EX-99.1 2 tm237111d1_ex99-1.htm EXHIBIT 99.1

Exhibit 99.1

 

February 16, 2023

 

Globant Reports 2022 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Financial Results

Strong Revenue Growth and Solid Profitability

 

Fourth quarter revenues of $490.7 million, up 29.2% year-over-year
IFRS Diluted EPS of $0.91 for the fourth quarter
Non-IFRS Diluted EPS of $1.40 for the fourth quarter
Full year 2022 revenues of $1,780.2 million, up 37.3% year-over-year
IFRS Diluted EPS of $3.47 for the full year
Non-IFRS Diluted EPS of $5.08 for the full year

 

LUXEMBOURG / February 16, 2023 - Globant (NYSE: GLOB), a digitally native technology services company, today announced results for the three months and year ended December 31, 2022.

 

Please see highlights below, including certain Non-IFRS measures. Note that reconciliations between Non-IFRS financial measures and IFRS operating results are disclosed at the end of this press release.

 

Fourth Quarter 2022 Financial Highlights

 

Revenues rose to $490.7 million, representing 29.2% year-over-year growth.
IFRS Gross Profit Margin was 37.4% compared to 38.0% in the fourth quarter of 2021.
Non-IFRS Adjusted Gross Profit Margin was 39.0% compared to 39.4% in the fourth quarter of 2021.
IFRS Profit from Operations Margin was 11.2% compared to 11.5% in the fourth quarter of 2021.
Non-IFRS Adjusted Profit from Operations Margin was 16.1% compared to 16.7% in the fourth quarter of 2021.
IFRS Diluted EPS was $0.91 compared to $0.68 in the fourth quarter of 2021.
Non-IFRS Adjusted Diluted EPS was $1.40 compared to $1.07 in the fourth quarter of 2021.

 

Full Year ended December 31, 2022 Financial Highlights

 

Revenues rose to $1,780.2 million, representing 37.3% year-over-year growth.
IFRS Gross Profit Margin was 37.6% compared to 38.2% for the full year 2021.
Non-IFRS Adjusted Gross Profit Margin was 39.2% compared to 39.5% for the full year 2021.
IFRS Profit from Operations Margin was 11.6% compared to 11.1% for the full year 2021.
Non-IFRS Adjusted Profit from Operations Margin was 16.3% compared to 16.5% for the full year 2021.
IFRS Diluted EPS was $3.47 compared to $2.28 for the full year 2021.
Non-IFRS Adjusted Diluted EPS was $5.08 compared to $3.76 for the full year 2021.

 

 

 

 

Other Metrics as of and for the quarter ended December 31, 2022

 

Cash and cash equivalents and Short-term investments were $340.9 million as of December 31, 2022, a decrease of $119.5 million from $460.4 million as of December 31, 2021, driven mainly by acquisitions, investments in our platform business and organic expansion initiatives. As of December 31, 2022, our credit facility was fully undrawn.
Globant completed the fourth quarter of 2022 with 27,122 Globers, 25,331 of whom were technology, design and innovation professionals.
The geographic revenue breakdown for the fourth quarter of 2022 was as follows: 61.7% from North America (top country: US), 22.7% from Latin America (top country: Argentina), 11.9% from EMEA (top country: Spain) and 3.7% from Asia and Oceania (top country: India).
Globant’s top customer, top five customers and top ten customers for the fourth quarter of 2022 represented 10.8%, 25.1% and 34.3% of revenues, respectively.
During the twelve months ended December 31, 2022, Globant served a total of 1,249 customers (with revenues over $10,000 in the last twelve months) and continued to increase its wallet share, with 259 accounts generating more than $1 million of annual revenues, compared to 185 for the same period one year ago.
In terms of currencies, 77.5% of Globant’s revenues for the fourth quarter of 2022 were denominated in US dollars.

 

“2022 was our best year ever in terms of sales, geographic presence and brand growth. 2023 marks the 20th anniversary of Globant, and we continue to see a sizable opportunity to expand our business in the coming years, with analysts like IDC forecasting that digital transformation spending will reach $3.4 trillion in 2026,” said Martín Migoya, Globant’s CEO and Co-founder. “At the same time, there is a broad expansion of trends like AI which will have great impact on businesses. Given our focus on AI over the past several years, we are ready to lead the way in this new era and empower organizations to reinvent themselves for the future.”

