8x8, Inc. Announces Record Second Quarter Fiscal 2011 Earnings

Record Quarterly Revenue of $17.4 Million and Net Income of $2 Million, or $0.03 Per Share; Business Customer Churn Declines to 2.2%


SUNNYVALE, Calif., Oct. 20, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 8x8, Inc. (Nasdaq:EGHT), provider of innovative business communications solutions, today announced financial operating results for the second quarter of fiscal 2011 ended September 30, 2010.

Total revenue for the second quarter of fiscal 2011 was $17.4 million, an increase of 8% compared to revenue of $16 million for the same period of fiscal 2010. Total revenue for the six-month period ended September 30, 2010 was $34.2 million, an increase of 8% compared to revenue of $31.6 million for the same period of fiscal 2010.

Net income for the second quarter of fiscal 2011 was $2 million, or $0.03 per share, an increase of 47% compared to net income of $1.3 million, or $0.02 per share, for the same period last year. Net income for the six-month period ended September 30, 2010 was $3 million, an increase of 71% compared to net income of $1.8 million for the same period of fiscal 2010.

Business customer churn decreased to 2.2%, compared to a churn rate of 2.7% for the same period last year. The Company ended the quarter with 22,167 business customers, up from 18,199 customers a year ago.

"The second quarter of fiscal 2011 was 8x8's strongest quarter ever and a pivotal period for the company and its shareholders as our business voice and managed hosting services delivered the highest revenue and net income levels in the Company's history as a publicly traded entity," said 8x8 Chairman and CEO Bryan Martin. "The record-setting results we reported this quarter, including the reduction in churn to the lowest level in 8x8's history, are a testament to the value our services are delivering to small and medium-sized businesses and a manifestation of the operational efficiency of our business model. In addition to these accomplishments, our results this quarter are a clear indication that a significant portion of each new dollar of recurring revenue is now falling directly to the bottom line due to our migration to higher margin revenue and the ongoing optimization of our cost structure."

During the second quarter of fiscal 2011 ended September 30, 2010, 8x8 repurchased 1,565,713 shares of its common stock under its share repurchase program at an average share price of $1.70 and a total cost of $2,668,182. Between July 2009 and September 30, 2010, the Company repurchased 1,945,789 shares at an average share price of $1.54 and a total cost of $2,999,984. 8x8 ended the second quarter of fiscal 2011 with $17.9 million in cash and cash equivalents.

With the completion of the initial share repurchase program, 8x8's Board of Directors approved a new share repurchase plan on October 19, 2010, authorizing the Company to repurchase up to $10 million of its outstanding common stock from time to time until October 19, 2011. Share repurchases, if any, will be funded with available cash. Repurchases of the Company's common stock may be made through open market purchases at prevailing market prices or in privately negotiated transactions. The timing, volume and nature of share repurchases are subject to market prices and conditions, applicable securities laws and other factors, and are at the discretion of the Company's management. Share repurchases may be commenced, suspended or discontinued at any time.

Q2FY'11 Business Highlights:

  • Grew top line revenue to a record $17.4 million, up 3% from $16.8 million for the previous quarter and 8% from $16 million for the same period of fiscal 2010
  • Posted net income of $2 million, or $0.03 per share, compared to $1 million, or $0.02 per share, for the prior quarter and $1.3 million, or $0.02 per share, for the same period last year
  • Reported record operating income of $2 million, up 132% compared sequentially to operating income of $842,000 in the first fiscal quarter and 41% compared to $1.4 million in the same period last year
  • Reported operating margin of 11% compared to 5% in the previous quarter and 9% in the same period last year
  • Reduced customer churn to 2.2% compared to 2.5% in the previous quarter and 2.7% in the same period last year
  • Repurchased 1,565,713 shares of its common stock under its share repurchase program at an average share price of $1.70 and a total cost of $2,668,182. As of September 30, 2010, the company had 62,570,250 shares outstanding
  • Approved new share repurchase plan in the amount of $10 million, bringing to $13 million the total dollar amount in the Company's stock repurchase plans since July 2009
  • Added an East coast data center location to service the Washington, DC area
  • Completed enhancements to 8x8's unified communications solution, which was released on October 4, 2010 as 8x8 Virtual Office Pro 2.0

Management will host a conference call to discuss these results and other matters related to the Company's business today, October 20, 2010, at 4:30 p.m. ET. The call is accessible via the following numbers and webcast links:

Dial In:  (877) 843-0417, domestic 
  (408) 427-3791, international
 Replay (800) 642-1687, domestic - ID 14748404 
  (706) 645-9291, international - ID 14748404 
Webcast:  http://investors.8x8.com/ ;
Additional presentation materials:  http://virtualmeeting.8x8.com/Q2FY2011Earnings

Supplemental financial slides will be presented through 8x8's Virtual Meeting web conferencing portal, which can be accessed at: http://virtualmeeting.8x8.com/Q2FY2011Earnings

About 8x8, Inc.

