Atlassian Announces Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2023 Results

Quarterly revenue of $915 million, up 24% year-over-year

Quarterly subscription revenue of $761 million, up 37% year-over-year

Quarterly GAAP operating margin of (18)% and non-GAAP operating margin of 22%

Quarterly cash flow from operations of $352 million and free cash flow of $350 million

TEAM, Anywhere/NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Atlassian Corporation (NASDAQ: TEAM), a leading provider of team collaboration and productivity software, today announced financial results for its third quarter of fiscal year 2023 ended March 31, 2023 and released a shareholder letter available on Atlassian’s Work Life blog at http://atlassian.com/blog/announcements/shareholder-letter-q3fy23. The shareholder letter was also posted to the Investor Relations section of Atlassian’s website at https://investors.atlassian.com.

“Connecting with the Atlassian community in-person at Team ’23 was incredible, and the enthusiasm for our product announcements, particularly Atlassian Intelligence, was unmatched,” said Mike Cannon-Brookes, Atlassian’s co-founder and co-CEO. “With more than 20 years of knowledge reflecting how hundreds of thousands of software, IT, and business teams plan, track, and deliver work, Atlassian Intelligence has a unique understanding of teamwork. We are beyond thrilled about AI’s ability to unleash our customers’ potential and strengthen our competitive advantage.”

“We delivered a solid quarter of financial results exceeding our expectations with quarterly revenue of $915 million, up 24% year-over-year, driven by subscription revenue growth of 37% year-over-year,” said Scott Farquhar, Atlassian’s co-founder and co-CEO. “Our customers are turning to Atlassian for help to transform the way work gets done and we’re incredibly excited about the significant opportunities in front of us. We’ve made tough calls and now, looking ahead, we’re laser-focused on executing to drive faster at our largest growth opportunities and strategic initiatives.”

Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2023 Financial Highlights:

On a GAAP basis, Atlassian reported:

Revenue: Total revenue was $915.5 million for the third quarter of fiscal year 2023, up 24% from $740.5 million for the third quarter of fiscal year 2022.
Operating Income (Loss) and Operating Margin: Operating loss was $161.6 million for the third quarter of fiscal year 2023, compared with operating income of $32.9 million for the third quarter of fiscal year 2022. Operating margin was (18)% for the third quarter of fiscal year 2023, compared with 4% for the third quarter of fiscal year 2022. Operating loss for the third quarter of fiscal year 2023 includes restructuring charges associated with rebalancing resources and consolidating leases of $97.8 million which negatively impacted operating margin by 11%.
Net Income (Loss) and Net Income (Loss) Per Diluted Share: Net loss was $209.0 million for the third quarter of fiscal year 2023, compared with net income of $4.7 million for the third quarter of fiscal year 2022. Net loss per diluted share was $0.81 for the third quarter of fiscal year 2023, compared with net income per diluted share of $0.02 for the third quarter of fiscal year 2022. Net loss for the third quarter of fiscal year 2023 includes restructuring and income tax charges totaling $139.5 million which increased net loss per diluted share by $0.54, net of tax effects.
Balance Sheet: Cash and cash equivalents plus marketable securities at the end of the third quarter of fiscal year 2023 totaled $2.0 billion.

On a non-GAAP basis, Atlassian reported:

Operating Income and Operating Margin: Operating income was $197.1 million for the third quarter of fiscal year 2023, compared with operating income of $177.4 million for the third quarter of fiscal year 2022. Operating margin was 22% for the third quarter of fiscal year 2023, compared with 24% for the third quarter of fiscal year 2022.
Net Income and Net Income Per Diluted Share: Net income was $138.0 million for the third quarter of fiscal year 2023, compared with net income of $110.2 million for the third quarter of fiscal year 2022. Net income per diluted share was $0.54 for the third quarter of fiscal year 2023, compared with net income per diluted share of $0.43 for the third quarter of fiscal year 2022.
Free Cash Flow: Cash flow from operations was $352.4 million and free cash flow was $349.7 million for the third quarter of fiscal year 2023. Free cash flow margin for the third quarter of fiscal year 2023 was 38%.

A reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP financial measures has been provided in the financial statement tables included in this press release. An explanation of these measures is also included below, under the heading “About Non-GAAP Financial Measures.”

Recent Business Highlights:

Atlassian Team ’23: Atlassian held its flagship Team ’23 conference from April 18th through April 20th. Thousands of customers, partners, and Atlassians gathered in person in Las Vegas, and thousands more joined virtually from around the world. On-demand streaming content and recorded sessions for Team ’23 can be found at https://events.atlassian.com/team23/sessions.
Atlassian Intelligence: At Team ’23, Atlassian introduced Atlassian Intelligence, a virtual teammate built on its machine learning models and technology from OpenAI that creates, summarizes and extracts information from a customer’s content in its products. Atlassian Intelligence is designed to understand and define natural language, act as an on-demand dictionary, and write queries in JQL or SQL. Teamwork is already the magic ingredient for achieving that which seems impossible, and Atlassian Intelligence’s objective is to accelerate it.
New Features and Capabilities in Confluence: New features and capabilities are coming to Confluence in the form of whiteboards, databases, and additional scalability. At Team ’23, Atlassian introduced whiteboards, a digital tool that helps teams convert unstructured brainstorms into deliverables like Jira issues or Confluence pages. Atlassian also introduced databases for Confluence, which allows teams to connect and track work through structured dynamic tables that can be referenced anywhere and automatically synced. Atlassian also announced the general availability of 50,000-user instances for Confluence Cloud, enabling larger organizations to unlock the benefits of cloud and scale their usage of our products.
Atlassian Marketplace Surpasses $3 Billion in Lifetime Sales: The Atlassian Marketplace surpassed $3 billion in lifetime sales since its inception in 2012. Atlassian’s 1,700+ Marketplace Partners help deliver additional value to the tens of thousands of customers that utilize a Marketplace app.
Achieved Recognition on Fortune’s List of 100 Best Companies to Work For™ 2023: Atlassian was ranked 7th on Fortune’s list of 100 Best Companies to Work For. This achievement was made possible by all the decision-makers, culture carriers, and everyday TEAMmates who make Atlassian a special place to work.
Customer Growth: Atlassian ended its third quarter of fiscal year 2023 with a total customer count, on an active subscription or maintenance agreement basis, of 259,775 customers, adding 6,598 net new customers during the quarter.

Financial Targets:

Atlassian is providing its financial targets as follows:

Fourth Quarter Fiscal Year 2023:

Total revenue is expected to be in the range of $900 million to $920 million.
Cloud revenue growth year-over-year is expected to be in the range of 26% to 28%.
Gross margin is expected to be approximately 81.0% on a GAAP basis and approximately 83.5% on a non-GAAP basis.
Operating margin is expected to be approximately (11.0%) on a GAAP basis and approximately 17.0% on a non-GAAP basis.

For additional commentary regarding financial targets, please see Atlassian’s third quarter fiscal year 2023 shareholder letter dated May 4, 2023.

With respect to Atlassian’s expectations under “Financial Targets” above, a reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP gross margin and operating margin has been provided in the financial statement tables included in this press release.

Shareholder Letter and Webcast Details:

A detailed shareholder letter is available on Atlassian’s Work Life blog at https://atlassian.com/blog/announcements/shareholder-letter-q3fy23, and the Investor Relations section of Atlassian’s website at: https://investors.atlassian.com. Atlassian will host a webcast to answer questions today:

When: Thursday, May 4, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time (5:00 p.m. Eastern Time).
Webcast: A live webcast of the call can be accessed from the Investor Relations section of Atlassian’s website at https://investors.atlassian.com. Following the call, a replay will be available on the same website.

Atlassian has used, and will continue to use, its Investor Relations website at https://investors.atlassian.com as a means of making material information public and for complying with its disclosure obligations.

