SecureWorks Corp.

09/06/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 09/06/2024 14:32

Quarterly Report for Quarter Ending August 2, 2024 (Form 10-Q)

scwx-20240802
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
(Mark One)
☑ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended August 2, 2024
or
☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from to
Commission File Number: 001-37748
SecureWorks Corp.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
27-0463349
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
One Concourse Parkway NE
Suite 500
Atlanta,
Georgia
30328
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code): (404) 327-6339
Not Applicable
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class Trading Symbol(s) Name of each exchange on which registered
Class A Common Stock, SCWX The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
par value $0.01 per share (Nasdaq Global Select Market)
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 ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☑ No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer ☐ Accelerated filer ☑
Non-accelerated filer ☐ Smaller reporting company ☐
Emerging growth company ☐
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. ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☑
As of September 3, 2024, there were 88,828,091 shares of the registrant's common stock outstanding, consisting of 18,828,091 outstanding shares of Class A common stock and 70,000,000 outstanding shares of Class B common stock.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ITEM PAGE
Part I.
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1.
Financial Statements (unaudited)
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Financial Position as of August 2, 2024 and February 2, 2024 (unaudited)
3
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and six months ended August 2, 2024 and August 4, 2023 (unaudited)
4
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss for the three and six months ended August 2, 2024 and August 4, 2023 (unaudited)
5
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the six months ended August 2, 2024 and August 4, 2023 (unaudited)
6
Condensed Consolidated Statement of Stockholders' Equity for the three and six months ended August 2, 2024 and August 4, 2023 (unaudited)
7
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)
9
Item 2.
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
23
Item 3.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
42
Item 4.
Controls and Procedures
42
Part II.
OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1A.
Risk Factors
43
Item 6.
Exhibits
44
Signature
45
Except where the content otherwise requires or where otherwise indicated, all references in this report to "Secureworks," "we," "us," "our," and "our Company" to refer to SecureWorks Corp. and our subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.
Part I. Financial Information
Item 1. Financial Statements
SECUREWORKS CORP.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION (Unaudited)
(in thousands, except for per share data)
August 2,
2024 		February 2,
2024
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents $ 47,628 $ 68,655
Accounts receivable, net of allowances of $1,744 and $1,552, respectively
50,695 54,266
Other current assets 16,603 15,218
Total current assets 114,926 138,139
Property and equipment, net 1,629 2,149
Operating lease right-of-use assets, net 4,069 5,069
Goodwill 425,156 425,472
Intangible assets, net 76,304 83,235
Other non-current assets 43,399 70,715
Total assets $ 665,483 $ 724,779
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable $ 8,697 $ 8,974
Accrued and other current liabilities 47,894 61,895
Short-term deferred revenue 125,103 131,245
Total current liabilities 181,694 202,114
Long-term deferred revenue 8,164 5,706
Operating lease liabilities, non-current 5,830 7,803
Other non-current liabilities 9,402 7,831
Total liabilities 205,090 223,454
Commitments and contingencies (Note 6)
Stockholders' equity:
Preferred stock - $0.01 par value: 200,000 shares authorized; - shares issued
- -
Common stock - Class A of $0.01 par value: 2,500,000 shares authorized; 18,758 and 16,392 shares issued and outstanding, at August 2, 2024 and February 2, 2024, respectively.
188 164
Common stock - Class B of $0.01 par value: 500,000 shares authorized; 70,000 shares issued and outstanding
700 700
Additional paid in capital 1,006,798 996,291
Accumulated deficit (520,968) (470,163)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss (6,429) (5,771)
Treasury stock, at cost - 1,257 shares
(19,896) (19,896)
Total stockholders' equity 460,393 501,325
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity $ 665,483 $ 724,779
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
3
SECUREWORKS CORP.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (Unaudited)
(in thousands, except per share data)
Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
August 2,
2024 		August 4,
2023 		August 2,
2024 		August 4,
2023
Net revenue:
Subscription $ 71,292 $ 76,825 $ 143,513 $ 154,084
Professional services 10,890 16,141 24,321 33,277
Total net revenue 82,182 92,966 167,834 187,361
Cost of revenue:
Subscription 21,066 30,084 41,882 61,103
Professional services 6,379 9,973 13,439 21,740
Total cost of revenue 27,445 40,057 55,321 82,843
Gross profit 54,737 52,909 112,513 104,518
Operating expenses:
Research and development 22,804 28,236 47,352 59,408
Sales and marketing 24,512 31,237 48,413 65,763
General and administrative 20,552 20,366 39,070 42,629
Reorganization and other related charges - 14,232 1,476 14,232
Total operating expenses 67,868 94,071 136,311 182,032
Operating loss (13,131) (41,162) (23,798) (77,514)
Interest and other (expense) income, net (874) (636) (78) (2,382)
Loss before income taxes (14,005) (41,798) (23,876) (79,896)
Income tax expense (benefit) 724 (9,439) 26,929 (16,567)
Net loss $ (14,729) $ (32,359) $ (50,805) $ (63,329)
Loss per common share (basic and diluted) $ (0.17) $ (0.38) $ (0.58) $ (0.74)
Weighted-average common shares outstanding (basic and diluted) 88,540 86,121 88,026 85,776
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
4
SECUREWORKS CORP.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE LOSS (Unaudited)
(in thousands)
Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
August 2,
2024 		August 4,
2023 		August 2,
2024 		August 4,
2023
Net loss $ (14,729) $ (32,359) $ (50,805) $ (63,329)
Foreign currency translation adjustments, net of tax 360 132 (658) 659
Comprehensive loss $ (14,369) $ (32,227) $ (51,463) $ (62,670)
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
5
SECUREWORKS CORP.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Unaudited)
(in thousands)
Six Months Ended
August 2,
2024 		August 4,
2023
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net loss $ (50,805) $ (63,329)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization 11,414 17,961
Amortization of right of use asset 835 1,303
Reorganization and other related charges - 3,272
Amortization of costs capitalized to obtain revenue contracts 7,559 8,820
Amortization of costs capitalized to fulfill revenue contracts - 1,805
Stock-based compensation expense 17,541 14,890
Impact of income tax provision 24,980 (16,567)
Provision for credit losses 313 (132)
Changes in assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable 3,160 15,802
Net transactions with Dell (2,418) 1,942
Other assets (5,033) (5,627)
Accounts payable (242) (7,921)
Deferred revenue (3,456) (12,154)
Operating leases, net (2,418) (2,254)
Accrued and other liabilities (10,238) (25,201)
Net cash used in operating activities (8,808) (67,390)
Cash flows from investing activities:
Capital expenditures (1,024) (524)
Software development costs (2,970) (2,416)
Net cash used in investing activities (3,994) (2,940)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Taxes paid on vested restricted shares (7,010) (5,711)
Net cash used in financing activities (7,010) (5,711)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents (1,215) (2,577)
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents (21,027) (78,618)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the period 68,655 143,517
Cash and cash equivalents at end of the period $ 47,628 $ 64,899
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
6
SECUREWORKS CORP.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (Unaudited)
(in thousands, except per share data)
Three Months Ended August 2, 2024 Common Stock - Class A Common Stock - Class B
Outstanding Shares Amount Outstanding Shares Amount Additional Paid in Capital Accumulated Deficit Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income/(Loss) Treasury
Stock 		Total Stockholders' Equity
Balances, May 3, 2024 18,363 $ 183 70,000 $ 700 $ 999,267 $ (506,239) $ (6,789) $ (19,896) $ 467,226
Net loss - - - - - (14,729) - - (14,729)
Other comprehensive income - - - - - - 360 - 360
Vesting of restricted stock units 553 6 - - (6) - - - -
Common stock withheld as payment for withholding taxes upon the vesting of restricted shares (158) (1) - - (1,036) - - - (1,037)
Stock-based compensation - - - - 8,573 - - - 8,573
Balances, August 2, 2024 18,758 $ 188 70,000 $ 700 $ 1,006,798 $ (520,968) $ (6,429) $ (19,896) $ 460,393
Six Months Ended August 2, 2024 Common Stock - Class A Common Stock - Class B
Outstanding Shares Amount Outstanding Shares Amount Additional Paid in Capital Accumulated Deficit Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income/(Loss) Treasury
Stock 		Total Stockholders' Equity
Balances, February 2, 2024 16,392 $ 164 70,000 $ 700 $ 996,291 $ (470,163) $ (5,771) $ (19,896) $ 501,325
Net loss - - - - - (50,805) - - (50,805)
Other comprehensive loss - - - - - - (658) - (658)
Vesting of restricted stock units 3,497 35 - - (35) - - - -
Common stock withheld as payment for withholding taxes upon the vesting of restricted shares (1,131) (11) - - (6,999) - - - (7,010)
Stock-based compensation - - - - 17,541 - - - 17,541
Balances, August 2, 2024 18,758 $ 188 70,000 $ 700 $ 1,006,798 $ (520,968) $ (6,429) $ (19,896) $ 460,393
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
7
SECUREWORKS CORP.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (Unaudited)
(in thousands, except per share data)
Three Months Ended August 4, 2023 Common Stock - Class A Common Stock - Class B
Outstanding Shares Amount Outstanding Shares Amount Additional Paid in Capital Accumulated Deficit Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income/(Loss) Treasury
Stock 		Total Stockholders' Equity
Balances, May 5, 2023 16,031 $ 160 70,000 $ 700 $ 969,490 $ (415,091) $ (5,710) $ (19,896) $ 529,653
Net loss - - - - - (32,359) - - (32,359)
Other comprehensive income - - - - - - 132 - 132
Vesting of restricted stock units 278 3 - - (3) - - - -
Common stock withheld as payment for withholding taxes upon the vesting of restricted shares (74) (1) - - (575) - - - (576)
Stock-based compensation - - - - 7,620 - - - 7,620
Balances, August 4, 2023 16,235 $ 162 70,000 $ 700 $ 976,532 $ (447,450) $ (5,578) $ (19,896) $ 504,470
Six Months Ended August 4, 2023 Common Stock - Class A Common Stock - Class B
Outstanding Shares Amount Outstanding Shares Amount Additional Paid in Capital Accumulated Deficit Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income/(Loss) Treasury
Stock 		Total Stockholders' Equity
Balances, February 3, 2023 14,749 $ 147 70,000 $ 700 $ 967,367 $ (384,121) $ (6,237) $ (19,896) $ 557,961
Net loss - - - - - (63,329) - - (63,329)
Other comprehensive income - - - - - - 659 - 659
Vesting of restricted stock units 2,213 22 - - (22) - - - -
Grant and forfeitures of restricted stock awards - - - - - - - - -
Common stock withheld as payment for withholding taxes upon the vesting of restricted shares (727) (7) - - (5,703) - - - (5,711)
Stock-based compensation - - - - 14,890 - - - 14,890
Balances, August 4, 2023 16,235 $ 162 70,000 $ 700 $ 976,532 $ (447,450) $ (5,578) $ (19,896) $ 504,470
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
8
SECUREWORKS CORP.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)
NOTE 1 - DESCRIPTION OF THE BUSINESS AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION
Description of the Business
SecureWorks Corp. (individually and collectively with its consolidated subsidiaries, "Secureworks" or the "Company") is a leading global cybersecurity provider of technology-driven security solutions, singularly focused on protecting the Company's customers.
The Company has one primary business activity, which is to provide customers with technology-driven cybersecurity solutions. The Company's chief operating decision-maker, who is the Chief Executive Officer, makes operating decisions, assesses performance, and allocates resources on a consolidated basis. There are no segment managers who are held accountable for operations and operating results below the consolidated unit level. Accordingly, Secureworks operates its business as a single reportable segment.
On April 27, 2016, the Company completed its initial public offering, or IPO. Upon the closing of the IPO, Dell Technologies Inc., or Dell Technologies, owned, indirectly through Dell and its subsidiaries, all shares of the Company's outstanding Class B common stock, which as of August 2, 2024, represented approximately 78.9% of the Company's total outstanding shares of common stock and approximately 97.4% of the combined voting power of both classes of the Company's outstanding common stock.
Except where the context otherwise requires or where otherwise indicated, all references in this report to "Secureworks," "we," "us," "our," and "Company" refer to SecureWorks Corp. and our subsidiaries on a consolidated basis. References to "Dell" refer to Dell Inc. and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.
Basis of Presentation and Consolidation
The Company's condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, or GAAP. Certain amounts from prior years have been reclassified to conform to current year presentation. Preparing financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires management to make assumptions and estimations that affect the amounts reported in the Company's financial statements and notes. The condensed consolidated financial statements include assets, liabilities, revenue, and expenses of all majority-owned subsidiaries. Intercompany transactions and balances are eliminated in consolidation.
For the periods presented, Dell has provided various corporate services to the Company in the ordinary course of business, including finance, tax, human resources, legal, insurance, IT, procurement, and facilities-related services. The cost of these services is charged in accordance with a shared services agreement, as amended or amended and restated, in part, from time to time, that went into effect on August 1, 2015. For more information regarding related party transactions, see "Note 10-Related Party Transactions."
