EX-99.2 3 earningscalldeckq22019.htm AUGUST 2019 INVESTOR PRESENTATION earningscalldeckq22019
SECOND QUARTER 2019 RESULTS AUGUST 7, 2019


 
Safe Harbor for Forward-Looking Statements Certain statements in this presentation are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, particularly those regarding our 2019 Financial Guidance. Such forward-looking statements are subject to numerous assumptions, risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in those statements. Readers should carefully review the Risk Factors slide of this presentation. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s expectations or beliefs as of August 7, 2019 as well as those set forth in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed by us on March 1, 2019 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and the other reports we file from time to time with the SEC. We undertake no obligation to revise or publicly release any updates to such statements based on future information or actual results. Such forward-looking statements address the following subjects, among others: • Future operating results • Ability to acquire businesses on acceptable terms and integrate and recognize synergies from acquired businesses • Deployment of cash and investment balances to grow the company • Subscriber growth, retention, usage levels and average revenue per account • Cloud service and digital media growth and continued demand for fax services • International growth • New products, services, features and technologies • Corporate spending including stock repurchases • Intellectual property and related licensing revenues • Liquidity and ability to repay or refinance indebtedness • Systems capacity, coverage, reliability and security • Regulatory developments and taxes All information in this presentation speaks as of August 7, 2019 and any redistribution or rebroadcast of this presentation after that date is not intended and will not be construed as updating or confirming such information. 2


 
Risk Factors The following factors, among others, could cause our business, prospects, financial condition, operating results and cash flows to be materially adversely affected: • Inability to sustain growth or profitability, and any related impact of U.S. or worldwide economic issues on customer acquisition, retention and usage levels, advertising spend and credit and debit card payment declines • Inability to acquire businesses on acceptable terms or successfully integrate and realize anticipated synergies • Reduced use of fax services due to increased use of email, scanning or widespread adoption of digital signatures or otherwise • Failure to offer compelling digital media content causing reduced traffic and advertising levels; loss of advertisers or reduction in advertising spend; increased prevalence or effectiveness of advertising blocking technologies; inability to monetize handheld devices and handheld traffic supplanting monetized traffic; and changes by our vendors or partners that impact our traffic or publisher audience acquisition and/or monetization • New or unanticipated costs and/or fees or tax liabilities, including those relating to federal and state income tax and indirect taxes, such as sales, value-added and telecommunications taxes • Inability to manage certain risks inherent to our business, such as fraudulent activity, system failure or a security breach; inability to manage reputational risks associated with our businesses • Competition from others with regard to price, service, content and functionality • Inadequate intellectual property (IP) protection, expiration, invalidity or loss of key patents, violations of 3rd party IP rights or inability or significant delay in monetizing IP • Inability to continue to expand our business and operations internationally • Inability to maintain required services on acceptable terms with financially stable telecom, co-location and other critical vendors; and inability to obtain telephone numbers in sufficient quantities on acceptable terms and in desired locations • Level of debt limiting availability of cash flow to reinvest in the business; inability to repay or refinance debt when due; and restrictive covenants relating to debt imposing operating and financial restrictions on business activities or plans • Inability to maintain and increase our customer base or average revenue per user • Inability to achieve business or financial results in light of burdensome telecommunications, internet, advertising, health care, consumer, privacy or other regulations, or being subject to existing regulations • Inability to adapt to technological change and diversify services and related revenues at acceptable levels of financial return • Loss of services of executive officers and other key employees • Other factors set forth in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed by us on March 1, 2019 with the SEC and the other reports we file from time to time with the SEC 3


 
Celebrating 20 Years on Nasdaq 4


 
Q2 Consolidated Financial Snapshot(1) (1) See slides 13 and 15-17 for a GAAP reconciliation of adjusted non-GAAP gross profit, adjusted EBITDA and adjusted earnings per diluted share for the Company as a whole and by Business 5 (2) Figures are adjusted non-GAAP


