit Facility”), terminated as of April 29, 2022, which was provided by Silicon Valley Bank.
Change in Fair Value of Series I Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock Warrant Liability
Change in fair value of Series I redeemable convertible preferred stock warrant liability consisted of losses from the remeasurement of the Series I redeemable convertible preferred stock warrant to fair value from issuance in March 2020 to December 2020 when the warrants were exercised.
Other (Expense) Income, Net
Other (expense) income, net primarily consists of gains or losses on foreign currency transactions, unrealized gains or losses on equity securities, and miscellaneous other income and expenses.
Provision for (Benefit from) Income Taxes
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes consists primarily of income taxes of U.S. state franchise taxes and certain foreign jurisdictions in which we conduct business, net of the release of valuation allowance as a result of deferred tax liabilities from acquisitions that were an available source of income to realize our deferred tax assets. As we expand our international operations, we expect to incur increased foreign tax expenses. We have a full valuation allowance for net U.S. and U.K. deferred tax assets. The U.S. valuation allowance includes NOL carryforwards and tax credits related primarily to research and development for our operations in the U.S. The U.K. valuation allowance is primarily comprised of NOL carryforwards. We expect to maintain this full valuation allowance for our net U.S. and U.K. deferred tax assets for the foreseeable future.
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Results of Operations
The following tables set forth our consolidated statements of operations data and such data as a percentage of revenue for each of the periods indicated. Certain percentages below may not sum due to rounding.
| Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||||||
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| 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | ||||||||||
| (in thousands) | ||||||||||||
| Revenue | $ | 720,203 | $ | 514,821 | $ | 400,291 | ||||||
| Cost of revenue (1)(2)(3)(4)(5) | 148,416 | 98,312 | 71,663 | |||||||||
| Gross profit | 571,787 | 416,509 | 328,628 | |||||||||
| Operating expenses: | ||||||||||||
| Sales and marketing (1)(2)(3)(4)(5) | 424,976 | 308,511 | 189,032 | |||||||||
| Research and development (1)(2)(3)(4)(5) | 270,982 | 237,290 | 124,661 | |||||||||
| General and administrative (1)(3)(4)(5) | 166,283 | 156,635 | 73,465 | |||||||||
| Total operating expenses | 862,241 | 702,436 | 387,158 | |||||||||
| Loss from operations | (290,454 | ) | (285,927 | ) | (58,530 | ) | ||||||
| Interest income | 7,861 | 175 | 293 | |||||||||
| Interest expense | (2,135 | ) | (2,328 | ) | (2,353 | ) | ||||||
| Change in fair value of Series I redeemable convertible preferred stock warrant liability | - | - | (36,990 | ) | ||||||||
| Other (expense) income, net | (1,737 | ) | (843 | ) | 420 | |||||||
| Loss before provision for (benefit from) income taxes | (286,465 | ) | (288,923 | ) | (97,160 | ) | ||||||
| Provision for (benefit from) income taxes | 466 | (23,758 | ) | (993 | ) | |||||||
| Net loss | $ | (286,931 | ) | $ | (265,165 | ) | $ | (96,167 | ) |
| Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||||||
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| 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | ||||||||||
| (as a percentage of revenue) | ||||||||||||
| Revenue | 100 | % | 100 | % | 100 | % | ||||||
| Cost of revenue (1)(2)(3)(4)(5) | 21 | % | 19 | % | 18 | % | ||||||
| Gross profit | 79 | % | 81 | % | 82 | % | ||||||
| Operating expenses: | ||||||||||||
| Sales and marketing (1)(2)(3)(4)(5) | 59 | % | 60 | % | 47 | % | ||||||
| Research and development (1)(2)(3)(4)(5) | 38 | % | 46 | % | 31 | % | ||||||
| General and administrative (1)(3)(4)(5) | 23 | % | 30 | % | 18 | % | ||||||
| Total operating expenses | 120 | % | 136 | % | 97 | % | ||||||
| Loss from operations | (40 | %) | (56 | %) | (15 | %) | ||||||
| Interest income | 1 | % | 0 | % | 0 | % | ||||||
| Interest expense | (0 | %) | (0 | %) | (1 | %) | ||||||
| Change in fair value of Series I redeemable convertible preferred stock warrant liability | 0 | % | 0 | % | (9 | %) | ||||||
| Other (expense) income, net | (0 | %) | (0 | %) | 0 | % | ||||||
| Loss before provision for (benefit from) income taxes | (40 | %) | (56 | %) | (24 | %) | ||||||
| Provision for (benefit from) income taxes | 0 | % | (5 | %) | (0 | %) | ||||||
| Net loss | (40 | %) | (52 | %) | (24 | %) |
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| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
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| (1) | Includes stock-based compensation expense as follows: |
| Year Ended December 31, | |||||||||||
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| 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | |||||||||
| (in thousands) | |||||||||||
| Cost of revenue | $ | 7,253 | $ | 8,094 | $ | 1,722 | |||||
| Sales and marketing | 53,397 | 68,755 | 13,385 | ||||||||
