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AppFolio, Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2019 Financial Results

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SANTA BARBARA, Calif., March 02, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AppFolio, Inc. (NASDAQ: APPF) ("AppFolio" or the "Company"), a leading provider of cloud-based business software solutions, services, and data analytics to the real estate and legal markets, today announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2019.

AppFolio's operating results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year 2019 are summarized in the tables accompanying this press release. The Company nevertheless urges investors to read its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019, which will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on March 2, 2020, and will be available on AppFolio's website at http://ir.appfolioinc.com. The limited information that follows in this press release is not adequate for making an informed investment judgment.

Financial Outlook

Based on information available as of March 2, 2020, AppFolio's outlook for fiscal year 2020 follows:

  • Full year revenue is expected to be in the range of $312.0 million to $320.0 million.
  • Diluted weighted average shares are expected to be approximately 36 million for the full year.

Executive Leadership Transition

Today the Company also announced that Klaus Schauser will retire from his position as Chief Strategist, effective as of May 1, 2020. Mr. Schauser will remain a Class II Director on the Company’s Board of Directors. As an active member of AppFolio’s Board, Mr. Schauser will continue to contribute to the Company’s vision and strategy.

Conference Call Information

As previously announced, the Company will host a conference call today, March 2, 2020, at 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time, 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time, to discuss its financial results. Investors are invited to submit questions to management via the Investor Q&A form located on the Investor Overview section of AppFolio's website.

The conference call can be accessed by dialing 844.624.1561 and entering ID #5869959. International callers may dial 647.253.8652. A replay of the conference call will be available at 800.585.8367, and at 416.621.4642 for international callers. A live and recorded webcast of the conference call will be available at http://ir.appfolioinc.com.

About AppFolio, Inc.
AppFolio offers industry-specific, cloud-based business software solutions, services, and data analytics to the real estate and legal markets. Today our products include real estate software (AppFolio Property Manager, AppFolio Property Manager PLUS and AppFolio Investment Management) and legal practice management software (MyCase). AppFolio was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Santa Barbara, CA. Learn more at www.appfolioinc.com.

Investor Relations Contact: ir@appfolio.com

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which statements are subject to considerable risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements include all statements that are not statements of historical fact contained in this press release, and can be identified by words such as “anticipates,” “believes,” “seeks,” “estimates,” “expects,” “intends,” “may,” “plans,” “potential,” “predicts,” “projects,” “should,” “could,” “will,” “would,” or similar expressions and the negatives of those expressions. In particular, forward-looking statements contained in this press release relate to the Company's future or assumed revenues and weighted-average outstanding shares, as well as its future growth and success.

Forward-looking statements represent AppFolio's current beliefs and assumptions based on information currently available. Forward-looking statements involve numerous known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the Company's actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Some of the risks and uncertainties that may cause the Company's actual results to materially differ from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements are described in the section entitled “Risk Factors” in AppFolio's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019, which will be filed with the SEC on March 2, 2020, as well as in the Company's other filings with the SEC. You should read this press release with the understanding that the Company's actual future results may be materially different from the results expressed or implied by these forward looking statements.

Except as required by applicable law or the rules of the NASDAQ Global Market, AppFolio assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements publicly, or to update the reasons actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements, even if new information becomes available in the future.


CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(UNAUDITED)
(in thousands, except par values)

December 31,
2019
December 31,
2018
Assets
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents $ 15,813 $ 74,076
Investment securities—current 22,876 16,631
Accounts receivable, net 7,562 5,516
Prepaid expenses and other current assets 15,540 11,775
Total current assets 61,791 107,998
Investment securities—noncurrent 12,089 11,256
Property and equipment, net 14,744 6,871
Operating lease right-of-use assets 27,803
Capitalized software, net 30,023 20,485
Goodwill 58,425 15,548
Intangible assets, net 21,377 5,895
Deferred taxes 27,574
Other long-term assets 6,276 7,688
Total assets $ 260,102 $ 175,741
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
Current liabilities
Accounts payable $ 1,927 $ 1,481
Accrued employee expenses 17,758 12,377
Accrued expenses 10,833 8,281
Deferred revenue 4,586 3,414
Other current liabilities 11,139 1,447
Long-term debt, net—current portion 1,208 1,213
Total current liabilities 47,451 28,213
Operating lease liabilities 33,312
Long-term debt, net 47,375 48,602
Other long-term liabilities 14 7,080
Total liabilities 128,152 83,895
Stockholders’ equity:
Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value, 25,000 authorized and no shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018
Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value, 250,000 shares authorized at December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018; issued - 16,923 and 16,160, shares at December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively; outstanding - 16,552 and 15,789 shares at December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively; 2 2
Class B common stock, $0.0001 par value, 50,000 shares authorized at December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018; 17,594 and 18,109 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively; 2 2
Additional paid-in capital 161,509 157,898
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) 33 (178 )
Treasury stock, at cost, 371 Class A shares at December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018 (21,562 ) (21,562 )
Accumulated deficit (8,034 ) (44,316 )
Total stockholders’ equity 131,950 91,846
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity $ 260,102 $ 175,741


CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(UNAUDITED)
(in thousands, except per share amounts)

Three Months Ended
December 31,
Twelve Months Ended
December 31,
2019 2018 2019 2018
Revenue $ 67,362 $ 50,365 $ 256,012 $ 190,071
Costs and operating expenses:
Cost of revenue (exclusive of depreciation and amortization) 26,403 19,925 101,642 73,549
Sales and marketing 14,441 9,577 51,528 33,288
Research and product development 11,086 6,588 39,508 24,111
General and administrative 9,117 7,786 34,478 24,891
Depreciation and amortization 6,226 3,792 22,395 14,576
Total costs and operating expenses 67,273 47,668 249,551 170,415
Income from operations 89 2,697 6,461 19,656
Other income (expense), net 84 (36 ) 16 (56 )
Interest income (expense), net (330 ) 156 (1,654 ) 787
Income (loss) before provision for (benefit from) income taxes (157 ) 2,817 4,823 20,387
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes (4,585 ) 168 (31,459 ) 420
Net income $ 4,428 $ 2,649 $ 36,282 $ 19,967
Net income per common share:
Basic $ 0.13 $ 0.08 $ 1.07 $ 0.59
Diluted $ 0.12 $ 0.07 $ 1.02 $ 0.56
Weighted average common shares outstanding:
Basic 34,091 34,050 34,016 34,128
Diluted 35,597 35,425 35,567 35,562


Stock-Based Compensation Expense
(in thousands)

Three Months Ended
December 31,
Twelve Months Ended
December 31,
2019 2018 2019 2018
Costs and operating expenses:
Cost of revenue (exclusive of depreciation and amortization) $ 393 $ 351 $ 1,466 $ 1,103
Sales and marketing 367 326 1,271 1,034
Research and product development 387 349 1,411 1,079
General and administrative 731 892 3,161 3,121
Total stock-based compensation expense $ 1,878 $ 1,918 $ 7,309 $ 6,337


CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(UNAUDITED)

(in thousands)
Three Months Ended
December 31,
Twelve Months Ended
December 31,
2019 2018 2019 2018
Cash from operating activities
Net income $ 4,428 $ 2,649 $ 36,282 $ 19,967
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization 6,226 3,792 22,395 14,576
Amortization of operating lease right-of-use assets 1,114 4,130
Stock-based compensation 1,878 1,918 7,309 6,337
Deferred income taxes (4,423 ) (31,455 )
Other (104 ) 59 32 224
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable 747 557 (2,031 ) (908 )
Prepaid expenses and other current assets 372 (859 ) (4,031 ) (6,073 )
Other assets 247 (756 ) 1,376 (4,447 )
Accounts payable 241 137 511 614
Accrued employee expenses 4,056 4,443 4,542 1,219
Accrued expenses 69 (116 ) 55 3,281
Deferred revenue 154 (342 ) 1,193 (4,589 )
Operating lease liabilities 224 (2,662 )
Other liabilities 245 184 1,241 6,067
Net cash provided by operating activities 15,474 11,666 38,887 36,268
Cash from investing activities
Purchases of property, equipment and intangible assets (3,999 ) (362 ) (8,084 ) (2,102 )
Additions to capitalized software (5,329 ) (3,307 ) (20,998 ) (12,304 )
Purchases of investment securities (14,508 ) (732 ) (25,198 ) (29,516 )
Sales of investment securities 20,199 2,750 20,900
Maturities of investment securities 4,660 4,342 15,660 32,819
Acquisition, net of cash acquired (54,004 ) (14,441 )
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities (19,146 ) 20,140 (89,874 ) (4,644 )
Cash from financing activities
Proceeds from stock option exercises 294 322 553 1,035
Tax withholding for net share settlement (614 ) (233 ) (6,155 ) (3,127 )
Purchase of treasury stock (21,562 ) (21,562 )
Proceeds from issuance of debt 472 50,045 2,169 50,138
Principal payments on debt (785 ) (45 ) (3,419 ) (138 )
Payment of debt issuance costs (420 )
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities (633 ) 28,527 (7,272 ) 26,346
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash (4,305 ) 60,333 (58,259 ) 57,970
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
Beginning of period 20,552 14,173 74,506 16,536
End of period $ 16,247 $ 74,506 $ 16,247 $ 74,506

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