Phreesia, Inc. (PHR) FY 2024 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 together with our consolidated financial statements and related notes and other financial information appearing elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Some of the information contained in this discussion and analysis or set forth elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, including information with respect to our plans and strategy for our business, includes forward-looking statements based upon current plans, expectations and beliefs that involve risks and uncertainties. As a result of many factors, including those factors set forth in the “Risk Factors” section of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, our actual results could differ materially from the results described in or implied by the forward-looking statements contained in the following discussion and analysis. Our fiscal year ends January 31. References to fiscal 2024 and 2023 refer to the fiscal years ended January 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
Basis of Presentation
This management's discussion and analysis discusses our financial condition and results of operations for the years ended January 31, 2024 and 2023. Please refer to Part II, Item 7, "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 31, 2023 for a comparison of the year ended January 31, 2023 to the year ended January 31, 2022.
Financial Highlights
Fiscal 2024
•Total revenue increased 27% to $356.3 million in fiscal 2024 compared with $280.9 million in fiscal 2023.
•Net loss was $136.9 million in fiscal 2024 compared with $176.1 million in fiscal 2023.
•Adjusted EBITDA was negative $35.4 million in fiscal 2024 compared with negative $92.5 million in fiscal 2023.
•Cash used in operating activities was $32.4 million in fiscal 2024 compared with cash used in operating activities of $90.1 million in fiscal 2023.
•Free cash flow was negative $57.5 million in fiscal 2024 compared with negative $116.3 million in fiscal 2023.
•Cash and cash equivalents was $87.5 million as of January 31, 2024 compared with $176.7 million as of January 31, 2023.
For a reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to net loss and a reconciliation of free cash flow to net cash used in operating activities, and for more information as to how we define and calculate such measures, see the section below titled “Non-GAAP financial measures.”
Overview
We are a leading provider of comprehensive software solutions that improve the operational and financial performance of healthcare organizations and improve health outcomes by helping patients take a more active role in their care. Our solutions include SaaS-based integrated tools that manage patient access, registration and payments. We have tools to communicate with patients about their health and have demonstrated increased rates of preventive care and vaccinations. Additionally, our solutions include clinical assessments to screen patients for a variety of physical, behavioral and mental health conditions, helping providers to better understand their patients and connect them to needed services, resulting in improved health outcomes. We also provide life sciences companies, health plans and other payer organizations (payers), patient advocacy, public interest and other not-for-profit organizations with a channel for direct communication with patients. Our solutions also include additional products and services such as the MediFind provider directory, which helps patients find care based on providers' specific clinical expertise.
We serve an array of healthcare services clients of all sizes across over 25 specialties, ranging from single-specialty practices, including internal and family medicine, urology, dermatology, and orthopedics, to large, multi-specialty groups, and health systems as well as regional and national payers and other organizations that provide other types
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of healthcare-related services. Our Network solutions revenue (as described below) is generated from clients in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries, as well as payers, patient advocacy, public interest and other not-for-profit organizations seeking to activate, engage and educate patients about topics critical to their health.
We derive revenue from (i) subscription fees from healthcare services clients for access to our solutions and related professional services fees, (ii) payment processing fees based on levels of patient payment volume processed through our solutions and (iii) fees from life sciences and payer clients for delivering direct communications to help activate, engage and educate patients about topics critical to their health using our solutions. We also generate revenue through our additional products and services such as the MediFind provider directory, which helps patients find care based on providers' specific clinical expertise. We have strong visibility into our business as the majority of our revenue is derived from recurring subscription fees and re-occurring payment processing fees.
We market and sell our products and services to healthcare services prospects throughout the U.S. using a direct sales organization. Our database team is responsible for the hygiene and health of our data and is tasked with validating information by using various tools to enrich it. This data powers our sales development organization. Our marketing team identifies customer profiles, develops content and deploys one-to-many communications to soften the market. This helps prepare our sales development team to outbound to prospects. The sales development team creates opportunities and works with the direct sales team to qualify those opportunities. Our sales force executes on these qualified sales leads, partnering with sales enablement and client services to ensure prospects are educated on the breadth of our capabilities and demonstrable value proposition, with the goal of attracting and retaining clients and expanding their use of our solutions over time. Most of our healthcare services customer contracts are structured as annual, auto-renewing agreements. Our sales typically involve competitive processes, and sales cycles have, on average, varied in duration from three months to six months, depending on the size of the potential client. In addition, through Phreesia University (Phreesia’s in-house training program), events, client conferences and webinars, we help our healthcare services clients optimize their businesses and, as a result, support client retention.
We also sell products and services to life sciences and payer organizations, healthcare advertising agencies and advocacy groups as well as advertising agencies through our direct sales and marketing teams. Unlike healthcare services programs, most of the life science campaigns need to be measured and resold each year. Like healthcare services, the marketing team supports net new business and client retention for life sciences by educating ideal customer profiles about the value of Phreesia and the positive impact on health outcomes Phreesia campaigns have on patients.
Since our inception, we have focused substantially all of our sales efforts within the United States. Accordingly, substantially all of our revenue from historical periods has come from the United States, and our current strategy is to continue to focus substantially all of our sales efforts within the United States.
Our revenue growth has been primarily organic and reflects our significant addition of new healthcare services clients. New healthcare services clients are defined as clients that go live in the applicable period and existing healthcare services clients are defined as clients that go live in any period before the applicable period.
Recent developments and current economic conditions
Acquisitions
On June 30, 2023, we acquired MediFind for total cash and equity consideration of $8.9 million. MediFind is a consumer-facing healthcare product that helps patients - especially those with serious, chronic and rare diseases - find better care faster. We acquired MediFind to reinforce our commitment to patient-centered care and expand our offerings to consumers.
On August 11, 2023, we acquired Access for total cash and equity consideration of $37.4 million. Access is an innovative electronic forms management and automation provider that helps hospitals across the country streamline workflows, improve compliance and deliver a better patient experience. We acquired Access to enhance and build on our existing functionality in the acute care space and to expand our network of clients and partners.
