Radware Reports Third Quarter 2022 Financial Results

Radware Ltd.

Third Quarter 2022 Results and Financial Highlights

• Revenue of $70.5 million, down 4% year-over-year

• Total ARR of $195 million, up 6% year-over-year

• Non-GAAP gross margin of 82.9% compared to 82.6% in the third quarter of last year

• Non-GAAP EPS of $0.15; GAAP net loss per share of $0.07

TEL AVIV, Israel, Nov. 02, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Radware® (NASDAQ: RDWR), a leading provider of cyber security and application delivery solutions, today announced its consolidated financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2022.

“During the last few weeks of the third quarter, we saw closing delays in some customer deals and an increase in multi-phased contracts in response to macro-economic headwinds. These market forces impacted our third quarter revenue, which came in below the low-end of our guidance,” said Roy Zisapel, Radware’s president and CEO.  “We expect this environment to continue in the short term. At the same time, as the number of cyberattacks rise at unprecedented rates, we remain confident in our product portfolio. To help us navigate the current environment and position Radware for long-term success, we continue to focus on operational efficiency and our cloud security initiatives.”

Financial Highlights for the Third Quarter of 2022
Revenue for the third quarter of 2022 totaled $70.5 million:

• Revenue in the Americas region was $32.9 million for the third quarter of 2022, a decrease of 8% from $35.7 million in the third quarter of 2021.

• Revenue in the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (“EMEA”) region was $22.2 million for the third quarter of 2022, a decrease of 6% from $23.6 million in the third quarter of 2021.

• Revenue in the Asia-Pacific (“APAC”) region was $15.5 million for the third quarter of 2022, an increase of 10% from $14.1 million in the third quarter of 2021.
  

GAAP net loss for the third quarter of 2022 was $3.0 million, or $0.07 per diluted share, compared to GAAP net income of $5.0 million, or $0.10 per diluted share, for the third quarter of 2021.

Non-GAAP net income for the third quarter of 2022 was $6.7 million, or $0.15 per diluted share, compared to non-GAAP net income of $11.0 million, or $0.23 per diluted share, for the third quarter of 2021.

As of September 30, 2022, the Company had cash, cash equivalents, short-term and long-term bank deposits, and marketable securities of $434.3 million. Net cash provided by operating activities was $1.5 million in the third quarter of 2022.

Non-GAAP results are calculated excluding, as applicable, the impact of stock-based compensation expenses, amortization of intangible assets, litigation costs, acquisition costs, exchange rate differences, net on balance sheet items included in financial income, net, and tax-related adjustments. A reconciliation of each of the Company’s non-GAAP measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measure is included at the end of this press release.

Conference Call
Radware management will host a call today, November 2, 2022, at 8:30 a.m. EDT to discuss its third quarter 2022 results and the Company’s outlook. To participate in the call, please use the following numbers:
U.S. participants call toll free: 888-510-2008
International participants call: 1 646-960-0306
Conference ID: 1864701

A replay will be available for two days, starting two hours after the end of the call, on telephone number +1-647-362-9199 or (US toll-free) 800-770-2030. Passcode 1864701.

The call will be webcast live on the Company’s website at: http://www.radware.com/IR/. The webcast will remain available for replay during the next 12 months.

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Information and Key Performance Indicators
In addition to reporting financial results in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), Radware uses non-GAAP measures of gross profit, research and development expense, selling and marketing expense, general and administrative expense, total operating expenses, operating income, financial income, net, income before taxes on income, taxes on income, net income and diluted earnings per share, which are adjustments from results based on GAAP to exclude, as applicable, stock-based compensation expenses, amortization of intangible assets, litigation costs, acquisition costs, exchange rate differences, net on balance sheet items included in financial income, net, and tax-related adjustments. Management believes that exclusion of these charges allows for meaningful comparisons of operating results across past, present, and future periods. Radware’s management believes the non-GAAP financial measures provided in this release are useful to investors for the purpose of understanding and assessing Radware’s ongoing operations. The presentation of these non-GAAP financial measures is not intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for results prepared in accordance with GAAP. A reconciliation of each non-GAAP financial measure to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure is included with the financial information contained in this press release. Management uses both GAAP and non-GAAP financial measures in evaluating and operating the business and, as such, has determined that it is important to provide this information to investors.

Annual recurring revenue ("ARR") is a key performance indicator defined as the annualized value of booked orders for term-based cloud services, subscription licenses, and maintenance contracts that are in effect at the end of a reporting period. ARR should be viewed independently of revenue and deferred revenue and is not intended to be combined with or to replace either of those items.  ARR is not a forecast of future revenue, which can be impacted by contract start and end dates and renewal rates and does not include revenue reported as perpetual license or professional services revenue in our consolidated statement of operations. We consider ARR a key performance indicator of the value of the recurring components of our business.

