BigCommerce Announces First Quarter 2023 Financial Results

First Quarter Total Revenue of $71.8 Million, an Increase of 9% Versus Prior Year;

Total ARR of $316.7 Million, an Increase of 13% Versus Prior Year. Enterprise ARR of $228.8 Million, an Increase of 21% Versus Prior Year.

AUSTIN, Texas, May 04, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BigCommerce Holdings, Inc. (“BigCommerce”) (Nasdaq: BIGC), a leading Open SaaS ecommerce platform for fast-growing and established B2C and B2B brands, today announced financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2023.

“We’re encouraged by our start to 2023,” said Brent Bellm, CEO at BigCommerce. “In a challenging macroeconomic environment, our team delivered enterprise ARR growth of 21% year-over-year and outperformed our guidance for operating loss improvement. We laid a strong foundation for reaching profitability on an adjusted EBITDA basis in the fourth quarter while executing our plan for continued customer, product and geographic growth.”

First Quarter Financial Highlights:

• Total revenue was $71.8 million, up 9% compared to the first quarter of 2022.
• Total annual revenue run-rate (ARR) as of March 31, 2023 was $316.7 million, up 13% compared to March 31, 2022.
• Subscription revenue was $53.8 million, up 12% compared to the first quarter of 2022.
• ARR from accounts with at least one enterprise plan (“Enterprise Accounts”) was $228.8 million as of March 31, 2023, up 21% from March 31, 2022.
• ARR from Enterprise Accounts as a percent of total ARR was 72% as of March 31, 2023, compared to 67% as of March 31, 2022.
• GAAP gross margin was 76%, compared to 74% in the first quarter of 2022. Non-GAAP gross margin was 77%, compared to 75% in the first quarter of 2022.

Other Key Business Metrics

• Number of enterprise accounts was 5,828, up 9% compared to the first quarter of 2022.
• Average revenue per account (ARPA) of enterprise accounts was $39,260, up 11% compared to the first quarter of 2022.
• Revenue in the Americas grew by 7% compared to the first quarter of 2022.
• Revenue in EMEA grew by 27% and revenue in APAC grew by 1% compared to the first quarter of 2022.

Operating Income/(Loss)

• GAAP operating loss was ($23.7) million, compared to ($36.2) million in the first quarter of 2022.
• Non-GAAP operating loss was ($6.4) million, compared to ($12.4) million in the first quarter of 2022.

Net Income/(Loss) and Earnings Per Share

• GAAP net loss was ($22.1) million, compared to ($37.0) million in the first quarter of 2022.
• Non-GAAP net loss was ($4.9) million or (7%) of total revenue, compared to ($13.2) million or (20%) of total revenue in the first quarter of 2022.
• GAAP net loss per share was ($0.30) based on 74.1 million weighted-average shares of common stock outstanding, compared to ($0.51) based on 72.5 million weighted-average shares of common stock outstanding in the first quarter of 2022.
• Non-GAAP net loss per share was ($0.07) based on 74.1 million weighted-average shares of common stock outstanding, compared to ($0.18) based on 72.5 million weighted-average shares of common stock outstanding in the first quarter of 2022.

Adjusted EBITDA

• Adjusted EBITDA was ($5.5) million, compared to ($11.6) million in the first quarter of 2022. Note: In comparison to prior year, results also include the removal of Other Income and Expense from Adjusted EBITDA, which was ($0.2) million for the three months ended March 31, 2022.

Cash

• Cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and marketable securities totaled $283.5 million as of March 31, 2023.
• For the three months ended March 31, 2023, net cash used in operating activities was ($20.8 million), compared to ($22.0) million for the same period in 2022. We reported free cash flow of ($21.9) million or a (31%) free cash flow margin.
• Net cash used in operating activities includes one-time effects that contributed to the difference between cash flow and Non-GAAP operating loss results, including approximately $4 million between severance related to our December restructuring and year-end bonus payments and $6 million in Q1 revenue from a payments technology partner which was paid in early April and will be reflected in Q2 operating cash flow.