 
Adjusted EBITDA and Free Cash Flow(1) Adjusted EBITDA (2) Q2Y/Y '18 FCF vs Q2 '19 (2) (in millions) (in millions) $512.4 $489.5 10.3% $125.2 $463.0 $396.1 $113.5 $333.3 $262.6 $220.4 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 LTM Q2 2018 Q2 2019 Free Cash Flow (2) Q2 '18 vs Q2 '19 (2) (in millions) (in millions) $357.3 $344.9 $267.9 $264.8 -1.4% $223.2 $87.0 $171.5 $150.4 $85.8 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 LTM Q2 2018 Q2 2019 (1) See slides 14-17 for a GAAP reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA and Free Cash Flow 6 (2) Figures are adjusted non-GAAP


 
Q2 2019 Financial Snapshot By Business (1) ``CLOUD SERVICES DIGITAL MEDIA Revenue Revenue (in millions) (in millions) 12.5% $169.1 11.4% $153.3 $150.3 $137.6 Q2 2018 Q2 2019 Q2 2018 Q2 2019 Adjusted EBITDA (2) Adjusted EBITDA (2) (in millions) (in millions) $85.2 12.6% 6.9% $42.6 $39.8 $75.6 Q2 2018 Q2 2019 Q2 2018 Q2 2019 (1) See slides 15-17 for a GAAP reconciliation of adjusted EBITDA for the Company as a whole and by Business (2) Figures are adjusted non-GAAP; Certain shared corporate expenses at J2 Global, Inc. were allocated to Cloud Services and Digital Media resulting in reductions to Adjusted EBITDA as follows: Cloud Services Adjusted EBITDA was reduced by $1.2MM and $2.3MM in Q2 2018 and Q2 2019, respectively, and Digital Media Adjusted EBITDA was reduced by $1.2MM and 7 $2.5MM in Q2 2018 and Q2 2019, respectively. No allocations occurred prior to 2018


 
2019 FINANCIAL GUIDANCE


 
2019 Guidance (Forward-Looking Statements) Reaffirm our annual revised guidance(3) of Revenues, EBITDA and EPS REVISED GUIDANCE Revenues $1,330MM - $1,370MM Adjusted $540MM - $556MM EBITDA(1)(2) Adjusted non- GAAP EPS(1)(2) $6.95 - $7.15 (1) Figures are adjusted non-GAAP (2) Adjusted earnings per diluted share excludes share-based compensation, amortization of acquired intangibles and the impact of any currently anticipated items, in each case net of tax 9 (3) Revised from original guidance with Revenue, Adjusted EBITDA, and Adjusted non-GAAP EPS ranges of $1,290MM-$1,330MM, $520MM-$540MM, $6.65-$6.95, respectively


 
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION


 
Consolidated Metrics 2017 2018 2019 J2 Consolidated Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Revenue by Business Cloud Services Revenues $141,544 $144,709 $145,787 $146,916 $149,485 $150,297 $150,094 $148,099 $152,245 $169,132 Digital Media Revenues $113,125 $128,465 $127,829 $169,464 $131,137 $137,591 $142,628 $197,958 $147,647 $153,298 Corporate $0 $0 $0 $0 $1 $1 $2 $2 $1 $2 Total Revenues $254,669 $273,174 $273,616 $316,380 $280,623 $287,889 $292,724 $346,059 $299,893 $322,432 |---(in '000s)---| Diluted EPS GAAP $0.52 $0.63 $0.66 $1.02 $0.38 $0.57 $0.61 $1.03 $0.66 $0.66 Adjusted non-GAAP (1) $1.19 $1.33 $1.34 $1.79 $1.22 $1.50 $1.53 $2.11 $1.40 $1.60 Cash & Investment $187.5 $330.8 $402.5 $408.7 $396.7 $428.0 $386.0 $293.3 $320.3 $259.5 Free Cash Flow (2) (4) $61.5 $71.1 $56.8 $75.3 $90.7 $87.0 $71.5 $95.8 $104.3 $85.8 Adjusted EBITDA (3) (4) $99.5 $110.2 $111.3 $141.9 $102.7 $113.5 $119.1 $154.3 $113.9 $125.2 |--(millions)--| (1) See slide 13 for a reconciliation of non-GAAP earnings and EPS to GAAP Net Income and diluted GAAP EPS (2) See slide 14 for a definition of Free Cash Flow and reconciliation to Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities (3) See slides 15-17 for a definition of adjusted EBITDA and reconciliation to Net Income 11 (4) Figures are adjusted non-GAAP


