SEC Form 10-Q filed by Clearwater Analytics Holdings Inc.
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
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FORM 10-Q
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(Mark One)
| QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 | |||||
For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2025
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| TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 | |||||
For the transition period from to
Commission File Number: 001-40838
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Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (208 ) 433-1200
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As of April 30, 2025, the number of outstanding shares of the registrant’s common stock was:
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GLOSSARY
As used in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, the terms identified below have the meanings specified below unless otherwise noted or the context indicates otherwise:
•“Company,” “we,” “us,” “our,” “Clearwater” and similar references refer to Clearwater Analytics Holdings, Inc., and, unless otherwise stated, all of its direct and indirect subsidiaries, including CWAN Holdings (as defined below).
•“2025 Term Loan” and “2025 Revolving Facility” refer to the senior secured term loan B facility and unsecured revolving facility, respectively, which Clearwater Analytics, LLC entered into with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. in connection with the closing of the acquisition of Enfusion.
•“Annual Report” refers to our Annual Report on Form 10-K, for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 (File No. 001-40838), as filed with the SEC on February 26, 2025, as amended by amendment No. 1 to the Company’s Annual Repot on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 7, 2025.
•“Continuing Equity Owners” refers collectively to direct or indirect holders of LLC Interests and/or our Class B common stock, Class C common stock and/or Class D common stock, including certain of the Principal Equity Owners and certain of our directors and their respective Permitted Transferees who may exchange at each of the irrespective options, in whole or in part from time to time, their LLC Interests (along with an equal number of shares of Class B common stock or Class C common stock, as the case may be (and such shares shall be immediately canceled)) for newly issued shares of our Class A common stock or our Class D common stock, as the case may be, and additionally holders of shares of our Class D common stock may convert such shares at any time for newly issued shares of our Class A common stock, on a one-for-one basis (in which case their shares of our Class D common stock will be canceled on a one-for-one basis upon any such issuance).
•“CWAN Holdings” refers to CWAN Holdings, LLC.
•“Enfusion” refers to Enfusion, Inc.
•“Exchange Act” refers to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
•“IPO” refers to our initial public offering, which closed in September 2021.
•“JUMP” or “JUMP Technology” refers to JUMP Technology SAS and its consolidated subsidiary JUMP Consulting Luxembourg S.a.r.l.
•“LLC Agreement” refers to CWAN Holdings’s Third Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement.
•“LLC Interests” refers to the common units of CWAN Holdings, including those that we purchased with a portion of the net proceeds from the IPO.
•“NPS” refers to our net promoter score, which can range from a low of negative 100 to a high of positive 100, that we use to gauge customer satisfaction. NPS benchmarks can vary significantly by industry, but a score greater than zero represents a company having more promoters than detractors. Our methodology of calculating NPS reflects responses from customers who purchase investment accounting and reporting, performance measurement, compliance monitoring and risk analytic solutions from us and choose to respond to the survey question.
•“NYSE” refers to the New York Stock Exchange.
•“Other Continuing Equity Owners” refers to any Continuing Equity Owners who are not also Principal Equity Owners.
•“Permira” refers to Permira Advisers LLC, one of our largest owners through holdings by its affiliates.
•“Permitted Transferee” refers to, subject to the provisions of the LLC Agreement, (a) with respect to any Principal Equity Owner, any of such Principal Equity Owner’s affiliates and (b) with respect to any Other Continuing Equity Owner, any such Other Continuing Equity Owner’s affiliates or, in the case of individuals, members of their immediate family.
•“Principal Equity Owners” refers to Welsh Carson and Permira and their respective affiliates and Permitted Transferees.
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•“Prior Credit Agreement” refers to a credit agreement, as amended, which Clearwater Analytics, LLC entered into with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. in connection with the closing of the IPO.
•“QTD” for any given year means the three months ended March 31 of that year.
•“SaaS” refers to Software-as-a-Service.
•“SEC” refers to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
•“Tax Receivable Agreement” or “TRA” refers to the Tax Receivable Agreement, dated as of September 28, 2021, by and among Clearwater Analytics Holdings, Inc., CWAN Holdings and the other parties thereto.
•“TRA Amendment” refers to Amendment No.1 to the TRA, dated November 4, 2024, by and among Clearwater Analytics Holdings, Inc., CWAN Holdings and the other TRA Amendment Parties (as defined therein).
•“TRA Bonus Agreement” refers to the Tax Receivable Agreement Bonus Letters, each dated as of September 28, 2021, by and among Clearwater Analytics Holdings, Inc. and certain of our executive officers.
•“Up-C” refers to the Company’s umbrella partnership-C-corporation organizational structure. See Note 1 “Organization and Description of Business” to our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
•“Welsh Carson” refers to Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe, one of our largest owners through holdings by its affiliates.
•“Wilshire” refers to Wilshire Advisors LLC.
•“Wilshire Technology” refers, collectively, to Wilshire AxiomSM, Wilshire AtlasSM, and Wilshire Abacus (“AAA”) and Wilshire iQComposite (“iQ Composite”), which was co-branded as Clearwater Wilshire Analytics post-acquisition.
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SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains “forward-looking” statements within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on our management’s beliefs and assumptions and on information currently available to our management. The forward-looking statements are contained principally in the section captioned “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.”
Forward-looking statements include information concerning our possible or assumed future results of operations, business strategies, technology developments, financing and investment plans, dividend policy, competitive position, industry and regulatory environment, potential growth opportunities and the effects of competition. Forward looking statements include statements that are not historical facts and can be identified by terms such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “seek,” “should,” “will,” “would” or similar expressions and the negatives of those terms. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements.
Important factors that could cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from our expectations include, but are not limited to, the following:
•we operate in a highly competitive industry, with many companies competing for business from insurance companies, asset managers, corporations and government entities on the basis of a number of factors, including the quality and breadth of solutions and services provided, ability to innovate, reputation and the prices of services, and this competition could hurt our financial performance and cash flows;
•we are dependent on fees based on the value of the assets on our platform for the main portion of our revenues, and to the extent market volatility, a downturn in economic conditions or other factors cause negative trends or fluctuations in the value of the assets on our platform, our fee-based revenue and earnings may decline;
•because some of our sales efforts are targeted at large financial institutions, corporations and government entities, we face prolonged sales cycles, substantial upfront sales costs and less predictability in completing some of our sales. If our sales cycle lengthens, or if our upfront sales investments do not result in sufficient revenue, our results of operations may be harmed;
•we have experienced considerable revenue growth over the past several years, which may be difficult to sustain, and we depend on attracting and retaining top talent to continue growing and operating our business, and if we are unable to hire, integrate, develop, motivate and retain our personnel, we may not be able to maintain or manage our growth, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows;
•if our investment accounting and reporting solutions, regulatory reporting solutions or risk management or performance analytics solutions fail to perform properly due to undetected errors or similar problems, our business, financial condition, reputation or results of operations could be materially adversely affected;
•our business relies heavily on cloud-based services and, to some extent, our own computer equipment, electronic delivery systems, networks and telecommunications systems and infrastructure, the Internet and the IT systems of third parties. Any failures or disruptions in any of the foregoing could result in reduced revenues, increased costs and the loss of clients and could harm our business, financial condition, reputation and results of operations;
•our failure to successfully integrate acquisitions could strain our resources. In addition, there are significant risks associated with growth through acquisitions, which may materially adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations;
•if our intellectual property and propriety technology are not adequately protected to prevent use or appropriation by our competitors, our business and competitive position would be harmed;
•the Principal Equity Owners continue to have influence over us, including influence over decisions that require the approval of stockholders, which could limit our ability to influence the outcome of matters submitted to stockholders for a vote;
•provisions in our certificate of incorporation and bylaws may have the effect of delaying or preventing a change of control or changes in our management; and
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•other risks described in the section titled “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report and in periodic reports that we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and our reports to shareholders. These filings are available at www.sec.gov and on our website.
Given these risks and uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Also, forward-looking statements represent our management’s beliefs and assumptions only as of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and should not be relied upon as representing Clearwater's expectations or beliefs as of any date subsequent to the time they are made. Clearwater does not undertake to and specifically declines any obligation to update any forward-looking statements that may be made from time to time by or on behalf of Clearwater.
You should read this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and the related notes thereto as of and for the year ended December 31, 2024 included in our Annual Report.
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PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited).
