Places in Cloud Networking Across Verticals
Yields Record Results
Arista Networks, Inc. (NYSE: ANET), an industry leader in
software-driven cloud networking solutions for large datacenter and
campus environments, today announced financial results for its
fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2018 with
record revenue and earnings.
Fourth Quarter Financial Highlights
- Revenue of $595.7 million, an
increase of 5.8% compared to the third quarter of 2018, and an
increase of 27.3% from the fourth quarter of 2017.
- GAAP gross margin of 62.9%, compared to
GAAP gross margin of 64.2% in the third quarter of 2018 and 65.7%
in the fourth quarter of 2017.
- Non-GAAP gross margin of 64.1%,
compared to non-GAAP gross margin of 64.6% in the third quarter of
2018 and 65.9% in the fourth quarter of 2017.
- GAAP net income of $170.3 million,
or $2.10 per diluted share, compared to GAAP net income
of $103.8 million, or $1.29 per diluted share, in
the fourth quarter of 2017.
- Non-GAAP net income of $182.2
million, or $2.25 per diluted share, compared to non-GAAP
net income of $137.3 million, or $1.71 per diluted
share, in the fourth quarter of 2017.
Full Year Financial Highlights
- Revenue of $2.15 billion, an increase
of 30.7% compared to fiscal year 2017.
- GAAP gross margin of 63.8%, compared to
GAAP gross margin of 64.5% in fiscal year 2017.
- Non-GAAP gross margin of 64.4%,
compared to non-GAAP gross margin of 64.8% in fiscal year
2017.
- GAAP net income of $328.1 million, or
$4.06 per diluted share, compared to GAAP net income of $423.2
million, or $5.35 per diluted share, in fiscal year 2017.
- Non-GAAP net income of $643.3 million
or $7.96 per diluted share, compared to non-GAAP net income of
$442.8 million, or $5.61 per diluted share, in fiscal year
2017.
"We are pleased with our solid 2018 financial performance and
continued momentum across cloud titan and enterprise verticals.
Arista is earning a strategic role with customers deploying
transformative cloud networking,” stated Jayshree Ullal,
Arista President and CEO.
Commenting on the company's financial results, Ita Brennan,
Arista’s CFO, said, “The business continued to execute well across
all key financial metrics in 2018, with strong profitable revenue
growth and healthy cash generation.”
Fourth Quarter Company Highlights
- Arista Introduces 400 Gigabit
Platforms. New 400G fixed systems offer the choice of two optical
module form factors - OSFP and QSFP-DD and deliver
the performance that hyperscale cloud networks and datacenters need
for the growth of applications such as AI (artificial
intelligence), machine learning, and serverless computing.
- Arista Expands CloudVision to the
Campus. Arista Networks announced the next phase in its campus
architecture, changing the way enterprises rebuild campus networks
in the future. Arista’s Cognitive Campus unifies wired and wireless
campus networking, applying modern software-driven cloud
principles. Arista Cognitive WiFi™ eliminates legacy WiFi
controller bottlenecks to reduce operational costs with higher
reliability through a cloud-based, cognitive model.
- Arista to Demonstrate Any Cloud
Networking for Kubernetes at KubeCon NA 2018. Arista Networks
unveiled a technology preview of Arista’s Any Cloud platform for
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform, and Tigera Secure Enterprise
Edition, providing a consistent and more secure enterprise-class
solution for Kubernetes-managed container workloads spanning
host-based and physical network infrastructure.
2018 Company Highlights
- Arista Introduces Cognitive Cloud
Networking for the Campus encompassing a new network architecture
designed to address transitional changes as the enterprise moves to
an IoT ready campus.
- Arista Acquires Mojo Networks for Cloud
Networking Expansion. Arista entered the wireless LAN market with a
portfolio of WiFi edge products through acquisition of cognitive
WiFi pioneer, Mojo Networks.
- Arista Acquires Metamako, a leader in
low-latency, FPGA-enabled network solutions. This acquisition will
play a key role in the delivery of next generation platforms for
low-latency applications.
