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Exhibit 99.2
TECHTARGET, INC. (TTGT)
FIRST QUARTER 2011
EARNINGS ANNOUNCEMENT
EARNINGS ANNOUNCEMENT
PREPARED REMARKS
TechTarget is posting to the investor information section of its corporate website a copy of
these Prepared Remarks in combination with its financial results press release. These Prepared
Remarks are offered to provide shareholders and analysts with additional time and detail for
analyzing our financial results in advance of our scheduled conference call. The conference call
will begin today, May 9, 2011, at 5:30 pm (ET) and will include only brief comments followed by
questions and answers. These Prepared Remarks will not be read on the call. To access the live
broadcast of the question and answer session, please visit the Investor Information section of
TechTargets website at http://investor.techtarget.com/.
Greg Strakosch, CEO
Although a handful of large programs slipped from Q1 into Q2, which was reflected in our Q1
results, we are continuing to see strong momentum in the field. The growth that we are achieving
continues to come from a combination of the continued shift from traditional media to online media,
market share gains primarily as a result of our new Activity Intelligence product platform and
continued strong growth outside the US. These trends, combined with our Q2 forecast of 18% online
revenue growth, the conversations we are having with customers about the second half of the year
and analysis of our pipeline gives us the confidence to make the following increases to our annual
forecast at this time:
| Online Revenue Growth Rate from 14% to 15%; | ||
| Event Revenue Growth Rate from flat to 5%; and | ||
| Adjusted EBITDA Growth Rate from 33% to 37%. |
The growth we are
experiencing is very encouraging on a long-term basis as it is still coming
from market share gains since we are still not seeing across the board increases in advertising
budgets from IT vendors. When those budgets do increase, we expect the majority of the incremental
dollars will be allocated to online and, due to our leadership position, we will benefit from that
in a meaningful way.
We continue to
invest, and see good progress, in our international business. Non-US revenue for
the quarter grew in excess of 50%, continuing the growth rate that weve seen the last several
quarters. We are seeing broad growth geographically with good results in Australia, Asia and
Europe. In the UK, we recently acquired ComputerWeekly.com, the
companion website of the 45-year old weekly newspaper of the same name, from Reed Business Information. We ceased publication of
the print version and are making investments to modernize the website. We believe we will have good
success leveraging the strength of the brand, high quality content and high-level audience online.
Another good sign of our progress in EMEA was the record attendance we had recently at our customer
summits in London and Paris.
Financially,
we continue to perform well. Adjusted EBITDA was up 50% in the quarter. Our balance
sheet remains strong. We finished the quarter with approximately $50 million in cash and no debt.
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Jeff Wakely, CFO
Many of our prepared remarks contain a number of percentage changes as we discuss our
financial performance. Unless otherwise indicated, each percentage change represents the
year-over-year percentage change when comparing Q1 2011 to Q1 2010. In addition, these prepared
remarks include a discussion on certain non-GAAP financial measures which are provided as a
complement to the results provided in accordance with GAAP. We provide these non-GAAP financial
measures as they best represent those measures used by management when reviewing our companys
performance. We define adjusted EBITDA as earnings before interest, other income and expense,
income taxes, depreciation, and amortization, as further adjusted to exclude stock-based
compensation expense. We define adjusted EBITDA margin as adjusted EBITDA as a percentage of
total revenues. We define adjusted net income as net income adjusted for amortization and
stock-based compensation, as further adjusted for the related income tax impact of such
adjustments. We define adjusted net income per share as adjusted net income as defined above
divided by weighted average diluted shares outstanding.
Note that in 2011 we changed the manner in which we allocate our real estate facilities
costs to align with actual departmental headcount. Previously these costs were all
included as a part of general and administrative expenses. We have conformed the 2010
numbers below to be comparative with the 2011 methodology.
Revenues
First quarter revenues are as follows:
Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||
% Change | ||||||||||||||||||||
% of | % of | 2011 vs. | ||||||||||||||||||
(In $000s) | 2011 | Revenues | 2010 | Revenues | 2010 | |||||||||||||||
Revenues: |
||||||||||||||||||||
Online |
$ | 20,380 | 90 | % | $ | 18,561 | 88 | % | 10 | % | ||||||||||
Events |
2,186 | 10 | 2,482 | 12 | (12 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Total revenues |
$ | 22,566 | 100 | % | $ | 21,043 | 100 | % | 7 | % | ||||||||||
The 10%
increase in Q1 2011 online revenues was primarily attributable to growth in our lead
generation offerings (primarily sponsorship and white paper sales volumes)
and, to a lesser extent, branding revenues (primarily banner sales
volume). The 12% decrease in Q1 2011 events revenues is in line with
guidance given earlier this year and is consistent with our stated focus
on reducing overall event volume to focus on those events that we deem
most profitable.
