CLAIM #65028 · Varonis Systems (VRNS) · 2025Q4 earnings call · Feb 3, 2026 · due Dec 31, 2026
“As a reminder, we expect this to have a $30 million to $50 million headwind on free cash flow and ARR contribution margin in 2026.”
Guy Melamed · CFO/COO
How to check this claim
Look at: Full-year 2026 free cash flow headwind attributable to non-SaaS to SaaS conversions (as disclosed by management)
It came true if: Disclosed headwind impact falls within $30 million to $50 million
Where: Company earnings release/investor deck and management commentary on Q4 2026 or full-year 2026 earnings call
In context
“2026. We will also provide a bridge to quarterly total SaaS ARR in our investor deck, which assumes zero conversions for the upcoming quarter. For the full year 2026, we will provide annual guidance for both SaaS ARR excluding conversions and total SaaS ARR. We have provided a wide range of outcomes for the conversions of our non-SaaS ARR to SaaS ARR within our guidance framework in order to bridge SaaS ARR excluding conversion to SaaS ARR for modeling purposes. We believe this range of conversion captures a pessimistic and optimistic scenario, with a midpoint representing our base case for 2026. From a modeling perspective, we have assumed no uplift for these conversions. The largest cohort of customers that we do not expect to convert to SaaS are federal and state government customers. As a reminder, we expect this to have a $30 million to $50 million headwind on free cash flow and ARR contribution margin in 2026. For more information, please see our earnings deck on our Investor Relations website, which includes a more detailed breakdown of our financial guidance. For 2026, we expect SaaS ARR growth of 27% to 28%, excluding conversions, total revenues of $164 million to $166 million, representing growth of 20% to 22%, non-GAAP operating loss of negative $11 million to negative $10 million, and non-GAAP net loss per basic and diluted share in the range of 6¢ to 5¢. This assumes 118 million basic and diluted shares outstanding. For the full year 2026, we expect total SaaS ARR of $805 million to $840 million, representing growth of 26% to 32%. This represents SaaS ARR growth of 18% to 20% excluding conversion. Free cash flow of $100 million to $105 million, total revenues of $722 million to $730 mill”
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SEC filings for VRNS ↗ · Claim quote is verbatim from the 2025Q4 earnings call.