On October 3, 2023, we acquired ConnectOnCall for total consideration of $13.9 million. ConnectOnCall is a founder-owned company with an automated medical answering solution that routes and triages after-hours calls and manages high daytime call volumes. We acquired ConnectOnCall to expand our offerings to provider organizations, helping them make the call-triaging process more efficient and less expensive.
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See Note 16 - Acquisitions within Part II - Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for additional information regarding our acquisitions.
Termination of Third SVB Facility
On December 4, 2023, we terminated the Third SVB Facility with SVB. We recorded a loss on extinguishment of debt of $1.1 million in connection with the termination of the Third SVB Facility, including lender fees of $0.6 million.
Capital One Facility
On December 4, 2023, we entered into a new 5-year $50.0 million senior secured asset-based revolving credit facility ("Capital One Credit Facility") maturing in December 2028, which includes a swingline sub-limit of at least $5.0 million and a letter of credit sub-limit of at least $5.0 million. The new Capital One Credit Facility was entered into with Capital One, N.A., acting as administrative agent and replaces our previous senior secured revolving credit facility with SVB. The new Capital One Credit Facility will give us additional financial flexibility through fiscal year 2028. The facility is available to us for working capital and general corporate purposes. The Capital One Credit Facility bears interest at a rate per annum based on the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”) or a Base Rate as specified in the Credit Agreement. In addition to principal and interest due under the Capital One Credit Facility, we are required to pay an annual fee equal to 0.25% of the unused balance of the facility.
Macroeconomic environment and geopolitical conditions
Our business is directly and indirectly affected by macroeconomic conditions, geopolitical conditions and the state of global financial markets. Recent geopolitical uncertainty resulting, in part, from military conflict between Russia and Ukraine and the conflict in the Middle East, as well as other macro-economic conditions, such as the impact of pandemics, increased interest rates, inflation in the cost of goods, services and labor, or a recession or an economic slowdown in the U.S. or internationally have contributed to significant volatility and declines in global financial markets. The uncertainty over the extent and duration of the ongoing conflict and these macroeconomic conditions continues to cause disruptions to businesses and markets worldwide. While none of these factors individually has had a material impact on our business to date, it is difficult to predict the potential impact these factors may have on our future business results, and each could adversely impact our business operations, financial performance and results of operations.
Key Metrics
We regularly review the following key metrics to measure our performance, identify trends affecting our business, formulate financial projections, make strategic business decisions and assess working capital needs.
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| Key Metrics: | ||||||||||||
| Average number of healthcare services clients ("AHSCs") | 3,601 | 2,856 | 745 | 26 | % | |||||||
| Healthcare services revenue per AHSC | $ | 72,215 | $ | 72,599 | $ | (384) | (1) | % | ||||
| Total revenue per AHSC | $ | 98,944 | $ | 98,358 | $ | 586 | 1 | % |
•AHSCs. We define AHSCs as the average number of clients that generate subscription and related services or payment processing revenue each month during the applicable period. In cases where we act as a subcontractor providing white-label services to our partner's clients, we treat the contractual relationship as a single healthcare services client. We believe growth in AHSCs is a key indicator of the performance of our business and depends, in part, on our ability to successfully develop and market our solutions to healthcare services organizations that are not yet clients. While growth in AHSCs is an important indicator of expected revenue growth, it also informs our management of the areas of our business that will require further investment to support expected future AHSC growth. For example, as AHSCs increase, we may need to add to our customer support team and invest to maintain effectiveness and performance of our solutions for our healthcare services clients and their patients.
•Healthcare services revenue per AHSC. We define Healthcare services revenue as the sum of subscription and related services revenue and payment processing revenue. We define Healthcare services revenue per AHSC as healthcare services revenue in a given period divided by AHSCs during that same period. We are focused on
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continually delivering value to our healthcare services clients and believe that our ability to increase healthcare services revenue per AHSC is an indicator of the long-term value of our solutions. Healthcare services revenue per AHSC was $72,215 for the year ended January 31, 2024 compared to $72,599 for the year ended January 31, 2023, a decrease of $384. The decline was primarily driven by AHSC growth significantly outpacing growth in payment processing volume and payment processing revenue.
•Total Revenue per AHSC. We define Total revenue per AHSC as Total revenue in a given period divided by AHSCs during that same period. Our healthcare services clients directly generate subscription and related services and payment processing revenue. Additionally, our relationships with healthcare services clients who subscribe to our technology give us the opportunity to engage with life sciences companies, health plans and other payer organizations, patient advocacy, public interest and other not-for-profit organizations who deliver direct communication to patients through our solutions. As a result, we believe that our ability to increase Total revenue per AHSC is an indicator of the long-term value of our solutions. Total revenue per AHSC was $98,944 for the year ended January 31, 2024 compared to $98,358 for the year ended January 31, 2023, an increase of $586. The increase was primarily driven by Network solutions revenue growth outpacing healthcare services client growth.
Additional Information
| For the fiscal years ended January 31, | Change | |||||||||||
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| 2024 | 2023 | Amount | % | |||||||||
| Patient payment volume (in millions) | $ | 3,947 | $ | 3,284 | $ | 663 | 20 | % | ||||
| Payment facilitator volume percentage | 82 | % | 80 | % | 2 | % | 3 | % |
•Patient payment volume. We believe that patient payment volume is an indicator of both the underlying health of our healthcare services clients’ businesses and the continuing shift of healthcare costs to patients. We measure patient payment volume as the total dollar volume of transactions between our healthcare services clients and their patients utilizing our payment platform, including via credit and debit cards that we process as a payment facilitator as well as cash and check payments and credit and debit transactions for which we act as a gateway to other payment processors.
•Payment facilitator volume percentage. We define payment facilitator volume percentage as the volume of credit and debit card patient payment volume that we process as a payment facilitator as a percentage of total patient payment volume. Payment facilitator volume is a major driver of our payment processing revenue.