| Research and development | 63,262 | 85,040 | 12,930 | ||||||||
| General and administrative | 38,974 | 65,272 | 15,923 | ||||||||
| Total stock-based compensation expense | $ | 162,886 | $ | 227,161 | $ | 43,960 |
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
|---|---|---|
| (2) | Includes amortization of acquired intangible assets as follows: |
| Year Ended December 31, | |||||||||||
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| 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | |||||||||
| (in thousands) | |||||||||||
| Cost of revenue | $ | 22,428 | $ | 7,522 | $ | 3,315 | |||||
| Sales and marketing | 12,425 | 3,600 | 1,728 | ||||||||
| Research and development | 3,528 | 2,674 | 721 | ||||||||
| Total amortization of acquired intangible assets | $ | 38,381 | $ | 13,796 | $ | 5,764 |
| Column 1 | Column 2 |
|---|---|
| (3) | Includes employer payroll tax on employee stock transactions as follows: |
| Year Ended December 31, | |||||||||||
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| 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | |||||||||
| (in thousands) | |||||||||||
| Cost of revenue | $ | 308 | $ | 457 | $ | 7 | |||||
| Sales and marketing | 1,955 | 2,325 | 205 | ||||||||
| Research and development | 2,474 | 2,606 | 88 | ||||||||
| General and administrative | 1,202 | 1,127 | 272 | ||||||||
| Total employer payroll tax on employee stock transactions | $ | 5,939 | $ | 6,515 | $ | 572 |
| Column 1 | Column 2 |
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| (4) | Includes acquisition-related expenses as follows: |
| Year Ended December 31, | |||||||||||
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| 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | |||||||||
| (in thousands) | |||||||||||
| Cost of revenue | $ | - | $ | 2 | $ | - | |||||
| Sales and marketing | 1,725 | 488 | - | ||||||||
| Research and development | 5,549 | 1,348 | - | ||||||||
| General and administrative | 2,128 | 7,442 | 792 | ||||||||
| Total acquisition-related expenses | $ | 9,402 | $ | 9,280 | $ | 792 |
| Column 1 | Column 2 |
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| (5) | Includes restructuring-related charges as follows: |
| Year Ended December 31, | |||||||||||
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| 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | |||||||||
| (in thousands) | |||||||||||
| Cost of revenue | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 127 | |||||
| Sales and marketing | - | - | 1,824 | ||||||||
| Research and development | - | - | 1,681 | ||||||||
| General and administrative | - | - | 801 | ||||||||
| Total restructuring-related charges | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 4,433 |
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Comparison of the Years Ended December 31, 2022 and 2021
Revenue
| Year Ended December 31, | Change | |||||||||||||||
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| 2022 | 2021 | Dollar | Percent | |||||||||||||
| (dollars in thousands) | ||||||||||||||||
| Revenue | $ | 720,203 | $ | 514,821 | $ | 205,382 | 40 | % |
In 2022, our revenue increased by $205.4 million, or 40%, compared to 2021, which is primarily due to expansion within our existing customers and revenue from new customers added during the year. Our acquisition of Levelset in the fourth quarter of 2021 contributed $31.6 million of revenue in 2022. The increase in revenue from existing customers includes the net benefit of a full year of subscription revenue in 2022 from customers that were new in 2021 and continued their subscriptions in 2022, and customers that expanded their subscriptions in 2022 through the purchase of additional construction volume or products, as well as price increases.
Cost of Revenue, Gross Profit, and Gross Margin
| Year Ended December 31, | Change | |||||||||||||||
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| 2022 | 2021 | Dollar | Percent | |||||||||||||
| (dollars in thousands) | ||||||||||||||||
| Cost of revenue | $ | 148,416 | $ | 98,312 | $ | 50,104 | 51 | % | ||||||||
| Gross profit | 571,787 | 416,509 | 155,278 | 37 | % | |||||||||||
| Gross margin | 79 | % | 81 | % |
The increase in cost of revenue in 2022 was primarily attributable to an increase of $18.4 million in personnel-related expenses, including an increase of $19.3 million in salaries and wages driven by headcount and merit increases, partially offset by a decrease of $0.8 million in stock-based compensation expense. Stock-based compensation expense was higher in 2021 primarily due to a cumulative catch-up expense recorded for RSUs where the performance condition was satisfied upon the effectiveness date of the registration statement for the IPO in May 2021. The increase in cost of revenue was also attributable to a $14.9 million increase in amortization of acquired developed technology intangible assets related to recent acquisitions, and a $9.7 million increase in third-party cloud hosting and related services as we grow our customer base. We increased our cost of revenue headcount by 28% since December 31, 2021 in order to support the growth of our business.
