2018-02-22

GoDaddy $GDDY Q4 FY2017 Results, LIVE Webcast Feb 22, 5pm ET

$GDDY shares are up over 51% since Feb 22, 2017 (as of Feb 21, 2018)
GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE: GDDY), the world's largest domain name registrar, financial results release for the fourth quarter and fiscal year 2017, on Thursday, February 22, 2018, after the stock market closes. GoDaddy management will host a conference call and LIVE webcast at 5:00 p.m. ET, Feb 22.  To hear the call via phone, dial (866) 393-4306 in the United States or (734) 385-2616 from international locations, with passcode 7396408. The live webcast of the call and recorded replay will also be available on GoDaddy's investor relations website at https://investors.godaddy.net.

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Excerpt from the release:
  • Total revenue of $602.2 million, up 23.9% year over year.
  • Total bookings of $657.9 million, up 25.4% year over year.
  • Net cash provided by operating activities of $104.3 million, up 17.1% year over year.
  • Unlevered free cash flow of $109.2 million, up 42.6% year over year.
  • Customers of 17.3 million at December 31, 2017, up 17.6% year over year.
  • Average revenue per user (ARPU) of $139, up 7.4% year over year.
  • Domains revenue of $281.6 million, up 16.1% year over year.
  • Hosting and Presence revenue of $228.8 million, up 29.5% year over year.
  • Business Applications revenue of $91.8 million, up 37.6% year over year.
  • International revenue of $207.3 million, up 52.9% year over year.
Operating Highlights
  • GoDaddy's GoCentral is seeing continued strong adoption, increasing conversion from free to paid, and generating positive customer feedback and rising net promoter scores.
  • GoDaddy continues to enhance GoCentral's features, recently launching Online Appointment scheduling, payments via Square, blogging capabilities, and integration with Google My Business, among many other features. GoCentral users can now book client appointments online 24x7, sync with the most popular calendars, get paid easily offline or online, and create powerful online identities via Google.
  • GoDaddy continued its successful integration of HEG, including the recent launch of localized marketing efforts in multiple European markets.
  • GoDaddy announced it will acquire Main Street Hub for approximately $125 million in cash plus up to $50 million in potential future earnouts. Main Street Hub provides small businesses with a complete "do-it-for-me" service for managing engagement on the most popular social networks. The transaction is expected to close late in the second quarter of 2018.
  • GoDaddy appointed Mark Garrett to its board of directors. Mr. Garrett, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Adobe, brings deep financial technology leadership to the board.
  • GoDaddy announced it will host an Investor Day on March 28, 2018 at its Global Technology Center in Tempe, Arizona. Given limited space, interested shareholders and analysts are encouraged to email investors@godaddy.com for an invitation.
  • GoDaddy completed a secondary offering of 7.2 million shares of its Class A common stock sold by certain of its stockholders at $47.32 per share in December 2017, increasing the publicly available float.
SeekingAlpha.com: GoDaddy Q4 EPS of $0.56 beats by $0.47. Revenue of $602.2M (+23.9% Y/Y) beats by $7.63M.

GoDaddy's (GDDY) CEO Scott Wagner on Q4 2017 Results | Earnings Call Transcript | Seeking.com

About GoDaddy (source: GoDaddy.com)
"GoDaddy powers the world's largest cloud platform dedicated to small, independent ventures. With over 17 million customers worldwide and nearly 73 million domain names under management, GoDaddy is the place people come to name their idea, build a professional website, attract customers and manage their work. Our mission is to give our customers the tools, insights and the people to transform their ideas and personal initiative into success."


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