Revisions
The Company's historical classification of the effects of exchange rate changes on the Company's foreign-denominated cash and cash equivalents balances was not presented separately as the effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents in the Company's Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, but rather was included as a component of net cash provided by (used in) operating activities and investing activities. The Company has revised the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for each fiscal quarter of fiscal 2024 to correct these classifications. For the six months ended August 4, 2023, the impact of this correction was a decrease of $2.6 million in net cash used in operating activities and other de minimis impacts to cash flows from capital expenditures, as included in total cash used in investing activities. The corresponding amounts are presented separately as the effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents. These revisions do not impact the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations, the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss, or the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Financial Position.
The Company has concluded that the effects of this revision are not material to any of our previously issued financial statements. This revision impacts our unaudited interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for each fiscal quarter in fiscal 2024.
9
SECUREWORKS CORP.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)
Fiscal Year
The Company's fiscal year is the 52- or 53-week period ending on the Friday closest to January 31. The Company refers to the fiscal year ending January 31, 2025 and the fiscal year ended February 2, 2024 as fiscal 2025 and fiscal 2024, respectively. Fiscal 2025 and fiscal 2024 each consist of 52 weeks and each quarter consists of 13 weeks. Unless otherwise indicated, all changes identified for the current-period results represent comparisons to results for the prior corresponding fiscal periods.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting periods. Estimates are revised as additional information becomes available. In the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations, estimates are used when accounting for revenue arrangements, determining the cost of revenue, allocating cost, estimating the impact of contingencies, and evaluating long-lived asset impairment. In the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Financial Position, estimates are used in determining the valuation and recoverability of assets, such as accounts receivables, inventories, fixed assets, capitalized software, goodwill, and other identifiable intangible assets. Estimates are also used in determining the reported amounts of liabilities, such as taxes payable and the impact of contingencies. All estimates also impact the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. Actual results could differ from these estimates due to risks and uncertainties, including uncertainty in the current economic environment and impacts of inflation. The Company considered the potential impact of the current economic and geopolitical uncertainties on its estimates and assumptions, and it determined there was not a material impact to the Company's condensed consolidated financial statements as of and for the three and six months ended August 2, 2024. As the current economic environment and certain geopolitical uncertainties continue to develop, many of the Company's estimates could require increased judgment and be subject to a higher degree of variability and volatility. As a result, the Company's estimates may change materially in future periods.
Liquidity
The Company has incurred losses from operations and operating cash outflows in recent periods and, as of the balance sheet date, the Company has reported a deficit in working capital.
The Company's prior reorganization actions are expected to result in significant cost savings as the Company completes a
transition to higher value, higher margin Taegis solutions. The Company expects that this transition better positions the Company for growth with improving operating margins over time. In the event the Company's financial results are below its expectations, the Company may need to take additional actions to preserve existing cash reserves.
As of August 2, 2024, the Company held $47.6 million in cash and cash equivalents. There were no amounts drawn on the $50 million revolving credit facility with Dell as of August 2, 2024. The Company believes that its cash and cash equivalents and access to the revolving credit facility will provide sufficient liquidity to meet its cash requirements, including to fund its business and meet its obligations, for at least 12 months from the filing date of this report.
Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements
None.
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
There have been no significant changes to the Company's significant accounting policies as of and for the three and six months ended August 2, 2024, as compared to the significant accounting policies described in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 2, 2024.
10
SECUREWORKS CORP.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)
NOTE 2 - LOSS PER SHARE
Loss per share is calculated by dividing net loss for the periods presented by the respective weighted-average number of common shares outstanding, and it excludes any dilutive effects of share-based awards that may be anti-dilutive. Diluted net loss per common share is computed by giving effect to all potentially dilutive common shares, including common stock issuable upon the exercise of stock options and restricted stock units. The Company applies the two-class method to calculate earnings per share. Because the Class A common stock and the Class B common stock share the same rights in dividends and earnings, earnings per share (basic and diluted) are the same for both classes of common stock. Since losses were incurred in all periods presented, all potential common shares were determined to be anti-dilutive.
The following table sets forth the computation of loss per common share (in thousands, except per share amounts):
Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
August 2,
2024 		August 4,
2023 		August 2,
2024 		August 4,
2023
Numerator:
Net loss $ (14,729) $ (32,359) $ (50,805) $ (63,329)
Denominator:
Weighted-average number of shares outstanding:
Basic and Diluted 88,540 86,121 88,026 85,776
Loss per common share:
Basic and Diluted $ (0.17) $ (0.38) $ (0.58) $ (0.74)
Weighted-average anti-dilutive share-based awards 11,028 9,375 9,214 7,117
11
SECUREWORKS CORP.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)
NOTE 3 - CONTRACT BALANCES AND CONTRACT COSTS
The Company derives revenue primarily from subscriptions and professional services. Subscription revenue is derived from (i) Taegis software-as-a-service, or SaaS, security platform and supplemental Managed Detection and Response, or MDR, services, and (ii) Managed Security Services. Taegis' core offerings are the security platform, Taegis Extended Detection and Response, or XDR, and the supplemental MDR service, ManagedXDR. Managed Security Services are subscription-based arrangements that typically include a suite of security services utilizing the Company's legacy platform. Professional services typically include incident response, adversarial testing services, and other security consulting arrangements.
The following table presents revenue by service type (in thousands):
Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
August 2,
2024 		August 4,
2023 		August 2,
2024 		August 4,
2023
Net revenue:
Taegis Subscription Solutions $ 71,199 $ 66,426 $ 140,274 $ 129,022
Managed Security Services 93 10,399 3,239 25,062
Total Subscription revenue $ 71,292 $ 76,825 $ 143,513 $ 154,084
Professional Services 10,890 16,141 24,321 33,277
Total net revenue $ 82,182 $ 92,966 $ 167,834 $ 187,361
Promises to provide the Company's subscription-based SaaS solutions are accounted for as separate performance obligations and managed security services are accounted for as a single performance obligation. Our subscription contracts typically range from oneto three years. Performance obligations related to the Company's professional services contracts are separate obligations associated with each service. Although the Company has multi-year customer relationships for various professional service solutions, the arrangement is typically structured as a separate performance obligation over the contract period and recognized over a duration of less than one year.
The deferred revenue balance does not represent the total contract value of annual or multi-year, non-cancelable subscription agreements. The Company invoices its customers based on a variety of billing schedules. During the six months ended August 2, 2024, on average, approximately 66% of the Company's recurring revenue was billed annually in advance and approximately 34% was billed on either a monthly or quarterly basis in advance. In addition, many of the Company's professional services engagements are billed in advance of service commencement. The deferred revenue balance is influenced by several factors, including seasonality, the compounding effects of renewals, billing frequency, and invoice timing.
Changes to the Company's deferred revenue during the six months ended August 2, 2024 and August 4, 2023 are as follows (in thousands):
As of February 2, 2024
Upfront payments received and billings during the six months ended August 2, 2024
Revenue recognized during the six months ended August 2, 2024
As of August 2, 2024
Deferred revenue $ 136,951 $ 115,022 $ (118,706) $ 133,267
As of February 3, 2023
Upfront payments received and billings during the six months ended August 4, 2023
Revenue recognized during the six months ended August 4, 2023
As of August 4, 2023
Deferred revenue $ 156,332 $ 114,112 $ (128,074) $ 142,370
12
SECUREWORKS CORP.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)
Remaining Performance Obligation
The remaining performance obligation represents the transaction price allocated to contracted revenue that has not yet been recognized, which includes deferred revenue and non-cancellable contracts that are expected to be invoiced and recognized as revenue in future periods. The remaining performance obligation consists of two elements: (i) the value of remaining services to be provided through the contract term for customers whose services have been activated, or active; and (ii) the value of subscription-based solutions contracted with customers that have not yet been provisioned, or backlog. Backlog is not recorded in revenue, deferred revenue or elsewhere in the consolidated financial statements until the Company establishes a contractual right to invoice, at which point backlog is recorded as revenue or deferred revenue, as appropriate. The Company applies the practical expedient in Accounting Standards Codification paragraph 606-10-50-14(a) and does not disclose information about remaining performance obligations that are part of a contract that has an original expected duration of one year or less.
The Company expects that the amount of backlog relative to the total value of its contracts will change from year to year due to several factors, including the amount invoiced at the beginning of the contract term, the timing and duration of the Company's customer agreements, varying invoicing cycles of agreements and changes in customer financial circumstances. Accordingly, fluctuations in backlog are not always a reliable indicator of future revenues.
As of August 2, 2024, the Company expects to recognize remaining performance obligations as follows (in thousands):
Total Expected to be recognized in the next 12 months Expected to be recognized in 12-24 months Expected to be recognized in 24-36 months Expected to be recognized thereafter
Performance obligation - active $ 176,474 $ 111,315 $ 46,648 $ 13,980 $ 4,531
Performance obligation - backlog 4,611 2,037 1,394 1,180 -
Total remaining performance obligations $ 181,085 $ 113,352 $ 48,042 $ 15,160 $ 4,531
Deferred Commissions and Fulfillment Costs
The Company capitalizes a significant portion of its commission expense and related fringe benefits earned by its sales personnel. Historically, the Company capitalized certain costs to install and activate hardware and software used in its managed security services, primarily related to a portion of the compensation for the personnel who perform the installation activities. These deferred costs were amortized on a systematic basis that is consistent with the transfer to the customer of the goods or services to which the assets relate.
Changes in the balance of total deferred commission and total deferred fulfillment costs during the six months ended August 2, 2024 and August 4, 2023 are as follows (in thousands):
As of February 2, 2024
Amount capitalized Amount recognized
As of August 2, 2024
Deferred commissions $ 41,815 $ 3,218 $ (7,559) $ 37,474
Deferred fulfillment costs - - - -
As of February 3, 2023
Amount capitalized Amount recognized
As of August 4, 2023
Deferred commissions $ 49,565 $ 4,225 $ (8,820) $ 44,970
Deferred fulfillment costs 3,232 - (1,805) 1,427
During the fourth quarter of fiscal 2022, Secureworks announced the end-of-sale for a number of managed security service offerings effective the first day of fiscal 2023. In addition, renewals associated with many of these existing other managed security subscription services were not extended beyond the end of fiscal 2023. Consistent with the end-of-life transition of these non-strategic managed security services, these deferred fulfillment costs were fully amortized as of the end of fiscal 2024, and the Company no longer has new deferred fulfillment costs related to these offerings that meet the criteria for capitalization in accordance with ASC 340.
13
SECUREWORKS CORP.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)
NOTE 4 - GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS
Goodwill relates to the acquisition of Dell by Dell Technologies and represents the excess of the purchase price attributable to Secureworks over the fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed, as well as subsequent business combinations completed by the Company. Goodwill decreased $0.3 million due to foreign currency translation for the six months ended August 2, 2024, compared to February 2, 2024. Goodwill totaled $425.2 million and $425.5 million as of August 2, 2024 and February 2, 2024, respectively.
Goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets are tested for impairment on an annual basis during the third fiscal quarter of each fiscal year, or earlier if an indicator of impairment occurs. The Company completed the most recent annual impairment test in the third quarter of fiscal 2024 by performing a "Step 0" qualitative assessment of goodwill at the reporting unit level, as well as the Company's indefinite-lived trade name asset at the individual asset level. The Company has one reporting unit. The qualitative assessment includes the Company's consideration of the relevant events and circumstances that would affect the Company's single reporting unit and indefinite-lived assets, including macroeconomic, industry and market conditions, the Company's overall financial performance including changes to its cost structure and trends in the market price of the Company's Class A common stock. After assessing the totality of these events and circumstances, the Company determined it was not more-likely-than not that the fair value of the reporting unit and indefinite-lived intangible asset was less than their respective carrying values. No triggering events have transpired since the performance of the qualitative assessment that would indicate a potential impairment occurred during the period through August 2, 2024.
Intangible Assets
The Company's intangible assets as of August 2, 2024 and February 2, 2024 were as follows:
August 2, 2024 February 2, 2024
Gross Accumulated
Amortization 		Net Gross Accumulated
Amortization 		Net
(in thousands)
Customer relationships $ 189,518 $ (154,672) $ 34,846 $ 189,518 $ (147,624) $ 41,894
Acquired Technology 141,784 (139,558) 2,226 141,784 (139,042) 2,742
Developed Technology 20,040 (10,926) 9,114 17,070 (8,589) 8,481
Finite-lived intangible assets 351,342 (305,156) 46,186 348,372 (295,255) 53,117
Trade name 30,118 - 30,118 30,118 - 30,118
Total intangible assets $ 381,460 $ (305,156) $ 76,304 $ 378,490 $ (295,255) $ 83,235
Amortization expense related to finite-lived intangible assets was approximately $5.0 million and $9.9 million for the three and six months ended August 2, 2024, respectively, and $8.1 million and $16.1 million for the three and six months ended August 4, 2023, respectively. Amortization expense is included within cost of revenue and general and administrative expense in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. There were no impairment charges related to intangible assets during the three and six months ended August 2, 2024 or August 4, 2023.
