SentinelOne, Inc. (S)
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SEC company page: https://www.sec.gov/edgar/browse/?CIK=1583708. Latest filing source: 0001583708-26-000020.
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Business
Read S's verbatim Item 1 Business section from its latest 10-K: Business.
Risk Factors
Read S's verbatim Item 1A Risk Factors from its latest 10-K: Risk Factors.
Selected Fundamentals
| Metric | Value | Unit | FY | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 1,001,278,000 | USD | 2026 | 2026-03-19 |
| Net income | -450,735,000 | USD | 2026 | 2026-03-19 |
| Assets | 2,438,102,000 | USD | 2026 | 2026-03-19 |
Financials
Annual standardized facts from SEC companyfacts as of latest extracted filing date 2026-03-19. Source: https://data.sec.gov/api/xbrl/companyfacts/CIK0001583708.json. Derived margins, ratios, and free cash flow are computed from the extracted annual SEC facts.
| Metric | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 46,474,000 | 93,056,000 | 204,799,000 | 422,179,000 | 621,154,000 | 821,461,000 | 1,001,278,000 | |
| Net income | -76,567,000 | -117,573,000 | -271,101,000 | -378,678,000 | -338,693,000 | -288,441,000 | -450,735,000 | |
| Operating income | -74,984,000 | -115,519,000 | -267,232,000 | -402,576,000 | -378,416,000 | -329,359,000 | -321,309,000 | |
| Gross profit | 28,143,000 | 53,724,000 | 123,122,000 | 278,002,000 | 441,873,000 | 610,355,000 | 742,101,000 | |
| Diluted EPS | -2.34 | -3.31 | -1.56 | -1.36 | -1.15 | -0.92 | -1.37 | |
| Operating cash flow | -44,424,000 | -66,570,000 | -95,588,000 | -193,287,000 | -68,374,000 | 33,728,000 | 76,616,000 | |
| Capital expenditures | 953,000 | 3,283,000 | 3,653,000 | 4,953,000 | 1,304,000 | 1,860,000 | 713,000 | |
| Share buybacks | 0.00 | 0.00 | 200,012,000 | |||||
| Assets | 520,560,000 | 2,042,181,000 | 2,258,913,000 | 2,321,407,000 | 2,406,625,000 | 2,438,102,000 | ||
| Liabilities | 219,957,000 | 391,393,000 | 602,208,000 | 727,364,000 | 737,378,000 | 1,000,957,000 | ||
| Stockholders' equity | -152,594,000 | -224,213,000 | -320,536,000 | 1,650,788,000 | 1,656,705,000 | 1,594,043,000 | 1,669,247,000 | 1,437,145,000 |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 395,472,000 | 1,669,304,000 | 137,941,000 | 256,651,000 | 186,574,000 | 169,627,000 | ||
| Free cash flow | -45,377,000 | -69,853,000 | -99,241,000 | -198,240,000 | -69,678,000 | 31,868,000 | 75,903,000 |
Ratios
| Metric | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -126.35% | -132.37% | -89.70% | -54.53% | -35.11% | -45.02% | ||
| Operating margin | -124.14% | -130.49% | -95.36% | -60.92% | -40.09% | -32.09% | ||
| Return on equity | -16.42% | -22.86% | -21.25% | -17.28% | -31.36% | |||
| Return on assets | -22.59% | -13.28% | -16.76% | -14.59% | -11.99% | -18.49% | ||
| Liabilities / equity | 0.24 | 0.36 | 0.46 | 0.44 | 0.70 | |||
| Current ratio | 3.60 | 6.46 | 1.93 | 2.20 | 1.74 | 1.39 |
Industry Peer Context
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Financial Bridges
Income statement bridge from reported figures
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts FY 2026. Revenue: accession 0001583708-26-000020; concept RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax; source concepts us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | Gross profit: accession 0001583708-26-000020; concept GrossProfit; source concepts us-gaap:GrossProfit | Operating income: accession 0001583708-26-000020; concept OperatingIncomeLoss; source concepts us-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss | Net income: accession 0001583708-26-000020; concept NetIncomeLoss; source concepts us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss
Free cash flow = operating cash flow - capital expenditures
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts FY 2026. Operating cash flow: accession 0001583708-26-000020; concept NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities; source concepts us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | Capital expenditures: accession 0001583708-26-000020; concept PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment; source concepts us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment | Free cash flow: accession 0001583708-26-000020; concept NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities - PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment; source concepts us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities; us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment
Financial Charts
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2026 ended 2026-01-31; accession 0001583708-26-000020; filed 2026-03-19. Concept: RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax. Source concepts: us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2026 ended 2026-01-31; accession 0001583708-26-000020; filed 2026-03-19. Concept: NetIncomeLoss. Source concepts: us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2026 ended 2026-01-31; accession 0001583708-26-000020; filed 2026-03-19. Concept: OperatingIncomeLoss. Source concepts: us-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2026 ended 2026-01-31; accession 0001583708-26-000020; filed 2026-03-19. Concept: GrossProfit. Source concepts: us-gaap:GrossProfit.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2026 ended 2026-01-31; accession 0001583708-26-000020; filed 2026-03-19. Concept: EarningsPerShareDiluted. Source concepts: us-gaap:EarningsPerShareDiluted.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2026 ended 2026-01-31; accession 0001583708-26-000020; filed 2026-03-19. Concept: NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities. Source concepts: us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2026 ended 2026-01-31; accession 0001583708-26-000020; filed 2026-03-19. Concept: PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment. Source concepts: us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2026 ended 2026-01-31; accession 0001583708-26-000020; filed 2026-03-19. Concept: PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock. Source concepts: us-gaap:PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2026 ended 2026-01-31; accession 0001583708-26-000020; filed 2026-03-19. Concept: Assets. Source concepts: us-gaap:Assets.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2026 ended 2026-01-31; accession 0001583708-26-000020; filed 2026-03-19. Concept: Liabilities. Source concepts: us-gaap:Liabilities.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2026 ended 2026-01-31; accession 0001583708-26-000020; filed 2026-03-19. Concept: StockholdersEquity. Source concepts: us-gaap:StockholdersEquity.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2026 ended 2026-01-31; accession 0001583708-26-000020; filed 2026-03-19. Concept: CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue. Source concepts: us-gaap:CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2026 ended 2026-01-31; accession 0001583708-26-000020; filed 2026-03-19. Concept: NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities - PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment. Source concepts: us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities; us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment.
Quarterly
Quarterly standardized facts from SEC companyfacts as of latest extracted filing date 2026-05-28. Source: https://data.sec.gov/api/xbrl/companyfacts/CIK0001583708.json.
| Quarter | End Date | Revenue | Net Income | Diluted EPS | Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-Q2 | 2022-07-31 | -0.35 | reported discrete quarter | ||
| 2023-Q3 | 2022-10-31 | -0.35 | reported discrete quarter | ||
| 2024-Q1 | 2023-04-30 | -0.37 | reported discrete quarter | ||
| 2024-Q2 | 2023-07-31 | 149,421,000 | -89,538,000 | -0.31 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2024-Q3 | 2023-10-31 | 164,165,000 | -70,304,000 | -0.24 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2024-Q4 | 2024-01-31 | 174,175,000 | -71,982,000 | derived Q4 = FY annual - nine-month YTD | |
| 2025-Q1 | 2024-04-30 | 186,355,000 | -70,105,000 | -0.23 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2025-Q2 | 2024-07-31 | 198,937,000 | -69,184,000 | -0.22 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2025-Q3 | 2024-10-31 | 210,648,000 | -78,364,000 | -0.25 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2025-Q4 | 2025-01-31 | 225,521,000 | -70,788,000 | derived Q4 = FY annual - nine-month YTD | |
| 2026-Q1 | 2025-04-30 | 229,029,000 | -208,193,000 | -0.63 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2026-Q2 | 2025-07-31 | 242,183,000 | -72,019,000 | -0.22 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2026-Q3 | 2025-10-31 | 258,913,000 | -60,291,000 | -0.18 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2026-Q4 | 2026-01-31 | 271,153,000 | -110,232,000 | derived Q4 = FY annual - nine-month YTD | |
| 2027-Q1 | 2026-04-30 | 276,657,000 | -76,164,000 | -0.23 | reported discrete quarter |
Quarterly Charts
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2027 ended 2026-04-30; accession 0001583708-26-000041; filed 2026-05-28. Concept: RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax. Source concepts: us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2027 ended 2026-04-30; accession 0001583708-26-000041; filed 2026-05-28. Concept: NetIncomeLoss. Source concepts: us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2027 ended 2026-04-30; accession 0001583708-26-000041; filed 2026-05-28. Concept: EarningsPerShareDiluted. Source concepts: us-gaap:EarningsPerShareDiluted.
Macro Cross-References
- CPIAUCSL - Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: All Items in U.S. City Average
- UNRATE - Unemployment Rate
- FEDFUNDS - Federal Funds Effective Rate
- CES0500000003 - Average Hourly Earnings of All Employees, Total Private
- DFEDTARU - Federal Funds Target Range - Upper Limit
- DFEDTARL - Federal Funds Target Range - Lower Limit
- DGS3MO - Market Yield on U.S. Treasury Securities at 3-Month Constant Maturity
- DGS2 - Market Yield on U.S. Treasury Securities at 2-Year Constant Maturity
- DGS10 - Market Yield on U.S. Treasury Securities at 10-Year Constant Maturity
- DGS30 - Market Yield on U.S. Treasury Securities at 30-Year Constant Maturity
- T10Y2Y - 10-Year Treasury Constant Maturity Minus 2-Year Treasury Constant Maturity
- CPILFESL - Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: All Items Less Food and Energy
- CPIUFDSL - Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Food
- CPIENGSL - Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Energy
- CUSR0000SAH1 - Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Shelter
- PCEPI - Personal Consumption Expenditures: Chain-type Price Index
- PCEPILFE - Personal Consumption Expenditures Excluding Food and Energy: Chain-type Price Index
- PPIACO - Producer Price Index by Commodity: All Commodities
- T10YIE - 10-Year Breakeven Inflation Rate
- U6RATE - Total Unemployed, Plus All Marginally Attached Workers Plus Total Employed Part Time for Economic Reasons
- PAYEMS - All Employees, Total Nonfarm
- CIVPART - Labor Force Participation Rate
- EMRATIO - Employment-Population Ratio
- UNEMPLOY - Unemployed
- CE16OV - Employment Level
- ICSA - Initial Claims
- JTSJOL - Job Openings: Total Nonfarm
- JTSQUR - Quits: Total Nonfarm
- GDPC1 - Real Gross Domestic Product
- A191RL1Q225SBEA - Real Gross Domestic Product: Percent Change from Preceding Period
- INDPRO - Industrial Production: Total Index
- TCU - Capacity Utilization: Total Index
- HOUST - New Privately-Owned Housing Units Started: Total Units
- PERMIT - New Privately-Owned Housing Units Authorized in Permit-Issuing Places: Total Units
- RSAFS - Advance Retail Sales: Retail Trade
- PCE - Personal Consumption Expenditures
- DSPIC96 - Real Disposable Personal Income
- PSAVERT - Personal Saving Rate
- M2SL - M2
- BOPGSTB - U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services: Balance
- MSPUS - Median Sales Price of Houses Sold for the United States
- HSN1F - New One Family Houses Sold: United States
- RHORUSQ156N - Homeownership Rate in the United States
- TTLCONS - Total Construction Spending: Total Construction in the United States
- RRVRUSQ156N - Rental Vacancy Rate in the United States
- TOTALSL - Total Consumer Credit Owned and Securitized
- REVOLSL - Revolving Consumer Credit Owned and Securitized
- DRCCLACBS - Delinquency Rate on Credit Card Loans, All Commercial Banks
- GDP - Gross Domestic Product
- GPDI - Gross Private Domestic Investment
- GCE - Government Consumption Expenditures and Gross Investment
- PCEC - Personal Consumption Expenditures
- NETEXP - Net Exports of Goods and Services
- GFDEBTN - Federal Debt: Total Public Debt
- GFDEGDQ188S - Federal Debt: Total Public Debt as Percent of Gross Domestic Product
- FYFSD - Federal Surplus or Deficit
- FGRECPT - Federal Government Current Receipts
- FGEXPND - Federal Government: Current Expenditures
- MANEMP - All Employees, Manufacturing
- USCONS - All Employees, Construction
- USTRADE - All Employees, Retail Trade
- USFIRE - All Employees, Financial Activities
- USGOVT - All Employees, Government
- AWHAETP - Average Weekly Hours of All Employees, Total Private
- DGORDER - Manufacturers' New Orders: Durable Goods
- NEWORDER - Manufacturers' New Orders: Nondefense Capital Goods Excluding Aircraft
- BUSINV - Total Business Inventories
- EXPGS - Exports of Goods and Services
- IMPGS - Imports of Goods and Services
- IR - Import Price Index (End Use): All Commodities
- PPIFIS - Producer Price Index by Commodity: Final Demand
Latest quarter (10-Q)
Latest 10-Q source: 0001583708-26-000041.
ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following discussion and analysis provides information which our management believes is relevant to an assessment and understanding of our consolidated results of operations and financial condition. The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes appearing elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and our audited consolidated financial statements and the related notes and the discussion under the heading “Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2026 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), on March 19, 2026 (Annual Report). This discussion, particularly information with respect to our future results of operations or financial condition, business strategy and plans, and objectives of management for future operations, includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties as described under the heading “Special Note About Forward-Looking Statements” in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. You should review the disclosure under the heading “Risk Factors” in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for a discussion of important factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements. Our fiscal year ends on January 31, and our fiscal quarters end on April 30, July 31, October 31, and January 31. Our fiscal years ended January 31, 2027 and January 31, 2026 are referred to herein as fiscal 2027 and fiscal 2026, respectively.
Unless the context otherwise requires, all references in this report to “SentinelOne,” the “Company,” “we,” “our,” “us,” or similar terms refer to SentinelOne, Inc. and its subsidiaries.
Overview
We founded SentinelOne in 2013 with a dramatically new approach to cybersecurity.
We pioneered the world’s first purpose-built AI-powered security platform to make cyber defense truly autonomous, from the endpoint and beyond. Our Singularity Platform instantly defends against cyberattacks — performing at a faster speed, greater scale, and higher accuracy than otherwise possible from a human-powered approach.
Our Singularity Platform ingests, correlates, and queries petabytes of structured and unstructured data from a myriad of ever-expanding disparate external and internal sources in real-time. We aim to build rich context and deliver greater visibility by constructing a dynamic representation of data across an organization. As a result, our AI models are able to be highly accurate, actionable, and autonomous. Our distributed AI models run both locally on every endpoint and every cloud workload, as well as on our cloud platform. Our Static and vector-agnostic Behavioral AI models, which run on the endpoints themselves, provide our customers with protection even when their devices are not connected to the cloud. In the cloud, our Streaming AI can detect anomalies that surface when multiple data feeds are correlated. By providing full visibility into the Storyline of every secured device across the organization through one console, our platform can make it very fast for analysts to easily search through petabytes of data to investigate incidents and proactively hunt threats. We have extended our control and visibility planes beyond the traditional endpoint to unmanaged Internet of Things (IoT) devices.
Singularity can be flexibly deployed on the environments that our customers choose, including public, private, or hybrid clouds. Our feature parity across Windows, macOS, Linux, and Kubernetes offers best-of-breed protection, visibility, and control across today’s heterogeneous IT environments. Together, these capabilities make our platform the logical choice for organizations of all sizes, industry verticals, and compliance requirements. Our platform offers true multi-tenancy, which allows us to serve the world’s largest organizations, managed security providers and incident response partners. Our customers are able to realize improved cybersecurity outcomes with fewer people.
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We generate most of our revenue by selling subscriptions to our Singularity Platform. We generally price our subscriptions and modules on a per agent basis, and each agent generally corresponds with an endpoint, server, virtual machine, or container.
Our subscription contracts typically range from one to three years. We recognize subscription revenue ratably over the term of a contract. Most of our contracts are for terms representing annual increments, therefore contracts generally come up for renewal in the same period in subsequent years. The timing of large multi-year enterprise contracts can create some variability in subscription order levels between periods, though the impact to our revenue in any particular period is limited as a result of ratable revenue recognition.
Our go-to-market strategy is focused on acquiring new customers and driving expanded usage of our platform by existing customers. Our sales organization is comprised of our enterprise sales, inside sales and customer solutions engineering teams. It leverages our global network of independent software vendors (ISVs), alliance partners, and channel partners for prospect access. Additionally, our sales teams work closely with our customers, channel partners, and alliance partners to drive adoption of our platform, and our software solutions are fulfilled through our channel partners. Our channel partners include some of the world’s largest resellers and distributors, managed service providers (MSPs), managed security service providers (MSSPs), managed detection and response providers (MDRs), original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), and incident response (IR) firms. Once customers experience the benefits of our platform, they often expand their subscriptions to benefit from the full range of our platform solutions. Additionally, many of our customers adopt Singularity Modules over time to extend the functionality of our platform and increase their coverage footprint. The combination of platform upgrades and extended modules drives our powerful land-and-expand motion.
Our Singularity Platform is used globally by organizations of all sizes across a broad range of industries. We had 1,702 customers with annualized recurring revenue (ARR) of $100,000 or more as of April 30, 2026, up from 1,459 as of April 30, 2025. We define ARR as the annualized revenue run rate of our subscription, consumption and usage-based agreements at the end of a reporting period, assuming contracts are renewed on their existing terms for customers that are under contracts with us. As of April 30, 2026, no single end customer accounted for more than 5% of our ARR. Our revenue outside of the U.S. represented 39% and 38% for the three months ended April 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively, illustrating the global nature of our solutions.
We have grown rapidly since our inception. Our revenue was $276.7 million and $229.0 million for the three months ended April 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively, representing year-over-year growth of 21%. During this period, we continued to invest in growing our business to capitalize on our market opportunity. As a result, our net loss for the three months ended April 30, 2026 and 2025 was $76.2 million and $208.2 million, respectively.
Key Business Metrics and Non-GAAP Financial Measures
We monitor the following key metrics and non-GAAP financial measures to help us evaluate our business, identify trends affecting our business, formulate business plans, and make strategic decisions.
Revenue
We discuss revenue below under “Components of Our Results of Operations.”
| Three Months Ended April 30, | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2025 | |||||
| (in thousands) | ||||||
| Revenue | $ | 276,657 | $ | 229,029 |
Non-GAAP operating income (loss)
In addition to our results determined in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), we use non-GAAP operating income (loss) as part of our overall assessment of our performance, including the preparation of our annual operating budget and quarterly forecasts, to evaluate the effectiveness of our business strategies, and to communicate with our board of directors concerning our financial performance. We believe that
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non-GAAP operating income (loss) provides our management and investors consistency and comparability with our past financial performance and facilitates period-to-period comparisons of operations, as this measure excludes, among other expenses, expenses that we do not consider to be indicative of our overall operating performance. Non-GAAP operating income (loss) is calculated as GAAP operating loss adjusted to exclude amortization of acquired intangible assets, acquisition-related compensation, stock-based compensation expense, payroll tax on employee stock transactions, and restructuring charges.
Non-GAAP operating income (loss) has limitations as an analytical tool, and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for financial information presented in accordance with GAAP, including GAAP operating loss. Other companies, including companies in our industry, may calculate similarly titled non-GAAP measures, including non-GAAP operating income (loss), differently or may use other measures to evaluate their performance, all of which could reduce the usefulness of our non-GAAP financial measures as tools for comparison. As a result, our non-GAAP operating income (loss) is presented for supplemental informational purposes only.
| Three Months Ended April 30, | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2025 | |||||
| (in thousands) | ||||||
| Non-GAAP operating income (loss) | $ | 10,545 | $ | (3,927) |
A reconciliation of non-GAAP operating income (loss) to GAAP operating loss, the most directly comparable financial measure calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP, is provided below:
| Three Months Ended April 30, | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2025 | ||||||
| (in thousands) | |||||||
| GAAP operating loss | $ | (79,718) | $ | (87,483) | |||
| Stock-based compensation expense | 74,889 | 68,655 | |||||
| Employer payroll tax on employee stock transactions | 1,591 | 2,748 | |||||
| Amortization of acquired intangible assets | 10,428 | 6,239 | |||||
| Acquisition-related compensation | 3,323 | 711 | |||||
| Restructuring charges | 32 | 5,203 | |||||
| Non-GAAP operating income (loss) | $ | 10,545 | $ | (3,927) |
Annualized Recurring Revenue
We believe that ARR is a key operating metric to measure our business because it is driven by our ability to acquire new subscription, consumption, and usage-based customers, and to maintain and expand our relationship with existing customers. ARR represents the annualized revenue run rate of our subscription, consumption and usage-based agreements at the end of a reporting period, assuming contracts are renewed on their existing terms for customers that are under contracts with us. ARR is an operational metric and is not a non-GAAP metric. ARR is not a forecast of future revenue, which can be impacted by contract start and end dates, usage, renewal rates, and other contractual terms. For more information on how we recognize revenue, see Note 3, Revenue and Contract Balances to our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
| As of April 30, | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2025 | |||||
| (in thousands) | ||||||
| Annualized recurring revenue | $ | 1,162,604 | $ | 948,110 |
ARR grew 23% year-over-year to $1,162.6 million as of April
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Latest 10-K MD&A
ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and related notes 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, particularly information with respect to our future results of operations or financial condition, business strategy and plans, and objectives of management for future operations, includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties as described under the heading “Special Note About Forward-Looking Statements” in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. You should review the disclosure under the heading “Risk Factors” in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for a discussion of important factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements. Our fiscal year ends on January 31, and our fiscal quarters end on April 30, July 31, October 31, and January 31. Our fiscal years ended January 31, 2026, 2025, and 2024 are referred to herein as fiscal 2026, fiscal 2025, and fiscal 2024, respectively.
Unless the context otherwise requires, all references in this report to “SentinelOne,” the “Company,” “we” “our” “us,” or similar terms refer to SentinelOne, Inc. and its subsidiaries.
A discussion regarding our financial condition and results of operations for fiscal 2026 compared to fiscal 2025 is presented below. A discussion regarding our financial condition and results of operations for fiscal 2025 compared to fiscal 2024 can be found in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in the Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2025 filed with the SEC on March 26, 2025.
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Overview
We founded SentinelOne in 2013 with a dramatically new approach to cybersecurity.
We pioneered the world’s first purpose-built AI-powered security platform to make cyber defense truly autonomous, from the endpoint and beyond. Our Singularity Platform instantly defends against cyberattacks — performing at a faster speed, greater scale, and higher accuracy than otherwise possible from a human-powered approach.
Our Singularity Platform ingests, correlates, and queries petabytes of structured and unstructured data from a myriad of ever-expanding disparate external and internal sources in real-time. We aim to build rich context and deliver greater visibility by constructing a dynamic representation of data across an organization. As a result, our AI models are able to be highly accurate, actionable, and autonomous. Our distributed AI models run both locally on every endpoint and every cloud workload, as well as on our cloud platform. Our Static and vector-agnostic Behavioral AI models, which run on the endpoints themselves, provide our customers with protection even when their devices are not connected to the cloud. In the cloud, our Streaming AI can detect anomalies that surface when multiple data feeds are correlated. By providing full visibility into the Storyline of every secured device across the organization through one console, our platform can make it very fast for analysts to easily search through petabytes of data to investigate incidents and proactively hunt threats. We have extended our control and visibility planes beyond the traditional endpoint to unmanaged IoT devices.
Singularity can be flexibly deployed on the environments that our customers choose, including public, private, or hybrid clouds. Our feature parity across Windows, macOS, Linux, and Kubernetes offers best-of-breed protection, visibility, and control across today’s heterogeneous IT environments. Together, these capabilities make our platform the logical choice for organizations of all sizes, industry verticals, and compliance requirements. Our platform offers true multi-tenancy, which allows us to serve the world’s largest organizations, managed security providers and incident response partners. Our customers are able to realize improved cybersecurity outcomes with fewer people.
We generate most of our revenue by selling subscriptions to our Singularity Platform. We generally price our subscriptions and modules on a per agent basis, and each agent generally corresponds with an endpoint, server, virtual machine, or container.
Our subscription contracts typically range from one to three years. We recognize subscription revenue ratably over the term of a contract. Most of our contracts are for terms representing annual increments, therefore contracts generally come up for renewal in the same period in subsequent years. The timing of large multi-year enterprise contracts can create some variability in subscription order levels between periods, though the impact to our revenue in any particular period is limited as a result of ratable revenue recognition.