About Atlassian

Atlassian unleashes the potential of every team. Our agile & DevOps, IT service management and work management software helps teams organize, discuss, and complete shared work. The majority of the Fortune 500 and over 250,000 companies of all sizes worldwide – including NASA, Kiva, Deutsche Bank, and Salesforce – rely on our solutions to help their teams work better together and deliver quality results on time. Learn more about our products, including Jira Software, Confluence, Jira Service Management, Trello, Bitbucket, and Jira Align at https://atlassian.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, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which statements involve substantial risks and uncertainties. In some cases, you can identify these statements by forward-looking words such as “may,” “will,” “expect,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “could,” “should,” “estimate,” or “continue,” and similar expressions or variations, but these words are not the exclusive means for identifying such statements. All statements other than statements of historical fact could be deemed forward looking, including risks and uncertainties related to statements about our products, product features, including the introduction of AI and large language models, customers, Atlassian Marketplace, macroeconomic environment, anticipated growth, the effects of our recent restructuring, outlook, technology and other key strategic areas, and our financial targets such as revenue and GAAP and non-GAAP financial measures including gross margin and operating margin.

We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements made in this press release to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this press release or to reflect new information or the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as required by law.

The achievement or success of the matters covered by such forward-looking statements involves known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions. If any such risks or uncertainties materialize or if any of the assumptions prove incorrect, our results could differ materially from the results expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements we make. You should not rely upon forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. Forward-looking statements represent our management’s beliefs and assumptions only as of the date such statements are made.

Further information on these and other factors that could affect our financial results is included in filings we make with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) from time to time, including the section titled “Risk Factors” in our most recently filed Forms 20-F and 10-Q. These documents are available on the SEC Filings section of the Investor Relations section of our website at: https://investors.atlassian.com.

About Non-GAAP Financial Measures

In addition to the measures presented in our condensed consolidated financial statements, we regularly review other measures that are not presented in accordance with GAAP, defined as non-GAAP financial measures by the SEC, to evaluate our business, measure our performance, identify trends, prepare financial forecasts and make strategic decisions. The key measures we consider are non-GAAP gross profit, non-GAAP operating income and non-GAAP operating margin, non-GAAP net income, non-GAAP net income per diluted share and free cash flow (collectively, the “Non-GAAP Financial Measures”). These Non-GAAP Financial Measures, which may be different from similarly titled non-GAAP measures used by other companies, provide supplemental information regarding our operating performance on a non-GAAP basis that excludes certain gains, losses and charges of a non-cash nature or that occur relatively infrequently and/or that management considers to be unrelated to our core operations. Management believes that tracking and presenting these Non-GAAP Financial Measures provides management, our board of directors, investors and the analyst community with the ability to better evaluate matters such as: our ongoing core operations, including comparisons between periods and against other companies in our industry; our ability to generate cash to service our debt and fund our operations; and the underlying business trends that are affecting our performance.

Our Non-GAAP Financial Measures include:

Non-GAAP gross profit. Excludes expenses related to stock-based compensation, amortization of acquired intangible assets, and restructuring charges.
Non-GAAP operating income and non-GAAP operating margin. Excludes expenses related to stock-based compensation, amortization of acquired intangible assets, and restructuring charges.
Non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP net income per diluted share. Excludes expenses related to stock-based compensation, amortization of acquired intangible assets, restructuring charges, non-coupon impact related to exchangeable senior notes and capped calls, gain on a non-cash sale of a controlling interest of a subsidiary and the related income tax effects on these items, and a non-recurring income tax adjustment.
Free cash flow. Free cash flow is defined as net cash provided by operating activities less capital expenditures, which consists of purchases of property and equipment.

We understand that although these Non-GAAP Financial Measures are frequently used by investors and the analyst community in their evaluation of our financial performance, these measures have limitations as analytical tools, and you should not consider them in isolation or as substitutes for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP. We compensate for such limitations by reconciling these Non-GAAP Financial Measures to the most comparable GAAP financial measures. We encourage you to review the tables in this press release titled “Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Results” and “Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Targets” that present such reconciliations.