14
SECUREWORKS CORP.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)
NOTE 5 - DEBT
Revolving Credit Facility
SecureWorks, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of SecureWorks Corp., is a party to a revolving credit agreement with a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dell Inc. under which the Company obtained a $50 million senior, unsecured revolving credit facility. Effective September 6, 2023, the Company executed an amendment to the revolving credit agreement that was effectuated on March 23, 2023. This amended agreement (1) increased the maximum principal amount of borrowings outstanding under the revolving credit facility to $50 million, (2) removed the one-time increase of up to an additional $30 million in borrowings upon mutual agreement by lender and borrower, (3) extended the commitment and required repayment date under the revolving credit agreement to March 23, 2026, and (4) modified the rate at which interest accrues on funds drawn against the revolving credit agreement to the Secured Overnight Finance Rate, or SOFR, plus 2.00%.
Amounts under the facility may be borrowed, repaid and reborrowed from time to time during the term of the facility. The proceeds from loans made under the facility may be used for general corporate purposes. The credit agreement contains customary representations, warranties, covenants, and events of default. The unused portion of the facility is subject to a commitment fee of 0.35%, which is due upon expiration of the facility. There was no outstanding balance under the credit facility, and the Company was in compliance with all covenants, as of August 2, 2024 and February 2, 2024. Additionally, there were no amounts borrowed under the credit facility during the three and six months ended August 2, 2024.
The borrower will be required to repay, in full, all of the loans outstanding, including all accrued interest, and the facility will terminate upon a change of control of SecureWorks Corp. or following a transaction in which SecureWorks, Inc. ceases to be a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of SecureWorks Corp. The facility is not guaranteed by SecureWorks Corp. or its subsidiaries.
15
SECUREWORKS CORP.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)
NOTE 6 - COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Legal Contingencies- The Company is periodically involved in claims and legal proceedings that arise in the ordinary course of business. The Company accrues a liability when it believes that it is both probable that a liability has been incurred and it can reasonably estimate the amount of the loss. The Company reviews the status of such matters at least quarterly and adjusts its liabilities as necessary to reflect ongoing negotiations, settlements, rulings, advice of legal counsel, and other relevant information. Whether the outcome of any claim, suit, assessment, investigation, or legal proceeding, individually or collectively, could have a material adverse effect on the Company's business, financial condition, results of operations, or cash flows will depend on a variety of factors. Such factors include the nature, timing, and amount of any associated expenses, amounts paid in settlement, damages, or other remedies or consequences. Where new information is later obtained and the Company's views on the probable outcomes of claims, suits, assessments, investigations, or legal proceedings change, the Company would record changes in accrued liabilities during the period in which such a determination is made. As of August 2, 2024, the Company does not believe that there were any such matters that, individually or in the aggregate, would have a material adverse effect on its business, financial condition, results of operations, or cash flows.
Customer-based Taxation Contingencies-Various government entities, or taxing authorities, require the Company to bill its customers for the taxes they owe based on the services they purchase from the Company. The application of the rules of each taxing authority concerning which services are subject to each tax and how those services should be taxed involves the application of judgment. Taxing authorities periodically perform audits to verify compliance and include all periods that remain open under applicable statutes, which generally range from threeto four years. These audits could result in significant assessments of past taxes, fines, and interest if the Company were found to be non-compliant. During the course of an audit, a taxing authority may question the Company's application of its rules in a manner that, if the Company were not successful in substantiating its position, could result in a significant financial impact to the Company. In the course of preparing its financial statements and disclosures, the Company considers whether information exists that would warrant disclosure or an accrual with respect to such a contingency.
As of August 2, 2024, the Company is under audit with various state taxing authorities in which rulings related to the taxability of certain of its services are pending; the Companyhas recorded an estimated liability of $1.7 millionrelated to such matters. The Company expects to continue to appeal certain of these rulings, but should the Company not prevail, it could be subject to obligations to pay additional taxes together with associated penalties and interest for the audited tax period.
Indemnifications and Guarantees-In the ordinary course of business, the Company enters into contractual arrangements under which it agrees to indemnify its customers from certain losses incurred by the customer from third-party claims relating to the services performed on behalf of the Company or for certain losses incurred by the customer as to third-party claims arising from certain events as defined within the particular contract. Such indemnification obligations may not be subject to maximum loss clauses. Historically, payments related to these indemnifications have been immaterial.
Other guarantees include guarantees of product and service performance. These contingent obligations are not recognized as liabilities and have not had any significant impact on our condensed consolidated financial statements to date.
Concentrations-The Company sells solutions to customers of all sizes through a combination of partners and its sales organization. During the three and six months ended August 2, 2024 and August 4, 2023, the Company had no customer that represented 10% or more of its net revenue.
16
SECUREWORKS CORP.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)
NOTE 7 - LEASES
The Company's leases primarily relate to office facilities that have remaining lease terms of 0.4 years to 2.4 years, inclusive of renewal or termination options that the Company is reasonably certain to exercise.
The components of lease expenses were as follows:
Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
August 2,
2024 		August 4,
2023 		August 2,
2024 		August 4,
2023
(in thousands)
Operating lease cost $ 563 $ 1,083 $ 1,135 $ 2,164
Variable lease costs 131 130 255 151
Total lease costs $ 694 $ 1,213 $ 1,390 $ 2,315
Supplemental cash flow information:
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of operating lease liabilities $ 1,356 1,333 $ 2,711 $ 2,661
Weighted-average information associated with the measurement of remaining operating lease obligations is as follows:
August 2, 2024
Weighted-average remaining lease term 2.4 years
Weighted-average discount rate 5.43 %
The following table summarizes the maturity of the Company's operating lease liabilities as of August 2, 2024 (in thousands):
Fiscal Years Ending August 2, 2024
2025 $ 2,394
2026 4,526
2027 4,088
Thereafter -
Total operating lease payments $ 11,008
Less imputed interest 612
Total operating lease liabilities $ 10,396
During the second quarter of fiscal 2024, as part of its actions to rebalance investments cross-functionally in alignment with its current strategy and growth opportunities, the Company ceased use of certain corporate office space as a part of its real estate-related cost optimization actions. The right-of-use asset was assessed to be part of an asset group separate from the Company-level single asset group. Fair value of the asset was determined using a discounted cash flow methodology considering the asset's specific use to generate cash flows. The Company determined the asset values were not recoverable and recorded an impairment loss of $2.9 million to its operating lease right-of-use assets in the second quarter of fiscal 2024. There were no impairments recorded during the three and six months ended August 2, 2024. See Note 12 -"Reorganization and other related costs" for further discussion.
17
SECUREWORKS CORP.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)
NOTE 8 - STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION AND OTHER LONG-TERM PERFORMANCE INCENTIVES
The SecureWorks Corp. 2016 Long-Term Incentive Plan, or the 2016 Plan, provides for the grant of options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units, whether time-based, performance-based or time- and performance-based, deferred stock units, unrestricted stock, dividend equivalent rights, other equity-based awards, and cash bonus awards. Awards may be granted under the 2016 Plan to individuals who are employees, officers, or non-employee directors of the Company or any of its affiliates, consultants and advisors who perform services for the Company or any of its affiliates, and any other individual whose participation in the 2016 Plan is determined to be in the best interests of the Company by the compensation committee of the board of directors.
Under the 2016 Plan, the Company granted 236,901 and 7,628,617 restricted stock units during the three and six months ended August 2, 2024, respectively, and 911,705 and 8,053,962 restricted stock units during the three and six months ended August 4, 2023, respectively. The annual restricted stock units granted during these periods vest over a three-year period. Approximately 23% and 17% of such awards granted during the six months ended August 2, 2024 and August 4, 2023, respectively, are subject to performance conditions. The majority of the 7,391,716 restricted stock unit awards made during the three months ended May 3, 2024 were subject to stockholder approval at the Company's 2024 annual meeting of stockholders, which took place on June 25, 2024, of an amendment to the 2016 Plan. The amendment to the 2016 Plan increased the number of shares of Class A common stock issuable under the plan by 7,500,000 shares. Such stockholder approval was obtained at the annual meeting, and those awards were deemed granted and outstanding for accounting purposes during the three months ended August 2, 2024.
The Company may grant long-term cash awards to certain employees under the 2016 Plan. The cash awards issued during the last three fiscal years are not subject to any performance conditions and vest in equal installments over a three-year period. The Company granted an immaterial amount of cash awards during the three and six months ended August 2, 2024 and August 4, 2023, respectively. The Company recognized $19.2 thousand and $0.3 million of related compensation expense for the three and six months ended August 2, 2024, respectively, and $0.4 million and $1.1 million of related compensation expense for the three and six months ended August 4, 2023, respectively.
18
SECUREWORKS CORP.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)
NOTE 9 - INCOME AND OTHER TAXES
The Company's loss before income taxes, income tax expense (benefit), and effective income tax rate for the three and six months ended August 2, 2024 and August 4, 2023 were as follows (in thousands, except percentages):
Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
August 2,
2024 		August 4,
2023 		August 2,
2024 		August 4,
2023
Loss before income taxes $ (14,005) $ (41,798) $ (23,876) $ (79,896)
Income tax expense (benefit) $ 724 $ (9,439) $ 26,929 $ (16,567)
Effective tax rate (5.2) % 22.6 % (112.8) % 20.7 %
On March 13, 2024, Dell's economic ownership of the Company dropped below 80%. As a result, the Company no longer qualifies for inclusion in Dell Technologies' consolidated U.S. federal income tax return, as well as tax returns in certain U.S. state jurisdictions that follow similar consolidation requirements. Commencing with this deconsolidation, the Company will file its own consolidated U.S. federal income tax return. Given the Company's recent history of cumulative losses, a valuation allowance was recorded against its federal deferred tax assets, as well as certain U.S. state deferred tax assets. The Company recorded an initial valuation allowance of $26.2 million during the three months ended May 3, 2024. Net deferred tax balances, which include the impacts of valuation allowances, are included in other non-current assets and other non-current liabilities in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Financial Position. The Company's effective tax rate was a result of the increase in the valuation allowance partially offset by estimated taxable income for the fiscal year to date.
For certain U.S. state jurisdictions where the Company continues to be included in consolidated filings with Dell Technologies, related deferred tax assets continue to be recognized under the separate return method, modified to apply the benefits-for-loss approach. Under the benefits-for-loss approach, net operating losses or other tax attributes are characterized as realized by the Company when those attributes are utilized by other members of the Dell consolidated group.
During the six months ended August 4, 2023, the Company did not file separate federal tax returns as the Company generally was included in the tax grouping of other Dell entities within the respective entity's tax jurisdiction. The income tax benefit has been calculated using the separate return method, modified to apply the benefits-for-loss approach. Under the benefits-for-loss approach, net operating losses or other tax attributes are characterized as realized by the Company when those attributes are utilized by other members of the Dell consolidated group.
Effective for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2022, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 eliminated the option to deduct research and development, or R&D, expenses in the year incurred and instead requires taxpayers to capitalize R&D expenses, including software development cost, and subsequently amortize such expenses over five years for R&D activities conducted in the United States and over fifteen years for R&D activities conducted outside of the United States. This legislation has materially impacted the Company's deferred tax assets and corresponding valuation allowance.
As of August 2, 2024 and February 2, 2024, the Company had a net operating loss receivable from Dell of $5.8 million and $5.0 million, respectively. The Company had $4.5 million and $4.9 million of unrecognized tax benefits as of August 2, 2024 and February 2, 2024, respectively.
19
SECUREWORKS CORP.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)
NOTE 10 - RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Allocated Expenses
For the periods presented, Dell has provided various corporate services to Secureworks in the ordinary course of business. The costs of these services are governed by a shared services agreement between Secureworks and Dell Inc. The total amounts of the charges under the shared services agreement with Dell were $0.7 million and $1.4 million for the three and six months ended August 2, 2024, respectively, and $0.8 million and $1.6 million for the three and six months ended August 4, 2023, respectively. Management believes that the basis on which the expenses have been allocated reasonably reflects the utilization of services provided to or the benefit received by the Company during the periods presented.
Related Party Arrangements
For the periods presented, related party transactions and activities involving Dell Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries were not always consummated on terms equivalent to those that would prevail in an arm's-length transaction where conditions of competitive, free-market dealing may exist.
The Company purchases computer equipment for internal use from Dell Inc. and its subsidiaries that is capitalized within property and equipment in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Financial Position. Purchases of computer equipment from Dell and EMC Corporation, or EMC, an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Dell Technologies that provides enterprise software and storage, totaled $0.1 million and $0.2 million for the three and six months ended August 2, 2024, respectively, and $0.2 million and $0.3 million for the three and six months ended August 4, 2023, respectively.
The Company also recognized revenue related to solutions provided to significant beneficial owners of Secureworks common stock, which include Mr. Dell and affiliates of Mr. Dell. The revenues recognized by the Company from solutions provided to Mr. Dell, MSD Capital, L.P. (n/k/a, DFO Management, LLC, a firm founded for the purposes of managing investments of Mr. Dell and his family), DFI Resources LLC, an entity affiliated with Mr. Dell, and the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation were immaterial to the Company.