Gross Profit
First quarter gross profit margin percentages are as follows:
Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||||||||||
% Change | ||||||||||||
2011 vs. | ||||||||||||
2011 | 2010 | 2010 | ||||||||||
Online gross profit margin |
72 | % | 73 | % | (1 | )% | ||||||
Events gross profit margin |
60 | 62 | (2 | ) | ||||||||
Total gross profit margin |
71 | % | 72 | % | (1 | )% | ||||||
The one point
decrease in overall gross profit margin was primarily
attributable to $0.3 million in increased
headcount costs year over year.
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Operating Expenses
First quarter operating expenses are as follows:
Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||||||||||||||
$ Change | % Change | |||||||||||||||
2011 vs. | 2011 vs. | |||||||||||||||
(In $000s) | 2011 | 2010 | 2010 | 2010 | ||||||||||||
Operating expenses: |
||||||||||||||||
Selling and marketing |
$ | 8,631 | $ | 9,411 | $ | (780 | ) | (8 | )% | |||||||
Product development |
1,946 | 2,355 | (409 | ) | (17 | ) | ||||||||||
General and administrative |
3,799 | 4,347 | (548 | ) | (13 | ) | ||||||||||
Total operating expenses |
$ | 14,376 | $ | 16,113 | $ | (1,737 | ) | (11 | )% | |||||||
Q1 2011 GAAP total operating expenses, excluding depreciation and amortization, decreased $1.7
million to $14.4 million compared to $16.1 million for Q1 2010. The portion of stock-based
compensation expense included in GAAP total operating expenses was $1.9 million and $3.3 million
for Q1 2011 and 2010, respectively. Q1 2011 GAAP operating expenses by expense category as
compared to Q1 2010 operating expenses after eliminating the effect of stock-based compensation are
as follows: selling and marketing expenses remained flat at $7.5 million, product
development expenses decreased to $1.8 million from $2.2 million and general and administrative
expenses increased slightly to $3.2 million from $3.1 million.
Net Loss and Net Loss Per Share
First quarter net loss and net loss per diluted share are as follows:
Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||||||||||
% Change | ||||||||||||
2011 vs. | ||||||||||||
(In $000s, except per share amounts) | 2011 | 2010 | 2010 | |||||||||
Net loss |
$ | (75 | ) | $ | (2,340 | ) | 97 | % | ||||
Net loss per diluted share |
$ | (0.00 | ) | $ | (0.06 | ) | * | |||||
* | not meaningful |
Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin
First quarter adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA margin are as follows:
Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||
(In $000s) | 2011 | Adj. EBITDA Margin |
2010 | Adj. EBITDA Margin |
% Change 2011 vs. 2010 |
|||||||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA |
$ | 3,707 | 16 | % | $ | 2,479 | 12 | % | 50 | % | ||||||||||
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Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted Net Income per Share
First quarter adjusted net income and adjusted net income per share are as follows:
Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||||||||||
% Change | ||||||||||||
2011 vs. | ||||||||||||
(In $000s, except per share amounts) | 2011 | 2010 | 2010 | |||||||||
Adjusted net income |
$ | 1,701 | $ | 990 | 72 | % | ||||||
Adjusted net income per share |
$ | 0.04 | $ | 0.02 | 100 | % | ||||||
For Q1 2011 adjusted net income
per share is calculated by adding back to net income the effect of amortization and stock
based compensation and then tax effecting these adjustments at an effective tax rate of
42%. Also, based upon this add back and the resulting adjusted net income an additional 3
million shares is added to the fully diluted share count for purposes of the Adjusted
Net Income per Share calculation.
Balance Sheet Highlights
Our balance sheet and financial
position remain strong. As of March 31, 2011, our cash, cash
equivalents and investments totaled $50.5 million, which is up $0.4 million from our $50.1 million
balance at December 31, 2010, and we have no outstanding bank debt. Working capital at March 31,
2011 is $58.6 million.
Outstanding common stock at
March 31, 2011 is approximately 37.5 million shares.
Accounts receivable, net of
allowance, increased $1.1 million from December 31, 2010 to $25.8
million at March 31, 2011. DSO at March 31, 2011 is 102 days, up from 84 days at December 31,
2010. In Q1 2011 an inordinate portion of our revenue was billed in the final month of the
quarter thereby increasing the quarter end accounts receivable balance.