Business Highlights:

• Corporate Highlights:
  We welcomed back Mark Adams as our senior vice president and general manager for EMEA. Adams previously led BigCommerce’s entry into the European market from 2018 to 2020 and established the team that has been driving EMEA growth since then. We announced the company’s entry into Poland, Romania, India, the UAE and South Africa with an expanded engineering team based in Poland, two partner-led entities in Eastern and Central Europe and a new country lead in South Asia. Through this expansion and localized partnerships, BigCommerce delivers our modern enterprise ecommerce platform to help merchants of all sizes build and grow their online presence with innovative shopping experiences that power online sales and drive revenue. We achieved two new certifications for compliance with privacy and business continuity standards issued by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). ISO 27701 and 22301 complement BigCommerce’s existing certifications for information security and reflect the company’s commitment to the security, privacy and resilience of its trusted enterprise ecommerce platform.

• Product Highlights:
  Earlier this week, we announced the latest update to B2B Edition, our comprehensive suite of B2B functionalities that enhance the online selling experience for suppliers, manufacturers, distributors and wholesalers. The new release introduces Multi-Storefront compatibility, a brand-new B2B buyer portal and headless support. These enterprise-grade capabilities provide B2B brands with the flexibility and customization they need to elevate online selling experiences, launch new brands, and expand into new regions while offering the next-level B2B Edition functionalities to manage quotes, invoices, and buyer approval workflows, to name a few. B2B Edition’s open and intuitive solution transforms the way sellers and buyers do business, turning legacy B2B practices into modern, agile and nimble digital operations with a composable foundation ready to scale with the business. In March, we launched Buy Online Pick Up In Store (BOPIS), also known as Click & Collect, functionality giving merchants more options to meet shoppers where they are and provide frictionless shopping experiences. Earlier in Q1, we expanded our Multi-Storefront offering, previously only available for enterprise merchants, as a self-service feature and accessible to small and midsize BigCommerce merchants directly within their BigCommerce store. BigCommerce merchants of all sizes now have the advantage to manage multiple storefronts to grow sales in new regions, streamline operations for multiple brands and customize various customer segments to drive global growth.

• Merchant Highlights:
  Innovative health and beauty brand Curology launched a beautiful new storefront leveraging our NetSuite ERP partnership to connect Curology’s store with its ERP for product and inventory data syncing. ASSA ABLOY, a global leader in door-opening solutions used in many of the world's locks and security installations, is revolutionizing its customers' experience by integrating its broad product catalog and using our B2B Edition solution to customize the shopping experience. Iconic motorcycle brand Harley-Davidson launched a new line of lifestyle apparel utilizing BigCommerce’s APIs to build a full suite of custom integrations with back-end systems and leveraging BigCommerce’s stencil framework to build a chic front-end. Diamonds Direct, a worldwide leader in diamond sourcing, selection, education and value, launched a new store with a headless digital experience front-end and BigCommerce back-end to deliver a seamless, intuitive shopping experience, including custom “ring builder” options.