 
Cloud Services & Digital Media Metrics 2017 2018 2019 Cloud Services Metrics Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Revenue by Type Fixed Subscriber Revenues $115,726 $117,556 $118,755 $119,232 $120,840 $123,648 $123,111 $121,350 $124,309 $140,352 Variable Subscriber Revenues $24,606 $25,863 $25,808 $26,651 $28,482 $26,479 $26,781 $26,591 $27,481 $28,557 Subscriber Revenues $140,332 $143,419 $144,563 $145,882 $149,322 $150,127 $149,892 $147,940 $151,790 $168,909 (1) Other Licenses Revenue $1,212 $1,291 $1,223 $1,034 $163 $170 $202 $158 $455 $223 Total Cloud Services Revenues $141,544 $144,709 $145,787 $146,916 $149,485 $150,297 $150,094 $148,099 $152,245 $169,132 Revenue - DID vs Non-DID DID Based Revenues $93,438 $95,490 $96,702 $99,299 $98,692 $98,488 $98,897 $97,003 $97,068 $97,379 Non-DID Based Revenues $48,106 $49,220 $49,084 $47,617 $50,793 $51,809 $51,197 $51,096 $55,177 $71,753 Total Cloud Services Revenues $141,544 $144,709 $145,787 $146,916 $149,485 $150,297 $150,094 $148,099 $152,245 $169,132 (2) 3,116 3,141 3,175 3,176 3,185 3,197 3,204 3,165 3,148 4,015 Cloud Services Customers |----------------------(in '000s)----------------------| Average Monthly Revenue/Customer (3) $15.03 $15.28 $15.26 $15.31 $15.65 $15.68 $15.61 $15.49 $16.03 $14.01 Cancel Rate (4) 2.3% 2.1% 2.2% 2.0% 2.2% 2.0% 2.2% 2.1% 2.2% 2.5% Digital Media Metrics (5) Visits 1,401,666 1,352,200 1,394,177 1,572,398 1,957,985 1,952,270 1,949,167 1,846,496 1,806,992 1,618,612 Views 5,386,097 6,054,062 5,872,437 6,418,612 8,159,496 7,528,471 7,980,168 8,058,385 7,086,701 6,492,120 (in '000s) (in (1) Cloud Services revenue includes IP Licensing revenue (2) Cloud Services Customers are defined as paying DIDs for Fax & Voice services and direct and resellers’ accounts for other services (3) Quarterly Average Revenue per Customer is calculated using our standard convention of applying the average of the quarter’s beginning and ending customer base to the total revenue of the quarter; Q2 2019 assumes NetProtect acquisition closed on March 31, instead of April 2, 2019 (4) User cancel rate, also called user churn, is defined as cancellation of service by Cloud Business customers with greater than four months of continuous service (continuous service includes Cloud Business customers that are administratively cancelled and reactivated within the same calendar month). User cancel rate is calculated monthly and expressed here as an average over the three months of the quarter 12 (5) Digital Media Traffic figures based on Google Analytics & Partner Platforms