Don Hawk, President
On our last earnings call, we discussed the fact that advertisers seemed cautiously optimistic
heading into the new fiscal year. Coming on the heels of a particularly strong Q4, in Q1 we saw
some major spenders take additional time to sort out their marketing plans, and saw moderate growth
across the broader advertiser base, consistent with our normal seasonality. Offsetting that dynamic were seeing
very strong momentum for Q2, and believe that the core growth drivers of the business for 2011 and
beyond are holding up very well.
Its worth noting that seasonality
continues to play a role in our revenue trends our year over year growth
doesnt spread out evenly across the year. Our first quarter is consistently our least pre-sold
quarter of the year, as the majority of our customers budgets are on a calendar year basis. Additionally, the major advertiser-specific catalysts that drive account growth for us product rollouts and
competitive initiatives, for example tend to be launched in the second or fourth quarters.
Our Q1 results by customer tier reflected
this dynamic. While we saw online revenue increases
in all three tiers, we saw stronger year over year growth rates from our mid-tier advertisers
(our top 100 online spenders outside of the dozen largest IT vendors) and smaller accounts outside
of the top 100 than we did from the largest IT vendors in the market, which grew in the single
digits. Anticipated Q1 business from the top-tier vendors was late to start in some cases. However, our Q2 and
full year guidance reflects the fact that our current bookings and discussions with these large advertisers
lead us to anticipate much stronger growth in this tier going forward. Our confidence in the
full
year guidance is bolstered by the fact that we were able to post double-digit online growth in Q1
without significant year over year growth from the largest accounts, a dynamic we see as
situational and temporary.
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Another reason for our confidence in a continuation of strong growth trends with our largest
advertisers is the emphasis that we are putting on our branding offerings. We once again had
growth in branding and display offerings that outpaced our overall online growth rate, and expect
even stronger growth rates in Q2. Our new interactive ad units are focused on driving audience
engagement, taking advantage of the contextual alignment that we can offer uniquely given the
targeted nature of our sites. Were winning larger branding-specific deals than weve seen
previously, and feel that we have good upside in this area which tends to be focused on the largest
accounts.
We see our Activity Intelligence platform as a major success driver going forward, particularly
with the mid-tier accounts that are a key component of our growth. It continues to be a major
benefit to our delivery capabilities and lead quality. We are currently deploying a significant
portion of our product development investment into the next iteration of Activity Intelligence,
which we expect to roll out in the second half of this year. Our current version of Activity
Intelligence identifies the most active leads in an advertisers program. It is included in
programs for our top online spenders, and helps to facilitate larger quarterly buys from these
advertisers. We expect that our release later this year will enable us to take Activity
Intelligence features to a broader tier of our advertisers, and will dramatically expand the
information were providing to our customers that they can use to follow up more effectively on our
leads. We also anticipate that our next release will create new add-on revenue opportunities for
us around some of the additional services well be able to offer.
Our investments outside of the US continue to pay dividends. Geo-targeted programs continue to
take a larger share of our overall online revenues, and we continue to increase our customer
penetration. We ran over 250 geo-targeted online programs in Q1, with European-focused programs
driving much of the growth. As we discussed last quarter, we foresee continued strong growth for
European-focused programs, even prior to our recent acquisition of Computer Weekly, and are
beginning to build towards critical mass in Asia with our acquisition in Q4 of last year of our
partner in China. We now have approximately 10% of our employees
outside of the US, in our offices in London, Beijing,
and Mumbai. We are growing our localized content presence, are establishing local sales
relationships, and are taking advantage of the scalability, product capabilities, and best
practices that weve developed through 12 years of experience here in the US.
With the growth we are seeing in Europe specifically, we are very excited about our acquisition of
Computer Weekly. Founded in 1966, it is the preeminent IT media brand in the UK. Computer Weekly
has earned this level of respect in the market its audience is widely regarded as the leading
source of senior IT management and IT decision-makers in the UK. But because Computer Weekly was
part of a much larger company with different corporate priorities, we feel it had not received a level of
investment commensurate with its brand and audience strength. We are excited about making that
investment.
Given that we have shut down the print publication and are making some major changes to the online
offerings, we dont expect this acquisition to have a significant short-term direct revenue impact.
Nonetheless, we expect it to provide some immediate benefits and to become a much more significant
revenue contributor as we head into 2012. We believe that Computer Weeklys brand recognition will
be a sales accelerant for us, separate from any specific revenue associated with the property. We
are also very excited to have access to the publications circulation and registered member
database. It will improve our lead generation delivery capabilities in the UK, which is a central
country focus of any pan-European program that we run.
In closing, we continue to be encouraged by our progress in what remains a relatively choppy
marketing budget environment. It is an exciting time at TechTarget. Our key growth drivers of
Activity Intelligence, international
expansion, and an increased focus on branding offerings all show positive momentum, and we are
focused on executing on our plan.
