Snowflake Inc. · NYSE:SNOW
Snowflake — Q4 FY2021 Earnings Presentation
26 slides from Snowflake's earnings presentation, 2021
Slide 1: Investor Presentation Fourth Quarter Fiscal 2021
Investor Presentation Fourth Quarter Fiscal 2021 © 2021 Snowflake Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Slide 2: Safe Harbor and Statement Regarding Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Safe Harbor and Statement Regarding Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures Other than statements of historical fact, all information contained in this presentation, including statements This presentation contains statistical data, estimates, and forecasts that are based on independent industry regarding
Slide 3: Rise of the Data Cloud
RISE OF THE 2014 2019 2020 AND DATA CLOUD BEYOND © 2021 Snowflake Inc. All Rights Reserved. 2
Slide 4: A Cloud Native Architecture Is Required
A CLOUD NATIVE ARCHITECTURE IS REQUIRED © 2021 Snowflake Inc. All Rights Reserved. 3
Slide 5: Snowflake's Architecture
SNOWFLAKE’S ARCHITECTURE © 2021 Snowflake Inc. All Rights Reserved. 4
Slide 6: Snowflake's Platform
SNOWFLAKE’S PLATFORM © 2021 Snowflake Inc. All Rights Reserved. 5
Slide 7: Growing Market Opportunity
GROWING MARKET OPPORTUNITY DATA WAREHOUSE DATA CLOUD DATA $14B PLATFORM1 CLOUD ~$81B 1 Based on the Company’s own estimate as of January 31, 2020. © 2021 Snowflake Inc. All Rights Reserved. 6
Slide 8: Expanding Ecosystem
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Slide 9: Q4 Financial Highlights
Q4 FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Rapid Growth at Scale 116% YOY PRODUCT REVENUE GROWTH Significant Expansion with Existing Customers 168% NET REVENUE RETENTION Strong Large Customer Momentum 77 $1M+ PRODUCT REVENUE CUSTOMERS Improving Product Gross Margin 70% NON-GAAP PRODUCT GROSS MARGIN © 2021 Snowflake In
Slide 10: We Are Not a SaaS Model
WE ARE NOT A SAAS MODEL 93% of revenue is consumption-based1 Revenue recognized variably only as consumption occurs In many cases, rollover of unused capacity permitted Contract durations increasing along with larger customer commitments Primarily billed annually in advance with some on-demand in ar
Slide 11: We Focus on Product Revenue and RPO
WE FOCUS ON PRODUCT REVENUE AND RPO Product Revenue Remaining Performance Billings Obligations (RPO) Why it matters: Why it matters: Why it’s less relevant: Substantial majority of our revenue Represents contracted future revenue Billings reflect the timing of the cash flows not yet recognized negot
Slide 12: Strong Combination of Scale & Growth
STRONG COMBINATION OF SCALE & GROWTH ANNUAL REVENUE (MILLIONS) QUARTERLY REVENUE (MILLIONS) 124% 117% $592 YOY Growth YOY Growth $38 $190 $160 $12 $133 $11 $265 $109 $8 $554 $88 $13 $7 $178 $5 $148 $125 $252 $102 $82 FY20 FY21 Q4 FY20 Q1 FY21 Q2 FY21 Q3 FY21 Q4 FY21 Product Revenue Professional Serv
Slide 13: Significant Customer Commitments
SIGNIFICANT CUSTOMER COMMITMENTS REMAINING PERFORMANCE OBLIGATIONS1 (MILLIONS) $1,333 $928 $688 $468 $426 Q4 FY20 Q1 FY21 Q2 FY21 Q3 FY21 Q4 FY21 © 2021 Snowflake Inc. All Rights Reserved. Note: Fiscal year ends January 31. Numbers are rounded for presentation purposes. 1 Represents the amount of co
Slide 14: Large Customer Momentum
LARGE CUSTOMER MOMENTUM TOTAL CUSTOMERS¹ CUSTOMERS OVER $1M PRODUCT REVENUE2 73% 88% 77 4,139 YOY Growth YOY Growth 3,554 65 3,117 56 2,720 48 2,392 41 Q4 FY20 Q1 FY21 Q2 FY21 Q3 FY21 Q4 FY21 Q4 FY20 Q1 FY21 Q2 FY21 Q3 FY21 Q4 FY21 Note: Fiscal year ends January 31. 1 We count the total number of cu
Slide 15: Landing Strategic Customers
LANDING STRATEGIC CUSTOMERS FORTUNE 500 CUSTOMERS 46% 186 YOY Growth 167 154 144 127 Q4 FY20 Q1 FY21 Q2 FY21 Q3 FY21 Q4 FY21 © 2021 Snowflake Inc. All Rights Reserved. Note: Based on the 2020 Fortune 500 list. Our Fortune 500 customer count is subject to adjustments for annual updates to the Fortune