Our go-to-market strategy is focused on acquiring new customers and driving expanded usage of our platform by existing customers. Our sales organization is comprised of our enterprise sales, inside sales and customer solutions engineering teams. It leverages our global network of ISVs, alliance partners, and channel partners for prospect access. Additionally, our sales teams work closely with our customers, channel partners, and alliance partners to drive adoption of our platform, and our software solutions are fulfilled through our channel partners. Our channel partners include some of the world’s largest resellers and distributors, MSPs, MSSPs, MDRs, OEMs, and IR firms. Once customers experience the benefits of our platform, they often expand their subscriptions to benefit from the full range of our platform solutions. Additionally, many of our customers adopt Singularity Modules over time to extend the functionality of our platform and increase their coverage footprint. The combination of platform upgrades and extended modules drives our powerful land-and-expand motion.
Our Singularity Platform is used globally by organizations of all sizes across a broad range of industries. We had 1,667 customers with ARR of $100,000 or more as of January 31, 2026, up from 1,411 customers with ARR of $100,000 or more as of January 31, 2025. We define ARR as the annualized revenue run rate of our subscription, consumption and usage-based agreements at the end of a reporting period, assuming contracts are renewed on their existing terms for customers that are under contracts with us. As of January 31, 2026 and 2025, no single end
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customer accounted for more than 3% of our ARR. Our revenue outside of the U.S. represented 39% and 37% for fiscal 2026 and 2025, respectively, illustrating the global nature of our solutions.
We have grown rapidly since our inception. Our revenue was $1,001.3 million, $821.5 million, and $621.2 million for fiscal 2026, 2025, and 2024, respectively, representing year-over-year growth of 22% and 32%, respectively. During this period, we continued to invest in growing our business to capitalize on our market opportunity. As a result, our net loss for fiscal 2026, 2025, and 2024 was $450.7 million, $288.4 million, and $338.7 million, respectively.
Impact of Global Macroeconomic and Geopolitical Conditions
Our overall performance depends in part on worldwide economic and geopolitical conditions and their impact on customer behavior. Worsening economic conditions, including inflation, interest rate volatility, slower growth, potential recession, significant political or regulatory developments including changes in trade policy, fluctuations in foreign exchange rates, actual or perceived instability in the global banking industry, potential uncertainty with respect to the federal debt ceiling and budget, government shutdowns, and other changes in economic conditions, and the impact of natural or man-made global events, including wars and other regional geopolitical armed conflict, such as the conflicts in the Middle East (including, but not limited to, the conflict in Iran) and Ukraine, and tensions between China and Taiwan, may result in decreased sales productivity and growth and adversely affect our results of operations and financial performance. As a result of the current macroeconomic environment, we have recently experienced certain impacts on our business, including a decline in usage and consumption patterns from certain customers, especially larger enterprise customers, longer sales cycles, and deal downsizing by new customers and of renewals by existing customers, especially larger enterprises.
We intend to continue to monitor global macroeconomic conditions closely and may determine to take certain financial or operational actions in response to such conditions to the extent our business begins to be adversely impacted.
We are unable to predict the full impact that macroeconomic or other geopolitical factors will have on our future results of operations, liquidity and financial condition due to numerous uncertainties, including the actions that may be taken by government authorities across the U.S. or other countries, changes in central bank policies and interest rates, rates of inflation, potential uncertainty with respect to the federal debt ceiling and budget, regional geopolitical conflicts, the impact to our customers, partners, and suppliers, and other factors described in the section titled “Risk Factors” in Part I, Item 1A of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Key Business Metrics and Non-GAAP Financial Measures
We monitor the following key metrics and non-GAAP financial measures to help us evaluate our business, identify trends affecting our business, formulate business plans, and make strategic decisions.
Revenue
We discuss revenue below under “Components of Our Results of Operations.”
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| Revenue | $ | 1,001,278 | $ | 821,461 | $ | 621,154 |
Non-GAAP operating income (loss)
In addition to our results determined in accordance with GAAP, we use non-GAAP operating income (loss) as part of our overall assessment of our performance, including the preparation of our annual operating budget and quarterly forecasts, to evaluate the effectiveness of our business strategies, and to communicate with our board of directors concerning our financial performance. We believe that non-GAAP operating income (loss) provides our management and investors consistency and comparability with our past financial performance and facilitates period-
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to-period comparisons of operations, as this measure excludes, among other expenses, expenses that we do not consider to be indicative of our overall operating performance. Non-GAAP operating income (loss) is calculated as GAAP operating loss adjusted to exclude amortization of acquired intangible assets, acquisition-related compensation, stock-based compensation expense, payroll tax on employee stock transactions, and restructuring charges.
Non-GAAP operating income (loss) has limitations as an analytical tool, and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for financial information presented in accordance with GAAP, including GAAP operating loss. Other companies, including companies in our industry, may calculate similarly titled non-GAAP measures, including non-GAAP operating income (loss), differently or may use other measures to evaluate their performance, all of which could reduce the usefulness of our non-GAAP financial measures as tools for comparison. As a result, our non-GAAP operating income (loss) is presented for supplemental informational purposes only.
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| Non-GAAP operating income (loss) | $ | 34,622 | $ | (25,421) | $ | (118,225) |
A reconciliation of non-GAAP operating income (loss) to GAAP operating loss, the most directly comparable financial measure calculated and presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP, is provided below:
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| GAAP operating loss | $ | (321,309) | $ | (329,359) | $ | (378,416) | |||||
| Stock-based compensation expense | 297,587 | 267,531 | 216,870 | ||||||||
| Employer payroll tax on employee stock transactions | 5,975 | 5,681 | 3,429 | ||||||||
| Amortization of acquired intangible assets | 32,301 | 27,020 | 28,363 | ||||||||
| Acquisition-related compensation | 7,225 | 3,706 | 3,043 | ||||||||
| Inventory write-offs due to restructuring | — | — | 720 | ||||||||
| Other restructuring charges | 12,843 | — | 7,766 | ||||||||
| Non-GAAP operating income (loss) | $ | 34,622 | $ | (25,421) | $ | (118,225) |
Annualized Recurring Revenue
We believe that ARR is a key operating metric to measure our business because it is driven by our ability to acquire new subscription, consumption, and usage-based customers, and to maintain and expand our relationship with existing customers. ARR represents the annualized revenue run rate of our subscription, consumption, and usage-based agreements at the end of a reporting period, assuming contracts are renewed on their existing terms for customers that are under contracts with us. ARR is an operational metric and is not a non-GAAP metric. ARR is not a forecast of future revenue, which can be impacted by contract start and end dates, usage, renewal rates, and other contractual terms. For more information on how we recognize revenue, see Note 3, Revenue and Contract Balances to the consolidated financial statements included in Part II, Item 8, Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.
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| Annualized recurring revenue | $ | 1,119,095 | $ | 920,056 | $ | 724,404 |
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ARR grew 22% year-over-year to $1,119.1 million for fiscal 2026, primarily driven by a combination of new customer additions and adoption of adjacent platform solutions by existing customers.
Customers with ARR of $100,000 or More
We believe that our ability to increase the number of customers with ARR of $100,000 or more is an indicator of our market penetration and strategic demand for our platform. We define a customer as an entity that has an active subscription for access to our platform. We count MSPs, MSSPs, MDRs, and OEMs, who may purchase our products on behalf of multiple companies, as a single customer. We do not count our reseller or distributor channel partners as customers.
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| 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | |||||
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| Customers with ARR of $100,000 or more | 1,667 | 1,411 | 1,133 |
Customers with ARR of $100,000 or more grew 18% year-over-year to 1,667 for fiscal 2026, primarily due to the growth in the ARR of existing customers from additional purchases and the growth in the average size of purchases by new customers.
Dollar-Based Net Retention Rate
We believe that our ability to retain and expand our revenue generated from our existing customers is an indicator of the long-term value of our customer relationships and our potential future business opportunities. NRR measures the percentage change in our ARR derived from our customer base at a point in time. Our NRR remained in expansionary territory as of January 31, 2026, driven by existing customers adoption of additional endpoint licenses and adjacent platform solutions. We see significant long-term expansion potential based on high customer retention rates, expanding product categories, and early-stage adoption from our installed base.
Components of Our Results of Operations
Revenue
We generate most of our revenue by selling subscriptions to our Singularity Platform. Customers can extend the functionality of their subscription to our platform by subscribing to additional Singularity Modules. Subscriptions provide access to hosted software. The nature of our promise to the customer under the subscription is to provide protection for the duration of the contractual term and as such is considered as a series of distinct services. Our arrangements may include fixed consideration, variable consideration, or a combination of the two. Fixed consideration is recognized over the term of the arrangement or longer if the fixed consideration relates to a material right. Variable consideration in these arrangements is typically a function of transaction volume or another usage-based measure. Depending upon the structure of a particular arrangement, we (i) allocate the variable amount to each distinct service period within the series and recognize revenue as each distinct service period is performed (i.e. direct allocation), (ii) estimate total variable consideration at contract inception (giving consideration to any constraints that may apply and updating the estimates as new information becomes available) and recognize the total transaction price over the period to which it relates, or (iii) apply the ‘‘right to invoice’’ practical expedient and recognize revenue based on the amount invoiced to the customer during the period. Premium support and maintenance and other Singularity Modules are distinct from subscriptions and are recognized ratably over the term as the performance obligations are satisfied.
We invoice our customers upfront upon signing for the entire term of the contract, periodically, or in arrears. Most of our subscription contracts have a term of one to three years.
Cost of Revenue
Cost of revenue consists primarily of third-party cloud infrastructure expenses incurred in connection with the hosting and maintenance of our platform. Cost of revenue also consists of personnel-related costs associated with
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our customer support and services organization, including salaries, benefits, bonuses, and stock-based compensation, amortization of acquired intangible assets, amortization of capitalized internal-use software, software and subscription services used by our customer support and services team, inventory-related costs, and allocated facilities and IT overhead costs.
Our third-party cloud infrastructure costs are driven primarily by the number of customers, the number of endpoints per customer, the number of modules, and the incremental costs for storing additional data collected for such cloud modules. We plan to continue to invest in our platform infrastructure and additional resources in our customer support and services organization as we grow our business. The level and timing of investment in these areas could affect our cost of revenue from period to period.
Operating Expenses
Our operating expenses consist of research and development, sales and marketing, general and administrative and restructuring expenses. Personnel-related expenses are the most significant component of operating expenses and consist of salaries, benefits, bonuses, stock-based compensation, and sales commissions. Operating expenses also include allocated facilities and IT overhead costs.
Research and Development
Research and development expenses consist primarily of employee salaries, benefits, bonuses, and stock-based compensation. Research and development expenses also include third-party cloud infrastructure and general services expenses, such as consulting fees, software, and subscription services, incurred in developing our platform and modules.
We expect research and development expenses to increase in absolute dollars as we continue to increase investments in our existing products and services. However, we anticipate research and development expenses to decrease as a percentage of our total revenue over time, although our research and development expenses may fluctuate as a percentage of our total revenue from period to period depending on the timing of these expenses. In addition, research and development expenses that qualify as internal-use software are capitalized, the amount of which may fluctuate significantly from period to period.
Sales and Marketing
Sales and marketing expenses consist primarily of employee salaries, commissions, benefits, bonuses, stock-based compensation, travel and entertainment related expenses, advertising, branding and marketing events, promotions, amortization of acquired customer relationships, and software and subscription services. Sales and marketing expenses also include sales commissions paid to our sales force and referral fees paid to independent third parties that are incremental to obtain a subscription contract. Such costs are capitalized and amortized over an estimated period of benefit of four years, and any such expenses paid for the renewal of a subscription are capitalized and amortized over the average contractual term of the renewal.
We expect sales and marketing expenses to increase in absolute dollars as we continue making significant investments in our sales and marketing organization to drive additional revenue, further penetrate the market, and expand our global customer base, but to decrease as a percentage of our revenue over time.
General and Administrative
General and administrative expenses consist primarily of salaries, benefits, bonuses, stock-based compensation, and other expenses for our executive, finance, legal, people team, IT, and facilities organizations. General and administrative expenses also include external legal, accounting, other consulting, and professional services fees, software and subscription services, and other corporate expenses.
We expect to continue to incur additional expenses as a result of operating as a public company, including costs to comply with the rules and regulations applicable to companies listed on a national securities exchange, costs related to compliance and reporting obligations, and increased expenses for insurance, investor relations, and
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professional services. We expect that our general and administrative expenses will increase in absolute dollars as our business grows, but to decrease as a percentage of our revenue over time.
Restructuring
Restructuring charges related to the restructuring plans executed in June 2023 (June 2023 Plan), March 2025 (March 2025 Plan), and July 2025 (July 2025 Plan) consist primarily of charges related to contract terminations, severance payments, employee benefits, stock-based compensation, and asset impairment charges related to facilities. The June 2023 Plan, March 2025 Plan, and July 2025 Plan were completed or substantially completed as of January 31, 2025, July 31, 2025, and January 31, 2026, respectively.
Interest Income, Net, and Other Income (Expense), Net
Interest income, net consists primarily of interest earned on our cash equivalents and investments, offset by interest expense, which consists primarily of the amortization of the discount related to acquisition-related liabilities.
Other income (expense), net consists primarily of foreign currency transaction gains and losses, and gains and losses on strategic investments.
Provision for Income Taxes
Provision for income taxes consists primarily of income taxes in foreign jurisdictions in which we conduct business, the tax effects of the Agreement with the ITA, and deferred tax effects relating to the acquisitions of Prompt Security Inc. (Prompt) and Observo, Inc. (Observo). The Agreement resulted in $180.9 million of tax expense, inclusive of interest, during fiscal 2026, payable over time to the ITA. This expense was partially offset by a $7.1 million discrete tax benefit from the release of a valuation allowance attributable to the recognition of our Israel deferred tax assets, as well as a $5.0 million tax benefit related to the reversal of a deferred tax liability in connection with the sale of our acquired Prompt intangibles to the U.S., all related to the ITA matter. Additionally, a $5.4 million discrete tax benefit from the release of our U.S. valuation allowance associated with the Observo acquisition was recorded. In connection with our global consolidated losses, we maintain a full valuation allowance against our U.S. deferred tax assets, as we have concluded that it is more likely than not that the deferred tax assets will not be realized.
We expect our provision for income taxes to increase in fiscal 2027 and beyond based upon increased foreign earnings, interest expense under the Agreement, and certain minimum taxes.
Additionally, as discussed in more detail in Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” in this Annual Report and Note 10, Income Taxes, to the consolidated financial statements included in Part II, Item 8, Financial Statements and Supplementary Data, on January 8, 2026, we entered into the Agreement with the ITA covering various transfer pricing matters for intercompany transactions relating to the intergroup ownership and utilization of our intellectual property. This Agreement fully and finally resolves all related Israeli disputed income tax matters between us and the ITA for fiscal years 2021 through 2025. Pursuant to the Agreement, we are required to make installment payments through 2030, which are subject to 7.0% interest per annum and certain acceleration clauses. The Agreement also resolved the tax impact of aligning the intellectual property of Prompt into our structure.
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Results of Operations
The following table sets forth our results of operations for the periods presented:
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| Revenue | $ | 1,001,278 | $ | 821,461 | $ | 621,154 | ||||||||
| Cost of revenue(1) | 259,177 | 211,106 | 179,281 | |||||||||||
| Gross profit | 742,101 | 610,355 | 441,873 | |||||||||||
| Operating expenses: | ||||||||||||||
| Research and development(1) | 323,853 | 267,002 | 218,176 | |||||||||||
| Sales and marketing(1) | 525,151 | 487,225 | 397,160 | |||||||||||
| General and administrative(1) | 202,141 | 185,487 | 198,247 | |||||||||||
| Restructuring(1) | 12,265 | — | 6,706 | |||||||||||
| Total operating expenses | 1,063,410 | 939,714 | 820,289 | |||||||||||
| Loss from operations | (321,309) | (329,359) | (378,416) | |||||||||||
| Interest income, net | 42,698 | 49,929 | 44,664 | |||||||||||
| Other income (expense), net | (1,100) | (2,177) | 918 | |||||||||||
| Loss before income taxes | (279,711) | (281,607) | (332,834) | |||||||||||
| Provision for income taxes | 171,024 | 6,834 | 5,859 | |||||||||||
| Net loss | $ | (450,735) | $ | (288,441) | $ | (338,693) |
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(1)Includes stock-based compensation expense as follows:
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| Cost of revenue | $ | 21,584 | $ | 22,105 | $ | 17,187 | ||||||||
| Research and development | 94,542 | 83,957 | 61,055 | |||||||||||
| Sales and marketing | 93,640 | 80,496 | 55,798 | |||||||||||
| General and administrative | 88,399 | 80,973 | 83,890 | |||||||||||
| Restructuring | (578) | — | (1,060) | |||||||||||
| Total stock-based compensation expense | $ | 297,587 | $ | 267,531 | $ | 216,870 |
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The following table sets forth the components of our consolidated statements of operations as a percentage of revenue for each of the periods presented:
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| Revenue | 100% | 100% | 100% | |||||||||
| Cost of revenue | 26 | 26 | 29 | |||||||||
| Gross profit | 74 | 74 | 71 | |||||||||
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| Research and development | 32 | 33 | 35 | |||||||||
| Sales and marketing | 52 | 59 | 64 | |||||||||
| General and administrative | 20 | 23 | 32 | |||||||||
| Restructuring | 1 | — | 1 | |||||||||
| Total operating expenses | 106 | 114 | 132 | |||||||||
| Loss from operations | (32) | (40) | (61) | |||||||||
| Interest income, net | 4 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||
| Other income (expense), net | — | — | — | |||||||||
| Loss before income taxes | (28) | (34) | (54) | |||||||||
| Provision for income taxes | 17 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Net loss | (45) | % | (35) | % | (55) | % |
Note: Certain figures may not sum due to rounding.
Comparison of the Years Ended January 31, 2026 and 2025
Revenue
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| Revenue | $ | 1,001,278 | $ | 821,461 | $ | 179,817 | 22 | % |
Revenue increased by $179.8 million, or 22%, from $821.5 million for fiscal 2025 to $1,001.3 million for fiscal 2026, primarily due to a combination of sales to new customers and sales of additional licenses and platform solutions to existing customers.
Cost of Revenue, Gross Profit, and Gross Margin
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| Cost of revenue | $ | 259,177 | $ | 211,106 | $ | 48,071 | 23 | % | ||||||
| Gross profit | $ | 742,101 | $ | 610,355 | $ | 131,746 | 22 | % | ||||||
| Gross margin | 74 | % | 74 | % |
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Cost of revenue increased by $48.1 million from $211.1 million for fiscal 2025 to $259.2 million for fiscal 2026, primarily due to an increase of $23.5 million increase in cloud hosting usage charges to support our expanding business, a $11.7 million increase in customer support costs which were mostly personnel-related expenses, a $6.9 million increase in amortization of capitalized internal-use software due to the continued investment in our platform, and a $6.2 million increase in amortization of acquired intangible assets in connection with fiscal 2026 acquisitions. Gross margin was 74% for fiscal 2025 flat compared to fiscal 2026.
Research and Development
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| Research and development expenses | $ | 323,853 | $ | 267,002 | $ | 56,851 | 21 | % |
Research and development expenses increased from $267.0 million in fiscal 2025 to $323.9 million in fiscal 2026, primarily due to an increase in personnel-related expenses of $37.7 million, including an increase of $10.6 million related to stock-based compensation expense as a result of increased headcount, an increase of $7.8 million in cloud hosting expenses driven by expanded research and development activities, a $5.4 million increase in general services expenses, and a $5.1 million increase in allocated overhead costs.
Sales and Marketing
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| Sales and marketing expenses | $ | 525,151 | $ | 487,225 | $ | 37,926 | 8 | % |
Sales and marketing expenses increased from $487.2 million in fiscal 2025 to $525.2 million in fiscal 2026, primarily due to an increase in personnel-related expenses of $42.3 million, including an increase of $13.1 million in stock-based compensation expense, primarily due to restricted shares awards granted in connection with acquisitions, as well as an increase in sales-related expenses of $2.0 million, primarily attributable to external commissions. The increase was partially offset by a decrease in $7.0 million in marketing-related expenses, largely due to lower branding and marketing costs.
General and Administrative
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| General and administrative expenses | $ | 202,141 | $ | 185,487 | $ | 16,654 | 9 | % |
General and administrative expenses increased from $185.5 million in fiscal 2025 to $202.1 million in fiscal 2026, primarily due to an increase in personnel-related expenses of $13.3 million, including an increase of $7.6 million in stock-based compensation expense as a result of increased headcount, and an increase of $5.0 million in consulting and professional services expense.
Restructuring
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| Restructuring | $ | 12,265 | $ | — | $ | 12,265 | 100 | % |
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Restructuring charges increased by $12.3 million due to activities undertaken pursuant to the March 2025 Plan and July 2025 Plan for fiscal 2026. This primarily included severance and employee benefit charges of $6.7 million, $3.9 million in contract termination charges, and asset impairment charges related to facilities of $2.2 million.
Interest Income, Net, and Other Income (Expense), Net
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| Interest income, net | $ | 42,698 | $ | 49,929 | $ | (7,231) | (14) | % | ||||||
| Other income (expense), net | $ | (1,100) | $ | (2,177) | $ | 1,077 | (49) | % |
Interest income decreased $7.2 million primarily driven by lower income earned from investments in marketable securities in fiscal 2026. The change in other income (expense), net is primarily due to net foreign currency exchange fluctuations.
Provision for Income Taxes
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| Provision for income taxes | $ | 171,024 | $ | 6,834 | $ | 164,190 | 2403 | % |
The provision for income taxes increased by $164.2 million primarily due to the Agreement with the ITA. The Agreement resulted in $180.9 million of tax expense, inclusive of interest, partially offset by a $7.1 million tax benefit from the release of valuation allowance attributable to the recognition of our Israel deferred tax assets, and a $5.0 million tax benefit from the reversal of a deferred tax liability in connection with the sale of our acquired Prompt intangibles to the U.S. Additionally, there was a tax benefit of $5.4 million from the release of our U.S. valuation allowance related to the Observo acquisition.
We compute our annual tax provision based on actual income from operations for the full year, adjusted for discrete items arising during the periods.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
We have financed operations primarily through proceeds received from sales of equity securities and payments received from our customers, and we have generated operating losses, as reflected in our accumulated deficit of $2.1 billion and $1.6 billion as of January 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively. We expect these and other operating losses to continue for the foreseeable future. We also expect to incur significant research and development, sales and marketing, and general and administrative expenses over the next several years in connection with the continued development and expansion of our business. On January 8, 2026, we entered into an Assessment Agreement with the ITA that fully and finally resolves disputed tax matters regarding intercompany transfer pricing and intellectual property valuations for fiscal years 2021 through 2025. As more fully described in the section titled “Risk Factors—Our corporate structure and intercompany arrangements are subject to the tax laws of various jurisdictions, and we could be obligated to pay additional taxes, which would harm our operating results and financial condition,” we recorded a total tax expense of $180.9 million, inclusive of interest, in fiscal 2026 related to the Assessment Agreement with the ITA, which includes the sale of our acquired Prompt intangibles to the U.S. Pursuant to the Agreement, we are required to make installment payments in Israeli New Shekels through fiscal 2031, with unpaid amounts subject to a 7.0% annual interest rate, and an option to extend the final payment through 2033. These payments will adversely affect our cash flows over the next several years. Furthermore, in the event of a change in control, all unpaid amounts plus interest that would have accrued through 2033—$255.1 million (or 792.7 million Israeli New Shekels) as of January 31, 2026, less cumulative payments made—would accelerate and become immediately due.
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As of January 31, 2026 and 2025, our principal source of liquidity was cash, cash equivalents, and investments of $769.6 million and $1.1 billion, respectively.
In May 2025, our board of directors authorized the 2025 Share Repurchase Program, under which we may purchase up to $200.0 million of our outstanding shares of Class A common stock. During fiscal 2026, we repurchased 12.2 million shares of our Class A common stock under the 2025 Share Repurchase Program for an aggregate purchase price of $200.0 million, including transaction costs, at an average price of $16.39 per share. As of January 31, 2026, the 2025 Share Repurchase Program was fully utilized, with no further amounts available for future share repurchases. Refer to Note 8. Stockholders’ Equity to our consolidated financial statements included in Part II, Item 8, Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.