- Arista Announces New Multi-function
Platform for Cloud Networking based on the Barefoot Tofino™ series
of P4-programmable Ethernet switch chips.
- The Forrester Wave™: Hardware Platforms
for SDN, Q1 2018, recognized Arista Networks as a leader in the
current offering and strategy categories.
- Arista Networks maintained its
Leadership position in the Gartner July 2018 Magic Quadrant for
Data Center Networking for the fourth consecutive year.*
Financial Outlook
For the first quarter of 2019, we expect:
- Revenue between $588 and $598
million;
- Non-GAAP gross margin between 63% to
65%, and
- Non-GAAP operating margin of
approximately 35%
Guidance for non-GAAP financial measures excludes stock-based
compensation expense, amortization of acquisition-related
intangible assets, and other non-recurring items. A
reconciliation of non-GAAP guidance measures to corresponding GAAP
measures is not available on a forward-looking basis (see further
explanation below).
Prepared Materials and Conference Call Information
Arista executives will discuss fourth quarter and full year 2018
financial results on a conference call at 1:30 p.m. Pacific
time today. To listen to the call via telephone, dial (833)
287-7905 in the United States or (647) 689-4469 from
outside the US. The Conference ID is 3657578.
The financial results conference call will also be available via
live webcast on our investor relations website
at http://investors.arista.com/. Shortly after the conclusion
of the conference call, a replay of the audio webcast will be
available on Arista’s Investor Relations website.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains “forward-looking statements”
regarding our future performance, including statements in the
section entitled “Financial Outlook,” such as estimates regarding
revenue, non-GAAP gross margin and non-GAAP operating margin for
the first quarter of fiscal 2019, and statements regarding the
benefits from the introduction of new products. Forward-looking
statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties,
assumptions and other factors that could cause actual results,
performance or achievements to differ materially from those
anticipated in or implied by the forward-looking statements
including risks associated with: Arista Networks’ limited operating
history; Arista Networks’ rapid growth; Arista Networks’ customer
concentration; the evolution and growth of the cloud networking
market and the adoption by end customers of Arista Networks’ cloud
networking solutions; changes in our customer’s demand for our
products and services; requests for more favorable terms and
conditions from our large end customers; declines in the sales
prices of our products and services; customer order patterns or
customer mix; the timing of orders and manufacturing and customer
lead times; increased competition in our products and service
markets; dependence on the introduction and market acceptance of
new product offerings and standards; the benefits and impact of
acquisitions; rapid technological and market change; Arista
Networks’ dispute with OptumSoft; and general market, political,
economic and business conditions. Additional risks and
uncertainties that could affect Arista Networks can be found in
Arista’s most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the
SEC on November 5, 2018, and other filings that the company
makes to the SEC from time to time. You can locate these reports
through our website at http://investors.arista.com/ and on the
SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov/. All forward-looking
statements in this press release are based on information available
to the company as of the date hereof and Arista
Networks disclaims any obligation to publicly update or revise
any forward-looking statement to reflect events that occur or
circumstances that exist after the date on which they were
made.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
The company reports certain non-GAAP financial measures that
exclude stock-based compensation expense, legal fees and bond costs
and recoveries associated with the OptumSoft and Cisco litigations,
acquisition-related costs, including external professional fees and
severance costs, amortization of acquisition-related intangible
assets, loss/gain on investments in privately held companies, other
non-recurring charges or benefits, and the income tax effect of
these non-GAAP exclusions. In addition, non-GAAP financial measures
exclude net tax benefits associated with stock-based awards, which
include excess tax benefits, other discrete indirect effects of
such awards, acquisition-related tax expense, and discrete tax
items associated with the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (the “Tax
Act”). The company uses these non-GAAP financial measures
internally in analyzing its financial results and believes that
these non-GAAP financial measures are useful to investors as an
additional tool to evaluate ongoing operating results and trends.
In addition, these measures are the primary indicators management
uses as a basis for its planning and forecasting for future
periods.