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Clearwater Analytics Holdings, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(In thousands, except share amounts and per share amounts, unaudited)
| March 31 | December 31 | ||||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | ||||||||||
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| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Short-term investments | |||||||||||
| Accounts receivable, net | |||||||||||
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | |||||||||||
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| Property and equipment, net | |||||||||||
| Operating lease right-of-use assets, net | |||||||||||
| Deferred contract costs, non-current | |||||||||||
| Debt issuance costs - line of credit | |||||||||||
| Deferred tax assets, net | |||||||||||
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| Long-term investments | |||||||||||
| Total assets | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity | |||||||||||
| Current liabilities: | |||||||||||
| Accounts payable | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Accrued expenses and other current liabilities | |||||||||||
| Deferred revenue | |||||||||||
| Notes payable, current portion | |||||||||||
| Operating lease liability, current portion | |||||||||||
| Tax receivable agreement liability | |||||||||||
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| Notes payable, less current maturities and unamortized debt issuance costs | |||||||||||
| Operating lease liability, less current portion | |||||||||||
| Other long-term liabilities | |||||||||||
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| Stockholders' Equity | |||||||||||
Class A common stock, par value $ | |||||||||||
Class B common stock, par value $ | |||||||||||
Class C common stock, par value $ | |||||||||||
Class D common stock, par value $ | |||||||||||
| Additional paid-in-capital | |||||||||||
| Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) | ( | ||||||||||
| Retained earnings | |||||||||||
| Total stockholders' equity attributable to Clearwater Analytics Holdings, Inc. | |||||||||||
| Non-controlling interests | |||||||||||
| Total stockholders' equity | |||||||||||
| Total liabilities and stockholders' equity | $ | $ | |||||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
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Clearwater Analytics Holdings, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
(In thousands, except share amounts and per share amounts, unaudited)
| Three Months Ended March 31, | |||||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | ||||||||||
| Revenue | $ | $ | |||||||||
Cost of revenue(1) | |||||||||||
| Gross profit | |||||||||||
| Operating expenses: | |||||||||||
Research and development(1) | |||||||||||
Sales and marketing(1) | |||||||||||
General and administrative(1) | |||||||||||
| Total operating expenses | |||||||||||
| Income (loss) from operations | ( | ||||||||||
| Interest income, net | ( | ( | |||||||||
| Tax receivable agreement expense | |||||||||||
| Other (income) expense, net | ( | ||||||||||
| Income before income taxes | |||||||||||
| Provision for (benefit from) income taxes | ( | ||||||||||
| Net income | |||||||||||
| Less: Net income attributable to non-controlling interests | |||||||||||
| Net income attributable to Clearwater Analytics Holdings, Inc. | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Net income per share attributable to Class A and Class D common stockholders stock: | |||||||||||
| Basic | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Diluted | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Weighted average shares of Class A and Class D common stock outstanding: | |||||||||||
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| Diluted | |||||||||||
(1)Amounts include equity-based compensation as follows:
| Cost of revenue | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Operating expenses: | |||||||||||
| Research and development | |||||||||||
| Sales and marketing | |||||||||||
| General and administrative | |||||||||||
| Total equity-based compensation expense | $ | $ | |||||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income
(In thousands, unaudited)
| Three Months Ended March 31, | |||||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | ||||||||||
| Net income | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Other comprehensive income, net of taxes: | |||||||||||
| Foreign currency translation adjustment | ( | ||||||||||
| Unrealized loss on available-for-sale investments | ( | ( | |||||||||
| Comprehensive income | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Less: Comprehensive income attributable to non-controlling interests | |||||||||||
| Comprehensive income attributable to Clearwater Analytics Holdings, Inc. | $ | $ | |||||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity
(In thousands, except share amounts, unaudited)
| Class A Shares | Class A Amount | Class B Shares | Class B Amount | Class C Shares | Class C Amount | Class D Shares | Class D Amount | Additional Paid in Capital | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) | Retained Earnings | Non- controlling Interest | Total stockholders' equity | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance at December 31, 2024 | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Issuance of common stock | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Exercise of options to purchase common stock | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Restricted stock units released | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shares withheld for net share settlement and other | ( | ( | — | — | — | — | — | — | ( | — | — | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Equity-based compensation | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Foreign currency translation adjustment | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Unrealized loss on available-for-sale investments | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ( | — | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accrued tax distributions payable to Continuing Equity Owners | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Effect of LLC unit / share exchanges | — | — | — | — | ( | ( | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Allocation of equity to non-controlling interests | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance at March 31, 2025 | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Class A Shares | Class A Amount | Class B Shares | Class B Amount | Class C Shares | Class C Amount | Class D Shares | Class D Amount | Additional Paid in Capital | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income | Accumulated Deficit | Non- controlling Interest | Total stockholders' equity | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance at December 31, 2023 | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Exercise of options to purchase common stock | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Restricted stock units released | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shares withheld for net share settlement and other | ( | ( | — | — | — | — | — | — | ( | — | — | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Equity-based compensation | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Foreign currency translation adjustment | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ( | — | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Unrealized loss on available-for-sale investments | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ( | — | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accrued tax distributions payable to Continuing Equity Owners | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Effect of LLC unit / share exchanges | — | — | ( | ( | ( | ( | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Allocation of equity to non-controlling interests | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance at March 31, 2024 | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
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Clearwater Analytics Holdings, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(In thousands, unaudited)
| Three Months Ended March 31, | |||||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | ||||||||||
| OPERATING ACTIVITIES | |||||||||||
| Net income | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: | |||||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization | |||||||||||
| Noncash operating lease cost | |||||||||||
| Equity-based compensation | |||||||||||
| Amortization of deferred contract acquisition costs | |||||||||||
| Amortization of debt issuance costs, included in interest expense | |||||||||||
| Deferred tax benefit | ( | ||||||||||
| Accretion of discount on investments | ( | ( | |||||||||
| Realized gain on investments | ( | ||||||||||
| Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | |||||||||||
| Accounts receivable, net | ( | ( | |||||||||
| Prepaid expenses and other assets | ( | ( | |||||||||
| Deferred contract acquisition costs | ( | ||||||||||
| Accounts payable | ( | ||||||||||
| Accrued expenses and other liabilities | ( | ( | |||||||||
| Tax receivable agreement liability | ( | ( | |||||||||
| Net cash provided by operating activities | |||||||||||
| INVESTING ACTIVITIES | |||||||||||
| Purchases of property and equipment | ( | ( | |||||||||
| Purchase of held to maturity investments | ( | ||||||||||
| Purchases of available-for-sale investments | ( | ||||||||||
| Proceeds from sale of available-for-sale investments | |||||||||||
| Proceeds from maturities of investments | |||||||||||
| Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities | ( | ||||||||||
| FINANCING ACTIVITIES | |||||||||||
| Proceeds from exercise of options | |||||||||||
| Taxes paid related to net share settlement of equity awards | ( | ( | |||||||||
| Repayments of borrowings | ( | ( | |||||||||
| Payment of debt issuance costs | ( | ||||||||||
| Payment of acquisition holdback liability | ( | ||||||||||
| Payment of tax distributions | ( | ||||||||||
| Net cash used in financing activities | ( | ( | |||||||||
| Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents | ( | ||||||||||
| Change in cash and cash equivalents during the period | ( | ||||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period | |||||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents, end of period | $ | $ | |||||||||
| SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION | |||||||||||
| Cash paid for interest | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Cash paid for income taxes | $ | $ | |||||||||
| NON-CASH INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES | |||||||||||
| Purchase of property and equipment included in accounts payable and accrued expense | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Release of tax distributions payable to Continuing Equity Owners accrued in prior year | $ | ( | $ | ( | |||||||
| Tax distributions payable to Continuing Equity Owners included in accrued expenses | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Acquisition of intangible assets paid in common stock | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Acquisition holdback liability included in accrued expenses and other liabilities | $ | $ | |||||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
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Clearwater Analytics Holdings, Inc.
Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
Note 1. Organization and Description of Business
Clearwater Analytics Holdings, Inc. (the “Company” or “Clearwater”) was incorporated as a Delaware corporation on May 18, 2021, as a holding company for the purpose of facilitating the IPO and other related transactions in order to carry on the business of the Company. Prior to the IPO, all business operations were conducted through Carbon Analytics Holdings, LLC, which changed its name to CWAN Holdings, LLC (“CWAN Holdings”) in connection with the IPO. Clearwater provides a SaaS solution for automated investment data aggregation, reconciliation, accounting and reporting services to insurers, investment managers, corporations, institutional investors and government entities. Following the IPO, Clearwater’s principal asset consists of ownership of common units in CWAN Holdings. As the sole managing member of CWAN Holdings, Clearwater operates and controls all the business operations of the Company. Our corporate structure following the IPO is commonly referred to as an “Up-C” structure. The Company does not have material assets, liabilities, revenues or expenses other than its investment in (and the deferred taxes and TRA expenses, if any, associated with) CWAN Holdings, which fully owns CWAN Acquisition LLC and is guarantor of the Company.
The Company headquarters are located in Boise, ID, and we operate in five offices throughout the U.S. and eight offices internationally.
As of March 31, 2025, the Company owns 95.1 % of the interests in CWAN Holdings. Continuing Equity Owners which hold Class C common stock own the remaining 4.9 % of the interests in CWAN Holdings. The attributes of the Company's classes of common stock are summarized in the following table:
| Class of Common Stock | Votes per Share | Economic Rights | ||||||||||||
| Class A common stock | Yes | |||||||||||||
| Class B common stock | No | |||||||||||||
| Class C common stock | No | |||||||||||||
| Class D common stock | Yes | |||||||||||||
Note 2. Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Presentation
Principles of Consolidation
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make certain estimates, judgments and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the related disclosures at the date of the condensed consolidated financial statements, as well as the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the periods presented. Actual results could differ materially from those estimates.
Items subject to estimates and assumptions include the useful lives and recoverability of long-lived assets, the average period of benefit associated with deferred contract costs, sales reserves, the incremental borrowing rate applied in
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lease accounting, accruals for sales tax liabilities, the fair value and probability of achieving performance conditions of equity awards and business combinations, among others. The Company bases its estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable, the result of which forms the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities, and measurement of revenues and expenses. To the extent there are material differences between these estimates, judgments, or assumptions and actual results, the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements will be affected.
Significant Accounting Policies
The Company's significant accounting policies are discussed in Note 2 – Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies in the Annual Report. There have been no significant changes to these policies that have had a material impact on the Company's unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes during the three months ended March 31, 2025.
Note 3. Revenue Recognition
For SaaS offerings, the Company is applying the optional exemption to not disclose transaction price allocated to the remaining performance obligations given the Company’s monthly recurring revenue contracts.
For Licenses, the Company's remaining performance obligations represent the transaction price allocated to maintenance and support performance obligations that have yet to be satisfied. The following table includes estimated revenue expected to be recognized in the future related to maintenance and support performance obligations that are partially satisfied (in thousands):
| Remainder of 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 and Thereafter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Revenue expected to be recognized in the future as of March 31, 2025 | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Of the total revenue recognized for the three months ended March 31, 2025, $4.3 million was included in the deferred revenue balance as of December 31, 2024. Revenues recognized from performance obligations satisfied (or partially satisfied) in previous periods were not material. Contract asset balances classified as current are $1.3 million and $1.8 million as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. Contract asset balances classified as non-current are $0.2 million and $0.6 million as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively.
Revenue by geography as presented in Note 12 “Segment and Geographic Information” is determined based on the billing address of the customer.
Note 4. Cash, Cash Equivalents and Investments
The following tables show the Company’s cash, cash equivalents and investments by significant investment category as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 in accordance with the fair value hierarchy (in thousands):
| March 31, 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adjusted Cost | Unrealized Gains | Unrealized Losses | Fair Value | Cash and Cash Equivalents | Short-Term Investments | Long-Term Investments | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cash | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level 1 (1): | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Money market funds | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level 2 (2): | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Certificates of deposit | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fixed deposits | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Subtotal | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| December 31, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adjusted Cost | Unrealized Gains | Unrealized Losses | Fair Value | Cash and Cash Equivalents | Short-Term Investments | Long-Term Investments | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cash | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level 1 (1): | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Money market funds | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level 2 (2): | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Treasury bills | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| U.S. government bonds | $ | $ | $ | ( | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| U.S. agency securities | $ | $ | $ | ( | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Commercial paper | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Corporate debt securities | $ | $ | $ | ( | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Certificates of deposit | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Subtotal | $ | $ | $ | ( | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | $ | $ | ( | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(1) Level 1 fair value estimates are based on quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
(2) Level 2 fair value estimates are based on observable inputs other than quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in inactive markets, or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities.