In the short term, we believe that our existing cash, cash equivalents, and investments will be sufficient to support working capital and capital expenditure requirements for at least the next 12 months. We believe our available liquidity, together with expected cash flows from operations, will be sufficient to fund these requirements in addition to our other operating needs over the next 12 months. In the long term beyond the next 12 months, our future capital requirements will depend on many factors, including macroeconomic conditions, our revenue growth rate, the timing and the amount of cash received from customers, the expansion of sales and marketing activities, the timing and extent of spending to support research and development efforts, the price at which we are able to purchase third-party cloud infrastructure, expenses associated with our international expansion, the introduction of platform enhancements, and the continuing market adoption of our platform. We have, and in the future, we may enter into arrangements to acquire or invest in complementary businesses, products, and technologies. We may be required to seek additional equity or debt financing. In the event that we require additional financing, we may not be able to raise such financing on terms acceptable to us or at all. If we are unable to raise additional capital or generate cash flows necessary to expand our operations and invest in continued innovation, we may not be able to compete successfully, which would harm our business, operating results, and financial condition.
We hold our cash, cash equivalents, and investments with a diverse group of banking partners. However, any instability in the U.S. or global banking system or relating to the federal budget may impact liquidity both in the short term and long term and may result in adverse impacts to our or our customers’ business, including in our customers’ ability to pay for our platform.
The following table shows a summary of our cash flows for the periods presented:
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| Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities | $ | 76,616 | $ | 33,728 | $ | (68,374) | |||||
| Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities | $ | 86,993 | $ | (218,397) | $ | 140,590 | |||||
| Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities | $ | (160,753) | $ | 55,885 | $ | 47,464 |
Operating Activities
Our largest source of operating cash is payments received from our customers. Our primary uses of cash from operating activities are for personnel-related expenses, sales and marketing expenses, third-party cloud infrastructure expenses, and overhead expenses.
Historically, we have generated negative operating cash flow, but since fiscal 2025, we have achieved positive operating cash flow, primarily due to higher customer collections, partially offset by increased cash payments for cost of revenue and operating expenses.
Our operating cash flow is influenced by seasonal billing patterns, with a concentration of annual billings in our fiscal fourth quarter due to enterprise buying and renewal cycles. This makes our fiscal first quarter our strongest for collections and operating cash flow. Acquisitions can also impact cash flow due to transaction costs, financing expenses, and lower near-term operating cash flow contributions from acquired entities.
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Cash provided by (used in) operating activities primarily consists of our net loss adjusted for certain non-cash items, including stock-based compensation expense, depreciation and amortization, amortization of deferred contract acquisition costs, and changes in operating assets and liabilities during each period.
Cash provided by operating activities during fiscal 2026 was $76.6 million, primarily consisting of adjustments for non-cash items of $430.4 million, and $96.9 million provided by net changes to our operating assets and liabilities, partially offset by our net loss of $450.7 million. The main drivers of the changes in operating assets and liabilities were a $188.7 million increase in accrued liabilities and other liabilities, which primarily related to ITA liability pursuant to the Agreement, a $59.6 million increase in deferred revenue resulting primarily from increased subscription contracts. These amounts were partially offset by a $88.7 million increase in deferred contract acquisition costs, a $52.1 million increase in accounts receivable due to timing of cash received from customers, a $6.6 million increase in prepaid expenses and other assets, and a $4.3 million decrease in operating lease liabilities.
Cash provided by operating activities during fiscal 2025 was $33.7 million, primarily consisting of our net loss of $288.4 million, and $46.6 million used in net changes to our operating assets and liabilities, offset by adjustments for non-cash items of $368.8 million. The main drivers of the changes in operating assets and liabilities were a $90.9 million increase in deferred contract acquisition costs, a $21.2 million increase in accounts receivable due to timing of cash received from customers, and a $5.0 million decrease in operating lease liabilities. These amounts were partially offset by a $56.9 million increase in deferred revenue resulting primarily from increased subscription contracts, a $5.3 million increase in accrued payroll and benefits and a $5.1 million increase in accrued liabilities and other liabilities.
Investing Activities
Cash provided by investing activities during fiscal 2026 was $87.0 million, primarily consisting of $610.2 million of proceeds from sales, maturities and return of capital of investments. These amounts were partially offset by $249.3 million of investment purchases, $249.0 million of net cash paid for the acquisitions, primarily related to the Prompt and Observo acquisitions, and $24.0 million of capitalized internal-use software costs.
Cash used in investing activities during fiscal 2025 was $218.4 million, consisting of $804.5 million of investment purchases, $123.8 million of net cash paid for the acquisitions of PingSafe, Stride, as well as payments related to the release of escrow liabilities from the Attivo acquisition, and $25.1 million of capitalized internal-use software costs. These amounts were partially offset by $737.1 million of investment sales and maturities.
Financing Activities
Cash used in financing activities during fiscal 2026 was $160.8 million, consisting of $200.0 million in repurchases of common stock, partially offset by $21.2 million of proceeds from the issuance of common stock under our Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), and $18.0 million of proceeds from the exercise of employee stock options.
Cash provided by financing activities during fiscal 2025 was $55.9 million, consisting of $33.4 million of proceeds from the exercise of employee stock options and $22.5 million of proceeds from the issuance of common stock under our ESPP.
Contractual Obligations and Commitments
Our operating lease obligations as of January 31, 2026 were approximately $15.7 million, with $6.3 million expected to be paid within 12 months and the remainder thereafter. Our operating leases are related to leased office space with expirations through 2029. See Note 7, Leases, to the consolidated financial statements included in Part II, Item 8, Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.
Our purchase obligations as of January 31, 2026 were approximately $732.0 million, with $182.9 million expected to be paid within 12 months and the remainder thereafter.
In January 2026, we entered into an Assessment Agreement with the ITA, which includes the sale of our acquired Prompt intangibles to the U.S., and requires installment payments through 2030. As of January 31, 2026,
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the total obligation under the Agreement was approximately $184.8 million, inclusive of interest and foreign currency effects, with approximately $40.9 million expected to be paid within 12 months and the remainder thereafter. The Agreement contains certain change in control provisions that, if triggered, would require an accelerated payment in excess of the currently accrued liability. See Note 10, Income Taxes, for further information.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
We did not have during the periods presented, and we do not currently have, any off-balance sheet financing arrangements or any relationships with unconsolidated entities or financial partnerships, such as structured finance or special purpose entities, that were established for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements or other contractually narrow or limited purposes.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
Our consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with GAAP. The preparation of consolidated financial statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue, expenses, and related disclosures. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, and we evaluate our estimates and assumptions on an ongoing basis. Actual results could differ significantly from the estimates made by management. To the extent that there are differences between our estimates and actual results, our future financial statement presentation, financial condition, operating results, and cash flows could be affected.
The critical accounting policies requiring estimates, assumptions, and judgments that we believe have the most significant impact on our consolidated financial statements are described below.
Revenue Recognition
We recognize revenue in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers.
We consider the terms and conditions of contracts with customers and our customary business practices in identifying contracts. We determine we have a contract with a customer when the contract is approved, the payment terms for the services can be identified, each party’s rights regarding the services to be transferred can be identified, the contract has commercial substance, and we have determined that the customer has the ability and intent to pay. We apply judgment in determining the customer’s ability and intent to pay, which is based on a variety of factors, including the customer’s historical payment experience or, in the case of a new customer, credit and financial information pertaining to such customer.
Our contracts with customers may contain multiple performance obligations, which are accounted for separately if they are capable of being distinct and are distinct in the context of the contract. Contracts that contain multiple performance obligations require an allocation of the transaction price to each performance obligation based on relative standalone selling price. Certain sales arrangements may include variable consideration, which is recorded as part of the transaction price if, in our judgment, it is probable that no significant future reversal of cumulative revenue under the contract will occur.
Business Combinations
We account for our acquisitions using the acquisition method of accounting. We allocate the fair value of purchase consideration to the tangible and intangible assets acquired, and liabilities assumed, based on their estimated fair values. The excess of the fair value of purchase consideration over the values of these identifiable assets and liabilities is recorded as goodwill. When determining the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed, management makes significant estimates and assumptions, especially with respect to intangible assets. Significant estimates in valuing certain identifiable assets include, but are not limited to, the selection of valuation methodologies, forecasted revenue, discount rates, and useful lives. Management’s estimates of fair value are based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable, but which are inherently uncertain and unpredictable and, as a result, actual results may differ from estimates.
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Income Taxes
We evaluate uncertain tax positions in accordance with ASC 740. We recognize a tax benefit when it is more likely than not that our tax position will be sustained upon examination based on the technical merits. The amount recognized is based on the largest benefit that is cumulatively greater than 50% likely to be realized upon settlement. The evaluation of uncertain tax positions involves significant judgment, including interpretation of tax law, legal precedent, expected outcomes of negotiations with taxing authorities and changes in facts and circumstances. When new information becomes available, such as discussions in settlement negotiations, this could constitute a change in facts and circumstances that may require remeasurement of the associated liability. On January 8, 2026, we entered into an Assessment Agreement with the ITA that fully and finally resolves disputed tax matters regarding intercompany transfer pricing and intellectual property valuations for fiscal years 2021 through 2025. In connection with this final resolution, which includes the sale of our acquired Prompt intangibles to the U.S., we recorded a total tax expense of $180.9 million during fiscal 2026.
We will continue to reassess our uncertain tax positions at each reporting date, incorporating the most current information, including any settlement developments, audit activity, or legal interpretations. See Note 10, Income Taxes to the consolidated financial statements included in Part II, Item 8, Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.
We utilize the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes, whereby deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on temporary differences between financial reporting and tax bases of assets and liabilities, as well as net operating loss and other attribute carryforwards. We establish a valuation allowance against deferred tax assets if it is more likely than not that all or a portion of the deferred tax asset will not be realized. We consider both positive and negative evidence under ASC 740, including historical levels of income, expectations, and risks associated with estimates of future taxable income in assessing the need for a valuation allowance.
We released valuation allowance of $7.1 million against Israeli deferred tax assets, in connection with the Agreement with the ITA, during fiscal 2026. We continue to maintain a full valuation allowance against our U.S. deferred tax assets. We will continue to assess the need for a valuation allowance against our deferred tax assets at each reporting date. See Note 10, Income Taxes to the consolidated financial statements included in Part II, Item 8, Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
See Note 2, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for more information regarding recently issued accounting pronouncements.
MD&A history
Prior-year 10-K MD&A spans are extracted from SEC filings with the same bounded parser used for the latest filing. The latest 10-K appears above; prior years are below.
FY 2025 10-K MD&A
SEC filing source: 0001583708-25-000051.
ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and related notes 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, particularly information with respect to our future results of operations or financial condition, business strategy and plans, and objectives of management for future operations, includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties as described under the heading “Special Note About Forward-Looking Statements” in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. You should review the disclosure under the heading “Risk Factors” in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for a discussion of important factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements. Our fiscal year ends on January 31, and our fiscal quarters end on April 30, July 31, October 31, and January 31. Our fiscal years ended January 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023 are referred to herein as fiscal 2025, fiscal 2024, and fiscal 2023, respectively.
Unless the context otherwise requires, all references in this report to “SentinelOne,” the “Company,” “we” “our” “us,” or similar terms refer to SentinelOne, Inc. and its subsidiaries.
A discussion regarding our financial condition and results of operations for fiscal 2025 compared to fiscal 2024 is presented below. A discussion regarding our financial condition and results of operations for fiscal 2024 compared to fiscal 2023 can be found in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in the Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2024 filed with the SEC on March 27, 2024.
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Overview
We founded SentinelOne in 2013 with a dramatically new approach to cybersecurity.
We pioneered the world’s first purpose-built AI-powered security platform to make cyber defense truly autonomous, from the endpoint and beyond. Our Singularity Platform instantly defends against cyberattacks — performing at a faster speed, greater scale, and higher accuracy than otherwise possible from a human-powered approach.
Our Singularity Platform ingests, correlates, and queries petabytes of structured and unstructured data from a myriad of ever-expanding disparate external and internal sources in real-time. We aim to build rich context and deliver greater visibility by constructing a dynamic representation of data across an organization. As a result, our AI models are able to be highly accurate, actionable, and autonomous. Our distributed AI models run both locally on every endpoint and every cloud workload, as well as on our cloud platform. Our Static and vector-agnostic Behavioral AI models, which run on the endpoints themselves, provide our customers with protection even when their devices are not connected to the cloud. In the cloud, our Streaming AI can detect anomalies that surface when multiple data feeds are correlated. By providing full visibility into the Storyline of every secured device across the organization through one console, our platform can make it very fast for analysts to easily search through petabytes of data to investigate incidents and proactively hunt threats. We have extended our control and visibility planes beyond the traditional endpoint to unmanaged IoT devices.
Singularity can be flexibly deployed on the environments that our customers choose, including public, private, or hybrid clouds. Our feature parity across Windows, macOS, Linux, and Kubernetes offers best-of-breed protection, visibility, and control across today’s heterogeneous IT environments. Together, these capabilities make our platform the logical choice for organizations of all sizes, industry verticals, and compliance requirements. Our platform offers true multi-tenancy, which allows us to serve the world’s largest organizations, managed security providers and incident response partners. Our customers are able to realize improved cybersecurity outcomes with fewer people.
We generate most of our revenue by selling subscriptions to our Singularity Platform. We generally price our subscriptions and modules on a per agent basis, and each agent generally corresponds with an endpoint, server, virtual machine, or container.
Our subscription contracts typically range from one to three years. We recognize subscription revenue ratably over the term of a contract. Most of our contracts are for terms representing annual increments, therefore contracts generally come up for renewal in the same period in subsequent years. The timing of large multi-year enterprise contracts can create some variability in subscription order levels between periods, though the impact to our revenue in any particular period is limited as a result of ratable revenue recognition.
Our go-to-market strategy is focused on acquiring new customers and driving expanded usage of our platform by existing customers. Our sales organization is comprised of our enterprise sales, inside sales and customer solutions engineering teams. It leverages our global network of ISVs, alliance partners, and channel partners for prospect access. Additionally, our sales teams work closely with our customers, channel partners, and alliance partners to drive adoption of our platform, and our software solutions are fulfilled through our channel partners. Our channel partners include some of the world’s largest resellers and distributors, MSPs, MSSPs, MDRs, OEMs, and IR firms. Once customers experience the benefits of our platform, they often expand their subscriptions to benefit from the full range of our platform solutions. Additionally, many of our customers adopt Singularity Modules over time to extend the functionality of our platform and increase their coverage footprint. The combination of platform upgrades and extended modules drives our powerful land-and-expand motion.
Our Singularity Platform is used globally by organizations of all sizes across a broad range of industries. We had 1,411 customers with ARR of $100,000 or more as of January 31, 2025, up from 1,133 customers with ARR of $100,000 or more as of January 31, 2024. We define ARR as the annualized revenue run rate of our subscription and consumption and usage-based agreements at the end of a reporting period, assuming contracts are renewed on their existing terms for customers that are under contracts with us. As of January 31, 2025 and 2024, no single end
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customer accounted for more than 3% of our ARR. Our revenue outside of the U.S. represented 37% and 36% for fiscal 2025 and 2024, respectively, illustrating the global nature of our solutions.
We have grown rapidly since our inception. Our revenue was $821.5 million, $621.2 million, and $422.2 million for fiscal 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively, representing year-over-year growth of 32% and 47%, respectively. During this period, we continued to invest in growing our business to capitalize on our market opportunity. As a result, our net loss for fiscal 2025, 2024, and 2023 was $288.4 million, $338.7 million, and $378.7 million, respectively.
Impact of Global Macroeconomic and Geopolitical Conditions
Our overall performance depends in part on worldwide economic and geopolitical conditions and their impact on customer behavior. Worsening economic conditions, including inflation, interest rate volatility, slower growth, potential recession, changes in tariffs and trade restrictions, fluctuations in foreign exchange rates, actual or perceived instability in the global banking industry, potential uncertainty with respect to the federal debt ceiling and budget, and other changes in economic conditions, and the impact of natural or man-made global events, including wars and other regional geopolitical armed conflict, such as the conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine, and tensions between China and Taiwan, may result in decreased sales productivity and growth and adversely affect our results of operations and financial performance. As a result of the current macroeconomic environment, we have recently experienced certain impacts on our business, including a decline in usage and consumption patterns from certain customers, especially larger enterprise customers, longer sales cycles, and deal downsizing by new customers and of renewals by existing customers, especially larger enterprises.
We intend to continue to monitor global macroeconomic conditions closely and may determine to take certain financial or operational actions in response to such conditions to the extent our business begins to be adversely impacted. For example, in June 2023, we announced a restructuring plan (Plan) designed to improve operational efficiencies and operating costs and better align our workforce and operations with current business needs, priorities, and near-term growth expectations. The actions associated with the Plan were substantially completed as of the end of fiscal 2025. We incurred approximately $7.4 million in charges in connection with the Plan in fiscal 2024, consisting of severance payments and employee benefits, impairment charges related to excess facilities and inventory write-offs, offset partially by savings related to the reversal on stock-based compensation expense.
We are unable to predict the full impact that macroeconomic or other geopolitical factors will have on our future results of operations, liquidity and financial condition due to numerous uncertainties, including the actions that may be taken by government authorities across the U.S. or other countries, changes in central bank policies and interest rates, rates of inflation, potential uncertainty with respect to the federal debt ceiling and budget, regional geopolitical conflicts, the impact to our customers, partners, and suppliers, and other factors described in the section titled “Risk Factors” in Part I, Item 1A of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Key Business Metrics and Non-GAAP Financial Measures
We monitor the following key metrics and non-GAAP financial measures to help us evaluate our business, identify trends affecting our business, formulate business plans, and make strategic decisions.
Revenue
We discuss revenue below under “Components of Our Results of Operations.”
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| Revenue | $ | 821,461 | $ | 621,154 | $ | 422,179 |
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Non-GAAP operating loss
In addition to our results determined in accordance with GAAP, we use non-GAAP operating loss as part of our overall assessment of our performance, including the preparation of our annual operating budget and quarterly forecasts, to evaluate the effectiveness of our business strategies, and to communicate with our board of directors concerning our financial performance. We believe that non-GAAP operating loss provides our management and investors consistency and comparability with our past financial performance and facilitates period-to-period comparisons of operations, as this measure excludes, among other expenses, expenses that we do not consider to be indicative of our overall operating performance. Non-GAAP operating loss is calculated as GAAP operating loss adjusted to exclude amortization of acquired intangible assets, acquisition-related compensation, stock-based compensation expense, payroll tax on employee stock transactions, and restructuring charges.
Non-GAAP operating loss has limitations as an analytical tool, and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for financial information presented in accordance with GAAP, including GAAP operating loss. Other companies, including companies in our industry, may calculate similarly titled non-GAAP measures, including non-GAAP operating loss, differently or may use other measures to evaluate their performance, all of which could reduce the usefulness of our non-GAAP financial measures as tools for comparison. As a result, our non-GAAP operating loss is presented for supplemental informational purposes only.
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| Non-GAAP operating loss | $ | (25,421) | $ | (118,225) | $ | (208,861) |
A reconciliation of non-GAAP operating loss to GAAP operating loss, the most directly comparable financial measure calculated and presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP, is provided below:
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| GAAP operating loss | $ | (329,359) | $ | (378,416) | $ | (402,576) | |||||
| Stock-based compensation expense | 267,531 | 216,870 | 164,466 | ||||||||
| Employer payroll tax on employee stock transactions | 5,681 | 3,429 | 2,235 | ||||||||
| Amortization of acquired intangible assets | 27,020 | 28,363 | 22,645 | ||||||||
| Acquisition-related compensation | 3,706 | 3,043 | 4,369 | ||||||||
| Inventory write-offs due to restructuring | — | 720 | — | ||||||||
| Other restructuring charges | — | 7,766 | — | ||||||||
| Non-GAAP operating loss | $ | (25,421) | $ | (118,225) | $ | (208,861) |
Annualized Recurring Revenue
We believe that ARR is a key operating metric to measure our business because it is driven by our ability to acquire new subscription and consumption and usage-based customers, and to maintain and expand our relationship with existing customers. ARR represents the annualized revenue run rate of our subscription, consumption, and usage-based agreements at the end of a reporting period, assuming contracts are renewed on their existing terms for customers that are under contracts with us. ARR is an operational metric and is not a non-GAAP metric. ARR is not a forecast of future revenue, which can be impacted by contract start and end dates, usage, renewal rates, and other contractual terms.
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| Annualized recurring revenue | $ | 920,056 | $ | 724,404 | $ | 521,652 |
ARR grew 27% year-over-year to $920.1 million for fiscal 2025, primarily driven by a combination of new customer additions and adoption of adjacent platform solutions by existing customers.
Customers with ARR of $100,000 or More
We believe that our ability to increase the number of customers with ARR of $100,000 or more is an indicator of our market penetration and strategic demand for our platform. We define a customer as an entity that has an active subscription for access to our platform. We count MSPs, MSSPs, MDRs, and OEMs, who may purchase our products on behalf of multiple companies, as a single customer. We do not count our reseller or distributor channel partners as customers.
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| Customers with ARR of $100,000 or more | 1,411 | 1,133 | 872 |
Customers with ARR of $100,000 or more grew 25% year-over-year to 1,411 for fiscal 2025, primarily due to the growth in the ARR of existing customers from additional purchases and the growth in the average size of purchases by new customers.
Dollar-Based Net Retention Rate
We believe that our ability to retain and expand our revenue generated from our existing customers is an indicator of the long-term value of our customer relationships and our potential future business opportunities. NRR measures the percentage change in our ARR derived from our customer base at a point in time. To calculate NRR, we first determine Prior Period ARR, which is ARR from the population of our customers as of 12 months prior to the end of a particular reporting period. We then calculate Net Retention ARR, which represents the total ARR at the end of a particular reporting period from the same set of customers that is used to determine Prior Period ARR. Net Retention ARR includes any expansion, and is net of contraction and attrition associated with that set of customers. NRR represents the quotient obtained by dividing Net Retention ARR by Prior Period ARR.
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| Dollar-based net retention rate | 110 | % | 114 | % | 132 | % |
Our NRR of 110% was driven by existing customers adoption of additional endpoint licenses and adjacent platform solutions. A larger portion of our business mix was driven by new customers in fiscal 2025, which we believe will open doors for platform adoption over time. We see significant long-term expansion potential based on high customer retention rates, expanding product categories, and early-stage adoption from our installed base.
Components of Our Results of Operations
Revenue
We generate most of our revenue by selling subscriptions to our Singularity Platform. Customers can extend the functionality of their subscription to our platform by subscribing to additional Singularity Modules. Subscriptions provide access to hosted software. The nature of our promise to the customer under the subscription is to provide protection for the duration of the contractual term and as such is considered as a series of distinct services. Our
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arrangements may include fixed consideration, variable consideration, or a combination of the two. Fixed consideration is recognized over the term of the arrangement or longer if the fixed consideration relates to a material right. Variable consideration in these arrangements is typically a function of transaction volume or another usage-based measure. Depending upon the structure of a particular arrangement, we (i) allocate the variable amount to each distinct service period within the series and recognize revenue as each distinct service period is performed (i.e. direct allocation), (ii) estimate total variable consideration at contract inception (giving consideration to any constraints that may apply and updating the estimates as new information becomes available) and recognize the total transaction price over the period to which it relates, or (iii) apply the ‘‘right to invoice’’ practical expedient and recognize revenue based on the amount invoiced to the customer during the period. Premium support and maintenance and other Singularity Modules are distinct from subscriptions and are recognized ratably over the term as the performance obligations are satisfied.
We invoice our customers upfront upon signing for the entire term of the contract, periodically, or in arrears. Most of our subscription contracts have a term of one to three years.
Cost of Revenue
Cost of revenue consists primarily of third-party cloud infrastructure expenses incurred in connection with the hosting and maintenance of our platform. Cost of revenue also consists of personnel-related costs associated with our customer support and services organization, including salaries, benefits, bonuses, and stock-based compensation, amortization of acquired intangible assets, amortization of capitalized internal-use software, software and subscription services used by our customer support and services team, inventory-related costs, and allocated facilities and IT overhead costs.
Our third-party cloud infrastructure costs are driven primarily by the number of customers, the number of endpoints per customer, the number of modules, and the incremental costs for storing additional data collected for such cloud modules. We plan to continue to invest in our platform infrastructure and additional resources in our customer support and services organization as we grow our business. The level and timing of investment in these areas could affect our cost of revenue from period to period.
Operating Expenses
Our operating expenses consist of research and development, sales and marketing, general and administrative and restructuring expenses. Personnel-related expenses are the most significant component of operating expenses and consist of salaries, benefits, bonuses, stock-based compensation, and sales commissions. Operating expenses also include allocated facilities and IT overhead costs.