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Results of operations
The following tables set forth our results of operations for the periods presented and as a percentage of revenue for those periods:
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| (in thousands) | 2024 | 2023 | 2024 | 2023 | |||||||
| Revenue | |||||||||||
| Subscription and related services | $ | 165,436 | $ | 128,975 | 46 | % | 46 | % | |||
| Payment processing fees | 94,610 | 78,368 | 27 | % | 28 | % | |||||
| Network solutions | 96,253 | 73,567 | 27 | % | 26 | % | |||||
| Total revenues | 356,299 | 280,910 | 100 | % | 100 | % | |||||
| Expenses | |||||||||||
| Cost of revenue (excluding depreciation and amortization) | 61,025 | 58,944 | 17 | % | 21 | % | |||||
| Payment processing expense | 62,986 | 50,323 | 18 | % | 18 | % | |||||
| Sales and marketing | 147,008 | 151,263 | 41 | % | 54 | % | |||||
| Research and development | 112,346 | 91,244 | 32 | % | 32 | % | |||||
| General and administrative | 79,926 | 80,384 | 22 | % | 29 | % | |||||
| Depreciation | 17,584 | 17,988 | 5 | % | 6 | % | |||||
| Amortization | 11,903 | 7,316 | 3 | % | 3 | % | |||||
| Total expenses | 492,778 | 457,462 | 138 | % | 163 | % | |||||
| Operating loss | (136,479) | (176,552) | (38) | % | (63) | % | |||||
| Other income (expense), net | 44 | (175) | — | % | — | % | |||||
| Loss on extinguishment of debt | (1,118) | — | — | % | — | % | |||||
| Interest income, net | 2,211 | 1,064 | 1 | % | — | % | |||||
| Total other income, net | 1,137 | 889 | — | % | — | % | |||||
| Loss before provision for income taxes | (135,342) | (175,663) | (38) | % | (63) | % | |||||
| Provision for income taxes | (1,543) | (483) | — | % | — | % | |||||
| Net loss | $ | (136,885) | $ | (176,146) | (38) | % | (63) | % |
Components of statements of operations
Revenue
We generate revenue primarily from providing an integrated SaaS-based software and payment platform for the healthcare industry. We derive revenue from subscription fees and related services generated from our healthcare services clients for access to our solutions, payment processing fees based on the levels of patient payment volume we process, and from fees from life sciences and payer clients for delivering direct communications to help activate, engage and educate patients about topics critical to their health.
Our total revenues consist of the following:
•Subscription and related services. We primarily generate subscription fees from our healthcare services clients based on the number of healthcare services clients that subscribe to and utilize our solutions. Our healthcare services clients are typically billed monthly in arrears, though in some instances, healthcare services clients may opt to be billed quarterly or annually in advance. Subscription fees are typically auto-debited from healthcare services clients’ accounts every month. As we target and add larger enterprise healthcare services clients, these clients may choose to contract differently than our typical per healthcare services client subscription model. To the extent we charge in an alternative manner with larger enterprise healthcare services clients, we expect that such a pricing model will recur and, combined with our per healthcare services client subscription fees, will increase as a percentage of our total revenue.
In addition, we receive certain fees from healthcare services clients for professional services associated with our implementation services as well as travel and expense reimbursements, shipping and handling fees, sales of hardware (PhreesiaPads and Arrivals Kiosks), on-site support and training.
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•Payment processing fees. We generate revenue from payment processing fees based on the number of transactions and the levels of patient payment volume processed through our solutions. Payment processing fees are generally calculated as a percentage of the total transaction dollar value processed and/or a fee per transaction. Credit and debit patient payment volume processed through our payment facilitator model represented 82% and 80% of our patient payment volume in fiscal 2024 and 2023, respectively. The remainder of our patient payment volume is composed of credit and debit transactions for which Phreesia acts as a gateway to another payment processor, and cash and check transactions. Patient payment responsibility typically declines as a share of total spending as the calendar year progresses due to benefit design. Consistent with that trend, payment volume on a per client basis has historically been lower in the second half of our fiscal year as compared to the first half of our fiscal year.
•Network solutions. We generate revenue from life sciences and payer clients for delivering direct communications to patients. As we expand our healthcare services client base, we increase the number of new patients we can reach to deliver our direct communications that help activate, engage and educate patients about topics critical to their health on behalf of life sciences and payer clients.
Cost of revenue (excluding depreciation and amortization)
Our cost of revenue (excluding depreciation and amortization) primarily consists of personnel costs, including salaries, stock-based compensation, benefits and bonuses for implementation and technical support, and infrastructure costs to operate our solutions such as hosting fees and fees paid to various third-party providers for access to their technology, as well as costs to verify insurance eligibility and benefits.
Payment processing expense
Payment processing expense consists primarily of interchange fees set by payment card networks that are ultimately paid to the card-issuing financial institution, assessment fees paid to payment card networks, and fees paid to third-party payment processors and gateways. Payment processing expense may increase as a percentage of payment processing revenue if card networks raise pricing for interchange and assessment fees or if we reduce pricing to our clients.
Sales and marketing
Sales and marketing expense consists primarily of personnel costs, including salaries, stock-based compensation, benefits, bonuses and commission costs for our sales and marketing personnel. Sales and marketing expense also includes costs for advertising, promotional and other marketing activities, as well as certain fees paid to various third-party partners for sales and lead generation. Advertising is expensed as incurred.
Research and development
Research and development expense consists of costs to develop our products and services that do not meet the criteria for capitalization as internal-use software. These costs consist primarily of personnel costs, including salaries, stock-based compensation and benefits for our development personnel. Research and development expense also includes third-party partner fees and third-party consulting fees.
