WIX Wix com Ltd

Accelerated bookings growth, driven by key product initiatives, and FCF margin expansion in Q2 builds momentum for 2H

• Meaningful bookings growth acceleration with total bookings of $458.4 million, up 15% y/y, as a result of strong Wix Studio uptake, benefits from growing AI capabilities and commerce platform expansion as well as positive response to the price increase implemented earlier this year
  • Bookings growth accelerated across both Self Creators and Partners
  • Continue to expect bookings growth acceleration to 16% y/y in 2H at the high end of full year guidance range
• Total revenue of $435.7 million exceeded expectations, up 12% y/y, driven by strong Partners growth of 29% y/y
• Record take rate of 1.68%, driven by transaction revenue growth of 21% y/y as we added a new payment partner to Wix Payments
• Continued margin expansion with Q2 FCF¹ margin of 27%, driven by additional operating leverage
  • High end of increased full year FCF¹ outlook positions us to achieve the Rule of 40 milestone this year, one full year ahead of plan

NEW YORK, Aug. 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Wix.com Ltd. (Nasdaq: WIX), the leading SaaS website builder platform globally,² today reported financial results for the second quarter of 2024. In addition, the Company provided its outlook for the third quarter and an updated outlook for full year 2024. Please visit the Wix Investor Relations website at https://investors.wix.com/ to view the Q2'24 Shareholder Update and other materials.

"Excellent Q2 results capped off a strong first half of 2024, fueled by successful execution of our strategic initiatives, solid business fundamentals and continued product innovation," said Avishai Abrahami, Wix Co-founder and CEO. "We made incredible strides towards our key growth pillars and drove significant bookings growth acceleration this quarter.  First, Wix Studio continued to outperform expectations, as Studio subscription purchases accelerated, retention remained strong and the number of Studio accounts purchasing multiple subscriptions ramped. We also continued to execute against our AI strategy with the release of 17 AI business assistants so far this year. These assistants are improving the user creation experience while minimizing the amount of support resources required from us. With dozens more still slated to launch this year, AI assistants will soon be everywhere on our platform and in nearly every product. Finally, expansion of our commerce platform with the addition of a new Wix Payments partner resulted in record take rate of 1.68% in Q2. We expect these product initiatives to increasingly become more meaningful drivers of growth in the years to come."

"Strong execution of our key growth initiatives and solid business fundamentals drove incredible growth momentum and additional margin expansion this quarter," added Lior Shemesh, CFO at Wix. "Year-over-year bookings growth accelerated to 15% in Q2 from 10% in Q1 as a result of our growth initiatives as well as the price increase implemented earlier this year. Notably, this growth was underpinned by bookings growth acceleration across both Self Creators and Partners businesses. These key product initiatives paired with solid user behavior are expected to drive continued bookings growth acceleration to 16% in 2H at the high end of our expectations. In addition, we delivered further margin expansion this quarter as our stable cost base drove operating leverage, resulting in Q2 FCF margin of 27%. With continued operating leverage expected for the full year, we are increasing our full year FCF outlook. We are now positioned to achieve the Rule of 40 milestone this year at the high end of our guidance range, one year ahead of our three-year plan."

Q2 2024 Financial Results

• Total revenue in the second quarter of 2024 was $435.7 million, up 12% y/y
  • Creative Subscriptions revenue in the second quarter of 2024 was $312.1 million, up 9% y/y
  • Creative Subscriptions ARR increased to $1.28 billion as of the end of the quarter, up 10% y/y
• Business Solutions revenue in the second quarter of 2024 was $123.6 million, up 20% y/y
  • Transaction revenue³ was $53.9 million, up 21% y/y
• Partners revenue⁴ in the second quarter of 2024 was $148.4 million, up 29% y/y
• Total bookings in the second quarter of 2024 were $458.4 million, up 15% y/y
  • Creative Subscriptions bookings in the second quarter of 2024 were $329.0 million, up 12% y/y
  • Business Solutions bookings in the second quarter of 2024 were $129.4 million, up 24% y/y
• Total gross margin on a GAAP basis in the second quarter of 2024 was 67%
  • Creative Subscriptions gross margin on a GAAP basis was 83%
  • Business Solutions gross margin on a GAAP basis was 28%
• Total non-GAAP gross margin in the second quarter of 2024 was 68%
  • Creative Subscriptions gross margin on a non-GAAP basis was 84%
  • Business Solutions gross margin on a non-GAAP basis was 30%
• GAAP net income in the second quarter of 2024 was $39.5 million, or $0.71 per basic share and $0.68 per diluted share
• Non-GAAP net income in the second quarter of 2024 was $99.6 million, or $1.80 per basic share and $1.67 per diluted share
• Net cash provided by operating activities for the second quarter of 2024 was $120.0 million, while capital expenditures totaled $7.2 million, leading to free cash flow of $112.8 million
• Excluding capital expenditures and other expenses associated with the build out of our new corporate headquarters, free cash flow for the second quarter of 2024 would have been $117.8 million, or 27% of revenue
• Completed $225 million of share repurchases, marking over $1 billion of share repurchases executed since 2021
• Total employee count at the end of Q2'24 was 5,242, flat q/q

