Tableau Software, Inc. (NYSE: DATA) today reported results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2015.

Fourth Quarter 2015 Financial Results:

Total revenue grew to $202.8 million, up 42% year over year.

License revenue grew to $133.1 million, up 31% year over year.

International revenue grew to $53.7 million, up 63% year over year.

Added more than 3,600 new customer accounts.

Closed 414 transactions greater than $100,000, up 36% year over year.

Diluted GAAP net loss per share was $0.57; diluted non-GAAP net income per share was $0.33.

Recognized a valuation allowance on deferred income tax assets of $46.7 million.

Fiscal Year 2015 Financial Results:

Total revenue grew to $653.6 million, up 58% year over year.

License revenue grew to $423.8 million, up 51% year over year.

International revenue grew to $164.3 million, up 75% year over year.

Added more than 12,500 new customer accounts.

Closed 1,192 transactions greater than $100,000, up 53% year over year.

Diluted GAAP net loss per share was $1.17; diluted non-GAAP net income per share was $0.62.

"In Q4, a record 3,600 new customer accounts chose Tableau, bringing our total to more than 39,000 worldwide. This speaks to the immense popularity of Tableau’s products and continued strong demand from customers around the world," said Christian Chabot, Chief Executive Officer of Tableau. "I remain optimistic that Tableau is best positioned to address the large and growing market opportunity for self-service visual analytics."



Financial Results for the Fourth Quarter Ended December 31, 2015

Total revenue increased 42% to $202.8 million, up from $142.9 million in the fourth quarter of 2014. License revenue increased 31% to $133.1 million, up from $101.4 million in the fourth quarter of 2014. International revenue grew to $53.7 million, up 63% from $32.8 million in the fourth quarter of 2014.

GAAP operating loss for the fourth quarter of 2015 was $7.1 million, compared to a GAAP operating income of $16.1 million for the fourth quarter of 2014. GAAP net loss for the fourth quarter of 2015 was $41.3 million, or $0.57 per diluted common share, compared to a GAAP net income of $20.7 million, or $0.27 per diluted common share, for the fourth quarter of 2014.

The fourth quarter income tax expense was $34.1 million due to the recognition of a valuation allowance. We believe that it is more likely than not that the benefit from our U.S. federal and state deferred tax assets will not be realized. In recognition of this risk, we have provided a valuation allowance of $46.7 million on the deferred tax assets relating to these jurisdictions. Excluding the impact of the valuation allowance, the income tax benefit was $12.7 million for the fourth quarter primarily as a result of the permanent extension of the federal R&D tax credit.

Non-GAAP operating income, which excludes stock-based compensation expense, was $30.1 million for the fourth quarter of 2015, compared to a non-GAAP operating income of $31.6 million for the fourth quarter of 2014. Non-GAAP net income, which excludes stock-based compensation expense and related income tax adjustments, was $26.0 million for the fourth quarter of 2015, or $0.33 per diluted common share, compared to a non-GAAP net income of $31.8 million, or $0.42 per diluted common share, for the fourth quarter of 2014.

Financial Results for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2015

Total revenue increased 58% to $653.6 million, up from $412.6 million in 2014. License revenue increased 51% to $423.8 million, up from $279.9 million in 2014. International revenue grew to $164.3 million, up 75% from $93.8 million in 2014.

GAAP operating loss for 2015 was $52.0 million, compared to a GAAP operating income of $6.3 million for 2014. GAAP net loss for 2015 was $83.7 million, or $1.17 per diluted common share, compared to a GAAP net income of $5.9 million, or $0.08 per diluted common share, for 2014.

Non-GAAP operating income, which excludes stock-based compensation expense, was $67.4 million for 2015, compared to a non-GAAP operating income of $53.3 million for 2014. Non-GAAP net income, which excludes stock-based compensation expense and related income tax adjustments, was $48.1 million for 2015, or $0.62 per diluted common share, compared to a non-GAAP net income of $38.5 million, or $0.52 per diluted common share, for 2014.

Highlights

Recent Business Highlights



Released Tableau 9.2, delivering new data preparation improvements, customization for maps, enhanced security and a new native iPhone app.

Opened a new data center in Europe to support the growing international customer base and demand for Tableau's cloud products. Held its Global Partner Summit in Austin, TX; Tableau Partner awards went to Interworks, Slalom, FiveActs, Amazon Web Services, Cerner Corporation, Infosys Limited, and USEReady in recognition of excellent performance and notable achievements.

Record Customer Adoption

88% of Fortune 500 companies, such as Cisco, Wells Fargo and Capital One, use Tableau, which bodes well for our land and expand strategy.

Tableau Online continues to be the Company’s fastest-growing product with more than 3,000 customer accounts.

2015 was a marquee year for Tableau’s international adoption. Customers in over 150 countries use Tableau. Over 17,000 customer accounts are located outside of North America.

More than 9,000 in Europe, Middle East and Africa



More than 6,000 in Asia Pacific



More than 2,000 in Latin America

Asia Pacific was the region with the fastest growth in customer acquisition, increasing over 75% year over year.

Continued Innovation

In 2015, Tableau accelerated its rate of innovation, delivering Tableau 9.0 in April, Tableau 9.1 in September and Tableau 9.2 in December.

Recent product updates included:

New data preparation capabilities including an algorithm that automatically detects relevant data and cleans up spreadsheets.



Level of Detail Expressions, a feature that lets people easily express complex calculations with a few clicks.



Its first standalone mobile app, Vizable, which has been downloaded in 87 countries worldwide. The app, available for free on the iPad, allows users to explore their data using gestures such as pinching, swiping and dragging.