General and administrative
General and administrative expense consists primarily of personnel costs, including salaries, stock-based compensation and benefits for our executive, finance, legal, security, human resources, information technology and other administrative personnel. General and administrative expense also includes software costs to support our finance, legal and human resources operations, insurance costs as well as fees to third-party providers for accounting, legal and consulting services, costs for various non income-based taxes and software costs.
Depreciation
Depreciation represents depreciation expense for PhreesiaPads and Arrivals Kiosks, data center and other computer hardware, purchased computer software, furniture and fixtures and leasehold improvements.
Amortization
Amortization primarily represents amortization of our capitalized internal-use software related to our solutions as well as amortization of acquired intangible assets.
Other income (expense), net
Our other income and expense line items consist of the following:
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•Other income (expense), net. Other income (expense), net consists of foreign currency-related gains and losses and other miscellaneous income (expense).
•Loss on extinguishment of debt. Loss on extinguishment of debt represents the difference between the amount paid on extinguishment of debt (including any directly related fees) and the net carrying amount of debt being extinguished.
•Interest income. Interest income consists of interest earned on our cash and cash equivalent balances.
•Interest expense. Interest expense consists primarily of the interest incurred on our financing obligations as well as amortization of discounts and deferred financing costs.
Provision for income taxes
Based upon our cumulative pre-tax losses in recent years and available evidence, we have determined that it is more likely than not that substantially all of our deferred tax assets as of January 31, 2024 will not be realized in the near term. Consequently, we have established a valuation allowance against our deferred tax assets that are not more likely than not to be realized. In future periods, if we conclude we have future taxable income sufficient to realize the deferred tax assets, we may reduce or eliminate the valuation allowance. Provision for income taxes also includes U.S. state and local income taxes and foreign income taxes. We record unrecognized tax benefits as liabilities or as reductions to deferred tax assets and adjust these balances when our judgement changes as a result of the evaluation of new information previously not available.
Comparison of fiscal 2024 versus fiscal 2023
Revenue
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| (in thousands) | 2024 | 2023 | $ Change | % Change | |||||||
| Subscription and related services | $ | 165,436 | $ | 128,975 | $ | 36,461 | 28 | % | |||
| Payment processing fees | 94,610 | 78,368 | 16,242 | 21 | % | ||||||
| Network solutions | 96,253 | 73,567 | 22,686 | 31 | % | ||||||
| Total revenues | $ | 356,299 | $ | 280,910 | $ | 75,389 | 27 | % |
•Subscription and related services. Our subscription and related services revenue from healthcare services organizations increased $36.5 million to $165.4 million for fiscal 2024, as compared to $129.0 million for fiscal 2023, primarily due to new healthcare services clients added in fiscal 2024 as well as expansion of and cross-selling to existing healthcare services clients.
•Payment processing fees. Our revenue from patient payments processed through our solutions increased $16.2 million to $94.6 million for fiscal 2024, as compared to $78.4 million for fiscal 2023, due to the addition of new healthcare services clients, which drove increases in patient visits and patient payments processed through our platform.
•Network solutions. Our revenue from life science and payer clients increased $22.7 million to $96.3 million for fiscal 2024, as compared to $73.6 million for fiscal 2023 due to an increase in engagement, education programs and deeper patient outreach among the existing programs.
Cost of revenue (excluding depreciation and amortization)
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| (in thousands) | 2024 | 2023 | $ Change | % Change | ||||||||
| Cost of revenue (excluding depreciation and amortization) | $ | 61,025 | $ | 58,944 | $ | 2,081 | 4 | % |
Cost of revenue (excluding depreciation and amortization) increased $2.1 million to $61.0 million for fiscal 2024, as compared to $58.9 million for fiscal 2023. The increase resulted primarily from a $6.1 million increase in outside services and other third-party costs driven by growth in revenue and a $0.9 million increase in employee stock compensation costs, partially offset by a $4.7 million decrease in employee salary and benefits costs driven by lower headcount.
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Stock compensation incurred related to cost of revenue was $4.6 million and $3.7 million for fiscal 2024 and fiscal 2023, respectively.
Payment processing expense
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| (in thousands) | 2024 | 2023 | $ Change | % Change | ||||||||
| Payment processing expense | $ | 62,986 | $ | 50,323 | $ | 12,663 | 25 | % |
Payment processing expense increased $12.7 million to $63.0 million for fiscal 2024, as compared to $50.3 million for fiscal 2023. The increase resulted primarily from the increase in payment processing fees revenue and patient payments processed through our solutions, each driven by an increase in patient visits over the prior year.
Sales and marketing
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| (in thousands) | 2024 | 2023 | $ Change | % Change | ||||||||
| Sales and marketing | $ | 147,008 | $ | 151,263 | $ | (4,255) | (3 | %) |
Sales and marketing expense decreased $4.3 million to $147.0 million for fiscal 2024, as compared to $151.3 million for fiscal 2023. The decrease was primarily attributable to a $13.6 million decrease in employee salary and benefits costs driven by lower average headcount, partially offset by a $3.8 million increase in employee stock compensation, a $3.0 million increase in travel and other internal sales and marketing costs as well as a $2.6 million increase in outside services and other third-party sales and marketing costs.
Stock compensation incurred related to sales and marketing expense was $26.0 million and $22.2 million for fiscal 2024 and fiscal 2023, respectively.
Research and development
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| (in thousands) | 2024 | 2023 | $ Change | % Change | ||||||||
| Research and development | $ | 112,346 | $ | 91,244 | $ | 21,102 | 23 | % |
Research and development expense increased $21.1 million to $112.3 million for fiscal 2024, as compared to $91.2 million for fiscal 2023. The increase resulted primarily from a $9.2 million increase in employee salary and benefit costs and a $5.7 million increase in employee stock compensation costs, each driven by increased research and development headcount, a $2.1 million increase in software costs, a $1.1 million increase in outside services costs, as well as a $0.8 million increase in hardware and hosting costs.
Stock compensation incurred related to research and development expense was $17.4 million and $11.8 million in fiscal 2024 and fiscal 2023, respectively.