The Company provides solutions to certain customers whose contractual relationships have historically been with Dell rather than Secureworks, although the Company has the primary responsibility to provide the services. Effective August 1, 2015, in connection with the IPO, Dell transferred many of these customer contracts to the Company, forming a direct contractual relationship between the Company and the end customer. For customers whose contracts have not yet been transferred or whose contracts were subsequently originated through Dell under a reseller agreement, the Company recognized revenues of approximately $13.8 million and $27.9 million for the three and six months ended August 2, 2024, respectively, and $14.3 million and $29.3 million for the three and six months ended August 4, 2023, respectively.
As the Company's customer, Dell also purchases services from the Company. The Company recognized revenues from such purchases of approximately $0.1 million and $0.2 million for the three and six months ended August 2, 2024, respectively, and $0.2 million and $0.3 million for the three and six months ended August 4, 2023, respectively. For each of the periods presented, the majority of these revenues represented professional services revenue.
As a result of the foregoing related party arrangements, the Company has recorded the following related party balances in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Financial Position as of August 2, 2024 and as of February 2, 2024 (in thousands):
August 2,
2024 		February 2,
2024
Related party payable (in accrued and other current liabilities) $ 1,756 $ 4,868
Accounts receivable from customers under reseller agreements with Dell (in accounts receivable, net) $ 7,445 $ 5,748
Net operating loss tax sharing receivable under agreement with Dell $ 5,784 $ 4,976
20
SECUREWORKS CORP.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)
NOTE 11 - FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS
The Company measures fair value within the guidance of the three-level valuation hierarchy. This hierarchy is based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability as of the measurement date. The categorization of a measurement within the valuation hierarchy is based upon the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The three levels are defined as follows:
•Level 1 - Quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities
•Level 2 - Other observable market-based inputs or unobservable inputs that are corroborated by market data
•Level 3 - Significant unobservable inputs
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis
The assets and liabilities of the Company that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis using the respective input levels as of August 2, 2024 and February 2, 2024 were as follows (in thousands):
August 2,
2024 		February 2,
2024
Level 1 Level 1
Cash equivalents - Money Market Funds $ 1,736 $ 1,691
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Nonrecurring Basis
The carrying amounts of the Company's accounts receivable, accounts payable, and accrued expenses approximate their respective fair value due to their short-term nature.
21
SECUREWORKS CORP.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)
NOTE 12 - REORGANIZATION AND OTHER RELATED COSTS
Beginning in fiscal year ended February 3, 2023, the Company committed to a plan to align its investments more closely with its strategic priorities to meet the expected future needs of the business by reducing the Company's workforce and implementing certain real estate-related and other cost optimization actions. Under this plan and through continued reorganization actions, the Company began rebalancing investments cross-functionally in alignment with the Company's current strategy and growth opportunities, such as focusing on the higher value, higher margin Taegis solutions, optimizing the Company's organizational structure to increase its scalability, and other priorities, to better position the Company for continued growth with improving operating margins over time. Expenses associated with these actions consisted primarily of severance and other termination benefits, real estate-related expenses, and various other cost saving measures. The Company incurred expenses associated with the plan of approximately $1.5 million during the six months ended August 2, 2024.
The following table summarizes the liability associated with these charges that is included in accrued and other current liabilities on the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Statements of Financial Position (in thousands):
Workforce Real estate-related Other Total
Balance as of February 3, 2023
$ 7,550 $ - $ 1,394 $ 8,944
Reorganization charge 13,873 3,272 - 17,145
Charges settled in cash (15,802) - (1,394) (17,196)
Charges settled in non-cash - (3,272) - (3,272)
Balance as of February 2, 2024 $ 5,621 $ - $ - $ 5,621
Reorganization charge $ 1,476 $ - $ - $ 1,476
Charges settled in cash (4,194) - - (4,194)
Balance as of August 2, 2024 $ 2,903 $ - $ - $ 2,903
22
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The words "believe," "may," "would," "could," "potentially," "anticipate," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "plan," "aim," "seek," and similar expressions that convey uncertainty regarding future events or outcomes as they relate to us or our management are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Our results could be materially different from our expectations because of various risks, including risks related to: achieving or maintaining profitability; enhancing our existing solutions and technologies and developing or acquiring new solutions and technologies; navigating economic conditions, geopolitical uncertainty and financial market volatility; relying on personnel with extensive information security expertise; successfully implementing our strategic plan to realign and optimize our investments with our priorities; intense competition in the Company's markets; attracting new customers, retaining existing customers and increasing annual contract values; relying on customers in the financial services industry; managing our growth effectively; maintaining high-quality client service and support functions; the terms of our service level agreements with customers that require credits for service failures or inadequacies; recognizing revenue ratably over the terms of our Taegis security solutions and managed security services contracts; long and unpredictable sales cycles; the risks associated with expansion of the Company's international sales and operations; the risks associated with proposed or currently enacted tax statutes, including, but not limited to, Internal Revenue Code Section 174; our exposure to fluctuations in currency exchange rates or inflation; the effect of new governmental export or import controls on our business or any international sanctions compliance program applicable to us; expanding our key distribution relationships and technology alliance partnerships; real or perceived defects, errors or vulnerabilities in our solutions or the failure of our solutions to prevent a security breach; the risks associated with cyber-attacks or other data security incidents; the risks associated with our development, use and adoption of artificial intelligence; the ability of our solutions to interoperate with our customers' IT infrastructure; our ability to use third-party technologies; the impact of evolving information security, cybersecurity and data privacy laws and regulations on our business; maintaining and enhancing our brand; the risks associated with our acquisition of other businesses; the effect of natural disasters, public health issues, geopolitical conflict and other catastrophic events on our ability to serve customers, including the Ukrainian/Russian conflict and the conflict between Israel and Hamas; our reliance on patents to protect its intellectual property rights; protecting, maintaining or enforcing our non-patented intellectual property rights and proprietary information; claims by third parties of infringement of their proprietary technology by us; our use of open source technology; the risks related to the Company's relationship with Dell Technologies Inc. and Dell Inc. and control of the Company by Dell Technologies Inc., which include, but are not limited to, the effects of our deconsolidation as a part of the Dell Technologies Inc. affiliated tax group; the volatility of the price of the Company's Class A common stock; and other risks discussed in "Risk Factors" in Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 2, 2024 that was filed with the SEC on March 22, 2024 and in our other periodic and current reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Moreover, we operate in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment, and new risks emerge from time to time. All statements by us regarding our expected financial position, revenues, cash flows and other operating results for future periods, business strategy, the outcome of legal proceedings and similar matters are forward-looking statements. Our expectations expressed or implied in these forward-looking statements may not turn out to be correct. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date as of which such statement is made, and, except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statement after the date as of which such statement was made, whether to reflect changes in circumstances or our expectations, the occurrence of unanticipated events, or otherwise.
23
Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
This management's discussion and analysis is based upon the financial statements of Secureworks which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, or GAAP, and should be read in conjunction with our audited financial statements and related notes for the year ended February 2, 2024 included in Part II, Item 8 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 2, 2024 that was filed with the SEC on March 22, 2024, which we refer to as the Annual Report. In addition to historical financial information, the following discussion contains forward-looking statements that reflect our plans, estimates, beliefs, and future expectations. Our actual results could differ materially from those discussed or implied in our forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to these differences include those discussed in "Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements" above and in "Risk Factors" in Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report, as may be updated in subsequent quarterly reports.
Our fiscal year is the 52- or 53-week period ending on the Friday closest to January 31. We refer to the fiscal year ending January 31, 2025 and the fiscal year ended February 2, 2024 as fiscal 2025 and fiscal 2024, respectively. Fiscal 2025 and fiscal 2024 each consist of 52 weeks, and each quarter consists of 13 weeks. Unless otherwise indicated, all changes identified for the current-period results represent comparisons to results for the prior corresponding fiscal periods.
All percentage amounts and ratios presented in this management's discussion and analysis were calculated using the underlying data in thousands.
Except where the context otherwise requires or as otherwise indicated, (1) all references to "Secureworks," "we," "us," "our," and "our Company" in this management's discussion and analysis refer to SecureWorks Corp. and our subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, (2) all references to "Dell" refer to Dell Inc. and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis and (3) all references to "Dell Technologies" refer to Dell Technologies Inc., the ultimate parent company of Dell Inc.
Overview
We are a leading global cybersecurity provider of technology-driven solutions singularly focused on protecting our customers.
Our vision is to be the essential cybersecurity company for a digitally connected world. We believe we are the security platform of choice to deliver a holistic approach to security at scale for our customers to achieve their best security outcomes. We combine our considerable experience from securing thousands of customers, for whom we process billions of customer events leveraging artificial intelligence and machine-learning in our security platform, with the actionable insights from our team of elite researchers, analysts, and consultants to create a powerful network effect that provides increasingly strong protection for our customers.
Our proprietary Taegis security platform utilizes an open architecture that is designed to process a wide variety of telemetry to see security threats quickly and leverage our customers' existing investments. Our solutions collect and process vast amounts of data across the IT ecosystem by integrating a wide array of proprietary and third-party security products. This open-platform approach allows us to aggregate events from a wide range of endpoint, network, cloud, and business systems to increase the effectiveness of our solutions.
By aggregating and analyzing data from sources around the world, we offer solutions that enable organizations to:
•prevent security breaches,
•detect malicious activity,
•respond rapidly when a security breach occurs, and
•identify emerging threats.
We believe a platform that supports innovation and collaboration enables the power of the security community to outmaneuver the adversary. Leveraging our extensive security expertise and threat intelligence, we utilize our unique insights to extend our Taegis XDR platform to defend against cyber-attacks.
The integrated approach we have pioneered enables us to deliver a broad portfolio of security solutions to organizations of varying size and complexity. We seek to provide the right level of security for each customer's particular situation, which evolves with our customers as their organizations grow and change over time. Our flexible and scalable solutions secure the evolving needs of large enterprises as well as small and medium-sized businesses and U.S. state and local government agencies with limited in-house capabilities and resources.
We offer our customers:
•software-as-a-service, or SaaS, solutions,
•managed solutions, and
•professional services, including incident response and adversarial testing services.
24
Our security solutions leverage our proprietary technologies, security operations workflows, and extensive expertise and knowledge of the tactics, techniques, and procedures of the adversary that we have developed over more than two decades. As key elements of our strategy, we seek to:
•be the SaaS security platform of choice,
•broaden our reach with security service providers to deliver our security platform globally, and
•empower the global security community to beat the adversary at scale.
Taegis was purpose-built as a SaaS platform that combines the power of artificial intelligence and machine-learning capabilities with actionable security analytics and threat intelligence to unify detection and response across endpoint, network, cloud, email, and other systems for better security outcomes and simpler security operations. The Taegis security platform is a core element of our SaaS solutions, which leverage workflows designed from our extensive security operations expertise and our integrated orchestration and automation capabilities to increase the speed of response actions.
We offer an integrated suite of technology-driven security solutions enabled by our Taegis security platform and team of highly skilled security experts. Our technology-driven security solutions offer an innovative approach to prevent, detect, and respond to cybersecurity breaches. The platform collects, aggregates, correlates, and analyzes billions of events daily from our extensive customer base utilizing sophisticated algorithms to detect malicious activity and deliver security countermeasures, dynamic intelligence and valuable context regarding the intentions and actions of cyber adversaries. Through our Taegis solutions, which are sold on a subscription basis, we provide global visibility and insight into malicious activity, enabling our customers to detect, respond to, and effectively remediate threats quickly.
In addition to our Taegis solutions, we offer a variety of professional services to advise customers on a broad range of security and risk-related matters, which include incident response, penetration testing services, and Taegis professional services, that we believe will accelerate the adoption of our software solutions.
Key Factors Affecting Our Performance
We believe that our sustained success will depend on many factors, including the adoption of our Taegis solutions by organizations, continued investment in our technology and threat intelligence research, our introduction of new solutions, our ability to increase sales of our solutions to new and existing customers, and our ability to attract and retain top talent. Although these areas present significant opportunities, they also present risks that we must manage to ensure we remain successful. We operate in an intensely competitive industry and face, among other competitive challenges, pricing pressure resulting from actions taken by our larger competitors to reduce the prices of their security prevention, detection, and response solutions, as well as the prices of their managed security services. If we are unable to continue to manage our investments in an efficient manner or to effectively execute our strategies aimed to foster sustained success, our business could be adversely affected.
The key factors affecting our performance include the following:
Adoption of Technology-Driven Solution Strategy. The evolving landscape of applications, modes of communication, and IT architectures makes it increasingly challenging for organizations of all sizes to protect their critical business assets, including proprietary information, from cyber threats. New technologies heighten security risks by increasing the number of ways in which a threat actor can attack a target, giving users greater access to important business networks and information, and facilitating the transfer of control of underlying applications and infrastructure to third-party vendors. An effective security strategy requires the coordinated deployment of a solution across the entire network infrastructure. Our Taegis security solutions are designed to facilitate the successful implementation of such a strategy, but continuous investment in, and adaptation of, our technology will be required in the ever-evolving threat landscape. Our financial results will be affected by the degree to which prospective and current customers recognize the mission-critical nature of our technology-driven information security solutions and subsequently purchase our solutions.
