ARR grew 30 percent year-over-year reaching $1.204 billion driven by net new ARR of $94 million

UiPath, Inc. (NYSE: PATH), a leading enterprise automation software company, today announced financial results for its fourth quarter and full year fiscal 2023 ended January 31, 2023.

“We delivered a very strong close to fiscal year 2023. Fourth quarter fiscal 2023 ARR grew 30 percent year-over-year while revenue outperformance and disciplined cost management resulted in a record fourth quarter non-GAAP operating margin and positive non-GAAP adjusted free cash flow,” said Rob Enslin, UiPath Co-Chief Executive Officer. “We enter fiscal year 2024 with the rollout of our new go-to-market initiatives on schedule and building momentum as both customers and partners see the positive impact our Business Automation Platform can have on their employees, customers, and businesses.”

“To maintain their competitive edge and increase operating agility, businesses need to do more without adding more,” said Daniel Dines, UiPath Co-Founder and Co-Chief Executive Officer. “This is where the UiPath AI-powered Business Automation Platform plays a strategic, transformational role for organizations. By combining our leading Robotic Process Automation solution with a full suite of capabilities, UiPath empowers people to more easily and efficiently create better ways to operate, innovate, and drive business outcomes.”

Fourth Quarter Fiscal 2023 Financial Highlights

• Revenue of $308.5 million increased 7 percent year-over-year.
• ARR of $1.204 billion increased 30 percent year-over-year.
• Net new ARR of $93.8 million.
• Dollar based net retention rate of 123 percent.
• GAAP gross margin was 85 percent.
• Non-GAAP gross margin was 87 percent.
• GAAP operating loss was $(45.1) million.
• Non-GAAP operating income was $69.2 million.
• Net cash flow from operations was $94.0 million.
• Non-GAAP adjusted free cash flow was $101.2 million.
• Cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities were $1.8 billion as of January 31, 2023.

Full Year Fiscal 2023 Financial Highlights

• Revenue of $1.059 billion increased 19 percent year-over-year.
• Net new ARR of $278.6 million.
• GAAP gross margin was 83 percent.
• Non-GAAP gross margin was 86 percent.
• GAAP operating loss was $(348.3) million.
• Non-GAAP operating income was $65.2 million.
• Net cash used in operations was $10 million.
• Non-GAAP adjusted free cash flow was $49 thousand.

“I am pleased with our results and how the team brought the fiscal year to a close despite foreign exchange and macroeconomic headwinds in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2023,” said Ashim Gupta, UiPath Chief Financial Officer. “Our commitment to driving growth at scale, expanding operating margin, and generating positive non-GAAP adjusted free cash flow is reflected in our full year fiscal 2024 outlook which implies a 350 basis point increase in non-GAAP operating margin and positive non-GAAP adjusted free cash flow for the fiscal year.”

Financial Outlook

For the first quarter fiscal 2024, UiPath expects:

• Revenue in the range of $270 million to $272 million
• ARR in the range of $1.245 billion to $1.250 billion as of April 30, 2023
• Non-GAAP operating income of approximately $5 million

For the fiscal full year 2024, UiPath expects:

• Revenue in the range of $1.253 billion to $1.258 billion
• ARR in the range of $1.425 billion to $1.430 billion as of January 31, 2024
• Non-GAAP operating income of approximately $120 million

Reconciliation of non-GAAP operating income guidance to the most directly comparable GAAP measure is not available without unreasonable efforts on a forward-looking basis due to the high variability, complexity and low visibility with respect to the charges excluded from this non-GAAP measure, including, in particular, the effects of stock-based compensation expense specific to equity awards that are directly impacted by fluctuations in our stock price. We expect the variability of the above charges to have a significant, and potentially unpredictable, impact on our future GAAP financial results.

Recent Business Highlights

• Named a Leader in RPA by Independent Research Firm: UiPath received the highest score in The Forrester Wave™: Robotic Process Automation, Q1 2023 in each of the three categories among the 15 vendors evaluated: Current Offering, Strategy, and Market Presence. The report stated, “Today, UiPath is not only the largest RPA software vendor by revenue but has also evolved from an RPA pure play into what it refers to as a business automation platform.”
• Unveiled New Migration Capabilities and Connectors to Expand and Simplify Next-Gen Test Automation: UiPath announced significant upgrades to enable customers to modernize their software testing practices by migrating to the UiPath Business Automation Platform. UiPath Test Suite now integrates with more than 40 application lifecycle management tools, allowing production-grade test automation on modern and legacy applications.
• Announced Global Partnership with Orica to Scale Application Testing and Automation Capabilities: Orica will use UiPath to automate application testing, improving quality assurance and avoiding workflow disruptions. It plans to migrate its enterprise automation program and use UiPath Test Suite for SAP S4 HANA upgrades. UiPath is now Orica’s Technology Partner of Choice for Application Testing and Enterprise Automation.
• Announced Managed Services Partnership with Neostella to Deliver Automation for Midmarket Businesses: A new diversified offering from Neostella provides flexible automation investment models to help small to midmarket organizations with revenues of $500 million or below improve operations and processes.
• Honored for Delivering World-Class Customer Service: For the third consecutive year, UiPath has received the NorthFace ScoreBoard Service Award℠ from the Customer Relationship Management Institute LLC in recognition of achieving excellence in customer service and support. With an overall Customer Satisfaction rating of 94%, UiPath is committed to building long-term loyalty by continuously exceeding customer expectations.

