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VMware Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2022 Results

FY22 total revenue of $12.85 billion; growth of 9% year-over-year

FY22 Subscription and SaaS revenue of $3.20 billion, an increase of 24% year-over-year

VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW), a leading innovator in enterprise software, today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and full fiscal year 2022:

Quarterly Review

  • Revenue for the fourth quarter was $3.53 billion, an increase of 7% from the fourth quarter of fiscal 2021.
  • The combination of subscription and SaaS and license revenue was $1.90 billion, an increase of 11% from the fourth quarter of fiscal 2021.
  • Subscription and SaaS revenue for the fourth quarter was $868 million, an increase of 23% year-over-year.
  • GAAP net income for the fourth quarter was $586 million, or $1.39 per diluted share, down 26% per diluted share compared to $791 million, or $1.87 per diluted share, for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2021. Non-GAAP net income for the fourth quarter was $855 million, or $2.02 per diluted share, down 9% per diluted share compared to $936 million, or $2.21 per diluted share, for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2021.
  • GAAP operating income for the fourth quarter was $783 million, a decrease of 22% from the fourth quarter of fiscal 2021. Non-GAAP operating income for the fourth quarter was $1.14 billion, flat from the fourth quarter of fiscal 2021.
  • Operating cash flow for the fourth quarter was $1.14 billion. Free cash flow for the fourth quarter was $1.01 billion.
  • RPO for the fourth quarter totaled $12 billion, up 6% year-over-year.

Annual Review

  • Revenue for fiscal year 2022 was $12.85 billion, an increase of 9% from fiscal 2021.
  • The combination of subscription and SaaS and license revenue was $6.33 billion, an increase of 13% from fiscal year 2021.
  • Subscription and SaaS revenue for fiscal year 2022 was $3.20 billion, an increase of 24% from fiscal year 2021.
  • Subscription and SaaS ARR exiting fiscal year 2022 was $3.58 billion, an increase of 24% from fiscal year 2021.
  • GAAP net income for fiscal year 2022 was $1.82 billion, or $4.31 per diluted share, down 11% per diluted share compared to $2.06 billion, or $4.86 per diluted share, for fiscal year 2021. Non-GAAP net income for fiscal year 2022 was $3.06 billion, or $7.25 per diluted share, up 1% per diluted share compared to $3.05 billion, or $7.20 per diluted share, for fiscal year 2021.
  • GAAP operating income for fiscal year 2022 was $2.39 billion, flat from fiscal year 2021. Non-GAAP operating income for fiscal year 2022 was $3.92 billion, an increase of 3% from fiscal year 2021.
  • Operating cash flow for fiscal year 2022 was $4.36 billion. Free cash flow for fiscal year 2022 was $3.97 billion.

“The growth in customer demand for our multi-cloud solutions was reflected in our Q4 results. We are at an exciting time in our industry, as enterprises large and small transform and modernize to become software-based, digital enterprises,” said Raghu Raghuram, CEO, VMware. “We are well-positioned to help our customers build, run and secure their applications in this multi-cloud environment.”

“Q4 was a strong finish to a transformational year in which we became a standalone company and surpassed $12B in revenue,” said Zane Rowe, executive vice president and CFO, VMware. “As we look to our next fiscal year, we remain focused on accelerating growth of our Subscription & SaaS portfolio and scaling our multi-cloud platform enabling us to deliver long-term revenue and profit growth.”

Business Highlights & Strategic Announcements

  • VMware completed a spin-off from Dell Technologies, gaining increased agility to execute its multi-cloud strategy, a simplified capital structure and governance model and additional operational and financial flexibility.
  • Vodafone selected VMware as its strategic technology partner to deliver a single platform to automate and orchestrate all workloads running on its core networks across Europe.
  • VMware Tanzu and VMware Carbon Black Cloud are now available in the AWS Marketplace, allowing AWS customers to simplify the purchase and deployment of these VMware Cross-Cloud Services, helping them drive digital innovation with enterprise control.
  • VMware announced VMware Carbon Black Cloud Managed Detection and Response (MDR) for endpoints and workloads that helps fill the gaps of understaffed security teams and enables teams to respond more quickly to cyberattacks.
  • VMware and Kyndryl expanded their strategic partnership focused on helping customers accelerate app modernization and multi-cloud adoption to build digital infrastructures designed for a world of distributed work.
  • VMware was recognized by The Wall Street Journal as one of The Best-Managed Companies of 2021.
  • For the second consecutive year, VMware was recognized for ESG leadership by the 2021 Dow Jones Sustainability Indices.
  • VMware was recognized for its ESG leadership with inclusion in the JUST 100, a comprehensive ranking of ESG and stakeholder performance, for the fifth consecutive year. VMware ranked number one overall in the environment category, leading all companies in sustainable products and pollution reduction.
  • VMware was named among the Best Places to Work by Glassdoor in 2022.
  • VMware was recognized by Newsweek on its list of America’s Most Responsible Companies in 2022.
  • In the fourth quarter, VMware received further recognition from leading industry analysts:
    • VMware positioned as a leader in The Forrester Wave™: Unified Endpoint Management, Q4 2021.1
    • For the third consecutive year, VMware held the highest market share in terms of revenue for container infrastructure software from 2018 through 2020, according to IDC.2
    • VMware was positioned as a leader in the IDC MarketScape for Worldwide SD-WAN Infrastructure Vendor Assessment (doc #US47279821, November 2021).3
    • VMware once again was named a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Hyperconverged Infrastructure Software, November 2021.4

1 Forrester, The Forrester Wave™: Unified Endpoint Management, Q4 2021, Andrew Hewitt with Will McKeon-White, November 2021.

2 IDC, Worldwide Container Infrastructure Software Market Shares, 2020: Enterprises Continue Container Investments Despite the Pandemic, Doc # US46726421, December 2021.

3 IDC, IDC MarketScape: Worldwide SD-WAN Infrastructure 2021 Vendor Assessment, Brandon Butler, # US47279821, November 2021.

4 Gartner, Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Hyperconverged Infrastructure Software, Jeffrey Hewitt, Philip Dawson, Julia Palmer, Tony Harvey, November 2021.

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The company will host a conference call today at 1:30 p.m. PT/ 4:30 p.m. ET to review financial results and business outlook. A live web broadcast of the event will be available on the VMware investor relations website at ir.vmware.com. Slides will accompany the web broadcast. The replay of the webcast and slides will be available on the website for two months. In addition, six quarters of historical data for unearned revenue will also be made available at ir.vmware.com in conjunction with the conference call.

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