Investment in Our Technology and Threat Intelligence Research. Our software platform serves as the core of our technology-driven security solutions. We believe it provides our customers with an integrated perspective and key visibility into their network environments and potential security threats. Our software platform is augmented by threat intelligence from our Counter Threat Unit research team, which conducts exclusive research into threat actors, uncovers new attack techniques, analyzes emerging threats, and evaluates the risks posed to our customers. We expect to continue making investments into our research and development efforts, including remaining on the forefront of threat intelligence so that we can adapt our software platform to new technologies as well as to changes in existing technologies. It is our belief that our performance will be significantly dependent on our ability to adapt to the rapidly evolving threat landscape, and we believe that continued investment into our Taegis subscription solutions will contribute to our long-term revenue growth, while the costs of such investments may continue to adversely affect our prospects for near-term profitability.
25
Introduction of New Security Solutions. Our performance is significantly dependent on our ability to continue to innovate and introduce new information security solutions, such as our Taegis solutions, that protect our customers from an expanding array of cybersecurity threats. We intend to continue to invest in security solutions innovation and leadership, including by hiring top technical talent and focusing on core technology innovation. In addition, we will continue to evaluate and utilize third-party proprietary technologies, where appropriate, for the continuous development of complementary offerings. We believe that our investment in security solutions development will increase the likelihood we will achieve long-term revenue growth, but this investment may continue to adversely affect our prospects for near-term profitability.
Investments in Expanding Our Customer Base.
Embracing our Partner Ecosystem. To support future sales, we expect to need to continue to devote resources to developing strategic partnerships with our channel partners, technology alliance partners, and system integrators. We have made, and plan to continue making, investments in both marketing and go-to-market efforts with our partners. These investments may not result in increasing revenue or improving our results of operations in the near term, although we do expect both will improve in the long term from these investments.
Deepening Our Customer Relationships. The continued growth of our business also depends in part on our ability to sell additional solutions to our existing customers. As our customers realize the benefits of the solutions they previously purchased, our portfolio of solutions provides us with a significant opportunity to expand these relationships.
Investment in Our People. The difficulty in providing effective information security is exacerbated by the highly competitive environment for identifying, hiring, and retaining qualified information security professionals. We believe our technology leadership, brand, exclusive focus on information security, customer-first culture, and robust training and development program enable us to attract and retain highly talented professionals with a passion for building a career in the information security industry. These professionals are led by a highly experienced and tenured management team with extensive IT security expertise and a record of developing successful new technologies and solutions to help protect our customers. We expect to continue to invest in attracting and retaining top talent to support and enhance our information security offerings.
Key Operating Metrics
We use certain operating metrics and our financial results to evaluate our performance and monitor the growth of our business. Relevant key operating metrics are presented below as of the dates indicated and for the fiscal periods then ended.
August 2, 2024 August 4, 2023
Taegis subscription customer base 1,900 2,000
Total customer base 3,100 4,500
Taegis annual recurring revenue (in millions) $ 289.6 $ 275.5
Total annual recurring revenue (in millions) $ 289.7 $ 305.8
Taegis average subscription revenue per customer (in thousands) $ 149.7 $ 135.4
Total average subscription revenue per customer (in thousands) $ 149.5 $ 131.2
Taegis Subscription Customer Base. We define our Taegis subscription customer base as the number of customers who have a Taegis subscription agreement as of a particular date.
Total Customer Base.We define total customer base as the number of customers that subscribe to our Taegis solutions and managed security services and customers that buy professional services from us, as of a particular date.
Total Annual Recurring Revenue. We define total annual recurring revenue as of the measurement date. Changes to recurring revenue may result from the expansion of our offerings and sales of additional solutions to our existing customers, as well as the timing of customer renewals.
Total Average Subscription Revenue Per Customer. We define total average subscription revenue per customer as the average annual revenue per customer that subscribes to either our Taegis or other managed security subscription solutions, or both, as of the measurement date. Total average subscription revenue per customer is primarily driven by the persistence of cyber threats and the results of our sales and marketing efforts to increase the awareness of our solutions. Our customer composition of both enterprise and small and medium sized businesses provides us with an opportunity to expand our professional services revenue. As of each of August 2, 2024 and August 4, 2023, approximately 47% of our professional services customers subscribed to our Taegis solutions or managed security services.
26
Net Revenue Retention Rate. Net revenue retention rate is an important measure of our success in retaining and growing revenue from our subscription-based customers. To calculate our revenue retention rate for any period, we compare the annual recurring revenue of our subscription-based customers at the beginning of the fiscal period, or base recurring revenue, to the same measure from that same cohort of customers at the end of the period, which we refer to as retained recurring revenue. By dividing the end-of-period retained recurring revenue by the base recurring revenue from the beginning of the period, we measure our success in retaining and growing installed revenue from the specific cohort of customers we served at the beginning of the period. Our calculation includes the positive revenue impacts of selling and installing additional solutions to this cohort of customers and the negative revenue impacts of customer attrition during the period. The calculation, however, does not include the positive impact on revenue from sales of solutions to any customers acquired during the period.
Our net revenue retention rate remained consistent year-over-year as of August 2, 2024, reflecting the end-of-life transition of our non-strategic managed security services which was completed at the end of the first quarter of fiscal 2025. Net revenue retention rates may increase or decline from period to period as a result of various factors, including the timing of solutions installations, customer renewal rates, and changes to solution offerings.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
We use supplemental measures of our performance, which are derived from our financial information, but which are not presented in our financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, referred to as GAAP. Non-GAAP financial measures presented in this management's discussion and analysis include non-GAAP cost of revenue, non-GAAP Taegis Subscription Solutions cost of revenue, non-GAAP Managed Security Services cost of revenue, non-GAAP subscription cost of revenue, non-GAAP professional services cost of revenue, non-GAAP gross profit, non-GAAP Taegis Subscription Solutions gross profit, non-GAAP Managed Security Services gross profit, non-GAAP subscription gross profit, non-GAAP professional services gross profit, non-GAAP gross margin, non-GAAP Taegis Subscription Solutions gross margin, non-GAAP Managed Security Services gross margin, non-GAAP subscription gross margin, non-GAAP professional services gross margin, non-GAAP operating expenses, non-GAAP research and development expenses, non-GAAP sales and marketing expenses, non-GAAP general and administrative expenses, non-GAAP operating income (loss), non-GAAP income (loss) before income taxes, non-GAAP income tax expense (benefit), non-GAAP net income (loss), non-GAAP earnings (loss) per share before income taxes, non-GAAP income tax expense (benefit) per share, non-GAAP earnings (loss) per share, weighted-average shares used in computing non-GAAP earnings (loss) per share, diluted, and adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, stock-based compensation and reorganization and other related charges, or adjusted EBITDA. We use non-GAAP financial measures to supplement financial information presented on a GAAP basis. We believe these non-GAAP financial measures provide useful information to help evaluate our financial performance and operating results by enhancing the overall understanding of our past performance, while allowing for increased transparency with respect to important metrics used by management for financial and operational decision-making and enabling more meaningful period-to-period comparisons and comparisons to our peers. Non-GAAP measures have been utilized as metrics used to determine variable compensation for employees.
There are, however, limitations to the use of the non-GAAP financial measures presented in this management's discussion and analysis. Our non-GAAP financial measures may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies. Other companies, including companies in our industry, may calculate non-GAAP financial measures differently than we do, limiting the usefulness of those measures for comparative purposes.
The non-GAAP financial measures we present, as defined by us, exclude the items described in the reconciliation below. As the excluded items can have a material impact on earnings, our management compensates for this limitation by relying primarily on GAAP results and using non-GAAP financial measures supplementally. The non-GAAP financial measures are not meant to be considered as indicators of performance in isolation from, or as a substitute for, revenue, subscription revenue, professional services revenue, Taegis Subscription Solutions revenue, Managed Security Services revenue, gross profit, subscription gross profit, professional services gross profit, Taegis Subscription Solutions gross profit, Managed Security Services gross profit, cost of revenue, subscription cost of revenue, professional services cost of revenue, Taegis Subscription Solutions cost of revenue, Managed Security Services cost of revenue, operating expense, research and development expenses, sales and marketing expenses, general and administrative expenses, gross margin, subscription gross margin, professional services gross margin, Taegis Subscription Solutions gross margin, Managed Security Services gross margin, operating income (loss), net income (loss), or earnings (loss) per share in accordance with GAAP, and the non-GAAP financial measures should be read only in conjunction with financial information presented on a GAAP basis.
27
Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
The table below presents a reconciliation of each non-GAAP financial measure to its most directly comparable GAAP financial measure. We encourage you to review the reconciliations in conjunction with the presentation of the non-GAAP financial measures for each of the periods presented. In future fiscal periods, we may exclude such items and may incur income and expenses similar to these excluded items. Accordingly, the exclusion of these items and other similar items in our non-GAAP presentation should not be interpreted as implying that these items are non-recurring, infrequent or unusual.
The following is a summary of the items excluded from the most comparable GAAP financial measures to calculate our non-GAAP financial measures:
•Amortization of Intangible Assets.Amortization of intangible assets consists of amortization associated with software development costs capitalized and acquired customer relationships and technology. In connection with the acquisition of Dell by Dell Technologies in fiscal 2014 and our acquisition of Delve Laboratories Inc. in fiscal 2021, our tangible and intangible assets and liabilities associated with customer relationships and technology were accounted for and recognized at fair value on the related transaction date.
•Stock-based Compensation Expense. Non-cash, stock-based compensation expense relates to Secureworks' equity plan. We exclude such expense when assessing the effectiveness of our operating performance since stock-based compensation does not necessarily correlate with the underlying operating performance of the business.
•Reorganization and other related charges. The aggregate adjustment for expenses associated with the Company's plan to align its investments more closely with its strategic priorities, as described in the "Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements-Note 12-Reorganization and Other Related Costs.
28
Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
August 2, 2024 August 4, 2023 August 2, 2024 August 4, 2023
(in thousands, except per share data)
Revenue:
Taegis Subscription Solutions $ 71,199 $ 66,426 $ 140,274 $ 129,022
Managed Security Services 93 10,399 3,239 25,062
Total Subscription revenue $ 71,292 $ 76,825 $ 143,513 $ 154,084
Professional services 10,890 16,141 24,321 33,277
Total revenue $ 82,182 $ 92,966 $ 167,834 $ 187,361
GAAP gross profit $ 54,737 $ 52,909 $ 112,513 $ 104,518
Amortization of intangibles 1,433 4,537 2,853 9,017
Stock-based compensation expense 683 531 1,370 1,002
Non-GAAP gross profit $ 56,853 $ 57,977 $ 116,736 $ 114,537
GAAP Taegis Subscription Solutions gross profit $ 51,150 $ 45,686 $ 100,794 $ 88,374
Amortization of intangibles 1,433 1,127 2,853 2,196
Stock-based compensation expense 351 169 617 248
Non-GAAP Taegis Subscription Solutions gross profit $ 52,934 $ 46,982 $ 104,264 $ 90,818
GAAP Managed Security Services gross profit $ (924) $ 1,055 $ 837 $ 4,607
Amortization of intangibles - 3,410 - 6,821
Stock-based compensation expense - 40 48 107
Non-GAAP Managed Security Services gross profit $ (924) $ 4,505 $ 885 $ 11,535
GAAP operating loss $ (13,131) $ (41,162) $ (23,798) $ (77,514)
Amortization of intangibles1
4,957 8,060 9,900 16,064
Stock-based compensation expense2
8,572 7,620 17,541 14,890
Reorganization and other related charges - 14,232 1,476 14,232
Non-GAAP operating income (loss) $ 398 $ (11,250) $ 5,119 $ (32,328)
GAAP net loss $ (14,729) $ (32,359) $ (50,805) $ (63,329)
Income tax expense (benefit) 724 (9,439) 26,929 (16,567)
Amortization of intangibles1
4,957 8,060 9,900 16,064
Stock-based compensation expense2
8,572 7,620 17,541 14,890
Reorganization and other related charges - 14,232 1,476 14,232
Non-GAAP income (loss) before income taxes (476) (11,886) 5,041 (34,710)
Non-GAAP income tax expense (benefit)3
(111) (3,266) 1,185 (8,954)
Non-GAAP net income (loss) $ (365) $ (8,620) $ 3,856 $ (25,756)
GAAP loss per share $ (0.17) $ (0.38) $ (0.58) $ (0.74)
Income tax expense (benefit) 0.01 (0.11) 0.31 (0.19)
Amortization of intangibles 0.06 0.10 0.11 0.19
Stock-based compensation expense 0.10 0.08 0.20 0.17
Reorganization and other related charges - 0.17 0.02 0.17
Non-GAAP earnings (loss) per share before income taxes $ 0.00 $ (0.13) $ 0.06 $ (0.40)
Non-GAAP income tax expense (benefit) 0.00 (0.03) 0.01 (0.10)
Non-GAAP earnings (loss) per share* $ 0.00 $ (0.10) $ 0.04 $ (0.30)
Weighted-average shares used in computing non-GAAP earnings (loss) per share, diluted 88,540 86,121 90,028 85,776
* Sum of reconciling items may differ from total due to rounding of individual components
29
Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
August 2, 2024 August 4, 2023 August 2, 2024 August 4, 2023
(in thousands, except per share data)
GAAP net loss $ (14,729) $ (32,359) $ (50,805) $ (63,329)
Interest and other, net 874 636 78 2,382
Income tax expense (benefit) 724 (9,439) 26,929 (16,567)
Depreciation and amortization 5,547 8,981 11,414 17,961
Stock-based compensation expense 8,572 7,620 17,541 14,890
Reorganization and other related charges - 14,232 1,476 14,232
Adjusted EBITDA $ 988 $ (10,329) $ 6,633 $ (30,431)
1Includes amortization of intangibles as follows:
Cost of revenue $ 1,433 $ 4,537 $ 2,853 $ 9,017
General and administrative 3,524 3,523 7,047 7,047
2Includes stock-based compensation expense as follows:
Cost of revenue $ 683 $ 531 $ 1,370 $ 1,002
Research and development 2,769 2,681 6,148 5,283
Sales and marketing 1,476 1,097 2,662 1,938
General and administrative 3,644 3,311 7,361 6,667
3 In periods in which the Company has non-GAAP income before tax, the non-GAAP income tax expense is based on the Company's estimated blended tax rate. In periods the Company has non-GAAP loss before tax, the non-GAAP income tax benefit is based on GAAP tax benefit.