Atlassian Corporation Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (U.S. $ and shares in thousands, except per share data) (unaudited)

	Three Months Ended March 31,						Nine Months Ended March 31,
	2023			2022			2023			2022
Revenues:
Subscription	$	760,680		$	555,126		$	2,122,863		$	1,499,409
Maintenance		94,225			120,333			313,813			377,982
Other		60,548			65,032			158,873			165,650
Total revenues		915,453			740,491			2,595,549			2,043,041
Cost of revenues (1) (2)		168,652			116,063			463,989			322,510
Gross profit		746,801			624,428			2,131,560			1,720,531
Operating expenses:
Research and development (1) (2)		522,344			334,161			1,395,026			924,870
Marketing and sales (1) (2)		220,921			142,386			567,240			362,761
General and administrative (1)		165,103			114,984			464,127			320,484
Total operating expenses		908,368			591,531			2,426,393			1,608,115
Operating income (loss)		(161,567	)		32,897			(294,833	)		112,416
Other income (expense), net		(943	)		(23,084	)		21,597			(501,231	)
Interest income		15,047			605			29,153			956
Interest expense		(7,978	)		(4,159	)		(21,607	)		(36,699	)
Income (loss) before income taxes		(155,441	)		6,259			(265,690	)		(424,558	)
Provision for income taxes		(53,596	)		(1,598	)		(162,119	)		(4,313	)
Net income (loss)	$	(209,037	)	$	4,661		$	(427,809	)	$	(428,871	)
Net income (loss) per share attributable to Class A and Class B common stockholders:
Basic	$	(0.81	)	$	0.02		$	(1.67	)	$	(1.70	)
Diluted	$	(0.81	)	$	0.02		$	(1.67	)	$	(1.70	)
Weighted-average shares used in computing net income (loss) per share attributable to Class A and Class B common stockholders:
Basic		256,825			253,723			255,949			252,924
Diluted		256,825			255,741			255,949			252,924

(1) Amounts include stock-based compensation as follows:

	Three Months Ended March 31,				Nine Months Ended March 31,
	2023		2022		2023		2022
Cost of revenues	$	17,581	$	8,269	$	46,747	$	22,639
Research and development		167,994		84,778		447,465		239,180
Marketing and sales		36,571		20,053		97,922		56,420
General and administrative		41,281		23,302		110,709		64,890

(2) Amounts include amortization of acquired intangible assets, as follows:

	Three Months Ended March 31,				Nine Months Ended March 31,
	2023		2022		2023		2022
Cost of revenues	$	5,696	$	5,709	$	17,090	$	16,997
Research and development		94		94		281		281
Marketing and sales		2,365		2,302		7,376		6,839

Atlassian Corporation Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (U.S. $ in thousands) (unaudited)

	March 31, 2023			June 30, 2022
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	1,972,217		$	1,385,265
Marketable securities		10,000			73,294
Accounts receivable, net		346,348			308,127
Assets held for sale		—			60,265
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		115,722			70,002
Total current assets		2,444,287			1,896,953
Non-current assets:
Property and equipment, net		85,564			100,662
Operating lease right-of-use assets		190,708			277,276
Strategic investments		246,537			159,064
Intangible assets, net		76,093			100,840
Goodwill		723,442			722,838
Deferred tax assets		8,128			10,335
Other non-current assets		64,250			58,862
Total assets	$	3,839,009		$	3,326,830
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	$	106,488		$	81,220
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities		433,069			406,139
Deferred revenue, current portion		1,264,217			1,066,059
Operating lease liabilities, current portion		43,910			40,638
Term loan facility, current portion		25,000			—
Total current liabilities		1,872,684			1,594,056
Non-current liabilities:
Deferred revenue, net of current portion		133,500			116,621
Operating lease liabilities, net of current portion		246,750			274,434
Term loan facility, net of current portion		974,550			999,419
Deferred tax liabilities		4,445			312
Other non-current liabilities		24,813			14,616
Total liabilities		3,256,742			2,999,458
Stockholders’ equity
Common stock		2			2
Additional paid-in capital		2,885,206			2,182,536
Accumulated other comprehensive income		29,614			13,864
Accumulated deficit		(2,332,555	)		(1,869,030	)
Total stockholders’ equity		582,267			327,372
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$	3,839,009		$	3,326,830