During each of the three months ended March 31, 2025 and year ended December 31, 2024, there were no transfers of assets or liabilities between Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.
Note 5. Business Combinations
On April 22, 2024, we completed our acquisition of Wilshire AxiomSM, Wilshire AtlasSM, Wilshire Abacus (“AAA”), and Wilshire iQComposite (“IQComposite” and, together with AAA, the “Wilshire Technology”)), which together comprise the risk and performance analytics solutions businesses of Wilshire Advisors LLC, (“Wilshire”), a leading global financial services firm. We acquired the employee base and all customer contracts associated with the Wilshire Technology. Following the acquisition, the Wilshire Technology is co-branded as Clearwater Wilshire Analytics and enables clients to calculate performance and risk attribution, assist with security-level portfolio construction, access high-quality portfolio models, and identify investment opportunities that maximize returns and mitigate risk. The total purchase consideration for the acquisition of the Wilshire Technology was $40.1 million in cash, paid upon completion of the acquisition. In connection with the acquisition, the Company and Wilshire entered into a Transition Services Agreement pursuant to which Wilshire agreed to perform certain services for a period of time with respect to the Company’s use and operation of the Wilshire Technology, and a Master SaaS Agreement for Wilshire to license back the underlying technology for use in their retained business. We expensed acquisition-related costs in the amount of $1.3
We have accounted for this transaction as a business combination and allocated the fair value of the consideration to the tangible and intangible assets acquired as well as liabilities assumed, based on their estimated fair values. The excess of
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the purchase price over the fair values of these identifiable assets and liabilities was recorded as goodwill. The allocated fair value is summarized as follows (in thousands):
| Fair Value | |||||
| Accounts receivable | $ | ||||
| Prepaid expenses | |||||
| Intangible assets | |||||
| Goodwill | |||||
| Deferred revenue | ( | ||||
| Cash paid for acquisition of business, net of cash acquired | $ | ||||
Goodwill generated from this business combination is primarily attributable to the assembled workforce, expected post-acquisition synergies from integrating the Wilshire Technology into our platform and the expansion of product offerings to our existing global customer base. The goodwill is deductible for income tax purposes.
The following table presents details of the fair values of identified intangible assets acquired (in thousands, except years):
| Fair Value | Estimated Useful Life | ||||||||||
| Developed technology - AAA | $ | ||||||||||
| Developed technology - iQComposite | |||||||||||
| Client relationships | |||||||||||
| Trademarks | |||||||||||
| Total | $ | ||||||||||
Note 6. Goodwill and Intangible Assets
Goodwill
The following table presents details of our goodwill during the three months ended March 31, 2025 (in thousands):
| Amount | |||||
| Balance as of December 31, 2024 | $ | ||||
| Foreign currency translation adjustments | |||||
| Balance as of March 31, 2025 | $ | ||||
Purchased Intangible Assets
On March 31, 2025, the Company completed its previously announced acquisition of Bistro, Blackstone’s proprietary portfolio visualization software platform built for Blackstone’s Credit & Insurance (BXCI) business (the “Bistro Asset Acquisition”). The purchase price for the Bistro Asset Acquisition is $112.7 million, consisting of an aggregate of 3,833,333 shares of Class A common stock, issued at the time of the closing of the Bistro Asset Acquisition,
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with a fair value of $102.7 million and $10 million to be paid in cash no later than July 1, 2025. The following table presents details of the fair values of identified intangible assets acquired (in thousands, except years):
| Fair Value | Estimated Useful Life | ||||||||||
| Blackstone Commercial Agreement | $ | ||||||||||
| Developed Technology - BISTRO | |||||||||||
| Total | $ | ||||||||||
The following table presents details of our purchased intangible assets as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 (in thousands):
| March 31, 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gross Carrying Amount | Accumulated Amortization | Net Carrying Amount | Weighted Average Remaining Useful Life (In Years) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Intangible assets with finite lives: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Developed technology | $ | $ | ( | $ | |||||||||||||||||||
| Commercial agreement | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Client relationships | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Trade name / Trademarks | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total intangible assets | $ | $ | ( | $ | |||||||||||||||||||
| December 31, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gross Carrying Amount | Accumulated Amortization | Net Carrying Amount | Weighted Average Remaining Useful Life (In Years) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Intangible assets with finite lives: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Developed technology | $ | $ | ( | $ | |||||||||||||||||||
| Client relationships | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Trade name / Trademarks | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total intangible assets | $ | $ | ( | $ | |||||||||||||||||||
Note 7. Supplemental Consolidated Balance Sheet Information
Accounts Receivable, net
Accounts receivable, net consisted of the following (in thousands):
| March 31, | December 31, | ||||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | ||||||||||
| Billed accounts receivable | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Unbilled accounts receivable | |||||||||||
| Allowance for doubtful accounts and reserves | ( | ( | |||||||||
| Accounts receivable, net | $ | $ | |||||||||
The majority of invoices included within the unbilled accounts receivable balance are issued within the first few days of the month directly following the period of service.
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Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets
Prepaid expenses and other current assets consisted of the following (in thousands):
| March 31, | December 31, | ||||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | ||||||||||
| Prepaid expenses | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Deferred contract costs, current portion | |||||||||||
| Contract assets | |||||||||||
| Tax receivable | |||||||||||
| Other receivable | |||||||||||
| Other current assets | |||||||||||
| Prepaid expense and other current assets | $ | $ | |||||||||
Property and equipment, net
Depreciation and amortization expense for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 was $1.6 million and $1.5 million, respectively. Accumulated depreciation and amortization as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 was $24.6 million and $22.9 million, respectively.
Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities consisted of the following (in thousands):
| March 31, | December 31, | ||||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | ||||||||||
| Accrued interest | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Accrued bonus | |||||||||||
| Accrued vendor liabilities | |||||||||||
| Accrued benefits and retirement | |||||||||||
| Acquisition holdback liability | |||||||||||
| Accrued commissions | |||||||||||
| Income tax payable | |||||||||||
| Tax distributions payable to Continuing Equity Owners | |||||||||||
| Other current liabilities | |||||||||||
| Accrued expenses and other liabilities | $ | $ | |||||||||
Other Long-term Liabilities
Other long-term liabilities consisted of the following (in thousands):
| March 31, | December 31, | ||||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | ||||||||||
| Deferred tax liabilities | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Asset retirement obligation | |||||||||||
| Accrued benefits | |||||||||||
| Other long-term liabilities | $ | $ | |||||||||
Note 8. Leases
The Company leases facilities under non-cancelable operating lease agreements with varying terms that range from to 10 years. In addition, some of these leases have renewal options for up to five years . The Company determines if an arrangement contains a lease at inception. Operating leases are included in operating lease right-of-use (“ROU”) assets, and operating lease liabilities on the Company's condensed consolidated balance sheets. The Company does not have any finance leases.
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Operating lease cost was $2.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025. Variable lease cost and short-term lease costs were immaterial during the three months ended March 31, 2025. Future minimum lease payments at March 31, 2025 under the Company’s non-cancelable leases were as follows (in thousands):
| 2025 (remaining nine months) | $ | ||||
| 2026 | |||||
| 2027 | |||||
| 2028 | |||||
| 2029 | |||||
| Thereafter | |||||
| Total future minimum lease payments | |||||
| Less: Imputed interest | ( | ||||
| Present value of future minimum lease payments | |||||
| Less: Current portion of operating lease liability | ( | ||||
| Operating lease liabilities - noncurrent | $ | ||||
The following table presents supplemental information for the Company's non-cancelable operating leases for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 (in thousands, except for weighted average and percentage data):
| Three Months Ended March 31, | |||||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | ||||||||||
| Weighted average remaining lease term | |||||||||||
| Weighted average discount rate | % | % | |||||||||
| Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Leased assets obtained in exchange for new lease liabilities | $ | $ | |||||||||
Note 9. Non-controlling Interest
The Company is the sole managing member of CWAN Holdings, and has the sole voting interest in, and control of the management of, CWAN Holdings. As a result, the Company consolidates the financial results of CWAN Holdings. The non-controlling interest on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheet relates to the interests of CWAN Holdings held by the Continuing Equity Owners. The ownership of the LLC interests is summarized as follows:
| March 31, 2025 | December 31, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shares | Ownership % | Shares | Ownership % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Clearwater Analytics Holdings, Inc. interest in CWAN Holdings | % | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Continuing Equity Owners' interest in CWAN Holdings | % | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
| % | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Note 10. Earnings Per Share
The following table sets forth reconciliations of the numerators and denominators used to compute basic and diluted net earnings per share of Class A and Class D common stock for the periods presented (in thousands):
| Three Months Ended March 31, | |||||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | ||||||||||
| Numerator: | |||||||||||
| Net income | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Less: Net income attributable to non-controlling interests | |||||||||||
| Net income attributable to Clearwater Analytics Holdings, Inc. - basic and diluted | $ | $ | |||||||||
The following tables set forth the computation of basic and diluted net earnings per share of Class A and Class D common stock (in thousands, except share amounts and per share amounts):
| Three Months Ended March 31, 2025 | Three Months Ended March 31, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Class A | Class D | Class A | Class D | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Basic net earnings attributable to Class A and Class D common stockholders | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Numerator: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Allocation of net income attributable to Clearwater Analytics Holdings, Inc. | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||
| Denominator: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weighted average number of shares of Class A and Class D common stock outstanding - basic | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Basic net earnings per share attributable to Class A and Class D common stockholders | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Three Months Ended March 31, 2025 | Three Months Ended March 31, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Class A | Class D | Class A | Class D | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Diluted net earnings attributable to Class A and Class D common stockholders | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Numerator: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Undistributed earnings for basic computation | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||
| Reallocation of earnings as a result of potentially dilutive equivalents | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reallocation of earnings as a result of conversion of Class D common stock to Class A common stock | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Allocation of undistributed earnings | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||
| Denominator: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weighted average number of shares of Class A and Class D common stock outstanding - basic | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Add: weighted-average effect of dilutive securities exchangeable for Class A common stock: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stock options of Clearwater Analytics Holdings, Inc. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| RSUs of Clearwater Analytics Holdings, Inc. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| ESPP of Clearwater Analytics Holdings, Inc. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Conversion of Class B stock to Class A stock, and conversion of Class C stock to Class D stock | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Conversion of Class D common stock to Class A common stock outstanding | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weighted average number of shares of Class A and Class D common stock outstanding - diluted | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diluted net earnings per share attributable to Class A and Class D common stockholders | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||
Shares of the Company's Class B and Class C common stock do not participate in the earnings or losses of the Company and are therefore not participating securities. As such, separate presentation of basic and diluted earnings per share of Class B and Class C common stock under the two-class method has not been presented.