30
Our Relationship with Dell and Dell Technologies
On April 27, 2016, we completed our IPO. Upon the closing of our IPO, Dell Technologies owned, indirectly through Dell Inc. and Dell Inc.'s subsidiaries, all shares of our outstanding Class B common stock, which as of August 2, 2024 represented approximately 78.9% of our total outstanding shares of common stock and approximately 97.4% of the combined voting power of both classes of our outstanding common stock. In early March 2024, Dell's economic ownership of the Company dropped below 80%. As a result, we no longer qualify for inclusion in Dell Technologies' U.S. federal income tax return and most U.S. state jurisdictions. For more information, see "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements-Note 9-Income and Other Taxes" in our consolidated financial statements included in this report.
As a majority-owned subsidiary of Dell, we receive from Dell various corporate services in the ordinary course of business, including certain finance, tax, human resources, legal, insurance, IT, procurement, and facilities-related services. The costs of these services have been charged in accordance with a shared services agreement, as amended or amended and restated, in part, from time to time, that went into effect on August 1, 2015, which is the effective date of our carve-out from Dell. For more information regarding the allocated costs and related party transactions, see "Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements-Note 10-Related Party Transactions" in our condensed consolidated financial statements included in this report.
Additionally, we participate in various commercial arrangements with Dell, under which we, for example, provide information security solutions to third-party customers with whom Dell has contracted with to provide our solutions, procure hardware, software, and services from Dell, and sell our solutions through Dell in the United States and some international jurisdictions. In connection with our IPO, effective August 1, 2015, we entered into agreements with Dell that govern these commercial arrangements. In general, these agreements were initially effective for up to one to three years and include extension and cancellation options. To the extent that we choose, or are required to transition away from the corporate services currently provided by Dell, we may incur additional non-recurring transition costs to establish our own stand-alone corporate functions. For more information regarding the allocated costs and related party transactions, see "Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements-Note 10-Related Party Transactions" in our condensed consolidated financial statements included in this report.
31
Components of Results of Operations
Revenue
We generate revenue from the sales of our subscriptions and professional services.
•Subscription Revenue. Subscription revenue primarily consists of subscription fees derived from our Taegis solutions. Taegis' core offerings are the security platform, Taegis XDR, and our supplemental MDR service, ManagedXDR. Managed Security Services are other subscription-based arrangements pursuant to which we derive revenue from our non-strategic suite of security services utilizing our legacy platform. Our subscription contracts typically range from one to three years. The revenue and any related costs for these deliverables are recognized ratably over the contractual term, beginning on the date when the tenant is made available to customers.
•Professional Services Revenue.Professional services revenue consists primarily of incident response solutions and adversarial testing services. Professional services engagements are typically purchased as fixed-fee and retainer-based contracts. Professional services customers typically purchase solutions pursuant to customized contracts that are shorter in duration. Revenue from these engagements is recognized under the proportional performance method of accounting. Revenue from time- and materials-based contracts is recognized as costs are incurred at amounts represented by the agreed-upon billing rates. In general, these contracts have terms of less than one year.
The fees we charge for our solutions vary based on a number of factors, including the solutions selected, the number of customer devices covered by the selected solutions, and the level of management we provide for the solutions. In the second quarter of fiscal 2025, approximately 87% of our revenue was derived from subscription-based arrangements, attributable to Taegis solutions and managed security services, while approximately 13% was derived from professional services engagements. As we respond to the evolving needs of our customers, the relative mix of subscription-based solutions and professional services we provide our customers may fluctuate. International revenue, which we define as revenue contracted through non-U.S. entities, represented approximately 40% and 38% of our total net revenue in the second quarter fiscal 2025 and the second quarter fiscal 2024, respectively.
Over each period presented in this report, our pricing strategy for our various offerings was relatively consistent and did not significantly affect our revenue growth. We may, however, adjust our pricing to remain competitive and support our strategic initiatives.
Cost of Revenue
Our cost of revenue consists of costs incurred to provide subscription and professional services.
•Cost of Subscription Revenue.Cost of subscription revenue consists primarily of personnel-related expenses associated with maintaining our platforms, delivering managed services to our subscription customers, and hosting these platforms. Personnel-related expenses consist primarily of salaries, benefits, and performance-based compensation. Also included in cost of subscription revenue is amortization of equipment and costs associated with hardware utilized as part of providing subscription services, amortization of technology licensing fees, amortization of intangible assets, amortization of external software development costs capitalized, maintenance fees, and overhead allocations. As our business grows, the cost of subscription revenue associated with our solutions may fluctuate.
•Cost of Professional Services. Cost of professional services revenue consists primarily of personnel-related expenses, such as salaries, benefits, and performance-based compensation. Cost of professional services revenue also includes fees paid to contractors who supplement or support our solutions, maintenance fees, and overhead allocations. As our business grows, the cost of professional services revenue associated with our solutions may fluctuate.
Gross Profit and Margin
Gross margin, or gross profit as a percentage of revenue, has been and will continue to be affected by a variety of factors, including the mix between our existing solutions, introduction of new solutions, personnel-related costs, and cloud hosting costs. We expect our gross margins to fluctuate depending on these factors; however, we expect them to increase over time with expected growth and a higher mix of Taegis subscription solutions revenue compared to managed security services and professional services revenue.
32
Operating Costs and Expenses
Our operating costs and expenses consist of research and development expenses, sales and marketing expenses, and general and administrative expenses.
•Research and Development, or R&D, Expenses. Research and development expenses include compensation and related expenses for the continued development of our solutions offerings, including a portion of costs related to our threat research team, which focuses on the identification of system vulnerabilities, data forensics, and malware analysis. R&D expenses also encompass expenses related to the development of prototypes of new solutions offerings and allocated overhead. Our customer solutions have generally been developed internally. We operate in a competitive and highly technical industry; therefore, to maintain and extend our technology leadership, we intend to continue to invest in our R&D efforts by hiring more personnel to enhance our existing security solutions and add complementary solutions.
•Sales and Marketing, or S&M, Expenses. Sales and marketing expenses include salaries, sales commissions, and performance-based compensation benefits and related expenses for our S&M personnel, travel and entertainment, marketing and advertising programs (including lead generation), customer advocacy events, and other brand-building expenses, as well as allocated overhead.
•General and Administrative, or G&A, Expenses. General and administrative expenses primarily include the costs of human resources and recruiting, finance and accounting, legal support, information management and information security systems, facilities management, corporate development, and other administrative functions, and are partially offset by allocations of information technology and facilities costs to other functions.
•Reorganization and other related charges. Reorganization and other related charges consist primarily of severance and other termination benefits and real estate-related expenses, as described in the "Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements-Note 12-Reorganization and Other Related Costs."
Interest and Other, Net
Interest and other, net consists primarily of the effect of exchange rates on our foreign currency-denominated asset and liability balances and interest income earned on our cash and cash equivalents. All foreign currency transaction adjustments are recorded as foreign currency gains (losses) in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. To date, we have had minimal interest income.
Income Tax Expense (Benefit)
Income tax expense (benefit) consists of domestic and foreign income taxes. We maintain a valuation allowance for federal and certain state deferred tax assets. Based on our history of losses, we expect to maintain this substantially full valuation allowance for the foreseeable future as it is more likely than not that some or all of those deferred tax assets may not be realized.
For a further discussion of income tax matters, see "Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements-Note 9-Income and Other Taxes" in our condensed consolidated financial statements included in this report.
33
Results of Operations
Three and six months ended August 2, 2024 compared to the three and six months ended August 4, 2023
The following tables summarize our key performance indicators for the three and six months ended August 2, 2024 and August 4, 2023.
Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
August 2, 2024 August 4, 2023 August 2, 2024 August 4, 2023
$ % of
Revenue 		$ % of
Revenue 		$ % of Revenue $ % of Revenue
(in thousands, except percentages)
Net revenue:
Subscription $ 71,292 86.7 % $ 76,825 82.6 % $ 143,513 85.5 % $ 154,084 82.2 %
Professional Services 10,890 13.3 % 16,141 17.4 % 24,321 14.5 % 33,277 17.8 %
Total net revenue $ 82,182 100.0 % $ 92,966 100.0 % $ 167,834 100.0 % $ 187,361 100.0 %
Cost of revenue:
Subscription $ 21,066 29.5 % $ 30,084 39.2 % $ 41,882 29.2 % $ 61,103 39.7 %
Professional Services 6,379 58.6 % 9,973 61.8 % 13,439 55.3 % 21,740 65.3 %
Total cost of revenue $ 27,445 33.4 % $ 40,057 43.1 % $ 55,321 33.0 % $ 82,843 44.2 %
Total gross profit $ 54,737 66.6 % $ 52,909 56.9 % $ 112,513 67.0 % $ 104,518 55.8 %
Operating expenses:
Research and development $ 22,804 27.7 % $ 28,236 30.4 % $ 47,352 28.2 % $ 59,408 31.7 %
Sales and marketing 24,512 29.8 % 31,237 33.6 % 48,413 28.8 % 65,763 35.1 %
General and administrative 20,552 25.0 % 20,366 21.9 % 39,070 23.3 % 42,629 22.8 %
Reorganization and other related charges - - % 14,232 15.3 % 1,476 0.9 % 14,232 7.6 %
Total operating expenses $ 67,868 82.6 % $ 94,071 101.2 % $ 136,311 81.2 % $ 182,032 97.2 %
Operating loss $ (13,131) (16.0) % $ (41,162) (44.3) % $ (23,798) (14.2) % $ (77,514) (41.4) %
Net loss $ (14,729) (17.9) % $ (32,359) (34.8) % $ (50,805) (30.3) % $ (63,329) (33.8) %
Other Financial Information(1)
Non-GAAP cost of revenue:
Non-GAAP Subscription $ 19,282 27.0 % $ 25,338 33.0 % $ 38,364 26.7 % $ 51,731 33.6 %
Non-GAAP Professional Services 6,048 55.5 % 9,651 59.8 % 12,734 52.4 % 21,093 63.4 %
Total Non-GAAP cost of revenue $ 25,329 30.8 % $ 34,989 37.6 % $ 51,098 30.4 % $ 72,824 38.9 %
Non-GAAP gross profit $ 56,853 69.2 % $ 57,977 62.4 % $ 116,736 69.6 % $ 114,537 61.1 %
Non-GAAP operating expenses:
Non-GAAP research and development $ 20,035 24.4 % $ 25,555 27.5 % $ 41,204 24.6 % $ 54,125 28.9 %
Non-GAAP sales and marketing 23,036 28.0 % 30,140 32.4 % 45,751 27.3 % 63,825 34.1 %
Non-GAAP general and administrative 13,384 16.3 % 13,532 14.6 % 24,662 14.7 % 28,915 15.4 %
Non-GAAP operating expenses $ 56,455 68.7 % $ 69,227 74.5 % $ 111,617 66.5 % $ 146,865 78.4 %
Non-GAAP operating income (loss) $ 398 0.5 % $ (11,250) (12.1) % $ 5,119 3.1 % $ (32,328) (17.3) %
Non-GAAP net income (loss) $ (365) (0.4) % $ (8,620) (9.3) % $ 3,856 2.3 % $ (25,756) (13.7) %
Adjusted EBITDA $ 988 1.2 % $ (10,329) (11.1) % $ 6,633 4.0 % $ (30,431) (16.2) %
(1) See "Non-GAAP Financial Measures" and "Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures" for more information about these non-GAAP financial measures, including our reasons for including the measures, material limitations with respect to the usefulness of the measures, and a reconciliation of each non-GAAP financial measure to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure. Non-GAAP financial measures as a percentage of revenue are calculated based on total GAAP net revenue, except for non-GAAP subscription cost of revenue and non-GAAP professional services cost of revenue measures, which are calculated based on GAAP subscription net revenue and GAAP professional services net revenue, respectively.