Financial Outlook

Our guidance for the second half of the year reflects the momentum built up in the first six months, particularly from the strong traction of our key product initiatives and solid business fundamentals.

We are updating our full year bookings outlook to $1,802 - $1,822 million, or 13-14% y/y growth, compared to previous guidance of $1,796 - $1,826 million, or 12-14% y/y growth. This outlook reflects the continued expectation that y/y bookings growth will accelerate to 16% in 2H at the high end of our guidance range, as a result of accelerating growth across both Self Creators and Partners. Acceleration is expected to be driven by continued Wix Studio outperformance, benefits from our AI products and our expanded commerce platform, as well as strong user uptake of the price increase implemented earlier this year.

Bookings acceleration in 2024 is expected to translate into y/y revenue growth acceleration in 2025.

We are also updating our full year revenue outlook to $1,747 - $1,761 million, or 12-13% y/y, compared to $1,738 - $1,761 million, or 11-13% y/y growth, previously.

We expect total revenue growth in Q3'24 of $440 - $445 million, or 12-13% y/y growth.

For the full year 2024, we continue to expect non-GAAP total gross margin of 68-69% with non-GAAP Business Solutions gross margin to exceed 30% for the full year. We now expect non-GAAP operating expenses to be approximately 50% of revenue for the full year, slightly improved from our previous expectation of 50-51% of revenue, driven by additional operating leverage expected.

We now expect to generate free cash flow, excluding headquarters costs, of $460 - $470 million, or 26-27% of revenue, in 2024, up from $445 - $455 million, or ~26% of revenue. This increase in free cash flow is expected to be primarily driven by continued operating leverage.

As a result of strong top-line growth and incremental margin improvements, we are now poised to achieve the Rule of 40 milestone this year, if we achieve the high end of our guidance ranges.

Conference Call and Webcast Information

Wix will host a conference call to discuss the results at 8:30 a.m. ET on Wednesday, August 7, 2024. To participate on the live call, analysts and investors should register and join at https://register.vevent.com/register/BI95980ddbd705465cbdf5f8441a1352ac. A replay of the call will be available through August 6, 2025 via the registration link.

Wix will also offer a live and archived webcast of the conference call, accessible from the "Investor Relations" section of the Company's website at https://investors.wix.com/.

About Wix.com Ltd.

Wix is the leading SaaS website builder platform globally² to create, manage and grow a digital presence. What began as a website builder in 2006 is now a complete platform providing users with enterprise-grade performance, security and a reliable infrastructure. Offering a wide range of commerce and business solutions, advanced SEO and marketing tools, Wix enables users to take full ownership of their brand, their data and their relationships with their customers. With a focus on continuous innovation and delivery of new features and products, anyone can build a powerful digital presence to fulfill their dreams on Wix.