The following weighted-average potentially dilutive securities were evaluated under the treasury stock method for potentially dilutive effects and have been excluded from diluted net earnings per share due to their anti-dilutive effect:
| Three Months Ended March 31, | |||||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | ||||||||||
| Conversion of Class C common stock | |||||||||||
| Stock options of Clearwater Analytics Holdings, Inc. | |||||||||||
| RSUs of Clearwater Analytics Holdings, Inc. | |||||||||||
| Total | |||||||||||
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Note 11. Equity-Based Compensation
In September 2021, the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) adopted the Clearwater Analytics Holdings, Inc. 2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “2021 Plan”), pursuant to which employees, consultants and directors of our Company and our affiliates performing services for us, including our executive officers, are eligible to receive awards. The 2021 Plan provides for the grant of stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units (“RSUs”), bonus stock, dividend equivalents, other stock-based awards, substitute awards, annual incentive awards and performance awards intended to align the interests of participants with those of our shareholders. A total of 69,200,278 shares of common stock are authorized for issuance under the 2021 Plan. In connection with the approval of the 2021 Plan, the 2017 Equity Incentive Plan was terminated and all outstanding stock options and RSUs were transferred to the 2021 Plan.
Options
The following table summarizes the stock option activity for the three months ended March 31, 2025 (in thousands, except per share data):
| Stock Options | Weighted Average Exercise Price | Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (Years) | Aggregate Intrinsic Value | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance - December 31, 2024 | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Exercised | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Forfeited | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance - March 31, 2025 | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Options vested - March 31, 2025 | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||
The aggregate intrinsic value as of March 31, 2025 disclosed in the above table is based on the difference between the exercise price of the stock option and the estimated fair value of the Company’s common stock as of March 31, 2025. As of March 31, 2025, the total unrecognized compensation expense related to unvested options was $0.6 million, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 0.5 years.
RSUs
The summary of RSU activity for the three months ended March 31, 2025 is as follows (in thousands, except per share data):
| Units Activity | Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value | Aggregate Intrinsic Value | |||||||||||||||
| Unvested units as of December 31, 2024 | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||
| Granted | |||||||||||||||||
| Released | ( | ||||||||||||||||
| Cancelled | ( | ||||||||||||||||
| Unvested units as of March 31, 2025 | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||
The aggregate intrinsic value disclosed in the above table is based on the closing stock price on the NYSE on March 31, 2025. As of March 31, 2025, there was $178.3 million of unrecognized equity-based compensation expense related to RSUs, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 2.3 years.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
In September 2021, the Board adopted the Clearwater Analytics Holdings, Inc. 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (“ESPP”). As of March 31, 2025, a total of 7,260,919 shares of Class A common stock were available for issuance under the ESPP. The offering periods are scheduled to start on June 1 and December 1 of each year. Eligible employees may purchase the Company's common stock through payroll deductions at a price equal to 85 % of the lower of the fair market values of the stock as of the beginning or the end of six-month offering periods. An employee's payroll deductions under
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the ESPP are limited to 10 % of the employee's compensation and an employee may not purchase more than $25,000 of stock during any calendar year in which the employee’s option to purchase stock under the ESPP is outstanding at any time.
As of March 31, 2025, total unrecognized equity-based compensation costs related to ESPP were $0.4 million, which is expected to be recognized over the remaining current offering period ending May 31, 2025.
ESPP payroll contributions accrued at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 totaled $2.3 million and $0.5 million, respectively, and are included within accrued expenses in the consolidated balance sheets. Employee payroll contributions used to purchase shares under the ESPP will be reclassified to stockholders' equity at the end of the offering period.
Note 12. Segment and Geographic Information
Operating segments are defined as components of an enterprise about which separate financial information is available that is evaluated regularly by the chief operating decision maker (“CODM”), or decision group, in deciding how to allocate resources and assessing performance. The Company’s chief operating decision maker is the Company’s Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”). The Company’s CEO reviews financial information presented on a consolidated basis and makes decisions and allocates resources based on the Company as a whole. The Company has one business activity as a provider of a solution for investment data aggregation, accounting, analytics, and reporting services. Accordingly, the Company operates as one operating segment, and all required segment financial information is found in the condensed consolidated financial statements.
The CODM uses net income (loss) to allocate operating and capital resources and assesses the Company’s performance by comparing actual results and previously forecasted financial information. The measure of segment assets is reported on the balance sheet as total consolidated assets. The following table presents information on revenue, significant expenses, and net income (in thousands):
| Three Months Ended March 31, | |||||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | ||||||||||
| Revenue | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Less: | |||||||||||
| Employee compensation expense | |||||||||||
| Technology expense | |||||||||||
| Facilities expense | |||||||||||
| Outside services and contractors expense | |||||||||||
| Data costs | |||||||||||
| Provision for (benefit from) income taxes | ( | ||||||||||
| Equity-based compensation expense and related payroll taxes | |||||||||||
| Tax receivable agreement expenses | |||||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization expense | |||||||||||
| Interest income, net | ( | ( | |||||||||
Other segment items(1) | |||||||||||
| Consolidated net income | |||||||||||
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The following table presents the Company’s revenue disaggregated by geography, based on billing address of the customer (in thousands):
| Three Months Ended March 31, | |||||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | ||||||||||
| United States | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Rest of World | |||||||||||
| Total revenue | $ | $ | |||||||||
The following table presents the Company’s long-lived assets including property and equipment, net, operating lease right-of-use assets, net, and intangible assets, net, disaggregated by geography (in thousands):
| March 31, | December 31, | ||||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | ||||||||||
| United States | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Rest of World | |||||||||||
| Total long-lived assets, net | $ | $ | |||||||||
Note 13. Income Taxes
As a part of the Up-C structure, Clearwater Analytics Holdings, Inc. owns a portion of CWAN Holdings, which contains all operations of the business and is treated as a partnership for U.S. federal and most applicable state and local income tax purposes. As a partnership, CWAN Holdings is generally not subject to U.S. federal, state, and local income taxes. Any taxable income or loss generated by CWAN Holdings is passed through to and included in the taxable income or loss of its members in accordance with the terms of the operating agreement of CWAN Holdings. CWAN Holdings’ international wholly-owned subsidiaries are subject to taxes in foreign jurisdictions.
The Company is taxed as a corporation and pays corporate federal, state, and local taxes on income allocated to it from CWAN Holdings based on the Company’s economic interest held in CWAN Holdings. While the Company consolidates CWAN Holdings for financial reporting purposes, the Company will not be taxed on the earnings attributed to the non-controlling interests. As a result, the income tax burden on the earnings attributed to the non-controlling interest is not reported by the Company in its condensed consolidated financial statements.
Our tax provision for interim periods is determined using an estimated annual effective tax rate, adjusted for discrete items arising in the applicable quarter. In each quarter, we update the estimated annual effective tax rate and make a year-to-date adjustment to the provision. The estimated annual effective tax rate may be subject to significant volatility due to several factors, including our ability to accurately predict the proportion of our pretax income in multiple jurisdictions, certain book-tax differences, and exchanges from non-controlling interests.
The following table provides details of the provision for (benefit from) income taxes:
| Three Months Ended March 31, | |||||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | ||||||||||
| Income before income taxes | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Provision for (benefit from) income taxes | ( | ||||||||||
| Effective tax rate | % | ( | %) | ||||||||
For the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company’s effective tax rate was different than the statutory rate primarily because of foreign taxes and non-deductible equity-based compensation, offset by tax credits, windfalls from equity-based compensation deductions, as well as the portion of pretax earnings that are attributable to the non-controlling interest and not taxable to the Company. For the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company’s effective tax rate was different than the statutory rate primarily because of foreign taxes, non-deductible equity-based compensation, the generation of tax credits and incentives, and the valuation allowance on U.S. deferred tax assets.
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Note 14. Tax Receivable Agreement Liability
In connection with the IPO and related transactions, we entered into a TRA that provided for the payment by us of 85 % of the amount of any tax benefits that we actually realize, or in some cases are deemed to realize, as a result of (i) increases in our share of the tax basis in the net assets of CWAN Holdings resulting from any redemptions or exchanges of CWAN Holdings units, (ii) tax basis increases attributable to payments made under the TRA, and (iii) deductions attributable to imputed interest and bonus payments pursuant to the TRA Bonus Agreements (the “TRA Payments”).
On November 4, 2024, the Company entered into the TRA Amendment which amended the TRA to provide for one-time settlement payments in a gross amount of approximately $72.5 million. The settlement payments were made in Q4 of 2024 and Q1 of 2025. The Company has no further payment obligations (past, current, or future) to the TRA Parties under the TRA.
Note 15. Subsequent Events
On April 21, 2025, the Company completed its previously announced acquisition of all outstanding stock of Enfusion, Inc (NYSE: ENFN) (“Enfusion”), a leader in SaaS solutions for the investment management and hedge fund industry. The acquisition date fair value of the consideration transferred for Enfusion was approximately $1.4 billion, comprising of $0.8 billion in cash, approximately 28 million shares of Class A common stock with fair value of $0.6 billion, and a payment of $30 million made in connection with the termination of Enfusion’s tax receivable agreement with Enfusion’s historic equity holders. Additionally, outstanding restricted stock units of Enfusion that were unvested at the time the acquisition was consummated were assumed by the Company and converted into restricted stock awards of the Company.