Operating Expenses
| Year Ended December 31, | Change | |||||||||||||||
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| 2022 | 2021 | Dollar | Percent | |||||||||||||
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| Sales and marketing | $ | 424,976 | $ | 308,511 | $ | 116,465 | 38 | % |
The increase in sales and marketing expenses during 2022 was primarily attributable to an increase of $77.2 million in personnel-related expenses, including an increase of $92.9 million in salaries and wages driven by headcount and merit increases, partially offset by a decrease of $15.4 million in stock-based compensation expense. Stock-based compensation expense was higher in 2021 primarily due to a cumulative catch-up expense recorded for RSUs where the performance condition was satisfied upon the effectiveness date of the registration statement for the IPO in May 2021. The increase in sales and marketing expenses was also attributable to a $9.9 million increase in marketing events and expenses, an $8.8 million increase in amortization of acquired customer relationship intangible assets related to recent acquisitions, an $8.2 million increase in travel-related costs, and a $3.4 million increase in computer software expenses. We increased our sales and marketing headcount by 31% since December 31, 2021 in order to continue to drive customer growth.
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| Year Ended December 31, | Change | |||||||||||||||
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| Research and development | $ | 270,982 | $ | 237,290 | $ | 33,692 | 14 | % |
The increase in research and development expenses during 2022 was primarily attributable to an increase of $21.7 million in personnel-related expenses, including an increase of $43.6 million in salaries and wages driven by headcount and merit increases, partially offset by a decrease of $21.8 million in stock-based compensation expense. Stock-based compensation expense was higher in 2021 primarily due to a cumulative catch-up expense recorded for RSUs where the performance condition was satisfied upon the effectiveness date of the registration statement for the IPO in May 2021. The increase in research and development expenses was also attributable to a $4.7 million increase in computer software expenses, and a $3.0 million increase in professional fees primarily for contractors to supplement our staff levels. We increased our research and development headcount by 13% since December 31, 2021 in order to continue to build, enhance, maintain, and scale our products, services, and platform.
| Year Ended December 31, | Change | |||||||||||||||
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| General and administrative | $ | 166,283 | $ | 156,635 | $ | 9,648 | 6 | % |
The increase in general and administrative expenses during 2022 was primarily due to a $6.1 million increase in professional fees primarily for accounting, tax, and legal services and a $3.5 million increase in computer software expenses. The increase in general and administrative expenses was also attributable to an increase of $0.6 million in personnel-related expenses, including an increase of $26.9 million in salaries and wages driven by headcount and merit increases, partially offset by a decrease of $26.3 million in stock-based compensation expense. Stock-based compensation expense was higher in 2021 primarily due to a cumulative catch-up expense recorded for RSUs where the performance condition was satisfied upon the effectiveness date of the registration statement for the IPO in May 2021. We increased our general and administrative headcount by 18% since December 31, 2021 in order to continue to support the growth of our business.
Interest Income, Interest Expense, Other Expense, Net, and Provision for (Benefit from) Income Taxes
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| Interest income | $ | 7,861 | $ | 175 | $ | 7,686 | * | |||||||||
| Interest expense | 2,135 | 2,328 | (193 | ) | (8 | %) | ||||||||||
| Other expense, net | 1,737 | 843 | 894 | 106 | % | |||||||||||
| Provision for (benefit from) income taxes | 466 | (23,758 | ) | 24,224 | * |
* Percentage not meaningful
In 2022, our interest income increased due to interest earned as a result of our purchases of marketable securities starting in the third quarter of 2022 and an increase in interest rates on our money market funds and cash savings accounts. Our marketable securities generated $4.0 million in interest income and accretion income in excess of amortization of premiums during the year ended December 31, 2022.
The increase in other expense, net during 2022 was primarily due to foreign currency losses related to changes in Australian and Canadian dollar exchange rates.
The benefit from income taxes during 2021 was primarily due to income tax benefits related to the release of a portion of our valuation allowance as a result of deferred tax liabilities recorded related to the acquisitions of Levelset and LaborChart that are available sources of income to realize our deferred tax assets.
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Non-GAAP Financial Measures
In addition to our results determined in accordance with U.S. GAAP, we believe certain non-GAAP measures, as described below, are useful in evaluating our operating performance. We use this non-GAAP financial information, collectively, to evaluate our ongoing operations as well as for internal planning and forecasting purposes. We believe that non-GAAP financial information, when taken collectively, is helpful to investors because it provides consistency and comparability with past financial performance, and may assist in comparisons with other companies, some of which use similar non-GAAP financial information to supplement their GAAP results.
The non-GAAP financial information is presented for supplemental informational purposes only. Non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered a substitute for financial information presented in accordance with GAAP. There are limitations in using non-GAAP financial measures because non-GAAP financial measures are not prepared in accordance with GAAP, non-GAAP financial measures may be different from similarly-titled non-GAAP measures used by other companies since other companies may calculate such non-GAAP financial measures differently, and non-GAAP financial measures exclude expenses that may have a material impact on our reported financial results. The presentation of non-GAAP financial information is not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for the directly comparable financial measures prepared in accordance with GAAP. A reconciliation is provided below for each non-GAAP financial measure to the most directly comparable financial measure stated in accordance with GAAP. Investors are encouraged to review the related GAAP financial measures and the reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures to their most directly comparable GAAP financial measures. Investors should not rely on any single financial measure to evaluate our business.
