PTC 10-Q 2024-03-31

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2024

OR

For the transition period from_ to_

Commission File Number: 0-18059

PTC Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

121 Seaport Boulevard**,** Boston**,** MA 02210

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(781) 370-5000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☑ No ☐

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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

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There were 119,744,260 shares of our common stock outstanding on May 1, 2024.

PTC Inc.

INDEX TO FORM 10-Q

For the Quarter Ended March 31, 2024

PART I—FINANCI****AL INFORMATION

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONS****OLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

PTC Inc.

CONSOLIDATED B****ALANCE SHEETS

(in thousands, except per share data)

(unaudited)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the condensed consolidated financial statements.

PTC Inc.

CONSOLIDATED STATEM****ENTS OF OPERATIONS

(in thousands, except per share data)

(unaudited)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the condensed consolidated financial statements.

PTC Inc.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF C****OMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(in thousands)

(unaudited)

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Business Overview

PTC is a global software company that provides a portfolio of innovative digital solutions that work together to transform how physical products are engineered, manufactured, and serviced.

Our software portfolio includes award-winning offerings that enable companies to author product data (our computer-aided design (CAD) portfolio solutions) and to manage product data and orchestrate processes (our product lifecycle management (PLM) portfolio solutions).

Our software can be delivered on premises, in the cloud, or in a hybrid model. Our customers include some of the world's most innovative companies in the aerospace and defense, automotive, electronics and high tech, industrial machinery and equipment, life sciences, retail and consumer products industries.

We generate revenue through the sale of subscriptions, which include term-based on-premises software licenses and related support, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), and hosting services; perpetual licenses; support for perpetual licenses; and professional services (consulting, implementation, and training).

Forward-Looking Statements

Statements in this document that are not historic facts, including statements about our future financial and growth expectations and potential stock repurchases, are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. These risks include: the macroeconomic and/or global manufacturing climates may not improve when or as we expect or may deteriorate due to, among other factors, high interest rates or increases in interest rates and inflation, volatile foreign exchange rates and the relative strength of the U.S. dollar, tightening of credit standards and availability, the effects of the conflicts between Russia and Ukraine and in the Middle East, and growing tensions with China, any of which could cause customers to delay or reduce purchases of new software, reduce the number of subscriptions they carry, or delay payments to us, which would adversely affect ARR and/or our financial results, including cash flow; our investments in our solutions may not drive expansion of those solutions and/or generate the ARR and/or cash flow we expect if customers are slower to adopt those solutions than we expect or if they adopt competing solutions; other uses of cash or our credit facility limits could limit or preclude the return of 50% of free cash flow to shareholders via share repurchases; and foreign exchange rates may differ materially from those we expect. In addition, our assumptions concerning our future GAAP and non-GAAP effective income tax rates are based on estimates and other factors that could change, including changes to tax laws in the U.S. and other countries and the geographic mix of our revenue, expenses, and profits. Other risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected are described below throughout or referenced in Part II, Item 1A. Risk Factors of this report.

Operating and Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Our discussion of results includes discussion of our ARR (Annual Run Rate) operating measure, non-GAAP financial measures, and disclosure of our results on a constant currency basis. ARR and our non-GAAP financial measures, including the reasons we use those measures, are described below in Results of Operations - Operating Measure and Results of Operations - Non-GAAP Financial Measures, respectively. The methodology used to calculate constant currency disclosures is described in Results of Operations - Impact of Foreign Currency Exchange on Results of Operations. You should read those sections to understand our operating measure, non-GAAP financial measures, and constant currency disclosures.

Executive Overview

ARR and cash flow had solid growth in Q2’24 over Q2’23, benefiting from the resilience of our subscription business model and continued operating discipline in the continuing challenging selling environment.

ARR grew 11% (12% constant currency) to $2.09 billion as of the end of Q2’24 compared to Q2’23. ARR growth was driven by growth in both the CAD and PLM product groups and across all regions.

Cash provided by operating activities grew 19% to $251 million in Q2'24 compared to Q2'23. Free cash flow grew 19% to $247 million in Q2'24 compared to Q2'23. The increases in cash provided by operating activities and free cash flow in Q2'24 over Q2'23 were driven by higher collections and lower vendor disbursements, partially offset by significantly higher interest payments due to higher debt associated with our acquisition of ServiceMax, as well as higher tax and salary-related payments.