In connection with the closing of the acquisition of Enfusion, certain subsidiaries of the Company entered into a Credit Agreement, dated as of April 21, 2025 (the “2025 Credit Agreement”), by and among CWAN Acquisition, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Holdings”), Clearwater Analytics, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Borrower”), the lenders party thereto from time to time (the “Lenders”) and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent and collateral agent. Pursuant to the 2025 Credit Agreement, the Lenders have provided to the Borrower initial term loans due 2033 in an aggregate principal amount equal to $800 million (the “2025 Term Loan”) and revolving commitments in an aggregate principal amount of $200 million with a tenure of 5 years, which includes a $20 million letter of credit and $20 million of swingline loans (the “2025 Revolving Facility”). The interest rate applicable to the loans under the 2025 Term Loan is Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”) plus 2.25 % and 2025 Revolving Facility is SOFR plus 2.00 %. This 2025 Credit Agreement replaces the Prior Credit Agreement and the debt balance under the Prior Credit Agreement was repaid contemporaneously.
On April 28, 2025, one of our Principal Equity Owners, Permira, gave notice to exchange all of its 7,983,533 shares of Class D common stock into equal number of shares of Class A common stock. No consideration is expected to be exchanged.
On April 30, 2025, the Company completed its acquisition of all outstanding stock of Beacon, a next-generation leader for cross-asset class modeling and risk analytics for derivatives, private credit and debt, structured products and other alternative assets. The acquisition date fair value of the consideration transferred for Beacon was approximately $550 million, comprising of $350 million in cash and approximately 8 million shares of Class A common stock with fair value of approximately $200 million.
These acquisitions accelerate Clearwater’s vision of creating a unified, real-time portfolio view across all asset types—from public equities and private credit to structured products and alternatives—in a single, cloud-native platform, ultimately building the first comprehensive cloud-native front-to-back solution for the entire investment management industry.
Transaction costs for the acquisitions were $7.3 million and $0.8 million during the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. These costs mainly consisted of professional fees and administrative costs for closed and pending acquisitions and were expensed as incurred in our condensed consolidated statements of income.
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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and with our Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and financial statements included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K. As discussed in the section titled “Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements,” the following discussion contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results could differ materially from those discussed below. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, those identified below and in the section titled “Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and those discussed in the section titled “Risk Factors” in the Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Overview
Clearwater brings transparency to the opaque world of investment accounting and analytics with what we believe is the industry’s most trusted and innovative single instance, multi-tenant technology platform. Our cloud-native software allows clients to radically simplify their investment accounting operations, enabling them to focus on higher-value business functions such as asset allocation strategy and investment selection. Our platform provides comprehensive accounting, data and advanced analytics as well as highly-configurable reporting for global investment assets daily or on-demand, instead of weekly or monthly. We give our clients confidence that they are making the most informed decisions about investment performance, regulatory compliance and risk.
We provide investment accounting and reporting, performance measurement, compliance monitoring and risk analytics solutions for asset managers, insurance companies and large corporations. Every day, Clearwater’s powerful platform aggregates and normalizes data on over $8.8 trillion of global invested assets for over 1,400 clients as of December 31, 2024. We bring modern software to an industry that has long been dominated by difficult-to-use, high cost legacy technologies and processes, which often lack data integrity and traceability, and often require significant manual intervention. The strength of our platform is demonstrated by our approximately 80% win rate for new clients over the prior four years in deals that reached the proposal stage, as well as NPS of 60+ and at least 98% gross retention in 24 of the last 25 quarters.
We allow our clients to replace legacy systems with modern cloud-native software. Our platform helps clients reduce cost, time, errors and risk and allows them to reallocate resources to other value-creating activities. Our software aggregates, reconciles and validates data from more than 4,100 daily data feeds and more than four million securities that have been modeled across multiple currencies, asset classes and countries. This cleansed and validated data runs through our proprietary accounting, performance, compliance and risk solutions to provide clients with powerful analytics and daily or on-demand configurable reporting. We offer multi-asset class, multi-basis, multi-currency accounting and analytics that provide clients with a comprehensive view of their holdings and related performance. This allows our clients to make better, more timely decisions about their investment portfolios.
Clearwater benefits from powerful network effects. With our single instance, multi-tenant architecture, every client, whether new or existing, enriches our global data set by making it more complete and accurate. Our software continually sources, ingests, models, reconciles and validates the terms, conditions and features of every investment security held by all of our clients. This continuous process helps to create a single repository of comprehensive, accurate investment data (often referred to within the industry as a “Golden Copy” of data) that benefits all our clients to the extent they otherwise have rights to the data. Through this continuous process, we are able to identify and adjudicate data discrepancies that otherwise could introduce error and risk into our clients’ investment portfolios. We believe that a meaningful competitive advantage of this network effect is that we are increasingly seen as the best and most accurate source of investment accounting data and analytics in the industry.
We have a recurring revenue model, excluding revenue from professional services and license-related revenue from the JUMP Technology acquisition. We charge our clients a fee that is based on the amount and complexity of the assets they manage on our platform as well as the breadth of the solution utilized by the customer. In 2022, we transitioned our contracting structure to a framework we describe as Base+ for all new clients. A Base+ contract framework includes a base fee for a prospective or existing client’s book of business plus an incremental fee for increases in assets on the platform. This structure is designed to limit the downside volatility in our asset-based fees. We also began to amend contracts with our existing clients to either modify the structure of such contracts from a pure asset-based fee to this Base+ model or to increase the basis point price. Prior to 2022, we charged a basis point fee based on the client’s assets on the platform subject to contracted minimums. For those clients contracted prior to 2022 and whose contract has not been amended, our revenues can more significantly fluctuate with the changes in those clients’ assets. A majority of the assets on our platform
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are high-grade fixed income assets, which have traditionally had lower levels of volatility, enabling our highly predictable revenue streams. The Base+ model includes annual increases in the base fee and enables us to charge additional fees for supplemental services provided for certain alternative asset classes (e.g., LPx, MLx) or additional products (e.g. Prism, OMS/PMS) should the client choose to utilize those services.
Recent Developments
Strategic Acquisitions
We completed our previously announced acquisitions of Beacon on April 30, 2025 and, Enfusion on April 21, 2025, and an asset purchase of Blackstone’s proprietary portfolio visualization software platform, Bistro, on March 31, 2025. These acquisitions aim to accelerate Clearwater’s vision of creating a unified, real-time portfolio view across all asset types—from public equities and private credit to structured products and alternatives—in a single, cloud-native platform, ultimately building the first comprehensive cloud-native front-to-back solution for the entire investment management industry.
For more information, see Note 5 “Business Combinations”, Note 6 “Goodwill and Intangible Assets” and Note 15 “Subsequent Events” to the condensed consolidated financial statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
Key Factors Affecting Our Performance
The growth and future success of our business depends on many factors, including those described below.
•Adding New Clients in Established End Markets: Our future growth is dependent upon our ability to continue to add new clients, and in 2024 we added over 100 net new clients. We are focused on continuing to increase our client base in our established client end-markets of corporations, government entities, insurance companies and asset managers, and doing so with increasingly large and sophisticated clients. As we add clients, it takes time to fully onboard their assets to the platform. Our revenue generally increases as assets are added to the platform, while the effort to serve the client is relatively consistent over time. Therefore, we expect revenues and gross margins to increase for a client as the client transitions from the onboarding process to a steady state once assets have been onboarded. In any period, our gross margins may fluctuate based on the relative size and number of clients that we are onboarding at that time.
•Expanding and Retaining Relationships with Existing Clients: Our future growth is dependent upon retaining our existing clients and expanding our relationships with these clients through increases in the amount of their assets on our platform. We have enjoyed consistent gross revenue retention rates of at least 98% in 24 of the past 25 quarters. The consistency in revenue retention creates predictability in our business and enables us to better plan our future investments. Our relationships with our clients expand as these clients add more assets to our platform, with our quarterly net revenue retention rates (as defined below under “—Key Operating Measures”) between 110% and 116% in 2024. Clients may add assets as a result of acquiring new clients themselves or by acquiring new businesses or simply through organic growth, which produces additional assets that they manage using our platform. We believe that our client service model and technology platform are strong contributing factors in our attractive retention rates. As such, we expect to continue to invest in both our operations and research and development functions to maintain and increase our high levels of client satisfaction, which we believe will lead to strong client retention and expansion.
•International Expansion: We believe that the value provided by our platform is equally applicable to asset owners and asset managers outside of North America, and there is a significant opportunity to expand our client base and usage of our platform internationally. Our future growth is dependent upon our ability to successfully enter new international markets and to expand our client base in our current international markets. Our cost to acquire clients in international markets is currently greater than in North America because there is less awareness of the Clearwater brand and our product capabilities, and we have to date invested less in sales and marketing internationally. For these reasons, we expect to invest more in sales and marketing in international markets relative to North America in order to achieve growth in these international markets.
•Adding New Clients in Adjacent or Nascent End-Markets: Our strategy is to also add new clients in our more nascent end-markets, which include state and local governments, pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, as well as endowments and foundations. Traditionally, our existing clients have been among our best resources
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for referring new clients to us, and we will continue to invest in sales and marketing to build awareness of our brand, engage prospective clients and drive adoption of our platform, particularly as it relates to expanding into new end-markets. As we establish our presence in new end-markets, we expect sales and marketing expenditures will be less efficient than in our established verticals and we will become increasingly more efficient at acquiring clients in new end-markets over time.
•Expanding Solutions and Broadening Innovation: Our future growth is dependent upon our continued expansion of our solutions in order to better retain our current clients and to develop new use cases that appeal to new clients. While we believe we will be able to reduce our research and development expenses as a percentage of revenues as we achieve greater scale, our priority is to maintain and grow our technological advantage over our competitors. As we identify opportunities to increase our technological and competitive advantages, we may increase our investments in research and development at rates that are faster than our growth in revenues in order to enhance our long-term growth and profitability.
•Fluctuations in the Market Value of Assets on the Platform: Although we generally have a base fee and adopted our Base+ model in 2022, we also bill our clients monthly in arrears based on a basis point rate applied to our clients’ assets on our platform, which can be influenced by general economic conditions. While 77% of the assets on our platform were high-grade fixed income securities and structured products as of December 31, 2024 and traditionally subject to lower levels of volatility, the value of our clients’ assets on our platform varies on a daily basis due to changes in securities prices, cash flow needs, incremental buying and selling of assets and other strategic priorities of our clients. For these reasons, our revenue is subject to fluctuations based on economic conditions, including market conditions and the changing interest rate environment.
Key Components of Results of Operations
The following discussion describes certain line items in our condensed consolidated statements of operations.
