Adobe reports record q2 revenue
San jose, calif.--(business wire)--adobe (nasdaq:adbe) today reported financial results for its second quarter fiscal year 2019 ended may 31, 2019. q2 fy2019 financial highlights adobe achieved record quarterly revenue of $2.74 billion in its second quarter of fiscal year 2019, which represents 25 percent year-over-year growth. diluted earnings per share was $1.29 on a gaap-basis, and $1.83 on a non-gaap basis. digital media segment revenue was $1.89 billion, which represents 22 percent year-over-year growth. creative revenue grew to $1.59 billion and document cloud achieved revenue of $296 million. digital media annualized recurring revenue (“arr”) grew to $7.47 billion exiting the quarter, a quarter-over-quarter increase of $406 million. creative arr grew to $6.55 billion, and document cloud arr grew to $921 million. digital experience segment revenue was $784 million, representing 34 percent year-over-year growth. gaap operating income in the second quarter was $750 million, and non-gaap operating income was $1.05 billion. gaap net income was $633 million, and non-gaap net income was $901 million. cash flow from operations was $1.11 billion. remaining performance obligation was $8.37 billion. adobe repurchased approximately 2.5 million shares during the quarter. a reconciliation between gaap and non-gaap results is provided at the end of this press release and on adobe’s website. executive quotes "adobe's continued momentum is being fueled by the explosion of creativity across the globe and the widespread business transformation agenda to deliver engaging customer experiences," said shantanu narayen, president and ceo, adobe. "with an innovative technology platform, exciting product roadmap and strong ecosystem of partners, we are well positioned for the second half of fy19 and beyond." "adobe delivered another record quarter in q2," said john murphy, executive vice president and cfo, adobe. "highlights include 25 percent year-over-year revenue growth, strong net new digital media arr and operating cash flow of $1.11 billion." adobe provides third quarter fiscal year 2019 financial targets the following table summarizes adobe’s third quarter fiscal year 2019 targets. a reconciliation between gaap and non-gaap targets is provided at the end of this press release. adobe to webcast earnings conference call adobe will webcast its second quarter fiscal year 2019 earnings conference call today at 2:00 p.m. pacific time from its investor relations website: www.adobe.com/adbe. earnings documents, including adobe management’s prepared conference call remarks with slides and an investor datasheet are posted to adobe’s investor relations website in advance of the conference call for reference. a reconciliation between gaap and non-gaap earnings results and financial targets is also provided on the website. forward-looking statements disclosure this press release contains forward-looking statements, including those related to business momentum, market trends, customer success, revenue, operating margin, seasonality, annualized recurring revenue, non-operating other expense, tax rate on a gaap and non-gaap basis, earnings per share on a gaap and non-gaap basis, and share count, all of which involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially. factors that might cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to: failure to compete effectively, failure to develop, acquire, market and offer products and services that meet customer requirements, introduction of new technology, information security and privacy, potential interruptions or delays in hosted services provided by us or third parties, risks associated with cyber-attacks, complex sales cycles, risks related to the timing of revenue recognition from our subscription offerings, fluctuations in subscription renewal rates, failure to realize the anticipated benefits of past or future acquisitions, failure to effectively manage critical strategic third-party business relationships, changes in accounting principles and tax regulations, uncertainty in the financial markets and economic conditions in the countries where we operate, and other various risks associated with being a multinational corporation. for a discussion of these and other risks and uncertainties, please refer to adobe’s annual report on form 10-k for our fiscal year 2018 ended november 30, 2018, and adobe's quarterly reports on form 10-q issued in fiscal year 2019. the financial information set forth in this press release reflects estimates based on information available at this time. these amounts could differ from actual reported amounts stated in adobe’s quarterly report on form 10-q for our quarter ended may 31, 2019, which adobe expects to file in june 2019. adobe assumes no obligation to, and does not currently intend to, update these forward-looking statements. about adobe adobe is changing the world through digital experiences. for more information, visit www.adobe.com. ©2019 adobe inc. all rights reserved. adobe, adobe document cloud, adobe experience cloud, creative cloud and the adobe logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of adobe inc. (or one of its subsidiaries) in the united states and/or other countries. all other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. condensed consolidated statements of income (in thousands, except per share data; unaudited) _________________________________________ * adobe adopted asu no. 2014-09, revenue from contracts with customers, using the modified retrospective method during the first quarter of fiscal 2019. prior period results have not been restated to reflect this change in accounting standards. refer to our form 10-q for the second quarter of fiscal year 2019 for additional information. condensed consolidated balance sheets (in thousands, except par value; unaudited) _________________________________________ * adobe adopted asu no. 2014-09, revenue from contracts with customers, using the modified retrospective method during the first quarter of fiscal 2019. prior period results have not been restated to reflect this change in accounting standards. refer to our form 10-q for the second quarter of fiscal year 2019 for additional information. condensed consolidated statements of cash flows (in thousands; unaudited) non-gaap results (in thousands, except per share data) the following table shows adobe's gaap results reconciled to non-gaap results included in this release. _________________________________________ * adobe adopted asu no. 2014-09, revenue from contracts with customers, using the modified retrospective method during the first quarter of fiscal 2019. prior period results have not been restated to reflect this change in accounting standards. refer to our form 10-q for the second quarter of fiscal year 2019 for additional information. reconciliation of gaap to non-gaap financial targets the following table shows adobe's third quarter fiscal year 2019 gaap earnings per share target reconciled to the non-gaap financial target included in this release. fiscal 2019 use of non-gaap financial information adobe continues to provide all information required in accordance with gaap, but believes evaluating its ongoing operating results may not be as useful if an investor is limited to reviewing only gaap financial measures. adobe uses non-gaap financial information to evaluate its ongoing operations and for internal planning and forecasting purposes. adobe's management does not itself, nor does it suggest that investors should, consider such non-gaap financial measures in isolation from, or as a substitute for, financial information prepared in accordance with gaap. adobe presents such non-gaap financial measures in reporting its financial results to provide investors with an additional tool to evaluate adobe's operating results. adobe believes these non-gaap financial measures are useful because they allow for greater transparency with respect to key metrics used by management in its financial and operational decision-making. this allows institutional investors, the analyst community and others to better understand and evaluate our operating results and future prospects in the same manner as management. adobe's management believes it is useful for itself and investors to review, as applicable, both gaap information as well as non-gaap measures, which may exclude items such as stock-based and deferred compensation expenses, restructuring and other charges, amortization of purchased intangibles and certain activity in connection with technology license arrangements, investment gains and losses, the related tax impact of all of these items, income tax adjustments, and the income tax effect of the non-gaap pre-tax adjustments from the provision for income taxes. adobe uses these non-gaap measures in order to assess the performance of adobe's business and for planning and forecasting in subsequent periods. whenever such a non-gaap measure is used, adobe provides a reconciliation of the non-gaap financial measure to the most closely applicable gaap financial measure. investors are encouraged to review the related gaap financial measures and the reconciliation of these non-gaap financial measures to their most directly comparable gaap financial measure as detailed above.
