NET Q3'20 Investor Presentation
NET Q3'20 Investor Presentation
NET Q3'20 Investor Presentation
Q3 2020
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Cloudflare.
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as of Q3 2020
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The Internet
was not built
for what it
has become.
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• Costly and complex • Easy-to-use, flexible, and scalable
• Web of dependencies • Unified control plane
• Specialized hardware • Serverless cloud architecture
• On-premise only
vv • Cloud, hybrid, on-premise, and SaaS
• Point solutions • Broad, integrated product platform
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Hardware / Software (Buy) Yesterday Services / Cloud (Rent) Tomorrow
NETWORK
APPLICATION
STORE/COMPUTE
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Firewall IoT Security
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Cyber threats blocked Total Of the Fortune 1,000 Of revenue from
per day Customers are Paying Customers outside of the U.S.
Note: Cyber threats blocked per day is approximate average over the three months ended September 30, 2020. All figures as of the three months ended September 30, 2020. See Appendix for Paying Customers definition.
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• Every server, in every city, can run every Cloudflare service
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Cities
Countries
Interconnects
Of the Internet-connected
developed world population is
located within 100 milliseconds
Cloudflare city
of our network
Note: Figures as of September 30, 2020, with the exception of interconnects, which is as of October 15, 2020.
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Machine learning systems
with every
with paying customers in 175 countries.
customer’s request.
for the
Internet blocking an average of 76 and QA through free users volunteering
billion cyber threats each day. to test new products.
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Limitations
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2022
Serverless
Application Delivery Controls
2018
Content Delivery Networks
Wide Area Network Technology
Internet of Things
VPN
Internal and External Firewalls
Web Security
Distributed Denial of Service Prevention 5G Cellular
Intrusion Detection and Prevention
Advanced Threat Prevention
Remote Work
Note: Total addressable market represents 2018 spend and 2022 projections from our analysis based on latest IDC data available as of May 2019.
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Model
Get customers
We don’t build ahead of the curve.
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Extend our
serverless
platform
strategy
Develop new
products
Expand • Enable a new class of
relationships applications
with existing • Power store and compute
customers • High product velocity
workloads
Acquire new • Set pace for innovation in • Increase stickiness
customers market • Opens new market
• Expand into new markets to opportunity
• Upgrading to premium expand TAM
plans
• Increased usage
• Grow awareness • Adding products
• Field sales
• International coverage
• Expand channel partnerships
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Financial Overview
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CAGR
Large Addressable High Revenue Attractive GAAP Efficient
Market Growth Gross Margin Business Model
Note: Total addressable market represents 2018 spend and 2022 projections from our analysis based on latest IDC data available as of May 2019. Revenue growth is from 2016-2019 and gross margin data is for the
three months ended September 30, 2020.
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Subscription-based revenue model
Q3 Q3 Q3 Q3 Q3 Q3
2018 2019 2020 2018 2019 2020
Note: See Appendix for Paying Customer and Large Customer definitions. See our earnings release and related supplemental materials dated
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Serverless architecture deployed on
commodity hardware
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2018 2019 Q3 2019 Q3 2020 2018 2019 Q3 2019 Q3 2020
Note: $ in millions. Metrics shown are Non-GAAP. See Appendix for GAAP financial measures and reconciliation.
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78 % 78 % 76 %
(% of revenue)
48 % 52 % 45 %
(% of revenue)
27 % 27 % 21 %
(% of revenue)
31 % 23 % 16 %
Note: Metrics shown are Non-GAAP. See Appendix for GAAP financial measures and reconciliation.