Revenue
We generate revenue from fees derived from providing clients with access to the solutions and services on our SaaS platform. Sales of our offering include a right to use our software in a hosted environment without taking possession of the software. Our contracts are generally cancellable with 30 days’ notice without penalty. We invoice clients monthly in arrears based on a percentage of the average daily value of assets within a client’s accounts on our platform during that month, or based on a fixed monthly base fee. Payment terms may vary by contract but generally include a requirement of payment within 30 days following the month in which services are provided. Fees invoiced in advance of the delivery of the Company’s performance obligations are deemed set-up activities and are deferred as a material right and recognized over time, typically 12 months. Through JUMP, which we acquired on November 30, 2022, we also earn license revenue.
Cost of Revenue
Cost of revenue consists of expenses related to delivery of revenue-generating services, including expenses associated with client services, onboarding, reconciliation and agreements related to the purchase of data used in the provision of our services. Salary and benefits for certain personnel associated with supporting these functions, in addition to allocated overhead, amortization of JUMP-related developed technology intangible asset, and depreciation for facilities, are also included in cost of revenue.
Operating Expenses
Research and development expense consists primarily of salary and benefits for our development staff as well as contractors’ fees and other costs associated with the enhancement of our offering, ensuring operational stability and performance and development of new offerings.
Sales and marketing expense consists of the costs of personnel involved in the sales and marketing process, sales commissions, advertising and promotional materials, sales facilities expenses, and the cost of trade shows and seminars.
General and administrative expense consists primarily of personnel costs for IT, finance, administration, human resources and general management, as well as expenses from legal, corporate technology and accounting service providers.
Interest Income, Net
Interest income relates to interest received on our cash and cash equivalents based on interest rates in the course of the applicable period, and interest received from other investments. Interest expense reflects interest accrued on our
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outstanding term loan during the course of the applicable period. The accrual of interest varies depending on the timing and amount of borrowings and repayments during the period as well as fluctuations in interest rates.
Tax Receivable Agreement Expense
In connection with the IPO and related transactions, we entered into a TRA that, prior to the TRA Amendment, provided for the payment by us of 85% of certain tax benefits that we realized, or in some cases were deemed to realize, as a result of Tax Attributes, as defined in the Tax Receivable Agreement. Tax receivable agreement expense relates to payments we made, or to be made, under the TRA prior to or in connection with the TRA Amendment.
On November 4, 2024, the Company entered into the TRA Amendment, which amended the TRA to provide for one-time settlement payments in a gross amount of approximately $72.5 million, inclusive of approximately $69.2 million to be paid to the TRA Parties (net of the TRA Bonus Payments) and approximately $3.3 million TRA Bonus Payments to be paid to certain executive officers of the Company (collectively, the “TRA Settlement Payments”), plus approximately $6.5 million in third-party expenses. Upon the payment of the TRA Settlement Payments, the TRA Parties have no further rights to receive payments (past, current, or future) under the TRA, and the Company will have no further payment obligations (past, current, or future) to the TRA Parties under the TRA. Most of the TRA Settlement Payments were made in December 2024. The remaining TRA Settlement Payments were made in the first quarter of 2025. Refer to Note 14 “Tax Receivable Agreement Liability” to the condensed consolidated financial statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
Other (Income) Expense, Net
Other (income) expense, net consists of gains and losses of foreign currency and investments.
Provision for (Benefit from) Income Taxes
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes consists of income taxes related to federal, state, and foreign jurisdictions where we conduct our business. Our effective tax rate may increase in the future as our ownership in CWAN Holdings increases via exchanges from historical partners. In addition, our discrete items may not be consistent from period to period and could cause volatility in our effective tax rate.
Key Operating Measures
We consider certain operating measures, such as annualized recurring revenue, gross retention rates and net retention rates, in measuring the performance of our business. The following table summarizes these operating measures as of the dates presented:
| First Quarter | Second Quarter | Third Quarter | Fourth Quarter | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Annualized recurring revenue (in thousands) | $ | 493,852 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Gross revenue retention rate | 98 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Net revenue retention rate | 114 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Annualized recurring revenue (in thousands) | $ | 402,326 | $ | 427,189 | $ | 456,941 | $ | 474,924 | |||||||||||||||
| Gross revenue retention rate | 99 | % | 99 | % | 99 | % | 98 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Net revenue retention rate | 110 | % | 110 | % | 114 | % | 116 | % | |||||||||||||||
Annualized Recurring Revenue
Annualized recurring revenue is calculated at the end of a period by dividing the recurring revenue in the last month of such period by the number of days in the month and multiplying by 365.
Because a substantial majority of the assets on our platform are fixed income securities that typically have low levels of volatility with respect to their market value, the growth in annualized recurring revenue is generally not attributable to the fluctuating market value of the assets on our platform. Rather, the growth in annualized recurring revenue is due to an increase in the number of clients using our offering as well as from onboarding more assets of our existing clients onto our platform.
Annualized recurring revenue increased 22.7% from March 31, 2024 to March 31, 2025 on account of growth in our client base as we brought new clients onto our platform and also added additional assets onto our platform from existing clients.
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Gross Revenue Retention Rate
Gross revenue retention rate represents annual contract value (“ACV”) at the beginning of the 12-month period ended on the reporting date less client attrition over the prior 12-month period, divided by ACV at the beginning of the 12-month period, expressed as a percentage. ACV is comprised of annualized recurring revenue plus contracted-not-billed revenue, which represents the estimated annual contracted revenue for new and existing client opportunities prior to revenue recognition. In order to arrive at total ACV, we include contracted-not-billed revenue, as it is contracted revenue that has not been recognized but that we expect to produce recognized revenue in the future. Client attrition occurs when a client provides a contract termination notice. The amount of client attrition is calculated as the reduction in annualized revenue of the client at the time of the notice and is recorded in the month the final billing occurs. In the case of client attrition where contracted-not-billed revenue is still present for a client, both annualized recurring revenue and contracted-not-billed revenue associated with such client are deducted from ACV.
As of March 31, 2025, the gross revenue retention rate was 98% compared to 99% as of March 31, 2024. The Company has reported a gross revenue retention rate of at least 98% for 24 out of the 25 prior quarters. We believe the consistent and high gross revenue retention rate is a testament to the value proposition that our leading solution offers.
Net Revenue Retention Rate
Net revenue retention rate is the percentage of recurring revenue retained from clients on the platform for 12 months and includes changes from the addition, removal or value of assets on our platform, contractual changes that have an impact to annualized recurring revenues and lost revenue from client attrition. We calculate net revenue retention rate as of a period end by starting with the annualized recurring revenue from clients as of the 12 months prior to such period end. We then calculate the annualized recurring revenue from these clients as of the current period end. We then divide the total current period end annualized recurring revenue by the 12-month prior period end annualized recurring revenue to arrive at the net revenue retention rate.
As of March 31, 2025, the net revenue retention rate was 114% compared to 110% as of March 31, 2024. Our relationships with our clients expand as these clients add more assets to our platform, with our quarterly net revenue retention rates between 110% and 116% in 2024.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
We also consider certain non-GAAP financial measures that are not prepared in accordance with US GAAP, such as Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin, in measuring the performance of our business. The non-GAAP measures are not based on any standardized methodology prescribed by GAAP and are not necessarily comparable to similar measures presented by other companies. However, we believe that this non-GAAP information is useful as an additional means for investors to evaluate our operating performance, when reviewed in conjunction with our GAAP financial statements. These measures should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for measures prepared in accordance with GAAP, and because these amounts are not determined in accordance with GAAP, they should not be used exclusively in evaluating our business and operations. In addition, undue reliance should not be placed upon non-GAAP or operating information because this information is neither standardized across companies nor subjected to the same control activities and audit procedures that produce our GAAP financial results.
Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin
Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin are supplemental performance measures that our management uses to assess our operating performance. We define Adjusted EBITDA as net income plus (i) interest income, net, (ii) depreciation and amortization, (iii) equity-based compensation expense and related payroll taxes, (iv) tax receivable agreement expense, (v) transaction expenses, (vi) provision for (benefit from) income taxes, and (vii) other expense, net. We define Adjusted EBITDA Margin as Adjusted EBITDA divided by revenue.
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The following tables reconcile net income to Adjusted EBITDA and include amounts expressed as a percentage of revenue for the periods indicated.
| Three Months Ended March 31, | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| (in thousands, except percentages) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income | $ | 6,936 | 5 | % | $ | 2,236 | 2 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Adjustments: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest income, net | (1,694) | (1 | %) | (2,060) | (2 | %) | |||||||||||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization | 3,146 | 2 | % | 2,550 | 2 | % | |||||||||||||||||
| Equity-based compensation expense and related payroll taxes | 27,562 | 22 | % | 28,481 | 28 | % | |||||||||||||||||
| Tax receivable agreement expense | — | — | % | 286 | 0 | % | |||||||||||||||||
Transaction expenses(1) | 7,280 | 6 | % | 802 | 1 | % | |||||||||||||||||
| Provision for (benefit from) income tax expense | 1,550 | 1 | % | (98) | 0 | % | |||||||||||||||||
| Other expense, net | 290 | — | % | 5 | 0 | % | |||||||||||||||||
| Adjusted EBITDA | 45,070 | 36 | % | 32,202 | 31 | % | |||||||||||||||||
| Revenue | $ | 126,864 | 100 | % | $ | 102,719 | 100 | % | |||||||||||||||
(1) Transaction expenses primarily consist of professional fees and administrative costs for closed and pending acquisitions.