 

“We are extremely proud of the results we delivered today. We ended 2022 with 37.3% year-over-year revenue growth, the second highest revenue growth rate since becoming a publicly listed company, while delivering another strong year of profitability and cash generation. Adjusted Operating Margins for 2022 stood at 16.3%, relatively unchanged on an annual basis, and we delivered Adjusted Diluted EPS of 5.08, representing 35.1% year-over-year growth. We strongly believe that the mid- and long-term demand for digital transformation remains intact. We see technology continuing to be at the center of every company's strategy,” explained Juan Urthiague, Globant’s CFO.

 

2023 First Quarter and Full Year Outlook

 

Based on current market conditions, Globant is providing the following estimates for the first quarter and the full year of 2023:

 

First quarter 2023 Revenues are estimated to be at least $470.0 million, or 17.1% year-over-year growth.
First quarter 2023 Non-IFRS Adjusted Profit from Operations Margin is estimated to be in the range of 15-16%.
First quarter 2023 Non-IFRS Adjusted Diluted EPS is estimated to be at least $1.27 (assuming an average of 43.2 million diluted shares outstanding during the first quarter).

 

 

 

 

Fiscal year 2023 Revenues are estimated to be at least $2,065 million, implying at least 16.0% year-over-year revenue growth. This expected growth includes a neutral FX outlook.
Fiscal year 2023 Non-IFRS Adjusted Profit from Operations Margin is estimated to be in the range of 15%-17%.
Fiscal year 2023 Non-IFRS Adjusted Diluted EPS is estimated to be at least $5.70 (assuming an average of 43.4 million diluted shares outstanding during 2023).

 

Conference Call and Webcast

 

Martín Migoya and Juan Urthiague will discuss the fourth quarter 2022 results in a video conference call today beginning at 4:30pm ET.

 

Video conference call access information is:

https://more.globant.com/F4Q22EarningsCall

Webcast http://investors.globant.com/

 

About Globant (NYSE:GLOB)

 

We are a digitally native company that helps organizations reinvent themselves to create a way forward and unleash their potential. We are the place where innovation, design and engineering meet scale.

 

We have more than 27,000 employees and we are present in more than 25 countries working for companies like Google, Rockwell Automation, Electronic Arts and Santander, among others.

We were named a Worldwide Leader in CX Improvement by IDC MarketScape report. We were also featured as a business case study at Harvard, MIT and Stanford. We are a member of the Cybersecurity Tech Accord.

For more information, please visit www.globant.com

 

Non-IFRS Financial Measures

 

While the financial figures included in this press release have been computed in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”), this announcement does not contain sufficient information to constitute an interim financial report as defined in International Accounting Standards 34, “Interim Financial Reporting” nor a financial statement as defined by International Accounting Standards 1 “Presentation of Financial Statements”. The financial information in this press release has not been audited.

 

Globant provides non-IFRS financial measures in addition to reported IFRS results prepared in accordance with IFRS. Management believes these measures help illustrate underlying trends in the companys business and uses the non-IFRS financial measures to establish budgets and operational goals, communicated internally and externally, for managing the companys business and evaluating its performance. The company anticipates that it will continue to report both IFRS and certain non-IFRS financial measures in its financial results, including non-IFRS measures that exclude share-based compensation expense, depreciation and amortization, impairment of non-financial assets, acquisition-related charges, COVID-19 related charges and the related effect on income taxes of the pre-tax adjustments. Because the companys non-IFRS financial measures are not calculated according to IFRS, these measures are not comparable to IFRS and may not necessarily be comparable to similarly described non-IFRS measures reported by other companies within the companys industry. Consequently, Globants non-IFRS financial measures should not be evaluated in isolation or supplant comparable IFRS measures, but, rather, should be considered together with its consolidated statements of financial position as of December 31, 2022 and 2021 and its consolidated statement of comprehensive income for the three months and years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, prepared in accordance with IFRS as issued by the IASB.