General and administrative
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| (in thousands) | 2024 | 2023 | $ Change | % Change | ||||||||
| General and administrative | $ | 79,926 | $ | 80,384 | $ | (458) | (1 | %) |
General and administrative expense decreased $0.5 million to $79.9 million for fiscal 2024, as compared to $80.4 million for fiscal 2023. The $0.5 million decrease resulted primarily from a $1.7 million decrease in employee salary and benefit costs as well as lower rent, travel and insurance costs, partially offset by a $2.5 million increase in employee stock compensation costs as well as higher outside services costs associated with fiscal year 2024 acquisitions.
Stock compensation incurred related to general and administrative expense was $23.7 million and $21.2 million in fiscal 2024 and fiscal 2023, respectively.
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Depreciation
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| (in thousands) | 2024 | 2023 | $ Change | % Change | ||||||||
| Depreciation | $ | 17,584 | $ | 17,988 | $ | (404) | (2 | %) |
Depreciation expense decreased $0.4 million to $17.6 million for fiscal 2024, as compared to $18.0 million for fiscal 2023. The decrease was primarily attributable to lower computer equipment depreciation.
Amortization
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| Amortization | $ | 11,903 | $ | 7,316 | $ | 4,587 | 63 | % |
Amortization expense increased $4.6 million to $11.9 million for fiscal 2024, as compared to $7.3 million for fiscal 2023. The increase was primarily driven by higher amortization of capitalized internal-use software development costs as well as amortization of intangible assets acquired during the current year.
Other income (expense), net
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| Other income (expense), net | $ | 44 | $ | (175) | $ | 219 | (125 | %) |
Other income (expense), net was income of less than $0.1 million for fiscal 2024 as compared to expense of $0.2 million for fiscal 2023. Other income (expense) is comprised primarily of foreign exchange gains and losses.
Loss on extinguishment of debt
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| (in thousands) | 2024 | 2023 | $ Change | % Change | ||||||||
| Loss on extinguishment of debt | $ | (1,118) | $ | — | $ | (1,118) | (100 | %) |
During fiscal 2024, we recorded a $1.1 million loss on extinguishment of debt in connection with the termination of the Third SVB Facility.
Interest income, net
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| (in thousands) | 2024 | 2023 | $ Change | % Change | ||||||||
| Interest income, net | $ | 2,211 | $ | 1,064 | $ | 1,147 | 108 | % |
Interest income, net increased by $1.1 million to $2.2 million for fiscal 2024, as compared to $1.1 million for fiscal 2023. The increase is primarily attributable to higher interest income earned from our cash and cash equivalent balances.
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Provision for income taxes
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| (in thousands) | 2024 | 2023 | $ Change | % Change | ||||||||
| Provision for income taxes | $ | (1,543) | $ | (483) | $ | (1,060) | 219 | % |
Provision for income taxes increased by $1.1 million to $1.5 million for fiscal 2024, as compared to $0.5 million for fiscal 2023. The increase in provision for income taxes relates primarily to an increase in Canadian income tax expense.
Non-GAAP financial measures
Adjusted EBITDA is a supplemental measure of our performance that is not required by, or presented in accordance with, GAAP. Adjusted EBITDA is not a measurement of our financial performance under GAAP and should not be considered as an alternative to net income or loss or any other performance measure derived in accordance with GAAP, or as an alternative to cash flows from operating activities as a measure of our liquidity. We define Adjusted EBITDA as net income or loss before interest income (expense), net, provision for income taxes, depreciation and amortization, and before stock-based compensation expense, loss on extinguishment of debt and other income (expense) net.
We have provided below a reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to net loss, the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure. We have presented Adjusted EBITDA in this Annual Report on Form 10-K because it is a key measure used by our management and board of directors to understand and evaluate our core operating performance and trends, to prepare and approve our annual budget, and to develop short and long-term operational plans. In particular, we believe that the exclusion of the amounts eliminated in calculating Adjusted EBITDA can provide a useful measure for period-to-period comparisons of our core business. Accordingly, we believe that Adjusted EBITDA provides useful information to investors and others in understanding and evaluating our operating results in the same manner as our management and board of directors.
Our use of Adjusted EBITDA has limitations as an analytical tool, and you should not consider it in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of our financial results as reported under GAAP. Some of these limitations are as follows:
•Although depreciation and amortization expense are non-cash charges, the assets being depreciated and amortized may have to be replaced in the future, and Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect cash capital expenditure requirements for such replacements or for new capital expenditure requirements;
•Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect: (1) changes in, or cash requirements for, our working capital needs; (2) the potentially dilutive impact of non-cash stock-based compensation; (3) tax payments that may represent a reduction in cash available to us; or (4) interest (income) expense, net; and
•Other companies, including companies in our industry, may calculate Adjusted EBITDA or similarly titled measures differently, which reduces its usefulness as a comparative measure.
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Because of these and other limitations, you should consider Adjusted EBITDA along with other GAAP-based financial performance measures, including various cash flow metrics, net loss, and our GAAP financial results. The following table presents a reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to net loss for each of the periods indicated:
| For the fiscal years ended January 31, | |||||
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| (in thousands) | 2024 | 2023 | |||
| Net loss | $ | (136,885) | $ | (176,146) | |
| Interest income, net | (2,211) | (1,064) | |||
| Provision for income taxes | 1,543 | 483 | |||
| Depreciation and amortization | 29,487 | 25,304 | |||
| Stock-based compensation expense | 71,613 | 58,775 | |||
| Loss on extinguishment of debt | 1,118 | — | |||
| Other (income) expense, net | (44) | 175 | |||
| Adjusted EBITDA | $ | (35,379) | $ | (92,473) |
We calculate free cash flow as net cash used in operating activities less capitalized internal-use software development costs and purchases of property and equipment.
