Q2 Holdings (NYSE: QTWO) announced second-quarter 2018 results earlier this month, detailing solid top-line growth and a number of significant new customer wins for its increasingly popular digital-banking solutions. The company also raised its full-year outlook.
However, with shares down modestly in the wake of that report — albeit after a nearly 60% year-to-date rise — let’s dive deeper to see what drove Q2 Holdings last quarter, and what investors can expect for the rest of this year.
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Q2 Holdings results: The raw numbers
| Metric |
Q2 2018 |
Q2 2017 |
Year-Over-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Revenue |
$58.6 million |
$47.6 million |
23% |
|
GAAP net income (loss) |
($8.6 million) |
($7.9 million) |
N/A |
|
GAAP earnings (loss) per diluted share |
($0.20) |
($0.19) |
N/A |
What happened with Q2 Holdings this quarter?
- Revenue arrived above the high end of guidance provided in May, which called for a range of $57.9 million to $58.5 million.
- Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) soared 276% to $5.12 million, above the midpoint of guidance for a range of $4.7 million to $5.3 million.
- On an adjusted (non-GAAP) basis, which removes items such as stock-based compensation and acquisition costs, Q2’s net income was roughly $573,000, or a penny per share, swinging from a loss of $1.163 million, or $0.03 per share in the same year-ago period.
- Q2 Holdings signed six new corporate banking customers during the quarter, including a top 50 credit union with $6 billion in assets.
- Registered users grew 19% year over year to 11.4 million, up from 10.9 million last quarter.
- Six net new Q2 Open deals were signed during the quarter, “representing a wide variety of fintechs.”
- Before the end of the quarter, on Aug. 8, Q2 agreed to acquire California-based lending and leasing platform specialist Cloud Lending, Inc. for $105 million. The deal should close in the fourth quarter of this year.
What management had to say
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Q2 Holdings CEO Matt Flake stated:
Regarding the Cloud Lending acquisition, Flake added:
Looking ahead
For the third quarter of 2018, Q2 expects revenue ranging from $59.7 million to $60.3 million — good for year-over-year growth of 19% to 20% — and adjusted EBITDA of $5 million to $5.4 million.
As such, Q2 increased its full-year guidance for the second time in as many quarters, this time calling for 2018 revenue of $238 million to $239.2 million, up from $236.5 million to $238.5 million before, and adjusted EBITDA of $22.1 million to $23.5 million, up from $21 million to $23 million previously.
In short, though some investors were likely tempted to take profits off the table following the news, I think Q2 Holdings’ latest quarterly beat and raise should leave long-term shareholders more than happy with its position. And if the company is able to sustain its momentum in the coming quarters, I suspect the recent pullback won’t last long.
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