34
Revenue
The following table presents information regarding our net revenue for the three and six months ended August 2, 2024 and August 4, 2023.
Three Months Ended Change Six Months Ended Change
August 2, 2024 August 4, 2023 $ % August 2, 2024 August 4, 2023 $ %
(in thousands, except percentages)
Net revenue:
Taegis Subscription Solutions $ 71,199 $ 66,426 $ 4,773 7.2 % $ 140,274 $ 129,022 $ 11,252 8.7 %
Managed Security Services 93 10,399 (10,306) (99.1) % 3,239 25,062 (21,823) (87.1) %
Total Subscription revenue $ 71,292 $ 76,825 $ (5,533) (7.2) % $ 143,513 $ 154,084 $ (10,571) (6.9) %
Professional services 10,890 16,141 (5,251) (32.5) % 24,321 33,277 (8,956) (26.9) %
Total net revenue $ 82,182 $ 92,966 $ (10,784) (11.6) % $ 167,834 $ 187,361 $ (19,527) (10.4) %
Subscription Revenue.For the three and six months ended August 2, 2024, subscription revenue decreased $5.5 million, or 7.2%, and $10.6 million, or 6.9%, respectively. The revenue decreasereflects our continued focus on reducing non-strategic service offerings and prioritizing the growth of our Taegis Subscription Solutions.
Professional Services Revenue.For the three and six months ended August 2, 2024, professional services revenue decreased $5.3 million, or 32.5%, and $9.0 million, or 26.9%, respectively. The revenue decrease reflects both our focus on reducing non-strategic professional service offerings and an overall decrease of billable hours when compared with fiscal 2024 periods.
For the three and six months ended August 2, 2024, international revenue, which we define as revenue contracted through non-U.S. entities represented 40% and 39%, respectively. For the three and six months ended August 4, 2023, international revenue represented 38% and 37% of total revenue, respectively. Currently, our international customers are primarily located in Japan, Australia, the United Kingdom, and Canada. We are focused on continuing to grow our international customer base in future periods.
The Company recognized an immaterial amount of revenue for services provided to or on behalf of Dell under our commercial agreements with Dell. For more information regarding the commercial agreements, see "Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements-Note 10-Related Party Transactions" in our condensed consolidated financial statements included in this report.
35
Cost of Revenue
The following table presents information regarding our cost of revenue for the three and six months ended August 2, 2024 and August 4, 2023.
Three Months Ended Change Six Months Ended Change
August 2, 2024 August 4, 2023 $ % August 2, 2024 August 4, 2023 $ %
(in thousands, except percentages)
Cost of revenue:
Taegis Subscription Solutions $ 20,049 $ 20,740 $ (691) (3.3) % $ 39,480 $ 40,648 $ (1,168) (2.9) %
Managed Security Services 1,017 9,344 (8,327) (89.1) % 2,402 20,455 (18,053) (88.3) %
Total subscription cost of revenue 21,066 30,084 (9,018) (30.0) % 41,882 61,103 (19,221) (31.5) %
Professional Services cost of revenue 6,379 9,973 (3,594) (36.0) % 13,439 21,740 (8,301) (38.2) %
Total cost of revenue $ 27,445 $ 40,057 $ (12,612) (31.5) % $ 55,321 $ 82,843 $ (27,522) (33.2) %
Other Financial Information(1)
Non-GAAP cost of revenue:
Taegis Subscription Solutions $ 18,265 $ 19,444 $ (1,179) (6.1) % $ 36,010 $ 38,204 $ (2,194) (5.7) %
Managed Security Services 1,017 5,894 (4,877) (82.7) % 2,354 13,527 (11,173) (82.6) %
Total non-GAAP subscription 19,282 25,338 (6,056) (23.9) % 38,364 51,731 (13,367) (25.8) %
Non-GAAP Professional Services 6,048 9,651 (3,603) (37.3) % 12,734 21,093 (8,359) (39.6) %
Total Non-GAAP cost of revenue $ 25,329 $ 34,989 $ (9,660) (27.6) % $ 51,098 $ 72,824 $ (21,726) (29.8) %
(1) See "Non-GAAP Financial Measures" and "Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures" for a reconciliation of each non-GAAP financial measure to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure.
Subscription Cost of Revenue. For the three months ended August 2, 2024, subscription cost of revenue decreased $9.0 million, or 30.0%. As a percentage of revenue, subscription cost of revenue decreased 970 basis points to 29.5%. On a non-GAAP basis, subscription cost of revenue as a percentage of revenue decreased 600 basis points to 27.0%. The decrease in subscription cost of revenue was primarily attributable to lower vendor costs and lower employee-related expenses to support our subscription offerings. Those costs are lower as a percentage of revenue because our higher margin Taegis subscription solutions represented the majority of subscription revenue.
For the six months ended August 2, 2024, subscription cost of revenue decreased $19.2 million, or 31.5%. As a percentage of revenue, subscription cost of revenue decreased 1,050 basis points to 29.2%. On a non-GAAP basis, subscription cost of revenue as a percentage of revenue decreased 690 basis points to 26.7%. The decrease in subscription cost of revenue was primarily attributable to lower vendor costs and lower employee-related expenses to support our subscription offerings. Those costs are lower as a percentage of revenue because our higher margin Taegis subscription solutions represented the majority of subscription revenue.
Professional Services Cost of Revenue. For the three months ended August 2, 2024, professional services cost of revenue decreased $3.6 million, or 36.0%. As a percentage of revenue, professional services cost of revenue decreased 320 basis points to 58.6%. On a non-GAAP basis, professional services cost of revenue as a percentage of revenue decreased 430 basis points to 55.5%. The decrease in professional services cost of revenue was primarily attributable to lower employee-related expenses associated with the reduction of non-strategic professional services offerings.
For the six months ended August 2, 2024, professional services cost of revenue decreased $8.3 million, or 38.2%. As a percentage of revenue, professional services cost of revenue decreased 1,000 basis points to 55.3%. On a non-GAAP basis, professional services cost of revenue as a percentage of revenue decreased 1,100 basis points to 52.4%. The decrease in professional services cost of revenue was primarily attributable to lower employee-related expenses associated with the reduction of non-strategic professional service offerings.
36
Gross Profit and Gross Margin
The following table presents information regarding our gross profit and gross margin for the three and six months ended August 2, 2024 and August 4, 2023.
Three Months Ended Change Six Months Ended Change
August 2, 2024 August 4, 2023 $ % August 2, 2024 August 4, 2023 $ %
(in thousands, except percentages)
Gross Profit:
Taegis Subscription Solutions $ 51,150 $ 45,686 $ 5,464 12.0 % $ 100,794 $ 88,374 $ 12,420 14.1 %
Managed Security Services (924) 1,055 (1,979) (187.6) % 837 4,607 (3,770) (81.8) %
Total Subscription $ 50,226 $ 46,741 $ 3,485 7.5 % $ 101,631 $ 92,981 $ 8,650 9.3 %
Professional Services 4,511 6,168 (1,657) (26.9) % 10,882 11,537 (655) (5.7) %
Total Gross Profit $ 54,737 $ 52,909 $ 1,828 3.5 % $ 112,513 $ 104,518 $ 7,995 7.6 %
Gross Margin:
Taegis Subscription Solutions 71.8 % 68.8 % 3.0 % 71.9 % 68.5 % 3.4 %
Managed Security Services (993.5) % 10.1 % (1,003.6) % 25.8 % 18.4 % 7.4 %
Total Subscription 70.5 % 60.8 % 9.7 % 70.8 % 60.3 % 10.5 %
Professional Services 41.4 % 38.2 % 3.2 % 44.7 % 34.7 % 10.0 %
Total Gross Margin 66.6 % 56.9 % 9.7 % 67.0 % 55.8 % 11.2 %
Other Financial Information(1)
Non-GAAP Gross Profit:
Taegis Subscription Solutions $ 52,934 $ 46,982 $ 5,952 12.7 % $ 104,264 $ 90,818 $ 13,446 14.8 %
Managed Security Services (924) 4,505 (5,429) (120.5) % 885 11,535 (10,650) (92.3) %
Total Non-GAAP Subscription $ 52,010 $ 51,487 $ 523 1.0 % $ 105,149 $ 102,353 $ 2,796 2.7 %
Non-GAAP Professional Services 4,842 6,490 (1,648) (25.4) % 11,587 12,184 (597) (4.9) %
Total Non-GAAP Gross Profit $ 56,853 $ 57,977 $ (1,124) (1.9) % $ 116,736 $ 114,537 $ 2,199 1.9 %
Non-GAAP Gross Margin:
Taegis Subscription Solutions 74.3 % 70.7 % 3.6 % 74.3 % 70.4 % 3.9 %
Managed Security Services (993.5) % 43.3 % (1,036.8) % 27.3 % 46.0 % (18.7) %
Total Non-GAAP Subscription 73.0 % 67.0 % 6.0 % 73.3 % 66.4 % 6.9 %
Non-GAAP Professional Services 44.5 % 40.2 % 4.3 % 47.6 % 36.6 % 11.0 %
Total Non-GAAP Gross Margin 69.2 % 62.4 % 6.8 % 69.6 % 61.1 % 8.5 %
(1) See "Non-GAAP Financial Measures" and "Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures" for a reconciliation of each non-GAAP financial measure to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure.
Subscription Gross Margin.Subscription gross margin increased 9.7% and 10.5% for the three and six months ended August 2, 2024, respectively. The increase in subscription gross margin is primarily attributable to lower vendor costs as we continue to scale the delivery of our higher value, higher margin Taegis Subscription Solutions.
Subscription gross margin on a GAAP basis includes amortization of intangible assets and stock-based compensation expense. On a non-GAAP basis, excluding these adjustments, gross margin increased 6.0% and 6.9% for the three and six months ended August 2, 2024, respectively.
Professional Services Gross Margin. Professional services gross margin increased 3.2% and 10.0% for the three and six months ended August 2, 2024, respectively. We expect professional services gross margin to fluctuate due to the timing of the revenue and related expense reductions associated with the reduction of our non-strategic professional services offerings.
Professional services gross margin on a GAAP basis includes stock-based compensation expense. On a non-GAAP basis, excluding this adjustment, gross margin increased 4.3% and 11.0% for the three and six months ended August 2, 2024, respectively.
37
Operating Expenses
The following table presents information regarding our operating expenses during the three and six months ended August 2, 2024 and August 4, 2023.
Three Months Ended Change Six Months Ended Change
August 2, 2024 August 4, 2023 $ % August 2, 2024 August 4, 2023 $ %
(in thousands, except percentages)
Operating expenses:
Research and development $ 22,804 $ 28,236 $ (5,432) (19.2) % $ 47,352 $ 59,408 $ (12,056) (20.3) %
Sales and marketing 24,512 31,237 (6,725) (21.5) % 48,413 65,763 (17,350) (26.4) %
General and administrative 20,552 20,366 186 0.9 % 39,070 42,629 (3,559) (8.3) %
Reorganization and other related charges - 14,232 (14,232) (100.0) % 1,476 14,232 (12,756) (89.6) %
Total operating expenses $ 67,868 $ 94,071 $ (26,203) (27.9) % $ 136,311 $ 182,032 $ (45,721) (25.1) %
Other Financial Information(1)
Non-GAAP research and development $ 20,035 $ 25,555 $ (5,520) (21.6) % $ 41,204 $ 54,125 $ (12,921) (23.9) %
Non-GAAP sales and marketing 23,036 30,140 (7,104) (23.6) % 45,751 63,825 (18,074) (28.3) %
Non-GAAP general and administrative 13,384 13,532 (148) (1.1) % 24,662 28,915 (4,253) (14.7) %
Non-GAAP operating expenses $ 56,455 $ 69,227 $ (12,772) (18.4) % $ 111,617 $ 146,865 $ (35,248) (24.0) %
(1) See "Non-GAAP Financial Measures" and "Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures" for a reconciliation of each non-GAAP financial measure to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure.
Research and Development Expenses.For the three months ended August 2, 2024, R&D expenses decreased $5.4 million, or 19.2%. As a percentage of revenue, R&D expenses decreased 270 basis points to 27.7% and, on a non-GAAP basis, R&D expenses as a percentage of revenue decreased 310 basis points to 24.4%. The decrease in R&D expenses was primarily attributable to lower employee-related expenses and lower professional services and consulting-related costs.
For the six months ended August 2, 2024, R&D expenses decreased $12.1 million, or 20.3%. As a percentage of revenue, R&D expenses decreased 350 basis points to 28.2% and on a non-GAAP basis, R&D expenses as a percentage of revenue decreased 430 basis points to 24.6%. The decrease in R&D expenses was primarily attributable to lower employee-related expenses, and lower professional services and consulting-related costs.
Sales and Marketing Expenses. For the three months ended August 2, 2024, S&M expenses decreased $6.7 million, or 21.5%. As a percentage of revenue, S&M expenses decreased 380 basis points to 29.8% and, on a non-GAAP basis, S&M expenses as a percentage of revenue decreased 440 basis points to 28.0%. The decrease in S&M expenses was primarily attributable to a decrease in marketing and advertising vendor costs and lower employee-related expenses.
