Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP), the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, today announced its financial results for the first quarter ending March 31, 2014.
- Total Revenue: $342 million, representing a 6 percent increase year over year
- Non-GAAP Operating Income: $198 million, representing 58 percent of revenues
- Non-GAAP EPS: $0.84, representing a 6 percent increase year over year
“We are pleased with the results of the first quarter. Combined product and software blade subscription revenue grew by 10 percent, driven by data center appliances and strong software blades sales. Our small appliances delivered another quarter of strong performance as customers continue to embrace these best-of-breed products. In addition, we launched the security architecture for the future – Software-Defined Protection (SDP) delivering security today to address future threats,” said Gil Shwed, founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Check Point Software Technologies.
Financial Highlights for the First Quarter of 2014:
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- Total Revenue: $342 million compared to $323 million in the first quarter of 2013.
- GAAP Operating Income: $184 million compared to $177 million in the first quarter of 2013.
- Non-GAAP Operating Income: $198 million compared to $189 million in the first quarter of 2013.
Non-GAAP operating margin was 58 percent, compared to 59 percent in the first quarter of 2013.
- GAAP Net Income and Earnings per Diluted Share: GAAP net income was $153 million compared to $148 million in the first quarter of 2013. GAAP earnings per diluted share were $0.78 compared to $0.73 in the first quarter of 2013.
- Non-GAAP Net Income and Earnings per Diluted Share: Non-GAAP net income was $164 million compared to $159 million in the first quarter of 2013. Non-GAAP earnings per diluted share were $0.84 compared to $0.79 in the first quarter of 2013.
- Deferred Revenues: As of March 31, 2014, deferred revenues were $660 million compared to $586 million as of March 31, 2013.
- Cash Flow: Cash flow from operations was $172 million compared to $331 million in the first quarter of 2013. Net of the tax transactions related to previous years, our cash flow from operations increased by 13% from $252 in Q1 2013 to $284 in Q1 2014.
- Share Repurchase Program: During the first quarter of 2014, the company repurchased 2.8 million shares at a total cost of $183 million.
- Cash Balances, Marketable Securities and Short Term Deposits: $3,662 million as of March 31, 2014, an increase of $139 million, compared to $3,523 million as of March 31, 2013.
For information regarding the Non-GAAP financial measures discussed in this release, please see “Use of Non-GAAP Financial Information” and “Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Information.”
Business Highlights
During the first quarter Check Point launched new products and initiatives, and demonstrated new security achievements. These include:
Software-Defined Protection (SDP) – Designed to address today’s ever-changing threat landscape, Check Point has introduced a modular and dynamic security architecture that provides a three-layer infrastructure allowing for operational resilience and real-time, proactive protection.
Doubling the Performance of the 61000 System – The 61000 provides multi-blade hardware architecture with scalable performance and up to 12 modular security gateway modules (SGM). During the quarter we delivered a new security gateway module that doubles the system performance. The new SGM260 module doubles the firewall and IPS aggregated throughput delivering up to 400 Gbps and 130 Gbps respectively. The SGM260 blade also doubles the 61000’s security power up to 33,000 SecurityPower™ Units (SPU) and continues to be the industry’s fastest security system.
Check Point Threat Emulation Tops Zero-day Malware Block Rates – The Threat Emulation Service, which protects organizations against new, unknown and targeted attacks before they infect a network, has the highest catch rate of malicious files. In our recent benchmark testing, 600 malicious files were scanned through Check Point Threat Emulation and other competitive products. The results found that Check Point outperformed all of the others in this test, with a malicious file catch rate of 99.83%.
During April, the following product announcements were made:
41000 Security System – New datacenter and telco grade high performance system based on the multi-blade hardware architecture of the 61000. The 41000 has a smaller footprint than the 61000 and enables more customers to deploy high performance scalable security. The 41000 delivers performance of up to 11,000 SecurityPower™ units (SPU), 40 Gbps of real-life firewall throughput, and 25 Gbps of real-life IPS throughput.
Smart-1 Appliance Family – Upgraded the entire line of the Smart-1 security management appliance family with five new appliances that deliver cyber security management for the era of big data. Smart-1 appliances enable organizations to consolidate security policy, log, and event management. The new Smart-1 Appliances allow for three times more effective storage capacity and report generation is greatly accelerated.
