EX-99.1 2 tv513737_ex99-1.htm EXHIBIT 99.1

Exhibit 99.1

 

February 14, 2019

 

Globant Reports 2018 Full Year and Fourth Quarter Financial Results

Robust Revenue Growth and Solid Financial Performance

 

Luxembourg / February 14, 2019 - Globant (NYSE: GLOB), a digitally native technology services company, today announced results for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2018.

 

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 2018 highlights

 

Revenues increased to a record $140.1 million, representing 21.4% year-over-year growth.
Non-IFRS Adjusted Gross Profit was $58.4 million (41.7% Non-IFRS Adjusted Gross Profit Margin), an increase of $13.4 million compared to $45.0 million (39.0% Non-IFRS Adjusted Gross Profit Margin) for the fourth quarter of 2017.
Non-IFRS Adjusted Net Income was $18.5 million (13.2% Non-IFRS Adjusted Net Income Margin), an increase of $4.4 million compared to $14.1 million (12.2% Non-IFRS Adjusted Net Income Margin) for the fourth quarter of 2017.
Non-IFRS Adjusted Diluted EPS was $0.50 per share (based on an average of 36.9 million diluted shares), an increase of $0.11 compared to $0.39 per share (based on an average of 36.3 million diluted shares) for the fourth quarter of 2017.

 

Full year ended December 31, 2018 highlights

 

Revenues increased to $522.3 million, representing 26.3% year-over-year growth.
Non-IFRS Adjusted Gross Profit was $212.0 million (40.6% Non-IFRS Adjusted Gross Profit Margin), an increase of $51.7 million compared to $160.3 million (38.8% Non-IFRS Adjusted Gross Profit Margin) for the full year 2017.
Non-IFRS Adjusted Net Income was $63.7 million (12.2% Non-IFRS Adjusted Net Income Margin), an increase of $17.6 million, compared to $46.1 million (11.1% Non-IFRS Adjusted Net Income Margin) for the full year 2017.
Non-IFRS Adjusted Diluted EPS was $1.74 per share (based on an average of 36.7 million diluted shares), an increase of $0.46 compared to $1.28 (based on an average of 36.1 million diluted shares) for the full year 2017.

 

“2018 was another very successful year for our company. Our full year revenues for 2018 amounted to $522.3 million, representing a 26.3% year-over-year growth. At the same time, revenues for the fourth quarter of 2018 amounted to $140.1 million, a new record for the company and an increase of 21.4% compared to the same period in 2017,” said Martín Migoya, Globant’s CEO and co-founder.

 

 

 

 

“Our constant expansion is mainly driven by our unique focus as a pure play in the digital and cognitive arena, which makes us the best partner to help organizations transform their businesses. We do this with a comprehensive approach that goes from evolving their culture, creating digital products and bringing digital and cognitive to the back office, to creating a full digital native culture for them. Our ultimate goal is to help evolve the entire technology organization to the next level”, explained Martín Migoya. “Looking into 2019, we continue to have strong demand from companies looking to achieve digital and cognitive transformations as new users and requirements arise. We believe that our market approach with our Studios, our Agile Pods and our 50-Squared model positions us as a leader in this arena,” added Martín Migoya.

 

“I am very satisfied with our overall results for the fourth quarter and full year 2018. During this year we continued to deliver strong revenue growth and significantly improved our profitability and cash generation,” explained Juan Urthiague, Globant’s CFO.

 

Globant completed the fourth quarter with 8,384 Globers, 7,821 of whom were technology, design and innovation professionals. The geographic revenues breakdown for the fourth quarter was as follows: 77.4% from North America (top country: US), 13.5% from Latin America and others (top country: Argentina) and 9.1% from Europe (top country: Spain). 85.6% of Globant’s revenues for the fourth quarter was denominated in US dollars, and the remaining 14.4% was denominated in other currencies, including Euros, GB pounds and other Latin American currencies.

 

During the last twelve months ended December 31, 2018, Globant served 373 customers, 90 of which accounted for more than $1 million of Globant’s revenues. Globant’s top customer, top five customers and top ten customers represented 10.9%, 30.9% and 42.7% of fourth quarter revenues, respectively.

