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| And so the workhorse businesses that got created over the last decade or last 15 years that become really, really strong |
| We're also very pleased to see some of this upside coming from MarkLogic, which is performing a bit better than our expectations thus far |
| I think up to this point, we've done a good job offsetting it and I think we'll continue to do that |
| Thanks to continued strong demand for our products and a fantastic performance again from our teams in the field |
| So I think we have the ability to maintain and over the long run slightly improve our margins |
| As you saw in our press release, Progress had another great quarter with earnings, revenues and operating margins, all ahead of estimates |
| Earnings per share came in at $1.06, well ahead of estimates driven by strong top line revenue and helps by excellent execution on the MarkLogic integration as well as prudent expense management from all of our teams |
| Operating margins exceeded targets, ending the quarter at 38% versus consensus of around 35% |
| The better than expected revenue performance in the quarter was driven by stronger than expected demand from multiple products including OpenEdge, Loadmaster, Chef, MarkLogic, Sitefinity |
| These outstanding results were achieved across virtually all product lines and geographies with a strong contribution from MarkLogic, which I'll talk more about in a minute |
| In addition to our strong ARR growth, revenue for the quarter of $179 million was well above the high end of the guidance range we provided back in March and represents approximately 19% growth on a year-over-year basis |
| Strength in OpenEdge was driven by customer win-backs as well as their need to modernize their applications, once again demonstrating the value that this platform provides for the mission-critical applications of the future |
| Loadmaster, which we acquired through Kemp continues to see new customer wins through the Dell Channel because our product bolsters Dell's cloud storage offerings |
| A trend that continues to fuel our ARR growth is strong net retention with Q2 rates at just over 101% |
| And we're thrilled that we're able to roll these excellent Q2 results to our updated guidance for the remainder of this year |
| So that was really encouraging |
| And last but not least, our MarkLogic business also saw strength as we engage with the customers and began to share our vision with them |
| This overperformance relative to our expectations was driven by outstanding top line performance coupled with solid cost management across the business |
| It is a great product at a great value |
| In addition to excellent financial results and the progress we've made with MarkLogic in Q2, we also held our first Investor Day in seven years in early April |
| MarkLogic's financial contribution has been strong in FY'23 with a meaningful impact on our ARR evident in the most recent quarter |
| As Yogesh mentioned, we're very pleased with our Q2 results, which again exceeded the high end of our guidance range on revenue and earnings per share |
| And our Sitefinity Cloud offering continues to grow as customers across the industries realize the value it delivers through ease of use improved engagement and marketing effectiveness |
| Once again, we're excited about where we're going and our second half of the year as well in addition to what we have delivered in the first half |
| When considering our outlook, we continue to see strength in the demand environment for our solutions despite potential that the macro environment may become more challenging |
| As always, I'm very proud of our teams for their excellent work and thank them for their dedication and commitment towards our success |
| Lastly, we still believe that the market for M&A is improving for us while we continue to improve our internal capabilities to source, integrate, and complete deals |
| And that's why I made the comment in my remarks because I think we felt really good about the performance in the quarter |
| We feel really good about the effort our team is putting in to help our customers |
| We find solid infrastructure companies with great complementary technology, the right size and scale with an excellent customer base, strong recurring revenues and high retention rates, and achievable synergies to ensure that our return on invested capital is greater than our WACC |
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| I would expect Q3 to be seasonally a bit slower and so it might step down a few million bucks during the third quarter because of just seasonality |
| As capital continues to get scarcer in the private market and unfavorable cyclical economic conditions prevail over the coming years, many more attractive companies will be looking for exit strategies and alternatives to go in public |
| One of the state of things in the software industry is that the vulnerabilities that show up all the time |
| Finally, I want to take a moment to address an issue that our team has been very focused on over the last few weeks |
| And if we pro forma that EBITDA to consider MarkLogic synergies, our net leverage drops even further |
| First on the MOVEit issue in this past quarter |
| Such forward-looking information represents Progress Software's outlook and guidance only as of today and is subject to risks and uncertainties |
| And I think in light of the fact that some of the revenue got booked in Q1 |
| We still believe this is true |
| I think the inflation that we're seeing, wage inflation in particular is something that's been a bit stubborn for maybe the past two years |
| But there are other costs in the business |
| Have customers outside of that installed base indicated any concern around using any other Progress products? Or just in general how have those conversations went? Yogesh Gupta So at this point, Ray, the -- because the issue is limited to MOVEit, we really have not had other customers come to us and raise concerns |
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