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Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Key Operating Metrics

To supplement its consolidated financial statements, which are prepared and presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP, Wix uses the following non-GAAP financial measures: bookings, cumulative cohort bookings, bookings on a constant currency basis, revenue on a constant currency basis, non-GAAP gross margin, non-GAAP operating income (loss), non-GAAP operating margin, non-GAAP net income (loss), non-GAAP net income (loss) per share, free cash flow, free cash flow, as adjusted, free cash flow margins, non-GAAP R&D expenses, non-GAAP S&M expenses, non-GAAP G&A expenses, non-GAAP operating expenses, non-GAAP cost of revenue expense, non-GAAP financial expense, non-GAAP tax expense (collectively the "Non-GAAP financial measures"). Measures presented on a constant currency or foreign exchange neutral basis have been adjusted to exclude the effect of y/y changes in foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations. Bookings is a non-GAAP financial measure calculated by adding the change in deferred revenues and the change in unbilled contractual obligations for a particular period to revenues for the same period. Bookings include cash receipts for premium subscriptions purchased by users as well as cash we collect from business solutions, as well as payments due to us under the terms of contractual agreements for which we may have not yet received payment. Cash receipts for premium subscriptions are deferred and recognized as revenues over the terms of the subscriptions. Cash receipts for payments and the majority of the additional products and services (other than Google Workspace) are recognized as revenues upon receipt. Committed payments are recognized as revenue as we fulfill our obligation under the terms of the contractual agreement. Bookings and Creative Subscriptions Bookings are also presented on a further non-GAAP basis by excluding, in each case, bookings associated with long term B2B partnership agreements. Non-GAAP gross margin represents gross profit calculated in accordance with GAAP as adjusted for the impact of share-based compensation expense, acquisition-related expenses and amortization, divided by revenue. Non-GAAP operating income (loss) represents operating income (loss) calculated in accordance with GAAP as adjusted for the impact of share-based compensation expense, amortization, acquisition-related expenses and sales tax expense accrual and other G&A expenses (income). Non-GAAP net income (loss) represents net loss calculated in accordance with GAAP as adjusted for the impact of share-based compensation expense, amortization, sales tax expense accrual and other G&A expenses (income), amortization of debt discount and debt issuance costs and acquisition-related expenses and non-operating foreign exchange expenses (income). Non-GAAP net income (loss) per share represents non-GAAP net income (loss) divided by the weighted average number of shares used in computing GAAP loss per share. Free cash flow represents net cash provided by (used in) operating activities less capital expenditures. Free cash flow, as adjusted, represents free cash flow further adjusted to exclude one-time cash restructuring charges and the capital expenditures and other expenses associated with the buildout of our new corporate headquarters. Free cash flow margins represent free cash flow divided by revenue. Non-GAAP cost of revenue represents cost of revenue calculated in accordance with GAAP as adjusted for the impact of share-based compensation expense, acquisition-related expenses and amortization. Non-GAAP R&D expenses represent R&D expenses calculated in accordance with GAAP as adjusted for the impact of share-based compensation expense, acquisition-related expenses and amortization. Non-GAAP S&M expenses represent S&M expenses calculated in accordance with GAAP as adjusted for the impact of share-based compensation expense, acquisition-related expenses and amortization. Non-GAAP G&A expenses represent G&A expenses calculated in accordance with GAAP as adjusted for the impact of share-based compensation expense, acquisition-related expenses and amortization. Non-GAAP operating expenses represent operating expenses calculated in accordance with GAAP as adjusted for the impact of share-based compensation expense, acquisition-related expenses and amortization. Non-GAAP financial expense represents financial expense calculated in accordance with GAAP as adjusted for unrealized gains of equity investments, amortization of debt discount and debt issuance costs and non-operating foreign exchange expenses. Non-GAAP tax expense represents tax expense calculated in accordance with GAAP as adjusted for provisions for income tax effects related to non-GAAP adjustments.

The presentation of this financial information is not intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for, or superior to, the financial information prepared and presented in accordance with GAAP. The Company uses these non-GAAP financial measures for financial and operational decision making and as a means to evaluate period-to-period comparisons. The Company believes that these measures provide useful information about operating results, enhance the overall understanding of past financial performance and future prospects, and allow for greater transparency with respect to key metrics used by management in its financial and operational decision making.

For more information on the non-GAAP financial measures, please see the reconciliation tables provided below. The accompanying tables have more details on the GAAP financial measures that are most directly comparable to non-GAAP financial measures and the related reconciliations between these financial measures. The Company is unable to provide reconciliations of free cash flow, free cash flow, as adjusted, cumulative cohort bookings, non-GAAP gross margin, and non-GAAP tax expense to their most directly comparable GAAP financial measures on a forward-looking basis without unreasonable effort because items that impact those GAAP financial measures are out of the Company's control and/or cannot be reasonably predicted. Such information may have a significant, and potentially unpredictable, impact on our future financial results.

