Exceeds second quarter revenue and EPS guidance;
Revenue up 7% sequentially and 20% year-over-year;
Increases full-year revenue and EPS guidance
TEANECK, N.J., August 6, 2013 – Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation (NASDAQ: CTSH), a leading provider of information technology, consulting, and business process outsourcing services, today announced its second quarter 2013 financial results.
Highlights – Second Quarter 2013
- Quarterly revenue rose to $2.161 billion, up 7.0% sequentially and 20.4% from the year-ago quarter.
- Quarterly diluted EPS on a GAAP basis was $0.99, compared to $0.82 in the year-ago quarter.
- Quarterly diluted EPS on a non-GAAP basis, which excludes stock-based compensation expense and acquisition-related charges, was $1.07, compared to $0.89 in the year-ago quarter.
- GAAP and non-GAAP diluted EPS include the impact of $0.07 in net non-operating foreign exchange losses.
- Net headcount addition for the quarter was approximately 1,600.
Revenue for the second quarter of 2013 rose to $2.161 billion, up 20.4% from $1.795 billion in the second quarter of 2012. GAAP net income was $300.4 million, or $0.99 per diluted share, compared to $251.9 million, or $0.82 per diluted share, in the second quarter of 2012. Quarterly diluted EPS on a non-GAAP basis, which excludes stock-based compensation expense and acquisition-related charges, was $1.07, compared to $0.89 in the second quarter of 2012. GAAP operating margin for the quarter was 19.7%. Non-GAAP operating margin was 21.4%, higher than the Company’s targeted 19-20% range. Reconciliations of non-GAAP financial measures to GAAP operating results and diluted EPS are included at the end of this release.
“As we celebrate the 15th anniversary of our public listing on the NASDAQ stock exchange, we are delighted to yet again deliver industry-leading revenue growth,” said Francisco D’Souza, Chief Executive Officer. “Our 15 year record of revenue and earnings growth is a testament to our long-term strategy of reinvesting in our business to stay relevant to our clients’ changing needs and to provide increasing value as we grow each of those trusted relationships. This reinvestment strategy continues to enable Cognizant to excel in our core services while simultaneously investing in multiple horizons of growth, thereby continuing to position us well for the future.”
“Economic pressures and long-term secular industry shifts have been driving fundamental changes in client demands,” said Gordon Coburn, President. “Clients are
increasingly turning to Cognizant to address their dual mandate of running better, or enhancing performance in their current businesses, and running different, or helping improve the positioning of their businesses for future success. As a result of Cognizant’s ability to address this dual mandate from one integrated platform, we are seeing strong market demand for our services which is allowing us to increase our revenue guidance for the full year.”
2013 Outlook – Third Quarter and Full Year
The Company is providing the following guidance:
- Third quarter 2013 revenue anticipated to be at least $2.25 billion.
- Third quarter 2013 diluted EPS expected to be $1.00 on a GAAP basis and $1.09 on a non-GAAP basis.
- Fiscal 2013 revenue expected to be at least $8.74 billion, up at least 19% compared to 2012.
- Fiscal 2013 diluted EPS expected to be at least $3.96 on a GAAP basis, and $4.32 on a non-GAAP basis.
- EPS guidance excludes any future net non-operating foreign exchange gain or loss.
“Continued healthy demand in the second quarter resulted in broad-based growth across our industries, geographies and services, thereby driving significant revenue and
EPS outperformance,” said Karen McLoughlin, Chief Financial Officer. “Excluding the $0.07 of non-operating foreign exchange loss, which was not included in our
guidance, we are pleased that we exceeded our non-GAAP EPS guidance for the quarter by $0.08. In addition, strong cash flows during the quarter allowed us
to increase our cash and short-term investment balances to approximately $2.9 billion while repurchasing over $115 million of shares under our stock repurchase program during the quarter.”
Conference Call
Cognizant will host a conference call August 6, 2013 at 8:00 a.m. (Eastern) to discuss the Company’s second quarter 2013 results. To listen to the conference call, please dial (877) 810-9510 (domestic) and (201) 493-6778 (international) and provide the following conference passcode: Cognizant Call.
The conference call will also be available live via the Internet by accessing the Cognizant website at
www.cognizant.com. Please go to the website at least 15 minutes prior to the call to register and to download and install any necessary audio software.