8x8, Inc. (Nasdaq:EGHT) leverages its patented software technologies to deliver high quality voice solutions and integrated messaging and video to businesses of any size with employees in any location on a wide variety of business telephony, web and mobile platforms.  8x8 also offers managed hosting and cloud-based computing services. For additional information, visit www.8x8.com.

Forward Looking Statements

This news release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These statements include, without limitation, information about future events based on current expectations, potential product development efforts, near and long-term objectives, potential new business, strategies, organization changes, changing markets, future business performance and outlook. Such statements are predictions only, and actual events or results could differ materially from those made in any forward-looking statements due to a number of risks and uncertainties. Actual results and trends may differ materially from historical results or those projected in any such forward-looking statements depending on a variety of factors. These factors include, but are not limited to, customer acceptance and demand for our products and services, the reliability of our services, the prices for our services, customer renewal rates, customer acquisition costs, actions by our competitors, including price reductions for their telephone services, potential federal and state regulatory actions, compliance costs, potential warranty claims and product defects, our needs for and the availability of adequate working capital, our ability to innovate technologically, the timely supply of products by our contract manufacturers, potential future intellectual property infringement claims that could adversely affect our business and operating results, and our ability to retain our listing on the NASDAQ Capital Market. For a discussion of such risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see "Risk Factors" in the Company's reports on Forms 10-K and 10-Q, as well as other reports that 8x8, Inc. files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement, and 8x8, Inc. undertakes no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statement for any reason, except as required by law, even as new information becomes available or other events occur in the future.

NOTE: 8x8, the 8x8 logo, 8x8 Virtual Office and 8x8 Virtual Office Pro are trademarks of 8x8, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

8x8, Inc.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(In thousands, except per share amounts; unaudited)
         
  Three Months Ended
September 30,
Six Months Ended
September 30,
  2010 2009 2010 2009
Service revenues $16,071 $14,838 $31,434 $29,358
Product revenues 1,296 1,189 2,767 2,227
 Total revenues 17,367 16,027 34,201 31,585
         
Operating expenses:        
 Cost of service revenues 3,589 3,535 6,971 7,036
 Cost of product revenues 2,031 1,686 4,057 3,507
 Research and development 1,271 1,265 2,497 2,502
 Selling, general and administrative 8,525 8,156 17,883 16,729
 Total operating expenses 15,416 14,642 31,408 29,774
Income from operations 1,951 1,385 2,793 1,811
Other income, net 12 31 34 43
Income (loss) on change in fair value of warrant liability  9  (90)  167  (97)
Income before provision for income taxes  1,972  1,326  2,994  1,757
Provision (benefit) for income taxes 3  (10)  7  7
Net income $1,969 $1,336 $2,987 $1,750
         
Net income per share:        
 Basic $0.03  $0.02  $0.05 $0.03
 Diluted $0.03  $0.02  $0.05 $0.03
         
Weighted average number of shares:        
 Basic 63,383 62,774 63,495 62,728
 Diluted 64,847 62,873 64,807 62,832
8x8, Inc.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands, unaudited)
     
     
  September 30,
2010
March 31,
2010
ASSETS    
Current assets    
 Cash and cash equivalents $17,875 $18,056
 Accounts receivable, net 804 554
 Inventory 1,521 2,174
 Other current assets 877 665
 Total current assets 21,077 21,449
Property and equipment, net 2,493 1,871
 Other assets 2,186 392
 Total assets $25,756 $23,712
     
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY    
Current liabilities    
 Accounts payable $4,746 $3,780
 Accrued compensation 1,641 1,444
 Accrued warranty 380 331
 Deferred revenue 1,513 1,310
 Other accrued liabilities 2,516 3,269
 Total current liabilities 10,796 10,134
     
 Other liabilities 97 111
 Fair value of warrant liability  --  167
 Total liabilities 10,893 10,412
     
Total stockholders' equity 14,863 13,300
 Total liabilities and stockholders' equity $25,756 $23,712
8x8, Inc.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In thousands, unaudited)
     
  Six Months Ended
September 30,
  2010 2009
Cash flows from operating activities:    
Net income $2,987 $1,750
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash
provided by operating activities:
   