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● Raised $565 million, net of fees and expenses, in our IPO that priced on September 12th, 2019
● Raised $562 million, net of fees and expenses, in our Convertible Note that priced on May 13th, 2020
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Disrupting a large and growing total addressable market
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Appendix
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2016 2017 2018 2019 Q3 2019 Q3 2020
GAAP Cost of Revenue $23,962 $28,788 $43,537 $63,423 $16,033 $27,005
Less: Stock-based Compensation Expense -$64 -$47 -$119 -$716 -$397 -$354
Less: Amortization of Acquired Intangible Assets -$38 -$462 -$517 -$125 -$31 -$700
Non-GAAP Cost of Revenue $23,860 $28,279 $42,901 $62,582 $15,605 $25,951
GAAP Gross Profit $60,829 $106,127 $149,137 $223,599 $57,908 $87,157
Add: Stock-based Compensation & Related Payroll Taxes $64 $47 $119 $716 $397 $354
Add: Amortization of Acquired Intangible Assets $38 $462 $517 $125 $31 $700
Non-GAAP Gross Profit $60,931 $106,636 $149,773 $224,440 $58,336 $88,211
GAAP Gross Margin 72% 79% 77% 78% 78% 76%
Non-GAAP Gross Margin 72% 79% 78% 78% 79% 77%
GAAP Sales and Marketing $40,122 $61,899 $94,394 $159,298 $45,538 $55,982
Less: Stock-based Compensation & Related Payroll Taxes -$381 -$488 -$979 -$8,709 -$4,880 -$4,761
Non-GAAP Sales and Marketing $39,741 $61,411 $93,415 $150,589 $40,658 $51,221
GAAP S&M Expense as a % of Revenue 47% 46% 49% 56% 62% 49%
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Paying Customers. We believe our ability to grow the number of paying customers on our platform provides a key indicator of growth of our business and our
future business opportunities. We define a paying customer as a person or entity who has generated revenue during the quarter, excluding (i) customers that were
not acquired through ordinary sales channels, (ii) customers using only our registrar product, and (iii) customers using our consumer applications, such as 1.1.1.1
and Warp, which agreements and customers together represent an insignificant amount of our revenue. An entity is defined as a company, a government
institution, a non-profit organization, or a distinct business unit of a large company that has an active contract with us or one of our partners.
Paying Customers (> $100,000 Annualized Revenue). While we continue to grow customers across all sizes, over time, our large customers have contributed an
increasing share of our revenue. We view the number of customers with Annualized Revenue greater than $100,000 as indicative of our penetration within large
enterprise accounts. To measure Annualized Revenue, we take the sum of revenue for each customer in the quarter and multiply that amount by four. For
example, if we signed a new customer that generated $600 of revenue in the quarter, that customer would account for $2,400 of Annualized Revenue for that year.
Our Annualized Revenue calculation excludes (i) agreements that were not entered into through our ordinary sales channels, (ii) revenue generated from
customers using only our registrar product, and (iii) customers using our consumer applications, such as 1.1.1.1 and Warp, which agreements and customers
together represent an insignificant amount of our revenue. Our Annualized Revenue metric also includes any usage charges by a customer during a period, which
represents a small portion of our total revenue and may not be recurring. As a result, Annualized Revenue may be higher than actual revenue over the course of
the year.
Dollar-Based Net Retention Rate. Our ability to maintain long-term revenue growth and achieve profitability is dependent on our ability to retain and grow revenue
generated from our existing paying customers. We believe that we will achieve these objectives by continuing to focus on customer loyalty and adding additional
products and functionality to our platform. Our dollar-based net retention rate is a key way we measure our performance in these areas. Dollar-based net retention
measures our ability to retain and expand recurring revenue from existing customers. To calculate dollar-based net retention for a period, we compare the
Annualized Revenue from paying customers four quarters prior to the Annualized Revenue from the same set of customers in the most recent quarter. Our
dollar-based net retention includes expansion and is net of contraction and attrition, but excludes Annualized Revenue from new customers in the current period.
Our dollar-based net retention excludes the benefit of free customers that upgrade to a paid subscription between the prior and current periods, even though this
is an important source of incremental growth. We believe this provides a more meaningful representation of our ability to add incremental business from existing
paying customers as they renew and expand their contracts.
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