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Financial Guidance
In the second quarter of 2011, the
Company expects total revenues to be within the range of $27.7 million to $28.4 million;
online revenues within the range of $24.0 million to $24.5 million; events revenues
within the range of $3.7 million to $3.9 million and adjusted EBITDA to be within the
range of $7.3 million to $7.9 million.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
These prepared remarks and the accompanying tables include a discussion of non-GAAP operating
expenses, adjusted EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA margin, adjusted net income and adjusted net income per
share, all of which are non-GAAP financial measures which are provided as a complement to results
provided in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of
America (GAAP). The term non-GAAP operating expenses refers to a financial measure that we
define as GAAP operating expenses excluding depreciation, amortization, stock-based compensation
and certain nonrecurring expenses separately identified. The term adjusted EBITDA refers to a
financial measure that we define as earnings before net interest, other income and expense, income
taxes, depreciation, and amortization, as further adjusted to exclude stock-based compensation.
The term adjusted EBITDA margin refers to a financial measure which we define as adjusted EBITDA
as a percentage of total revenues. The term adjusted net income refers to a financial measure
which we define as net income adjusted for amortization and stock-based compensation, as further
adjusted for the related income tax impact of the adjustments. The term adjusted net income per
share refers to a financial measure which we define as adjusted net income divided by adjusted
weighted average diluted shares outstanding. These non-GAAP measures should be considered in
addition to results prepared in accordance with GAAP, but should not be considered a substitute
for, or superior to, GAAP results. In addition, our definition of non-GAAP operating expenses,
adjusted EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA margin, adjusted net income and adjusted net income per share may
not be comparable to the definitions as reported by other companies. We believe non-GAAP operating
expenses, adjusted EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA margin, adjusted net income and adjusted net income per
share are relevant and useful information because it provides us and investors with additional
measurements to compare the Companys operating performance. These measures are part of our
internal management reporting and planning process and are primary measures used by our management
to evaluate the operating performance of our business, as well as potential acquisitions. The
components of adjusted EBITDA include the key revenue and expense items for which our operating
managers are responsible and upon which we evaluate their performance. In the case of senior
management, adjusted EBITDA is used as one of the principal financial metrics in their annual
incentive
compensation program. Adjusted EBITDA is also used for planning purposes and in presentations to
our board of directors. Adjusted net income is useful to us and investors because it presents an
additional measurement of our financial performance, taking into account depreciation, which we
believe is an ongoing cost of doing business, but excluding the impact of certain non-cash expenses
and items not directly tied to the core operations of our business. Furthermore, we intend to
provide these non-GAAP financial measures as part of our future earnings discussions and,
therefore, the inclusion of these non-GAAP financial measures will provide consistency in our
financial reporting. A reconciliation of these non-GAAP measures to GAAP is provided in the
accompanying tables.
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Forward Looking Statements
Certain matters included
in these prepared remarks may be considered to be forward-looking statements
within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Those statements include
statements regarding the intent, belief or current expectations of the company and members of our
management team. All statements contained in these prepared remarks, other than statements of
historical fact, are forward-looking statements, including those regarding:
guidance on our future financial results and other projections or measures of
our future performance; our expectations concerning market opportunities and our ability to
capitalize on them; and the amount and timing of the benefits expected from acquisitions, from new
products or services and from other potential sources of additional revenue. Investors and
prospective investors are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of
future performance and involve risks and uncertainties, and that actual results may differ
materially from those contemplated by such forward-looking statements. These statements speak only
as of the date of these prepared remarks and are based on our current plans and expectations, and they
involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual future events or results to be different
than those described in or implied by such forward-looking statements. These risks and
uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those relating to: market acceptance of our products
and services; relationships with customers, strategic partners and our employees; difficulties in
integrating acquired businesses; and changes in economic or regulatory conditions or other trends
affecting the Internet, Internet advertising and information technology industries. These and other
important risk factors are discussed or referenced in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, under the heading Risk Factors and elsewhere, and any
subsequent periodic or current reports filed by us with the SEC. Except as required by applicable
law or regulation, we do not undertake any obligation to update our forward-looking statements to
reflect future events or circumstances.
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TECHTARGET, INC.
