Rackspace Hosting, Inc., the world’s leader in the hosting and cloud computing industry, announced financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2010. Net revenue for the second quarter of 2010 was $187.3 million, up 4.8% from the previous quarter and up 23.2% from the second quarter of 2009. Net revenue for the second quarter of 2010 was negatively impacted by currency exchange rates when compared to the first quarter of 2010, but was favorably impacted when compared to the second quarter of 2009.
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For the quarter ended June 30, 2010:
* Net revenue of $187.3 million grew 23.2% year-over-year and 4.8% from Q1 2010
* Adjusted EBITDA (1) of $62.2 million grew 29.2% year-over-year and 4.7% from Q1 2010
* Achieved adjusted EBITDA margin of 33.2%, up from 31.7% year-over-year and in-line with Q1 2010
* Net income of $11.2 million grew 60.2% year-over-year and 14.1% from Q1 2010
* Generated $15.4 million of Adjusted Free Cash Flow for the quarter and $16.9 million for the first six months of 2010
SAN ANTONIO – Rackspace® Hosting, Inc. (NYSE: RAX), the world’s leader in the hosting and cloud computing industry, announced financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2010.
Net revenue for the second quarter of 2010 was $187.3 million, up 4.8% from the previous quarter and up 23.2% from the second quarter of 2009. Net revenue for the second quarter of 2010 was negatively impacted by currency exchange rates when compared to the first quarter of 2010, but was favorably impacted when compared to the second quarter of 2009.
Changes in currency exchange rates had a negative impact on net revenue of $2.0 million quarter-over-quarter, and a positive impact on net revenue of $1.7 million on a year-over-year basis.
Managed hosting revenue for the quarter increased to $164.1 million, up from $159.5 million in the first quarter of 2010. Cloud revenue increased to $23.2 million in the quarter, up from $19.3 million in the previous quarter.
Total server count increased to 61,874, up from 59,876, servers at the end of the first quarter of 2010, and total customers increased to 108,023, up from 99,446 at the end of the previous quarter.
“Looking at our performance in the first two quarters of the year, it is clear that we are delivering on our financial plan. Our subscription revenue model gives us lots of stability, and we are optimistic that we will continue delivering on our goals,” said Lanham Napier, president and chief executive officer.
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