Results of Operations
The following tables set forth our results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 (in thousands):
| Three Months Ended March 31, | |||||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | ||||||||||
| (in thousands) | |||||||||||
| Revenue | $ | 126,864 | $ | 102,719 | |||||||
Cost of revenue(1) | 33,924 | 28,178 | |||||||||
| Gross profit | 92,940 | 74,541 | |||||||||
| Operating expenses: | |||||||||||
Research and development(1) | 37,400 | 37,676 | |||||||||
Sales and marketing(1) | 19,631 | 16,311 | |||||||||
General and administrative(1) | 28,827 | 20,720 | |||||||||
| Total operating expenses | 85,858 | 74,707 | |||||||||
| Income (loss) from operations | 7,082 | (166) | |||||||||
| Interest income, net | (1,694) | (2,060) | |||||||||
| Tax receivable agreement expense | — | 286 | |||||||||
| Other (income) expense, net | 290 | (530) | |||||||||
| Income before income taxes | 8,486 | 2,138 | |||||||||
| Provision for (benefit from) income taxes | 1,550 | (98) | |||||||||
| Net income | 6,936 | 2,236 | |||||||||
| Less: Net income attributable to non-controlling interests | 426 | 338 | |||||||||
| Net income attributable to Clearwater Analytics Holdings, Inc. | $ | 6,510 | $ | 1,898 | |||||||
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(1)Amounts include equity-based compensation as follows:
| Cost of revenue | $ | 3,464 | $ | 3,146 | |||||||
| Operating expenses: | |||||||||||
| Research and development | 8,698 | 8,911 | |||||||||
| Sales and marketing | 4,009 | 3,821 | |||||||||
| General and administrative | 7,541 | 8,347 | |||||||||
| Total equity-based compensation expense | $ | 23,712 | $ | 24,225 | |||||||
The following table sets forth our consolidated statements of operations data expressed as a percentage of revenue for the periods indicated.
| Three Months Ended March 31, | |||||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | ||||||||||
| Revenue | 100 | % | 100 | % | |||||||
| Cost of revenue | 27 | % | 27 | % | |||||||
| Gross profit | 73 | % | 73 | % | |||||||
| Operating expenses: | |||||||||||
| Research and development | 29 | % | 37 | % | |||||||
| Sales and marketing | 15 | % | 16 | % | |||||||
| General and administrative | 23 | % | 20 | % | |||||||
| Total operating expenses | 68 | % | 73 | % | |||||||
| Income (loss) from operations | 6 | % | 0 | % | |||||||
| Interest income, net | (1 | %) | (2 | %) | |||||||
| Tax receivable agreement expense | 0 | % | 0 | % | |||||||
| Other (income) expense, net | 0 | % | (1 | %) | |||||||
| Income before income taxes | 7 | % | 2 | % | |||||||
| Provision for (benefit from) income taxes | 1 | % | 0 | % | |||||||
| Net income | 5 | % | 2 | % | |||||||
Comparison of the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 (unaudited)
Revenue
| Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (In thousands, except percentages) | 2025 | 2024 | $ Change | % Change | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Revenue | $ | 126,864 | $ | 102,719 | $ | 24,145 | 24 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Revenue increased $24.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 as compared to the corresponding period in 2024. The increase was due to new clients brought onto our platform which resulted in an increase in revenue of $6.9 million, acquired customer base related to the Wilshire Technology acquisition of $2.4 million, as well as changes to our existing clients’ assets on our platform and increasing revenue which is not related to assets on our platform. Average assets on our platform that were billed to new and existing clients increased 13% for the three months ended March 31, 2025 as compared to the corresponding period in 2024. Average basis point rate billed to clients increased by 5.5% for the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to the corresponding period in 2024.
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Cost of Revenue
| Three Months Ended March 31, | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| (In thousands, except percentages) | 2025 | 2024 | $ Change | % Change | |||||||||||||||||||
| Equity-based compensation | $ | 3,464 | $ | 3,146 | $ | 318 | 10 | % | |||||||||||||||
| All other cost of revenue | 30,460 | 25,032 | 5,428 | 22 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
| Total cost of revenue | $ | 33,924 | $ | 28,178 | $ | 5,746 | 20 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Percent of revenue | 27 | % | 27 | % | |||||||||||||||||||
Cost of revenue changed as follows:
| Change From 2024 to 2025 QTD | |||||
| (in thousands) | |||||
| Increased payroll and related costs | $ | 3,592 | |||
| Increased data costs | 1,008 | ||||
| Increased depreciation and amortization | 662 | ||||
| Increased equity-based compensation | 318 | ||||
| Other items | 166 | ||||
| Total change | $ | 5,746 | |||
The increase in cost of revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2025 was primarily due to increased payroll and related costs as a result of headcount growth, increases in merit-based compensation, and changes in our employee base leading to higher compensation, and increased equity-related payroll taxes for vested equity awards. In addition, cost of revenue increased due to higher data costs for acquiring vendor data contracts related to the Wilshire Technology acquisition, increased depreciation and amortization related to the amortization of capitalized IT projects and acquired Wilshire Technology intangible assets, and increased equity-based compensation due to grants of additional awards to employees.
Operating Expenses
Research and Development
| Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (In thousands, except percentages) | 2025 | 2024 | $ Change | % Change | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Equity-based compensation | $ | 8,698 | $ | 8,911 | $ | (213) | (2) | % | ||||||||||||||||||
| All other research and development | 28,702 | 28,765 | (63) | — | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total research and development | $ | 37,400 | $ | 37,676 | $ | (276) | (1) | % | ||||||||||||||||||
| Percent of revenue | 29 | % | 37 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Research and development expenses changed as follows:
| Change From 2024 to 2025 QTD | |||||
| (in thousands) | |||||
| Decreased payroll and related costs | (2,187) | ||||
| Decreased equity-based compensation | (213) | ||||
| Increased technology cost | 1,477 | ||||
| Decreased tax credits | 557 | ||||
| Other items | 90 | ||||
| Total change | $ | (276) | |||
The decrease in research and development expense for the three months ended March 31, 2025 was primarily due to decreased equity-related payroll tax, as there were RSU releases from a JUMP executive during the three months ended March 31, 2024, decreased equity-based compensation, offset by increased technology costs from higher utilization of third-party cloud computing services and other third-party IT services, and decreased tax credits from elimination of payroll tax credit earned in 2024.
Sales and Marketing
| Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (In thousands, except percentages) | 2025 | 2024 | $ Change | % Change | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Equity-based compensation | $ | 4,009 | $ | 3,821 | $ | 188 | 5 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
| All other sales and marketing | 15,622 | 12,490 | 3,132 | 25 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total sales and marketing | $ | 19,631 | $ | 16,311 | $ | 3,320 | 20 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
| Percent of revenue | 15 | % | 16 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Sales and marketing expense changed as follows:
| Change From 2024 to 2025 QTD | |||||
| (in thousands) | |||||
| Increased payroll and related costs | 2,853 | ||||
| Increased facilities cost | 297 | ||||
| Increased equity-based compensation | 188 | ||||
| Other items | (18) | ||||
| Total change | $ | 3,320 | |||
The increase in sales and marketing expense for the three months ended March 31, 2025 was primarily due to increased payroll and related costs as a result of headcount growth to expand sales coverage and increases in merit-based compensation, increased allocation of facilities cost due to additional office space, and increased equity-based compensation due to grants of additional awards to employees.
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General and Administrative
| Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (In thousands, except percentages) | 2025 | 2024 | $ Change | % Change | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Equity-based compensation | $ | 7,541 | $ | 8,347 | $ | (806) | (10) | % | ||||||||||||||||||
| All other general and administrative | 21,286 | 12,373 | 8,913 | 72 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total general and administrative | $ | 28,827 | $ | 20,720 | $ | 8,107 | 39 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
| Percent of revenue | 23 | % | 20 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||
General and administrative expenses changed as follows:
| Change From 2024 to 2025 QTD | |||||
| (in thousands) | |||||
| Increased outside services and contractors | $ | 6,458 | |||
| Increased payroll and related costs | $ | 1,514 | |||
| Increased technology cost | $ | 247 | |||
| Increased recruiting expense | $ | 240 | |||
| Decreased equity-based compensation | $ | (806) | |||
| Other items | 454 | ||||
| Total change | $ | 8,107 | |||
The increase in general and administrative expense for the three months ended March 31, 2025 was primarily due to increased outside services and contractors related to legal, consulting and accounting professional services supporting the Bistro, Enfusion and Beacon acquisitions, increased payroll and related costs due to headcount growth and increases in merit-based compensation, increased technology costs due to higher utilization of third-party IT services, and increased recruiting expense to support key hires, offset by decreased equity-based compensation expense due to reduction in new grants.
Non-Operating Expenses
| Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (In thousands, except percentages) | 2025 | 2024 | $ Change | % Change | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest income, net | $ | (1,694) | $ | (2,060) | $ | 366 | (18 | %) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tax receivable agreement expense | — | 286 | (286) | (100) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Other (income) expense, net | $ | 290 | $ | (530) | $ | 820 | (155) | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Interest income, net decreased in the three months ended March 31, 2025 due to sale of the investment portfolios.
The tax receivable agreement expense decreased in the three months ended March 31, 2025 due to the TRA Amendment. All obligations of the tax receivable agreement have been fully paid in accordance with the TRA Amendment and no further tax receivable agreement expense is expected in the future.
Other (income) expense, net relates to foreign exchange gains and losses driven by fluctuations in exchange rates, and gains and losses related to our investments.
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Provision for (Benefit from) Income Taxes
| Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (In thousands, except percentages) | 2025 | 2024 | $ Change | % Change | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Provision for (benefit from) income taxes | $ | 1,550 | $ | (98) | $ | 1,648 | (1682) | % | ||||||||||||||||||
The provision for (benefit from) income taxes for the three months ended March 31, 2025 increased due to the valuation allowance release on most of our U.S. net deferred tax assets in the fourth quarter of 2024. The provision for income taxes in the current year includes taxes on our U.S. income whereas no taxes were provided for on our U.S. income in the prior year due to the valuation allowance.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
To date, we have primarily financed our operations through cash flows from operations and financing activities.
As of March 31, 2025, we had total cash, cash equivalents and investments of $282.9 million, including cash and cash equivalents of $275.2 million, and short-term investments of $7.7 million. Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments primarily consist of highly-liquid investments in money market funds, and certificates of deposit.
On April 21, 2025, subsequent to our reporting date, we replaced the Prior Credit Agreement with the 2025 Credit Agreement and the debt balance under the Prior Credit Agreement was repaid contemporaneously. We obtained term loans due 2033 in an aggregate principal amount of $800 million (the “2025 Term Loan”) and revolving commitments in an aggregate principal amount of $200 million with a tenure of 5 years, which includes a $20 million letter of credit and $20 million of swingline loans (the “2025 Revolving Facility”), to finance the Bistro, Enfusion and Beacon acquisitions. See Note 15 “Subsequent Events” to the condensed consolidated financial statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
We believe our existing cash and cash equivalents, investments, together with cash expected to be generated from operations, borrowings available under our 2025 Revolving Facility, and our access to capital markets, will be sufficient to meet our operating working capital, capital expenditure and debt repayment requirements over the next 12 months. Our future financing requirements will depend on many factors, including our growth rate, revenue retention rates, the timing and extent of spending to support development of our platform and any future investments or acquisitions we may make.