Revenue grew 11% (11% constant currency) to $603 million in Q2'24 compared to Q2'23, driven by Software revenue growth in Creo, Windchill, and Codebeamer. Operating margin increased 720 basis points in Q2'24 compared to Q2'23, reflecting higher revenue as well as continued operating discipline and the benefit of lower acquisition- and transaction-related costs.

Results of Operations

The following table shows the operating and financial measures that we consider the most significant indicators of our business performance.

(1)

See Non-GAAP Financial Measures below for a reconciliation of our GAAP results to our non-GAAP financial measures and Impact of Foreign Currency Exchange on Results of Operations below for a description of how we calculate our results on a constant currency basis.

(2)

Recurring revenue is comprised of on-premises subscription, perpetual support, SaaS, and hosting services revenue.

Impact of Foreign Currency Exchange on Results of Operations

Approximately 55% of our revenue and 35% of our expenses are transacted in currencies other than the U.S. Dollar. Because we report our results of operations in U.S. Dollars, currency translation, particularly changes in the Euro, Yen, Shekel, and Rupee relative to the U.S. Dollar, affects our reported results. Our constant currency disclosures are calculated by multiplying the results in local currency for the quarterly periods for FY'24 and FY'23 by the exchange rates in effect on September 30, 2023.

Revenue

Under ASC 606, the volume, mix, and duration of contract types (support, SaaS, on-premises subscription) starting or renewing in any given period can have a material impact on revenue in the period, and as a result can impact the comparability of reported revenue period over period. We recognize revenue for the license portion of on-premises subscription contracts up front when we deliver the licenses to the customer, typically on the start date, and we recognize revenue on the support portion of on-premises subscription contracts and stand-alone support contracts ratably over the term. We continue to convert existing support contracts to on-premises subscriptions, resulting in a shift to up-front recognition of on-premises subscription license revenue in the period converted compared to ratable recognition for a perpetual support contract. Revenue from our cloud services (primarily SaaS) contracts is recognized ratably. We expect that over time a higher portion of our revenue will be recognized ratably as we expand our SaaS offerings, release additional cloud functionality into our products, and customers migrate from on-premises subscriptions to SaaS. Given the different mix, duration and volume of new and renewing contracts in any period, year-over-year or sequential revenue can vary significantly.

Revenue by Line of Business

Software revenue growth in Q2'24 was driven by Creo, Windchill, and Codebeamer. In the first six months of FY'24, software revenue also benefited from contribution from ServiceMax, which we acquired in early Q2'23. Changes in foreign currency exchange rates were a slight tailwind to software revenue results in Q2'24 and the first six months of FY'24.

Software license revenue growth in Q2'24 reflects the timing of contract start dates as well as slightly longer average contract durations in Europe and Asia Pacific compared to Q2'23. License revenue growth for both Q2'24 and the first six months of FY'24 was driven by growth in Europe, particularly in Creo, Windchill, and Codebeamer, partially offset by license revenue decreases in the Americas, where durations of on-premises subscription contracts commencing in Q2'24 were shorter than in Q2'23.

Support and cloud services revenue growth in the first six months of FY'24 reflects contribution from ServiceMax. Support and cloud services revenue growth in Q2'24 and the first six months of FY'24 also reflects growth in Windchill, particularly in the Americas.

Professional services revenue decreased in Q2'24 and the first six months of FY'24 as we continue to execute on our strategy of leveraging partners to deliver services rather than contracting to deliver services ourselves and as we deliver products that require fewer consulting and training services.

Software Revenue by Product Group

PLM software revenue growth in Q2'24 was driven by growth in Europe, particularly in Windchill and Codebeamer. PLM software revenue growth in the first six months of FY'24 also benefited from the

contribution from ServiceMax: year-over-year growth for the first six months excluding Q1'24 ServiceMax revenues would have been 12% (11% constant currency).

PLM ARR grew 12% (13% constant currency) from Q2’23 to Q2'24, driven primarily by Windchill, Codebeamer, and ServiceMax.

CAD software revenue growth in Q2'24 and the first six months of FY'24 was primarily driven by Creo revenue growth in Europe and Asia Pacific. Creo growth benefited from longer durations of on-premises subscription contracts commencing in the periods.

CAD ARR grew 9% (11% constant currency) from Q2’23 to Q2’24, driven primarily by Creo.

