Shopify Q3 2024 Revenue Growth Accelerates to 26%, Free Cash Flow Margin Expands to 19%

Internet, Everywhere - November 12, 2024 - Shopify Inc. (NYSE, TSX: SHOP), a leading commerce technology company announced today financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2024.

“Q3 was outstanding, further establishing Shopify as a leader in powering commerce anywhere, anytime. Our unified commerce platform is becoming the go-to choice for merchants of all sizes,” said Harley Finkelstein, President of Shopify. “As the busiest shopping season of the year for our merchants approaches, they trust Shopify to provide the tools, unmatched speed, and reliability to maximize their success.”

Jeff Hoffmeister, Chief Financial Officer of Shopify, said, “Shopify achieved 26% revenue growth and 19% free cash flow margin this quarter, marking our sixth consecutive quarter of greater than 25% revenue growth excluding logistics. Moreover, we have grown free cash flow margin sequentially each quarter this year, consistent with what we delivered last year. These results demonstrate the durability of our business, our multiple avenues for growth and continued discipline of balancing both future growth investment and operational leverage.”

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(In US $ millions, except percentages)

2024 Outlook
The outlook that follows supersedes all prior financial outlook statements made by Shopify, constitutes forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable securities laws, and is based on a number of assumptions and subject to a number of risks. Actual results could vary materially as a result of numerous factors, including certain risk factors, many of which are beyond Shopify’s control. Please see “Forward-looking Statements” below for more information.

For the fourth quarter of 2024, we expect:

• Revenues to grow at a mid-to-high-twenties percentage rate on a year-over-year basis;
• Gross profit dollars to grow at a year-over-year rate similar to Q3 2024;
• GAAP operating expense as a percentage of revenues to be 32% to 33%;
• Stock-based compensation to be $120 million; and
• Free cash flow margin to be similar to Q4 2023.

Quarterly Conference Call
Shopify’s management team will hold a conference call to discuss our third-quarter results today, November 12, 2024, at 8:30 a.m. ET. The conference call will be webcast on the investor relations section of Shopify’s website at www.shopifyinvestors.com/news-and-events. An archived replay of the webcast will be available following the conclusion of the call.

Shopify’s Third Quarter 2024 Interim Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes and its Third Quarter 2024 Management’s Discussion and Analysis will be available on Shopify’s website at www.shopifyinvestors.com and will be filed on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca and on EDGAR at www.sec.gov.

Shopify's Third Quarter 2024 press release including financial statements can be found here.

About Shopify
Shopify is the leading global commerce company that provides essential internet infrastructure for commerce, offering trusted tools to start, scale, market, and run a retail business of any size. Shopify makes commerce better for everyone with a platform and services that are engineered for speed, customization, reliability, and security, while delivering a better shopping experience for consumers online, in store and everywhere in between. Shopify powers millions of businesses in more than 175 countries and is trusted by brands such as Mattel, Gymshark, Heinz, FTD, Netflix, Kylie Cosmetics, SKIMS, Supreme, and many more.

Forward-looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements and forward-looking information (collectively, “forward-looking statements”), including statements related to Shopify’s financial outlook, including expected revenue and expenses for the next fiscal quarter. These statements can be identified by words such as “expect” and are based on Shopify’s current projections and expectations about future events and financial results. Known and unknown risks may cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. These risks include, but are not limited to, the Company’s ability to maintain expected growth and manage expenses, the impact of changes in economic conditions and consumer spending in key markets such as the United States and Europe and globally, our reliance on third party cloud providers to deliver services, a cyberattack or security breach, and serious errors or defects in software or hardware. Other factors and risks that may cause actual results to differ materially from those set out in the forward-looking statements are set out in Shopify’s most recent MD&A, and Annual Information Form and other filings made with Canadian and US regulators, available at www.sedarplus.ca and www.sec.gov. Undue reliance should not be placed on the forward-looking statements in this press release, which are based on information available to management on the date hereof and represent management’s beliefs regarding future events, projection and financial trends, which, by their nature, are inherently uncertain. The forward-looking statements are provided to give additional information about management’s expectations and beliefs and may not be appropriate for other purposes. Shopify undertakes no duty to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, except as may be required by law.