 

Cash and bank balances and Investments as of December 31, 2018 increased to $87.0 million from $60.7 million as of December 31, 2017. Current assets amounted to $214.0 million, accounting for 48.5% of total assets for the same period. Finally, as of December 31, 2018, 36.0 million common shares were issued and outstanding.

  

2019 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 2019:

 

First quarter 2019 Revenues are estimated to be between $144-$146 million, implying 21.1% year-over-year growth at the midpoint of the range.
First quarter 2019 Non-IFRS Adjusted Diluted EPS is estimated to be in the range of $0.45-$0.49 (assuming an average of 37.1 million diluted shares outstanding during the first quarter).
Fiscal year 2019 Revenues are estimated to be in the range of $635-$645 million, implying 22.5% year-over-year revenues growth at the midpoint of the range.
Fiscal year 2019 Non-IFRS Adjusted Diluted EPS is estimated to be in the range of $2.10-$2.20 (assuming an average of 37.4 million diluted shares outstanding during 2019).

 

 

 

 

Conference Call and Webcast

 

Martín Migoya and Juan Urthiague will discuss the Q4 2018 results in a conference call today beginning at 4:30pm ET.

 

Conference call access information is:

US +1 (888) 346-2877

International +1 (412) 902-4257

Webcast http://investors.globant.com/

 

Additionally, a replay will be available via the same dial-in number and on our investor relations website after the call.

 

About Globant (NYSE: GLOB)

 

We are a digitally native technology services company where innovation, design and engineering meet scale. We use some of the latest technologies in the digital and cognitive field to empower organizations in every aspect.

 

We have more than 8,300 professionals and we are present in 14 countries working for companies like Google, LinkedIn, BBVA, EA and Coca Cola, among others.

 

We were named a Worldwide Leader of Digital Strategy Consulting Services by IDC MarketScape report (2016 and 2017). We were also featured as a business case study at Harvard, MIT, and Stanford.

 

For more information, visit www.globant.com

 

Non-IFRS Financial Information

 

The financial information in this press release has been prepared consistently with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”). The interim financial information included in this announcement has been also prepared in accordance with IFRS applicable to interim periods, however this announcement does not contain sufficient information to constitute an interim financial report as defined in International Accounting Standards 34, “Interim Financial Reporting”. The financial information in this press release has not been audited.

 

Globant provides non-IFRS financial measures to complement reported IFRS results, in accordance with IAS 34 “Interim Financial Reporting”. Management believes these measures help illustrate underlying trends in the company's business and uses the measures to establish budgets and operational goals, communicated internally and externally, for managing the company's 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 results that exclude share-based compensation expense, depreciation and amortization, impairment of assets, expenses related to our June 2018 secondary share offering and acquisition-related charges. Because the company's 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 company's industry. Consequently, Globant’s non-IFRS financial measures should not be evaluated in isolation or supplant comparable IFRS measures, but, rather, should be considered together with its unaudited interim consolidated statement of financial position as of December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017 and its unaudited interim consolidated statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, prepared in accordance with IAS 34.

 

 

 

 

Globant is not providing a quantitative reconciliation of forward-looking 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, expenses related to our June 2018 secondary share offering and acquisition-related charges. 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, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These forward-looking statements include information about possible or assumed future results of our business and financial condition, as well as the results of operations, Non-IFRS results of operations and Non-IFRS earnings per share, liquidity, plans and objectives. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “believe,” “may,” “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: 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 Argentina; 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.

 

Because of these uncertainties, you should not make any investment decision 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.

 

These risks and uncertainties include those discussed or identified in the filings with the Luxembourg Stock Market Authority for the Financial Markets (Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier).

 

 

 

 

Globant S.A.