Additionally, free cash flow is a supplemental measure of our performance that is not required by, or presented in accordance with, GAAP. We consider free cash flow to be a liquidity measure that provides useful information to management and investors about the amount of cash generated by our business that can be used for strategic opportunities, including investing in our business, making strategic investments, partnerships and acquisitions and strengthening our financial position.
The following table presents a reconciliation of free cash flow from net cash used in operating activities, the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure, for each of the periods indicated:
| For the fiscal years ended January 31, | |||||
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| (in thousands) | 2024 | 2023 | |||
| Net cash used in operating activities | $ | (32,378) | $ | (90,123) | |
| Less: | |||||
| Capitalized internal-use software | (19,291) | (21,471) | |||
| Purchases of property and equipment | (5,806) | (4,732) | |||
| Free cash flow | $ | (57,475) | $ | (116,326) |
Liquidity and capital resources
As of January 31, 2024 and 2023, we had cash and cash equivalents of $87.5 million and $176.7 million, respectively. Cash and cash equivalents consist of money market funds and cash on deposit.
We believe that our existing cash and cash equivalents, along with cash generated in the normal course of business, will be sufficient to meet our needs for at least the next 12 months.
In addition, we also have potential borrowing capacity under our credit agreement subject to certain restrictive covenants.
Our future capital requirements and the adequacy of available funds will depend on many factors, including those set forth under “Risk Factors.”
In the event that additional financing is required from outside sources, we may be unable to raise the funds on acceptable terms, if at all. If we are unable to raise additional capital when desired, our business, operating results and financial condition could be adversely affected.
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Silicon Valley Bank facility
Termination of the Third SVB Facility
On December 4, 2023, we terminated the Third SVB Facility and we recorded a $1.1 million loss on extinguishment of debt, including $0.6 million of lender and third-party fees and $0.5 million to write-off unamortized deferred financing costs. Lender fees included a termination fee of 1.0% of borrowing capacity.
Capital One facility
On December 4, 2023, we entered into a new 5-year $50 million senior secured asset-based revolving credit facility ("Capital One Credit Facility") maturing in December 2028, which includes a swingline sub-limit of at least $5.0 million and a letter of credit sub-limit of at least $5.0 million. The new Capital One Credit Facility was entered into with Capital One, N.A., acting as administrative agent and replaces our previous senior secured revolving credit facility with Silicon Valley Bank, which we terminated the same date. We believe the new Capital One Credit Facility will give us additional financial flexibility through fiscal 2028. The facility is available to us for working capital and general corporate purposes.
The obligations under the Capital One Credit Facility are secured by a first priority security interest in substantially all of our tangible and intangible assets, and by pledges of the equity of certain of our U.S. subsidiaries, in each case subject to customary exclusions.
The Capital One Credit Facility includes financial covenants including, but not limited to requiring us to maintain minimum Consolidated EBITDA, minimum Liquidity, a minimum Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio and limiting the amount of cash and cash equivalents we hold outside Capital One, each as defined in the Credit Agreement. We were in compliance with all covenants related to the Capital One Credit Facility as of January 31, 2024.
We believe that our cash and cash equivalents along with cash generated in the normal course of business, are sufficient to fund our operations for at least the next 12 months.
Financing agreements
On June 8, 2023, we entered into a financing agreement to obtain financing for internal-use software and related software support. As of January 31, 2024, there was $3.1 million in outstanding principal and interest due under the agreement. The financing agreement requires us to pay $0.1 million per month for 36 months beginning August 2023. The effective interest rate on the agreement is 10.5% per annum.
Shares issued as consideration for acquisition
On June 30, 2023, we entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of the outstanding equity of MediFind for total consideration of $8.9 million, which included the issuance of 150,786 shares of our common stock to certain MediFind stockholders.
On August 11, 2023, we entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of the outstanding equity of Access for total consideration of $37.4 million, which included the issuance of 1,096,436 shares of our common stock to certain members of Access.
Liabilities issued as consideration for acquisition
On October 3, 2023, we entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of the outstanding equity of ConnectOnCall for total consideration of $13.9 million, including liabilities with an acquisition-date fair value of $10.0 million. The liabilities include undiscounted payments of $10.9 million payable in seven quarterly installments through June 2025. See Note 16 - Acquisitions of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for additional information regarding the acquisition of ConnectOnCall.
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The following table summarizes our sources and uses of cash for each of the periods presented:
| Fiscal years ended January 31, | |||||
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| (in thousands) | 2024 | 2023 | |||
| Net cash used in operating activities | $ | (32,378) | $ | (90,123) | |
| Net cash used in investing activities | (39,670) | (26,203) | |||
| Net cash used in financing activities | (17,115) | (20,803) | |||
| Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents | $ | (89,163) | $ | (137,129) |
Operating activities
The primary sources of cash from operating activities are cash received from our customers and interest earned on our money market mutual funds. The primary uses of cash for operating activities are for payroll, payments to suppliers, payments for operating leases, as well as cash paid for interest on our finance leases and other financings and cash paid for various taxes.
During the fiscal year ended January 31, 2024, net cash used in operating activities was $32.4 million, as our cash paid to employees and suppliers exceeded our cash received from customers in connection with our normal operations. During the fiscal year ended January 31, 2023, net cash used in operating activities was $90.1 million, as our cash paid to employees and suppliers exceeded our cash received from customers in connection with our normal operations.
The change in net cash used in operating activities was driven primarily by an increase in cash received from customers driven by higher revenues, higher interest income on money market mutual funds we held during the year ended January 31, 2024 and lower employee compensation costs, primarily due to lower average employee headcount, partially offset by higher outside services costs and acquisition-related costs.
Investing activities
During the fiscal year ended January 31, 2024, net cash used in investing activities was $39.7 million, including $19.3 million of cash paid for capitalized internal-use software, $14.6 million of cash paid for acquisitions, net of cash acquired, as well as well as $5.8 million of purchases of property and equipment.
