SAN MATEO, Calif., Oct. 24, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Backblaze, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLZE), the main unbiased storage cloud, at this time introduced preliminary outcomes for Q3 of 2022.
“In light of our participation in an upcoming investor conference, we are sharing our preliminary Q3 results,” stated Gleb Budman, CEO. “We are pleased to announce better-than-expected Q3 revenue and adjusted EBITDA margin, in part due to strong growth in Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage, which grew over 45% year-over-year.”
Preliminary Q3 Results
- Revenue is predicted to be between $22.0 to $22.1 million versus earlier steering of $21.4 to $21.8 million.
- Adjusted EBITDA margin is predicted to be within the vary of (9)% to (8)% versus earlier steering of (18)% to (14)%.
Full Q3 2022 Financial Results Announcement
Backblaze will report full monetary outcomes for its third quarter of 2022 (ending September 30, 2022) on Wednesday, November 9, 2022 after market shut.
Following the discharge of outcomes, Backblaze will host a convention name and webcast at 1:30 p.m. PT (4:30 p.m. ET) to debate the outcomes.
Attend the webcast right here: https://edge.media-server.com/mmc/p/dxgk6h46
Register to pay attention by cellphone right here: https://dpregister.com/sreg/10170521/f41c667a97
Phone registrants will obtain dial-in info by way of e mail.
An archive of the webcast will probably be obtainable shortly after its completion on the Investor Relations web page of the Backblaze web site at https://ir.backblaze.com.
As half of Backblaze’s persevering with efforts to boost communications and engagement with its shareholders, verified retail and institutional shareholders will be capable to submit and upvote questions upfront of its third quarter 2022 earnings name via the Say Connect platform. Management will tackle a variety of these questions referring to Backblaze’s business and monetary outcomes through the name. The platform will open on November 2 at 1:30 p.m. PT and shut on November 8 at 1:30 p.m. PT. To submit questions, please go to: https://app.saytechnologies.com/backblaze-2022-q3.
LD Micro Conference
Backblaze administration is attending the LD Micro Main Event XV in Los Angeles, Tuesday, October 25, 2022 and will probably be assembly with institutional buyers all through the day.
Co-founder, CEO and Chairperson of the Board Gleb Budman and CFO Frank Patchel may even be presenting from 4:00 p.m. to 4:25 pm PT (7:00 pm to 7:25 pm ET).
Investors could attend Backblaze’s convention webcast by visiting the Events part of Backblaze’s investor relations web site at https://ir.backblaze.com/news-events/events-presentations. An archive of the webcast will probably be obtainable roughly 1 week after its completion and will probably be accessible for 90 days.
About Backblaze
Backblaze makes it astonishingly straightforward to retailer, use, and defend knowledge. The Backblaze Storage Cloud supplies a basis for companies, builders, IT professionals, and people to construct purposes, host content material, handle media, again up and archive knowledge, and extra. With over two billion gigabytes of knowledge storage beneath administration, the corporate at the moment works with greater than 500,000 clients in over 175 nations. Founded in 2007, the corporate is predicated in San Mateo, CA. For extra info, please go to www.backblaze.com.
Investors Contact
James Kisner, CFA
Vice President, Investor Relations and Corporate Development
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Press Contact
Jeanette Foster
Communications Manager
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Cautionary Note Regarding Preliminary Results and Forward-looking Statements
This press launch incorporates forward-looking statements throughout the which means of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which contain dangers and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements are steadily recognized by the use of forward-looking terminology, together with the phrases “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “likely,” “may,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “target,” “will,” “would,” or different related phrases or expressions that relate to our future efficiency, expectations, technique, plans or intentions, and embody statements within the part titled “Financial Outlook” and statements concerning the use and influence of our IPO proceeds.
This press launch consists of preliminary estimates of precise income and adjusted EBITDA margin as a result of our monetary closing procedures for the three months ended September 30, 2022 will not be but full. Our preliminary outcomes on this press launch are based mostly on at the moment obtainable info and our ultimate outcomes upon completion of our closing procedures could range considerably from our preliminary estimates. We at the moment count on to finish our closing procedures and announce our ultimate outcomes for income, adjusted EBITDA and different monetary info on November 9, 2022.
In addition, our precise outcomes might differ materially from these said in or implied by the forward-looking statements on this press launch as a result of a quantity of elements, together with however not restricted to: market competitors, together with rivals which will have better dimension, choices, and assets; successfully managing development; disruption in our service or loss of availability of clients’ knowledge; cyberattacks; capacity to draw and retain clients; continued development per historic ranges; capacity to efficiently provide new options on a well timed foundation; materials defects or errors in our software program; provide chain disruption; obtain success with our current and new partnerships; capacity to remediate and forestall materials weaknesses in our inner controls over monetary reporting; the influence of inflation, the COVID-19 pandemic and different elements referring to our business and the business of our clients, companions, distributors, and provide chain; and basic market, political, financial, and business situations. Further info on these and extra dangers, uncertainties, assumptions, and different elements that might trigger precise outcomes or outcomes to vary materially from these included in or implied by the forward-looking statements contained on this launch are included beneath the caption “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in our Annual Report on Form 10-Okay for the 12 months ended December 31, 2021, updates mirrored in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2022, and different filings and studies we make with the SEC now and again.
The forward-looking statements made on this launch replicate our views as of the date of this press launch. Except for the preliminary monetary outcomes, which will probably be up to date upon completion of our closing procedures for the three months ended September 30, 2022 as famous above, we undertake no obligation to replace any forward-looking statements on this press launch, whether or not consequently of new info, future occasions or in any other case.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
To complement the monetary measures ready in accordance with usually accepted accounting rules (GAAP), we use adjusted EBITDA margin. These non-GAAP monetary measures exclude sure objects and will not be ready in accordance with GAAP; subsequently, the data isn’t essentially akin to different firms and must be thought of as a complement to, not an alternative choice to, or superior to, the corresponding measures calculated in accordance with GAAP. We current these non-GAAP measures as a result of administration believes they’re a helpful measure of the corporate’s efficiency and supply an extra foundation for assessing our working outcomes.
A reconciliation of non-GAAP steering measures to corresponding GAAP measures isn’t obtainable on a forward-looking foundation with out unreasonable effort because of the uncertainty concerning, and the potential variability of, bills and different elements sooner or later. For instance, stock-based compensation expense-related expenses are impacted by the timing of worker inventory transactions, the long run truthful market worth of our frequent inventory, and our future hiring and retention wants, all of that are tough to foretell with affordable accuracy and topic to fixed change.
Adjusted EBITDA
We outline adjusted EBITDA as internet loss adjusted to exclude depreciation and amortization, stock-based compensation, curiosity expense, revenue tax provision, unrealized loss on SAFE and achieve on extinguishment of debt. We use adjusted EBITDA to judge our ongoing operations and for inner planning and forecasting functions. We consider that adjusted EBITDA, when taken along with our GAAP monetary outcomes, supplies significant supplemental info concerning our working efficiency by excluding sure objects that is probably not indicative of our business, outcomes of operations, or outlook. We take into account adjusted EBITDA to be an vital measure as a result of it helps illustrate underlying developments in our business and our historic working efficiency on a extra constant foundation. We outline adjusted EBITDA margin as a share of adjusted EBITDA to income.
