Endava Announces Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2020 Results

Endava plc (NYSE: DAVA) ("Endava" or the "Company") a global provider of digital transformation, agile development and intelligent automation services, today announced results for the three months ended December 31, 2019, the second quarter of its 2020 fiscal year ("Q2 FY2020").

"Endava delivered another strong quarter with revenue for Q2 FY2020 of £85.9 million, an increase of 19.6% Year on Year on a reported basis or 20.5% on a constant currency basis from £71.8 million in the same period in the prior year. Our proforma constant currency growth rate reflecting the sale of the Worldpay Captive was 24.5% Year on Year. In addition to strong continued organic growth, our recent acquisitions of Intuitus and Exozet should further our expansion efforts," said John Cotterell, Endava’s CEO.

SECOND QUARTER FISCAL YEAR 2020 FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Revenue for Q2 FY2020 was £85.9 million, an increase of 19.6% compared to £71.8 million in the same period in the prior year.
  • Revenue growth rate at constant currency (a non-IFRS measure) was 20.5% for Q2 FY2020 compared to 42.4% in the same period in the prior year.
  • Loss before tax for Q2 FY2020 was £(17.3) million compared to profit before tax of £9.4 million in the same period in the prior year. The loss during the quarter is the result of the declaration of a non-recurring, discretionary employee bonus of £27.7 million in December 2019. The Endava Limited Guernsey Employee Benefit Trust ("EBT") funded the first tranche of the bonus through sales of Endava's Class A ordinary shares in November 2019. The funding of the second tranche by the EBT is expected to occur during the second half of FY2020. As previously disclosed, the EBT, whose beneficiaries are our employees, was holding certain Class A ordinary shares for sale in the event it decided to fund a discretionary cash bonus to our employees.
  • Adjusted profit before tax (a non-IFRS measure) for Q2 FY2020 was £20.5 million compared to £13.6 million in the same period in the prior year, or 23.8% of revenue compared to 18.9% in the same period in the prior year.
  • Loss for the period was £(13.8) million in Q2 FY2020, resulting in a diluted EPS of £(0.25), compared to profit for the period of £7.4 million and diluted EPS of £0.14 in the same period in the prior year.
  • Adjusted profit for the period (a non-IFRS measure) was £16.8 million in Q2 FY2020, resulting in adjusted diluted EPS (a non-IFRS measure) of £0.30 compared to adjusted profit for the period of £10.9 million and adjusted diluted EPS of £0.20 in the same period in the prior year.

CASH FLOW:

  • Net cash from operating activities was £11.1 million in Q2 FY2020 compared to £9.6 million in the same period in the prior year.
  • Adjusted free cash flow (a non-IFRS measure) was £8.0 million in Q2 FY2020 compared to £9.2 million in the same period in the prior year.
  • At December 31, 2019, Endava had cash and cash equivalents of £79.0 million, compared to £70.2 million at June 30, 2019.

OTHER METRICS FOR THE QUARTER ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2019

  • Headcount reached 6,267 at December 31, 2019, with 5,472 average operational employees in Q2 FY2020, compared to a headcount of 5,389 at December 31, 2018 and 4,845 average operational employees in the same quarter of the prior year.
  • Number of clients with over £1 million in revenue was 65 on a rolling twelve months basis at December 31, 2019 compared to 60 at December 31, 2018.
  • Top 10 clients accounted for 37% of revenue in Q2 FY2020, compared to 38% in the same period in the prior year.
  • By geographic region, 29% of revenue was generated in North America, 23% was generated in Europe, 45% was generated in the United Kingdom and 3% was generated in the Rest of the World in Q2 FY2020. This compares to 27% in North America, 28% in Europe and 45% in the United Kingdom in the same period in the prior year.
  • By industry vertical, 53% of revenue was generated from Payments and Financial Services, 24% from TMT and 23% from Other. This compares to 53% Payments and Financial Services, 27% TMT and 20% Other in the same period in the prior year.

BUSINESS HIGHLIGHTS:

On December 17, 2019 Endava announced the purchase of Exozet GmbH (“Exozet”), headquartered in Berlin, Germany. Exozet is a leading German digital agency delivering digital transformation from ideation to production using Agile development.

On November 4, 2019, Endava announced the purchase of Intuitus Limited ("Intuitus"), headquartered in Edinburgh, Scotland. Intuitus is a leading independent provider of information technology due diligence and other technology advisory services to Private Equity clients.