Non-GAAP Gross Profit, Non-GAAP Gross Margin, Non-GAAP Operating Expenses, Non-GAAP Loss from Operations, and Non-GAAP Operating Margin
We define these non-GAAP financial measures as the respective GAAP measures, excluding stock-based compensation expense, amortization of acquired intangible assets, employer payroll tax related to employee stock transactions, acquisition-related expenses, and restructuring-related charges. Stock-based compensation expense has been, and will continue to be for the foreseeable future, a significant recurring expense in our business and an important part of the compensation provided to our employees. Because of varying available valuation methodologies, subjective assumptions, and the variety of equity instruments that can impact a company’s non-cash expenses, we believe that providing non-GAAP financial measures that exclude stock-based compensation expense allow for meaningful comparisons between our operating results from period to period. The expense related to amortization of acquired intangible assets is dependent upon estimates and assumptions, which can vary significantly and are unique to each asset acquired; therefore, we believe that non-GAAP measures that adjust for the amortization of acquired intangible assets provide investors a consistent basis for comparison across accounting periods. The amount of employer payroll tax-related items on employee stock transactions is dependent on RSU settlements, option exercises, related stock price, and other factors that are beyond our control and that do not correlate to the operation of our business. When evaluating the performance of our business and making operating plans, we do not consider these items (for example, when considering the impact of equity award grants, the Company places a greater emphasis on overall stockholder dilution than the accounting charges associated with such grants). Acquisition-related expenses include external and incremental transaction costs, such as legal and due diligence costs, and retention payments. These expenses are unpredictable and generally would not have otherwise been incurred in the periods presented as part of our continuing operations. In addition, the size and complexity of an acquisition, which often drives the magnitude of acquisition-related expenses, may not be indicative of such future costs. We believe excluding acquisition-related expenses facilitates the comparison of our financial results to the Company’s historical operating results and to other companies in our industry. Restructuring-related charges are the result of the Company streamlining our organization in 2020 to better align with our strategic goals and future scale. Refer to Note 19 in the audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K regarding the 2020 restructuring event. Overall, we believe it is useful to exclude these expenses in order to better understand the long-term performance of our core business and to facilitate comparison of our results period-over-period and to those of peer companies.
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The following tables present reconciliations of our GAAP financial measures to our non-GAAP financial measures for the periods presented:
Reconciliation of gross profit and gross margin to non-GAAP gross profit and non-GAAP gross margin:
| Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||||||
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| 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | ||||||||||
| (dollars in thousands) | ||||||||||||
| Revenue | $ | 720,203 | $ | 514,821 | $ | 400,291 | ||||||
| Gross profit | 571,787 | 416,509 | 328,628 | |||||||||
| Stock-based compensation expense | 7,253 | 8,094 | 1,722 | |||||||||
| Amortization of acquired technology intangible assets | 22,428 | 7,522 | 3,315 | |||||||||
| Employer payroll tax on employee stock transactions | 308 | 457 | 7 | |||||||||
| Acquisition-related expenses | - | 2 | - | |||||||||
| Restructuring-related charges | - | - | 127 | |||||||||
| Non-GAAP gross profit | $ | 601,776 | $ | 432,584 | $ | 333,799 | ||||||
| Gross margin | 79 | % | 81 | % | 82 | % | ||||||
| Non-GAAP gross margin | 84 | % | 84 | % | 83 | % |
Reconciliation of operating expenses to non-GAAP operating expenses:
| Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||||||
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| 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | ||||||||||
| (dollars in thousands) | ||||||||||||
| Revenue | $ | 720,203 | $ | 514,821 | $ | 400,291 | ||||||
| GAAP sales and marketing | 424,976 | 308,511 | 189,032 | |||||||||
| Stock-based compensation expense | (53,397 | ) | (68,755 | ) | (13,385 | ) | ||||||
| Amortization of acquired intangible assets | (12,425 | ) | (3,600 | ) | (1,728 | ) | ||||||
| Employer payroll tax on employee stock transactions | (1,955 | ) | (2,325 | ) | (205 | ) | ||||||
| Acquisition-related expenses | (1,725 | ) | (488 | ) | - | |||||||
| Restructuring-related charges | - | - | (1,824 | ) | ||||||||
| Non-GAAP sales and marketing | $ | 355,474 | $ | 233,343 | $ | 171,890 | ||||||
| GAAP sales and marketing as a percentage of revenue | 59 | % | 60 | % | 47 | % | ||||||
| Non-GAAP sales and marketing as a percentage of revenue | 49 | % | 45 | % | 43 | % | ||||||
| GAAP research and development | 270,982 | 237,290 | 124,661 | |||||||||
| Stock-based compensation expense | (63,262 | ) | (85,040 | ) | (12,930 | ) | ||||||
| Amortization of acquired intangible assets | (3,528 | ) | (2,674 | ) | (721 | ) | ||||||
| Employer payroll tax on employee stock transactions | (2,474 | ) | (2,606 | ) | (88 | ) | ||||||
| Acquisition-related expenses | (5,549 | ) | (1,348 | ) | - | |||||||
