“In terms of puts and takes, 2021 is a transition year and a year of heavy investment. We are making the intentional decision this year to invest in aspects of the business that will provide long term shareholder value,” the CFO said. Rubin added that an official cost-optimization initiative is not in the cards, as the company has historically been financially disciplined.
Partnerships to drive value
The management feels a partner ecosystem is key to scaling up the business going forward. This is evident from the two technical partnerships formed recently with cloud-based data-warehousing company Snowflake and Adobe UiPath, a vendor of robotic process automation.
Speaking on the Snowflake partnership, Rubin pointed out that since there are many common customers, they expect the integration of these technologies in the ecosystem. “This is just another level of deep integration that will allow Alteryx users to take advantage of some of the capabilities and power of Snowflake by allowing them to push the business logic of their workflows into Snowflake and leverage their compute. Our ability to seamlessly integrate with technologies like Snowflake have certainly tailwind benefits, though it is hard to quantify.”
The Irvine, California-based firm is looking forward to inking more such strategic partnerships this year.
For more insights into Alteryx, read the latest earnings call transcript
Insider selling
Asked about the discussions surrounding insider selling of the stock, the CFO declined from commenting on the matter. “Part of compensation to executives and employees is equity. And so we don’t comment on individuals and their choices to when they choose to sell,” Rubin stated.
Alteryx stock has declined 40% in the past one year, despite surpassing analysts’ consensus on earnings three out of four times. The stock has a 12-month average price target that is 72% upside from the close on Wednesday.
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