Udemy Reports First Quarter 2023 Results

Udemy Business delivered 47% year-over-year revenue growth

Ending ARR grew 42% year-over-year to reach $396 million

Launched innovative AI-powered tool for instructors to develop coding exercises

SAN FRANCISCO, May 03, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Udemy (Nasdaq: UDMY), a leading destination for learning and teaching online, today reported results for the three-month period ended March 31, 2023.

“Udemy started the year off strong as we exceeded expectations for both revenue and adjusted EBITDA margin,” said Greg Brown, Udemy’s President and CEO. “Demand for Udemy Business on a global scale remains encouraging, as customers continue to prioritize investments in talent through integrated learning and skills development programs. Although the current uncertain macroeconomic backdrop persists, the strength of our enterprise SaaS business positions us well for long-term, durable growth. We are laser-focused on operational efficiency and are making steady progress toward profitability, while continuing to make opportunistic investments in innovation and other growth initiatives that support our strategic priorities, including certification, AI and personalization.”

First quarter 2023 financial performance highlights include:

• Total revenue increased 16% year-over-year to $176.4 million and exceeded the high end of the guidance range for the quarter. Revenue growth includes a negative impact of 5 percentage points from changes in foreign exchange (FX) rates year-over-year.
• Enterprise segment, or Udemy Business, revenue increased 47% year-over-year, including the negative impact of 3 percentage points from changes in FX rates year-over-year, to $95.2 million.
• Udemy Business Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) increased 42% year-over-year to $396.0 million.
• Consumer segment revenue decreased 7% year-over-year, including the negative impact of 6 percentage points from changes in FX rates year-over-year, to $81.2 million.
• Ended the quarter with $448.9 million in cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and marketable securities.
  
  

First Quarter 2023 Financial Results and Key Operating Data Summary:
(in millions, except customers, percentages and basis points)

Business and Operational Highlights:

• Udemy Business added new, or expanded existing, relationships with global customers including Cisco Systems, Inc. (U.S.), Delivery Hero (Germany), Ericsson (Sweden), Globant (Argentina), Grupo Jumex (Mexico), NerdWallet (U.S.), The Procter & Gamble Company (U.S.), Royal Caribbean International (U.S.), SoFi Technologies, Inc. (U.S.), Stryker Corporation (U.S.), and Verizon Communications (U.S.).
• Continued Udemy Business’s expansion in the Asia-Pacific region with new customer wins through strategic reseller partnerships, including Duskin Co., Ltd. (Japan), FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation (Japan), and LG Electronics Inc. (South Korea).
• Launched a beta test with U.S. instructors for a new AI-powered tool incorporating the ChatGPT technology designed to dramatically reduce the time required for developing coding exercises, a critical component of our immersive learning experience, for popular programming languages: Python, Java and C++.
• Entered into a strategic partnership with LG Electronics to include the Udemy application on the main menu of LG Smart TVs, providing consumers with easier access to Udemy’s learning platform.
• Udemy Business was named one of Okta’s Fastest-Growing Apps for organizations with 2,000+ employees in its annual Businesses at Work 2023 report.
• Formally rebranded CorpU, the online leadership development platform for cohort-based collaborative learning experiences, as Udemy Business Leadership Academy.
• Added more than 1,900 new courses to the Udemy Business catalog, approximately 50% of which were non-English language courses.
• Launched new coding exercises that simulate an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) so that learners can engage in meaningful practice of real-world tasks.
• Udemy became a contributing member of the 1EdTech consortium, a dedicated group of forward-thinkers shaping the future of teaching and learning.
• EdTech Digest rated Udemy as the ‘Top Corporate Training Solution’ for 2023.

Financial Outlook

Udemy provides guidance based on current market conditions and expectations. Actual results may differ materially. Please refer to the comments below regarding forward-looking statements.

The following table reflects Udemy’s financial outlook for its second quarter and full year ending December 31, 2023.

The revenue guidance range above assumes foreign currency exchange rates will remain constant. As a result of changes in FX rates during 2022, FX is expected to impact total revenue year-over-year growth by approximately 4 percentage points in the second quarter and 2 percentage points for the full year 2023.

Webcast Information

Udemy will host a conference call and webcast at 2:00 p.m. PT / 5:00 p.m. ET today, Wednesday, May 3 to discuss its first quarter 2023 financial results and outlook. A link to the live webcast and recorded replay of the conference call will be available on the “Quarterly Results” section of Udemy’s Investor Relations website at https://investors.udemy.com/. The live call may also be accessed via telephone at (877) 270-2148 toll-free domestically and at (412) 902-6510 internationally. The archived replay of the webcast will be available for approximately one year.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

To supplement the consolidated financial statements prepared and presented in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), this press release contains certain non-GAAP financial measures, including Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA Margin, non-GAAP gross profit, non-GAAP gross margin, and non-GAAP net loss.