Safe Harbor Statement

This press release includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Any statements made herein that are not statements of historical fact, including statements about Radware’s plans, outlook, beliefs, or opinions, are forward-looking statements. Generally, forward-looking statements may be identified by words such as “believes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “estimates,” “plans,” and similar expressions or future or conditional verbs such as “will,” “should,” “would,” “may,” and “could.” Because such statements deal with future events, they are subject to various risks and uncertainties, and actual results, expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements, could differ materially from Radware’s current forecasts and estimates. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to: the impact of global economic conditions and volatility of the market for our products; natural disasters and public health crises, such as the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic; a shortage of components or manufacturing capacity could cause a delay in our ability to fulfill orders or increase our manufacturing costs; our business may be affected by sanctions, export controls and similar measures targeting Russia and other countries and territories as well as other responses to Russia’s military conflict in Ukraine, including indefinite suspension of operations in Russia and dealings with Russian entities by many multi-national businesses across a variety of industries; our ability to successfully implement our strategic initiative to accelerate our cloud business; our ability to expand our operations effectively; timely availability and customer acceptance of our new and existing solutions; risks and uncertainties relating to acquisitions or other investments; the impact of economic and political uncertainties and weaknesses in various regions of the world, including the commencement or escalation of hostilities or acts of terrorism; intense competition in the market for cyber security and application delivery solutions and in our industry in general, and changes in the competitive landscape; changes in government regulation; outages, interruptions, or delays in hosting services or our internal network system; compliance with open source and third-party licenses; the risk that our intangible assets or goodwill may become impaired; our dependence on independent distributors to sell our products; long sales cycles for our solutions; changes in foreign currency exchange rates; undetected defects or errors in our products or a failure of our products to protect against malicious attacks; the ability of vendors to provide our hardware platforms and components for our main accessories; our ability to protect our proprietary technology; intellectual property infringement claims made by third parties; changes in tax laws; our ability to realize our investment objectives for our cash and liquid investments; our ability to attract, train, and retain highly qualified personnel; and other factors and risks over which we may have little or no control. This list is intended to identify only certain of the principal factors that could cause actual results to differ. For a more detailed description of the risks and uncertainties affecting Radware, refer to Radware’s Annual Report on Form 20-F, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and the other risk factors discussed from time to time by Radware in reports filed with, or furnished to, the SEC. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made and, except as required by applicable law, Radware undertakes no commitment to revise or update any forward-looking statement in order to reflect events or circumstances after the date any such statement is made. Radware’s public filings are available from the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov or may be obtained on Radware’s website at www.radware.com.

About Radware
Radware^® (NASDAQ: RDWR) is a global leader of cyber security and application delivery solutions for physical, cloud, and software defined data centers. Its award-winning solutions portfolio secures the digital experience by providing infrastructure, application, and corporate IT protection, and availability services to enterprises globally. Radware’s solutions empower enterprise and carrier customers worldwide to adapt to market challenges quickly, maintain business continuity, and achieve maximum productivity while keeping costs down. For more information, please visit the Radware website.

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CONTACTS
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Radware Ltd.
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(U.S. Dollars in thousands)
	September 30,		December 31,
	2022		2021
	(Unaudited)		(Unaudited)
Assets
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents	42,469		92,513
Marketable securities	23,735		39,497
Short-term bank deposits	202,684		155,879
Trade receivables, net	13,351		13,191
Other receivables and prepaid expenses	8,421		8,046
Inventories	10,854		11,580
	301,514		320,706
Long-term investments
Marketable securities	112,220		98,224
Long-term bank deposits	53,160		79,708
Severance pay funds	2,148		2,454
	167,528		180,386
Property and equipment, net	21,186		20,240
Intangible assets, net	20,678		10,731
Other long-term assets	38,946		37,334
Operating lease right-of-use assets	24,160		24,829
Goodwill	68,008		41,144
Total assets	642,020		635,370
Liabilities and equity
Current liabilities
Trade payables	6,770		4,310
Deferred revenues	107,117		99,922
Operating lease liabilities	4,546		5,090
Other payables and accrued expenses	38,683		56,565
	157,116		165,887
Long-term liabilities
Deferred revenues	71,761		67,065
Operating lease liabilities	20,254		22,360
Other long-term liabilities	19,202		10,065
	111,217		99,490
Equity
Radware Ltd. equity
Share capital	731		730
Additional paid-in capital	490,069		471,173
Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax	(7,059)		(455 )
Treasury stock, at cost	(290,580)		(243,023)
Retained earnings	145,526		141,568
Total Radware Ltd. shareholder's equity	338,687		369,993
Non–controlling interest	35,000		-
Total equity	373,687		369,993
Total liabilities and equity	642,020		635,370