| Restructuring-related charges | - | - | (1,681 | ) | ||||||||
| Non-GAAP research and development | $ | 196,169 | $ | 145,622 | $ | 109,241 | ||||||
| GAAP research and development as a percentage of revenue | 38 | % | 46 | % | 31 | % | ||||||
| Non-GAAP research and development as a percentage of revenue | 27 | % | 28 | % | 27 | % | ||||||
| GAAP general and administrative | 166,283 | 156,635 | 73,465 | |||||||||
| Stock-based compensation expense | (38,974 | ) | (65,272 | ) | (15,923 | ) | ||||||
| Employer payroll tax on employee stock transactions | (1,202 | ) | (1,127 | ) | (272 | ) | ||||||
| Acquisition-related expenses | (2,128 | ) | (7,442 | ) | (792 | ) | ||||||
| Restructuring-related charges | - | - | (801 | ) | ||||||||
| Non-GAAP general and administrative | $ | 123,979 | $ | 82,794 | $ | 55,677 | ||||||
| GAAP general and administrative as a percentage of revenue | 23 | % | 30 | % | 18 | % | ||||||
| Non-GAAP general and administrative as a percentage of revenue | 17 | % | 16 | % | 14 | % |
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Reconciliation of loss from operations and operating margin to non-GAAP loss from operations and non-GAAP operating margin:
| Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||||||
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| 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | ||||||||||
| (dollars in thousands) | ||||||||||||
| Revenue | $ | 720,203 | $ | 514,821 | $ | 400,291 | ||||||
| Loss from operations | (290,454 | ) | (285,927 | ) | (58,530 | ) | ||||||
| Stock-based compensation expense | 162,886 | 227,161 | 43,960 | |||||||||
| Amortization of acquired intangible assets | 38,381 | 13,796 | 5,764 | |||||||||
| Employer payroll tax on employee stock transactions | 5,939 | 6,515 | 572 | |||||||||
| Acquisition-related expenses | 9,402 | 9,280 | 792 | |||||||||
| Restructuring-related charges | - | - | 4,433 | |||||||||
| Non-GAAP loss from operations | $ | (73,846 | ) | $ | (29,175 | ) | $ | (3,009 | ) | |||
| Operating margin | (40 | %) | (56 | %) | (15 | %) | ||||||
| Non-GAAP operating margin | (10 | %) | (6 | %) | (1 | %) |
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Prior to our IPO, we financed our operations principally through private placements of our equity securities. In May 2021, we received $665.1 million in net proceeds from our IPO.
As of December 31, 2022, our principal sources of liquidity are cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities totaling $582.2 million, which were held in checking accounts, savings accounts, money market funds, U.S. treasury securities, commercial paper, corporate notes and obligations, and time deposits. Our investments in marketable securities are exposed to interest rate risk; however, due to the short-term nature of our investments, we do not anticipate being exposed to material risks due to changes in interest rates. On April 29, 2022, we terminated our Credit Facility. Upon termination of the Credit Facility, our outstanding letters of credit, issued by Silicon Valley Bank, remain outstanding on an unsecured basis, without any requirement to set aside restricted cash.
Our cash sources primarily consist of cash generated from sales to our customers, proceeds from employees through stock option exercises and our employee stock purchase plan (“ESPP”), and interest income on our marketable securities and savings account balances.
Our cash requirements are primarily for operating expenses, which include personnel-related costs, purchase obligations primarily for hosting and software license and other services, lease obligations, and capital expenditures for our employees and offices. We also fund investments which help drive our strategic business growth through acquisitions and investments in equity securities and limited partnership funds. We also have a materials financing program that finances our customers’ purchases of construction materials on deferred payment terms. We are currently using capital from our balance sheet for our materials financing program. Ultimately, we anticipate partnering with a capital provider at the appropriate time to dedicate the financing needed to scale this program. Until that time, we may use up to approximately 10% of our current cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities position to support the program. As of December 31, 2022, we had receivables for amounts financed for customers, net of the related allowance for expected credit losses, of $11.5 million on our consolidated balance sheet. We expect this business to grow in the future, which may impact our liquidity.
In the next 12 months, we have contractual commitments consisting of operating lease obligations of $9.9 million, finance lease obligations of $3.8 million, and non-cancelable purchase commitments of $19.5 million, as disclosed in Note 6 and Note 12 of the audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. In addition, in the next 12 months, we have contractual commitments of $1.2 million for an operating lease that had not yet commenced as of December 31, 2022, and purchase commitments of $22.5 million for an agreement we renewed and executed in January 2023. We believe our existing cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities will be sufficient to meet our needs for at least the next 12 months. While we have begun to generate positive cash flows from operations in recent years, we have continued to generate losses from operations, as reflected in our accumulated deficit of $949.1 million as of December 31, 2022. We may not achieve profitability in the foreseeable future and may require additional capital resources to execute strategic initiatives to grow our business.