For those who cannot access the live broadcast, a replay will be available by dialing (877) 660-6853 for domestic callers or (201) 612-7415 for international callers and entering 417763 from a half hour after the end of the call until 11:59 p.m. (Eastern) on Tuesday, August 20, 2013. The replay will also be available at Cognizant’s website
www.cognizant.com for 60 days following the call.
Over Cognizant
Cognizant (NASDAQ: CTSH) is een vooraanstaande dienstverlener in informatietechnologie, consultancy en business process outsourcing-services. Cognizant werkt in nauw partnerschap met ’s werelds grootste organisaties om hun concurrentiepositie te versterken. Het hoofdkantoor is gevestigd in Teaneck, New Jersey (Verenigde Staten). Cognizant combineert een passie voor klanttevredenheid, technologische innovatie en diepgaande industrie- en bedrijfsproceskennis met een wereldwijd samenwerkend personeelsbestand. Cognizant heeft wereldwijd meer dan 50 delivery centers en ongeveer 164.300 werknemers (per 30 juni, 2013). Cognizant heeft een NASDAQ-100 en S&P 500-notering en is verder genoteerd in de Forbes Global 2000 en Fortune 500. De organisatie behoort hiermee tot de bestpresterende en snelstgroeiende bedrijven in de wereld. Bezoek onze website
www.cognizant.com of volg ons via Twitter: @Cognizant.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes statements which may constitute forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, the accuracy of which are necessarily subject to risks, uncertainties, and assumptions as to future events that may not prove to be accurate. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied include general economic conditions and the factors discussed in our most
recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Cognizant undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities law.
About Non-GAAP Financial Measures
To supplement our financial results presented in accordance with GAAP, this press release includes the following measures defined by the Securities and Exchange Commission as non-GAAP financial measures: non-GAAP income from operations, non-GAAP operating margin and non-GAAP diluted earnings per share. These non-GAAP measures are not based on any comprehensive set of accounting rules or principles and should not be considered a substitute for, or superior to, financial measures calculated in accordance with GAAP, and may be different from non-GAAP measures used by other companies. In addition, these non-GAAP measures should be read in conjunction with our financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP. The reconciliations of Cognizant’s non-GAAP financial measures to the corresponding GAAP measures should be carefully evaluated.
Historically, we sought to manage the company to a targeted operating margin, excluding stock-based compensation costs, of 19% to 20% of revenues. Beginning with 2013, we continue to seek to manage the company to the same targeted operating margin, but we now also exclude acquisition-related charges, in addition to excluding stock-based compensation expense, in setting our internal operating targets. Acquisition-related charges include, when applicable, amortization of purchased intangible assets included in the depreciation and amortization expense line on our condensed consolidated statements of operations, external deal costs, acquisition-related
retention bonuses, integration costs, changes in the fair value of contingent consideration liabilities, charges for impairment of acquired intangible assets and other acquisition-related costs. Our 2012 non-GAAP measures have been adjusted to reflect this change. We believe providing investors with an operating view consistent with how we manage the company provides enhanced transparency into the operating results of the company. For our internal management reporting and budgeting purposes, we use non-GAAP financial information that does not include stock-based compensation expense and acquisition-related charges for financial and operational decision making, to evaluate period-to-period comparisons and for making comparisons of our operating results to those of our competitors. Therefore, it is our belief that
the use of non-GAAP financial measures excluding these costs provides a meaningful measure for investors to evaluate our financial performance. Accordingly, we believe that the presentation of non-GAAP income from operations, non-GAAP operating margin and non-GAAP diluted earnings per share, when read in conjunction with our reported GAAP results, can provide useful supplemental information to our management and investors regarding financial and business trends relating to our financial condition and results of operations.
A limitation of using non-GAAP measures versus financial measures calculated in accordance with GAAP is that non-GAAP measures do not reflect all of the amounts associated with our operating results as determined in accordance with GAAP and exclude costs that are recurring, namely stock-based compensation and acquisition-related charges. In addition, other companies may calculate non-GAAP financial measures differently than us, thereby limiting the usefulness of these non-GAAP financial measures as a comparative tool. We compensate for this limitation by providing specific information regarding the GAAP amounts excluded from non-GAAP income from operations, non-GAAP operating margin and non-GAAP diluted earnings per share to allow investors to evaluate such non-GAAP financial measures with financial measures calculated in accordance with GAAP.
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