During the fiscal year ended January 31, 2023, net cash used in investing activities was $26.2 million, principally resulting from capital expenditures, the majority of which consisted of $21.5 million of cash paid for capitalized internal-use software, as well as $4.7 million of purchases of property and equipment, including hardware used by clients and data center equipment.
Financing activities
During the fiscal year ended January 31, 2024, net cash used in financing activities was $17.1 million, primarily consisting of $12.2 million used for treasury stock to satisfy tax withholdings on stock compensation awards, $7.4 million used for principal payments on finance leases and financing arrangements, $2.1 million used for debt issuance costs, facility fees and debt extinguishment costs, and $1.3 million used for principal payments of acquisition-related liabilities, partially offset by $4.2 million in proceeds from our equity compensation plans and $1.7 million constructive financing related to our software financing arrangement.
During the fiscal year ended January 31, 2023, cash provided by financing activities was $20.8 million, primarily consisting of $19.4 million used for treasury stock to satisfy tax withholdings on stock compensation awards and $5.9 million used for principal payments on finance leases and financing arrangements, partially offset by $4.9 million in proceeds from our equity compensation plans.
Material Cash Requirements
Our material cash requirements relate to human capital, contractual purchase commitments, payments on deferred consideration liabilities, leases and financing arrangements. Refer to Note 4 - Composition of certain financial statement accounts in Part II - Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for additional information on accrued payroll related liabilities and deferred consideration liabilities. Refer to Note 6 - Finance leases and other debt, Note 10 - Leases and Note 11 - Commitments and contingencies in Part II - Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for additional information on cash requirements for leases, financing arrangements and contractual purchase commitments.
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Critical accounting policies and estimates
The preparation of the consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires us to make certain estimates and assumptions. These estimates and assumptions affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the balance sheet date, as well as reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Our most significant estimates and judgments involve revenue recognition, the fair value of assets acquired in business combinations, capitalized internal-use software, income taxes, and valuation of our stock-based compensation. Actual results may differ from these estimates. To the extent that there are differences between our estimates and actual results, our future financial statement presentation, financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows will be affected.
We believe that the accounting policies described below involve a greater degree of judgment and complexity. Accordingly, these are the policies we believe are the most critical to aid in fully understanding and evaluating our financial condition and results of operations.
Revenue recognition
We account for revenue from contracts with clients by applying the requirements of Topic 606, which includes the following steps:
•Identification of the contract, or contracts, with a client
•Identification of the performance obligations in a contract
•Determination of the transaction price
•Allocation of the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract
•Recognition of revenue when, or as, performance obligations are satisfied
Revenues are recognized when control of these services is transferred to our clients, in an amount that reflects the consideration we expect to be entitled to in exchange for those services.
We believe the areas in which we apply significant judgements when determining revenue recognition relate to the identification of distinct performance obligations, the assessment of the standalone selling price (“SSP”) for each performance obligation identified, the determination of the amount of variable consideration to include in the transaction price of our contracts with customers and the determination of whether we are the principal or the agent for certain performance obligations.
Determination of Performance Obligations
A performance obligation is a promise in a contract with a customer to transfer products or services that are distinct. Our contracts with customers may include multiple promises to transfer services to a customer. Determining whether products and services are distinct performance obligations that should be accounted for separately or combined as a single performance obligation may require significant judgment that requires us to assess the nature of the promise and the value delivered to the customer.
Our subscription and related services revenue includes certain fees from clients for professional services associated with implementation services.
In determining whether professional services for implementation are distinct, we consider the following factors for each professional services agreement: availability of the services from other vendors, the nature of the professional services and the complexity of interfaces created between systems.
We determined that the majority of implementation services were not distinct from the related subscription service because they are proprietary such that they cannot be performed by another entity, because we generally do not sell professional services on a stand-alone basis, and because they are integral to the customer’s ability to derive the intended benefit of the subscription service, indicating that the implementation services and related subscription are inputs to a combined output.
Determination of Standalone Selling Prices
We allocate the transaction price of our customer contracts to the performance obligations within those contracts based on the relative SSP of the performance obligations.
The SSP is the price that we would sell a product separately to a customer. The best evidence of this is an observable price from stand-alone sales of that product to similarly situated customers. However, as we do not typically transfer our performance obligations on a standalone basis, but rather we transfer bundles of performance
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obligations, we use an adjusted market assessment approach to estimate the price a customer would be willing to pay for our performance obligations using historical price information as priced in previous bundled contracts.
In determining SSPs, we stratify the population of customer transactions by product, type, size of customer and geographic area. We typically establish a range of SSPs for each of our performance obligations.
The prices we charge for digital messaging solutions provided to life sciences companies have historically been highly variable. We consider pricing to be highly variable if we have a history of selling the services at a wide range of prices to similar customers in similar geographic areas within the same time periods. As the pricing of our digital messaging solutions has historically been highly variable, we use the residual method to estimate the SSP of performance obligations for digital messaging solutions. We estimate the residual SSP of our digital messaging solutions as the total transaction price of the customer contract less the SSPs of the remaining performance obligations pursuant to the contract.
Variable Consideration
We estimate the transaction price at contract inception, including any variable consideration, and we update the estimate each reporting period for any changes in circumstances. When determining the transaction price, we assume the products will be transferred to the customer based on the terms of the existing contract and our assumption does not take into consideration the possibility of a contract being canceled, renewed, or modified.
We occasionally provide credits to customers representing adjustments to the transaction price. Known and estimable credits and adjustments represent a form of variable consideration, which are estimated at contract inception and generally result in reductions to revenues recognized for a particular contract. These estimates are updated at the end of each reporting period as additional information becomes available. We estimate the amount of variable consideration based on its expected probability-weighted value or its most likely amount. We include variable consideration in the transaction price to the extent it is probable there will not be a significant reversal of revenue when the uncertainty with respect to the variable consideration is resolved. We believe that there will not be significant changes to our estimates of variable consideration as of January 31, 2024.
