Endava Announces Fourth Quarter Fiscal Year 2021 & Fiscal Year 2021 Results

Q4 FY2021
47.7% Year on Year Revenue Growth to £133.6 million
54.9% Revenue Growth at Constant Currency
IFRS diluted EPS £0.28 compared to £0.11 in the prior year comparative period
Adjusted diluted EPS £0.41 compared to £0.23 in the prior year comparative period

FY2021
27.2% Year on Year Revenue Growth to £446.3 million
29.6% Revenue Growth at Constant Currency
IFRS diluted EPS £0.76 compared to £0.38 in the prior year comparative period
Adjusted diluted EPS £1.30 compared to £1.00 in the prior year comparative period

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Endava plc (NYSE: DAVA) ("Endava" or the "Company") a global provider of digital transformation, agile development and intelligent automation services, today announced results for the three months ended June 30, 2021, the fourth quarter of its 2021 fiscal year ("Q4 FY2021") and for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021 ("FY2021").

"Endava delivered excellent results for Q4 FY2021, with revenue of £133.6 million, an increase of 47.7% Year on Year. Our strong financial performance in FY2021 was driven by continued increased demand for digital services in all regions and verticals," said John Cotterell, Endava's CEO.

FOURTH QUARTER FISCAL YEAR 2021 FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS:

• Revenue for Q4 FY2021 was £133.6 million, an increase of 47.7% compared to £90.5 million in the same period in the prior year.
• Revenue growth rate at constant currency (a non-IFRS measure) was 54.9% for Q4 FY2021, compared to 16.5% in the same period in the prior year.
• Profit before tax for Q4 FY2021 was £18.5 million, compared to £6.7 million in the same period in the prior year.
• Adjusted profit before tax (a non-IFRS measure) for Q4 FY2021 was £29.3 million, compared to £15.2 million in the same period in the prior year, or 21.9% of revenue, compared to 16.8% of revenue in the same period in the prior year.
• Profit for the period was £15.9 million in Q4 FY2021, resulting in a diluted EPS of £0.28, compared to profit of £6.1 million and diluted EPS of £0.11 in the same period in the prior year.
• Adjusted profit for the period (a non-IFRS measure) was £23.6 million in Q4 FY2021, resulting in adjusted diluted EPS (a non-IFRS measure) of £0.41, compared to adjusted profit for the period of £12.8 million and adjusted diluted EPS of £0.23 in the same period in the prior year.

FISCAL YEAR 2021 FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS:

• Revenue for FY2021 was £446.3 million, an increase of 27.2% compared to £351.0 million in the prior year.
• Revenue growth rate at constant currency (a non-IFRS measure) was 29.6% for FY2021, compared to 21.0% in the prior year.
• Profit before tax for FY2021 was £54.4 million, compared to profit before tax of £25.3 million in the prior year.
• Adjusted profit before tax (a non-IFRS measure) for FY2021 was £92.1 million, compared to £68.6 million in the prior year, or 20.6% of revenue, compared to 19.5% of revenue in the prior year.
• Profit for FY2021 was £43.4 million, resulting in a diluted EPS of £0.76, compared to profit of £21.4 million and diluted EPS of £0.38 in the prior year.
• Adjusted profit for FY2021 (a non-IFRS measure) was £73.9 million, resulting in adjusted diluted EPS (a non-IFRS measure) of £1.30, compared to adjusted profit of £56.0 million and adjusted diluted EPS of £1.00 in the prior year.

CASH FLOW:

• Net cash from operating activities was £34.9 million in Q4 FY2021, compared to £1.9 million in the same period in the prior year.
• Net cash from operating activities was £88.4 million in FY2021, compared to £40.2 million in the prior year.
• Adjusted free cash flow (a non-IFRS measure) was £32.6 million in Q4 FY2021, compared to £0.4 million in the same period in the prior year.
• Adjusted free cash flow (a non-IFRS measure) was £82.7 million in FY2021, compared to £31.4 million in the prior year.
• At June 30, 2021, Endava had cash and cash equivalents of £69.9 million, compared to £101.3 million at June 30, 2020.