Research and Development
Research and development expenses consist primarily of employee salaries, benefits, bonuses, and stock-based compensation. Research and development expenses also include consulting fees, software and subscription services, and third-party cloud infrastructure expenses incurred in developing our platform and modules.
We expect research and development expenses to increase in absolute dollars as we continue to increase investments in our existing products and services. However, we anticipate research and development expenses to decrease as a percentage of our total revenue over time, although our research and development expenses may fluctuate as a percentage of our total revenue from period to period depending on the timing of these expenses. In addition, research and development expenses that qualify as internal-use software are capitalized, the amount of which may fluctuate significantly from period to period.
Sales and Marketing
Sales and marketing expenses consist primarily of employee salaries, commissions, benefits, bonuses, stock-based compensation, travel and entertainment related expenses, advertising, branding and marketing events, promotions, amortization of acquired customer relationships, and software and subscription services. Sales and marketing expenses also include sales commissions paid to our sales force and referral fees paid to independent third
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parties that are incremental to obtain a subscription contract. Such costs are capitalized and amortized over an estimated period of benefit of four years, and any such expenses paid for the renewal of a subscription are capitalized and amortized over the average contractual term of the renewal.
We expect sales and marketing expenses to increase in absolute dollars as we continue to make significant investments in our sales and marketing organization to drive additional revenue, further penetrate the market, and expand our global customer base, but to decrease as a percentage of our revenue over time.
General and Administrative
General and administrative expenses consist primarily of salaries, benefits, bonuses, stock-based compensation, and other expenses for our executive, finance, legal, people team, and facilities organizations. General and administrative expenses also include external legal, accounting, other consulting, and professional services fees, software and subscription services, and other corporate expenses.
We expect to continue to incur additional expenses as a result of operating as a public company, including costs to comply with the rules and regulations applicable to companies listed on a national securities exchange, costs related to compliance and reporting obligations, and increased expenses for insurance, investor relations, and professional services. We expect that our general and administrative expenses will increase in absolute dollars as our business grows but will decrease as a percentage of our revenue over time.
Restructuring
Restructuring charges, related to the Plan, consist primarily of charges related to severance payments, employee benefits, stock-based compensation, and impairment charges related to excess facilities. The actions associated with the Plan were substantially completed as of the end of fiscal 2025.
Interest Income, Interest Expense, and Other Income (Expense), Net
Interest income consists primarily of interest earned on our cash equivalents and investments.
Interest expense consists primarily of the amortization of the discount related to the acquisition-related liabilities.
Other income (expense), net consists primarily of foreign currency transaction gains and losses, and gains and losses on strategic investments.
Provision for (Benefit From) Income Taxes
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes consists primarily of income taxes in certain foreign and state jurisdictions in which we conduct business. In connection with our global consolidated losses, we maintain a full valuation allowance against our U.S. and Israel deferred tax assets because we have concluded that it is more likely than not that the deferred tax assets will not be realized.
We expect our provision for income taxes to increase in fiscal year 2026 and beyond based upon increased foreign earnings and federal minimum taxes.
Additionally, as discussed in more detail in Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” in this Annual Report, and Note 12, Income Taxes, to the consolidated financial statements included in Part II, Item 8, Financial Statements and Supplementary Data, since 2022, we have been negotiating a bilateral Advance Pricing Agreement (APA) with the U.S. and the Israeli governments, covering various transfer pricing matters for intercompany transactions relating to the intergroup ownership and utilization of our intellectual property. As of January 31, 2025, the APA negotiations are ongoing with no finalized resolution. If we agree to an APA, we may, as part of that agreement, be required to make significant payments to the Israeli government.
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Results of Operations
The following table sets forth our results of operations for the periods presented:
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| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | ||||||||||||
| (in thousands) | ||||||||||||||
| Revenue | $ | 821,461 | $ | 621,154 | $ | 422,179 | ||||||||
| Cost of revenue(1) | 211,106 | 179,281 | 144,177 | |||||||||||
| Gross profit | 610,355 | 441,873 | 278,002 | |||||||||||
| Operating expenses: | ||||||||||||||
| Research and development(1) | 267,002 | 218,176 | 207,008 | |||||||||||
| Sales and marketing(1) | 487,225 | 397,160 | 310,848 | |||||||||||
| General and administrative(1) | 185,487 | 198,247 | 162,722 | |||||||||||
| Restructuring(1) | — | 6,706 | — | |||||||||||
| Total operating expenses | 939,714 | 820,289 | 680,578 | |||||||||||
| Loss from operations | (329,359) | (378,416) | (402,576) | |||||||||||
| Interest income | 50,100 | 45,880 | 21,408 | |||||||||||
| Interest expense | (171) | (1,216) | (1,830) | |||||||||||
| Other income (expense), net | (2,177) | 918 | (1,293) | |||||||||||
| Loss before income taxes | (281,607) | (332,834) | (384,291) | |||||||||||
| Provision for (benefit from) income taxes | 6,834 | 5,859 | (5,613) | |||||||||||
| Net loss | $ | (288,441) | $ | (338,693) | $ | (378,678) |
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(1)Includes stock-based compensation expense as follows:
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| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | ||||||||||||
| (in thousands) | ||||||||||||||
| Cost of revenue | $ | 22,105 | $ | 17,187 | $ | 10,093 | ||||||||
| Research and development | 83,957 | 61,055 | 51,771 | |||||||||||
| Sales and marketing | 80,496 | 55,798 | 40,115 | |||||||||||
| General and administrative | 80,973 | 83,890 | 62,487 | |||||||||||
| Restructuring | — | (1,060) | — | |||||||||||
| Total stock-based compensation expense | $ | 267,531 | $ | 216,870 | $ | 164,466 |
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The following table sets forth the components of our consolidated statements of operations as a percentage of revenue for each of the periods presented:
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| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | ||||||||||
| (as a percentage of total revenue) | ||||||||||||
| Revenue | 100% | 100% | 100% | |||||||||
| Cost of revenue | 26 | 29 | 34 | |||||||||
| Gross profit | 74 | 71 | 66 | |||||||||
| Operating expenses: | ||||||||||||
| Research and development | 33 | 35 | 49 | |||||||||
| Sales and marketing | 59 | 64 | 74 | |||||||||
| General and administrative | 23 | 32 | 39 | |||||||||
| Restructuring | — | 1 | — | |||||||||
| Total operating expenses | 114 | 132 | 161 | |||||||||
| Loss from operations | (40) | (61) | (95) | |||||||||
| Interest income | 6 | 7 | 5 | |||||||||
| Interest expense | — | — | — | |||||||||
| Other income (expense), net | — | — | — | |||||||||
| Loss before income taxes | (34) | (54) | (91) | |||||||||
| Provision for (benefit from) income taxes | 1 | 1 | (1) | |||||||||
| Net loss | (35) | % | (55) | % | (90) | % |
Note: Certain figures may not sum due to rounding.
Comparison of the Years Ended January 31, 2025 and 2024
Revenue
| Year Ended January 31, | Change | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | $ | % | |||||||||||
| (dollars in thousands) | ||||||||||||||
| Revenue | $ | 821,461 | $ | 621,154 | $ | 200,307 | 32 | % |
Revenue increased by $200.3 million, or 32%, from $621.2 million for fiscal 2024 to $821.5 million for fiscal 2025, primarily due to a combination of sales to new customers and sales of additional licenses and platform solutions to existing customers.
Cost of Revenue, Gross Profit, and Gross Margin
| Year Ended January 31, | Change | |||||||||||||
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| 2025 | 2024 | $ | % | |||||||||||
| (dollars in thousands) | ||||||||||||||
| Cost of revenue | $ | 211,106 | $ | 179,281 | $ | 31,825 | 18 | % | ||||||
| Gross profit | $ | 610,355 | $ | 441,873 | $ | 168,482 | 38 | % | ||||||
| Gross margin | 74 | % | 71 | % |
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Cost of revenue increased by $31.8 million from $179.3 million for fiscal 2024 to $211.1 million for fiscal 2025, primarily due to an increase of $17.3 million in customer support costs which were primarily personnel-related expenses, a $9.6 million increase in cloud hosting usage charges to support our expanding business, and a $5.2 million increase in amortization of capitalized internal-use software due to the continued investment in our platform. Gross margin increased from 71% for fiscal 2024 to 74% for fiscal 2025, primarily due to revenue growth from existing and new customers outpacing growth in cost of revenue.
Research and Development
| Year Ended January 31, | Change | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | $ | % | |||||||||||
| (dollars in thousands) | ||||||||||||||
| Research and development expenses | $ | 267,002 | $ | 218,176 | $ | 48,826 | 22 | % |
Research and development expenses increased from $218.2 million in fiscal 2024 to $267.0 million in fiscal 2025, primarily due to an increase in personnel-related expenses of $36.7 million, including an increase of $22.9 million related to stock-based compensation expense as a result of increased headcount, a $9.2 million increase in allocated overhead costs, and an increase of $3.6 million in cloud hosting expenses driven by expanded research and development activities.
Sales and Marketing
| Year Ended January 31, | Change | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | $ | % | |||||||||||
| (dollars in thousands) | ||||||||||||||
| Sales and marketing expenses | $ | 487,225 | $ | 397,160 | $ | 90,065 | 23 | % |
Sales and marketing expenses increased from $397.2 million in fiscal 2024 to $487.2 million in fiscal 2025, primarily due to an increase in personnel-related expenses of $62.6 million, including an increase of $24.7 million in stock-based compensation expense as a result of increased headcount and accelerated stock-based compensation expenses. In addition, there was an increase in marketing-related expenses of $17.9 million, and a $5.9 million increase in sales-related expenses due to overall business growth and further investment in marketing activities.
General and Administrative
| Year Ended January 31, | Change | |||||||||||||
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| 2025 | 2024 | $ | % | |||||||||||
| (dollars in thousands) | ||||||||||||||
| General and administrative expenses | $ | 185,487 | $ | 198,247 | $ | (12,760) | (6) | % |
General and administrative expenses decreased from $198.2 million in fiscal 2024 to $185.5 million in fiscal 2025, primarily due to a $6.4 million decrease in overhead expenses due to higher overhead cost being allocated out, a decrease of $4.2 million in legal expenses and a decrease in $2.7 million in litigation expenses due to lower legal consulting fees and lower settlement charges during fiscal 2025.
Restructuring
| Year Ended January 31, | Change | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | $ | % | |||||||||||
| (dollars in thousands) | ||||||||||||||
| Restructuring | $ | — | $ | 6,706 | $ | (6,706) | (100) | % |
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Restructuring charges decreased by $6.7 million due to activities undertaken pursuant to the Plan announced in June 2023. The decrease included severance and employee benefit charges of $5.4 million and impairment charges related to excess facilities of $2.4 million incurred during fiscal 2024, partially offset by stock-based compensation savings of $1.1 million due to decreased headcount.
Interest Income, Interest Expense, and Other Income (Expense), Net
| Year Ended January 31, | Change | |||||||||||||
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| 2025 | 2024 | $ | % | |||||||||||
| (dollars in thousands) | ||||||||||||||
| Interest income | $ | 50,100 | $ | 45,880 | $ | 4,220 | 9 | % | ||||||
| Interest expense | $ | (171) | $ | (1,216) | $ | 1,045 | (86) | % | ||||||
| Other income (expense), net | $ | (2,177) | $ | 918 | $ | (3,095) | (337) | % |
Interest income increased $4.2 million as a result of higher income earned from investments in marketable securities in fiscal 2025 primarily due to a higher investment balance and increased yield. Interest expense decreased primarily due to a reduction in the amortization of the discount related to acquisition-related liabilities. The change in other income (expense), net is primarily due to a decrease in net gains on strategic investments.
Provision for Income Taxes
| Year Ended January 31, | Change | |||||||||||||
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| 2025 | 2024 | $ | % | |||||||||||
| (dollars in thousands) | ||||||||||||||
| Provision for income taxes | $ | 6,834 | $ | 5,859 | $ | 975 | 17 | % |
The provision for income taxes increased in fiscal 2025, compared to fiscal 2024, primarily as a result of the increase in foreign taxes related to operations in international subsidiaries.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
We have financed operations primarily through proceeds received from sales of equity securities and payments received from our customers, and we have generated operating losses, as reflected in our accumulated deficit of $1.6 billion and $1.3 billion as of January 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. We expect these and other operating losses to continue for the foreseeable future. We also expect to incur significant research and development, sales and marketing, and general and administrative expenses over the next several years in connection with the continued development and expansion of our business. Additionally, if we agree to an APA, we may, as part of that agreement, be required to make significant payments to the Israeli government which may adversely affect our cash flows over the next several years. As of January 31, 2025 and 2024, our principal source of liquidity was cash, cash equivalents, and investments of $1.1 billion and $1.1 billion, respectively.
In the short term, we believe that our existing cash, cash equivalents, and investments will be sufficient to support working capital and capital expenditure requirements for at least the next 12 months. In the long term beyond the next 12 months, our future capital requirements will depend on many factors, including macroeconomic conditions, our revenue growth rate, the timing and the amount of cash received from customers, the expansion of sales and marketing activities, the timing and extent of spending to support research and development efforts, the price at which we are able to purchase third-party cloud infrastructure, expenses associated with our international expansion, the introduction of platform enhancements, and the continuing market adoption of our platform. We have, and in the future, we may enter into arrangements to acquire or invest in complementary businesses, products, and technologies. We may be required to seek additional equity or debt financing. In the event that we require additional financing, we may not be able to raise such financing on terms acceptable to us or at all. If we are unable to raise additional capital or generate cash flows necessary to expand our operations and invest in continued innovation, we may not be able to compete successfully, which would harm our business, operating results, and financial condition.
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We hold our cash, cash equivalents, and investments with a diverse group of banking partners. However, any instability in the U.S. or global banking system or relating to the federal budget may impact liquidity both in the short term and long term and may result in adverse impacts to our or our customers’ business, including in our customers’ ability to pay for our platform.
The following table shows a summary of our cash flows for the periods presented:
| Years Ended January 31, | |||||||||||
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| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | |||||||||
| (in thousands) | |||||||||||
| Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities | $ | 33,728 | $ | (68,374) | $ | (193,287) | |||||
| Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities | $ | (218,397) | $ | 140,590 | $ | (1,312,666) | |||||
| Net cash provided by financing activities | $ | 55,885 | $ | 47,464 | $ | 36,308 |
Operating Activities
Our largest source of operating cash is payments received from our customers. Our primary uses of cash from operating activities are for personnel-related expenses, sales and marketing expenses, third-party cloud infrastructure expenses, and overhead expenses.
Historically, we have generated negative operating cash flow, but in fiscal 2025, we achieved positive operating cash flow, primarily due to higher customer collections, partially offset by increased cash payments for cost of revenue and operating expenses.
Our operating cash flow is influenced by seasonal billing patterns, with a concentration of annual billings in our fiscal fourth quarter due to enterprise buying and renewal cycles. This makes our fiscal first quarter our strongest for collections and operating cash flow. Acquisitions can also impact cash flow due to transaction costs, financing expenses, and lower initial contributions from acquired entities.
Cash provided by (used in) operating activities primarily consists of our net loss adjusted for certain non-cash items, including stock-based compensation expense, depreciation and amortization, amortization of deferred contract acquisition costs, and changes in operating assets and liabilities during each period.
Cash provided by operating activities during fiscal 2025 was $33.7 million, primarily consisting of our net loss of $288.4 million, and $46.6 million used in net changes to our operating assets and liabilities, offset by adjustments for non-cash items of $368.8 million. The main drivers of the changes in operating assets and liabilities were a $90.9 million increase in deferred contract acquisition costs, a $21.2 million increase in accounts receivable due to timing of cash received from customers, and a $5.0 million decrease in operating lease liabilities. These amounts were partially offset by a $56.9 million increase in deferred revenue resulting primarily from increased subscription contracts, a $5.3 million increase in accrued payroll and benefits and a $5.1 million increase in accrued liabilities and other liabilities.
Cash used in operating activities during fiscal 2024 was $68.4 million, primarily consisting of our net loss of $338.7 million, and $20.2 million used in net changes to our operating assets and liabilities, partially offset by non-cash items of $290.5 million. The main drivers of the changes in operating assets and liabilities were a $81.0 million increase in deferred contract acquisition costs, a $61.9 million increase in accounts receivable due to timing of cash received from customers, and a $4.5 million decrease in accounts payable. These amounts were partially offset by a $108.2 million increase in deferred revenue resulting primarily from increased subscription contracts and a $19.1 million increase in accrued payroll and benefits.
Investing Activities
Cash used in investing activities during fiscal 2025 was $218.4 million, consisting of $804.5 million of investment purchases, $123.8 million of net cash paid for the acquisitions of PingSafe, Stride, as well as payments
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related to the release of escrow liabilities from the Attivo acquisition, and $25.1 million of capitalized internal-use software costs. These amounts were partially offset by $737.1 million of investment sales and maturities.
Cash provided by investing activities during fiscal 2024 was $140.6 million, consisting of $639.2 million of investment sales and maturities, partially offset by $466.3 million of investment purchases, $14.0 million of capitalized internal-use software costs, $13.6 million of net cash paid for the KSG acquisition, $3.5 million for purchases of intangible assets, and $1.3 million of purchases of property and equipment to support additional office facilities.
Financing Activities
Cash provided by financing activities during fiscal 2025 was $55.9 million, consisting of $33.4 million of proceeds from the exercise of employee stock options and $22.5 million of proceeds from the issuance of common stock under our 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
Cash provided by financing activities during fiscal 2024 was $47.5 million, consisting of $28.3 million of proceeds from the exercise of employee stock options and $19.1 million of proceeds from the issuance of common stock under our 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
Contractual Obligations and Commitments
Our operating lease obligations as of January 31, 2025 were approximately $20.6 million, with $6.0 million expected to be paid within 12 months and the remainder thereafter. Our operating leases are related to leased office space with expirations through 2029. See Note 8, Leases, to the consolidated financial statements included in Part II, Item 8, Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.
Our purchase obligations as of January 31, 2025 were approximately $718.4 million, with $139.3 million expected to be paid within 12 months and the remainder thereafter.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
We did not have during the periods presented, and we do not currently have, any off-balance sheet financing arrangements or any relationships with unconsolidated entities or financial partnerships, such as structured finance or special purpose entities, that were established for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements or other contractually narrow or limited purposes.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
Our consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with GAAP. The preparation of consolidated financial statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue, expenses, and related disclosures. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, and we evaluate our estimates and assumptions on an ongoing basis. Actual results could differ significantly from the estimates made by management. To the extent that there are differences between our estimates and actual results, our future financial statement presentation, financial condition, operating results, and cash flows could be affected.
The critical accounting policies requiring estimates, assumptions, and judgments that we believe have the most significant impact on our consolidated financial statements are described below.
Revenue Recognition
We recognize revenue in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers.
We consider the terms and conditions of contracts with customers and our customary business practices in identifying contracts. We determine we have a contract with a customer when the contract is approved, the payment terms for the services can be identified, each party’s rights regarding the services to be transferred can be identified,
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the contract has commercial substance, and we have determined that the customer has the ability and intent to pay. We apply judgment in determining the customer’s ability and intent to pay, which is based on a variety of factors, including the customer’s historical payment experience or, in the case of a new customer, credit and financial information pertaining to such customer.
Our contracts with customers may contain multiple performance obligations, which are accounted for separately if they are capable of being distinct and are distinct in the context of the contract. Contracts that contain multiple performance obligations require an allocation of the transaction price to each performance obligation based on relative standalone selling price. Certain sales arrangements may include variable consideration, which is recorded as part of the transaction price if, in our judgment, it is probable that no significant future reversal of cumulative revenue under the contract will occur.
Business Combinations
We account for our acquisitions using the acquisition method of accounting. We allocate the fair value of purchase consideration to the tangible and intangible assets acquired, and liabilities assumed, based on their estimated fair values. The excess of the fair value of purchase consideration over the values of these identifiable assets and liabilities is recorded as goodwill. When determining the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed, management makes significant estimates and assumptions, especially with respect to intangible assets. Significant estimates in valuing certain identifiable assets include, but are not limited to, the selection of valuation methodologies, forecasted revenue, discount rates, and useful lives. Management’s estimates of fair value are based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable, but which are inherently uncertain and unpredictable and, as a result, actual results may differ from estimates.
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
See Note 2, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for more information regarding recently issued accounting pronouncements.
FY 2024 10-K MD&A
SEC filing source: 0001583708-24-000016.
ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and related notes 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, particularly information with respect to our future results of operations or financial condition, business strategy and plans, and objectives of management for future operations, includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties as described under the heading “Special Note About Forward-Looking Statements” in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. You should review the disclosure under the heading “Risk Factors” in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for a discussion of important factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements. Our fiscal year ends on January 31, and our fiscal quarters end on April 30, July 31, October 31, and January 31. Our fiscal years ended January 31, 2024, 2023, and 2022 are referred to herein as fiscal 2024, fiscal 2023, and fiscal 2022, respectively.
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Unless the context otherwise requires, all references in this report to “SentinelOne,” the “Company,” “we” “our” “us,” or similar terms refer to SentinelOne, Inc. and its subsidiaries.
A discussion regarding our financial condition and results of operations for fiscal 2024 compared to fiscal 2023 is presented below. A discussion regarding our financial condition and results of operations for fiscal 2023 compared to fiscal 2022 can be found in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in the Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2023 filed with the SEC on March 29, 2023.
Overview
We founded SentinelOne in 2013 with a dramatically new approach to cybersecurity.
We pioneered the world’s first purpose-built AI-powered extended detection and response (XDR) platform to make cybersecurity defense truly autonomous, from the endpoint and beyond. Our Singularity Platform instantly defends against cyberattacks — performing at a faster speed, greater scale, and higher accuracy than otherwise possible from a human-powered approach.
Our Singularity Platform ingests, correlates, and queries petabytes of structured and unstructured data from a myriad of ever-expanding disparate external and internal sources in real-time. We build rich context and deliver greater visibility by constructing a dynamic representation of data across an organization. As a result, our AI models are highly accurate, actionable, and autonomous. Our distributed AI models run both locally on every endpoint and every cloud workload, as well as on our cloud platform. Our Static and vector-agnostic Behavioral AI models, which run on the endpoints themselves, provide our customers with protection even when their devices are not connected to the cloud. In the cloud, our Streaming AI detects anomalies that surface when multiple data feeds are correlated. By providing full visibility into the Storyline of every secured device across the organization through one console, our platform makes it very fast for analysts to easily search through petabytes of data to investigate incidents and proactively hunt threats. We have extended our control and visibility planes beyond the traditional endpoint to unmanaged IoT devices.
Our Singularity Platform can be flexibly deployed on the environments that our customers choose, including public, private, or hybrid clouds. Our feature parity across Windows, macOS, Linux, and Kubernetes offers best-of-breed protection, visibility, and control across today’s heterogeneous IT environments. Together, these capabilities make our platform the logical choice for organizations of all sizes, industry verticals, and compliance requirements. Our platform offers true multi-tenancy, which enables some of the world’s largest organizations and our managed security providers and incident response partners with an excellent management experience. Our customers realize improved cybersecurity outcomes with fewer people.
We generate substantially all of our revenue by selling subscriptions to our Singularity Platform. Our subscription tiers include Singularity Core, Singularity Control, and Singularity Complete. We also offer product bundles that include Singularity Commercial and Singularity Enterprise. Additionally, customers can extend the functionality of our platform through our subscription Singularity Modules. We generally price our subscriptions and modules on a per agent basis, and each agent generally corresponds with an endpoint, server, virtual machine, or container.
Our subscription contracts typically range from one to three years. We recognize subscription revenue ratably over the term of a contract. Most of our contracts are for terms representing annual increments, therefore contracts generally come up for renewal in the same period in subsequent years. The timing of large multi-year enterprise contracts can create some variability in subscription order levels between periods, though the impact to our revenue in any particular period is limited as a result of ratable revenue recognition.
Our go-to-market strategy is focused on acquiring new customers and driving expanded usage of our platform by existing customers. Our sales organization is comprised of our enterprise sales, inside sales and customer solutions engineering teams. It leverages our global network of independent software vendors (ISVs), alliance partners, and channel partners for prospect access. Additionally, our sales teams work closely with our customers, channel partners, and alliance partners to drive adoption of our platform, and our software solutions are fulfilled
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through our channel partners. Our channel partners include some of the world’s largest resellers and distributors, managed service providers (MSPs), managed security service providers (MSSPs), managed detection and response providers (MDRs), original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), and incident response (IR) firms. Once customers experience the benefits of our platform, they often upgrade their subscriptions to benefit from the full range of our extended detection and response (XDR), IT, and security operations capabilities. Additionally, many of our customers adopt Singularity Modules over time to extend the functionality of our platform and increase their coverage footprint. The combination of platform upgrades and extended modules drives our powerful land-and-expand motion.