Wix also uses Creative Subscriptions Annualized Recurring Revenue (ARR) as a key operating metric. Creative Subscriptions ARR is calculated as Creative Subscriptions Monthly Recurring Revenue (MRR) multiplied by 12. Creative Subscriptions MRR is calculated as the total of (i) the total monthly revenue of all Creative Subscriptions in effect on the last day of the period, other than domain registrations; (ii) the average revenue per month from domain registrations multiplied by all registered domains in effect on the last day of the period; and (iii) monthly revenue from other partnership agreements including enterprise partners.

Forward-Looking Statements

This document contains forward-looking statements, within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that involve risks and uncertainties. Such forward-looking statements may include projections regarding our future performance, including, but not limited to revenue, bookings and free cash flow, and may be identified by words like "anticipate," "assume," "believe," "aim," "forecast," "indication," "continue," "could," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "plan," "potential," "predict," "project," "outlook," "future," "will," "seek" and similar terms or phrases. The forward-looking statements contained in this document, including the quarterly and annual guidance, are based on management's current expectations, which are subject to uncertainty, risks and changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict and many of which are outside of our control. Important factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements include, among others, our expectation that we will be able to attract and retain registered users and partners, and generate new premium subscriptions, in particular as we continuously adjust our marketing strategy and as the macro-economic environment continues to be turbulent; our expectation that we will be able to increase the average revenue we derive per premium subscription, including through our partners; our expectation that new products and developments, as well as third-party products we will offer in the future within our platform, will receive customer acceptance and satisfaction, including the growth in market adoption of our online commerce solutions and our Wix Studio product; our expectations regarding our ability to develop relevant and required products using artificial intelligence ("AI"), the regulatory environment impacting AI and AI-related activities, including privacy and intellectual property, and potential competitive impacts from AI tools; our assumption that historical user behavior can be extrapolated to predict future user behavior, in particular during turbulent macro-economic environments; our prediction of the future revenues and/or bookings generated by our user cohorts and our ability to maintain and increase such revenue growth, as well as our ability to generate and maintain elevated levels of free cash flow and profitability; our expectation to maintain and enhance our brand and reputation; our expectation that we will effectively execute our initiatives to improve our user support function through our Customer Care team, and continue attracting registered users and partners, and increase user retention, user engagement and sales; our ability to successfully localize our products, including by making our product, support and communication channels available in additional languages and to expand our payment infrastructure to transact in additional local currencies and accept additional payment methods; our expectation regarding the impact of fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates, interest rates, potential illiquidity of banking systems, and other recessionary trends on our business; our expectations relating to the repurchase of our ordinary shares and/or Convertible Notes pursuant to our repurchase program; our expectation that we will effectively manage our infrastructure; our expectation to comply with AI, privacy, and data protection laws and regulations as well as contractual privacy and data protection obligations; our expectations regarding the outcome of any regulatory investigation or litigation, including class actions; our expectations regarding future changes in our cost of revenues and our operating expenses on an absolute basis and as a percentage of our revenues, as well as our ability to achieve and maintain profitability; our expectations regarding changes in the global, national, regional or local economic, business, competitive, market, and regulatory landscape, including as a result of Israel-Hamas war and/or the Israel-Hezbollah hostilities and/or the Ukraine-Russia war and any escalations thereof and potential for wider regional instability and conflict; our planned level of capital expenditures and our belief that our existing cash and cash from operations will be sufficient to fund our operations for at least the next 12 months and for the foreseeable future; our expectations with respect to the integration and performance of acquisitions; our ability to attract and retain qualified employees and key personnel; and our expectations about entering into new markets and attracting new customer demographics, including our ability to successfully attract new partners large enterprise-level users and to grow our activities, including through the adoption of our Wix Studio product, with these customer types as anticipated and other factors discussed under the heading "Risk Factors" in the Company's annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2023 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 22, 2024. The preceding list is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all of our forward-looking statements. Any forward-looking statement made by us in this press release speaks only as of the date hereof. Factors or events that could cause our actual results to differ may emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for us to predict all of them. We undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.

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