Depreciation and amortization  599  539
Stock-based compensation  129  112
Change in fair value of warrant liability  (167)  96
Other  34  (172)
Changes in assets and liabilities:    
Accounts receivable, net  (268)  (78)
Inventory  634  (315)
Other current and noncurrent assets  (134)  (208)
Deferred cost of goods sold  (2)  104
Accounts payable  782  (817)
Accrued compensation  197  129
Accrued warranty  49  42
Accrued taxes and fees  268  46
Deferred revenue  203  (62)
Other current and noncurrent liabilities  (1,017)  (805)
Net cash provided by operating activities  4,294  361
     
Cash flows from investing activities:    
Purchases of property and equipment  (1,080)  (660)
Restricted cash decrease  --  100
Purchase of strategic investment  (315)  --
Acquisition of Central Host, Inc., net of cash acquired  (998)  --
Sale of property and equipment  1  2
Net cash used in investing activities  (2,392)  (558)
     
Cash flows from financing activities:    
Capital lease payments  (18)  (29)
Repurchase of common stock  (2,700)  (212)
Proceeds from issuance of common stock  635  183
Net cash used in financing activities  (2,083)  (58)
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents  (181)  (255)
     
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period  18,056  16,376
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period $17,875 $16,121
8x8, Inc.   
Selected Operating Statistics  
                     
    FQ209 FQ309 FQ409 FQ110 FQ210 FQ310 FQ410 FQ111 FQ211
Gross business customer additions (1)  3,324  2,437  2,792  2,907  2,609  2,785  2,875  2,756  2,450
Gross business customer cancellations (less cancellations within 30 days of sign-up)  1,187  1,224  1,245  1,371  1,416  1,331  1,616  1,592  1,459
Business customer churn (less cancellations within 30 days of sign-up) (2) 3.1% 2.9% 2.7% 2.7% 2.7% 2.4% 2.7% 2.5% 2.2%
Total business customers (3)  13,744  14,706  16,013  17,266  18,199  19,407  20,428  21,362  22,167
                     
Business customer average monthly service revenue per customer (4)  $ 220  $ 208  $ 202  $ 196  $ 201  $ 204  $ 204  $ 208  $ 209
                     
Overall service margin 73% 74% 71% 76% 76% 78% 77% 78% 78%
Overall product margin -10% 9% -50% -75% -42% -59% -43% -38% -57%
 Overall gross margin 65% 67% 59% 66% 67% 68% 68% 68% 68%
                     
Business subscriber acquisition cost per service (5)  $ 171  $ 141  $ 118  $ 93  $ 90  $ 102  $ 97  $ 109  $ 108
Average number of services subscribed to per business customer  6.9  6.6  6.6  6.9  7.1  7.3  7.5  7.5  7.7
Business customer subscriber acquisition cost (6)  $ 1,174  $ 933  $ 785  $ 638  $ 638  $ 749  $ 723  $ 818  $ 826
 (1) Includes 1,154 "Find me, Follow me" and 40 8x8 Virtual Office customers acquired in the second quarter of fiscal 2009 from Avtex Solutions, LLC ("Avtex") and 49 hosting customers acquired in the first quarter of fiscal 2011 from Central Host, Inc. ("Central Host").                    
 (2) Business customer churn is calculated by dividing the number of business customers that terminated (after the expiration of the 30 day trial) during that period by the simple average number of business customers during the period and dividing the result by the number of months in the period. The simple average number of business customers during the period is the number of business customers on the first day of the period plus the number of business customers on the last day of the period divided by two.  
 (3) Business customers are defined as customers paying for service. Customers that are currently in the 30 day trial period are considered to be customers that are paying for service.  
 (4) Business customer average monthly service revenue per customer is service revenue from business customers in the period divided by the number of months in the period divided by the simple average number of business customers during the period.   
 (5) Business subscriber acquisition cost per service is defined as the combined costs of advertising, marketing, promotions, commissions and equipment subsidies for business services sold during the period divided by the number of gross business services added during the period. The addition of 1,154 Avtex customers that migrated to 8x8 in the second fiscal quarter of 2009 but subscribed to "Find me, Follow me" services rather than 8x8 Virtual Office service, and the $79,230 in expense related to the acquisition of these 1,154 customers, is excluded from this calculation. In addition, the expense to acquire the 49 Central Host customers in the first fiscal quarter of 2011 is excluded from this calculation.  
 (6) Business customer subscriber acquisition cost is business subscriber acquisition cost per service times the average number of services subscribed to per business customer.   
   


            

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