Amdocs Limited Reports First Quarter Fiscal 2022 Results

Record Quarterly Revenue of $1.1 Billion, up 10.6% YoY⁽²⁾⁽³⁾
Strong Sales Momentum & Record 12-Month Backlog of $3.8 Billion, up 9.7% YoY
Tracking at Higher End of Fiscal 2022 Outlook Range for Expected Revenue and Diluted Earnings Per Share Growth
Provides Outlook for Annual Revenue Growth of 6.0%-10.0% YoY⁽²⁾⁽³⁾ for Three Years Fiscal 2022-2024

First Quarter Fiscal 2022 Highlights

(All comparisons are against the prior year)

• Record revenue of $1,105 million, up 10.6% on a pro forma⁽²⁾ basis in constant currency⁽³⁾ and up 1.7% as reported, including record revenue of $745 million in North America
• GAAP diluted EPS of $1.07, above the $0.91-$0.99 guidance range, primarily due to a gain of $0.06 per share from final contingent performance-based consideration received in relation to last year’s divesture of OpenMarket
• Non-GAAP diluted EPS of $1.20, at the higher end of the $1.15-$1.21 guidance range
• GAAP operating income of $160 million; GAAP operating margin of 14.5%
• Non-GAAP operating income of $194 million; non-GAAP operating margin of 17.5%, up 20 basis points while accelerating R&D investments
• Free cash flow of $147 million, reflecting healthy cash collections, and comprised of cash flow from operations of $204 million, less $57 million in net capital expenditures and other⁽¹⁾
• Normalized free cash flow of $186 million⁽¹⁾
• Repurchased $171 million of ordinary shares during the first fiscal quarter, up $31 million sequentially
• Record twelve-month backlog of $3.83 billion, up approximately $140 million sequentially and up 9.7% as compared to last year’s first fiscal quarter
  

JERSEY CITY, N.J., Feb. 01, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Amdocs Limited (NASDAQ: DOX), a leading provider of software and services to communications and media companies, today reported operating results for the three months ended December 31, 2021.

“We have made a great start to fiscal year 2022. Record revenue was up 10.6% on a pro forma⁽²⁾ constant currency⁽³⁾ basis from a year ago, driven by our best-ever quarter in North America. Our strategy to deliver market-leading innovation designed to meet the industry’s need for digital modernization, 5G monetization, journey to the cloud and network automation is continuously gaining traction. Strong first quarter sales momentum included notable awards with long-standing customers and several new logos which altogether translated to record twelve-month backlog of $3.83 billion, up 9.7% from a year ago. Additionally, we are pleased to announce the acquisition of DevOpsGroup, a boutique UK-based cloud company which complements the high-end expertise of Amdocs’ Sourced Group by bringing specialist engineering, consultancy and training services for enterprises implementing cloud and DevOps,” said Shuky Sheffer, president and chief executive officer of Amdocs Management Limited.

“Amdocs is well-known for exceptional project delivery and we demonstrated this in Q1 with another record number of deployment milestones achieved for our customers. Quarterly invoicing levels and cash collections were healthy, which supported a robust level of free cash flow generation. Demonstrating our confidence in the future success of Amdocs, we also accelerated our buyback activity on a sequential basis in Q1,” said Tamar Rapaport-Dagim, chief financial officer & chief operating officer of Amdocs Management Limited.

Sheffer concluded, “Encouraged by our strong momentum, we believe revenue growth is tracking at the higher-end of our 6.0% to 10.0% guidance range for the full year fiscal 2022 on a pro forma⁽²⁾, constant currency⁽³⁾ basis, while delivering healthy operating profitability and strong cash flow generation. Furthermore, we are also projecting annual revenue growth of 6.0% to 10% constant currency⁽³⁾ in fiscal years 2023 and 2024. Our confidence in this long-term outlook is founded on our market leading position and the durability of Amdocs’ unique business model. Moreover, we have growing visibility to a large and expanding pipeline of opportunities that we are strategically well positioned to monetize by bringing cutting edge technology and impeccable execution to address our customer’s needs.”

Revenue

(All comparisons are against the prior year period)

• Revenue for the first fiscal quarter of 2022 was above the midpoint of Amdocs’ guidance, despite an unfavorable impact from foreign currency movements of approximately $2 million compared to our guidance assumptions
• Revenue for the first fiscal quarter of 2022 includes an unfavorable impact from foreign currency movements of approximately $4 million relative to the fourth quarter of fiscal 2021

• Non-GAAP net income excludes amortization of purchased intangible assets and other acquisition-related costs, changes in certain acquisition related liabilities measured at fair value, equity-based compensation expenses, gain from divestiture of OpenMarket and other, net of related tax effects, in all the periods presented
• In the first quarter of 2022 and 2021, the GAAP net income includes a gain from divestiture of OpenMarket, net of related tax effects, at the amount of $0.06 and $1.42 per share, respectively, which is excluded from the Non-GAAP net income

For further details of the reconciliation of selected financial metrics from GAAP to Non-GAAP, please refer to the tables below.