Gross Margin

(1)

Non-GAAP financial measures are reconciled to GAAP results under Non-GAAP Financial Measures below.

License gross margin grew at a higher rate than license revenue in Q2'24 and the first six months of FY'24 compared to the corresponding FY'23 periods due mainly to lower intangible amortization expense.

Support and cloud services gross margin growth in Q2'24 and the first six months of FY'24 compared to the corresponding FY'23 periods was in line with support and cloud services revenue growth, with costs growing at a similar rate to revenue. The main drivers of the increase to Cost of support and cloud services revenue were intangible amortization expense, royalty expenses, and compensation costs.

Professional services gross margin decreased at a higher rate than professional services revenue in Q2'24 and the first six months of FY'24 compared to the corresponding FY'23 periods, primarily due to lower margins on business subcontracted to partners. The decreases in professional services revenue are due to our continued execution on our strategy of leveraging partners to deliver services rather than contracting to deliver services ourselves.

Operating Expenses

Total headcount increased 5% between Q2’23 and Q2’24.

Operating expenses in Q2'24 increased compared to Q2'23, primarily due to the following:

an $11 million increase in compensation expense, mainly driven by higher headcount and annual merit increases; and

a $3 million increase in stock-based compensation, primarily associated with awards held by our former CEO (which expense is included in General and administrative), partially offset by expense for post-acquisition grants to ServiceMax employees in Q2'23;

partially offset by:

a $12 million decrease in acquisition and transaction-related costs, which in Q2'23 mainly related to the ServiceMax acquisition.

Operating expenses in the first six months of FY'24 increased compared to the first six months of FY'23, due to the following:

a $40 million increase in compensation expense, driven by our Q2'23 acquisition of ServiceMax, higher headcount, and annual salary increases; and

a $19 million increase in stock-based compensation expense, driven in part by awards held by our former CEO (which expense is included in General and administrative), as well as more grants related mainly to the ServiceMax acquisition;

partially offset by:

a $15 million decrease in acquisition and transaction-related costs, largely driven by our Q2'23 acquisition of ServiceMax.

Interest Expense

Interest expense includes interest on our revolving credit facility, term loan, and our senior notes due 2025 and 2028. Interest expense decreased in Q2'24 compared to Q2'23 primarily due to lower combined debt and Deferred acquisition payments. The increase in interest expense in the first six months of FY'24 compared to the first six months of FY'23 was driven by higher total debt and higher interest rates.

Other Income (Expense)

Other income (expense), net decreased in Q2'24 compared to Q1'24 driven by a $2.0 million impairment loss related to an available-for-sale debt security classified as a Level 3 investment. Other income (expense), net increased in the first six months of FY'24 compared to the first six months of FY'23 driven by a $3.8 million decrease in foreign currency exchange losses primarily related to foreign currency derivatives, partially offset by the $2.0 million impairment loss.

Income Taxes

The effective tax rate for the first six months of FY'24 was higher than the effective tax rate for the corresponding prior-year period primarily due to changes in the geographic mix of income before taxes in the various jurisdictions in which we operate as well as a non-cash tax expense of $3.6 million related to a tax reserve in a foreign jurisdiction.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

The financial information included in Item 1 reflects no material changes in our critical accounting policies and estimates as set forth under the heading Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates in Part II, Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations of our 2023 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In accordance with recently issued accounting pronouncements, we will be required to comply with certain changes in accounting rules and regulations. Refer to Note 1. Basis of Presentation to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, which is incorporated herein by reference, for all recently issued accounting pronouncements, none of which are expected to have a material effect.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash

We invest our cash with highly rated financial institutions. Cash and cash equivalents include highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less.

Due to the stability of our subscription model and consistency of annual, up-front billing, we aim to maintain a low cash balance. A significant portion of our cash is generated and held outside the U.S. As of March 31, 2024, we had cash and cash equivalents of $33.0 million in the U.S., $77.5 million in Europe, $120.0 million in Asia Pacific (including India) and $18.5 million in other countries. We have substantial cash requirements in the U.S. but believe that the combination of our existing U.S. cash and cash equivalents, our ability to repatriate cash to the U.S., future U.S. operating cash flows, and cash available under our revolving credit facility will be sufficient to meet our ongoing U.S. operating expenses and known capital requirements.