Radware Ltd.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income
(U.S Dollars in thousands, except share and per share data)
		For the three months ended				For the nine months ended
		September 30,				September 30,
		2022		2021		2022		2021
		(Unaudited)		(Unaudited)		(Unaudited)		(Unaudited)
Revenues		70,521		73,418		219,343		209,854
Cost of revenues		13,138		13,294		39,967		38,398
Gross profit		57,383		60,124		179,376		171,456
Operating expenses, net:
Research and development, net		22,083		18,639		64,076		54,501
Selling and marketing		31,416		29,588		93,989		87,827
General and administrative		7,278		6,024		19,542		15,771
Total operating expenses, net		60,777		54,251		177,607		158,099
Operating income (loss)		(3,394)		5,873		1,769		13,357
Financial income, net		1,350		1,013		6,034		4,870
Income (loss) before taxes on income		(2,044)		6,886		7,803		18,227
Taxes on income		920		1,921		3,845		4,825
Net income (loss)		(2,964)		4,965		3,958		13,402
Basic net earnings (loss) per share attributed to Radware Ltd.'s shareholders		(0.07)		0.11		0.09		0.29
Weighted average number of shares used to compute basic net earnings (loss) per share		44,623,247		45,838,968		45,063,925		45,891,234
Diluted net earnings (loss) per share attributed to Radware Ltd.'s shareholders		(0.07)		0.10		0.09		0.28
Weighted average number of shares used to compute diluted net earnings (loss) per share		44,623,247		47,620,254		46,189,437		47,451,932

	Radware Ltd.
	Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Information
	(U.S Dollars in thousands, except share and per share data)
		For the three months ended				For the nine months ended
		September 30,				September 30,
		2022		2021		2022		2021
		(Unaudited)		(Unaudited)		(Unaudited)		(Unaudited)
GAAP gross profit		57,383		60,124		179,376		171,456
	Stock-based compensation	103		51		287		149
	Amortization of intangible assets	992		464		2,712		1,393
Non-GAAP gross profit		58,478		60,639		182,375		172,998
GAAP research and development, net		22,083		18,639		64,076		54,501
	Stock-based compensation	1,775		1,434		5,219		3,786
Non-GAAP Research and development, net		20,308		17,205		58,857		50,715
GAAP selling and marketing		31,416		29,588		93,989		87,827
	Stock-based compensation	3,356		2,212		8,248		6,294
Non-GAAP selling and marketing		28,060		27,376		85,741		81,533
GAAP general and administrative		7,278		6,024		19,542		15,771
	Stock-based compensation	2,397		894		3,941		1,973
	Litigation costs	-		67		-		288
	Acquisition costs	-		629		1,142		629
Non-GAAP general and administrative		4,881		4,434		14,459		12,881
GAAP total operating expenses, net		60,777		54,251		177,607		158,099
	Stock-based compensation	7,528		4,540		17,408		12,053
	Litigation costs	-		67		-		288
	Acquisition costs	-		629		1,142		629
Non-GAAP total operating expenses, net		53,249		49,015		159,057		145,129
GAAP operating income (loss)		(3,394)		5,873		1,769		13,357
	Stock-based compensation	7,631		4,591		17,695		12,202
	Amortization of intangible assets	992		464		2,712		1,393
	Litigation costs	-		67		-		288
	Acquisition costs	-		629		1,142		629
Non-GAAP operating income		5,229		11,624		23,318		27,869
GAAP financial income, net		1,350		1,013		6,034		4,870
	Exchange rate differences, net on balance sheet items included in financial income (loss), net	1,100		388		(1,714)		219
Non-GAAP financial income, net		2,450		1,401		4,320		5,089
GAAP income (loss) before taxes on income		(2,044)		6,886		7,803		18,227
	Stock-based compensation	7,631		4,591		17,695		12,202
	Amortization of intangible assets	992		464		2,712		1,393
	Litigation costs	-		67		-		288
	Acquisition costs	-		629		1,142		629
	Exchange rate differences, net on balance sheet items included in financial income (loss), net	1,100		388		(1,714)		219
Non-GAAP income before taxes on income		7,679		13,025		27,638		32,958
GAAP taxes on income		920		1,921		3,845		4,825
	Tax related adjustments	62		62		185		185
Non-GAAP taxes on income		982		1,983		4,030		5,010
GAAP net income (loss)		(2,964)		4,965		3,958		13,402
	Stock-based compensation	7,631		4,591		17,695		12,202
	Amortization of intangible assets	992		464		2,712		1,393
	Litigation costs	-		67		-		288
	Acquisition costs	-		629		1,142		629
	Exchange rate differences, net on balance sheet items included in financial income, net	1,100		388		(1,714)		219
	Tax related adjustments	(62)		(62)		(185)		(185)
Non-GAAP net income		6,697		11,042		23,608		27,948
GAAP diluted net earnings (loss) per share		(0.07)		0.104		0.09		0.28
	Stock-based compensation	0.17		0.096		0.38		0.26
	Amortization of intangible assets	0.02		0.010		0.06		0.03
	Litigation costs	0.00		0.001		0.00		0.01
	Acquisition costs	0.00		0.013		0.02		0.01
	Exchange rate differences, net on balance sheet items included in financial income (loss), net	0.02		0.008		(0.04)		0.00
	Tax related adjustments	(0.00)		(0.001)		(0.00)		(0.00)
Non-GAAP diluted net earnings per share		0.15		0.23		0.51		0.59
Weighted average number of shares used to compute non-GAAP diluted net earnings per share		45,623,336		47,620,254		46,189,437		47,451,932