OTHER METRICS FOR THE QUARTER ENDED JUNE 30, 2021:

• Headcount reached 8,883 at June 30, 2021, with 7,872 average operational employees in Q4 FY2021, compared to a headcount of 6,624 at June 30, 2020 and 5,936 average operational employees in the same quarter of the prior year.
• Number of clients with over £1 million in revenue on a rolling twelve months basis was 85 at June 30, 2021, compared to 65 at June 30, 2020.
• Top 10 clients accounted for 36% of revenue in Q4 FY2021, compared to 40% in the same period in the prior year.
• By geographic region, 37% of revenue was generated in North America, 21% was generated in Europe, 40% was generated in the United Kingdom and 2% was generated in the rest of the world in Q4 FY2021. This compares to 31% in North America, 24% in Europe, 42% in the United Kingdom and 3% in the rest of the world in the same period in the prior year.
• By industry vertical, 51% of revenue was generated from Payments and Financial Services, 25% from TMT and 24% from Other. This compares to 52% from Payments and Financial Services, 28% from TMT and 20% from Other in the same period in the prior year.

OTHER METRICS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2021:

• Top 10 clients accounted for 35% of revenue in FY2021, compared to 38% of revenue in the prior year.
• By geographic region, 31% of revenue was generated in North America, 24% was generated in Europe, 42% was generated in the United Kingdom and 3% was generated in the rest of the world in FY2021. This compares to 29% in North America, 24% in Europe, 44% in the United Kingdom and 3% in the rest of the world in the prior year.
• By industry vertical, 51% of revenue was generated from Payments and Financial Services, 27% from TMT and 22% from Other. This compares to 53% from Payments and Financial Services, 26% from TMT and 21% from Other in the prior year.

OUTLOOK:

At this time, the general economic environment remains fluid and it continues to be challenging to anticipate the ultimate full scope and duration of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Endava is providing guidance for the first quarter of its 2022 fiscal year and its full 2022 fiscal year based upon what it currently sees in its markets.

First Quarter Fiscal Year 2022:

Endava expects revenues will be in the range £143.0 million to £145.0 million, representing constant currency revenue growth of between 56.0% and 58.0%. Endava expects adjusted diluted EPS to be in the range of £0.42 to £0.44 per share.

Full Fiscal Year 2022:

Endava expects revenues will be in the range of £608.0 million to £615.0 million, representing constant currency growth of between 38.0% and 40.0%. Endava expects adjusted diluted EPS to be in the range of £1.61 to £1.67 per share.

This above guidance for Q1 Fiscal Year 2022 and the Full Fiscal Year 2022 assumes the exchange rates at the end of August (when the exchange rate was 1 British Pound to 1.38 US Dollar and 1.17 Euro).

Endava is not able, at this time, to provide an outlook for IFRS diluted EPS for Q1 FY2022 or FY2022 because of the unreasonable effort of estimating on a forward-looking basis certain items that are excluded from adjusted diluted EPS, including, for example, share-based compensation expense, amortisation of acquired intangible assets and foreign currency exchange (gains)/losses, the effect of which may be significant. Endava is also not able, at this time, to reconcile to an outlook for revenue growth not at constant currency because of the unreasonable effort of estimating foreign currency exchange gains/losses, the effect of which may be significant, on a forward-looking basis.

The guidance provided above is forward-looking in nature. Actual results may differ materially. See the cautionary note regarding “Forward-Looking Statements” below.

CONFERENCE CALL DETAILS:

The Company will host a conference call at 8:00 am EST today, September 28, 2021, to review its Q4 FY2021 and FY2021 results. To participate in Endava’s Q4 FY2021 and FY2021 earnings conference call, please dial in at least five minutes prior to the scheduled start time (833) 921-1651 or (778) 560-2811 for international participants, Conference ID 4027796.

Investors may listen to the call on Endava’s Investor Relations website at http://investors.Endava.com. The webcast will be recorded and available for replay until Friday, October 15, 2021.

ABOUT ENDAVA PLC:

Endava is a leading next-generation technology services provider and helps accelerate disruption by delivering rapid evolution to enterprises. Using distributed enterprise agile at scale, Endava collaborates with its clients, seamlessly integrating with their teams, catalysing ideation and delivering robust solutions. Endava helps its clients become digital, experience-driven businesses by assisting them in their journey from idea generation to development and deployment of products, platforms and solutions. It services clients in the following industries: Payments and Financial Services, TMT and "Other," which includes Consumer Products, Retail, Mobility and Healthcare. Endava had 8,883 employees (including directors) as of June 30, 2021 located in Australia, North America, Singapore and Western Europe and delivery centres in Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Moldova, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Argentina, Colombia, Mexico, Uruguay and Venezuela.

