Similarweb Announces Second Quarter 2021 Results

Second quarter 2021 revenue grew 49% year-over-year to $32.5 million.

Gross margin improved by 253 basis points year-over-year to 78.5%.

220 customers with ARR of $100K or more, an increase of 52% year-over-year.

Company introduces strong guidance for Q3 and full-year 2021.

Similarweb Ltd. (NYSE: SMWB) ("Similarweb" or the "Company"), a leading platform for digital intelligence, today announced financial results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2021.

“Similarweb delivered strong financial results in our first quarter as a public company. Companies around the world are investing in digital transformation, and Similarweb enables them to maximize their efforts as the measure of the digital world. Our growth accelerated in Q2, we added customers across all verticals and markets, expanded our existing customer relationships and continued to invest across the board in order to increase our scale, customer base and market penetration. We have a massive opportunity ahead of us and we will continue to invest in capturing it,” said Or Offer, Founder and CEO of Similarweb.

Second Quarter 2021 Financial Highlights

• Total revenue was $32.5 million, an increase of 49% compared to the second quarter of 2020.
• GAAP operating loss was $(14.9) million, compared to $(3.1) million for the second quarter of 2020.
• Non-GAAP operating loss was $(10.8) million, compared to $(2.5) million for the second quarter of 2020.
• GAAP earnings per share, basic and diluted, was $(0.33), compared to $(0.25) for the second quarter of 2020.
• Free cash flow was $(3.3) million, compared to $(1.5) million compared to the second quarter of 2020.
• Cash and cash equivalents totaled $177.0 million as of June 30, 2021, up from $38.3 million as of March 31, 2021. This includes a total of $150.7 million of capital, net of related underwriting fees and commission and other issuance costs, from our successful IPO on the New York Stock Exchange.

Recent Business Highlights

• Grew number of customers to 3,068 as of June 30, 2021, an increase of 24% compared to June 30, 2020.
• Grew average annual revenue per customer to $43,800 in the second quarter of 2021, an increase of 22% compared to the second quarter of 2020.
• Grew number of customers with ARR of $100,000 or more to 220, an increase of 52% compared to June 30, 2020.
• Customers with ARR of $100,000 or more contributed 49% of the total ARR as of June 30, 2021, compared to 45% as of June 30, 2020.
• Net dollar-based retention rate for customers with ARR of $100,000 or more increased to 118% as compared to 114% in the second quarter of 2020.
• Employee headcount as of June 30, 2021 was 752, an increase of 59% as compared to June 30, 2020.
• In August 2021, the Company signed a lease for its new Israel headquarters.

Financial Outlook

“We are pleased with the positive momentum going into the second half of 2021,” said Jason Schwartz, Chief Financial Officer of Similarweb. "Given our strong first half results and increasing demand for our solutions, we are introducing the following financial guidance for the third quarter and full year 2021.”

• Q3 2021
  • Total revenue between $32.8 million and $33.2 million.
  • Non-GAAP operating loss between $(14.5) million and $(14.9) million.
• FY 2021
  • Total revenue between $129.0 million and $130.0 million.
  • Non-GAAP operating loss between $(49.0) million and $(50.0) million.

The Company’s third quarter and 2021 financial outlook is based on a number of assumptions that are subject to change and many of which are outside the Company’s control. If actual results vary from these assumptions, the Company’s expectations may change. There can be no assurance that the Company will achieve these results.

The Company does not provide guidance for operating loss, the most directly comparable GAAP measure to non-GAAP operating loss, and similarly cannot provide a reconciliation between its forecasted non-GAAP operating loss and forecasted operating loss without unreasonable effort due to the unavailability of reliable estimates for certain items. These items are not within the Company’s control and may vary greatly between periods and could significantly impact future financial results.

Conference Call Information

The financial results and business highlights will be discussed on a conference call and webcast scheduled at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time today, August 11, 2021. A live webcast of the call can be accessed from Similarweb’s Investor Relations website at https://ir.similarweb.com. An archived webcast of the conference call will also be made available on the Similarweb website following the call. The live call may also be accessed via telephone at (877) 407-0726 toll-free and at (201) 689-7806 internationally. A telephonic replay of the conference call will be available until August 18, 2021 following the end of the conference call. To listen to the replay, please dial (877) 660-6853 or (201) 612-7415.