Non-GAAP financial measures are not meant to be considered in
isolation or as a substitute for comparable GAAP net income, net
income per diluted share, gross margin, or operating margin.
Non-GAAP financial measures are subject to limitations, and should
be read only in conjunction with the company's consolidated
financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP. A
description of these non-GAAP financial measures and a
reconciliation of the company’s non-GAAP financial measures to
their most directly comparable GAAP measures has been provided in
the financial statement tables included in this press release, and
investors are encouraged to review the reconciliation.
The Company’s guidance for non-GAAP financial measures excludes
stock-based compensation expense, amortization of
acquisition-related intangible assets, and other non-recurring
items. The Company does not provide guidance on GAAP gross margin
or GAAP operating margin or the various reconciling items between
GAAP gross margin and GAAP operating margin and non-GAAP gross
margin and non-GAAP operating margin. Stock-based compensation
expense is impacted by the Company’s future hiring and retention
needs and the future fair market value of the Company’s common
stock, all of which are difficult to predict and subject to
constant change. The actual amount of stock-based compensation
expense will have a significant impact on the Company’s GAAP gross
margin and GAAP operating margin. Accordingly, a reconciliation of
the non-GAAP financial measure guidance to the corresponding GAAP
measure is not available without unreasonable effort.
About Arista Networks
Arista Networks pioneered software-driven, cognitive cloud
networking for large-scale datacenter and campus environments.
Arista’s award-winning platforms redefine and deliver availability,
agility, automation, analytics, and security. Arista has shipped
more than twenty million cloud networking ports worldwide with
CloudVision and EOS, an advanced network operating system.
Committed to open standards across private, public and hybrid cloud
solutions, Arista products are supported worldwide directly and
through partners.
ARISTA, EOS, CloudVision, Cognitive WiFi and AlgoMatch are among
the registered and unregistered trademarks of Arista Networks,
Inc. in jurisdictions around the world. Other company names or
product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.
*Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service
depicted in its research publications, and does not advise
technology users to select only those vendors with the highest
ratings or other designation. Gartner research publications consist
of the opinions of Gartner’s research organization and should not
be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all
warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research,
including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a
particular purpose.
Additional information and resources can be found
at: http://www.arista.com/
ARISTA NETWORKS, INC.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
(Unaudited in thousands, except per share amounts)
Three Months EndedDecember 31, Twelve Months
EndedDecember 31, 2018 2017
2018 2017 Revenue: Product $ 503,235 $ 407,195
$ 1,841,100 $ 1,432,810 Service 92,491 60,672 310,269
213,376 Total revenue 595,726 467,867 2,151,369
1,646,186 Cost of revenue: Product 204,507 147,919 720,584 538,035
Service 16,227 12,783 57,408 46,382
Total cost of revenue 220,734 160,702 777,992
584,417 Total gross profit 374,992 307,165 1,373,377
1,061,769 Operating expenses: Research and development 118,439
107,180 442,468 349,594 Sales and marketing 50,911 38,808 187,142
155,105 General and administrative 12,000 21,789 65,420 86,798
Legal settlement — — 405,000 — Total
operating expenses 181,350 167,777 1,100,030 591,497 Income from