 

 

 

 

Globant is not providing a quantitative reconciliation of forward-looking Non-IFRS Adjusted Profit from Operations Margin or Non-IFRS Adjusted Diluted EPS to the most directly comparable IFRS measure because it is unable to predict with reasonable certainty the ultimate outcome of certain significant items without unreasonable effort. These items include, but are not limited to, share-based compensation expense, impairment of assets, acquisition-related charges, and the tax effect of non-IFRS adjustments. These items are uncertain, depend on various factors, and could have a material impact on IFRS reported results for the guidance period.

 

Forward Looking Statements

 

In addition to historical information, this release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “believe,” “may,” “will,” “estimate,” “continue,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “should,” “plan,” “expect,” “predict,” “potential,” or the negative of these terms or other similar expressions. These statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding our future financial and operating performance, including our outlook and guidance, and our strategies, priorities and business plans. Our expectations and beliefs regarding these matters may not materialize, and actual results in future periods are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. Factors that could impact our actual results include: the impact and duration of the COVID-19 pandemic; our ability to maintain current resource utilization rates and productivity levels; our ability to manage attrition and attract and retain highly-skilled IT professionals; our ability to accurately price our client contracts; our ability to achieve our anticipated growth; our ability to effectively manage our rapid growth; our ability to retain our senior management team and other key employees; our ability to continue to innovate and remain at the forefront of emerging technologies and related market trends; our ability to retain our business relationships and client contracts; our ability to manage the impact of global adverse economic conditions; our ability to manage uncertainty concerning the instability in the current economic, political and social environment in Latin America; and other factors discussed under the heading “Risk Factors” in our most recent Form 20-F filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and any other risk factors we include in subsequent reports on Form 6-K.

 

Because of these uncertainties, you should not make any investment decisions based on our estimates and forward-looking statements. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements for any reason after the date of this press release whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

 

 

 

 

Globant S.A.

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income

(In thousands of U.S. dollars, except per share amounts, unaudited)

 

   Twelve Months Ended   Three Months ended 
   December 31,
2022
   December 31,
2021
   December 31,
2022
   December 31,
2021
 
Revenues   1,780,243    1,297,078    490,724    379,817 
Cost of revenues   (1,110,848)   (802,090)   (307,204)   (235,499)
Gross profit   669,395    494,988    183,520    144,318 
Selling, general and administrative expenses   (456,324)   (343,004)   (123,800)   (99,638)
Net impairment losses on financial assets   (6,364)   (7,551)   (4,541)   (1,035)
Other operating income and expenses, net               (11)
Profit from operations   206,707    144,433    55,179    43,634 
Finance income   2,832    652    1,366    178 
Finance expense   (16,552)   (12,708)   (5,142)   (4,206)
Other financial results, net   173    (3,923)   1,310    (1,092)
Financial results, net   (13,547)   (15,979)   (2,466)   (5,120)
Share of results of investment in associates   119    (233)   94     
Other income and expenses, net   (395)   (3,369)   (2,414)   (482)
Profit before income tax   192,884    124,852    50,393    38,032 
Income tax   (43,405)   (28,497)   (10,975)   (8,901)
Net income for the period   149,479    96,355    39,418    29,131 
Other comprehensive income, net of income tax effects                    
Items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit and loss:                    
- Exchange differences on translating foreign operations   (21,770)   (3,733)   20,044    (1,106)
- Net change in fair value on financial assets measured at FVOCI   (107)   1    1,978    19 
- Gains and losses on cash flow hedges   (3,171)   11    3,047    (662)
Total comprehensive income for the period   124,431    92,634    64,487    27,382 
Net income attributable to:                    
Owners of the Company   148,891    96,065    39,185    28,973 
Non-controlling interest   588    290    233    158 
Net income for the period   149,479    96,355    39,418    29,131 
Total comprehensive income for the period attributable to:                    
Owners of the Company   123,044    92,344    63,455    27,224 
Non-controlling interest   1,387    290    1,032    158 
Total comprehensive income for the period   124,431    92,634    64,487    27,382 
Earnings per share                    
Basic   3.55    2.35    0.93    0.69 
Diluted   3.47    2.28    0.91    0.68 
Weighted average of outstanding shares (in thousands)                    
Basic   41,929    40,940    42,153    41,697 
Diluted   42,855    42,076    43,079    42,833 

 

 

 

 

Globant S.A.

