NASDAQ$BAND

Bandwidth Inc. · Q1 2021 earnings

Q1 2021 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Announced first quarter 2021 financial results with revenue up 66% year-over-year.

Bandwidth reported strong first quarter 2021 financial results, with total revenue of $113.5 million, a 66% increase year-over-year. CPaaS revenue grew by 69% year-over-year, and the dollar-based net retention rate was 125%.

  • Total revenue for the first quarter of 2021 was $113.5 million, up 66% compared to the first quarter of 2020.
  • CPaaS revenue was $100.1 million, up 69% compared to the first quarter of 2020.
  • The number of active CPaaS customers was 2,959 as of March 31, 2021, an increase of 64% from March 31, 2020.
  • The dollar-based net retention rate was 125% during the first quarter of 2021, compared to 126% during the first quarter of 2020.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$113M

Previous: $68.5M+65.6%
EPS (adj)

$0.30

Previous: $0.04+650.0%
Capital Expenditures

-$6.78M

Previous: -$3.64M-86.4%
Free Cash Flow

-$12.1M

Previous: -$4.7M-157.6%
Net Income

-$5.32M

Previous: -$1.06M-402.5%
Operating Income

-$37K

Previous: -$2.88M+98.7%
Gross Profit

$52.2M

Previous: $32.2M+62.2%
Cash & Equivalents

$320M

Previous: $492M-35.0%
Total Assets

$1.07B

Previous: $665M+60.9%
Stock-Based Comp

$4.39M

Previous: $2.5M+75.7%

Revenue & EPS history

Bandwidth · Revenue · Quarterly

$113M

Q1 2021+65.6%vs Q1 2020
Beat estimate in 9 of 16 quarters(56%)
ActualEstimate

Forward guidance

Bandwidth provided guidance for its second quarter and full year 2021, including the impact of the Voxbone acquisition.

Tailwinds

  • Second quarter CPaaS revenue is expected to be in the range of $101.2 million to $102.2 million.
  • Second quarter total revenue is expected to be in the range of $116.0 million to $117.0 million.
  • Second quarter Non-GAAP earnings per share is expected to be in the range of $0.08 to $0.10 per share, using 26.8 million weighted average diluted shares outstanding.
  • Full year 2021 CPaaS revenue is expected to be in the range of $417.6 million to $420.6 million.
  • Full year 2021 total revenue is expected to be in the range of $473.1 million to $476.1 million.

Headwinds

  • Bandwidth has not reconciled its second quarter and full-year guidance related to non-GAAP net earnings or loss to GAAP net earnings or loss.
  • Bandwidth has not reconciled non-GAAP earnings or loss per share to GAAP earnings or loss, because stock-based compensation cannot be reasonably calculated or predicted at this time.
  • A reconciliation is not available without unreasonable effort.
  • Bandwidth’s outlook assumes current business conditions.
  • Bandwidth’s outlook assumes current foreign currency exchange rates.

Historical earnings impact

How earnings announcements have historically affected this stock's price.

Avg. return before/after earnings

Based on 20 quarterly earnings reports · overlaid with Q1 2021

Historical avgQ1 2021

+2.6%

Avg return

Earnings day

+4.2%

Avg return

5 days after

+8.9%

Avg return

30 days after

51%

19 / 37 earnings

Positive

+69.1%

Q4 2023

Best reaction

-37.8%

Q4 2021

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q1 2026-1.9%+95.6%+168.5%
Q4 2025+11.7%+6.2%+19.0%
Q3 2025-3.9%-13.7%-15.1%
Q1 2025+12.1%+17.1%+21.7%
Q4 2024-4.4%-8.3%-17.4%
Q3 2024-0.7%+3.8%+11.6%
Q2 2024-33.3%-30.8%-24.8%
Q1 2024+3.1%+5.4%+2.3%
Q4 2023+69.1%+58.4%+50.3%
Q3 2023+20.9%+22.4%+12.0%
Q2 2023+5.6%+1.9%-3.6%
Q1 2023-3.8%-5.7%-1.1%
Q4 2022-35.6%-33.3%-39.7%
Q3 2022+46.8%+44.8%+91.4%
Q2 2022-0.7%-6.2%-20.5%
Q1 2022+16.2%-8.6%-9.2%
Q4 2021-37.8%-39.8%-40.2%
Q3 2021+1.0%-5.5%-12.0%
Q2 2021-5.8%-8.5%-16.2%
Q1 2021+0.6%-3.5%-5.4%
Q4 2020-7.1%-13.1%-32.6%
Q3 2020-4.3%-6.1%-10.4%
Q2 2020-1.6%+4.2%+4.4%
Q1 2020+13.5%+24.0%+41.0%
Q4 2019+0.9%-9.6%-15.7%
Q3 2019-13.7%-8.8%-2.5%
Q2 2019+1.3%+0.1%+11.7%
Q1 2019-7.6%-4.1%-3.6%
Q4 2018-0.3%+7.7%+42.3%
Q3 2018+9.2%+9.7%-8.6%
Q2 2018+12.3%+11.4%+28.8%
Q1 2018+9.2%+10.1%+22.7%
Q4 2015+2.4%+0.7%+19.7%
Q4 2017+12.9%+15.1%+33.5%
Q3 2016-0.3%+5.0%+6.8%
Q4 2016-0.3%+5.0%+6.8%
Q3 2017+9.2%+12.9%+13.6%
Q2 2017
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Q2 2016
Q1 2016

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