This assessment is a forward-looking statement and involves risks and uncertainties. Beyond the next 12 months, we have contractual commitments that we are reasonably likely to incur consisting of operating lease obligations of $41.8 million, finance lease obligations of $60.3 million, and non-cancelable purchase commitments of $28.8 million, as disclosed in Note 6
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and Note 12 of the audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. In addition, beyond the next 12 months, we have contractual commitments of $1.5 million for an operating lease that had not yet commenced as of December 31, 2022, and purchase commitments of $22.5 million for an agreement we renewed and executed in January 2023. Our additional future capital requirements will depend on many factors, including our revenue growth rate, new customer acquisition and subscription renewal activity, timing of billing activities, our ability to integrate the companies or technologies we acquire and realize strategic and financial benefits from our investments and acquisitions, other strategic transactions or investments we may enter into, the timing and extent of spending to support further sales and marketing and research and development efforts, general and administrative expenses to support our growth, including international expansion, the timing and extent of amounts financed and customer repayments under our materials financing program, and inflation. We may in the future enter into arrangements to acquire or invest in complementary businesses, services, and technologies, including intellectual property rights. We may be required to seek additional equity or debt financing to fund these activities. If we are unable to raise additional capital when desired, or on acceptable terms, our business, results of operations, and financial condition could be materially adversely affected.
Further, as of December 31, 2022, we did not have any relationships with unconsolidated organizations or financial partnerships, such as structured finance or special purpose entities, that would have been established for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements or other contractually narrow or limited purposes.
The following table summarizes our cash flows for the periods presented:
| Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||||||
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| 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | ||||||||||
| (in thousands) | ||||||||||||
| Net cash provided by operating activities | $ | 12,608 | $ | 36,730 | $ | 21,853 | ||||||
| Net cash used in investing activities | (340,476 | ) | (541,768 | ) | (33,511 | ) | ||||||
| Net cash provided by financing activities | 38,652 | 711,826 | 272,117 |
Operating Activities
Our largest source of cash from operating activities is collections from the sales of subscriptions to our customers. Our primary uses of cash from operating activities are for personnel expenses, marketing expenses, hosting and software license expenses, and overhead.
Net cash provided by operating activities was $12.6 million in 2022, which resulted from a net loss of $286.9 million, adjusted for non-cash charges of $237.8 million and a net cash inflow of $61.7 million from changes in operating assets and liabilities. The $61.7 million of net cash inflows provided as a result of changes in our operating assets and liabilities primarily reflected the following:
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
|---|---|---|
| • | a $97.0 million increase in deferred revenue primarily due to the growth of our business and timing of billings; and |
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
|---|---|---|
| • | a $34.6 million increase in accrued expenses and other liabilities primarily due to personnel-related expenses and timing of cash payments to our vendors. |
These changes in our operating assets and liabilities were partially offset by the following:
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
|---|---|---|
| • | a $35.8 million increase in accounts receivable primarily due to timing of billings and cash receipts from customers from the growth of our business; |
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
|---|---|---|
| • | a $22.0 million increase in deferred contract cost assets related to commissions as a result of additional customer contracts closed during the period; |
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
|---|---|---|
| • | an $8.9 million decrease in operating lease liabilities related to lease payments; and |
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
|---|---|---|
| • | a $3.8 million increase in prepaid expenses and other assets primarily due to timing of cash payments to our vendors. |
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Net cash provided by operating activities was $36.7 million in 2021, which resulted from a net loss of $265.2 million, adjusted for non-cash charges of $247.9 million and a net cash inflow of $54.0 million from changes in operating expenses and liabilities. The $54.0 million of net cash inflows provided as a result of changes in our operating assets and liabilities primarily reflected the following:
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
|---|---|---|
| • | a $78.7 million increase in deferred revenue primarily due to the growth of our business and timing of billings; |
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
|---|---|---|
| • | a $38.2 million increase in accrued expenses and other liabilities primarily due to timing of payroll and cash payments to our vendors, and accrued ESPP contributions; and |
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
|---|---|---|
| • | a $4.0 million increase in accounts payable primarily due to timing of cash payments to our vendors. |
These changes in our operating assets and liabilities were partially offset by the following:
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
|---|---|---|
| • | a $34.2 million increase in accounts receivable primarily due to timing of billings and cash receipts from customers; |
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
|---|---|---|
| • | a $16.7 million increase in prepaid expenses and other assets primarily due to cash retention payments made to certain Levelset employees at the close of the acquisition which are subject to vest based on future service, further described in Note 7 of our audited consolidated financial statements, and timing of cash payments to our vendors; |
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
|---|---|---|
| • | a $10.2 million increase in deferred contract cost assets related to commissions as a result of additional customer contracts closed during the period; and |
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
|---|---|---|
| • | a $5.7 million decrease in operating lease liabilities related to lease payments. |
Investing Activities
Net cash used in investing activities of $340.5 million in 2022 consisted of purchases of marketable securities of $369.2 million, capitalized software development costs of $33.6 million, originations for materials financing of $23.5 million, purchases of property and equipment of $15.8 million, and purchases of strategic investments of $4.0 million, partially offset by $85.6 million of maturities of marketable securities, $18.7 million of customer repayments for materials financing, and $1.3 million in cash receipts from the settlement of post-close working capital adjustments related to our acquisitions of Levelset and LaborChart in the fourth quarter of 2021.