Consolidated Statements of Financial Position as of December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021

(In thousands of U.S. dollars, unaudited)

 

   December 31, 2022   December 31, 2021 
ASSETS          
Current assets          
Cash and cash equivalents   292,457    427,804 
Investments   48,408    32,581 
Trade receivables   425,422    300,109 
Other assets   15,197    7,855 
Other receivables   70,212    49,194 
Other financial assets   6,529    2,057 
Total current assets   858,225    819,600 
Non-current assets          
Investments   1,513    1,027 
Other assets   10,657    8,583 
Other receivables   16,316    24,263 
Deferred tax assets   46,574    58,404 
Investment in associates   1,337     
Other financial assets   34,978    25,233 
Property and equipment   161,733    133,373 
Intangible assets   176,080    102,016 
Right-of-use assets   147,311    144,581 
Goodwill   738,026    567,451 
Total non-current assets   1,334,525    1,064,931 
TOTAL ASSETS   2,192,750    1,884,531 
LIABILITIES          
Current liabilities          
Trade payables   81,937    63,210 
Payroll and social security taxes payable   203,819    184,464 
Borrowings   2,838    10,305 
Other financial liabilities   59,316    63,059 
Lease liabilities   37,681    25,917 
Tax liabilities   23,454    18,071 
Income tax payable   11,276    20,318 
Other liabilities   808    955 
Total current liabilities   421,129    386,299 
Non-current liabilities          
Trade payables   5,445    6,387 
Borrowings   861    1,935 
Other financial liabilities   82,222    61,226 
Lease liabilities   97,457    108,568 
Deferred tax liabilities   11,291    1,289 
Income tax payable       877 
Payroll and social security taxes payable   4,316     
Provisions for contingencies   13,615    9,637 
Total non-current liabilities   215,207    189,919 
TOTAL LIABILITIES   636,336    576,218 
Capital and reserves          
Issued capital   50,724    50,080 
Additional paid-in capital   950,520    872,030 
Other reserves   (32,242)   (6,395)
Retained earnings   538,551    389,660 
Total equity attributable to owners of the Company   1,507,553    1,305,375 
Non-controlling interests   48,861    2,938 
Total equity   1,556,414    1,308,313 
TOTAL EQUITY AND LIABILITIES   2,192,750    1,884,531 

 

 

 

 

Globant S.A.

Selected Cash Flow Data

(In thousands of U.S. dollars, unaudited)

 

   Three months ended 
   December 31, 2022   December 31, 2021 
Net Income for the period   39,418    29,131 
Non-cash adjustments, taxes and others   48,946    33,928 
Changes in working capital   6,629    8,935 
Cash flows from operating activities   94,993    71,994 
Capital expenditures   (14,903)   (24,115)
Cash flows from investing activities   (71,272)   (44,357)
Cash flows from financing activities   (28,899)   1,179 
Net (decrease) increase in cash & cash equivalents   (5,178)   28,816 

 

 

 

 

Globant S.A.

Supplemental Non-IFRS Financial Information

(In thousands of U.S. dollars, unaudited)

 

   Twelve Months Ended   Three Months Ended 
   December 31,
2022
   December 31,
2021
   December 31,
2022
   December 31,
2021
 
Reconciliation of adjusted gross profit                
Gross Profit   669,395    494,988    183,520    144,318 
Depreciation and amortization expense   23,312    14,122    6,555    4,640 
Share-based compensation expense - Equity settled   4,917    3,568    1,497    744 
Adjusted gross profit   697,624    512,678    191,572    149,702 
Adjusted gross profit margin   39.2%   39.5%   39.0%   39.4%
                     