Capital Allocation: M&A Investments & Returning Cash to Shareholders

• M&A Activity: As previously announced, on October 1, 2021, Amdocs completed the acquisition of Roam Digital, a digital consultancy agency in Southeast Asia Pacific, for a net consideration of $28 million in cash; on November 15, 2021, Amdocs completed the acquisition of DevOps Group, a cloud consultancy agency in Europe, for a net consideration of $26 million
• Quarterly Cash Dividend Program: On February 1, 2022, the Board approved the Company’s next quarterly cash dividend payment at the new increased rate of $0.395 per share, as approved at the January 2022 annual general meeting of shareholders and set March 31, 2022 as the record date for determining the shareholders entitled to receive the dividend, which will be payable on April29, 2022
• Share Repurchase Activity: Repurchased $171 million of ordinary shares during the first quarter of fiscal 2022
  

Twelve-month Backlog
Twelve-month backlog was a record $3.83 billion at the end of the first quarter of fiscal 2022, up approximately 9.7% as compared to last year’s first fiscal quarter. Twelve-month backlog includes anticipated revenue related to contracts, estimated revenue from managed services contracts, letters of intent, maintenance and estimated on-going support activities.

Second Quarter Fiscal 2022 Outlook

• Second quarter revenue guidance assumes approximately $2 million sequential unfavorable impact from foreign currency fluctuations as compared to the first quarter of fiscal 2022
• Second quarter non-GAAP diluted EPS guidance excludes amortization of purchased intangible assets and other acquisition-related costs, changes in certain acquisitions related liabilities measured at fair value, and approximately $0.11-$0.13 per share of equity-based compensation expense, net of related tax effects

Full Year Fiscal 2022 Outlook

• Full year fiscal 2022 revenue guidance incorporates an expected unfavorable impact from foreign currency fluctuations of approximately 0.6% year-over-year as compared with an unfavorable impact of about 0.3% year-over-year previously
• Non-GAAP diluted earnings per share growth, and pro forma⁽²⁾ non-GAAP diluted earnings per share growth, excludes amortization of purchased intangible assets and other acquisition-related costs, changes in certain acquisitions related liabilities measured at fair value, approximately $0.46-$0.52 per share of equity-based compensation expense, gain from divestiture of OpenMarket and other, net of related tax effects. Adjusted GAAP diluted earnings per share growth, excludes gain from divestiture of OpenMarket, net of related tax effects
• Free cash flow⁽¹⁾ is comprised of cash flow from operations, less net capital expenditures and other
• Normalized free cash flow excludes expected capital expenditure of $131 million related to the new campus development in Israel, and other items

Three Year Fiscal 2022-2024 Outlook

• In addition to our full year fiscal 2022 revenue guidance, we project revenue growth of 6.0% to 10% year-over-year on a constant currency⁽³⁾ basis in each of fiscal years 2023 and 2024
• Projecting revenue growth on an as reported basis in each of fiscal years 2023 and 2024 is not possible without unreasonable efforts given the uncertain impact of foreign exchange rates which cannot be reasonably predicted at this time

Our second fiscal quarter 2022 and full year fiscal 2022, 2023 and 2024 forward looking projections take into consideration the Company’s current expectations regarding macro and industry specific risks and various uncertainties and certain assumptions that we will discuss on our earnings conference call. However, we note that market dynamics continue to shift rapidly and we cannot predict all possible outcomes, including those resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, including its novel strains, which has created, and continues to create, a significant amount of uncertainty, or from current and potential customer consolidation or their other strategic corporate activities.

Conference Call and Earnings Webcast Presentation Details
Amdocs will host a conference call and earnings webcast presentation on February 1, 2022 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time to discuss the Company's first quarter of fiscal 2022 results. To participate, please dial +1 (844) 513-7152, or +1 (508) 637-5600 outside the United States, approximately 15 minutes before the call and enter passcode 1787597. The conference call and webcast will also be carried live on the Internet and may be accessed via the Amdocs website at https://investors.amdocs.com. Presentation slides will be available shortly before the webcast.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures
This release includes non-GAAP diluted earnings per share and other non-GAAP financial measures, including free cash flow and normalized free cash flow, revenue on a constant currency⁽³⁾ basis, non-GAAP cost of revenue, non-GAAP research and development, non-GAAP selling, general and administrative, non-GAAP operating income, non-GAAP operating margin, non-GAAP interest and other expenses, net, non-GAAP income taxes, non-GAAP effective tax rate, non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP diluted earnings per share growth. These other non-GAAP measures exclude the following items:         

• amortization of purchased intangible assets and other acquisition-related costs;
• changes in certain acquisition-related liabilities measured at fair value;
• non-recurring and unusual charges or benefits (such as a gain from divestiture of OpenMarket);
• equity-based compensation expense;
• other; and
• tax effects related to the above.