Consolidated Statements of Operations
(in $000s, except per share amounts)
Consolidated Statements of Operations
(in $000s, except per share amounts)
For the Three Months Ended | ||||||||
March 31, | ||||||||
2011 | 2010 | |||||||
(Unaudited) | ||||||||
Revenues: |
||||||||
Online |
$ | 20,380 | $ | 18,561 | ||||
Events |
2,186 | 2,482 | ||||||
Total revenues |
22,566 | 21,043 | ||||||
Cost of revenues: |
||||||||
Online (1) |
5,606 | 4,942 | ||||||
Events (1) |
877 | 938 | ||||||
Total cost of revenues |
6,483 | 5,880 | ||||||
Gross profit |
16,083 | 15,163 | ||||||
Operating expenses: |
||||||||
Selling and marketing (1) |
8,631 | 9,411 | ||||||
Product development (1) |
1,946 | 2,355 | ||||||
General and administrative (1) |
3,799 | 4,347 | ||||||
Depreciation |
641 | 525 | ||||||
Amortization of intangible assets |
1,086 | 1,135 | ||||||
Total operating expenses |
16,103 | 17,773 | ||||||
Operating loss |
(20 | ) | (2,610 | ) | ||||
Interest income, net |
6 | 107 | ||||||
Loss before provision for (benefit from) income taxes |
(14 | ) | (2,503 | ) | ||||
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes |
61 | (163 | ) | |||||
Net loss |
$ | (75 | ) | $ | (2,340 | ) | ||
Net loss per common share: |
||||||||
Basic and diluted |
$ | (0.00 | ) | $ | (0.06 | ) | ||
Weighted average common shares outstanding: |
||||||||
Basic and diluted |
37,940 | 42,480 | ||||||
(1) Amounts included in stock-based compensation as follows: |
||||||||
Cost of online revenues |
$ | 70 | $ | 88 | ||||
Cost of events revenues |
22 | 26 | ||||||
Selling and marketing |
1,158 | 1,929 | ||||||
Product development |
106 | 161 | ||||||
General and administrative |
644 | 1,225 |
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TECHTARGET, INC.
Reconciliation of Net Loss to Adjusted EBITDA
(in $000s)
Reconciliation of Net Loss to Adjusted EBITDA
(in $000s)
For the Three Months Ended | ||||||||
March 31, | ||||||||
2011 | 2010 | |||||||
Net loss |
$ | (75 | ) | $ | (2,340 | ) | ||
Interest income, net |
6 | 107 | ||||||
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes |
61 | (163 | ) | |||||
Depreciation |
641 | 525 | ||||||
Amortization of intangible assets |
1,086 | 1,135 | ||||||
EBITDA |
1,707 | (950 | ) | |||||
Stock-based compensation expense |
2,000 | 3,429 | ||||||
Adjusted EBITDA |
$ | 3,707 | $ | 2,479 | ||||
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TECHTARGET, INC.
Reconciliation of Net Loss to Adjusted Net Income and Net Loss per Diluted Share to
Adjusted Net Income per Share
(in $000s, except per share amounts)
Reconciliation of Net Loss to Adjusted Net Income and Net Loss per Diluted Share to
Adjusted Net Income per Share
(in $000s, except per share amounts)
For the Three Months Ended | ||||||||
March 31, | ||||||||
2011 | 2010 | |||||||
Net loss |
$ | (75 | ) | $ | (2,340 | ) | ||
Amortization of intangible assets |
1,086 | 1,135 | ||||||
Stock-based compensation expense |
2,000 | 3,429 | ||||||
Impact of income taxes |
1,310 | 1,234 | ||||||
Adjusted net income |
$ | 1,701 | $ | 990 | ||||
Net loss per diluted share |
$ | (0.00 | ) | $ | (0.06 | ) | ||
Weighted average diluted shares
outstanding |
37,940 | 42,480 | ||||||
Adjusted net income per share |
$ | 0.04 | $ | 0.02 | ||||
Adjusted weighted average diluted
shares outstanding |
41,034 | 44,573 | ||||||
Options, warrants and restricted
stock, treasury method included
in adjusted weighted average
diluted shares above |
3,094 | 2,093 | ||||||
Weighted average diluted shares
outstanding |
37,940 | 42,480 | ||||||
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TECHTARGET, INC.
Financial Guidance for the Three Months Ended June 30, 2011
(in $000s)
Financial Guidance for the Three Months Ended June 30, 2011
(in $000s)
For the Three Months | ||||||
Ended June 30, 2011 | ||||||
Range | ||||||
Revenues
|
$ | 27,700 | $ | 28,400 | ||
Adjusted EBITDA
|
$ | 7,300 | $ | 7,900 | ||
Depreciation, amortization and stock-based compensation |
3,748 | 3,748 | ||||
Interest and other income, net |
10 | 10 | ||||
Provision for income taxes
|
1,907 | 2,229 | ||||
Net loss
|
$ | 1,655 | $ | 1,933 | ||
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