 
Q2 2019 Reconciliation of GAAP to Adjusted Non-GAAP Earnings & EPS (1) Figures in Thousands Three Months Ended June 30, 2018 2019 Cost of revenues $ 47,749 $ 60,266 Plus: Share based compensation (1) (129) (131) Acquisition related integration costs (2) (43) (55) Amortization (4) (546) (461) Adjusted non-GAAP cost of revenues $ 47,031 $ 59,619 Sales and marketing $ 83,171 $ 88,446 Plus: Share based compensation (1) (467) (389) (2) Acquisition relatedg integration costs (484) 154 Adjusted non-GAAP sales and marketing $ 82,220 $ 88,211 Research, development and engineering $ 11,252 $ 11,938 Plus: Share based compensation (1) (355) (361) Acquisition related integration costs (2) (178) - Adjusted non-GAAP research, development and engineering $ 10,719 $ 11,577 General and administrative $ 91,334 $ 105,168 Plus: (1) Share based compensation (6,116) (5,981) Acquisition related integration costs (2) (7,487) (4,794) (4) Amortization (33,717) (44,493) Adjusted non-GAAP general and administrative $ 44,014 $ 49,900 Interest expense, net $ 15,502 $ 17,335 Plus: Acquisition related integration costs (2) (23) - Interest costs (3) (2,148) (2,276) Adjusted non-GAAP interest expense, net $ 13,331 $ 15,059 Other expense (income), net $ 394 $ (377) Plus: Investments (5) (199) - Adjusted non-GAAP other expense (income), net $ 195 $ (377) Non-GAAP net income is GAAP net income with the following Income tax provision $ 7,037 $ 11,148 modifications: (1) elimination of share-based compensation and the Plus: associated payroll tax expense; (2) elimination of certain acquisition- Share based compensation (1) 2,716 596 Acquisition related integration costs (2) 914 1,450 related integration costs; (3) elimination of interest costs in excess of the Interest costs (3) 1,157 (162) coupon rate associated with the convertible notes; (4) elimination of Amortization (4) 4,961 9,016 amortization of patents and intangible assets that we acquired; (5) (5) Investments (87) - elimination of change in value on investment; and (6) elimination of Tax benefit from prior years (6) - (1,335) Adjusted non-GAAP income tax provision $ 16,698 $ 20,713 additional tax or indirect tax related expense/benefit from prior years Net (income) loss in earnings of equity method investment $ 2,971 $ (4,081) Plus: Investments (5) (2,971) 4,081 Adjusted non-GAAP net (income) loss in earnings of equity method investment $ - $ - Total adjustments $ (45,202) $ (45,141) GAAP earnings per diluted share $0.57 $0.66 Adjustments * $0.93 $0.94 Adjusted non-GAAP earnings per diluted share $1.50 $1.60 13 * The reconciliation of net income per share from GAAP to Adjusted non-GAAP may not foot since each is calculated independently.


 
GAAP Reconciliation - Free Cash Flow(1) (2) Figures in Thousands 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 LTM Q2 2018 Q2 2019 Net cash provided by operating activities $ 193,324 $ 177,231 $ 229,061 $ 282,387 $ 264,420 $ 401,325 $ 407,243 $ 102,383 $ 95,357 Less: Purchases of property and equipment (18,626) (11,221) (17,297) (24,746) (39,595) $ (56,379) (58,612) (15,393) (18,260) Less: Patent Settlement (27,000) - - - - - - - - Add: Excess tax benefit from share-based compensation 2,695 5,512 4,486 2,271 - - - - - Add: IRS Settlement - - 6,917 - - - - - - Add: Contingent consideration * - - - 8,000 39,950 - 8,698 - 8,698 Free cash flows (2) $ 150,393 $ 171,522 $ 223,167 $ 267,912 $ 264,775 $ 344,946 $ 357,329 $ 86,990 $ 85,795 * Free cash flows of $61.5 million for Q1 2017, $71.1 million for Q2 2017, and $85.8 million for Q2 2019 are before the effect of payments associated with certain contingent consideration associated with recent acquisitions (1) Free Cash Flow is defined as net cash provided by operating activities, less purchases of property, plant and equipment, less patent settlement, plus excess tax benefits (deficits) from share based compensation, plus IRS settlement, plus contingent consideration. Free Cash Flow amounts are not meant as a substitute for GAAP, but are solely for informational purposes 14 (2) Figures are adjusted non-GAAP


 
GAAP Reconciliation - Adjusted EBITDA(1) (2) J2 Consolidated 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 LTM Q2 2018 Q2 2019 Revenue $ 520.8 $ 599.0 $ 720.8 $ 874.3 $ 1,117.8 $ 1,207.3 $ 1,261.1 $ 287.9 $ 322.4 GAAP Net Income $ 107.5 $ 125.3 $ 133.6 $ 152.4 $ 139.4 $ 128.7 $ 146.4 $ 28.5 $ 32.6 Plus : Income tax expense 35.2 29.8 23.3 59.0 60.5 44.8 41.6 7.0 11.1 Interest expense and other expense, net 32.7 31.0 42.5 31.1 45.7 66.7 65.7 15.9 17.0 Depreciation and amortization 39.7 63.0 93.2 122.1 162.0 187.2 206.9 43.9 57.0 Share-based compensation and the associated payroll tax expense 9.6 8.9 11.8 13.7 22.7 28.1 26.6 7.1 6.9 Acquisition-related integration costs 8.2 2.4 25.4 18.8 27.5 29.4 23.8 8.2 4.7 Fees associated w ith prior year audit - 1.4 (0.2) - - - - - - Investments - - - - - 4.1 (2.4) 3.0 (4.1) Additional indirect tax expense (benefit) from prior years - 0.7 3.7 (1.0) 5.0 0.4 3.8 - - Restructuring costs - - - - - 0.2 0.2 - - Adjusted EBITDA (2) $ 220.4 $ 262.6 $ 333.3 $ 396.1 $ 463.0 $ 489.5 $ 512.4 $ 113.5 $ 125.2 (1) Adjusted EBITDA is defined as net income plus interest and other expense, net; income tax expense; depreciation and amortization and the items used to reconcile GAAP to Adjusted Non-GAAP EPS. Adjusted EBITDA amounts are not meant as a substitute for GAAP, but are solely for informational purposes 15 (2) Figures are adjusted non-GAAP