Cash Provided by Operating Activities

Cash provided by operating activities increased $46.2 million in the first six months of FY'24 compared to the same period in FY'23. The increase was driven by higher collections (including contribution from ServiceMax), which were partially offset by higher interest payments, salary-related payments, and vendor disbursements. Interest payments in the first six months of FY'24 were approximately $65 million higher than in the prior-year period and include the payment of $30.0 million of imputed interest on the ServiceMax deferred acquisition payment.

Cash Used in Investing Activities

Cash used in investing activities in the first six months of FY'24 was driven by the acquisition of pure-systems for $93.5 million in Q1'24. Cash used in investing activities in the first six months of FY'23 was driven by a payment of $828.2 million in Q2'23 related to the acquisition of ServiceMax.

Cash Provided by (Used in) Financing Activities

Cash used in financing activities in the first six months of FY'24 included $620.0 million paid to settle the ServiceMax deferred acquisition payment, partially offset by net borrowings of $304.1 million ($739.8 million borrowed under the revolving line of our existing credit facility, less payments of $435.7 million) to fund the ServiceMax deferred acquisition payment and the pure-systems acquisition. In the first six months of FY'24, payments of withholding taxes in connection with vesting of stock-based awards were higher than in FY'23, primarily driven by vesting of awards held by our former CEO in connection with the CEO succession in Q2'24.

Cash provided by financing activities in the first six months of FY'23 included net new borrowings of $771.0 million (a $500.0 million term loan and a $271.0 million incremental revolving line) to fund the ServiceMax acquisition and repayments of $205.0 million on the new revolving facility. Activity also included $13.4 million of credit facility origination costs.

Outstanding Debt

As of March 31, 2024, we were in compliance with all financial and operating covenants of the credit facility and the note indenture. As of March 31, 2024, the annual rate for borrowings outstanding under the credit facility was 6.9%.

Our credit facility and our senior notes are described in Note 10. Debt to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. As of March 31, 2024, $514.7 million of our debt was classified as current, including $499.1 million associated with the 2025 senior notes and related debt issuance costs which will become due in February 2025.

Future Expectations

We believe that existing cash and cash equivalents, together with cash generated from operations and amounts available under the credit facility, will be sufficient to meet our working capital and capital expenditure requirements (which we expect to be approximately $12 million in the second half of FY'24) through at least the next twelve months and to meet our known long-term capital requirements.

For the remainder of FY'24, we expect to use substantially all our cash generated from operating activities to repay debt outstanding under our revolving credit facility.

Our expected uses and sources of cash could change, our cash position could be reduced, and we could incur additional debt obligations if we retire other debt, engage in strategic transactions, or repurchase shares, any of which could be commenced, suspended, or completed at any time. Any such repurchases or retirement of debt will depend on prevailing market conditions, our liquidity requirements, contractual restrictions and other factors. The amounts involved in any debt retirement or issuance, share repurchases, or strategic transactions may be material.

Operating Measure

ARR

ARR (Annual Run Rate) represents the annualized value of our portfolio of active subscription software, SaaS, hosting, and support contracts as of the end of the reporting period. We calculate ARR as follows:

We consider a contract to be active when the product or service contractual term commences (the “start date”) until the right to use the product or service ends (the “expiration date”). Even if the contract with the customer is executed before the start date, the contract will not count toward ARR until the customer right to receive the benefit of the products or services has commenced.

For contracts that include annual values that increase over time, which we refer to as ramp contracts, we include in ARR only the annualized value of components of the contract that are

considered active as of the date of the ARR calculation. We do not include any future committed increases in the contract value as of the date of the ARR calculation.

As ARR includes only contracts that are active at the end of the reporting period, ARR does not reflect assumptions or estimates regarding future customer renewals or non-renewals.

Active contracts are annualized by dividing the total active contract value by the contract duration in days (expiration date minus start date), then multiplying that by 365 days (or 366 days for leap years).

We believe ARR is a valuable operating measure to assess the health of a subscription business because it is aligned with the amount that we invoice the customer on an annual basis. We generally invoice customers annually for the current year of the contract. A customer with a one-year contract will typically be invoiced for the total value of the contract at the beginning of the contractual term, while a customer with a multi-year contract will be invoiced for each annual period at the beginning of each year of the contract.

ARR increases by the annualized value of active contracts that commence in a reporting period and decreases by the annualized value of contracts that expire in the reporting period.