	Radware Ltd.
	RECONCILIATION OF GAAP NET INCOME TO EBITDA AND ADJUSTED EBITDA (NON-GAAP)
	(U.S Dollars in thousands)
		For the three months ended				For the nine months ended
		September 30,				September 30,
		2022		2021		2022		2021
		(Unaudited)		(Unaudited)		(Unaudited)		(Unaudited)
GAAP net income (loss)		(2,964)		4,965		3,958		13,402
	Exclude:  Financial income, net.	(1,350)		(1,013)		(6,034)		(4,870)
	Exclude:  Depreciation and amortization expense	3,097		2,527		8,814		7,712
	Exclude:  Taxes on income	920		1,921		3,845		4,825
EBITDA		(297)		8,400		10,583		21,069
	Stock-based compensation	7,631		4,591		17,695		12,202
	Litigation costs	-		67		-		288
	Acquisition costs	-		629		1,142		629
	Exchange rate differences, net.	1,100		388		(1,714)		219
	Tax related adjustments	(62)		(62)		(185)		(185)
Adjusted EBITDA		8,372		14,013		27,521		34,222

Radware Ltd.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flow
(U.S. Dollars in thousands)
		For the three months ended				For the nine months ended
		September 30,				September 30,
		2022		2021		2022		2021
		(Unaudited)		(Unaudited)		(Unaudited)		(Unaudited)
Cash flow from operating activities:
Net income (loss)		(2,964)		4,965		3,958		13,402
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization		3,097		2,527		8,814		7,712
Stock-based compensation		7,631		4,591		17,695		12,202
Amortization of premium, accretion of discounts and accrued interest on marketable securities, net		193		768		1,579		1,903
Gain related to securities, net		(4)		(327)		(64)		(424)
Increase (decrease) in accrued interest on bank deposits		(1,128)		1,504		(1,056)		1,421
Increase (decrease) in accrued severance pay, net		(176)		88		(82)		453
Decrease (increase) in trade receivables, net		(1,509)		7,023		(160)		5,372
Decrease (increase) in other receivables and prepaid expenses and other long-term assets		3,852		(627)		(473)		(10,606)
Decrease in inventories		549		797		726		1,532
Increase (decrease) in trade payables		(670)		(2,554)		2,460		(888)
Increase (decrease) in deferred revenues		(8,609)		(2,317)		11,891		9,073
Increase (decrease) in other payables and accrued expenses		1,463		1,280		(20,719)		1,951
Operating lease liabilities, net		(209)		161		(1,981)		(263)
Net cash provided by operating activities		1,516		17,879		22,588		42,840
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchase of property and equipment		(2,549)		(1,458)		(7,046)		(3,950)
Proceeds from other long-term assets, net		69		11		106		42
Proceeds from (investment in) bank deposits, net		1,000		(154)		(19,201)		4,280
Investment in, redemption of and purchase of marketable securities, net		(862)		(15,852)		(5,502)		(7,518)
Payment for the acquisition of intangible assets		-		-		(30,000)		-
Net cash used in investing activities		(2,342)		(17,453)		(61,643)		(7,146)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from exercise of stock options		401		1,917		1,202		7,762
Repurchase of shares		(6,305)		(195)		(47,191)		(35,022)
Proceeds from issuance of Preferred A shares in subsidiary		-		-		35,000		-
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities		(5,904)		1,722		(10,989)		(27,260)
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents		(6,730)		2,148		(50,044)		8,434
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period		49,199		61,057		92,513		54,771
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period		42,469		63,205		42,469		63,205