Reconciliation of selling, general and administrative expenses                    
Selling, general and administrative expenses   (456,324)   (343,004)   (123,800)   (99,638)
Depreciation and amortization expense   62,822    48,796    17,959    13,670 
Share-based compensation expense - Equity settled   50,296    35,831    13,035    11,419 
Acquisition-related charges (a)   13,612    12,860    4,611    3,482 
Adjusted selling, general and administrative expenses   (329,594)   (245,517)   (88,195)   (71,067)
Adjusted selling, general and administrative expenses as % of revenues   (18.5)%   (18.9)%   (18.0)%   (18.7)%
                     
Reconciliation of Adjusted Profit from Operations                    
Profit from Operations   206,707    144,433    55,179    43,634 
Share-based compensation expense - Equity settled   55,213    39,399    14,532    12,163 
Acquisition-related charges (a)   27,456    28,271    9,268    7,807 
COVID-19-related charges (b)       2,228         
Impairment of assets               11 
Adjusted Profit from Operations   289,376    214,331    78,979    63,615 
Adjusted Profit from Operations margin   16.3%   16.5%   16.1%   16.7%
                     
Reconciliation of Net income for the period                    
Net income for the period   148,891    96,065    39,185    28,973 
Share-based compensation expense - Equity settled   55,213    39,399    14,532    12,163 
Impairment of assets               11 
Acquisition-related charges (a)   28,765    35,465    10,856    9,067 
COVID-19-related charges (b)       2,228         
Tax effect of non-IFRS adjustments   (15,146)   (14,748)   (4,437)   (4,412)
Adjusted Net income   217,723    158,409    60,136    45,802 
Adjusted Net income margin   12.2%   12.2%   12.3%   12.1%
                     
Calculation of Adjusted Diluted EPS                    
Adjusted Net income   217,723    158,409    60,136    45,802 
Diluted shares   42,855    42,076    43,079    42,833 
Adjusted Diluted EPS   5.08    3.76    1.40    1.07 

 

(a)Acquisition-related charges include, when applicable, amortization of purchased intangible assets included in depreciation and amortization expense line on our consolidated statements of comprehensive income, external deal costs, acquisition-related retention bonuses, integration costs, changes in the fair value of contingent consideration liabilities, charges for impairment of acquired intangible assets and other acquisition-related costs. We cannot provide acquisition-related charges on a forward-looking basis without unreasonable effort as such charges may fluctuate based on the timing, size, and complexity of future acquisitions as well as other uncertainty inherent in mergers and acquisitions.
(b)COVID-19 related charges include, when applicable, bad debt provision related to the effect of COVID-19 on our customers businesses, donations and other expenses directly attributable to the pandemic that are both incremental to charges incurred prior to the outbreak and not expected to recur once the crisis has subsided and operations return to normal and clearly separable from normal operations. Moreover, these charges also include rent concessions that we were granted due to the pandemic environment.

 

 

 

 

Globant S.A.

Schedule of Supplemental Information (unaudited)

 

Metrics  Q4 2021   Q1 2022   Q2 2022   Q3 2022   Q4 2022 
Total Employees   23,526    24,504    25,924    26,541    27,122 
IT Professionals   22,167    23,158    24,410    24,922    25,331 
                          
North America Revenues %   63.9    64.1    64.5    64.9    61.7 
Latin America  Revenues %   23.1    23.5    23.8    21.9    22.7 
EMEA Revenues %   10.7    10.1    9.7    10.0    11.9 
Asia and Oceania Revenues %   2.3    2.3    2.0    3.2    3.7 
                          
USD Revenues %   73.4    80.6    79.0    81.2    77.5 
Other Currencies Revenues %   26.6    19.4    21.0    18.8    22.5 
                          
Top Customer %   11.0    11.0    10.5    10.7    10.8 
Top 5 Customers %   26.8    28.0    25.7    24.7    25.1 
Top 10 Customers %   37.6    38.6    36.7    34.5    34.3 
                          
Customers Served (Last Twelve Months)*   921    982    1,043    1,114    1,249 
Customers with >$1M in Revenues (Last Twelve Months)   185    206    233    255    259 

 

(*) Represents customers with more than $10,000 in revenues in the last twelve months.

 

Investor Relations Contact:

Arturo Langa, Globant

investors@globant.com

+1 (877) 215-5230

 

Media Contact:

Wanda Weigert, Globant

pr@globant.com

+1 (877) 215-5230

Source: Globant