Next-Generation SmartEvent – Announced the availability of Next-Generation SmartEvent, a new and powerful event monitoring solution for real-time processing and storing of threat detection data. Next-Generation SmartEvent offers one single view for all security threats and network components, to more easily manage and analyze big data security, and to make faster and more informed security decisions.
Industry Accolades:
Top Position in Worldwide Combined Firewall and UTM Appliance Market – Check Point continued to be the number one vendor in worldwide combined Firewall and UTM appliance revenue for 2013, according to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Security Appliance Tracker.
CRN Channel Chief Award – Check Point President, Amnon Bar-Lev, has been named one of CRN’s 2014 Channel Chiefs. This is the seventh year that Mr. Bar-Lev has appeared on CRN’s prestigious list of the most powerful leaders in the IT channel. The CRN Channel Chief Award recognizes those executives directly responsible for driving channel sales and growth within their organization, while evangelizing the importance of the channel throughout the entire IT Industry.
Common Criteria Certifications – Check Point achieved the distinction of Common Criteria (CC) certification for Check Point R77 and Check Point Endpoint Security.
“Organizations today are faced with an ever-changing threat environment. The challenge is to build a security infrastructure that will withstand today and tomorrow’s threats. Check Point’s Software-Defined Protection (SDP) is a pragmatic new security approach that addresses these security challenges. SDP, with its three-layer architecture and real-time security intelligence, is designed to be the security architecture of tomorrow,” Shwed concluded.
Second Quarter 2014 Investor Conference Participation Schedule:
- Jeffries 2014 Global Technology, Media and Telecom Conference
May 7, 2014 – Miami, FL - J.P. Morgan 42nd Annual Technology, Media and Telecom Conference
May 20, 2014 – Boston, MA - Cowen & Company 42nd Annual Technology Media & Telecom Conference
May 28, 2014 – New York, NY - Raymond James Internet / Software Crossover Conference
May 29, 2014 – San Francisco, CA - Stephens Spring Investment Conference 2014
June 3, 2014 – New York, NY - Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2014 Global Technology Conference
June 4, 2014 – San Francisco, CA
Members of Check Point’s management team will present at these conferences and discuss the latest company strategies and initiatives. Check Point’s conference presentations are expected to be available via webcast on the company’s web site. To view these presentations and access the most updated information please visit the company’s web site at www.checkpoint.com/ir. The schedule is subject to change.
Conference Call and Webcast Information Check Point will host a conference call with the investment community on April 29, 2014 at 8:30 AM ET/5:30 AM PT. To listen to the live webcast, please visit the website at:www.checkpoint.com/ir. A replay of the conference call will be available through May 6, 2014 on the company’s website or by telephone at +1.201.612.7415, replay ID number 13579956.
About Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (www.checkpoint.com), the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, is the only vendor to deliver Total Security for networks, data and endpoints, unified under a single management framework. Check Point provides customers with uncompromised protection against all types of threats, reduces security complexity and lowers total cost of ownership. Check Point first pioneered the industry with FireWall-1 and its patented stateful inspection technology. Today, Check Point continues to innovate with the development of the Software Blade Architecture™. The dynamic Software Blade Architecture delivers secure, flexible and simple solutions that can be fully customized to meet the exact security needs of any organization or environment. Check Point customers include tens of thousands of businesses and organizations of all sizes including all Fortune 100 companies. Check Point’s award-winning ZoneAlarm solutions protect millions of consumers from hackers, spyware and identity theft.
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Use of Non-GAAP Financial Information In addition to reporting financial results in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, Check Point uses non-GAAP measures of net income, operating income, operating margin and earnings per share, which are adjustments from results based on GAAP to exclude stock-based compensation charges, amortization of intangible assets and the related tax affects. Check Point’s management believes the non-GAAP financial information provided in this release is useful to investors’ understanding and assessment of Check Point’s ongoing core operations and prospects for the future. Historically, Check Point has also publicly presented these supplemental non-GAAP financial measures in order to assist the investment community to see the Company “through the eyes of management,” and thereby enhance understanding of its operating performance. The presentation of this non-GAAP financial information is not intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for results prepared in accordance with GAAP. A reconciliation of the non-GAAP financial measures discussed in this press release to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures is included with the financial statements contained in this press release. Management uses both GAAP and non-GAAP information in evaluating and operating business internally and as such has determined that it is important to provide this information to investors.
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