Our Singularity Platform is used globally by organizations of all sizes across a broad range of industries. We had 1,133 customers with annualized recurring revenue (ARR) of $100,000 or more as of January 31, 2024, up from 872 customers with ARR of $100,000 or more as of January 31, 2023. We define ARR as the annualized revenue run rate of our subscription and consumption and usage-based agreements at the end of a reporting period, assuming contracts are renewed on their existing terms for customers that are under contracts with us. As of January 31, 2024 and 2023, no single end customer accounted for more than 3% of our ARR. Our revenue outside of the US represented 36% and 35% for fiscal 2024 and 2023, respectively, illustrating the global nature of our solutions.
We have grown rapidly since our inception. Our revenue was $621.2 million, $422.2 million, and $204.8 million for fiscal 2024, 2023, and 2022, respectively, representing year-over-year growth of 47% and 106%, respectively. During this period, we continued to invest in growing our business to capitalize on our market opportunity. As a result, our net loss for fiscal 2024, 2023, and 2022 was $338.7 million, $378.7 million, and $271.1 million, respectively.
Impact of Global Macroeconomic and Geopolitical Conditions
Our overall performance depends in part on worldwide economic and geopolitical conditions and their impact on customer behavior. Worsening economic conditions, including inflation, interest rate volatility, slower growth, potential recession, fluctuations in foreign exchange rates, actual or perceived instability in the global banking industry, potential uncertainty with respect to the federal debt ceiling and budget and potential government shutdowns related thereto, and other changes in economic conditions, and the impact of natural or man-made global events, including wars and other regional geopolitical armed conflict, such as the conflicts in the Middle East, Ukraine and tensions between China and Taiwan, may result in decreased sales productivity and growth and adversely affect our results of operations and financial performance. As a result of the current macroeconomic environment, we have recently experienced certain impacts on our business, including a decline in usage and consumption patterns from certain customers, especially larger enterprise customers, longer sales cycles, and deal downsizing by new customers and of renewals by existing customers, especially larger enterprises.
We intend to continue to monitor global macroeconomic conditions closely and may determine to take certain financial or operational actions in response to such conditions to the extent our business begins to be adversely impacted. For example, in June 2023, we announced a restructuring plan (the Plan) designed to improve operational efficiencies and operating costs and better align our workforce and operations with current business needs, priorities, and near-term growth expectations. The actions associated with the Plan are expected to be fully complete by the end of fiscal 2025, subject to finalizing the disposition of certain office space. We incurred approximately $7.4 million in charges in connection with the Plan in fiscal 2024, consisting of severance payments and employee benefits, impairment charges related to excess facilities and inventory write-offs, offset partially by savings related to the reversal on stock-based compensation expense.
We maintain an office in Tel Aviv, Israel and had approximately 13% of our personnel in Israel as of January 31, 2024. We are closely monitoring the unfolding events of the armed conflict in the Middle East which began in October 2023. While this conflict is still evolving, to date, the conflict has not had an adverse impact on our business and results of operations. However, if the conflict continues to worsen or intensify, any business interruptions or spillover effects could adversely affect our business and operations.
We are unable to predict the full impact that macroeconomic or other geopolitical factors will have on our future results of operations, liquidity and financial condition due to numerous uncertainties, including the actions that may
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be taken by government authorities across the US or other countries, changes in central bank policies and interest rates, rates of inflation, potential uncertainty with respect to the federal debt ceiling and budget and potential, government shutdowns related thereto, regional geopolitical conflicts, the impact to our customers, partners, and suppliers, and other factors described in the section titled “Risk Factors” in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Key Business Metrics and Non-GAAP Financial Measures
We monitor the following key metrics and non-GAAP financial measures to help us evaluate our business, identify trends affecting our business, formulate business plans, and make strategic decisions.
Revenue
We discuss revenue below under “Components of Our Results of Operations.”
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| 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | ||||||||
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| Revenue | $ | 621,154 | $ | 422,179 | $ | 204,799 |
Non-GAAP operating loss
In addition to our results determined in accordance with GAAP, we use non-GAAP operating loss as part of our overall assessment of our performance, including the preparation of our annual operating budget and quarterly forecasts, to evaluate the effectiveness of our business strategies, and to communicate with our board of directors concerning our financial performance. We believe that non-GAAP operating loss provides our management and investors consistency and comparability with our past financial performance and facilitates period-to-period comparisons of operations, as this measure excludes, among other expenses, expenses that we do not consider to be indicative of our overall operating performance. Non-GAAP operating loss is calculated as GAAP operating loss adjusted to exclude amortization of acquired intangible assets, acquisition-related compensation, restructuring charges, stock-based compensation expense, and payroll tax related to stock-based compensation.
Non-GAAP operating loss has limitations as an analytical tool, and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for financial information presented in accordance with GAAP, including GAAP operating loss. Other companies, including companies in our industry, may calculate similarly titled non-GAAP measures, including non-GAAP operating loss, differently or may use other measures to evaluate their performance, all of which could reduce the usefulness of our non-GAAP financial measures as tools for comparison. As a result, our non-GAAP operating loss is presented for supplemental informational purposes only.
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| 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | ||||||||
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| Non-GAAP operating loss | $ | (118,225) | $ | (208,861) | $ | (174,588) |
A reconciliation of non-GAAP operating loss to GAAP operating loss, the most directly comparable financial measure calculated and presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP, is provided below:
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| GAAP operating loss | $ | (378,416) | $ | (402,576) | $ | (267,232) | |||||
| Stock-based compensation expense | 216,870 | 164,466 | 87,889 | ||||||||
| Employer payroll tax on employee stock transactions | 3,429 | 2,235 | 1,783 | ||||||||
| Amortization of acquired intangible assets | 28,363 | 22,645 | 2,972 | ||||||||
| Acquisition-related compensation | 3,043 | 4,369 | — | ||||||||
| Inventory write-offs due to restructuring | 720 | — | — | ||||||||
| Other restructuring charges | 7,766 | — | — | ||||||||
| Non-GAAP operating loss | $ | (118,225) | $ | (208,861) | $ | (174,588) |
Annualized Recurring Revenue (ARR)
We believe that ARR is a key operating metric to measure our business because it is driven by our ability to acquire new subscription and consumption and usage-based customers and to maintain and expand our relationship with existing customers. ARR represents the annualized revenue run rate of our subscription and consumption and usage-based agreements at the end of a reporting period, assuming contracts are renewed on their existing terms for customers that are under contracts with us. ARR is an operational metric and is not a non-GAAP metric. ARR is not a forecast of future revenue, which can be impacted by contract start and end dates, usage, renewal rates, and other contractual terms.
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| 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | ||||||||
| (in thousands) | ||||||||||
| Annualized recurring revenue | $ | 724,404 | $ | 521,652 | $ | 277,954 |
*ARR as of January 31, 2023 and 2022 reflect the one-time ARR adjustment of approximately 5% made in the first quarter of fiscal 2024.
ARR grew 39% year-over-year to $724.4 million for fiscal 2024, primarily due to high growth in the number of new customers purchasing our subscriptions and to additional purchases by existing customers.
As a result of the decline in usage and consumption in the first quarter of fiscal 2024, we changed our methodology of calculating ARR for consumption and usage-based agreements to reflect committed contract values as opposed to based on consumption and usage. By making this change, we expect future ARR and revenue growth to be more closely aligned. It should also reduce volatility in ARR compared to the prior methodology where usage and consumption changes could have a magnified impact on ARR. In addition, as part of our quarter-end review of ARR in connection with the preparation of our condensed consolidated financial statements for the quarter ended April 30, 2023, we discovered some historical upsell and renewal recording inaccuracies relating to ARR on certain contracts, which we have corrected. As a result of the change in methodology and correction of historical inaccuracies, we made a one-time adjustment to ARR of $27 million or approximately 5% of total ARR, which we reflected in our total ARR as of January 31, 2023. ARR for the prior periods in fiscal 2023 and 2022 presented above have been adjusted based on the same percentage adjustment rate identified in the first quarter of fiscal 2024. This adjustment to ARR did not impact historical total bookings or revenue.
Customers with ARR of $100,000 or More
We believe that our ability to increase the number of customers with ARR of $100,000 or more is an indicator of our market penetration and strategic demand for our platform. We define a customer as an entity that has an active subscription for access to our platform. We count MSPs, MSSPs, MDRs, and OEMs, who may purchase our products on behalf of multiple companies, as a single customer. We do not count our reseller or distributor channel partners as customers.
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| 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | |||||
| (in thousands) | |||||||
| Customers with ARR of $100,000 or more | 1,133 | 872 | 500 |
*Customers with ARR of $100,000 or more as of January 31, 2023 and 2022 reflect the one-time ARR adjustment of approximately 5% made in the first quarter of fiscal 2024.
Customers with ARR of $100,000 or more grew 30% year-over-year to 1,133 for fiscal 2024, primarily due to growth in the ARR of existing customers from additional purchases and to growth in the average size of purchases by new customers. Based on the adjustments to ARR described above, customers with ARR of $100,000 or more for the prior periods presented above have been adjusted accordingly.
Dollar-Based Net Retention Rate (NRR)
We believe that our ability to retain and expand our revenue generated from our existing customers is an indicator of the long-term value of our customer relationships and our potential future business opportunities. NRR measures the percentage change in our ARR derived from our customer base at a point in time. To calculate NRR, we first determine Prior Period ARR, which is ARR from the population of our customers as of 12 months prior to the end of a particular reporting period. We then calculate Net Retention ARR, which represents the total ARR at the end of a particular reporting period from the same set of customers that is used to determine Prior Period ARR. Net Retention ARR includes any expansion, and is net of contraction and attrition associated with that set of customers. NRR represents the quotient obtained by dividing Net Retention ARR by Prior Period ARR.
| As of January 31, | ||||||||
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| 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | ||||||
| Dollar-based net retention rate | 114 | % | 132 | % | 129 | % |
Our NRR of 114% was driven by existing customers adoption of additional endpoint licenses and adjacent platform solutions. A larger portion of our business mix was driven by new customers in 2024, which will open doors for platform adoption over time. We see significant long-term expansion potential based on high customer retention rates, expanding product categories, and early-stage adoption from our installed base.
Components of Our Results of Operations
Revenue
We generate substantially all of our revenue from subscriptions to our Singularity Platform. Customers can extend the functionality of their subscription to our platform by subscribing to additional Singularity Modules. Subscriptions provide access to hosted software. The nature of our promise to the customer under the subscription is to provide protection for the duration of the contractual term and as such is considered as a series of distinct services. Our arrangements may include fixed consideration, variable consideration, or a combination of the two. Fixed consideration is recognized over the term of the arrangement or longer if the fixed consideration relates to a material right. Variable consideration in these arrangements is typically a function of transaction volume or another usage-based measure. Depending upon the structure of a particular arrangement, we i) allocate the variable amount to each distinct service period within the series and recognize revenue as each distinct service period is performed (i.e. direct allocation), ii) estimate total variable consideration at contract inception (giving consideration to any constraints that may apply and updating the estimates as new information becomes available) and recognizes the total transaction price over the period to which it relates, or iii) apply the ‘right to invoice’ practical expedient and recognize revenue based on the amount invoiced to the customer during the period. Premium support and maintenance and other Singularity Modules are distinct from subscriptions and are recognized ratably over the term as the performance obligations are satisfied.
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We invoice our customers upfront upon signing for the entire term of the contract, periodically, or in arrears. Most of our subscription contracts have a term of one to three years.
Cost of Revenue
Cost of revenue consists primarily of third-party cloud infrastructure expenses incurred in connection with the hosting and maintenance of our platform. Cost of revenue also consists of personnel-related costs associated with our customer support and services organization, including salaries, benefits, bonuses, and stock-based compensation, amortization of acquired intangible assets, amortization of capitalized internal-use software, software and subscription services used by our customer support and services team, inventory-related costs, and allocated overhead costs.
Our third-party cloud infrastructure costs are driven primarily by the number of customers, the number of endpoints per customer, the number of modules, and the incremental costs for storing additional data collected for such cloud modules. We plan to continue to invest in our platform infrastructure and additional resources in our customer support and services organization as we grow our business. The level and timing of investment in these areas could affect our cost of revenue from period to period.
Operating Expenses
Our operating expenses consist of research and development, sales and marketing, and general and administrative expenses. Personnel-related expenses are the most significant component of operating expenses and consist of salaries, benefits, bonuses, stock-based compensation, and sales commissions. Operating expenses also include allocated facilities and IT overhead costs.
Research and Development
Research and development expenses consist primarily of employee salaries, benefits, bonuses, and stock-based compensation. Research and development expenses also include consulting fees, software and subscription services, and third-party cloud infrastructure expenses incurred in developing our platform and modules.
We expect research and development expenses to increase in absolute dollars as we continue to increase investments in our existing products and services. However, we anticipate research and development expenses to decrease as a percentage of our total revenue over time, although our research and development expenses may fluctuate as a percentage of our total revenue from period to period depending on the timing of these expenses. In addition, research and development expenses that qualify as internal-use software are capitalized, the amount of which may fluctuate significantly from period to period.
Sales and Marketing
Sales and marketing expenses consist primarily of employee salaries, commissions, benefits, bonuses, stock-based compensation, travel and entertainment related expenses, advertising, branding and marketing events, promotions, amortization of acquired customer relationships, and software and subscription services. Sales and marketing expenses also include sales commissions paid to our sales force and referral fees paid to independent third parties that are incremental to obtain a subscription contract. Such costs are capitalized and amortized over an estimated period of benefit of four years, and any such expenses paid for the renewal of a subscription are capitalized and amortized over the average contractual term of the renewal.
We expect sales and marketing expenses to increase in absolute dollars as we continue to make significant investments in our sales and marketing organization to drive additional revenue, further penetrate the market, and expand our global customer base, but to decrease as a percentage of our revenue over time.
General and Administrative
General and administrative expenses consist primarily of salaries, benefits, bonuses, stock-based compensation, and other expenses for our executive, finance, legal, people team, and facilities organizations. General and
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administrative expenses also include external legal, accounting, other consulting, and professional services fees, software and subscription services, and other corporate expenses.
We expect to continue to incur additional expenses as a result of operating as a public company, including costs to comply with the rules and regulations applicable to companies listed on a national securities exchange, costs related to compliance and reporting obligations, and increased expenses for insurance, investor relations, and professional services. We expect that our general and administrative expenses will increase in absolute dollars as our business grows but will decrease as a percentage of our revenue over time.
Restructuring
Restructuring charges, related to the Plan, consist primarily of charges related to severance payments, employee benefits, stock-based compensation, and impairment charges related to excess facilities. The actions associated with the Plan are expected to be fully complete by the end of fiscal 2025, subject to finalizing the disposition of certain office space.
Interest Income, Interest Expense, and Other Income (Expense), Net
Interest income consists primarily of interest earned on our cash equivalents and investments.
Interest expense consists primarily of the amortization of the discount related to the Attivo indemnity escrow liability.
Other income (expense), net consists primarily of foreign currency transaction gains and losses and gains and losses on strategic investments.
Provision for (Benefit From) Income Taxes
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes consists primarily of income taxes in certain foreign and state jurisdictions in which we conduct business, and a one-time benefit from the release of valuation allowance as a result of the Attivo acquisition during fiscal 2023. In connection with our global consolidated losses, we maintain a full valuation allowance against our US and Israel deferred tax assets because we have concluded that it is more likely than not that the deferred tax assets will not be realized.
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Results of Operations
The following table sets forth our results of operations for the periods presented:
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| 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | ||||||||||||
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| Revenue | $ | 621,154 | $ | 422,179 | $ | 204,799 | ||||||||
| Cost of revenue(1) | 179,281 | 144,177 | 81,677 | |||||||||||
| Gross profit | 441,873 | 278,002 | 123,122 | |||||||||||
| Operating expenses: | ||||||||||||||
| Research and development(1) | 218,176 | 207,008 | 136,274 | |||||||||||
| Sales and marketing(1) | 397,160 | 310,848 | 160,576 | |||||||||||
| General and administrative(1) | 198,247 | 162,722 | 93,504 | |||||||||||
| Restructuring(1) | 6,706 | — | — | |||||||||||
| Total operating expenses | 820,289 | 680,578 | 390,354 | |||||||||||
| Loss from operations | (378,416) | (402,576) | (267,232) | |||||||||||
| Interest income | 45,880 | 21,408 | 202 | |||||||||||
| Interest expense | (1,216) | (1,830) | (787) | |||||||||||
| Other income (expense), net | 918 | (1,293) | (2,280) | |||||||||||
| Loss before income taxes | (332,834) | (384,291) | (270,097) | |||||||||||
| Provision for (benefit from) income taxes | 5,859 | (5,613) | 1,004 | |||||||||||
| Net loss | $ | (338,693) | $ | (378,678) | $ | (271,101) |
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(1)Includes stock-based compensation expense as follows:
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| 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | ||||||||||||
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| Cost of revenue | $ | 17,187 | $ | 10,093 | $ | 3,618 | ||||||||
| Research and development | 61,055 | 51,771 | 35,358 | |||||||||||
| Sales and marketing | 55,798 | 40,115 | 15,460 | |||||||||||
| General and administrative | 83,890 | 62,487 | 33,453 | |||||||||||
| Restructuring | (1,060) | — | — | |||||||||||
| Total stock-based compensation expense | $ | 216,870 | $ | 164,466 | $ | 87,889 |
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The following table sets forth the components of our consolidated statements of operations as a percentage of revenue for each of the periods presented:
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| Revenue | 100% | 100% | 100% | |||||||||
| Cost of revenue | 29 | 34 | 40 | |||||||||
| Gross profit | 71 | 66 | 60 | |||||||||
| Operating expenses: | ||||||||||||
| Research and development | 35 | 49 | 67 | |||||||||
| Sales and marketing | 64 | 74 | 78 | |||||||||
| General and administrative | 32 | 39 | 46 | |||||||||
| Restructuring | 1 | — | — | |||||||||
| Total operating expenses | 132 | 161 | 191 | |||||||||
| Loss from operations | (61) | (95) | (130) | |||||||||
| Interest income | 7 | 5 | — | |||||||||
| Interest expense | — | — | — | |||||||||
| Other income (expense), net | — | — | (1) | |||||||||
| Loss before income taxes | (54) | (91) | (132) | |||||||||
| Provision (benefit) for income taxes | 1 | (1) | — | |||||||||
| Net loss | (55) | % | (90) | % | (132) | % |
Note: Certain figures may not sum due to rounding.
Comparison of the Years Ended January 31, 2024 and 2023
Revenue
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| 2024 | 2023 | $ | % | |||||||||||
| (dollars in thousands) | ||||||||||||||
| Revenue | $ | 621,154 | $ | 422,179 | $ | 198,975 | 47 | % |
Revenue increased by $199.0 million, or 47%, from $422.2 million for fiscal 2023 to $621.2 million for fiscal 2024, primarily due to a combination of sales to new customers and sales of additional endpoints and modules to existing customers.
Cost of Revenue, Gross Profit, and Gross Margin
| Year Ended January 31, | Change | |||||||||||||
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| 2024 | 2023 | $ | % | |||||||||||
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| Cost of revenue | $ | 179,281 | $ | 144,177 | $ | 35,104 | 24 | % | ||||||
| Gross profit | $ | 441,873 | $ | 278,002 | $ | 163,871 | 59 | % | ||||||
| Gross margin | 71 | % | 66 | % |
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Cost of revenue increased by $35.1 million from $144.2 million for fiscal 2023 to $179.3 million for fiscal 2024, primarily due to a $23.9 million increase in allocated customer support costs which were mostly personnel-related expenses, a $4.4 million increase in amortization of acquired intangible assets in connection with the Attivo acquisition, $3.0 million increase in amortization of capitalized internal use-software due to the continued investment in our platform, and $2.2 million increase in cloud hosting usage charges to support our expanding business. Gross margin increased from 66% for fiscal 2023 to 71% for fiscal 2024, primarily due to revenue growth from existing and new customers outpacing growth in cost of revenue.
Research and Development
| Year Ended January 31, | Change | |||||||||||||
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| 2024 | 2023 | $ | % | |||||||||||
| (dollars in thousands) | ||||||||||||||
| Research and development expenses | $ | 218,176 | $ | 207,008 | $ | 11,168 | 5 | % |
Research and development expenses increased from $207.0 million in fiscal 2023 to $218.2 million in fiscal 2024, primarily due to an increase in personnel-related expenses of $29.1 million, including an increase of $9.3 million related to stock-based compensation expense as a result of increased headcount, partially offset by a decrease of $14.2 million incurred in the prior year as a result of the migration of Scalyr into our platform.
Sales and Marketing
| Year Ended January 31, | Change | |||||||||||||
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| 2024 | 2023 | $ | % | |||||||||||
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| Sales and marketing expenses | $ | 397,160 | $ | 310,848 | $ | 86,312 | 28 | % |
Sales and marketing expenses increased from $310.8 million in fiscal 2023 to $397.2 million in fiscal 2024, primarily due to an increase in personnel-related expenses of $56.9 million, including an increase of $15.7 million in stock-based compensation expense as a result of increased headcount and increase of $7.0 million in commission expense. In addition, there were increases in marketing expenses of $14.5 million due to overall business growth and further investment in marketing activities, and increases in allocated overhead costs of $5.4 million.
General and Administrative
| Year Ended January 31, | Change | |||||||||||||
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| 2024 | 2023 | $ | % | |||||||||||
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| General and administrative expenses | $ | 198,247 | $ | 162,722 | $ | 35,525 | 22 | % |
General and administrative expenses increased from $162.7 million in fiscal 2023 to $198.2 million in fiscal 2024, primarily due to an increase in personnel-related expenses of $33.5 million, including an increase of $21.4 million in stock-based compensation expense as a result of increased headcount, and $9.7 million increase in litigation expenses due to settlements made during the period, partially offset by a $4.8 million decrease in office related expenditures.
Restructuring
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| 2024 | 2023 | $ | % | ||||||||||
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| Restructuring | $ | 6,706 | $ | — | $ | 6,706 | n/a |
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Restructuring charges increased by $6.7 million due to activities undertaken pursuant to the Plan. This included severance and employee benefit charges of $5.4 million and impairment charges related to excess facilities of $2.4 million, partially offset by stock-based compensation savings of $1.1 million due to decreased headcount.
Interest Income, Interest Expense, and Other Income (Expense), Net
| Year Ended January 31, | Change | |||||||||||||
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| 2024 | 2023 | $ | % | |||||||||||
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| Interest income | $ | 45,880 | $ | 21,408 | $ | 24,472 | 114 | % | ||||||
| Interest expense | $ | (1,216) | $ | (1,830) | $ | 614 | (34) | % | ||||||
| Other income (expense), net | $ | 918 | $ | (1,293) | $ | 2,211 | (171) | % |
Interest income increased $24.5 million as a result of higher interest rates on investments. Interest expense decreased due to the amortization of the discount related to Attivo indemnity escrow liability through July 2023. The change in other income (expense), net is primarily due to gains and losses on strategic investments, partially offset by net foreign currency exchange fluctuations.
Provision for (Benefit from) Income Taxes
| Year Ended January 31, | Change | |||||||||||||
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| 2024 | 2023 | $ | % | |||||||||||
| (dollars in thousands) | ||||||||||||||
| Provision for (benefit from) income taxes | $ | 5,859 | $ | (5,613) | $ | 11,472 | (204) | % |
The provision for income taxes increased in fiscal 2024, compared to fiscal 2023, primarily as a result of the increase in foreign taxes related to operations in international subsidiaries and a one-time tax benefit from the application of our deferred assets with a full valuation allowance to net deferred tax liability of Attivo acquired intangibles recorded in fiscal 2023.
In connection with the acquisition of Attivo, which closed in May 2022, we recorded a net deferred tax liability primarily attributable to identifiable acquired intangibles. This net deferred tax liability is considered an additional source of income to support the realizability of our deferred tax asset, and as a result we released a portion of the valuation allowance and recorded a one-time discrete tax benefit of $9.7 million in fiscal 2023.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
In July 2021, upon completion of our IPO and the concurrent private placement, we received net proceeds of $1.4 billion, after deducting underwriters’ discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses of $81.6 million. We did not pay any underwriting discounts or commissions with respect to shares that were sold in the private placement.