Consolidated Statement of Profit or Loss and Other Comprehensive Income

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

 

   Year ended   Three months ended 
  

December 31,

2018

  

December 31,

2017

  

December 31,

2018

  

December 31,

2017

 
                 
Revenues   522,310    413,439    140,138    115,433 
Cost of revenues   (318,554)   (263,171)   (83,797)   (72,701)
Gross profit   203,756    150,268    56,341    42,732 
                     
Selling, general and administrative expenses   (133,186)   (110,813)   (35,539)   (28,905)
Net impairment losses on financial assets   (3,469)   (1,581)   (2,575)   (98)
Other operating (expenses) income, net   (306)   (4,708)   (306)   (4,708)
Profit from operations   66,795    33,166    17,921    9,021 
                     
Finance income   11,418    7,956    1,643    2,774 
Finance expense   (16,969)   (11,036)   (3,154)   (3,629)
Finance expense, net   (5,551)   (3,080)   (1,511)   (855)
                     
Other income, net   6,220    8,458    (1,374)   6,048 
Profit before income tax   67,464    38,544    15,036    14,214 
                     
Income tax   (15,868)   (8,081)   (3,527)   (2,694)
Net income for the period   51,596    30,463    11,509    11,520 
                     
Other comprehensive income, net of income tax effects                    
Items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit and loss:                    
- Exchange differences on translating foreign operations   (871)   (265)   451    (469)
- Net change in fair value on financial assets measured at FVOCI   (12)   (27)   (5)   - 
Total comprehensive income for the period   50,713    30,171    11,955    11,051 
                     
Net income attributable to:                    
Owners of the Company   51,677    30,539    11,509    11,543 
Non-controlling interest   (81)   (76)   -    (23)
Net income for the period   51,596    30,463    11,509    11,520 
                     
Total comprehensive income for the period attributable to:                    
Owners of the Company   50,794    30,247    11,955    11,074 
Non-controlling interest   (81)   (76)   -    (23)
Total comprehensive income for the period   50,713    30,171    11,955    11,051 
                     
                     
Earnings per share                    
Basic   1.44    0.87    0.32    0.33 
Diluted   1.41    0.84    0.31    0.32 
                     
Weighted average of outstanding shares (in thousands)                    
Basic   35,746    34,919    35,961    35,172 
Diluted   36,685    36,094    36,899    36,349 

 

 

 

  

Globant S.A.

Consolidated Statement of Financial Position

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

 

  

December 31,

2018

  

December 31,

2017

 
ASSETS          
Current assets          
Cash and bank balances   78,384    52,525 
Investments   8,635    8,147 
Trade receivables   110,898    80,078 
Other receivables   15,567    14,357 
Other financial assets   550    873 
Total current assets   214,034    155,980 
           
Non-current assets          
Investments   527    - 
Other receivables   34,197    31,736 
Deferred tax assets   16,916    13,186 
Investment in associates   4,000    1,550 
Other financial assets   345    555 
Property and equipment   51,460    43,879 
Intangible assets   11,778    11,365 
Goodwill   107,890    98,926 
Total non-current assets   227,113    201,197 
TOTAL ASSETS   441,147    357,177 
           
LIABILITIES          
Current liabilities          
Trade payables   17,578    11,640 
Payroll and social security taxes payable   59,313    40,472 
Borrowings   -    6,011 
Other financial liabilities   8,858    10,664 
Tax liabilities   7,625    5,253 
Other liabilities   43    20 
Total current liabilities   93,417    74,060 
           
Non-current liabilities          
Other financial liabilities   6,952    18,574 
Provisions for contingencies   2,862    1,179 
Total non-current liabilities   9,814    19,753 
TOTAL LIABILITIES   103,231    93,813 
           
Capital and reserves          
Issued capital   43,158    42,271 
Additional paid-in capital   109,559    86,728 
Other reserves   (2,136)   (1,253)
Retained earnings   187,335    135,658 
Total equity attributable to owners of the Company   337,916    263,404 
Non-controlling interests   -    (40)
Total equity   337,916    263,364 
TOTAL EQUITY AND LIABILITIES   441,147    357,177 

 

 

 

 

Globant S.A.