• Partner Highlights:
  In January BigCommerce became the inaugural partner for the launch of Amazon Buy with Prime, which allows BigCommerce merchants to easily sync their existing catalog across Amazon and BigCommerce and deploy the Buy with Prime button on their sites. We also started a new partnership with Microsoft Ads and Listings, allowing BigCommerce merchants to create and manage ad campaigns across Microsoft’s extensive properties. We launched a new strategic partnership with WPP to offer omnichannel solutions to help WPP clients drive growth and maximize sales across hundreds of advertising channels and marketplaces. This innovative partnership gives WPP priority access to new product tools on both BigCommerce and data feed management platform Feedonomics, in addition to providing APIs and data sets that will enable WPP agencies to develop unique insights for clients across product, trend and purchasing data. BigCommerce announced a new strategic partnership with WPP to offer omnichannel solutions to help WPP clients drive growth and maximize sales across hundreds of advertising channels and marketplaces. WPP also receives priority access to new product tools on both BigCommerce and Feedonomics, in addition to providing APIs and data sets that will enable WPP agencies to develop unique insights for clients across product, trend and purchasing data. We announced a new global partnership with InfoTrax Systems, a leading provider of commissions software and distributor tools for direct sales companies who wanted a white label partner to monetize value added services. The new InfoTrax Powered by BigCommerce solution gives thousands of direct selling customers access to more innovative and sophisticated commerce capabilities, including the ability to launch omnichannel sales strategies using Feedonomics. We entered into preliminary non-binding discussions with THG Ingenuity, the complete commerce division of The Hut Group (THG) plc, related to enabling a US and EMEA-focused complete commerce solution that would combine BigCommerce's composable ecommerce storefront with Ingenuity's fully integrated technology stack and operational capabilities. We launched a new integration partnership with the Bank of New Zealand (BNZ) to help BNZ customers of all sizes digitally transform their businesses to expand customer reach, drive more sales and increase revenue. We won two 2023 VIP Awards from Retail Global's Vendors in Partnership (VIP) Australia: The VIP Challenger Award and Best Cross-Industry Collaboration/360 Degree Solution. We unveiled the winners of the 2022 BigCommerce Partner Awards, recognizing top-performing partners among BigCommerce’s global network of thousands of agency and technology partners in our open ecosystem. This year’s winners were honored for their outstanding commitment to providing BigCommerce merchants with exemplary technology and services needed to thrive, grow and succeed against a challenging macroeconomics backdrop. At the beginning of Q1, we announced the launch of the BigCommerce Omnichannel Certified Partner (OCP) Program, an enterprise-focused initiative designed to give partners new ways to generate revenue by helping merchants on leading ecommerce platforms to achieve omnichannel success.

Q2 and 2023 Financial Outlook:

For the second quarter of 2023, the Company currently expects:

• Total revenue between $72.1 million to $74.1 million, implying a year-over-year growth rate of 6% to 9%.
• Non-GAAP operating loss is expected to be between $5.5 million to $9.5 million.

For the full year 2023, the Company currently expects:

• Total revenue between $303.0 million and $311.0 million, translating into a year-over-year growth rate of 9% and 11%.
• Non-GAAP operating loss between $14 million and $20 million.

The Company’s second quarter and 2023 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 Non-GAAP net loss per share and these comparable GAAP measures 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

BigCommerce will host a conference call and webcast at 4:00 p.m. CT (5:00 p.m. ET) on Thursday, May 4, 2023, to discuss its financial results and business highlights. The conference call can be accessed by dialing (833) 634-1254 from the United States and Canada or (412) 317-6012 internationally and requesting to join the “BigCommerce conference call.” The live webcast of the conference call and other materials related to BigCommerce’s financial performance can be accessed from BigCommerce’s investor relations website at http://investors.bigcommerce.com.

Following the completion of the call through 11:59 p.m. ET on Thursday, May 11, 2023, a telephone replay will be available by dialing (877) 344-7529 from the United States, (855) 669-9658 from Canada or (412) 317-0088 internationally with conference ID 3754892. A webcast replay will also be available at http://investors.bigcommerce.com for 12 months.

About BigCommerce

BigCommerce (Nasdaq: BIGC) is a leading open software-as-a-service (SaaS) ecommerce platform that empowers merchants of all sizes to build, innovate and grow their businesses online. BigCommerce provides merchants sophisticated enterprise-grade functionality, customization and performance with simplicity and ease-of-use. Tens of thousands of B2C and B2B companies across 150 countries and numerous industries use BigCommerce to create beautiful, engaging online stores, including Ben & Jerry’s, Molton Brown, S.C. Johnson, Skullcandy, SoloStove, Ted Baker and Vodafone. Headquartered in Austin, BigCommerce has offices in London, Kyiv, San Francisco, and Sydney. For more information, please visit www.bigcommerce.com or follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook.

Forward-Looking Statements

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Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

We have provided in this press release certain financial information that has not been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”). Our management uses these Non-GAAP financial measures internally in analyzing our financial results and believes that use of these Non-GAAP financial measures is useful to investors as an additional tool to evaluate ongoing operating results and trends and in comparing our financial results with other companies in our industry, many of which present similar Non-GAAP financial measures. Non-GAAP financial measures are not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for comparable financial measures prepared in accordance with GAAP and should be read only in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP. A reconciliation of our historical Non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures has been provided in the financial statement tables included in this press release, and investors are encouraged to review these reconciliations.