About Similarweb: As the most trusted platform for understanding online behavior, millions of people rely on SimilarWeb insights to strengthen their knowledge of the digital world. We empower anyone — from the curious individual to the enterprise business leader — to make smarter decisions by understanding why things happen across the digital ecosystem.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements include statements relating to the expected performance of our business, future financial results, strategy, the potential impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and associated global economic uncertainty, long-term growth and overall future prospects and the size and our ability to capitalize on our market opportunity. Forward-looking statements include all statements that are not historical facts. Such statements may be preceded by the words “intends,” “may,” “will,” “plans,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “projects,” “predicts,” “estimates,” “aims,” “believes,” “hopes,” “potential” or similar words. These forward-looking statements reflect our current views regarding our intentions, products, services, plans, expectations, strategies and prospects, which are based on information currently available to us and assumptions we have made. Actual results may differ materially from those described in such forward-looking statements and are subject to a variety of assumptions, uncertainties, risks and factors that are beyond our control. Such risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, risks and uncertainties associated with (i) challenges associated with forecasting our revenue given our recent growth and rapid technological development, (ii) our history of net losses and desire to increase operating expenses, thereby limiting our ability to achieve profitability, (iii) challenges related to effectively managing our growth, (iv) intense competition in the market and services categories in which we participate, (v) potential reductions in participation in our contributory network and/or increase in the volume of opt-out requests from individuals with respect to our collection of their date, or a decrease in our direct measurement dataset, which could lead to a deterioration in the depth, breadth or accuracy of our data, (vi) our inability to attract new customers and expand subscriptions of current customers, (vii) changes in laws, regulations, and public perception concerning data privacy or change in the patterns of enforcement of existing laws and regulations, (viii) our inability to introduce new features or solutions and make enhancements to our existing solutions, (ix) real or perceived errors, failures, vulnerabilities or bugs in our platform, (x) potential security breaches to our systems or to the systems of our third-party service providers, (xi) our inability to obtain and maintain comprehensive and reliable data to generate our insights, (xii) changes in laws and regulations related to the Internet or changes in the Internet infrastructure itself that may diminish the demand for our solutions, and (xiii) failure to effectively develop and expand our direct sales capabilities, which could harm our ability to increase the number of organizations using our platform and achieve broader market acceptance for our solutions.

These risks and uncertainties are more fully described in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including in the section entitled “Risk Factors” in our final prospectus for our initial public offering filed with the SEC on May 12, 2021 in connection with our initial public offering and subsequent reports that we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Moreover, we operate in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment. New risks emerge from time to time. It is not possible for our management to predict all risks, nor can we assess the impact of all factors on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements we may make. In light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance, achievements, or events and circumstances reflected in the forward-looking statements will occur.

Forward-looking statements represent our beliefs and assumptions only as of the date of this press release. Except as required by law, we undertake no duty to update any forward-looking statements contained in this release as a result of new information, future events, changes in expectations or otherwise.

Certain information contained in this press release relates to or is based on studies, publications, surveys and other data obtained from third-party sources and the Company's own internal estimates and research. While the Company believes these third-party sources to be reliable as of the date of this press release, it has not independently verified, and makes no representation as to the adequacy, fairness, accuracy or completeness of any information obtained from third-party sources. In addition, all of the market data included in this press release involves a number of assumptions and limitations, and there can be no guarantee as to the accuracy or reliability of such assumptions. Finally, while we believe our own internal research is reliable, such research has not been verified by any independent source.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

This press release contains certain financial measures that are expressed on a non-GAAP basis. We use these non-GAAP financial measures internally to facilitate analysis of our financial and business trends and for internal planning and forecasting purposes. We believe these non-GAAP financial measures, when taken collectively, may be helpful to investors because they provide consistency and comparability with past financial performance by excluding certain items that may not be indicative of our business, results of operations, or outlook. However, non-GAAP financial measures have limitations as an analytical tool and are presented for supplemental informational purposes only. They should not be considered in isolation from, or as a substitute for, financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP. Free cash flow represents net cash provided by (used in) operating activities less capital expenditures and capitalized internal-use software costs. Non-GAAP operating income (loss) represents GAAP operating income (loss) less share-based compensation, non-recurring acquisition related expenses and non-recurring expenses in relation to our initial public offering.

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