Supplemental Non-IFRS Financial Information

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

 

   Year ended   Three months ended 
  

December 31,

2018

  

December 31,

2017

  

December 31,

2018

  

December 31,

2017

 
                 
Reconciliation of adjusted gross profit                    
Gross Profit   203,756    150,268    56,341    42,732 
Depreciation and amortization expense   4,022    4,339    967    1,071 
Share-based compensation expense   4,248    5,666    1,095    1,165 
Adjusted gross profit   212,026    160,273    58,403    44,968 
Adjusted gross profit margin   40.6%   38.8%   41.7%   39.0%
                     
Reconciliation of selling, general and administrative expenses                    
Selling, general and administrative expenses   (133,186)   (110,813)   (35,539)   (28,905)
Depreciation and amortization expense   16,521    11,789    4,638    3,304 
Share-based compensation expense   8,665    8,798    2,327    2,032 
Acquisition-related charges (a)   3,516    1,131    1,543    546 
Adjusted selling, general and administrative expenses   (104,484)   (89,095)   (27,031)   (23,023)
Adjusted selling, general and administrative expenses as % of revenues   (20.0)%   (21.5)%   (19.3)%   (19.9)%
                     
Reconciliation of Adjusted Profit from Operations                    
Operating Profit   66,795    33,166    17,921    9,021 
Share-based compensation expense   12,913    14,464    3,422    3,197 
Acquisition-related charges (a)   4,273    7,523    1,733    5,643 
Impairment of assets (b)   354    1,586    306    - 
Adjusted Profit from Operations   84,335    56,739    23,382    17,861 
Adjusted Profit from Operations margin   16.1%   13.7%   16.7%   15.5%
                     
Reconciliation of Net income for the period                    
Net income for the period   51,596    30,463    11,509    11,520 
Share-based compensation expense   12,913    14,464    3,422    3,197 
Acquisition-related charges (a)   (2,177)   (447)   2,459    (587)
Impairment of assets (b)   1,154    1,586    1,106    - 
Expenses related to secondary share offering (c)   251    -    -    - 
Adjusted Net income   63,737    46,066    18,496    14,130 
Adjusted Net income margin   12.2%   11.1%   13.2%   12.2%
                     
Calculation of Adjusted Diluted EPS                    
Adjusted Net income   63,737    46,066    18,496    14,130 
Diluted shares   36,685    36,094    36,899    36,349 
Adjusted Diluted EPS   1.74    1.28    0.50    0.39 

 

Notes:

 

(a)Acquisition-related charges include, when applicable, amortization of purchased intangible assets included in the depreciation and amortization expense line on our consolidated statements of operations, 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)Impairment of assets includes, when applicable, charges for impairment of intangible assets, charges for impairment of investments in associates and charges for impairment of tax credits, net of recoveries.

 

(c)Expenses related to our June 2018 secondary share offering include expenses related to the secondary offering in the United States of our common shares held by WPP Luxembourg Gamma Three S.àr.l.

 

 

 

 

Globant S.A.

Schedule of Supplemental Information (unaudited)

 

Metrics  Q4 2017   Q1 2018   Q2 2018   Q3 2018   Q4 2018 
                     
Total Employees   6,753    6,940    7,279    7,807    8,384 
IT Professionals   6,279    6,462    6,775    7,285    7,821 
                          
North America Revenues %   78.6    78.6    78.4    77.5    77.4 
Latin America and Others Revenues %   14.6    13.8    13.1    12.5    13.5 
Europe Revenues %   6.8    7.6    8.5    10.0    9.1 
                          
USD Revenues %   82.5    85.5    86.4    85.1    85.6 
Other Currencies Revenues %   17.5    14.5    13.6    14.9    14.4 
                          
Top Customer %   10.4    11.1    11.1    11.9    10.9 
Top 5 Customers %   28.5    31.3    32.5    33.4    30.9 
Top 10 Customers %   43.2    44.5    44.6    45.8    42.7 
                          
Customers Served (Last Twelve Months)   356    348    355    344    373 
Customers with >$1M in Revenues (Last Twelve Months)   82    89    92    90    90 

  

Investor Relations Contact:

Paula Conde, Globant

investors@globant.com

(877) 215-5230

 

Media Contact:

Wanda Weigert, Globant

pr@globant.com

(877) 215-5230

 

Source: Globant