Conference Call and Webcast

UiPath will host a conference call today, Wednesday, March 15, 2023, at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, to discuss the Company's fourth quarter and full year fiscal 2023 financial results and guidance. To access this call, dial 1-201-689-8057 (domestic) or 1-877-407-8309 (international). The passcode is 13735660. A live webcast of this conference call will be available on the "Investor Relations" page of UiPath’s website (https://ir.uipath.com), and a replay will also be archived on the website for one year.

About UiPath

UiPath (NYSE: PATH) is on a mission to uplevel knowledge work so more people can work more creatively, collaboratively, and strategically. The AI-powered UiPath Business Automation Platform combines the leading robotic process automation (RPA) solution with a full suite of capabilities to understand, automate, and operate end-to-end processes, offering unprecedented time-to-value. For organizations that need to evolve to survive and thrive through increasingly changing times, UiPath is The Foundation of Innovation™. For more information, visit www.uipath.com.

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Further information on risks that could cause actual results to differ materially from our guidance can be found in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the annual period ended January 31, 2023 to be filed with the SEC, and in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC, and other filings and reports that we have filed and may file from time to time with the SEC. Any forward-looking statements contained in this press release are based on assumptions that we believe to be reasonable as of this date. Except as required by law, we assume no obligation to update these forward-looking statements.

Key Performance Metric

Annualized Renewal Run-rate (ARR) is a key performance metric we use in managing our business because it illustrates our ability to acquire new subscription customers and to maintain and expand our relationships with existing subscription customers. We define ARR as annualized invoiced amounts per solution SKU from subscription licenses and maintenance and support obligations assuming no increases or reductions in customers’ subscriptions. ARR does not include the costs we may incur to obtain such subscription licenses or provide such maintenance and support, and does not reflect any actual or anticipated reductions in invoiced value due to contract non-renewals or service cancellations other than for specific reserves, for example those for credit losses or disputed amounts. ARR does not include invoiced amounts associated with perpetual licenses or professional services. ARR is not a forecast of future revenue, which can be impacted by contract start and end dates and duration. ARR should be viewed independently of revenue and deferred revenue as ARR is an operating metric and is not intended to replace these items.

Dollar-based net retention rate represents the rate of net expansion of our ARR from existing customers over the preceding 12 months. We calculate dollar-based net retention rate as of a period end by starting with ARR from the cohort of all customers as of 12 months prior to such period end (Prior Period ARR). We then calculate the ARR from these same customers as of the current period end (Current Period ARR). Current Period ARR includes any expansion and is net of any contraction or attrition over the preceding 12 months but does not include ARR from new customers in the current period. We then divide total Current Period ARR by total Prior Period ARR to arrive at the point-in-time dollar-based net retention rate. Dollar-based net retention rate may fluctuate based on the customers that qualify to be included in the cohort used for calculation and may not reflect our actual performance.

Investors should not place undue reliance on ARR or dollar-based net retention rate as an indicator of future or expected results. Our presentation of these metrics may differ from similarly titled metrics presented by other companies and therefore comparability may be limited.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Non-GAAP financial measures are financial measures that are derived from the consolidated financial statements, but that are not presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (GAAP). This earnings press release includes financial measures defined as non-GAAP financial measures by the SEC, including non-GAAP cost of licenses, non-GAAP cost of subscription services, non-GAAP cost of professional services and other, non-GAAP gross profit and margin, non-GAAP sales and marketing expenses, non-GAAP research and development expenses, non-GAAP general and administrative expenses, non-GAAP operating income and margin, and non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP net income per share. These non-GAAP financial measures exclude:

• stock-based compensation expense;
• amortization of acquired intangibles;
• employer payroll tax expense related to employee equity transactions;
• restructuring costs;
• charitable donation of Class A common stock; and
• in the case of non-GAAP net income, tax adjustments associated with the add-back items, as applicable.

Additionally, this earnings release presents non-GAAP adjusted free cash flow, which is calculated by adjusting GAAP operating cash flows for the impact of purchases of property and equipment, capitalization of software development costs, cash paid for employer payroll taxes related to employee equity transactions, net payments/receipts of employee tax withholdings on stock option exercises, and cash paid for restructuring costs.

UiPath uses these non-GAAP financial measures internally in analyzing its financial results and believes they are useful to investors, by excluding the effects of special items that do not reflect the ordinary earnings of our operations, and as a supplement to GAAP measures. UiPath believes that the use of these non-GAAP financial measures provides an additional tool for investors to use in evaluating ongoing operating results and trends and in comparing its financial results with other companies in UiPath’s industry, many of which present similar non-GAAP financial measures to investors. Investors should consider these non-GAAP financial measures in addition to, and not as a substitute for, our financial performance measures prepared in accordance with GAAP. Further, our non-GAAP information may be different from the non-GAAP information provided by other companies. The information below provides a reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures used in this press release to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures. We encourage investors to consider our GAAP results alongside our supplemental non-GAAP measures, and to review the reconciliation between GAAP results and non-GAAP measures that is included at the end of this earnings press release. This earnings press release and any future releases containing such non-GAAP reconciliations can also be found on the “Investor Relations” page of UiPath’s website at https://ir.uipath.com.