We have financed operations primarily through proceeds received from sales of equity securities, payments received from our customers, and borrowings under a now-terminated loan and security agreement, and we have generated operating losses, as reflected in our accumulated deficit of $1.3 billion and $1.0 billion as of January 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. We expect these and other operating losses to continue for the foreseeable future. We also expect to incur significant research and development, sales and marketing, and general and administrative expenses over the next several years in connection with the continued development and expansion of our business. As of January 31, 2024 and 2023, our principal source of liquidity was cash, cash equivalents, and investments of $1.1 billion and $1.2 billion, respectively.
In the short term, we believe that our existing cash, cash equivalents, and investments will be sufficient to support working capital and capital expenditure requirements for at least the next 12 months. In the long term beyond the next 12 months, our future capital requirements will depend on many factors, including global
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macroeconomic conditions, our revenue growth rate, the timing and the amount of cash received from customers, the expansion of sales and marketing activities, the timing and extent of spending to support research and development efforts, the price at which we are able to purchase third-party cloud infrastructure, expenses associated with our international expansion, the introduction of platform enhancements, and the continuing market adoption of our platform. We have, and in the future, we may enter into arrangements to acquire or invest in complementary businesses, products, and technologies. We may be required to seek additional equity or debt financing. In the event that we require additional financing, we may not be able to raise such financing on terms acceptable to us or at all. If we are unable to raise additional capital or generate cash flows necessary to expand our operations and invest in continued innovation, we may not be able to compete successfully, which would harm our business, operating results, and financial condition.
We hold our cash, cash equivalents, and investments with a diverse group of banking partners. However, any instability in the US or global banking system or relating to the federal budget may impact liquidity both in the short term and long term and may result in adverse impacts to our or our customers’ business, including in our customers’ ability to pay for our platform.
The following table shows a summary of our cash flows for the periods presented:
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| 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | |||||||||
| (in thousands) | |||||||||||
| Net cash used in operating activities | $ | (68,374) | $ | (193,287) | $ | (95,588) | |||||
| Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities | $ | 140,590 | $ | (1,312,666) | $ | (19,743) | |||||
| Net cash provided by financing activities | $ | 47,464 | $ | 36,308 | $ | 1,387,124 |
Operating Activities
Our largest source of operating cash is payments received from our customers. Our primary uses of cash from operating activities are for personnel-related expenses, sales and marketing expenses, third-party cloud infrastructure expenses, and overhead expenses. We have generated negative cash flows from operating activities and have supplemented working capital through net proceeds from the sale of equity securities.
Cash used in operating activities primarily consists of our net loss adjusted for certain non-cash items, including stock-based compensation expense, depreciation and amortization, amortization of deferred contract acquisition costs, and changes in operating assets and liabilities during each period.
Cash used in operating activities during fiscal 2024 was $68.4 million, primarily consisting of our net loss of $338.7 million, and $20.2 million used in net changes to our operating assets and liabilities, partially offset by non-cash items of $290.5 million. The main drivers of the changes in operating assets and liabilities were a $81.0 million increase in deferred contract acquisition costs, a $61.9 million increase in accounts receivable due to timing of cash received from customers, and a $4.5 million decrease in accounts payable. These amounts were partially offset by a $19.1 million increase in accrued payroll and benefits and a $108.2 million increase in deferred revenue resulting primarily from increased subscription contracts.
Cash used in operating activities during fiscal 2023 was $193.3 million, primarily consisting of our net loss of $378.7 million, and $35.4 million used in net changes to our operating assets and liabilities, partially offset by non-cash items of $220.8 million. The main drivers of the changes in operating assets and liabilities were a $61.3 million increase in deferred contract acquisition costs, a $44.4 million increase in accounts receivable due to timing of cash received from customers, a $14.5 million increase in prepaid expenses and other assets primarily due to annual insurance renewal and prepaid sponsorship costs, and a $7.2 million decrease in accrued payroll and benefits. These amounts were partially offset by a $92.5 million increase in deferred revenue resulting primarily from increased subscription contracts.
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Investing Activities
Cash provided by investing activities during fiscal 2024 was $140.6 million, consisting of $639.2 million of investment sales and maturities, partially offset by $466.3 million of investment purchases, $14.0 million of capitalized internal-use software costs, $13.6 million of net cash paid for the KSG acquisition, $3.5 million for purchases of intangible assets, and $1.3 million of purchases of property and equipment to support additional office facilities.
Cash used in investing activities during fiscal 2023 was $1.3 billion, consisting of $1.9 billion of investment purchases, $281.0 million of net cash paid for the Attivo acquisition, $13.5 million of capitalized internal-use software costs, and $5.0 million of purchases of property and equipment to support additional office facilities, partially offset by $925.2 million of investment maturities.
Financing Activities
Cash provided by financing activities during fiscal 2024 was $47.5 million, consisting of $28.3 million of proceeds from the exercise of employee stock options and $19.1 million of proceeds from the issuance of common stock under our 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
Cash provided by financing activities during fiscal 2023 was $36.3 million, consisting of $19.2 million of proceeds from the issuance of common stock under our 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, $17.3 million of proceeds from the exercise of stock options, partially offset by $0.2 million of payments of deferred offering costs.
Contractual Obligations and Commitments
Our operating lease obligations as of January 31, 2024 were approximately $25.2 million, with $5.6 million expected to be paid within 12 months and the remainder thereafter. Our operating leases are related to leased office space with expirations through 2029. See Note 8, Leases, to the consolidated financial statements included in Part II, Item 8, Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.
Our purchase obligations as of January 31, 2024 were approximately $808.1 million, with $109.1 million expected to be paid within 12 months and the remainder thereafter.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
We did not have during the periods presented, and we do not currently have, any off-balance sheet financing arrangements or any relationships with unconsolidated entities or financial partnerships, such as structured finance or special purpose entities, that were established for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements or other contractually narrow or limited purposes.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
Our consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) in the US. The preparation of consolidated financial statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue, expenses, and related disclosures. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, and we evaluate our estimates and assumptions on an ongoing basis. Actual results could differ significantly from the estimates made by management. To the extent that there are differences between our estimates and actual results, our future financial statement presentation, financial condition, operating results, and cash flows will be affected.
The critical accounting policies requiring estimates, assumptions, and judgments that we believe have the most significant impact on our consolidated financial statements are described below.
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Revenue Recognition
We recognize revenue in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers.
We consider the terms and conditions of contracts with customers and our customary business practices in identifying contracts. We determine we have a contract with a customer when the contract is approved, the payment terms for the services can be identified, each party’s rights regarding the services to be transferred can be identified, the contract has commercial substance, and we have determined that the customer has the ability and intent to pay. We apply judgment in determining the customer’s ability and intent to pay, which is based on a variety of factors, including the customer’s historical payment experience or, in the case of a new customer, credit and financial information pertaining to such customer.
Our contracts with customers may contain multiple performance obligations, which are accounted for separately if they are capable of being distinct and are distinct in the context of the contract. Contracts that contain multiple performance obligations require an allocation of the transaction price to each performance obligation based on relative standalone selling price. Certain sales arrangements may include variable consideration, which is recorded as part of the transaction price if, in our judgment, it is probable that no significant future reversal of cumulative revenue under the contract will occur.
Business Combinations
We account for our acquisitions using the acquisition method of accounting. We allocate the fair value of purchase consideration to the tangible and intangible assets acquired, and liabilities assumed, based on their estimated fair values. The excess of the fair value of purchase consideration over the values of these identifiable assets and liabilities is recorded as goodwill. When determining the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed, management makes significant estimates and assumptions, especially with respect to intangible assets. Significant estimates in valuing certain identifiable assets include, but are not limited to, the selection of valuation methodologies, forecasted revenue, discount rates, and useful lives. Management’s estimates of fair value are based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable, but which are inherently uncertain and unpredictable and, as a result, actual results may differ from estimates.
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
See Note 2, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for more information regarding recently issued accounting pronouncements.
FY 2023 10-K MD&A
SEC filing source: 0001583708-23-000014.
ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and related notes 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, particularly information with respect to our future results of operations or financial condition, business strategy and plans, and objectives of management for future operations, includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties as described under the heading “Special Note About Forward-Looking Statements” in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. You should review the disclosure under the heading “Risk Factors” in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for a discussion of important factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements. Our fiscal year ends on January 31, and our fiscal quarters end on April 30, July 31, October 31, and January 31. Our fiscal years ended January 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021 are referred to herein as fiscal 2023, fiscal 2022, and fiscal 2021, respectively.
Unless the context otherwise requires, all references in this report to “SentinelOne,” the “Company,” “we” “our” “us,” or similar terms refer to SentinelOne, Inc. and its subsidiaries.
A discussion regarding our financial condition and results of operations for fiscal 2023 compared to fiscal 2022 is presented below. A discussion regarding our financial condition and results of operations for fiscal 2022 compared to fiscal 2021 can be found in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in the Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2022 filed with the SEC on April 7, 2022.
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Overview
We founded SentinelOne in 2013 with a dramatically new approach to cybersecurity.
We pioneered the world’s first purpose-built AI-powered Singularity Platform to make cybersecurity defense truly autonomous, from the endpoint and beyond. Our Singularity Platform instantly defends against cyberattacks - performing at a faster speed, greater scale, and higher accuracy than otherwise possible from a human-powered approach.
Our Singularity Platform ingests, correlates, and queries petabytes of structured and unstructured data from a myriad of ever-expanding disparate external and internal sources in real-time. We build rich context and deliver greater visibility by constructing a dynamic representation of data across an organization. As a result, our AI models are highly accurate, actionable, and autonomous. Our distributed AI models run both locally on every endpoint and every cloud workload, as well as on our cloud platform. Our Static and vector-agnostic Behavioral AI models, which run on the endpoints themselves, provide our customers with protection even when their devices are not connected to the cloud. In the cloud, our Streaming AI detects anomalies that surface when multiple data feeds are correlated. By providing full visibility into the Storyline of every secured device across the organization through one console, our platform makes it very fast for analysts to easily search through petabytes of data to investigate incidents and proactively hunt threats. We have extended our control and visibility planes beyond the traditional endpoint to unmanaged IoT devices.
Our Singularity Platform can be flexibly deployed on the environments that our customers choose, including public, private, or hybrid clouds. Our feature parity across Windows, macOS, Linux, and Kubernetes offers best-of-breed protection, visibility, and control across today’s heterogeneous IT environments. Together, these capabilities make our platform the logical choice for organizations of all sizes, industry verticals, and compliance requirements. Our platform offers true multi-tenancy, which enables some of the world’s largest organizations and our managed security providers and incident response partners with an excellent management experience. Our customers realize improved cybersecurity outcomes with fewer people.
We generate substantially all of our revenue by selling subscriptions to our Singularity Platform. Our subscription tiers include Singularity Core, Singularity Control, and Singularity Complete. Additionally, customers can extend the functionality of our platform through our subscription Singularity Modules. We generally price our subscriptions and modules on a per agent basis, and each agent generally corresponds with an endpoint, server, virtual machine, or container.
Our subscription contracts typically range from one to three years. We recognize subscription revenue ratably over the term of a contract. Most of our contracts are for terms representing annual increments, therefore contracts generally come up for renewal in the same period in subsequent years. The timing of large multi-year enterprise contracts can create some variability in subscription order levels between periods, though the impact to our revenue in any particular period is limited as a result of ratable revenue recognition.
Our go-to-market strategy is focused on acquiring new customers and driving expanded usage of our platform by existing customers. Our sales organization is comprised of our enterprise sales, inside sales and customer solutions engineering teams. It leverages our global network of ISVs, alliance partners, and channel partners for prospect access. Additionally, our sales teams work closely with our customers, channel partners, and alliance partners to drive adoption of our platform, and our software solutions are fulfilled through our channel partners. Our channel partners include some of the world’s largest resellers and distributors, MSPs, MSSPs, MDRs, OEMs, and IR firms. Once customers experience the benefits of our platform, they often upgrade their subscriptions to benefit from the full range of our XDR and IT and security operations capabilities. Additionally, many of our customers adopt Singularity Modules over time to extend the functionality of our platform and increase their coverage footprint. The combination of platform upgrades and extended modules drives our powerful land-and-expand motion.
Our Singularity Platform is used globally by organizations of all sizes across a broad range of industries. As of January 31, 2023, we had over 10,000 customers, increasing from over 6,700 customers as of January 31, 2022. We had 905 customers with ARR of $100,000 or more as of January 31, 2023, up from 520 customer with ARR of $100,000 or more as of January 31, 2022. As of January 31, 2023 and 2022, no single end customer accounted for
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more than 4% of our ARR. We define ARR as the annualized revenue run rate of our subscription and capacity contracts at the end of a reporting period, assuming contracts are renewed on their existing terms for customers that are under contracts with us. Our revenue outside of the United States represented 35% and 32% for fiscal 2023 and 2022, respectively, illustrating the global nature of our solutions.
We have grown rapidly since our inception. Our revenue was $422.2 million, $204.8 million, and $93.1 million for fiscal 2023, 2022, and 2021, respectively, representing year-over-year growth of 106% and 120%, respectively. During this period, we continued to invest in growing our business to capitalize on our market opportunity. As a result, our net loss for fiscal 2023, 2022, and 2021 was $378.7 million, $271.1 million, and $117.6 million, respectively.
Key Business Metrics
We monitor the following key metrics to help us evaluate our business, identify trends affecting our business, formulate business plans, and make strategic decisions.
Annualized Recurring Revenue (ARR)
We believe that ARR is a key operating metric to measure our business because it is driven by our ability to acquire new subscription and capacity customers and to maintain and expand our relationship with existing customers. ARR represents the annualized revenue run rate of our subscription and capacity contracts at the end of a reporting period, assuming contracts are renewed on their existing terms for customers that are under contracts with us. ARR is not a forecast of future revenue, which can be impacted by contract start and end dates and renewal rates.
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| 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | ||||||||
| (in thousands) | ||||||||||
| Annualized recurring revenue | $ | 548,652 | $ | 292,341 | $ | 130,825 |
ARR grew 88% year-over-year to $548.7 million for fiscal 2023, primarily due to high growth in the number of new customers purchasing our subscriptions and to additional purchases by existing customers. ARR is an operational metric, and there is no comparable GAAP financial measure to which we can reconcile this particular key metric.
Customers with ARR of $100,000 or More
We believe that our ability to increase the number of customers with ARR of $100,000 or more is an indicator of our market penetration and strategic demand for our platform. We define a customer as an entity that has an active subscription for access to our platform. We count MSPs, MSSPs, MDRs, and OEMs, who may purchase our products on behalf of multiple companies, as a single customer. We do not count our reseller or distributor channel partners as customers.
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| 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | |||||
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| Customers with ARR of $100,000 or more | 905 | 520 | 219 |
Customers with ARR of $100,000 or more grew 74% year-over-year to 905 for fiscal 2023, primarily due to growth in the ARR of existing customers from additional purchases and to growth in the average size of purchases by new customers.
Dollar-Based Net Retention Rate (NRR)
We believe that our ability to retain and expand our revenue generated from our existing customers is an indicator of the long-term value of our customer relationships and our potential future business opportunities. NRR measures the percentage change in our ARR derived from our customer base at a point in time.
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| 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | ||||||
| Dollar-based net retention rate | 132 | % | 129 | % | 117 | % |
Our dollar-based net retention rate was 132% as of January 31, 2023, driven by existing customers primarily from expansion of the number of endpoints and purchases of additional modules. NRR is an operational metric, and there is no comparable GAAP financial measure to which we can reconcile this particular key metric.
Components of Our Results of Operations
Revenue
We generate substantially all of our revenue from subscriptions to our Singularity Platform. Customers can extend the functionality of their subscription to our platform by subscribing to additional Singularity Modules. Subscriptions provide access to hosted software. The nature of our promise to the customer under the subscription is to provide protection for the duration of the contractual term and as such is considered as a series of distinct services. Our arrangements may include fixed consideration, variable consideration, or a combination of the two. Fixed consideration is recognized over the term of the arrangement or longer if the fixed consideration relates to a material right. Variable consideration in these arrangements is typically a function of transaction volume or another usage-based measure. Depending upon the structure of a particular arrangement, we (1) allocate the variable amount to each distinct service period within the series and recognize revenue as each distinct service period is performed (i.e. direct allocation), (2) estimate total variable consideration at contract inception (giving consideration to any constraints that may apply and updating the estimates as new information becomes available) and recognizes the total transaction price over the period to which it relates, or (3) apply the ‘right to invoice’ practical expedient and recognize revenue based on the amount invoiced to the customer during the period. Premium support and maintenance and other Singularity Modules are distinct from subscriptions and are recognized ratably over the term as the performance obligations are satisfied.
We invoice our customers upfront upon signing for the entire term of the contract, periodically, or in arrears. Most of our subscription contracts have a term of one to three years.
Cost of Revenue
Cost of revenue consists primarily of third-party cloud infrastructure expenses incurred in connection with the hosting and maintenance of our platform. Cost of revenue also consists of personnel-related costs associated with our customer support and services organization, including salaries, benefits, bonuses, and stock-based compensation, amortization of acquired intangible assets, amortization of capitalized internal-use software, software and subscription services used by our customer support and services team, and allocated overhead costs.
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Our third-party cloud infrastructure costs are driven primarily by the number of customers, the number of endpoints per customer, the number of modules, and the incremental costs for storing additional data collected for such cloud modules. We plan to continue to invest in our platform infrastructure and additional resources in our customer support and services organization as we grow our business. The level and timing of investment in these areas could affect our cost of revenue from period to period.
Operating Expenses
Our operating expenses consist of research and development, sales and marketing, and general and administrative expenses. Personnel-related expenses are the most significant component of operating expenses and consist of salaries, benefits, bonuses, stock-based compensation, and sales commissions. Operating expenses also include allocated facilities and IT overhead costs.
Research and Development
Research and development expenses consist primarily of employee salaries, benefits, bonuses, and stock-based compensation. Research and development expenses also include consulting fees, software and subscription services, and third-party cloud infrastructure expenses incurred in developing our platform and modules.
We expect research and development expenses to increase in absolute dollars as we continue to increase investments in our existing products and services. However, we anticipate research and development expenses to decrease as a percentage of our total revenue over time, although our research and development expenses may fluctuate as a percentage of our total revenue from period to period depending on the timing of these expenses. In addition, research and development expenses that qualify as internal-use software are capitalized, the amount of which may fluctuate significantly from period to period.
Sales and Marketing
Sales and marketing expenses consist primarily of employee salaries, commissions, benefits, bonuses, stock-based compensation, travel and entertainment related expenses, advertising, branding and marketing events, promotions, and software and subscription services. Sales and marketing expenses also include sales commissions paid to our sales force and referral fees paid to independent third parties that are incremental to obtain a subscription contract. Such costs are capitalized and amortized over an estimated period of benefit of four years, and any such expenses paid for the renewal of a subscription are capitalized and amortized over the average contractual term of the renewal.
We expect sales and marketing expenses to increase in absolute dollars as we continue to make significant investments in our sales and marketing organization to drive additional revenue, further penetrate the market, and expand our global customer base, but to decrease as a percentage of our revenue over time.
General and Administrative
General and administrative expenses consist primarily of salaries, benefits, bonuses, stock-based compensation, and other expenses for our executive, finance, legal, people team, and facilities organizations. General and administrative expenses also include external legal, accounting, other consulting, and professional services fees, software and subscription services, and other corporate expenses.
We expect to continue to incur additional expenses as a result of operating as a public company, including costs to comply with the rules and regulations applicable to companies listed on a national securities exchange, costs related to compliance and reporting obligations, and increased expenses for insurance, investor relations, and professional services. We expect that our general and administrative expenses will increase in absolute dollars as our business grows but will decrease as a percentage of our revenue over time.
Interest Income, Interest Expense, and Other Income (Expense), Net
Interest income consists primarily of interest earned on our cash equivalents and investments.
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Interest expense consists primarily of the amortization of the discount related to Attivo indemnity escrow liability.
Other income (expense), net consists primarily of foreign currency transaction gains and losses.
Provision for Income Taxes
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes consists primarily of income taxes in certain foreign and state jurisdictions in which we conduct business and a one-time benefit from the release of valuation allowance as a result of the Attivo business combination. In connection with our global consolidated losses, we maintain a full valuation allowance against our U.S. and Israel deferred tax assets because we have concluded that it is more likely than not that the deferred tax assets will not be realized.
Results of Operations
The following table sets forth our results of operations for the periods presented:
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| 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | ||||||||||||
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| Revenue | $ | 422,179 | $ | 204,799 | $ | 93,056 | ||||||||
| Cost of revenue(1) | 144,177 | 81,677 | 39,332 | |||||||||||
| Gross profit | 278,002 | 123,122 | 53,724 | |||||||||||
| Operating expenses: | ||||||||||||||
| Research and development(1) | 207,008 | 136,274 | 62,444 | |||||||||||
| Sales and marketing(1) | 310,848 | 160,576 | 77,740 | |||||||||||
| General and administrative(1) | 162,722 | 93,504 | 29,059 | |||||||||||
| Total operating expenses | 680,578 | 390,354 | 169,243 | |||||||||||
| Loss from operations | (402,576) | (267,232) | (115,519) | |||||||||||
| Interest income | 21,408 | 202 | 231 | |||||||||||
| Interest expense | (1,830) | (787) | (1,401) | |||||||||||
| Other expense, net | (1,293) | (2,280) | (424) | |||||||||||
| Loss before income taxes | (384,291) | (270,097) | (117,113) | |||||||||||
| Provision (benefit) for income taxes | (5,613) | 1,004 | 460 | |||||||||||
| Net loss | $ | (378,678) | $ | (271,101) | $ | (117,573) |
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(1)Includes stock-based compensation expense as follows:
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| 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | ||||||||||||
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| Cost of revenue | $ | 10,093 | $ | 3,618 | $ | 308 | ||||||||
| Research and development | 51,771 | 35,358 | 6,590 | |||||||||||
| Sales and marketing | 40,115 | 15,460 | 3,835 | |||||||||||
| General and administrative | 62,487 | 33,453 | 5,179 | |||||||||||
| Total stock-based compensation expense | $ | 164,466 | $ | 87,889 | $ | 15,912 |
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The following table sets forth the components of our consolidated statements of operations as a percentage of revenue for each of the periods presented:
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| 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | ||||||||||
| (as a percentage of total revenue) | ||||||||||||
| Revenue | 100 | 100% | 100% | |||||||||
| Cost of revenue | 34 | 40 | 42 | |||||||||
| Gross profit | 66 | 60 | 58 | |||||||||
| Operating expenses: | ||||||||||||
| Research and development | 49 | 67 | 67 | |||||||||
| Sales and marketing | 74 | 78 | 84 | |||||||||
| General and administrative | 39 | 46 | 31 | |||||||||
| Total operating expenses | 161 | 191 | 182 | |||||||||
| Loss from operations | (95) | (130) | (124) | |||||||||
| Interest income | 5 | — | — | |||||||||
| Interest expense | — | — | (2) | |||||||||
| Other expense, net | — | (1) | — | |||||||||
| Loss before income taxes | (91) | (132) | (126) | |||||||||
| Provision (benefit) for income taxes | (1) | — | — | |||||||||
| Net loss | (90) | % | (132) | % | (126) | % |
Note: Certain figures may not sum due to rounding.
Comparison of the Years Ended January 31, 2023 and 2022
Revenue
| Year Ended January 31, | Change | |||||||||||||
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| 2023 | 2022 | $ | % | |||||||||||
| (dollars in thousands) | ||||||||||||||
| Revenue | $ | 422,179 | $ | 204,799 | $ | 217,380 | 106 | % |
Revenue increased by $217.4 million, or 106%, from $204.8 million for fiscal 2022 to $422.2 million for fiscal 2023, which was primarily driven by a combination of the addition of new customers and the sale of additional endpoints and modules to existing customers. In addition, there was an increase of $28.6 million derived from revenue resulting from the Attivo acquisition.
Cost of Revenue, Gross Profit, and Gross Margin
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| 2023 | 2022 | $ | % | |||||||||||
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| Cost of revenue | $ | 144,177 | $ | 81,677 | $ | 62,500 | 77 | % | ||||||
| Gross profit | $ | 278,002 | $ | 123,122 | $ | 154,880 | 126 | % | ||||||
| Gross margin | 66 | % | 60 | % |
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Cost of revenue increased by $62.5 million from $81.7 million for fiscal 2022 to $144.2 million for fiscal 2023, primarily due to an increase of $26.4 million in overhead costs due to increase in our personnel to support overall growth, higher third-party cloud infrastructure expenses from increased data usage of $17.7 million, and an increase of $13.8 million from amortization of intangible assets. Gross margin increased from 60% for fiscal 2022 to 66% for fiscal 2023, primarily due to revenue growth from existing and new customers outpacing growth in cost of revenue.