OUTLOOK:

Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2020:

We expect revenues will be in the range £87.5m to £88.0m, representing constant currency growth of between 26% and 27%. We expect adjusted diluted EPS to be in the range of £0.21 to £0.22 per share.

Full Fiscal Year 2020:

We expect revenues will be in the range £349m to £353m, representing constant currency growth of between 25% and 26%. We expect adjusted diluted EPS to be in the range of £0.95 to £0.99 per share.

Our guidance regarding constant currency growth is pro-forma for the sale of Endava Technology SRL, also referred to as “the Worldpay Captive,” to Worldpay. The transaction closed on August 31, 2019.

This quarter, we are providing guidance for Q3 FY2020 and for the Full Fiscal Year 2020 using the exchange rates at the end of January, when the exchange rate was 1 GBP to 1.31 USD and 1.19 Euro.

Endava is not able, at this time, to provide an outlook for IFRS diluted EPS for Q3 FY2020 or FY2020 because of the unreasonable effort of estimating certain items that are excluded from adjusted diluted EPS, including, for example, share-based compensation expense, amortisation of acquired intangible assets and foreign currency exchange (gains)/losses, the effect of which may be significant.

CONFERENCE CALL DETAILS:

The Company will host a conference call at 8:00 am EST today, February 13, 2020, to review its Q2 FY2020 results. To participate in Endava’s Q2 FY2020 earnings conference call, please dial in at least five minutes prior to the scheduled start time (877) 683-6368 or (647) 689-5450 for international participants, Conference ID 7564228.

Investors may listen to the call on Endava’s Investor Relations website at http://investors.Endava.com. The webcast will be recorded and available for replay until Friday, February 28, 2020.

ABOUT ENDAVA PLC:

Endava is a leading next-generation technology services provider and helps accelerate disruption by delivering rapid evolution to enterprises. Using distributed enterprise agile at scale, Endava collaborates with its clients, seamlessly integrating with their teams, catalysing ideation and delivering robust solutions. Endava helps its clients become digital, experience-driven businesses by assisting them in their journey from idea generation to development and deployment of products, platforms and solutions. It services clients in the following industries: Payments and Financial Services, TMT, Consumer Products, Retail, Logistics and Healthcare. Endava had 6,267 employees as of December 31, 2019 located in offices in North America and Western Europe and delivery centres in Romania, Moldova, Bulgaria, Serbia, North Macedonia, Argentina, Uruguay, Venezuela, and Colombia.

NON-IFRS FINANCIAL INFORMATION:

To supplement Endava’s Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income, Consolidated Balance Sheets and Consolidated Statements of Cash Flow presented in accordance with IFRS, the Company uses non-IFRS measures of certain components of financial performance. These measures include: revenue growth rate at constant currency, revenue growth at constant currency adjusted for the sale of the Worldpay Captive, adjusted profit before tax, adjusted profit for the period, adjusted diluted EPS and adjusted free cash flow.

Revenue growth rate at constant currency is calculated by translating revenue from entities reporting in foreign currencies into British Pounds using the comparable foreign currency exchange rates from the prior period. For example, the average rates in effect for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2018 were used to convert revenue for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2019 and the revenue for the comparable prior period.

Revenue growth at constant currency adjusted for the sale of the Worldpay Captive is revenue growth at constant currency adjusted to exclude the impact of the sale of the Worldpay Captive.

Adjusted profit before tax ("Adjusted PBT") is defined as the Company’s profit before tax adjusted to exclude the impact of share-based compensation expense, discretionary EBT bonus expense, amortisation of acquired intangible assets, realised and unrealised foreign currency exchange gains and losses, initial public offering expenses incurred, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance readiness expenses incurred, fair value movement of contingent consideration and gain on disposal of subsidiary (all of which are non-cash other than discretionary EBT bonus expense, realised foreign currency exchange gains and losses, initial public offering expenses, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance readiness expenses incurred and gain on disposal of subsidiary). Adjusted PBT margin is adjusted PBT as a percentage of total revenue.

Adjusted profit for the period is defined as Adjusted PBT together with the tax impact of these adjustments.

Adjusted diluted EPS is defined as Adjusted profit for the period, divided by weighted average number of shares outstanding - diluted.

Adjusted free cash flow is the Company’s net cash from operating activities, plus grants received, less net purchases of non-current assets (tangible and intangible).