NON-IFRS FINANCIAL INFORMATION:

To supplement Endava’s Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income, Consolidated Balance Sheets and Consolidated Statements of Cash Flow presented in accordance with IFRS, the Company uses non-IFRS measures of certain components of financial performance. These measures include: revenue growth rate at constant currency, revenue growth at constant currency adjusted for the sale of Endava Technology SRL, also referred to as “the Worldpay Captive” to Worldpay on August 31, 2019, adjusted profit before tax, adjusted profit for the period, adjusted diluted EPS and adjusted free cash flow.

Revenue growth rate at constant currency is calculated by translating revenue from entities reporting in foreign currencies into British Pounds using the comparable foreign currency exchange rates from the prior period. For example, the average rates in effect for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2020 were used to convert revenue for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2021 and the revenue for the comparable prior period.

Revenue growth at constant currency adjusted for the sale of the Worldpay Captive is revenue growth at constant currency adjusted to exclude the impact of the sale of the Worldpay Captive.

Adjusted profit before tax ("Adjusted PBT") is defined as the Company’s profit before tax adjusted to exclude the impact of share-based compensation expense, discretionary EBT bonus, amortisation of acquired intangible assets, realised and unrealised foreign currency exchange gains and losses, and net gain on disposal of subsidiary. Share-based compensation expense, amortisation of acquired intangible assets and unrealized foreign currency gains are non-cash expenses. Adjusted PBT margin is Adjusted PBT as a percentage of total revenue.

Adjusted profit for the period is defined as Adjusted PBT together with the tax impact of these adjustments.

Adjusted diluted EPS is defined as Adjusted profit for the period, divided by weighted average number of shares outstanding - diluted.

Adjusted free cash flow is the Company’s net cash from operating activities, plus grants received, less net purchases of non-current assets (tangible and intangible).

Management believes these measures help illustrate underlying trends in the Company's business and uses the measures to establish budgets and operational goals, communicated internally and externally, for managing the Company's business and evaluating its performance. Management also believes the presentation of its non-IFRS financial measures enhances an investor’s overall understanding of the Company’s historical financial performance. The presentation of the Company’s non-IFRS financial measures is not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for the Company’s financial results prepared in accordance with IFRS, and its non-IFRS measures may be different from non-IFRS measures used by other companies. Investors should review the reconciliation of the Company’s non-IFRS financial measures to the comparable IFRS financial measures included below, and not rely on any single financial measure to evaluate the Company’s business.

This press release includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of terms and phrases such as “believe,” “expect,” "outlook," “may,” “will”, and other similar terms and phrases. Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the statements regarding Endava’s projected financial performance for the first fiscal quarter of fiscal year 2022 and the full fiscal year 2022 and the challenges presented by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and associated global economic uncertainty. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results anticipated by these forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to: Endava’s business, results of operations and financial condition may be negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and the precautions taken in response to the pandemic or if general economic conditions in Europe, the United States or the global economy worsen; Endava’s ability to manage its rapid growth or achieve anticipated growth; Endava’s ability to retain existing clients and attract new clients, including its ability to increase revenue from existing clients and diversify its revenue concentration; Endava’s ability to attract and retain highly-skilled IT professionals at cost-effective rates; Endava's ability to penetrate new industry verticals and geographies and grow its revenue in current industry verticals and geographies; Endava’s ability to maintain favourable pricing and utilisation rates; Endava’s ability to successfully identify acquisition targets, consummate acquisitions and successfully integrate acquired businesses and personnel; the effects of increased competition as well as innovations by new and existing competitors in its market; Endava’s ability to adapt to technological change and innovate solutions for its clients; Endava’s ability to collect on billed and unbilled receivables from clients; Endava’s ability to effectively manage its international operations, including Endava's exposure to foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations; Endava’s ability to remediate the identified material weaknesses and maintain an effective system of disclosure controls and internal control over financial reporting, and Endava’s future financial performance, including trends in revenue, cost of sales, gross profit, selling, general and administrative expenses, finance income and expense and taxes, as well as other risks and uncertainties discussed in the “Risk Factors” section of our Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on September 28, 2021. In addition, the forward-looking statements included in this press release represent Endava’s views and expectations as of the date hereof and are based on information currently available to Endava. Endava anticipates that subsequent events and developments may cause its views to change. Endava specifically disclaims any obligation to update the forward-looking statements in this press release except as required by law. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing Endava’s views as of any date subsequent to the date hereof.

(1) The presentation of the income statement has been changed to separately disclose the net impairment losses on financial assets on the face of the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income (refer to Note 3C of our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021 for details).

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INVESTOR CONTACT:
Endava Plc
Laurence Madsen, Investor Relations Manager
Investors@endava.com

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Released September 28, 2021