For the six months ended August 2, 2024, S&M expenses decreased $17.4 million, or 26.4%. As a percentage of revenue, S&M expenses decreased 630 basis points to 28.8%, and on a non-GAAP basis, S&M expenses as a percentage of revenue decreased 680 basis points to 27.3%. The decrease in S&M expenses was primarily attributable to a decrease in marketing and advertising vendor costs as well as lower employee-related expenses.
General and Administrative Expenses. For the three months ended August 2, 2024, G&A expenses increased $0.2 million, or 0.9%. As a percentage of revenue, G&A expenses increased 310 basis points to 25.0%, and on a non-GAAP basis, G&A expenses as a percentage of revenue increased 170 basis points to 16.3%. The increase in G&A expenses were primarily attributable to higher professional services and consulting-related costs.
For the six months ended August 2, 2024, G&A expenses decreased $3.6 million, or 8.3%. As a percentage of revenue, G&A expenses increased 50 basis points to 23.3%. On a non-GAAP basis, G&A expenses as a percentage of revenue decreased 70 basis points to 14.7%. The decrease in G&A expenses was primarily attributable to lower employee-related expenses, and lower professional services and consulting-related costs.
Reorganization and other related charges.During the three and six months ended August 2, 2024, the Company incurred expenses of $1.5 million associated with its reorganization plan, consisting primarily of severance and other termination benefits.
38
Operating Loss
Our operating loss for the three months ended August 2, 2024 and August 4, 2023 was $13.1 million and $41.2 million, respectively. As a percentage of revenue, our operating loss was 16.0% and 44.3% for the three months ended August 2, 2024 and August 4, 2023, respectively. The decrease in our operating loss was primarily attributable to a decrease in operating expenses as a percentage of revenue and was supplemented by increased gross margins driven by our higher value, higher margin Taegis solutions.
Our operating loss for the six months ended August 2, 2024 and August 4, 2023 was $23.8 million and $77.5 million, respectively. As a percentage of revenue, our operating loss was 14.2% and 41.4% for the six months ended August 2, 2024 and August 4, 2023, respectively. The decrease in our operating loss was primarily attributable to a decrease in operating expenses as a percentage of revenue and was supplemented by increased gross margins driven by our higher value, higher margin Taegis solutions.
Operating loss on a GAAP basis includes amortization of intangible assets, stock-based compensation expense, and reorganization related costs. On a non-GAAP basis, excluding these adjustments, our non-GAAP operating income was $0.4 million and $5.1 million for the three and six months ended August 2, 2024, respectively, compared to non-GAAP operating loss of $11.3 million and $32.3 million for the three and six months ended August 4, 2023, respectively.
Interest and Other, Net
Interest and other, net represented expense of $0.9 million and $0.1 million for the three and six months ended August 2, 2024, respectively, compared with net expense of $0.6 million and $2.4 million for the three and six months ended August 4, 2023, respectively. The change primarily reflects the effects of foreign currency transactions and related exchange rate fluctuations.
Income Tax Expense (Benefit)
Our income tax expense was $0.7 million, or (5.2)%, and $26.9 million, or (112.8)%, of our pre-tax loss during the three and six months ended August 2, 2024, respectively. Our income tax benefit was $9.4 million, or 22.6%, and $16.6 million, or 20.7%, of our pre-tax loss during the three and six months ended August 4, 2023, respectively. The change in the effective tax rate was primarily attributable to the impact of tax deconsolidation from Dell during the three months ended May 3, 2024. Additionally, the change in effective tax rate was driven by the impact of certain discrete adjustments related to the vesting of stock-based compensation awards in the current quarter and the recognition of additional benefits related to research and development credits.
Net Income (Loss)
Our net loss of $14.7 million decreased $17.6 million, or 54.5%, for the three months ended August 2, 2024 compared to the three months ended August 4, 2023. Our net loss of $50.8 million decreased $12.5 million, or 19.8%, for the six months ended August 2, 2024 compared to the six months ended August 4, 2023. This decrease was primarily attributable to our decreased operating loss, partially offset by the impact of income tax expense associated with the tax deconsolidation from Dell during the three months ended May 3, 2024.
Net loss on a non-GAAP basis for the three months ended August 2, 2024 was $0.4 million compared to non-GAAP net loss of $8.6 million for the three months ended August 4, 2023. For the six months ended August 2, 2024, non-GAAP net income was $3.9 million compared to non-GAAP net loss of $25.8 million for the six months ended August 4, 2023.
39
Liquidity and Capital Commitments
Overview
As of August 2, 2024, we have $47.6 million of cash and cash equivalents. We believe that our cash and cash equivalents and access to the revolving credit facility with Dell, described below, provide us with sufficient liquidity to meet our cash requirements, including to fund our business and meet our obligations for at least 12 months from the filing date of this report and for the foreseeable future thereafter.
As of the balance sheet date, we have reported a deficit in working capital. This deficit in working capital represents an excess of our current liabilities over our current assets and is primarily the result of the significant balance of deferred revenue, reported as a current liability, as of the balance sheet date. We have, in recent periods, incurred losses from operations and operating cash outflows. Our future capital requirements will depend on many factors, including, but not limited to, our rate of revenue growth, the timing and extent of our expansion into new markets, the timing of introductions of new functionalities and enhancements to our solutions, potential acquisitions of complementary businesses and technologies, continuing market acceptance of our solutions, and general economic and market conditions.
We expect our recent reorganization actions to result in significant cost savings as we focus on driving growth through our higher value, higher margin Taegis solutions. We believe these efforts will optimize our organizational structure and increase scalability to better position us for growth with improving operating margins over time.
In the event that our financial results are below our expectations, which may result from the factors mentioned above or other factors, we may need to take additional actions to preserve existing cash reserves. To the extent we undertake future material acquisitions, investments, or unanticipated capital or operating expenditures, we may require additional capital or need to incur indebtedness. In this context, we regularly evaluate opportunities to enhance our capital structure. In addition to our $50 million revolving credit facility, sources of financing may include arrangements with unaffiliated third parties. The timing, term, size, and pricing of any such financing will depend on investor interest and market conditions, and there can be no assurance that we will be able to obtain any such financing on favorable terms or at all.
Selected Measures of Liquidity and Capital Resources
Our principal sources of liquidity, consisting of cash and cash equivalents, are set forth below as of the dates indicated.
August 2,
2024 		February 2,
2024
(in thousands)
Cash and cash equivalents $ 47,628 $ 68,655
Revolving Credit Facility
SecureWorks, Inc., our wholly-owned subsidiary, is party to a revolving credit agreement with a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dell Inc. under which we obtained a $50 million senior unsecured revolving credit facility. Effective September 6, 2023, the revolving credit agreement was amended and restated to (1) increase the maximum principal amount of borrowings outstanding under the revolving credit facility to $50 million, (2) remove the one-time increase of up to an additional $30 million in borrowings upon mutual agreement by the lender and borrower, (3) extend the commitment and required repayment date under the revolving credit agreement to March 23, 2026, and (4) modify the rate at which interest accrues on funds drawn against the revolving credit agreement to SOFR plus 2.00%.
Amounts under the facility may be borrowed, repaid and reborrowed from time to time during the term of the facility. The proceeds from loans made under the facility may be used for general corporate purposes. The credit agreement contains customary representations, warranties, covenants, and events of default. The unused portion of the facility is subject to a commitment fee of 0.35%, which is due upon expiration of the facility. There was no outstanding balance under the facility as of August 2, 2024 or as of February 2, 2024, and we did not borrow any amounts under the facility during any period covered by this report.
The borrower will be required to repay, in full, all of the loans outstanding, including all accrued interest, and the facility will terminate upon a change of control of SecureWorks Corp. or following a transaction in which SecureWorks, Inc. ceases to be a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of SecureWorks Corp. The facility is not guaranteed by us or our subsidiaries.
For more information regarding the facility, see "Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements-Note 5-Debt" in our condensed consolidated financial statements included in this report.
40
Cash Flows
Six Months Ended
August 2, 2024 August 4, 2023
(in thousands)
Net change in cash from:
Operating activities $ (8,808) $ (67,390)
Investing activities (3,994) (2,940)
Financing activities (7,010) (5,711)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents (1,215) (2,577)
Change in cash and cash equivalents $ (21,027) $ (78,618)
Operating Activities-Cash used in operating activities totaled $8.8 million and $67.4 million for the six months ended August 2, 2024 and August 4, 2023, respectively. The decreased use of our operating cash aligns with our increase in adjusted EBITDA when compared to the same period in fiscal 2024.
Investing Activities-Cash used in investing activities totaled $4.0 million for the six months ended August 2, 2024 and $2.9 million for the six months ended August 4, 2023. Investing activities consisted primarily of capitalized expenses related to the development of our Taegis security platform and applications, which increased $0.6 million when compared to the same period in fiscal 2024.
Financing Activities- Cash used in financing activities totaled $7.0 million and $5.7 million for the six months ended August 2, 2024 and August 4, 2023, respectively. The use of cash for the six months ended August 2, 2024 reflected employee tax withholding payments on restricted stock awards paid by us of $7.0 million and $5.7 million for the six months ended August 2, 2024 and August 4, 2023, respectively.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
As of August 2, 2024, we were not subject to any obligations pursuant to any off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a material effect on our financial condition, results of operations or liquidity.
Critical Accounting Policies
The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report have been prepared in accordance with GAAP for interim financial information and the requirements of the SEC. Accordingly, they do not include all the information and disclosures required by GAAP for a complete financial statement presentation. The year-end condensed balance sheet data was derived from audited financial statements but does not include all disclosures required by GAAP. In the opinion of management, all adjustments consisting of normal recurring accruals and disclosures considered necessary for a fair interim presentation have been included. All inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
As described in "Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements-Note 1-Description of the Business and Basis of Presentation" in our consolidated financial statements included in this report, management assessed the critical accounting policies as disclosed in our Annual Report and determined that there were no changes to our critical accounting policies or to our estimates associated with those policies during the three and six months ended August 2, 2024.
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
See "Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements-Note 1-Description of the Business and Basis of Presentation" in our condensed consolidated financial statements included in this report for a description of recently issued accounting pronouncements and our expectation of their impact, if any, on our financial statements.
41
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Our results of operations and cash flows have been and will continue to be subject to fluctuations because of changes in global inflation and foreign currency exchange rates, particularly changes in exchange rates between the U.S. dollar and the Euro, the British Pound, the Romanian Leu, the Japanese Yen, the Australian Dollar, the Indian Rupee and the Canadian Dollar, the currencies of countries where we currently have our most significant international operations. Our expenses in international locations are generally denominated in the currencies of the countries in which our operations are located.
As our international operations grow, we may begin using foreign exchange forward contracts to partially mitigate the impact of fluctuations in net monetary assets denominated in foreign currencies.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
Limitations on Effectiveness of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
In designing and evaluating our disclosure controls and procedures, as defined below under SEC rules, management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives. In addition, the design of disclosure controls and procedures must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints and that management is required to apply its judgment in evaluating the benefits of possible controls and procedures relative to their cost.
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange of 1934, or Exchange Act) are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in SEC rules and forms and that such information is accumulated and communicated to management, including the chief executive officer and the chief financial officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures.
In connection with the preparation of this report, our management, under the supervision and with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of August 2, 2024. Based on that evaluation, our management has concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of August 2, 2024.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures which (a) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of assets, (b) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, (c) provide reasonable assurance that receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with appropriate authorization of management and the board of directors, and (d) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the quarter ended August 2, 2024 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
42
Part II. Other Information
Item 1A. Risk Factors
We have discussed risks affecting us under "Risk Factors"in Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 2, 2024, which was filed with the SEC on March 22, 2024.The risks described in our Annual Report are not the only risks facing us. There are additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be immaterial that may also materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, or operating results.
43
Item 6. Exhibits
Secureworks hereby files or furnishes the following exhibits:
Exhibit No. Description
10.1**
SecureWorks Corp. 2016 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended and restated as of June 25, 2024 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, dated as of June 25, 2025) (Commission File No. 001-37748).
31.1
Certification of Chief Executive Officer of the Company pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Filed herewith.
31.2
Certification of Chief Financial Officer of the Company pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Filed herewith.
32.1*
Certifications of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Company pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) or Rule 15d-14(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Furnished herewith.
101.INS Inline XBRL Instance Document - the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document.
101.SCH† Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document.
101.CAL† Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document.
101.DEF† Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document.
101.LAB† Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document.
101.PRE† Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document.
104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document, which is contained in Exhibit 101).
________
† Filed with this report.
* The certification attached as Exhibit 32.1 accompanying this quarterly report on Form 10-Q pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, shall not be deemed "filed" by the Registrant for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
** Management contracts or compensation plans or arrangements in which directors or executive officers participate.
44
SIGNATURE
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, thereunto duly authorized.
SecureWorks Corp.
By: /s/ Alpana Wegner
Alpana Wegner
Chief Financial Officer
(Duly Authorized Officer)
Date: September 6, 2024
45