Atlassian Corporation Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (U.S. $ in thousands) (unaudited)

	Three Months Ended March 31,						Nine Months Ended March 31,
	2023			2022			2023			2022
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income (loss)	$	(209,037	)	$	4,661		$	(427,809	)	$	(428,871	)
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization		15,523			12,239			45,619			37,841
Stock-based compensation		263,427			136,402			702,843			383,129
Impairment charges for leases and leasehold improvements		61,098			—			61,098			—
Deferred income taxes		1,495			(879	)		6,308			(2,920	)
Net loss on exchange derivative and capped call transactions		—			—			—			424,482
Amortization of debt discount and issuance cost		118			117			353			26,933
Net loss (gain) on strategic investments		(1,812	)		18,665			17,264			72,222
Net foreign currency loss (gain)		(177	)		3,623			(6,005	)		(8,033	)
Gain on a non-cash sale of a controlling interest of a subsidiary		—			—			(45,158	)		—
Other		1,263			94			1,258			(224	)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable, net		8,460			(14,980	)		(38,031	)		(83,183	)
Prepaid expenses and other assets		(15,163	)		(11,373	)		(40,530	)		(36,455	)
Accounts payable		(27,700	)		5,148			22,034			25,655
Accrued expenses and other liabilities		131,238			64,533			81,055			1,246
Deferred revenue		123,636			116,459			215,037			194,343
Net cash provided by operating activities		352,369			334,709			595,336			606,165
Cash flows from investing activities:
Business combinations, net of cash acquired		—			(13,022	)		(600	)		(16,861	)
Purchases of intangible assets		—			(4,018	)		—			(4,018	)
Purchases of property and equipment		(2,691	)		(26,473	)		(23,227	)		(45,935	)
Purchases of strategic investments		(9,000	)		(7,918	)		(18,450	)		(102,918	)
Purchases of marketable securities		—			—			(10,000	)		(21,003	)
Proceeds from maturities of marketable securities		26,250			2,600			73,950			64,087
Proceeds from sales of marketable securities and strategic investments		8			—			629			186,262
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities		14,567			(48,831	)		22,302			59,614
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from term loan facility		—			—			—			1,000,000
Repayment of exchangeable senior notes		—			—			—			(1,548,686	)
Proceeds from settlement of capped call transactions		—			—			—			135,497
Repurchases of Class A Common Stock		(31,748	)		—			(31,748	)		—
Proceeds from other financing arrangements		2			9,525			1,398			9,530
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities		(31,746	)		9,525			(30,350	)		(403,659	)
Effect of foreign exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash		421			(283	)		(996	)		(2,638	)
Net increase in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash		335,611			295,120			586,292			259,482
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at beginning of period		1,637,969			900,069			1,386,686			931,023
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents included in assets held for sale		—			276			602			4,960
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at end of period	$	1,973,580		$	1,195,465		$	1,973,580		$	1,195,465

Atlassian Corporation Revenues by Deployment Options (U.S. $ in thousands) (unaudited)

	Three Months Ended March 31,				Nine Months Ended March 31,
	2023		2022		2023	2022
Cloud	$	534,891	$	399,453	$ 1,522,269	$	1,081,455
Data Center		221,551		151,095	587,043		401,398
Server (1)		94,389		132,333	314,370		407,399
Marketplace and services (2)		64,622		57,610	171,867		152,789
Total revenues	$	915,453	$	740,491	$ 2,595,549	$	2,043,041