Principal vs Agent Considerations
As part of our revenue recognition process, we evaluate whether we are the principal or agent for the performance obligations in our contracts with customers. When we determine that we are the principal for a performance obligation, we recognize revenue for that performance obligation on a gross basis. When we determine that we are an agent for a performance obligation, we recognize revenue for that performance obligation net of the related costs. In determining whether we are the principal or the agent, we evaluate whether we have control of the services before we transfer the services to the customer by considering whether we are primarily obligated for transferring the services to the customer, whether we have inventory risk for the services before the services are transferred to the customer, and whether we have latitude in establishing prices. We recognize payment processing fees collected from customers as revenue on a gross basis because, as the merchant of record, we control the services before delivery to the customer, we are primarily responsible for the delivery of the services to our customers, we have latitude in establishing pricing with respect to the customer and other terms of service, we have sole discretion in selecting the third-party to perform the settlement, and we assume the credit risk for the transaction processed. We also have the unilateral ability to accept or reject a transaction based on our established criteria.
Business combinations
We use our best estimates and assumptions to accurately assign fair value to the tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the acquisition date. With the assistance of third-party appraisers, we assess the fair value of the assets acquired in business combinations. The fair value of the acquired licenses and technology was estimated using the relief from royalty method. The fair value of customer relationships was estimated using a multi period excess earnings method. To calculate fair value, we used cash flows discounted at a rate considered appropriate given the inherent risks associated with each client grouping. Our estimates are inherently uncertain and subject to refinement. During the measurement period, which may be up to one year from the acquisition date, we may record adjustments to the fair value of these tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed, with the corresponding offset to goodwill. We continue to collect information and reevaluate these estimates and assumptions quarterly and record any adjustments to our estimates to goodwill provided that we are within the measurement period. Upon the conclusion of the measurement period or final determination of the fair value of assets acquired or liabilities assumed, whichever comes first, any subsequent adjustments are recorded to our consolidated statements of operations.
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In connection with the ConnectOnCall acquisition, we recorded deferred consideration liabilities within other current liabilities and other long-term liabilities for amounts payable to the selling shareholders in seven quarterly installments from December 2023 through June 2025. The fair value of our deferred consideration liabilities was determined based on a discount cash flow approach, using the pre-tax cost of debt of 9.3%. In connection with the acquisition of ConnectOnCall, we recorded deferred consideration liabilities with an acquisition-date fair value of $10.0 million. During the fiscal year ended January 31, 2024, we paid $1.6 million against the deferred consideration liabilities. Payments of the deferred consideration liabilities are included in general and administrative expense in our accompanying consolidated statements of operations.
Capitalized internal-use software
We capitalize certain costs incurred for the development of computer software for internal use pursuant to ASC Topic 350-40, Intangibles—Goodwill and Other—Internal use software. These costs relate to the development of our solutions. We capitalize the costs during the development of the project, when it is determined that it is probable that the project will be completed, and the software will be used as intended. Costs related to preliminary project activities, post-implementation activities, training and maintenance are expensed as incurred. Internal-use software is amortized on a straight-line basis over its estimated useful life, which is generally three to five years. We evaluate the useful lives of these assets on an annual basis and tests for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances occur that could impact the recoverability of these assets. We exercise judgment in determining the point at which various projects may be capitalized, in assessing the ongoing value of the capitalized costs and in determining the estimated useful lives over which the costs are amortized. To the extent that we change the manner in which we develop and test new features and functionalities related to our solutions, assess the ongoing value of capitalized assets or determine the estimated useful lives over which the costs are amortized, the amount of internal-use software development costs we capitalize and amortize could change in future periods.
Stock-based compensation for market-based performance stock units ("PSUs")
We granted market-based PSUs during fiscal 2022, 2023 and 2024.
PSUs vest in between 0% and 220% of the number of PSUs originally granted based on our total stockholder return ("TSR"), relative to a peer group of companies on the Russell 3000 stock index. PSUs granted during fiscal 2024, 2023 and 2022 vest in a maximum of 220%, 200% and 200% of the number of PSUs originally granted, respectively. We estimate the fair value of the PSUs using a Monte Carlo Simulation model which projects TSR for Phreesia and each member of the peer group over a performance period of approximately three years. The most critical and judgmental assumptions used in the Monte Carlo Simulation to estimate the fair value of the PSUs are set forth below:
•Correlation coefficient: The correlation coefficient measures the correlation of our stock to the stock of the companies in the peer group. This coefficient is used to project the performance of our stock against our peers to estimate projected performance under the plan.
•Expected volatility: For PSUs granted during the year ended January 31, 2024 and January 31, 2023, the expected volatility is based on the historical volatility of our stock price over a term commensurate with the simulation term assumption. For PSUs granted during the fiscal year ended January 31, 2022, the expected volatility was based on historical volatilities of peer companies within our industry which were commensurate with the simulation term assumption.
We recognize the grant-date fair value of stock-based awards issued as compensation expense on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period, which is generally the vesting period of the award.
Recent accounting pronouncements
In November 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standard Update (“ASU”) 2023-07, Segment Reporting. The new standard will require us to provide all disclosures required by ASC 280 - Segment Reporting all segment reporting, including a measure of segment profit or loss. The new standard will also require us to disclose the title and position of our Chief Operating Decision Maker. ASU 2023-07 will be effective for our fiscal year ended January 31, 2025 and interim periods within our fiscal year ended January 31, 2026. Early adoption is permitted. We will be required to apply ASU 2023-07 retrospectively to all periods presented.
In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures. ASU 2023-09 will require us to add additional disclosures to our income tax footnote. The new
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standard will require us to provide an income tax rate reconciliation in dollars and percent. Additionally, the new standard will require us to disclose any significant impacts of individual jurisdictions on our income tax rate reconciliation and our disclosure of and income taxes paid. The provisions of ASU 2023-09 are effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024; early adoption is permitted.
See Note 3 - Summary of significant accounting policies in Part II - Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for a discussion of recent accounting pronouncements.