The following table shows our cash flows from operating activities, investing activities and financing activities for the stated periods:
| Three Months Ended March 31, | |||||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | ||||||||||
| (in thousands) | |||||||||||
| Net cash provided by operating activities | $ | 24,500 | $ | 10,037 | |||||||
| Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities | 99,525 | (11,800) | |||||||||
| Net cash used in financing activities | (27,249) | (30,145) | |||||||||
| Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents | 1,033 | (213) | |||||||||
| Change in cash and cash equivalents during the period | $ | 97,809 | $ | (32,121) | |||||||
Cash Flows from Operating Activities
Net cash provided by operating activities of $24.5 million during the three months ended March 31, 2025 was primarily the result of our net income plus non-cash charges, including equity-based compensation, operating lease expense and depreciation and amortization, offset by changes in operating assets and liabilities that decreased operating cash flow by $13.9 million. Accounts receivable increased $5.3 million, which is comprised of $0.3 million from growth in revenues and $5 million from aging of receivable balances for certain customers due to short-term deterioration in days sales outstanding which we continue to believe are collectible. Prepaid expenses and other assets increased $2.6 million due to timing of prepaid subscriptions with software vendors. Accrued expenses and other liabilities decreased $5.1 million primarily due to 2024 bonus payment, partially offset by increase in professional legal services fees in connection with the Bistro, Enfusion and Beacon acquisitions and accrued bonus for 2025.
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Net cash provided by operating activities of $10.0 million during the three months ended March 31, 2024 was primarily the result of our net income plus noncash charges, including equity-based compensation, operating lease expense and depreciation and amortization. Cash flows resulting from changes in assets and liabilities include an increase in accounts receivable, an increase in prepaid expenses and other assets, and a decrease in accrued expenses and other liabilities. Accounts receivable increased $4.7 million, which is comprised of $3.4 million from growth in revenues and $1.3 million from aging of receivable balances for certain customers due to short-term deterioration in days sales outstanding which we continue to believe are collectible. Prepaid expenses and other assets increased $4.2 million due to
timing of prepaid subscriptions with software vendors. Accrued expenses and other liabilities decreased $9.4 million primarily due to 2023 bonus payment, partially offset by accrued bonus for 2024.
Cash Flows from Investing Activities
Net cash provided by investing activities of $99.5 million during the three months ended March 31, 2025 was primarily due to $89.5 million of proceeds from sale of available-for-sale investments in preparation for utilizing cash in the closing of the business combinations in April 2025, and $16.2 million of proceeds from maturities of investments, which was offset by $4.7 million in purchase of held-to-maturity investments and $1.5 million in purchase of property and equipment.
Net cash used in investing activities of $11.8 million during the three months ended March 31, 2024 was primarily due to the purchase of $31.9 million available for-sale investments and $1.4 million attributable to the purchase of property and equipment, including internally developed software, which was offset by $21.5 million in proceeds from the sale and maturity of investments.
Cash Flows from Financing Activities
Net cash used in financing activities during the three months ended March 31, 2025 was $27.2 million, of which $24.4 million was used to pay tax withholding on behalf of employees related to net share settlement, $2.1 million was used for payment of debt issuance costs, and $0.7 million was used for repayment of borrowings.
Net cash used in financing activities during the three months ended March 31, 2024 was $30.1 million, of which $28.8 million was used to pay tax withholding on behalf of employees related to net share settlement, $0.8 million was used for the payment of the holdback liability related to the JUMP acquisition, and $0.7 million was used for repayment of borrowings, which was partially offset by $0.1 million of proceeds from the exercise of options.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
Management’s discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based upon our condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes, which have been prepared in accordance with GAAP. We review the accounting policies used in reporting our financial results on a regular basis. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosure of contingent liabilities.
On an ongoing basis, we evaluate the process we use to develop estimates. We base our estimates on historical experience and on other information that we believe is reasonable for making judgments at the time the estimates are made. Actual results may differ from our estimates due to actual outcomes being different from those on which we based our assumptions.
There have been no material changes to our critical accounting policies and estimates as compared to the critical accounting policies and estimates described in the Annual Report under the caption “Critical Accounting Estimates” in Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, set forth in Part II, Item 7.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
There are no recent accounting pronouncements during the three months ended March 31, 2025.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.
AUM Market Price Risk
The vast majority of our revenue is derived from fees that are primarily based on the amount of assets on our platform. These fees are stated in basis points, or 1/100th of 1%. Though in substantially all cases we charge a minimum fee regardless of the assets that are loaded onto our platform, our revenues fluctuate based on the value of the assets that our clients maintain on our platform. A total of $8.8 trillion and $7.3 trillion of assets was loaded on our platform as of
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December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. Movements in funds invested between different securities or fluctuations in securities prices or investment performance could cause the value of AUM to decline, which would result in lower fees we receive from our clients.
Interest Rate Risk
We had interest rate risk relating to debt and associated interest expense under the Prior Credit Agreement. At any time, a rise in interest rates could have a material adverse impact on our earnings and cash flows. Conversely, a decrease in interest rates could result in a material increase in earnings and cash flows. We estimate that a hypothetical increase or decrease in SOFR of 100 basis points would increase or decrease, respectively, our interest expense or income by approximately $0.1 million on an annual basis, based on our $45.4 million debt balance under the Prior Credit Agreement at March 31, 2025.
On April 21, 2025, subsequent to our reporting date, we replaced the Prior Credit Agreement with the 2025 Credit Agreement and the debt balance under the Prior Credit Agreement was repaid contemporaneously. . We obtained term loans due 2033 in an aggregate principal amount of $800 million (the “2025 Term Loan”) and revolving commitments in an aggregate principal amount of $200 million with a tenure of 5 years, which includes a $20 million letter of credit and $20 million of swingline loans (the “2025 Revolving Facility”), to finance the Bistro, Enfusion and Beacon acquisitions. A hypothetical increase or decrease in SOFR of 100 basis points would increase or decrease, respectively, our interest expense by $10 million on an annual basis, based on the maximum aggregate principal amount.
Inflation
Our business, financial condition and results of operations may be impacted by macroeconomic conditions, including rising inflation. Although our operations have been impacted by rising inflation from time to time, we currently do not believe that inflation has had a material direct effect on our overall business, financial condition or results of operations. However, if our costs were to become subject to significant inflationary pressures, we may not be able to fully offset higher costs through price increases and our inability or failure to do so could potentially harm our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures.
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
As of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)). Based on that evaluation, our CEO and CFO have concluded that, as of the end of the period covered by this report, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of such date.
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
During the quarter ended March 31, 2025, no change in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) occurred that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
Inherent Limitations on Effectiveness of Controls
Our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, believes that our disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting are designed to provide reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives and are effective at the reasonable assurance level. However, our management does not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures or our internal control over financial reporting will prevent or detect all errors and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, have been detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision making can be faulty and that breakdowns can occur because of a simple error or mistake. Additionally, controls can be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people, or by management override of the controls. The design of any system of controls also is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of
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future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions; over time, controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or the degree of
compliance with policies or procedures may deteriorate. Because of the inherent limitations in a cost–effective control system, misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected.
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PART II—OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings.
From time to time, we are subject to certain legal proceedings and claims that arise in the normal course of business. In the opinion of our management, we are not involved in any litigation or proceedings with third parties that we believe could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations, financial condition or business.
Item 1A. Risk Factors.
In addition to the information set forth in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, you should carefully consider the factors discussed in the “Risk Factors” section of our Annual Report. There have been no material changes to the risk factors disclosed in the “Risk Factors” section of our Annual Report.
In addition to our results determined in accordance with U.S. GAAP, we believe certain non-GAAP measures may be useful in evaluating our operating performance. We present certain non-GAAP financial measures in our Annual Report on Form 10-K and each Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, and intend to continue to present certain non-GAAP financial measures in future filings with the SEC and other public statements. Any failure to accurately report and present our non-GAAP financial measures could cause investors to lose confidence in our reported financial and other information, which would likely have a negative effect on the trading price of our Class A common stock.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.
In connection with the completion of the Company's previously announced acquisition of Bistro, the Company issued 3,833,333 shares of Class A common stock as part of the consideration paid for the acquisition on March 31, 2025. The Class A common stock was issued in reliance on the exemption from registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Section 4(a)(2) thereof and/or Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated thereunder.
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities.
None.
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Other Information.
Item 6. Exhibits.
Exhibits filed or furnished herewith are designated by an asterisk (*); all exhibits not so designated are incorporated by reference to a prior filing as indicated.
| Exhibit Number | Description | Report or Registration Statement | SEC File or Registration Number | Exhibit Reference | |||||||||||||
| 2.1 | 8-K filed January 13, 2025 | 001-40838 | |||||||||||||||
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| 2.2 | 8-K filed March 12, 2025 | 001-40838 | |||||||||||||||
| 3.1 | 8-K filed September 28, 2021 | 001-40838 | 3.1 | ||||||||||||||
| 3.2 | 8-K filed September 28, 2021 | 001-40838 | 3.2 | ||||||||||||||
| 10.1** | 8-K filed April 21, 2025 | 001-40838 | 10.1 | ||||||||||||||
| 31.1* | |||||||||||||||||
| 31.2* | |||||||||||||||||
| 32.1* | |||||||||||||||||
| 32.2* | |||||||||||||||||
| +101.INS | Inline XBRL Instance Document | ||||||||||||||||
| +101.SCH | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document | ||||||||||||||||
| +101.CAL | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document | ||||||||||||||||
| +101.DEF | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document | ||||||||||||||||
| +101.LAB | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document | ||||||||||||||||
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| +101.PRE | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document | ||||||||||||||||
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101) | ||||||||||||||||
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*Filed herewith.
** Certain schedules and exhibits to this Exhibit have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K. Clearwater hereby agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of any omitted schedule or exhibit to the SEC upon request.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
Clearwater Analytics Holdings, Inc. | ||||||||
Date: May 2, 2025 | By: | /s/ Jim Cox | ||||||
| Jim Cox | ||||||||
| Chief Financial Officer | ||||||||
| (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer and Authorized Signatory) | ||||||||
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