Research and Development
| Year Ended January 31, | Change | |||||||||||||
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| 2023 | 2022 | $ | % | |||||||||||
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| Research and development expenses | $ | 207,008 | $ | 136,274 | $ | 70,734 | 52 | % |
Research and development expenses increased from $136.3 million in fiscal 2022 to $207.0 million in fiscal 2023, primarily due to an increase in personnel-related expenses of $45.7 million, including an increase of $15.7 million related to stock-based compensation expense as a result of increased headcount, an increase of $16.8 million in third-party cloud infrastructure expenses incurred in developing our platform and modules, and an increase of $6.1 million related to allocated overhead costs as a result of increased headcount.
Sales and Marketing
| Year Ended January 31, | Change | |||||||||||||
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| 2023 | 2022 | $ | % | |||||||||||
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| Sales and marketing expenses | $ | 310,848 | $ | 160,576 | $ | 150,272 | 94 | % |
Sales and marketing expenses increased from $160.6 million in fiscal 2022 to $310.8 million in fiscal 2023, primarily due to an increase in personnel-related expenses of $103.2 million, including an increase of $24.7 million in stock-based compensation expense as a result of increased headcount. In addition, there was an increase of $17.4 million in marketing-related expenses, an increase of $9.6 million related to allocated overhead costs as a result of increased headcount, and the remaining increase is primarily a result of increased travel and entertainment expenses.
General and Administrative
| Year Ended January 31, | Change | |||||||||||||
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| 2023 | 2022 | $ | % | |||||||||||
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| General and administrative expenses | $ | 162,722 | $ | 93,504 | $ | 69,218 | 74 | % |
General and administrative expenses increased from $93.5 million in fiscal 2022 to $162.7 million in fiscal 2023, primarily due to an increase in personnel-related expenses of $57.0 million, including an increase of $29.0 million in stock-based compensation expense as a result of increased headcount. In addition, there was an increase of $14.1 million in outside consulting services, legal, audit, tax and software subscription expenses.
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Interest Income, Interest Expense, and Other Income (Expense), Net
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| 2023 | 2022 | $ | % | |||||||||||
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| Interest income | $ | 21,408 | $ | 202 | $ | 21,206 | 10498 | % | ||||||
| Interest expense | $ | (1,830) | $ | (787) | $ | (1,043) | 133 | % | ||||||
| Other income (expense), net | $ | (1,293) | $ | (2,280) | $ | 987 | (43) | % |
Interest income increased $21.2 million as a result of interest earned on investments, which we did not have in fiscal year 2022. Interest expense increased due to the amortization of the discount related to Attivo indemnity escrow liability. The decrease in other expense, net is primarily due to net foreign currency exchange gains.
Provision for Income Taxes
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| 2023 | 2022 | $ | % | |||||||||||
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| Provision (benefit) for income taxes | $ | (5,613) | $ | 1,004 | $ | (6,617) | (659) | % |
The provision for income taxes decreased primarily as a result of the application of our deferred tax assets with a full valuation allowance to net deferred tax liability of Attivo acquired intangibles.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
In July 2021, upon completion of our IPO and the concurrent private placement, we received net proceeds of $1.4 billion, after deducting underwriters’ discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses of $81.6 million. We did not pay any underwriting discounts or commissions with respect to shares that were sold in the private placement.
We have financed operations primarily through proceeds received from sales of equity securities, payments received from our customers, and borrowings under our loan and security agreement, and we have generated operating losses, as reflected in our accumulated deficit of $1,000.4 million and $621.7 million as of January 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. We expect these losses and operating losses to continue for the foreseeable future. We also expect to incur significant research and development, sales and marketing, and general and administrative expenses over the next several years in connection with the continued development and expansion of our business. As of January 31, 2023 and 2022, our principal source of liquidity was cash, cash equivalents, and investments of $1.2 billion and $1.7 billion, respectively.
In the short term, we believe that our existing cash, cash equivalents, and investments will be sufficient to support working capital and capital expenditure requirements for at least the next 12 months. In the long term, our future capital requirements will depend on many factors, including our revenue growth rate, the timing and the amount of cash received from customers, the expansion of sales and marketing activities, the timing and extent of spending to support research and development efforts, the price at which we are able to purchase third-party cloud infrastructure, expenses associated with our international expansion, the introduction of platform enhancements, and the continuing market adoption of our platform. We have, and in the future, we may enter into arrangements to acquire or invest in complementary businesses, products, and technologies. We may be required to seek additional equity or debt financing. In the event that we require additional financing, we may not be able to raise such financing on terms acceptable to us or at all. If we are unable to raise additional capital or generate cash flows necessary to expand our operations and invest in continued innovation, we may not be able to compete successfully, which would harm our business, operating results, and financial condition.
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On March 10, 2023, SVB was closed by the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation, which also appointed the FDIC as receiver. While some of our cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments were held at SVB prior to its closure, in light of the FDIC’s announcement that depositors of the institution will be made whole, we currently have full access to these funds. We hold our cash, cash equivalents, and investments with a diverse group of banking partners and, as a result, we have not experienced a material impact to our business as a result of SVB’s closure. However, any instability in the global banking system may impact liquidity both in the short term and long term and may result in adverse impacts to our or our customers’ business, including in our customers’ ability to pay for our platform.
The following table shows a summary of our cash flows for the periods presented:
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| Net cash used in operating activities | $ | (193,287) | $ | (95,588) | $ | (66,570) | |||||
| Net cash used in investing activities | $ | (1,312,666) | $ | (19,743) | $ | (6,265) | |||||
| Net cash provided by financing activities | $ | 36,308 | $ | 1,387,124 | $ | 423,978 |
Operating Activities
Our largest source of operating cash is payments received from our customers. Our primary uses of cash from operating activities are for personnel-related expenses, sales and marketing expenses, third-party cloud infrastructure expenses, and overhead expenses. We have generated negative cash flows from operating activities and have supplemented working capital through net proceeds from the sale of equity securities.
Cash used in operating activities primarily consists of our net loss adjusted for certain non-cash items, including stock-based compensation expense, depreciation and amortization, amortization of deferred contract acquisition costs, and changes in operating assets and liabilities during each period.
Cash used in operating activities during fiscal 2023 was $193.3 million, primarily consisting of our net loss of $378.7 million, and $35.4 million used in net changes to our operating assets and liabilities, partially offset by non-cash items of $220.8 million. The main drivers of the changes in operating assets and liabilities were a $61.3 million increase in deferred contract acquisition costs, a $44.4 million increase in accounts receivable due to timing of cash received from customers, a $14.5 million increase in prepaid expenses and other assets primarily due to annual insurance renewal and prepaid sponsorship costs, and a $7.2 million decrease in accrued payroll and benefits. These amounts were partially offset by a $92.5 million increase in deferred revenue resulting primarily from increased subscription contracts.
Cash used in operating activities during fiscal 2022 was $95.6 million, primarily consisting of our net loss of $271.1 million, adjusted for non-cash items of $119.9 million and net cash inflows of $55.6 million provided by changes in our operating assets and liabilities. The main drivers of the changes in operating assets and liabilities were a $115.1 million increase in deferred revenue, resulting primarily from increased subscription contracts, a $41.5 million increase in accrued payroll and benefits due to increased headcount, a $24.2 million increase in accrued and other liabilities primarily due to net invoices received from vendors. These amounts were partially offset by a $59.1 million increase in accounts receivable due to an increase in sales, a $53.6 million increase in deferred contract acquisition costs, a $7.3 million increase in prepaid expenses and other assets, primarily due to annual insurance renewal and prepaid sponsorship costs and a $2.1 million decrease in accounts payable due to timing of payments.
Investing Activities
Cash used in investing activities during fiscal 2023 was $1,312.7 million, consisting of $1,938.0 million of investment purchases, $281.0 million of net cash paid for the acquisition of Attivo, $13.5 million of capitalized
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internal-use software costs, and $5.0 million of purchases of property and equipment to support additional office facilities, partially offset by $925.2 million of investment maturities.
Cash used in investing activities during fiscal 2022 was $19.7 million, consisting of $6.0 million of cash paid for purchases of strategic investments, $3.4 million of cash paid for the acquisition of Scalyr, $5.8 million of capitalized internal-use software costs, and $3.7 million of purchases of property and equipment to support additional office facilities.
Financing Activities
Cash provided by financing activities during fiscal 2023 was $36.3 million, consisting of $19.2 million of proceeds from the issuance of common stock under our 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, $17.3 million of proceeds from the exercise of employee stock options, partially offset by $0.2 million of payments of deferred offering costs.
Cash provided by financing activities during fiscal 2022 was $1.4 billion, consisting of $1.4 billion of aggregate net proceeds from our IPO and the concurrent private placement completed in July 2021, net of underwriting discounts and commissions, $14.6 million of proceeds from the exercise of stock options, $11.4 million of proceeds from issuance of common stock under the ESPP, partially offset by a $20.0 million repayment of our revolving line of credit and $7.4 million of payments of deferred offering costs.
Contractual Obligations and Commitments
Our operating lease obligations as of January 31, 2023 were approximately $30.4 million, with $4.8 million expected to be paid within 12 months and the remainder thereafter. Our operating leases are related to leased facilities under operating lease agreements expiring through fiscal 2029. We have office facility operating leases in the United States, the Czech Republic, France, Israel, United Arab Emirates, and other countries. See Note 7, Leases, to the consolidated financial statements included in Part II, Item 8, Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.
Our purchase obligations as of January 31, 2023 were approximately $871.5 million, with $81.9 million expected to be paid within 12 months and the remainder thereafter. Our purchase obligations primarily relate to a non-cancellable purchase commitment entered in February 2023 with our cloud infrastructure vendor for a total net value of $860.0 million over the next six years. See Note 17 to our consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for more information regarding this subsequent event.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
We did not have during the periods presented, and we do not currently have, any off-balance sheet financing arrangements or any relationships with unconsolidated entities or financial partnerships, such as structured finance or special purpose entities, that were established for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements or other contractually narrow or limited purposes.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
Our consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with GAAP. The preparation of consolidated financial statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue, expenses, and related disclosures. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, and we evaluate our estimates and assumptions on an ongoing basis. Actual results could differ significantly from the estimates made by management. To the extent that there are differences between our estimates and actual results, our future financial statement presentation, financial condition, operating results, and cash flows will be affected.
The critical accounting policies requiring estimates, assumptions, and judgments that we believe have the most significant impact on our consolidated financial statements are described below.
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Revenue Recognition
We recognize revenue in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers.
We consider the terms and conditions of contracts with customers and our customary business practices in identifying contracts. We determine we have a contract with a customer when the contract is approved, the payment terms for the services can be identified, each party’s rights regarding the services to be transferred can be identified, the contract has commercial substance, and we have determined that the customer has the ability and intent to pay. We apply judgment in determining the customer’s ability and intent to pay, which is based on a variety of factors, including the customer’s historical payment experience or, in the case of a new customer, credit and financial information pertaining to such customer.
Our contracts with customers may contain multiple performance obligations, which are accounted for separately if they are capable of being distinct and are distinct in the context of the contract. Contracts that contain multiple performance obligations require an allocation of the transaction price to each performance obligation based on relative standalone selling price (SSP). We apply judgment in determining SSP for our performance obligations. To determine SSP, we maximize the use of observable standalone sales and observable data, where available. In instances where performance obligations do not have observable standalone sales, we utilize available information that may include but is not limited to product groupings, or applying the expected cost-plus margin approach to estimate the price we would charge if the service was sold separately. Certain sales arrangements may include variable consideration, which is recorded as part of the transaction price if, in our judgment, it is probable that no significant future reversal of cumulative revenue under the contract will occur.
Business Combinations
We account for our acquisitions using the acquisition method of accounting. We allocate the fair value of purchase consideration to the tangible and intangible assets acquired, and liabilities assumed, based on their estimated fair values. The excess of the fair value of purchase consideration over the values of these identifiable assets and liabilities is recorded as goodwill. When determining the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed, management makes significant estimates and assumptions, especially with respect to intangible assets. Significant estimates in valuing certain identifiable assets include, but are not limited to, the selection of valuation methodologies, forecasted revenue, discount rates, and useful lives. Management’s estimates of fair value are based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable, but which are inherently uncertain and unpredictable and, as a result, actual results may differ from estimates.
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
See Note 2 to our consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for more information regarding recently issued accounting pronouncements.
FY 2022 10-K MD&A
SEC filing source: 0001583708-22-000016.
ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and related notes 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, particularly information with respect to our future results of operations or financial condition, business strategy and plans, and objectives of management for future operations, includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties as described under the heading “Special Note About Forward-Looking Statements” in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. You should review the disclosure under the heading “Risk Factors” in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for a discussion of important factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements. Our fiscal year ends on January 31, and our fiscal quarters end on April 30, July 31, October 31, and January 31. Our fiscal years ended January 31, 2022, 2021, and 2020 are referred to herein as fiscal 2022, fiscal 2021, and fiscal 2020, respectively.
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Unless the context otherwise requires, all references in this report to “SentinelOne,” the “Company,” “we” “our” “us,” or similar terms refer to SentinelOne, Inc. and its subsidiaries.
A discussion regarding our financial condition and results of operations for fiscal 2022 compared to fiscal 2021 is presented below. A discussion regarding our financial condition and results of operations for fiscal 2021 compared to fiscal 2020 can be found in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in the final prospectus for our IPO dated as of June 29, 2021 (Final Prospectus) and filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b)(4) on June 30, 2021.
Overview
We founded SentinelOne in 2013 with a dramatically new approach to cybersecurity.
We pioneered the world’s first purpose-built AI-powered XDR platform to make cybersecurity defense truly autonomous, from the endpoint and beyond. Our Singularity Platform instantly defends against cyberattacks - performing at a faster speed, greater scale, and higher accuracy than otherwise possible from a human-powered approach.
Our XDR Platform ingests, correlates, and queries petabytes of structured and unstructured data from a myriad of ever-expanding disparate external and internal sources in real-time. We build rich context and deliver greater visibility by constructing a dynamic representation of data across an organization. As a result, our AI models are highly accurate, actionable, and autonomous. Our distributed AI models run both locally on every endpoint and every cloud workload, as well as on our cloud platform. Our Static and vector-agnostic Behavioral AI models, which run on the endpoints themselves, provide our customers with protection even when their devices are not connected to the cloud. In the cloud, our Streaming AI detects anomalies that surface when multiple data feeds are correlated. By providing full visibility into the Storyline of every secured device across the organization through one console, our platform makes it very fast for analysts to easily search through petabytes of data to investigate incidents and proactively hunt threats. We have extended our control and visibility planes beyond the traditional endpoint to unmanaged IoT devices.
Our Singularity Platform can be flexibly deployed on the environments that our customers choose, including public, private, or hybrid clouds. Our feature parity across Windows, macOS, Linux, and Kubernetes offers best-of-breed protection, visibility, and control across today’s heterogeneous IT environments. Together, these capabilities make our platform the logical choice for organizations of all sizes, industry verticals, and compliance requirements. Our platform offers true multi-tenancy, which enables some of the world’s largest organizations and our managed security providers and incident response partners with an excellent management experience. Our customers realize improved cybersecurity outcomes with fewer people.
We generate substantially all of our revenue by selling subscriptions to our Singularity Platform. Our subscription tiers include Singularity Core, Singularity Control, and Singularity Complete. Additionally, customers can extend the functionality of our platform through our subscription Singularity Modules. We generally price our subscriptions and modules on a per agent basis, and each agent generally corresponds with an endpoint, server, virtual machine, or container.
Our subscription contracts typically range from one to three years. We recognize subscription revenue ratably over the term of a contract. Most of our contracts are for terms representing annual increments, therefore contracts generally come up for renewal in the same period in subsequent years. The timing of large multi-year enterprise contracts can create some variability in subscription order levels between periods, though the impact to our revenue in any particular period is limited as a result of ratable revenue recognition.
Our go-to-market strategy is focused on acquiring new customers and driving expanded usage of our platform by existing customers. Our sales organization is comprised of our enterprise sales, inside sales and customer solutions engineering teams. It leverages our global network of ISVs, alliance partners, and channel partners for prospect access. Additionally, our sales teams work closely with our customers, channel partners, and alliance partners to drive adoption of our platform, and our software solutions are fulfilled through our channel partners. Our channel partners include some of the world’s largest resellers and distributors, MSPs, MSSPs, MDRs, OEMs, and IR
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firms. Once customers experience the benefits of our platform, they often upgrade their subscriptions to benefit from the full range of our XDR and IT and security operations capabilities. Additionally, many of our customers adopt Singularity Modules over time to extend the functionality of our platform and increase their coverage footprint. The combination of platform upgrades and extended modules drives our powerful land-and-expand motion.
Our Singularity Platform is used globally by organizations of all sizes across a broad range of industries. As of January 31, 2022, we had over 6,700 customers, increasing from over 3,900 customers as of January 31, 2021. We had 520 customers with ARR of $100,000 or more as of January 31, 2022, up from 219 customer with ARR of $100,000 or more as of January 31, 2021. As of January 31, 2022 and 2021, no single end customer accounted for more than 3% of our ARR. We define ARR as the annualized revenue run rate of our subscription contracts at the end of a reporting period, assuming contracts are renewed on their existing terms for customers that are under subscription contracts with us. Our ARR outside of the United States represented 36% and 28% as of January 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively, illustrating the global nature of our solutions.
We have grown rapidly since our inception. Our revenue was $204.8 million, $93.1 million, and $46.5 million for fiscal 2022, 2021, and 2020, respectively, representing year-over-year growth of 120% and 100%, respectively. During this period, we continued to invest in growing our business to capitalize on our market opportunity. As a result, our net loss for fiscal 2022, 2021, and 2020 was $271.1 million, $117.6 million, and $76.6 million, respectively.
Initial Public Offering and Private Placement
In July 2021, we completed our IPO and a concurrent private placement, in which we issued and sold an aggregate of 41,678,568 shares of our Class A common stock at $35 per share, including 5,250,000 shares issued upon the exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares and 1,428,568 shares issued pursuant to the concurrent private placement. We received net proceeds of approximately $1.4 billion after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions.
Impact of COVID-19
Beginning in January 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in travel restrictions, prohibitions of non-essential activities, disruption and shutdown of certain businesses worldwide, as well as greater uncertainty in global financial markets. The full extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic will directly or indirectly impact our business, operating results, cash flows, and financial condition will depend on future developments that are highly uncertain and cannot be accurately predicted. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have experienced, and may continue to experience, a modest adverse impact on certain parts of our business, including a lengthening of the sales cycle for some prospective customers and delays in the delivery of professional services and trainings to our customers.
We have also experienced, and may continue to experience, a positive impact as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. For example, in connection with the travel restrictions, shelter-in-place, and work-from-home policies resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, we have seen an increase in usage and subscriptions from smaller customers, many of whom are small or medium sized businesses. We have also seen slower growth in certain operating expenses due to reduced business travel and the virtualization or cancellation of customer and employee events. While a reduction in operating expenses may have an immediate positive impact on our operating results, we do not yet have visibility into the full impact this will have on our business. Moreover, as vaccines become widely available and people begin to return to offices and other workplaces, any positive impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business may slow or decline once the impact of the pandemic tapers.
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We cannot predict how long we will continue to experience the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic including any new variants, vaccine mandates, and further travel and office restrictions. Our operating results, cash flows, and financial condition have not been adversely affected to date. However, as certain of our customers or partners experience downturns or uncertainty in their own business operations or revenue resulting from the spread of COVID-19 our operating results, cash flows, and financial condition could be adversely affected. In addition, in response to the spread of COVID-19, we previously required substantially all of our employees to work remotely to minimize the risk of the virus to our employees and the communities in which we operate. Most of our employees continue to work remotely and we have slowly opened up our offices at minimal capacity, subject to local COVID-19 restrictions. We may take further actions as may be required by government authorities or that we determine are in the best interests of our employees, customers, and business partners.
The global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to rapidly evolve, and we will continue to monitor the situation and the effects on our business and operations closely. We do not yet know the full extent of potential impacts on our business or operations or on the global economy as a whole, particularly if the COVID-19 pandemic continues and persists for an extended period of time. Given the uncertainty, we cannot reasonably estimate the impact on our future operating results, cash flows, or financial condition. For additional information, see the section titled “Risk Factors.”
Key Business Metrics
We monitor the following key metrics to help us evaluate our business, identify trends affecting our business, formulate business plans, and make strategic decisions.
Annualized Recurring Revenue
We believe that ARR is a key operating metric to measure our business because it is driven by our ability to acquire new subscription customers and to maintain and expand our relationship with existing subscription customers. ARR represents the annualized revenue run rate of our subscription contracts at the end of a reporting period, assuming contracts are renewed on their existing terms for customers that are under subscription contracts with us. ARR is not a forecast of future revenue, which can be impacted by contract start and end dates and renewal rates.
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| Annualized recurring revenue (ARR) | $ | 292,341 | $ | 130,825 | $ | 66,764 |
ARR grew 123% year-over-year to $292.3 million for fiscal 2022, primarily due to high growth in the number of new customers purchasing our subscriptions and to additional purchases by existing customers.
Customers with ARR of $100,000 or More
We believe that our ability to increase the number of customers with ARR of $100,000 or more is an indicator of our market penetration and strategic demand for our platform. We define a customer as an entity that has an active subscription for access to our platform. We count MSPs, MSSPs, MDRs, and OEMs, who may purchase our products on behalf of multiple companies, as a single customer. We do not count our reseller or distributor channel partners as customers.
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| Customers with ARR of $100,000 or more | 520 | 219 | 104 |
Customers with ARR of $100,000 or more grew 137% year-over-year to 520 for fiscal 2022, primarily due to growth in the ARR of existing customers from additional purchases and to growth in the average size of purchases by new customers.
Dollar-Based Net Retention Rate
We believe that our ability to retain and expand our revenue generated from our existing customers is an indicator of the long-term value of our customer relationships and our potential future business opportunities. NRR measures the percentage change in our ARR derived from our customer base at a point in time.
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| Dollar-based net retention rate | 129 | % | 117 | % | 119 | % |
Our dollar-based net retention rate was 129% for fiscal 2022, driven by existing customers primarily from expansion of the number of endpoints, upgrades of subscription tiers, and purchases of additional modules.
Components of Our Results of Operations
Revenue
We generate substantially all of our revenue from subscriptions to our Singularity Platform. Customers can extend the functionality of their subscription to our platform by subscribing to additional Singularity Modules. Subscriptions provide access to hosted software. The nature of our promise to the customer under the subscription is to provide protection for the duration of the contractual term and as such is considered as a series of distinct services. Our arrangements may include fixed consideration, variable consideration, or a combination of the two. Fixed consideration is recognized over the term of the arrangement or longer if the fixed consideration relates to a material right. Variable consideration in these arrangements is typically a function of transaction volume or another usage-based measure. Depending upon the structure of a particular arrangement, we (1) allocate the variable amount to each distinct service period within the series and recognize revenue as each distinct service period is performed (i.e. direct allocation), (2) estimate total variable consideration at contract inception (giving consideration to any constraints that may apply and updating the estimates as new information becomes available) and recognizes the total transaction price over the period to which it relates, or (3) apply the ‘right to invoice’ practical expedient and recognize revenue based on the amount invoiced to the customer during the period. Premium support and maintenance and other Singularity Modules are distinct from subscriptions and are recognized ratably over the term as the performance obligations are satisfied.
We invoice our customers upfront upon signing for the entire term of the contract, periodically, or in arrears. Most of our subscription contracts have a term of one to three years.
Cost of Revenue
Cost of revenue consists primarily of third-party cloud infrastructure expenses incurred in connection with the hosting and maintenance of our platform. Cost of revenue also consists of personnel-related costs associated with our customer support and services organization, including salaries, benefits, bonuses, and stock-based compensation, amortization of acquired intangible assets, amortization of capitalized internal-use software, software and subscription services used by our customer support and services team, and allocated overhead costs.
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Our third-party cloud infrastructure costs are driven primarily by the number of customers, the number of endpoints per customer, the number of modules, and the incremental costs for storing additional data collected for such cloud modules. We plan to continue to invest in our platform infrastructure and additional resources in our customer support and services organization as we grow our business. The level and timing of investment in these areas could affect our cost of revenue from period to period.