Free cash flow equals cash generated by operating activities less net capital expenditures and other. Normalized free cash flow, a measure of our operating performance, is further adjusted to exclude net capital expenditures related to the new campus development, payments for non-recurring and unusual charges (such as capital gains tax in relation to the divestiture of OpenMarket), and payments of acquisition related liabilities. These non-GAAP financial measures are not in accordance with, or an alternative for, generally accepted accounting principles and may be different from non-GAAP financial measures used by other companies. In addition, these non-GAAP financial measures are not based on any comprehensive set of accounting rules or principles. Amdocs believes that non-GAAP financial measures have limitations in that they do not reflect all of the amounts associated with Amdocs’ results of operations as determined in accordance with GAAP and that these measures should only be used to evaluate Amdocs’ results of operations in conjunction with the corresponding GAAP measures.

Amdocs believes that the presentation of non-GAAP diluted earnings per share and other financial measures, including free cash flow and normalized free cash flow, non-GAAP cost of revenue, non-GAAP research and development, non-GAAP selling, general and administrative, non-GAAP operating income, non-GAAP operating margin, non-GAAP interest and other expenses, net, non-GAAP income taxes, non-GAAP effective tax rate, non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP diluted earnings per share growth when shown in conjunction with the corresponding GAAP measures, provides useful information to investors and management regarding financial and business trends relating to its financial condition and results of operations, as well as the net amount of cash generated by its business operations after taking into account capital spending required to maintain or expand the business.

For its internal budgeting process and in monitoring the results of the business, Amdocs’ management uses financial statements that do not include amortization of purchased intangible assets and other acquisition-related costs,changes in certain acquisition-related liabilities measured at fair value, non-recurring and unusual charges or benefits, equity-based compensation expense, other and related tax effects. Amdocs’ management also uses the foregoing non-GAAP financial measures, in addition to the corresponding GAAP measures, in reviewing the financial results of Amdocs. In addition, Amdocs believes that significant groups of investors exclude these items in reviewing its results and those of its competitors, because the amounts of the items between companies can vary greatly depending on the assumptions used by an individual company in determining the amounts of the items.

Amdocs further believes that, where the adjustments used in calculating non-GAAP diluted earnings per share are based on specific, identified amounts that impact different line items in the Consolidated Statements of Income (including cost of revenue, research and development, selling, general and administrative, operating income, interest and other expenses, net, income taxes and net income), it is useful to investors to understand how these specific line items in the Consolidated Statements of Income are affected by these adjustments. Please refer to the Reconciliation of Selected Financial Metrics from GAAP to Non-GAAP tables below.

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About Amdocs
Amdocs helps those who build the future to make it amazing. With our market-leading portfolio of software products and services, we unlock our customers’ innovative potential, empowering them to provide next-generation communication and media experiences for both the individual end user and large enterprise customers. Our 29,000 employees around the globe are here to accelerate service providers’ migration to the cloud, enable them to differentiate in the 5G era, and digitalize and automate their operations. Listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market, Amdocs had revenue of $4.3 billion in fiscal 2021.

For more information, visit Amdocs at www.amdocs.com.

This press release includes information that constitutes forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provision of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements about Amdocs’ growth and business results in future quarters and years. Although we believe the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, we can give no assurance that our expectations will be obtained or that any deviations will not be material. Such statements involve risks and uncertainties that may cause future results to differ from those anticipated. These risks include, but are not limited to, the effects of general economic conditions, the duration and severity of the COVID-19 pandemic, and its impact on the global economy, Amdocs’ ability to grow in the business markets that it serves, Amdocs’ ability to successfully integrate acquired businesses, adverse effects of market competition, rapid technological shifts that may render the Company's products and services obsolete, potential loss of a major customer, our ability to develop long-term relationships with our customers, and risks associated with operating businesses in the international market. Amdocs may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in the future; however, Amdocs specifically disclaims any obligation to do so. These and other risks are discussed at greater length in Amdocs’ filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including in our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2021 filed on December 9, 2021.

Contact:
Matthew Smith
Head of Investor Relations
Amdocs
314-212-8328
E-mail: dox_info@amdocs.com

(1) Please refer to the Selected Financial Metrics tables below (figures may not sum because of rounding).
(2) Pro forma growth rate excludes the financial impact of OpenMarket (which was divested on December 31, 2020) from fiscal year 2021
(3) Revenue on a constant currency basis assumes exchange rates in the current period were unchanged from the prior period
(4) Adjusted GAAP excludes the gain from the sale of OpenMarket, which was divested on December 31, 2020, from the current and comparable fiscal years

(a) Since January 1, 2021, OpenMarket results are not included in the Consolidated Statements of Income given its divestiture.
(b) The amounts under "Purchase of property and equipment, net”, include proceeds from sale of property and equipment of $269 and $53 for the three months ended 31 December 2021 and 2020, respectively.

(c) Excludes OpenMarket, which we divested on December 31, 2020