In order for Endava’s investors to be better able to compare its current period results with those of previous periods, the Company has shown a reconciliation of IFRS to non-IFRS financial measures. 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. Management also believes the presentation of its non-IFRS financial measures enhances an investor’s overall understanding of the Company’s historical financial performance. The presentation of the Company’s non-IFRS financial measures is not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for the Company’s financial results prepared in accordance with IFRS, and its non-IFRS measures may be different from non-IFRS measures used by other companies.

This press release includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of terms and phrases such as “believe,” “expect,” "outlook," and other similar terms and phrases. Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the statements regarding our projected financial performance for our third fiscal quarter and fiscal year 2020, the anticipated receipt from the EBT of the second tranche of funding for the discretionary employee bonuses and statements regarding the anticipated impact on our business of our acquisition of Intuitus and Exozet. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results anticipated by these forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to: our ability to sustain our revenue growth rate in the future; our ability to retain existing clients and attract new clients, including our ability to increase revenue from existing clients and diversify our revenue concentration; our ability to attract and retain highly- skilled IT professionals at cost-effective rates; our ability to penetrate new industry verticals and geographies and grow our revenue in current industry verticals and geographies; our ability to maintain favourable pricing and utilisation rates; our ability to successfully identify acquisition targets, consummate acquisitions and successfully integrate acquired businesses and personnel; the effects of increased competition as well as innovations by new and existing competitors in our market; the size of our addressable market and market trends; our ability to adapt to technological change and innovate solutions for our clients; our plans for growth and future operations, including our ability to manage our growth; our expectations of future operating results or financial performance; our ability to effectively manage our international operations, including our exposure to foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations; and our future financial performance, including trends in revenue, cost of sales, gross profit, selling, general and administrative expenses, finance income and expense and taxes, as well as other risks and uncertainties discussed in the “Risk Factors” section of our Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 25, 2019. In addition, the forward-looking statements included in this press release represent our views and expectations as of the date hereof and are based on information currently available to us. We anticipate that subsequent events and developments may cause our views to change. However, while we may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in the future, we specifically disclaim any obligation to do so except as required by law. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing our views as of any date subsequent to the date hereof.

CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

Six Months Ended
December 31

Three Months Ended
December 31

2019

2018

2019

2018

£’000

£’000

£’000

£’000

REVENUE

168,252

138,248

85,900

71,834

Cost of sales

Direct cost of sales

(122,592

)

(83,026

)

(73,828

)

(42,668

)

Allocated cost of sales

(8,311

)

(7,305

)

(4,391

)

(3,737

)

Total cost of sales

(130,903

)

(90,331

)

(78,219

)

(46,405

)

GROSS PROFIT

37,349

47,917

7,681

25,429

Selling, general and administrative expenses

(36,480

)

(31,008

)

(19,139

)

(16,345

)

OPERATING PROFIT/ (LOSS)

869

16,909

(11,458

)

9,084

Net finance (expense) / income

(2,871

)

(4,860

)

(5,799

)

331

Gain on sale of subsidiary

2,215

PROFIT/(LOSS) BEFORE TAX

213

12,049

(17,257

)

9,415

Tax on profit/(loss) on ordinary activities

483

(2,584

)

3,441

(1,998

)

PROFIT/ (LOSS) FOR THE PERIOD

696

9,465

(13,816

)

7,417

OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

Items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss:

Exchange differences on translating foreign operations

(4,385

)

662

(2,460

)

930

TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE PERIOD ATTRIBUTABLE TO OWNERS OF THE PARENT

(3,689

)

10,127

(16,276

)

8,347

EARNINGS PER SHARE (EPS):

Weighted average number of shares outstanding - Basic

52,848,507

48,859,382

53,140,682

49,454,195

Weighted average number of shares outstanding - Diluted

55,663,120

54,454,333

55,957,472

54,892,513

Basic EPS (£)

0.01

0.19

(0.26

)

0.15

Diluted EPS (£)

0.01

0.17

(0.25

)

0.14

 

CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS

December 31, 2019

June 30, 2019

December 31, 2018

£’000

£’000

£’000

ASSETS - NON-CURRENT

Goodwill

59,467

36,760

42,447

Intangible assets

31,478

28,910

30,303

Property, plant and equipment

11,776

10,579

9,989

Lease right-of-use assets

49,109

Financial assets

881

Deferred tax assets

11,447

9,550

2,519

TOTAL

164,158

85,799

85,258

ASSETS - CURRENT

Trade and other receivables

74,251

65,917

63,766

Corporation tax receivable

4,171

790

546

Financial assets

592

Cash and cash equivalents

78,975

70,172

51,044

TOTAL

157,989

136,879

115,356

TOTAL ASSETS

322,147

222,678

200,614

LIABILITIES - CURRENT

Borrowings

954

21

39

Lease liabilities

10,489

Trade and other payables

72,511

48,502

41,892

Corporation tax payable

983

2,920

1,270

Contingent consideration

1,131

1,244

1,244

Deferred consideration

1,707

1,516

4,691

TOTAL

87,775

54,203

49,136

LIABILITIES - NON CURRENT

Lease liabilities

39,545

Borrowings

3

Deferred consideration

1,901

Deferred tax liabilities

2,837

2,033

2,601

Other liabilities

108

113

284

TOTAL

44,391

2,146

2,888

EQUITY

Share capital

1,095

1,089

1,061

Share premium

20,278

17,271

48,614

Merger relief reserve

4,430

4,430

4,430

Retained earnings

156,313

146,963

73,956

Other reserves

9,548

(1,577

)

22,804

Investment in own shares

(1,683

)

(1,847

)

(2,275

)

TOTAL

189,981

166,329

148,590

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

322,147

222,678

200,614

 

CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

Six Months Ended
December 31

Three Months Ended
December 31

2019

2018

2019

2018

£’000

£’000

£’000

£’000

OPERATING ACTIVITIES

Profit/ (Loss) for the period

696

9,465

(13,816

)

7,417

Income tax charge/(credit)

(483

)

2,584

(3,441

)

1,998

Non-cash adjustments

15,886

13,305

13,930

4,808

Tax paid

(3,535

)

(2,911

)

(2,703

)

(1,419

)

Net changes in working capital

13,936

(10,778

)

17,121

(3,190

)

Net cash from operating activities

26,500

11,665

11,091

9,614

INVESTING ACTIVITIES

Purchase of non-current assets (tangible and intangible)

(5,830

)

(3,964

)

(3,324

)

(2,070

)

Proceeds from disposal of non-current assets

120

25

107

25

Acquisition of business / subsidiaries (net of cash acquired)

(27,061

)

(25,538

)

Proceeds from sale of subsidiary net of cash disposed of

2,744

166

Cash and cash equivalents acquired with subsidiaries

3,289

3,289

Interest received

353

126

154

52

Net cash used in investing activities

(26,385

)

(3,813

)

(25,146

)

(1,993

)

FINANCING ACTIVITIES

Proceeds from sublease

302

3,500

148

3,500

Repayment of borrowings

(9

)

(23,526

)

(3,511

)

Repayment of lease liabilities

(4,569

)

(2,413

)

Interest paid

(375

)

(222

)

(209

)

(74

)

Grant received

661

1,784

97

1,679

Net proceeds from initial public offering

44,828

Proceeds from sale of EBT shares

14,797

14,797

Issue of shares

9

Net cash from financing activities

10,816

26,364

12,420

1,594

Net change in cash and cash equivalents

10,931

34,216

(1,635

)

9,215

Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period

70,172

15,048

83,628

41,765

Exchange differences on cash and cash equivalents

(2,128

)

1,780

(3,018

)

64

Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period

78,975

51,044

78,975

51,044

 

RECONCILIATION OF IFRS FINANCIAL MEASURES TO ADJUSTED FINANCIAL MEASURES

RECONCILIATION OF REVENUE GROWTH RATE AS REPORTED UNDER IFRS TO REVENUE GROWTH RATE AT CONSTANT CURRENCY:

Six Months ended
December 31

Three Months ended
December 31

2019

2018

2019

2018

REVENUE GROWTH RATE AS REPORTED UNDER IFRS

21.7

%

41.7

%

19.6

%

43.6

%

Foreign exchange rates impact

(0.7

%)

(0.6

%)

0.9

%

(1.2

%)

REVENUE GROWTH RATE AT CONSTANT CURRENCY INCLUDING WORLDPAY CAPTIVE

21.0

%

41.1

%

20.5

%

42.4

%

Impact of Worldpay Captive

2.3

%

4.0

%

PROFORMA REVENUE GROWTH RATE AT CONSTANT CURRENCY EXCLUDING WORLDPAY CAPTIVE

23.3

%

41.1

%

24.5

%

42.4

%

 