Operating Expenses
Our operating expenses consist of research and development, sales and marketing, and general and administrative expenses. Personnel-related expenses are the most significant component of operating expenses and consist of salaries, benefits, bonuses, stock-based compensation, and sales commissions. Operating expenses also include allocated facilities and IT overhead costs.
Research and Development
Research and development expenses consist primarily of employee salaries, benefits, bonuses, and stock-based compensation. Research and development expenses also include consulting fees, software and subscription services, and third-party cloud infrastructure expenses incurred in developing our platform and modules.
We expect research and development expenses to increase in absolute dollars as we continue to increase investments in our existing products and services. However, we anticipate research and development expenses to decrease as a percentage of our total revenue over time, although our research and development expenses may fluctuate as a percentage of our total revenue from period to period depending on the timing of these expenses. In addition, research and development expenses that qualify as internal-use software are capitalized, the amount of which may fluctuate significantly from period to period.
Sales and Marketing
Sales and marketing expenses consist primarily of employee salaries, commissions, benefits, bonuses, stock-based compensation, travel and entertainment related expenses, advertising, branding and marketing events, promotions, and software and subscription services. Sales and marketing expenses also include sales commissions paid to our sales force and referral fees paid to independent third parties that are incremental to obtain a subscription contract. Such costs are capitalized and amortized over an estimated period of benefit of four years, and any such expenses paid for the renewal of a subscription are capitalized and amortized over the contractual term of the renewal.
We expect sales and marketing expenses to increase in absolute dollars as we continue to make significant investments in our sales and marketing organization to drive additional revenue, further penetrate the market, and expand our global customer base, but to decrease as a percentage of our revenue over time.
General and Administrative
General and administrative expenses consist primarily of salaries, benefits, bonuses, stock-based compensation, and other expenses for our executive, finance, legal, human resources, and facilities organizations. General and administrative expenses also include external legal, accounting, other consulting, and professional services fees, software and subscription services, and other corporate expenses.
We expect to incur additional expenses as a result of operating as a public company, including costs to comply with the rules and regulations applicable to companies listed on a national securities exchange, costs related to compliance and reporting obligations, and increased expenses for insurance, investor relations, and professional services. We expect that our general and administrative expenses will increase in absolute dollars as our business grows but will decrease as a percentage of our revenue over time.
Interest Income, Interest Expense, and Other Income (Expense), Net
Interest income consists primarily of interest earned on our cash equivalents and short-term investments.
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Interest expense consisted primarily of interest on borrowings associated with our loan and security agreement.
Other income (expense), net consists primarily of foreign currency transaction gains and losses.
Provision for (Benefit from) Income Taxes
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes consists primarily of income taxes in certain foreign and state jurisdictions in which we conduct business. In connection with our global consolidated losses, we maintain a full valuation allowance against our U.S. and Israel deferred tax assets because we have concluded that it is more likely than not that the deferred tax assets will not be realized.
Results of Operations
The following table sets forth our results of operations for the periods presented:
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| Revenue | $ | 204,799 | $ | 93,056 | $ | 46,474 | ||||||||
| Cost of revenue(1) | 81,677 | 39,332 | 18,331 | |||||||||||
| Gross profit | 123,122 | 53,724 | 28,143 | |||||||||||
| Operating expenses: | ||||||||||||||
| Research and development(1) | 136,274 | 62,444 | 36,683 | |||||||||||
| Sales and marketing(1) | 160,576 | 77,740 | 51,322 | |||||||||||
| General and administrative(1) | 93,504 | 29,059 | 15,122 | |||||||||||
| Total operating expenses | 390,354 | 169,243 | 103,127 | |||||||||||
| Loss from operations | (267,232) | (115,519) | (74,984) | |||||||||||
| Interest income | 202 | 231 | 886 | |||||||||||
| Interest expense | (787) | (1,401) | (2,015) | |||||||||||
| Other income (expense), net | (2,280) | (424) | (217) | |||||||||||
| Loss before provision for income taxes | (270,097) | (117,113) | (76,330) | |||||||||||
| Provision for income taxes | 1,004 | 460 | 237 | |||||||||||
| Net loss | $ | (271,101) | $ | (117,573) | $ | (76,567) |
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| Cost of revenue | $ | 3,618 | $ | 308 | $ | 138 | ||||||||
| Research and development | 35,358 | 6,590 | 1,686 | |||||||||||
| Sales and marketing | 15,460 | 3,835 | 1,034 | |||||||||||
| General and administrative | 33,453 | 5,179 | 1,488 | |||||||||||
| Total stock-based compensation expense | $ | 87,889 | $ | 15,912 | $ | 4,346 |
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The following table sets forth the components of our consolidated statements of operations as a percentage of revenue for each of the periods presented:
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| Revenue | 100 | % | 100 | % | 100 | % | ||||||
| Cost of revenue | 40 | 42 | 39 | |||||||||
| Gross profit | 60 | 58 | 61 | |||||||||
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| Research and development | 67 | 67 | 79 | |||||||||
| Sales and marketing | 78 | 84 | 110 | |||||||||
| General and administrative | 46 | 31 | 33 | |||||||||
| Total operating expenses | 191 | 182 | 222 | |||||||||
| Loss from operations | (130) | (124) | (161) | |||||||||
| Interest income | — | — | 2 | |||||||||
| Interest expense | — | (2) | (5) | |||||||||
| Other income (expense), net | (1) | — | — | |||||||||
| Loss before provision for income taxes | (132) | (126) | (164) | |||||||||
| Provision for income taxes | — | — | 1 | |||||||||
| Net loss | (132) | % | (126) | % | (165) | % |
Note: Certain figures may not sum due to rounding.
Comparison of the Years Ended January 31, 2022 and 2021
Revenue
| Year Ended January 31, | Change | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2021 | $ | % | |||||||||||
| (dollars in thousands) | ||||||||||||||
| Revenue | $ | 204,799 | $ | 93,056 | $ | 111,743 | 120 | % |
Revenue increased by $111.7 million, or 120%, from $93.1 million for fiscal 2021 to $204.8 million for fiscal 2022, primarily due to the ongoing demand for our platform. Approximately 42% of the increase was derived from new customers, approximately 40% of the increase was derived from existing customers and the remainder was derived from MSP, MSSP, and OEM channel partners.
Cost of Revenue, Gross Profit, and Gross Margin
| Year Ended January 31, | Change | |||||||||||||
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| 2022 | 2021 | $ | % | |||||||||||
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| Cost of revenue | $ | 81,677 | $ | 39,332 | $ | 42,345 | 108 | % | ||||||
| Gross profit | $ | 123,122 | $ | 53,724 | $ | 69,398 | 129 | % | ||||||
| Gross margin | 60 | % | 58 | % |
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Cost of revenue increased by $42.3 million from $39.3 million for fiscal 2021 to $81.7 million for fiscal 2022, primarily due to higher third-party cloud infrastructure expenses from increased data usage of $20.1 million, an increase of $18.5 million in overhead costs due to increase in our personnel to support overall growth and an increase of $2.2 million from amortization of intangible assets. Gross margin increased from 58% for fiscal 2021 to 60% for fiscal 2022, primarily due to revenue growth from existing and new customers outpacing growth in cost of revenue.
Research and Development
| Year Ended January 31, | Change | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2021 | $ | % | |||||||||||
| (dollars in thousands) | ||||||||||||||
| Research and development expenses | $ | 136,274 | $ | 62,444 | $ | 73,830 | 118 | % |
Research and development expenses increased from $62.4 million in fiscal 2021 to $136.3 million in fiscal 2022, primarily due to an increase in personnel-related expenses of $53.7 million, including an increase of $28.8 million related to stock-based compensation expense as a result of increased headcount, an increase of $12.8 million in third-party cloud infrastructure expenses incurred in developing our platform and modules, an increase of $3.8 million related to allocated overhead costs, and an increase of $2.5 million in consulting and software subscription expenses.
Sales and Marketing
| Year Ended January 31, | Change | |||||||||||||
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| 2022 | 2021 | $ | % | |||||||||||
| (dollars in thousands) | ||||||||||||||
| Sales and marketing expenses | $ | 160,576 | $ | 77,740 | $ | 82,836 | 107 | % |
Sales and marketing expenses increased from $77.7 million in fiscal 2021 to $160.6 million in fiscal 2022, primarily due to an increase in personnel-related expenses of $57.0 million, including an increase of $11.6 million in stock-based compensation expense as a result of increased headcount. In addition, there was an increase of $10.8 million in marketing-related expenses, an increase of $6.1 million in travel and entertainment, software subscription and sales related expenses, and an increase of $5.3 million related to allocated overhead costs.
General and Administrative
| Year Ended January 31, | Change | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2021 | $ | % | |||||||||||
| (dollars in thousands) | ||||||||||||||
| General and administrative expenses | $ | 93,504 | $ | 29,059 | $ | 64,445 | 222 | % |
General and administrative expenses increased from $29.1 million in fiscal 2021 to $93.5 million in fiscal 2022, primarily due to an increase in personnel-related expenses of $49.2 million, including an increase of $28.3 million in stock-based compensation expense as a result of increased headcount. In addition, there was an increase of $14.4 million in outside consulting services, legal, audit, tax and software subscription expenses.
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Interest Income, Interest Expense, and Other Income (Expense), Net
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| 2022 | 2021 | $ | % | |||||||||||
| (dollars in thousands) | ||||||||||||||
| Interest income | $ | 202 | $ | 231 | $ | (29) | (13) | % | ||||||
| Interest expense | $ | (787) | $ | (1,401) | $ | 614 | (44) | % | ||||||
| Other income (expense), net | $ | (2,280) | $ | (424) | $ | (1,856) | 438 | % |
Interest income remained relatively flat. Interest expense decreased due to the repayment and termination of the revolving line of credit in June 2021. The decrease in other income (expense), net is primarily due to net foreign currency exchange losses.
Provision for Income Taxes
| Year Ended January 31, | Change | |||||||||||||
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| 2022 | 2021 | $ | % | |||||||||||
| (dollars in thousands) | ||||||||||||||
| Provision for income taxes | $ | 1,004 | $ | 460 | $ | 544 | 118 | % |
The provision for income taxes increased primarily as a result of the increase in foreign taxes related to operations in international subsidiaries.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
In July 2021, upon completion of our IPO and the concurrent private placement, we received net proceeds of $1.4 billion, after deducting underwriters’ discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses of $81.6 million. We did not pay any underwriting discounts or commissions with respect to shares that were sold in the private placement.
Prior to the IPO, we financed operations primarily through proceeds received from sales of equity securities, payments received from our customers, and borrowings under our loan and security agreement, and we have generated operating losses, as reflected in our accumulated deficit of $621.7 million and $350.6 million as of January 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. We expect these losses and operating losses to continue for the foreseeable future. We also expect to incur significant research and development, sales and marketing, and general and administrative expenses over the next several years in connection with the continued development and expansion of our business. As of January 31, 2022 and 2021, our principal source of liquidity was cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments of $1.7 billion and $395.8 million, respectively.
In the short term, we believe that our existing cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments will be sufficient to support working capital and capital expenditure requirements for at least the next 12 months. In the long term, our future capital requirements will depend on many factors, including our revenue growth rate, the timing and the amount of cash received from customers, the expansion of sales and marketing activities, the timing and extent of spending to support research and development efforts, the price at which we are able to purchase third-party cloud infrastructure, expenses associated with our international expansion, the introduction of platform enhancements, and the continuing market adoption of our platform. We have, and in the future, we may enter into arrangements to acquire or invest in complementary businesses, products, and technologies. We may be required to seek additional equity or debt financing. In the event that we require additional financing, we may not be able to raise such financing on terms acceptable to us or at all. If we are unable to raise additional capital or generate cash flows necessary to expand our operations and invest in continued innovation, we may not be able to compete successfully, which would harm our business, operating results, and financial condition.
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The following table shows a summary of our cash flows for the periods presented:
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| 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | |||||||||
| (in thousands) | |||||||||||
| Net cash used in operating activities | $ | (95,588) | $ | (66,570) | $ | (44,424) | |||||
| Net cash used in investing activities | $ | (19,743) | $ | (6,265) | $ | (3,187) | |||||
| Net cash provided by financing activities | $ | 1,387,124 | $ | 423,978 | $ | 52,770 |
Operating Activities
Our largest source of operating cash is payments received from our customers. Our primary uses of cash from operating activities are for personnel-related expenses, sales and marketing expenses, third-party cloud infrastructure expenses, and overhead expenses. We have generated negative cash flows from operating activities and have supplemented working capital through net proceeds from the sale of equity securities.
Cash used in operating activities primarily consists of our net loss adjusted for certain non-cash items, including stock-based compensation expense, depreciation and amortization, amortization of deferred contract acquisition costs, and changes in operating assets and liabilities during each period.
Cash used in operating activities during fiscal 2022 was $95.6 million, primarily consisting of our net loss of $271.1 million, adjusted for non-cash items of $119.9 million and net cash inflows of $55.6 million provided by changes in our operating assets and liabilities. The main drivers of the changes in operating assets and liabilities were a $115.1 million increase in deferred revenue resulting primarily from increased subscription contracts, a $41.5 million increase in accrued payroll and benefits due to increased headcount, a $24.2 million increase in accrued and other liabilities primarily due to net invoices received from vendors. These amounts were partially offset by a $59.1 million increase in accounts receivable due to an increase in sales, a $53.6 million increase in deferred contract acquisition costs, a $7.3 million increase in prepaid expenses and other assets, primarily due to annual insurance renewal and prepaid sponsorship costs and a $2.1 million decrease in accounts payable due to timing of payments.
Cash used in operating activities during fiscal 2021 was $66.6 million, primarily consisting of our net loss of $117.6 million, adjusted for non-cash items of $33.3 million and net cash inflows of $17.7 million provided by changes in our operating assets and liabilities. The main drivers of the changes in operating assets and liabilities were a $49.1 million increase in deferred revenue, resulting primarily from increased subscription contracts, a $7.8 million increase in accrued payroll and benefits due to increased headcount, a $7.4 million increase in accounts payable, and a $1.4 million increase in accrued liabilities due to our growth and timing of payments. These amounts were partially offset by a $26.9 million increase in deferred contract acquisition costs, a $9.4 million increase in prepaid expenses and other current assets, primarily due to an increase in prepaid hosting and sponsorship costs, and an $8.3 million increase in accounts receivable due to an increase in sales.
Investing Activities
Cash used in investing activities during fiscal 2022 was $19.7 million, consisting of $6.0 million of cash paid for purchases of strategic investments, $3.4 million of cash paid for the acquisition of Scalyr, $5.8 million of capitalized internal-use software costs, and $3.7 million of purchases of property and equipment to support additional office facilities.
Cash used in investing activities during fiscal 2021 was $6.3 million, consisting of $3.3 million of purchases of property and equipment to support additional office facilities, $2.8 million of capitalized internal-use software costs, and $0.2 million of purchases of intangible assets.
Financing Activities
Cash provided by financing activities during fiscal 2022 was $1.4 billion, consisting of $1.4 billion of aggregate net proceeds from our IPO and the concurrent private placement completed in July 2021, net of underwriting
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discounts and commissions, $14.6 million of proceeds from the exercise of stock options, $11.4 million of proceeds from issuance of common stock under the ESPP, partially offset by a $20.0 million repayment of our revolving line of credit and $7.4 million of payments of deferred offering costs.
Cash provided by financing activities during fiscal 2021 was $424.0 million, consisting of $419.3 million of net proceeds from the issuances of our Series E redeemable convertible preferred stock and Series F redeemable convertible preferred stock, $19.9 million of net proceeds from our revolving line of credit, and $4.8 million of proceeds from the exercise of stock options and warrants, partially offset by a $20.0 million repayment of our term loan.
Debt Obligations
In May 2018, we entered into a loan and security agreement with a certain lender, which was restated in May 2020, or the Amended Loan and Security Agreement. The Amended Loan and Security Agreement provided a revolving line of credit of up to $45.0 million, maturing in May 2023. In June 2021, we repaid all outstanding indebtedness owed pursuant to the Amended Loan and Security Agreement, terminated the agreement, and closed our revolving line of credit. Pursuant to our termination of the Amended Loan and Security Agreement, the related security interests have been removed and the covenants shall be of no further force and effect.
Contractual Obligations and Commitments
Our operating lease obligations as of January 31, 2022 were approximately $33.5 million, with $4.9 million expected to be paid within 12 months and the remainder thereafter. Our operating leases are related to leased facilities under operating lease agreements expiring through fiscal 2029. We have office facility operating leases in the United States, the Czech Republic, France, Israel, Japan, the Netherlands, and United Arab Emirates. See Note 8, Leases, to the consolidated financial statements included in Part II, Item 8, Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.
Our purchase obligations as of January 31, 2022 were approximately $255.1 million, with $88.0 million expected to be paid within 12 months and the remainder thereafter. Our purchase obligations primarily relate to a non-cancelable purchase commitment entered in April 2021 with our cloud infrastructure vendor for a total value of $250.0 million over the next three years.
In June 2021, we repaid all outstanding indebtedness owed pursuant to the Amended Loan and Security Agreement, terminated the agreement, and closed our revolving line of credit.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
We did not have during the periods presented, and we do not currently have, any off-balance sheet financing arrangements or any relationships with unconsolidated entities or financial partnerships, such as structured finance or special purpose entities, that were established for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements or other contractually narrow or limited purposes.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
Our consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with GAAP. The preparation of consolidated financial statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue, expenses, and related disclosures. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, and we evaluate our estimates and assumptions on an ongoing basis. Actual results could differ significantly from the estimates made by management. To the extent that there are differences between our estimates and actual results, our future financial statement presentation, financial condition, operating results, and cash flows will be affected.
The critical accounting policies requiring estimates, assumptions, and judgments that we believe have the most significant impact on our consolidated financial statements are described below.
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Revenue Recognition
We recognize revenue in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers.
We consider the terms and conditions of contracts with customers and our customary business practices in identifying contracts. We determine we have a contract with a customer when the contract is approved, the payment terms for the services can be identified, each party’s rights regarding the services to be transferred can be identified, the contract has commercial substance, and we have determined that the customer has the ability and intent to pay. We apply judgment in determining the customer’s ability and intent to pay, which is based on a variety of factors, including the customer’s historical payment experience or, in the case of a new customer, credit and financial information pertaining to such customer.
Our contracts with customers may contain multiple performance obligations, which are accounted for separately if they are capable of being distinct and are distinct in the context of the contract. Contracts that contain multiple performance obligations require an allocation of the transaction price to each performance obligation based on relative standalone selling price (SSP). We apply judgment in determining SSP for our performance obligations. To determine SSP, we maximize the use of observable standalone sales and observable data, where available. In instances where performance obligations do not have observable standalone sales, we utilize available information that may include but is not limited to product groupings, or applying the expected cost-plus margin approach to estimate the price we would charge if the service was sold separately. Certain sales arrangements may include variable consideration, which is recorded as part of the transaction price if, in our judgment, it is probable that no significant future reversal of cumulative revenue under the contract will occur.
Stock-Based Compensation
Stock-based compensation expense related to equity awards is recognized based on the fair value of the awards on the date of the grant. The fair value of stock option awards granted and rights to purchase shares under our ESPP are generally estimated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. For awards with market-based vesting conditions, a Monte Carlo simulation model is used. Stock-based compensation expense for awards with only service-based vesting conditions is recognized on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period of the awards. We account for forfeitures related to these awards as they occur.
The use of the Black-Scholes option pricing model requires the input of highly subjective assumptions. These assumptions involve inherent uncertainties and the application of management’s judgment. These assumptions are estimated as follows:
• Fair value of common stock. Prior to our IPO, our board of directors considered numerous objective and subjective factors to determine the fair value of our common stock at each meeting in which awards were approved. After our IPO, the fair value of our Class A common stock is determined by the closing price of Class A common stock traded on the NYSE.
• Expected term. We determine the expected term based on the average period the options are expected to remain outstanding using the simplified method, calculated as the midpoint of the options’ vesting term and contractual expiration period, until sufficient historical information to develop reasonable expectations about future exercise patterns and post-vesting employment termination behavior becomes available.
• Expected volatility. We analyze the average volatility of our representative peer group public companies with sufficient trading history over the expected term to develop an expected volatility assumption.
• Risk-free interest rate. We use the U.S. Treasury yield for our risk-free interest rate for a period that corresponds with the expected term of the award.
• Dividend yield. We utilize a dividend yield of zero, as we do not currently issue dividends and do not expect to issue dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future.
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Common Stock Valuations
Prior to our IPO, the fair value of the common stock underlying our equity awards was determined by our board of directors, with input from management and contemporaneous third-party valuations. Given the absence of a public trading market for our common stock and in accordance with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Practice Aid, Valuation of Privately-Held Company Equity Securities Issued as Compensation, our board of directors exercised reasonable judgment and considered numerous objective and subjective factors to determine the best estimate of the fair value of our common stock at each grant date. These factors include:
• contemporaneous third-party valuations of our common stock;
• the prices, rights, preferences, and privileges of our redeemable convertible preferred stock relative to those of our common stock;
• the prices paid for common or redeemable convertible preferred stock sold to third-party investors by us and prices paid in secondary transactions for shares purchased by third-party investors in arms-length transactions;
• the lack of marketability inherent in our common stock;
• our actual operating and financial performance;
• our current business conditions and projections;
• the hiring of key personnel and the experience of our management;
• the likelihood of achieving a liquidity event, such as an initial public offering, a merger, or acquisition of SentinelOne given prevailing market conditions;
• the operational and financial performance of comparable publicly traded companies; and
• the U.S. and global capital market conditions and overall economic conditions.
Prior to the IPO, in determining the fair value of our common stock, we first estimated the fair value of our business using either the income approach, the market approach, or a combination of the income and market approaches. The income approach estimates value based on expectations of future cash flows that we will generate. Future cash flows are then discounted to their present values using a risk-adjusted discount rate. The market approach estimates value based on a comparison of the company to a group of comparable public companies. From the comparable companies, a representative market value multiple is determined and then applied to our financial results to estimate the fair value of our business.
The resulting estimated fair value of our business was then allocated to each class of stock using the Option Pricing Method (OPM), or a hybrid of the Probability Weighted Expected Return Method (PWERM), and OPM. Prior to February 1, 2021, the OPM was selected as the principal equity allocation method. Beginning February 1, 2021, we allocated the fair value of our business based on a hybrid of the OPM and the PWERM. A discount for lack of marketability was applied to the resulting per share value to arrive at the fair value of our common stock on a non-marketable basis.
In addition, prior to the IPO, we also considered any secondary transactions involving our capital stock. In our evaluation of those transactions, we considered the facts and circumstances of each transaction to determine the extent to which they represented a fair value exchange. Factors considered include transaction volume, the number of participants, timing, whether the transactions occurred between willing and unrelated parties, and whether the transactions involved parties with access to our financial information.
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Application of these approaches and methodologies involved the use of estimates, judgments, and assumptions that are highly complex and subjective, such as those regarding our expected future revenue, expenses, and future cash flows, discount rates, market multiples, the selection of comparable public companies, and the probability of and timing associated with possible future events.
As a public trading market for our Class A common stock has now been established, the fair value of our Class A common stock is determined based on the quoted market price of our Class A common stock.
Business Combinations
We account for our acquisitions using the acquisition method of accounting. We allocate the fair value of purchase consideration to the tangible and intangible assets acquired, and liabilities assumed, based on their estimated fair values. The excess of the fair value of purchase consideration over the values of these identifiable assets and liabilities is recorded as goodwill. When determining the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed, management makes significant estimates and assumptions, especially with respect to intangible assets. Significant estimates in valuing certain identifiable assets include, but are not limited to, the selection of valuation methodologies, future expected cash flows, discount rates, and useful lives. Management’s estimates of fair value are based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable, but which are inherently uncertain and unpredictable and, as a result, actual results may differ from estimates.
JOBS Act Accounting Election
We are an emerging growth company, as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS Act). Under the JOBS Act, emerging growth companies may delay adopting new or revised accounting standards until such time as those standards become applicable to private companies. To date, we have not elected to take advantage of the benefits of this extended transition period. If we elect to delay adopting new or revised accounting standards, while we are still an “emerging growth company,” we will disclose the date on which adoption is required for non-emerging growth companies and the date on which we will adopt the recently issued accounting standard.
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
See Note 2 to our consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for more information regarding recently issued accounting pronouncements.