operations 193,642 139,388 273,347 470,272 Other income (expense),
net: Interest expense (661 ) (741 ) (2,701 ) (2,780 ) Other income
(expense), net 5,509 2,988 18,155 7,268
Total other income (expense), net 4,848 2,247 15,454
4,488 Income before income taxes 198,490 141,635
288,801 474,760 Provision for (benefit from) income taxes 28,168
37,802 (39,314 ) 51,559 Net income $ 170,322
$ 103,833 $ 328,115 $ 423,201 Net
income attributable to common stockholders: Basic $ 170,211
$ 103,752 $ 327,926 $ 422,400 Diluted $
170,218 $ 103,759 $ 327,941 $ 422,468
Net income per share attributable to common stockholders: Basic $
2.26 $ 1.42 $ 4.39 $ 5.85 Diluted $
2.10 $ 1.29 $ 4.06 $ 5.35
Weighted-average shares used in computing net income per share
attributable to common stockholders: Basic 75,473 73,310
74,750 72,258 Diluted 80,928 80,243
80,844 78,977
ARISTA NETWORKS, INC. Reconciliation of Selected
GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Measures (Unaudited, in
thousands, except percentages and per share amounts)
Three Months EndedDecember 31, Twelve Months
EndedDecember 31, 2018 2017
2018 2017 GAAP gross profit $ 374,992 $
307,165 $ 1,373,377 $ 1,061,769 GAAP gross margin 62.9 % 65.7 %
63.8 % 64.5 % Stock-based compensation expense 1,381 1,129 5,087
4,353 Intangible asset amortization 2,626 — 3,824 —
Acquisition-related costs (1) 3,138 — 3,138 —
Non-GAAP gross profit $ 382,137 $ 308,294 $
1,385,426 $ 1,066,122 Non-GAAP gross margin 64.1 %
65.9 % 64.4 % 64.8 % GAAP income from operations $ 193,642 $
139,388 $ 273,347 $ 470,272 Stock-based compensation expense 24,619
20,436 91,202 75,427 Litigation expense (benefit) (2) (3,988 )
9,072 6,566 40,352 Legal settlement (3) — — 405,000 — Intangible
asset amortization 3,500 — 5,110 — Acquisition-related costs 4,313
— 7,745 — Non-GAAP income from
operations $ 222,086 $ 168,896 $ 788,970 $
586,051 Non-GAAP operating margin 37.3 % 36.1 % 36.7 % 35.6
% GAAP net income $ 170,322 $ 103,833 $ 328,115 $ 423,201
Stock-based compensation expense 24,619 20,436 91,202 75,427
Litigation expense (benefit) (2) (3,988 ) 9,072 6,566 40,352 Legal
settlement (3) — — 405,000 — Intangible asset amortization 3,500 —
5,110 — Acquisition-related costs 4,313 — 7,745 — Loss on
investments in privately-held companies, net 4,700 — 13,800 —
Acquisition-related tax expense — — 5,853 — Impact of the U.S. Tax
Cuts and Jobs Act (4) (12,632 ) 51,812 (12,632 ) 51,812 Tax benefit
on share-based awards (8,227 ) (38,287 ) (92,675 ) (111,542 )
Income tax effect on non-GAAP exclusions (429 ) (9,536 ) (114,769 )
(36,421 ) Non-GAAP net income $ 182,178 $ 137,330 $
643,315 $ 442,829 GAAP diluted net income per share
attributable to common stockholders $ 2.10 $ 1.29 $ 4.06 $ 5.35
Non-GAAP adjustments to net income 0.15 0.42 3.90
0.26 Non-GAAP diluted net income per share $ 2.25
$ 1.71 $ 7.96 $ 5.61 Weighted-average
shares used in computing diluted net income per share attributable
to common stockholders 80,928 80,243 80,844
78,977
Summary of Stock-Based Compensation Expense:
Cost of revenue $ 1,381 $ 1,129 $ 5,087 $ 4,353 Research and
development 13,505 11,207 48,205 42,184 Sales and marketing 6,224
5,302 24,995 17,953 General and administrative 3,509 2,798
12,915 10,937 Total $ 24,619 $ 20,436
$ 91,202 $ 75,427
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(1)
Represents a charge related to our
business acquisitions in 2018 resulting from the required
revaluation of inventory to its estimated fair value.
(2)
Includes legal fees and bond costs and
recoveries associated with the OptumSoft and Cisco litigations.
(3)
Represents one-time charges associated
with the settlement of our lawsuit with Cisco on August 6,
2018.
(4)
Represents provisional tax estimates
recorded in 2017 resulting from the enactment of the Tax Act, and
subsequent changes to these amounts in 2018 as we completed our
accounting for these tax effects in the fourth quarter of 2018.
