Recommendation: BuyChristian Meunier, Ian StrgarApril 19th, 2013

Background

› Founded in 1999, headquartered in Santa Monica, CA– Began principle operations in November

› Strong IPO (November 17th, 2011): 10.5 million shares at $13 per share– Closed the day up 46.7% to $19.07

› Leading provider of talent management software

Segments

› Talent Management Suite– SaaS deployment, 1-3 year contracts paid monthly, annually or in three year

installments, pricing based on number of employees

› Supportive Consulting Services– Implementation, installation, systems configuration and integration, and

training

Talent Management Suite

› Recruiting Cloud– Manage job postings, new candidate identification, skill and competency assessment, onboarding

› Learning Cloud– Train new employees and employees in new positions with classroom training,

online training, social collaboration, compliance management

› Performance Cloud– Align individual goals with organizational by managing performance

requirements, succession plans, and compensation

› Extended Enterprise Cloud– Same great features for extend supplier networks

Industry Overview: Talent Management

› Niche industry within overall human capital management (HCM)

› Growth drivers: increasing globalization and competition– Pressure on HR on recruit, develop, and retain talented individuals– Consolidation of all talent management processes (cost and effort savings)

› Recruiting & Staffing, Learning & Development, Performance Management, and Career Planning

Market Opportunity

› Underpenetrated market as talent management is seeing increased recognition as a necessary function

› 2012 Market Size: Approximately $4B– CAGR of 16.5% through 2014, fastest within overall HCM

› Sources: Deloitte, Forrester

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Competitive Landscape› Diversified Software Providers

– IBM (Kenexa, Dec. 2012), Oracle (PeopleSoft, Dec. 2004; Taleo, Feb. 2012), SAP (SuccessFactors, Feb. 2012)

› SaaS Talent Management Providers– Halogen Software, Lumesse, Peoplefluent, Saba Software, SilkRoad, SumTotal Systems

› Result: the company reports competing primarily as a comprehensive TM Suite; enterprise competitors

Leadership Recognition

› Gartner, Forrester, IDC: talent management market leader

Growth Strategies: Organic

› Direct sales team and resellers– Direct sales team: roughly 1/3 of company in sales and marketing (250-300)

› Non-linear growth in sales teams - allowing for better regional/sector coverage› Roughly 80% of revenues

– Resellers, alliances: very useful to international growth› Key international players: Affiliated Computer Services, Appirio, ADP› Salesforce.com integrations

› Client retention - average ADRR since 2002: 95%

Growth Strategies: Acquisitions

› Sonar Limited, April 5th, 2012– Based in Auckland, New Zealand– Strong focus on SMB segments, 375 global clients

› Rebranded “Cornerstone Small Business solution”– NOT integrated into Cornerstone’s solution

Growth Opportunities

› International: roughly 60% annually; 186 countries and 42 languages– EMEA: one client in 2007, currently 175– APAC: opening new offices; plans to provide direct sales, alliances, support

› Public sector– Cloud First, FEDRAMP

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Good Things To Come: Bookings Growth› A view into CSOD’s backlog of sales

Comparable Companies

› We value CSOD purely on an EV/Revenue and EV/Gross Profit basis– Lower line growth and CFs irrelevant at this point in the company’s growth stage

Workday Ultimate Software Group Salesforce.com Netsuite Splunk

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Comparability

Multiple Implied Price Weight

EV/Revenue 49.18$ 50%EV/Gross Profit 55.00$ 50%

Price Target $52.09Current Price $33.19Undervalued 56.95%

DCF

› Looked at six companies that went through similar growth stages as Cornerstone OnDemand– Salesforce.com, Netsuite, Concur Technologies, The Ultimate Software Group,

Exact Target, Responsys

› Revenue model– Unable to isolate individual line items; 80% of revenues from subscription fees

Cost of Revenue

› Due to cloud operations, cost of revenue will decline as a percentage of revenue in the future

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Other DCF Considerations

› Research & Development– Constant, as a percent of revenue, due to high industry competition

› Tax Rate– Difficult to currently project due to unprofitability – Looked at profitable, high growth, tech companies to find rate at perpetuity

› BetaCornerstone OnDemand Beta Calculations

Beta Standard Deviation Weighting

1 Year Weekly 0.87 0.33 10%

2 Year Daily 1.12 0.10 20%

2 Year Monthly 1.82 0.33 70%

Weighted Average Beta 1.58

DCF Price Target

Discounted Free Cash Flow Assumptions Considerations

Tax Rate 30.00% Terminal Growth Rate 3.00%

Risk Free Rate 1.78% Terminal Value 5,734,203

Beta 1.58 PV of Terminal Value 1,090,722

Market Risk Premium 5.79% Sum of PV Free Cash Flows 853,978

% Equity 99.84% Firm Value 1,944,700

% Debt 0.16% Total Debt 2,752

Cost of Debt 5.20% Cash & Cash Equivalents 76,442

CAPM 10.94% Market Capitalization 1,941,948

WACC 10.93% Fully Diluted Shares 53,384

Implied Price $36.38

Current Price $33.19

Undervalued 9.60%

Final Price Target

Multiple Implied Price Weight

Comparable Analysis 52.09$ 60%

Discounted Cash Flow 36.38$ 40%

Price Target $45.81

Current Price $33.19

Undervalued 38.01%

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Recommendation

› In conclusion, we recommend a buy for all portfolios based on qualitative factors and an undervaluation of 38%