As ARR is not annualized recurring revenue, it is not calculated based on recognized or unearned revenue and is not affected by variability in the timing of revenue under ASC 606, particularly for on-premises license subscriptions where a substantial portion of the total value of the contract is recognized as revenue at a point in time upon the later of when the software is made available, or the subscription term commences.

ARR should be viewed independently of recognized and unearned revenue and is not intended to be combined with, or to replace, either of those items. Investors should consider our ARR operating measure only in conjunction with our GAAP financial results.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Our non-GAAP financial measures and the reasons we use them and the reasons we exclude the items identified below are described in Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2023.

The non-GAAP financial measures presented in the discussion of our results of operations and the respective most directly comparable GAAP measures are:

free cash flow—cash flow from operations

non-GAAP gross margin—GAAP gross margin

non-GAAP operating income—GAAP operating income

non-GAAP operating margin—GAAP operating margin

non-GAAP net income—GAAP net income

non-GAAP diluted earnings per share—GAAP diluted earnings per share

The non-GAAP financial measures other than free cash flow exclude, as applicable: stock-based compensation expense; amortization of acquired intangible assets; acquisition and transaction-related charges included in General and administrative expenses; Restructuring and other charges (credits), net; non-operating charges (credits); and income tax adjustments as defined in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2023 and as reflected in the reconciliation tables.

The items excluded from the non-GAAP financial measures often have a material impact on our financial results, certain of those items are recurring, and other such items often recur. Accordingly, the non-GAAP financial measures included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q should be considered in addition to, and not as a substitute for or superior to, the comparable measures prepared in accordance with GAAP. The following tables reconcile each of these non-GAAP financial measures to its most closely comparable GAAP measure on our financial statements.

(1)

In Q2'24, we recognized an impairment loss of $2.0 million on an available-for-sale debt security. In Q2'23, we recognized $3.7 million of financing charges for a debt commitment agreement associated with our acquisition of ServiceMax.

(2)

Income tax adjustments reflect the tax effects of non-GAAP adjustments which are calculated by applying the applicable tax rate by jurisdiction to the non-GAAP adjustments listed above. Additionally, in the first six months of FY'24, adjustments exclude a non-cash tax expense of $3.6 million for a tax reserve related to prior years in a foreign jurisdiction.

Operating margin impact of non-GAAP adjustments:

There have been no significant changes in our market risk exposure as described in Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk of our 2023 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Evaluation of Effectiveness of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Our management maintains disclosure controls and procedures as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) that are designed to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is processed, recorded, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer (our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, respectively), as appropriate, to allow for timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

We evaluated, under the supervision and with the participation of management, including our principal executive and principal financial officers, the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this quarterly report. Based on this evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at the reasonable assurance level as of March 31, 2024.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

During the quarter ended March 31, 2024, we completed the first phase of the implementation of a new enterprise resource planning (“ERP”) system for our corporate operations, which included financial accounting and reporting, procurement, and payment functions. As part of the implementation, we designed new internal controls and modified and/or enhanced existing internal controls to align with the new ERP system and business processes. We do not believe this implementation has had or will have a material adverse effect on our internal control over financial reporting. There were no additional changes in our internal control over financial reporting identified in management’s evaluation pursuant to Rules 13a-15(d) or 15d-15(d) of the Exchange Act that occurred during the period ended March 31, 2024 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II—OTHE****R INFORMATION

In addition to other information set forth in this report, you should carefully consider the risk factors described in Part I. Item 1A. Risk Factors in our 2023 Annual Report on Form 10-K, which could materially affect our business, financial condition or future results. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be immaterial also may materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and/or operating results.

Director and Executive Officer Adoption, Modification or Termination of 10b5-1 Plans

Our section 16 officers and directors may enter into plans or arrangements for the purchase or sale of our securities that are intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c) of the Exchange Act. Such plans and arrangements must comply in all respects with our insider trading policies, including our policy governing entry into and operation of 10b5-1 plans and arrangements.

During the quarter ended March 31, 2024, the below Section 16 officers and directors adopted Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangements (as defined in Item 408 of Regulation S-K of the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended). All plans adopted covered only sales of PTC common stock. No plans were modified or terminated.

• Indicates that the exhibit is being furnished, not filed, with this report.

SIGNA****TURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: May 3, 2024