RECONCILIATION OF ADJUSTED PROFIT BEFORE TAX AND ADJUSTED PROFIT FOR THE PERIOD:

Six Months Ended
December 31

Three Months Ended
December 31

2019

2018

2019

2018

£’000

£’000

£’000

£’000

PROFIT/(LOSS) BEFORE TAX

213

12,049

(17,257

)

9,415

Adjustments:

Share-based compensation expense

6,996

5,010

3,673

3,125

Discretionary EBT bonus expense

27,657

27,657

Amortisation of acquired intangible assets

1,809

1,752

913

873

Foreign currency exchange (gains)/losses, net

2,913

(1,141

)

5,466

(436

)

Initial public offering expenses incurred

1,055

79

Sarbanes-Oxley compliance readiness expenses incurred

698

504

Net gain on disposal of subsidiary

(2,215

)

Fair value movement of contingent consideration

5,805

Total adjustments

37,160

13,179

37,709

4,145

ADJUSTED PROFIT BEFORE TAX

37,373

25,228

20,452

13,560

PROFIT/ (LOSS) FOR THE PERIOD

696

9,465

(13,816

)

7,417

Adjustments:

Adjustments to profit before tax

37,160

13,179

37,709

4,145

Tax impact of adjustments

(7,508

)

(2,349

)

(7,115

)

(666

)

ADJUSTED PROFIT FOR THE PERIOD

30,348

20,295

16,778

10,896

Diluted EPS (£)

0.01

0.17

(0.25

)

0.14

Adjusted diluted EPS (£)

0.55

0.37

0.30

0.20

 

RECONCILIATION OF NET CASH FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES TO ADJUSTED FREE CASH FLOW

Six Months Ended
December 31

Three Months Ended
December 31

2019

2018

2019

2018

£’000

£’000

£’000

£’000

Net cash from operating activities

26,500

11,665

11,091

9,614

Adjustments:

Grant received

661

1,784

97

1,679

Net purchases of non-current assets (tangible and intangible)

(5,710

)

(3,939

)

(3,217

)

(2,045

)

Adjusted Free cash flow

21,451

9,510

7,971

9,248

 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION EXPENSE

Six Months Ended
December 31

Three Months Ended
December 31

2019

2018

2019

2018

£’000

£’000

£’000

£’000

Direct cost of sales

3,830

1,939

2,133

1,191

Selling, general and administrative expenses

3,166

3,071

1,540

1,934

Total

6,996

5,010

3,673

3,125

DEPRECIATION AND AMORTIZATION

Six Months Ended
December 31

Three Months Ended
December 31

2019

2018

2019

2018

£’000

£’000

£’000

£’000

Direct cost of sales

5,910

1,859

3,159

959

Selling, general and administrative expenses

2,833

2,058

1,457

1,029

Total

8,743

3,917

4,616

1,988

EMPLOYEE BENEFIT TRUST DISCRETIONARY BONUS

Six Months Ended
December 31

Three Months Ended
December 31

2019

2018

2019

2018

£’000

£’000

£’000

£’000

Direct cost of sales

25,182

-  

25,182

-  

Selling, general and administrative expenses

2,475

-  

2,475

-  

Total

27,657

27,657

-  

EMPLOYEES, TOP 10 CUSTOMERS and REVENUE SPLIT

Six Months Ended December 31

Six Months Ended
December 31

Three Months Ended
December 31

2019

2018

2019

2018

Closing number of total employees

6,267

5,389

6,267

5,389

Average operational employees

5,405

4,726

5,472

4,845

 

Top 10 customers %

39

%

38

%

37

%

38

%

Number of clients with > £1m of revenue
(rolling 12 months)

65

60

65

60

Geographic split of revenue %

North America

28

%

27

%

29

%

27

%

Europe

24

%

28

%

23

%

28

%

UK

46

%

45

%

45

%

45

%

Rest of World (RoW)

2

%

-  

3

%

-  

Industry vertical split of revenue %

Payments and Financial Services

53

%

53

%

53

%

53

%

TMT

25

%

27

%

24

%

27

%

Other

22

%

20

%

23

%

20

%

Contacts:

INVESTOR CONTACT:
Endava Plc
Laurence Madsen, Investor Relations Manager
Investors@endava.com

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