Net cash used in investing activities of $541.8 million in 2021 consisted of the acquisitions of Levelset, LaborChart, and Indus.ai Inc. (“Indus”), net of cash acquired, of $509.8 million, capitalized software development costs of $15.2 million, purchases of property and equipment of $12.4 million, and purchases of strategic investments of $4.3 million.
Financing Activities
Net cash provided by financing activities was $38.7 million in 2022, which primarily consisted of $22.4 million in proceeds from stock option exercises and $22.1 million in proceeds from our ESPP, partially offset by $3.9 million in deferred payments related to our acquisition of Indus in 2021, and $1.7 million in payments on our finance lease obligations.
Net cash provided by financing activities was $711.8 million in 2021, which primarily consisted of $665.1 million in net proceeds from our IPO, $43.1 million in proceeds from stock option exercises, and $9.5 million in proceeds from our ESPP partially offset by $3.9 million in payments of deferred offering costs and $1.5 million in payments on our finance lease obligations.
Credit Facility
Our Credit Facility provided for debt financing of up to $75.0 million to be used for general corporate purposes, including the financing of working capital requirements, and was secured by a blanket lien on our assets, until it was terminated on April 29, 2022, prior to its maturity date on May 7, 2022.
As of December 31, 2022, we had issued letters of credit totaling $6.5 million to secure various U.S. and Australia leased office facilities. Upon termination of the Credit Facility, our current letters of credit, issued by Silicon Valley Bank, remain outstanding on an unsecured basis, without any requirement to set aside restricted cash.
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Remaining Performance Obligations
Our subscriptions typically have a term of one to three years. The transaction price allocated to remaining performance obligations under our subscriptions represents the contracted transaction price that has not yet been recognized as revenue, which includes deferred revenue and amounts under non-cancelable subscriptions that will be invoiced and recognized as revenue in future periods. As of December 31, 2022, the aggregate amount of the transaction price allocated to remaining performance obligations was $797.5 million, of which approximately 70% is expected to be recognized as revenue in the next 12 months and substantially all of the remainder between 12 and 36 months thereafter. We expect remaining performance obligations to change from period to period primarily due to the size, timing, and duration of new customer contracts and customer renewals.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
Critical accounting policies and estimates are those accounting policies and estimates that are both the most important to the portrayal of our net assets and results of operations and require the most difficult, subjective, or complex judgments, often as a result of the need to make estimates about the effect of matters that are inherently uncertain. These estimates are developed based on historical experience and various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. Critical accounting estimates are accounting estimates where the nature of the estimates is material due to the levels of subjectivity and judgment necessary to account for highly uncertain matters or the susceptibility of such matters to change and the impact of the estimates on financial condition or operating performance is material.
The critical accounting policies and estimates, assumptions, and judgments that we believe have the most significant impact on our audited consolidated financial statements are described below.
Revenue Recognition
We recognize revenue when a customer obtains control of promised services. The amount of revenue recognized reflects the consideration that we expect to receive in exchange for these services.
We determine revenue recognition through the following steps:
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
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| • | identification of the contract, or contracts, with the customer; |
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
|---|---|---|
| • | identification of the performance obligations in the contract; |
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
|---|---|---|
| • | determination of the transaction price; |
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
|---|---|---|
| • | allocation of the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract; and |
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
|---|---|---|
| • | recognition of the revenue when, or as, we satisfy a performance obligation. |
We execute a signed contract with the customer that specifies the services to be provided, the payment amounts and terms, and the period of service, among other terms. The transaction price is determined by the stated fixed fees in the contract, excluding any sales related taxes.
Our subscriptions often include promises to transfer multiple services. Determining whether services are considered distinct performance obligations that should be accounted for separately or together may require judgment. Our subscriptions include access to our products and customer support over the subscription period. Access to the products and customer support represents a series of distinct services as we fulfill our obligation to the customer and the customer receives and consumes the benefits of the products and support over the subscription term. The series of distinct services represents a single performance obligation.
We recognize revenue ratably over the term of the subscription beginning on the date that service is made available to the customer.