 
(1) Q2 2019 Reconciliation of GAAP to Adjusted EBITDA Figures in Thousands Cloud Services Digital Media Corporate Total Revenues GAAP revenues $ 169,132 $ 153,298 $ 2 $ 322,432 Gross profit GAAP gross profit $ 132,534 $ 129,630 $ 2 $ 262,166 Non-GAAP adjustments: Share-based compensation 128 3 - 131 Acquisition related integration costs 55 - - 55 Amortization 461 - - 461 Adjusted non-GAAP gross profit $ 133,178 $ 129,633 $ 2 $ 262,813 Operating profit GAAP operating profit $ 62,408 $ 1,471 $ (7,265) $ 56,614 Non-GAAP adjustments: Share-based compensation 1,367 1,388 4,107 6,862 Acquisition related integration costs 894 3,801 - 4,695 Amortization 17,702 26,638 614 44,954 Adjusted non-GAAP operating profit $ 82,371 $ 33,298 $ (2,544) $ 113,125 Depreciation 2,789 9,260 - 12,049 Adjusted EBITDA (1) $ 85,160 $ 42,558 $ (2,544) $ 125,174 NOT E 1: Table above excludes certain intercompany allocations NOT E 2: The table above is impacted by certain expenses associated w ith the Corporate entity w ere allocated to the Cloud Services business and Digital Media business as these costs are shared costs incurred by the Corporate entity. As a result, expenses w ere allocated from Corporate to Cloud Services and Digital Media in the amount of $2.3 million and $2.5 million, respectively. The effects noted above reduce Adjusted EBITDA for Cloud Services and Digital Media by $2.3 million and $2.5 million, respectively. (1) Figures are adjusted non-GAAP 16


 
(1) Q2 2018 Reconciliation of GAAP to Adjusted EBITDA Figures in Thousands Cloud Services Digital Media Corporate Total Revenues GAAP revenues $ 150,297 $ 137,591 $ 1 $ 287,889 Gross profit GAAP gross profit $ 119,617 $ 120,522 $ 1 $ 240,140 Non-GAAP adjustments: Share-based compensation 128 1 - 129 Acquisition related integration costs - 43 - 43 Amortization 546 - - 546 Adjusted non-GAAP gross profit $ 120,291 $ 120,566 $ 1 $ 240,858 Operating profit GAAP operating profit $ 58,182 $ 3,213 $ (7,012) $ 54,383 Non-GAAP adjustments: Share-based compensation 1,780 1,196 4,091 7,067 Acquisition related integration costs 840 7,352 - 8,192 Amortization 12,363 20,911 989 34,263 Adjusted non-GAAP operating profit $ 73,165 $ 32,672 $ (1,932) $ 103,905 Depreciation 2,449 7,145 - 9,594 Adjusted EBITDA (1) $ 75,614 $ 39,817 $ (1,932) $ 113,499 NOT E 1: Table above excludes certain intercompany allocations NOT E 2: The table above is impacted by certain expenses associated w ith the Corporate entity w ere allocated to the Cloud Services business and Digital Media business as these costs are shared costs incurred by the Corporate entity. As a result, expenses w ere allocated from Corporate to Cloud Services and Digital Media in the amount of $1.2 million and $1.2 million, respectively. The effects noted above reduce Adjusted EBITDA for Cloud Services and Digital Media by $1.2 million and $1.2 million, respectively. (1) Figures are adjusted non-GAAP 17