Annual Revenue Run-Rate

We calculate annual revenue run-rate (“ARR”) at the end of each month as the sum of: (1) contractual monthly recurring revenue at the end of the period, which includes platform subscription fees, invoiced growth adjustments, feed management subscription fees, recurring professional services revenue, and other recurring revenue, multiplied by twelve to prospectively annualize recurring revenue, and (2) the sum of the trailing twelve-month non-recurring and variable revenue, which includes one-time partner integrations, one-time fees, payments revenue share, and any other revenue that is non-recurring and variable.

Accounts with Greater than $2,000 ACV

We track the total number of accounts with annual contract value (“ACV”) greater than $2,000 (the “ACV threshold”) as of the end of a monthly billing period. To define this $2,000 ACV cohort, we include only subscription plan revenue and exclude partner and services revenue and recurring services revenue. We consider all stores and brands added and subtracted as of the end of the monthly billing period. This metric includes accounts that may have either one single store or brand above the ACV threshold or multiple stores or brands that together exceed the ACV threshold.

Enterprise Account Metrics

To measure the effectiveness of our ability to execute against our growth strategy, particularly within the mid-market and enterprise business segments, we calculate ARR attributable to Enterprise Accounts. We define Enterprise Accounts as accounts with at least one unique Enterprise plan subscription or an enterprise level feed management subscription (collectively “Enterprise Accounts”). These accounts may have more than one Enterprise plan or a combination of Enterprise plans and Essentials plans.

Average Revenue Per Account

We calculate average revenue per account (ARPA) for accounts above the ACV threshold at the end of a period by including customer-billed revenue and an allocation of partner and services revenue, where applicable. We allocate partner revenue, where applicable, primarily based on each customer’s share of GMV processed through that partner’s solution. For partner revenue that is not directly linked to customer usage of a partner’s solution, we allocate such revenue based on each customer’s share of total platform GMV. Each account’s partner revenue allocation is calculated by taking the account’s trailing twelve-month partner revenue, then dividing by twelve to create a monthly average to apply to the applicable period in order to normalize ARPA for seasonality.

Adjusted EBITDA

We define Adjusted EBITDA as our net loss, excluding the impact of stock-based compensation expense and related payroll tax expense, third party acquisition-related costs, and other acquisition related expenses, including contingent compensation arrangements entered into in connection with acquisitions, depreciation, amortization of acquisition-related intangible assets, interest income, interest expense, changes in fair value of financial instruments, restructuring charges, other non-operating income and expense and our provision for income taxes. The most directly comparable GAAP measure is net loss.

Non-GAAP Operating Loss

We define Non-GAAP Operating Loss as our GAAP Loss from operations, excluding the impact of stock-based compensation expense and related payroll tax expense, third party acquisition-related costs, and other acquisition related expenses, including contingent compensation arrangements entered into in connection with acquisitions, amortization of acquisition-related intangible assets, and restructuring charges. The most directly comparable GAAP measure is our loss from operations.

Non-GAAP Net Loss

We define Non-GAAP Net Loss as our GAAP net loss, excluding the impact of stock-based compensation expense and related payroll tax expense, third party acquisition-related costs, and other acquisition related expenses, including contingent compensation arrangements entered into in connection with acquisitions, amortization of acquisition-related intangible assets, restructuring charges and changes in fair value of financial instruments. The most directly comparable GAAP measure is our net loss.

Non-GAAP Net Loss per Share

We define Non-GAAP Net Loss per Share as our Non-GAAP Net Loss, defined above, divided by our basic and diluted GAAP weighted average shares outstanding. The most directly comparable GAAP measure is our net loss per share.

Free Cash Flow

We define Free Cash flow as our GAAP cash flow from operating activities plus our GAAP purchases of property and equipment (Capital Expenditures). The most directly comparable GAAP measure is our cash flow from operating activities.

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