Slide 16: World-Class Retention Rate
WORLD-CLASS RETENTION RATE DOLLAR-BASED NET REVENUE RETENTION RATE1 169% 171% 168% 158% 162% Q4 FY20 Q1 FY21 Q2 FY21 Q3 FY21 Q4 FY21 Note: Fiscal year ends January 31. 1 To calculate this metric for any given period, we first specify a measurement period consisting of the trailing two years from the
Slide 17: Improving Product Gross Margin
IMPROVING PRODUCT GROSS MARGIN NON-GAAP PRODUCT GROSS MARGIN1 69% Expansion Drivers Cloud agreement pricing 63% Scale Better discipline over discounting 58% 11 Percentage Points Non-GAAP Product Gross Margin Expansion FY19 FY20 FY21 © 2021 Snowflake Inc. All Rights Reserved. Note: Fiscal year ends J
Slide 18: Operating Leverage While Investing in Growth
OPERATING LEVERAGE WHILE INVESTING IN GROWTH NON-GAAP OPERATING EXPENSES ADJUSTED FREE CASH FLOW AS % OF REVENUE1 AS % OF REVENUE1 Significantly Improved Leverage Drivers Operating Leverage (12%) Larger renewal mix leading to lower commissions 30% 26% (75%) 41% Larger customer 34% relationships 17%
Slide 19: Hiring to Address Our Opportunity
HIRING TO ADDRESS OUR OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYEE HEADCOUNT BY FUNCTION 2,495 2,253 339 2,037 282 1,854 218 421 1,676 188 354 294 165 248 478 211 384 440 336 311 1,257 1,141 1,177 1,082 989 Q4 FY20 Q1 FY21 Q2 FY21 Q3 FY21 Q4 FY21 S&M R&D G&A COGS © 2021 Snowflake Inc. All Rights Reserved. 18
Slide 20: Expanding Internationally
EXPANDING INTERNATIONALLY REVENUE MIX BY GEOGRAPHY 3% 3% 3% 3% 3% 10% 10% 11% 11% 12% 88% 87% 87% 86% 85% Q4 FY20 Q1 FY21 Q2 FY21 Q3 FY21 Q4 FY21 Americas EMEA APAC © 2021 Snowflake Inc. All Rights Reserved. Note: Numbers are rounded for presentation purposes. 19
Slide 21: Fiscal 2022 Guidance
FISCAL 2022 GUIDANCE FY22 GUIDANCE % OF REVENUE FY19 FY20 FY21 MIDPOINT YOY PRODUCT REVENUE GROWTH NA 164% 120% 82% NON-GAAP PRODUCT GROSS PROFIT1 58% 63% 69% 71% NON-GAAP OPERATING LOSS1 (136)% (105)% (38)% (19)% NON-GAAP ADJUSTED FREE CASH FLOW1 (152)% (75)% (12)% ~ break-even Note: Fiscal year en
Slide 22: Appendix
APPENDIX © 2021 Snowflake Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Slide 23: GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliations
GAAP TO NON-GAAP RECONCILIATIONS PRODUCT GROSS PROFIT AND SALES & MARKETING Q4 FY20 Q1 FY21 Q2 FY21 Q3 FY21 Q4 FY21 FY19 FY20 FY21 Product revenue $ 82,432 $ 101,817 $ 125,216 $ 148,473 $ 178,288 $95,683 $252,229 $553,794 Professional service and other revenue 5,260 6,998 7,929 11,151 12,177 983 12,
Slide 24: GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliations
GAAP TO NON-GAAP RECONCILIATIONS RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT AND GENERAL & ADMINISTRATIVE Q4 FY20 Q1 FY21 Q2 FY21 Q3 FY21 Q4 FY21 FY19 FY20 FY21 Product revenue $ 82,432 $ 101,817 $ 125,216 $ 148,473 $ 178,288 $95,683 $252,229 $553,794 Professional service and other revenue 5,260 6,998 7,929 11,151 12,17
Slide 25: GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliations
GAAP TO NON-GAAP RECONCILIATIONS OPERATING LOSS, FREE CASH FLOW, AND ADJUSTED FREE CASH FLOW Q4 FY20 Q1 FY21 Q2 FY21 Q3 FY21 Q4 FY21 FY19 FY20 FY21 Product revenue $ 82,432 $ 101,817 $ 125,216 $ 148,473 $ 178,288 $95,683 $252,229 $553,794 Professional service and other revenue 5,260 6,998 7,929 11,1
Slide 26: Footnotes and metric definitions
1. For the twelve months ended January 31, 2021. 2. For the three months ended January 31, 2021. 3. As of January 31, 2021. Please see our Q4 and FY21 earnings press release for definitions of net revenue retention rate, total customers, and customers with trailing 12-month product revenue greater t