A web data connector and expanded partnerships with the leading cloud databases.

Tableau Community

Tableau Public, Tableau’s free platform for creating and sharing public data stories, had over 80,000 new authors publish over 200,000 new visualizations, from Global CO2 Emissions, to The Cost of Attending the 2015 World Series, to a history of Monarchy in the U.K.

To date, more than 150,000 authors have published over 470,000 visualizations. Approximately two-thirds of Tableau Public views come from outside of the U.S.

In October, Tableau held its largest customer conference to date. It attracted more than 10,000 customers to Las Vegas for hands-on training, keynotes and sessions. The conference offered 340 sessions, and more than 100 Tableau customers shared their success stories and analytics wins. People from nearly every industry, including government, healthcare, manufacturing and retail shared their data successes.

Tableau User Groups garnered momentum in 2015, with over 300 groups globally and over 75,000 members. Tableau held its first virtual Tableau User Group with over 3,500 live participants.

Employee and Office Growth

Tableau hired more than 1,000 employees during 2015 and now has more than 3,000 employees worldwide.

Since prior year, Tableau opened new offices in Washington, DC, New York City, Singapore, Vancouver, Paris, Beijing and Shanghai. Tableau now has offices in 16 cities worldwide.

Conference Call and Webcast Information

In conjunction with this announcement, Tableau will host a conference call at 1:30 p.m. PT (4:30 p.m. ET) today to discuss Tableau's fourth quarter and fiscal year 2015 financial results. A live audio webcast and replay of the call, together with detailed financial information, will be available in the Investor Relations section of Tableau's website at http://investors.tableau.com. The live call can be accessed by dialing (877) 201-0168 (U.S.) or (647) 788-4901 (outside the U.S.) and referencing passcode 17889112. A replay of the call can also be accessed by dialing (855) 859-2056 (U.S.) or (404) 537-3406 (outside the U.S.), and referencing passcode: 17889112.



About Tableau

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Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains, and statements made during the above referenced conference call will contain, "forward-looking" statements, which are subject to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including regarding the Company's business and customer growth and product adoption, including adoption by international customers, the Company's research and development investments, costs, efforts and future product releases, the Company's ability to address any market opportunities, and the Company's expectations regarding future revenues, expenses and net income or loss. These statements are not guarantees of future performance, but are based on management's expectations as of the date of this press release and assumptions that are inherently subject to uncertainties, risks and changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements include the following: risks associated with anticipated growth in Tableau's business and addressable market; competitive factors, including new market entrants and changes in the competitive environment, pricing changes, sales cycle time and increased competition; Tableau's ability to build and expand its direct sales efforts and reseller distribution channels; Tableau's ability to attract, integrate and retain qualified personnel; general economic and industry conditions, including expenditure trends for business intelligence and productivity tools; new product introductions and Tableau's ability to develop and deliver innovative products; Tableau's ability to provide high-quality service and support offerings; risks associated with international operations; and macroeconomic conditions. These and other important risk factors are described more fully in documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including Tableau's most recently filed Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, and other reports and filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and could cause actual results to vary from expectations. All information provided in this release and in the conference call is as of the date hereof and Tableau undertakes no duty to update this information except as required by law.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Tableau believes that the use of non-GAAP gross profit and gross margin, non-GAAP operating income (loss) and operating margin, non-GAAP net income (loss) and non-GAAP net income (loss) per basic and diluted common share is helpful to its investors. These measures, which are referred to as non-GAAP financial measures, are not prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, or GAAP. Non-GAAP gross profit is calculated by excluding stock-based compensation expense attributable to cost of revenues from gross profit. Non-GAAP gross margin is the ratio calculated by dividing non-GAAP gross profit by revenues. Non-GAAP operating income (loss) is calculated by excluding stock-based compensation expense from operating income (loss). Non-GAAP operating margin is the ratio calculated by dividing non-GAAP operating income (loss) by revenues. Non-GAAP net income (loss) is calculated by excluding stock-based compensation expense and related income tax adjustments from net income (loss). Non-GAAP net income (loss) per basic and diluted common share is calculated by dividing non-GAAP net income (loss) by the basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding. Non-GAAP diluted weighted average shares outstanding includes the effect of dilutive shares in periods of non-GAAP net income. Because of varying available valuation methodologies, subjective assumptions and the variety of equity instruments that can impact a company's non-cash expenses, Tableau believes that providing non-GAAP financial measures that exclude stock-based compensation expense allow for more meaningful comparisons between its operating results from period to period. All of these non-GAAP financial measures are important tools for financial and operational decision making and for evaluating Tableau's own operating results over different periods of time.

Non-GAAP financial measures may not provide information that is directly comparable to that provided by other companies in Tableau's industry, as other companies in the industry may calculate non-GAAP financial results differently, particularly related to non-recurring, unusual items. In addition, there are limitations in using non-GAAP financial measures because the non-GAAP financial measures are not prepared in accordance with GAAP, may be different from non-GAAP financial measures used by other companies and exclude expenses that may have a material impact on Tableau's reported financial results. Further, stock-based compensation expense has been and will continue to be for the foreseeable future a significant recurring expense in Tableau's business and an important part of the compensation provided to its employees. The presentation of non-GAAP financial information is not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for the directly comparable financial measures prepared in accordance with GAAP. Investors should review the reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures to the comparable GAAP financial measures included below, and not rely on any single financial measure to evaluate Tableau's business. International revenues as described above represent revenues outside the United States and Canada.

Full financial tables can be found at investors.tableau.com.