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AppFolio, Inc. (APPF)

Q4 2017 Earnings Call· Mon, Feb 26, 2018

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Operator

Operator

Good afternoon. My name is Chris and I will be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the AppFolio Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2017 Results Conference Call. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise. [Operator Instructions] Thank you. Mr. Erica Abrams, you may begin your conference.

Erica Abrams

Analyst

Thank you, Chris. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for joining us today as we report AppFolio's fourth quarter and fiscal year 2017 financial results. I'm joined today by Jason Randall and Ida Kane of AppFolio to discuss results. This call is being simultaneously webcast on the Investor Relations section of our website at www.appfolioinc.com. Before we get started, I would like to call everyone's attention to our Safe Harbor policy. Please note that certain statements made on this call will be forward-looking statements, which are subject to considerable risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements may relate to future plans and financial conditions, results of operations, business forecasts and plans, strategic plans and objectives and product development plans. Forward-looking statements involve numerous risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results or performance to be materially different from any results or performance expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. We discuss risks and uncertainties in greater detail in the Risk Factor sections of our filings with the SEC. Forward-looking statements are based on assumptions as of today. And we assume no obligation to update any forward-looking statements after today, even if new information becomes available in the future. With that, I'll turn the call over to Ida. Please go ahead.

Ida Kane

Analyst

Thanks, Erica, and welcome to everyone joining us on the call today for AppFolio's fourth quarter and fiscal year 2017 financial results. We finished 2017 strong with full year revenue of $143.8 million, a 36% increase year-over-year, and full year GAAP net income of $9.7 million, or $0.28 per diluted shared, compared to a net loss of $8.3 million reported one year ago. Included in our full year results is $6.1 million of non-cash charges related to stock-based compensation. For those of you who track non-GAAP results, our Form 10-Q will be filed later today and includes more detailed financial data points that you may find helpful in calculating non-GAAP results on your own. Turning to our fourth quarter, we reported total revenue of $37.9 million, which represents year-over-year increase of 35%. We’ve reported GAAP net income of $2.6 million, or $0.07 per diluted share, compared to a net loss of $1.3 million, or $0.04 per share reported one year ago. Included in fourth quarter financial results are $1.8 million of non-cash charges related to stock-based compensation. Core solution revenue was $15.5 million in the fourth quarter, up 27% from one year ago, primarily due to a 17% increase in the number of property manager customers combined with 21% higher property manager units under management. We ended the quarter with approximately 11,700 property manager customers managing in aggregate 3.25 million units in their portfolios, up from approximately 10,000 customers and 2.68 million units under management one year ago and the legal vertical customer count increased 15% year-over-year to approximately 9,350. Fourth quarter Value + services revenue was $20.8 million, up 42% year-over-year. Although each of the value-added services increased, the majority of the growth was derived from increased usage of electronic payments and screening services by a larger property manager…

Jason Randall

Analyst

Thanks, Ida. Our financial results in 2017 reflects our continued dual focus on gaining operating leverage in our existing business and reinvesting back into the business for future growth. We attribute our progress in that regard not only to our emphasis on delighting our customers, but also to our consistent pace of product and technology innovation and our unwavering dedication to our talented and engaged team. AppFolio remains committed to mission of revolutionizing vertical industry businesses by providing great cloud-based business management software and services. As you know from our public filings in previous calls, the vast majority of our revenue to date is derived from our AppFolio property manager products and services. In that regard, we have attracted new customers with expanded units under management by evolving our software and service offerings. Over the past year, we have invested in our APM products and services with an increased focus on better serving customers managing larger portfolios and as a result have grown net new units under management per customer. We are pleased with our success to date and expect to continue these efforts into the future. Our growth strategy in property management includes among other things capturing a broader set of customers with each of the sub-markets we serve. Today, those are residential, commercial, student housing and community associations. To further our growth, we intend to continue to introduce new Value + services to our existing customers in expanding to additional adjacent markets. In the last quarter of 2017, we made enhancements to our core APM solution including new features and functionality in our web-based owner portal used for engagement with property owners. We further invested in our mobile capabilities and made enhancements to our electronic payment services to drive increased adoption. We also expanded the feature set for…

Operator

Operator

Thank you. A replay will be made available after today’s conference about 2 hours after. You can access it by dialing 800-585-8367 and enter conference ID 1675569. This concludes today's conference call and you may now disconnect.