We calculate Adjusted EBITDA as net loss determined in accordance with GAAP, excluding i) interest (income) expense, net; ii) provision for income taxes; iii) depreciation and amortization; iv) other expense, net, including gains and losses from the remeasurement of foreign currency assets and liabilities into their functional currency v) stock-based compensation expense, and vi) restructuring charges. We calculate Adjusted EBITDA Margin as Adjusted EBITDA divided by revenue for the same period. We have not reconciled our expectations for Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin to net loss and net loss margin, respectively, the most directly comparable GAAP measures, because certain items are out of our control or cannot be reasonably predicted and a reconciliation for the guidance for Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin is not available without unreasonable effort. As Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin facilitates internal comparisons of our historical operating performance on a more consistent basis, we use this measure for business planning purposes. Accordingly, we believe that Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin provide useful information to investors and others in understanding and evaluating our operating results in the same manner as our management team and board of directors. In addition, it provides a useful measure for period-to-period comparisons of our business, as it removes the effect of certain non-cash expenses and certain variable charges. We define non-GAAP net loss as net loss attributable to common stockholders, adjusted to exclude stock-based compensation expense, amortization of acquired intangible assets, and restructuring charges. We define non-GAAP gross profit as gross profit, adjusted to exclude stock-based compensation expense and the amortization of acquired intangible assets. We calculate non-GAAP gross margin as non-GAAP gross profit divided by revenue for the same period. We believe the presentation of operating results that excludes these items provides useful supplemental information to investors and facilitates the analysis of our operating results and comparison of operating results across reporting periods.

Udemy’s non-GAAP financial measures may be different from non-GAAP financial measures used by other companies. The presentation of non-GAAP financial measures is not intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for, or superior to, financial measures determined in accordance with GAAP. Because of the limitations of non-GAAP financial measures, you should consider the non-GAAP financial measures presented herein in conjunction with Udemy’s financial statements and the related notes thereto. Please refer to the non-GAAP reconciliations in this press release for a reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures to the most comparable financial measure prepared in accordance with GAAP.

Forward Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding Udemy’s expectations relating to future operating results and financial position, including the second quarter of 2023, the full year 2023, and future periods; anticipated future expenses and investments; our business strategy and plans; market growth; and our market position and potential market opportunities. The words “believe,” “may,” “will,” “estimate,” “potential,” “continue,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “expect,” “could,” “would,” “project,” “plan,” “target,” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements.

Forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties and are based on potentially inaccurate assumptions that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expected or implied by the forward-looking statements. Actual results may differ materially from the results predicted and reported results should not be considered as an indication of future performance.

The potential risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ from the results predicted include, among others, those risks and uncertainties included under the caption "Risk Factors" and elsewhere in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), including, without limitation, our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2023, filed with the SEC on May 3, 2023. All information provided in this release is as of the date hereof, and we undertake no duty to update this information unless required by law.

About Udemy

Udemy (Nasdaq: UDMY) improves lives through learning by providing flexible, effective skill development to empower organizations and individuals. The Udemy marketplace platform, with thousands of up-to-date courses in dozens of languages, offers the tools learners, instructors and enterprises need to achieve their goals and reach their full potential. Millions of people learn on the Udemy platform from real-world experts in topics ranging from programming and data science to leadership and team building. Udemy Business enables employers to offer on-demand learning for all employees, immersive learning for tech teams and cohort learning for leaders. Udemy Business customers include FenderⓇ, Glassdoor, On24, The World Bank and Volkswagen. Udemy is headquartered in San Francisco with hubs in Ankara and Istanbul, Türkiye; Austin, Texas; Denver, Colorado; Dublin, Ireland; Melbourne, Australia; and New Delhi, India.

(1) Includes stock-based compensation expense as follows (in thousands):

(2) Includes amortization of intangible assets as follows (in thousands):

(1) We calculate gross margin as gross profit divided by revenue for the same period.
(2) We calculate non-GAAP gross margin as non-GAAP gross profit divided by revenue for the same period.

(3) We calculate net loss margin as net loss divided by revenue for the same period.
(4) We calculate adjusted EBITDA margin as adjusted EBITDA divided by revenue for the same period.

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