Stock-Based Compensation
Stock-based compensation expense related to stock awards is recognized based on the fair value of the awards granted. The fair value of RSUs and restricted stock awards (“RSAs”) is based on the estimated fair value of the Company’s common stock on the grant date. The fair value of each option award and ESPP purchase right is estimated on the grant date using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The primary input in determining the fair value of the stock- based awards is the value of the Company’s common stock. The determination of the grant date fair value using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model is affected by volatility, expected term, dividend yield, and risk-free rate. These assumptions represent management’s best
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estimates and if different assumptions had been used, our stock-based compensation expense could have been materially different.
For awards that vest solely based on continued service, the grant date fair value is recognized as compensation expense on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period of the awards, which is generally four years. For awards that contain both performance and service vesting conditions, the grant date fair value is recognized as compensation expense using a graded vesting attribution model. No expense is recognized for awards with performance conditions until that condition is probable of being met. We account for forfeitures as they occur instead of estimating the number of awards expected to be forfeited.
Prior to our IPO, we had granted RSUs to certain employees and non-employee consultants that contained both liquidity- and service-based vesting conditions. Upon the effective date of the registration statement for our IPO in May 2021, the liquidity-based condition for all RSUs granted was satisfied and we recognized a cumulative catch-up stock-based compensation adjustment of $115.3 million in our consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive loss for the portion of the service period satisfied from the grant date through the effective date of the registration statement. Substantially all RSUs granted subsequent to the IPO vest based on continued service, which is generally over four years. As of December 31, 2022, the total unrecognized stock-based compensation cost for all RSUs outstanding at that date was $399.3 million, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average vesting period of 2.5 years.
As of December 31, 2022, the total unrecognized stock-based compensation cost for unvested stock options was $1.8 million, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 0.4 years.
We issued 199,670 RSAs to certain key employees in connection with the acquisition of Levelset in November 2021 that vest based on their continued service over a two-year period. The fair value of the RSAs issued was $95.05 per share which was the closing trading stock price of our common stock on the acquisition date. These shares are released from restriction quarterly over a two-year period assuming the continued service of the employees. As of December 31, 2022, 99,833 shares have vested. During 2022 and 2021, we recognized stock-based compensation expense of $9.5 million and $1.6 million, respectively, relating to these shares.
We issued RSAs to certain employees in connection with the acquisition of Honest Buildings in July 2019. The fair value of the RSAs was based on the fair value of the underlying stock issued. These shares were released from restriction 50% on the first anniversary and 50% on the second anniversary of the acquisition date based on the continued service of the key employees. As of December 31, 2021, all of the RSAs were fully vested. During 2021, we recognized stock-based compensation expense of $1.6 million relating to these RSAs.
We issued 551,753 and 166,370 shares of common stock in connection with the ESPP in 2022 and 2021, respectively. Employee payroll contributions used to purchase these shares were reclassified to stockholders’ equity on the purchase date. Stock-based compensation expense related to the ESPP is recognized on a straight-line basis over the offering period. During 2022 and 2021, we recognized stock-based compensation expense of $15.0 million and $8.5 million, respectively, relating to the ESPP.
Business Combinations
We account for business combinations using the acquisition method of accounting. We allocate the fair value of purchase consideration to the tangible assets acquired, liabilities assumed, and intangible assets acquired based on their estimated fair values. The excess of the fair value of purchase consideration over the fair values of these identifiable assets and liabilities is recorded as goodwill. Accounting for business combinations requires us to make estimates primarily relating to the valuation of intangible assets. Intangible assets consist primarily of acquired developed technology and acquired customer relationships. Valuations of acquired intangible assets require us to make judgments about the selection of valuation methodologies and also significant estimates and assumptions, including, but not limited to, (1) the estimated level of effort and related costs of reproducing or replacing the assets acquired, (2) future expected cash flows from using the acquired customer relationships and technology, including future expected revenue, the rate of customer non-renewals of subscriptions, and operating expenses to deliver such expected revenue, (3) discount rates, (4) estimated royalty rate specifically used to value the acquired technology, and (5) selection of comparable companies. Fair value estimates are based on the assumptions management believes a market participant would use in valuing the asset or liability. Amounts recorded in a business combination may change during the measurement period, which is a period not to exceed one year from the date of acquisition, as additional information about conditions existing at the acquisition date becomes available.
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JOBS Act Accounting Election and Emerging Growth Company Status
Effective as of December 31, 2022, we are no longer an “emerging growth company,” as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the “JOBS Act”). Prior to losing our status as an emerging growth company, the JOBS Act permitted us to delay the adoption of 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 had irrevocably elected not to avail ourselves of this exemption from new or revised accounting standards, and therefore, we were subject to the same new or revised accounting standards as other public companies that are not emerging growth companies. We had previously intended to rely on other exemptions provided by the JOBS Act, including not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404. We can no longer take advantage of these exemptions because we are no longer an emerging growth company.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
See “Summary of Business and Significant Accounting Policies” in Note 2 to our audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for a description of recently issued accounting pronouncements.
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