ARISTA NETWORKS, INC. Condensed
Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited, in thousands)
December 31, 2018 December 31,
2017 ASSETS CURRENT ASSETS: Cash and cash equivalents
$ 649,950 $ 859,192 Marketable securities 1,306,197 676,363
Accounts receivable 331,777 247,346 Inventories 264,557 306,198
Prepaid expenses and other current assets 162,321 177,330
Total current assets 2,714,802 2,266,429
Property and equipment, net 75,355 74,279 Acquisition-related
intangible assets, net 58,610 — Goodwill 53,684 — Investments
30,336 36,136 Deferred tax assets 126,492 65,125 Other assets
22,704 18,891 TOTAL ASSETS $ 3,081,983 $
2,460,860
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
CURRENT LIABILITIES: Accounts payable $ 93,757 $ 52,200 Accrued
liabilities 123,254 133,827 Deferred revenue 358,586 327,706 Other
current liabilities 30,907 16,172 Total current
liabilities 606,504 529,905 Income taxes payable
36,167 34,067 Lease financing obligations, non-current 35,431
37,673 Deferred revenue, non-current 228,641 187,556 Other
long-term liabilities 31,851 9,745 TOTAL LIABILITIES
938,594 798,946 STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY: Common stock 8
7 Additional paid-in capital 956,572 804,731 Retained earnings
1,190,803 859,114 Accumulated other comprehensive loss (3,994 )
(1,938 ) TOTAL STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY 2,143,389 1,661,914
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY $ 3,081,983
$ 2,460,860
ARISTA NETWORKS,
INC. Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(Unaudited, in thousands) Twelve Months Ended
December 31, 2018
2017As Adjusted
(1)
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES: Net income $ 328,115 $
423,201 Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by
operating activities: Depreciation, amortization and other 27,671
20,640 Stock-based compensation 91,202 75,427 Deferred income taxes
(57,896 ) 8,426 Loss on investments in privately-held companies,
net 13,800 — Amortization (accretion) of investment premiums
(discounts) (3,360 ) 1,452 Changes in operating assets and
liabilities: Accounts receivable, net (77,916 ) 5,773 Inventories
51,054 (69,708 ) Prepaid expenses and other current assets 21,411
(11,645 ) Other assets (3,389 ) 907 Accounts payable 39,337 (30,104
) Accrued liabilities (14,786 ) 43,535 Deferred revenue 70,533
142,327 Income taxes payable (112 ) 19,921 Other liabilities 17,455
1,475 Net cash provided by operating activities
503,119 631,627
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING
ACTIVITIES: Proceeds from maturities of marketable securities
547,797 206,332 Purchases of marketable securities (1,174,259 )
(585,373 ) Business acquisitions, net of cash acquired (96,821 ) —
Purchases of property and equipment (23,830 ) (15,279 ) Proceeds
from repayment of notes receivable 2,000 3,000 Investments in
privately-held companies (8,000 ) — Other investing activities
(2,000 ) — Net cash used in investing activities (1)
(755,113 ) (391,320 )
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Principal payments of lease financing obligations (1,929 ) (1,617 )
Proceeds from issuance of common stock under equity plans 53,658
57,111 Tax withholding paid on behalf of employees for net share
settlement (8,878 ) (4,025 ) Net cash provided by financing
activities 42,851 51,469 Effect of exchange rate
changes (1,390 ) 753 NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH, CASH
EQUIVALENTS AND RESTRICTED CASH (1) (210,533 ) 292,529 CASH, CASH
EQUIVALENTS AND RESTRICTED CASH —Beginning of period (1) 864,697
572,168 CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS AND RESTRICTED CASH
—End of period (1) $ 654,164 $ 864,697
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(1)
The adoption of ASU 2016-18, Statement of
Cash Flows (Topic 230): Restricted Cash ("ASU 2016-18"), in the
first quarter of 2018 requires the Company to include restricted
cash together with cash and cash equivalents when reconciling the
beginning-of-period and end-of-period amounts presented on the
statements of cash flows. As a result, for 2017, the
beginning-of-period and end-of-period amounts increased by $4.2
million and $5.5 million, respectively, and net cash used in
investing activities decreased by $1.3 million.
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