v2.4.1.9
Employee Stock and Benefit Plans (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Share-based Compensation [Abstract]  
Stock-based employee compensation
Stock-based employee compensation is included in the consolidated statements of operations as follows:
 
 
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
 
2014
 
2013
 
2012
 
 
(in thousands)
Cost of revenues
 
$
757

 
$
421

 
$
272

Research and development
 
2,463

 
1,038

 
649

Sales and marketing
 
2,394

 
1,244

 
993

General and administrative
 
4,217

 
1,842

 
1,008

Total stock-based employee compensation
 
$
9,831

 
$
4,545

 
$
2,922

Fair value assumptions of options granted to employees
The fair value of each option granted to employees is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model based on the following assumptions:

 
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
 
2014
 
2013
 
2012
Expected term (in years)
 
5.3 to 5.9
 
5.4 to 6.1
 
5.3 to 6.1
Volatility
 
48% to 52%
 
52% to 53%
 
52% to 53%
Risk-free interest rate
 
1.5% to 1.7%
 
0.7% to 1.5%
 
0.6% to 0.9%
Dividend yield
 
 
 
Stock option activity
A summary of the Company’s stock option activity is as follows:
 
 
Outstanding
Shares
 
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
 
Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Life (Years)
 
Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(in thousands)
Balance as of December 31, 2011
 
6,312,041

 
$
3.36

 
6.9
 
$
16,012

Granted
 
1,478,781

 
8.94

 
 
 
 
Exercised
 
(724,316
)
 
2.86

 
 
 
 
Canceled
 
(552,998
)
 
6.79

 
 
 
 
Balance as of December 31, 2012
 
6,513,508

 
4.39

 
6.6
 
67,711

Granted
 
2,001,400

 
15.78

 
 
 
 
Exercised
 
(952,871
)
 
4.32

 
 
 
 
Canceled
 
(522,944
)
 
10.71

 
 
 
 
Balance as of December 31, 2013
 
7,039,093

 
7.17

 
6.5
 
112,312

Granted
 
2,744,150

 
26.16

 
 
 
 
Exercised
 
(1,216,710
)
 
6.28

 
 
 
 
Canceled
 
(961,126
)
 
16.91

 
 
 
 
Balance as of December 31, 2014
 
7,605,407

 
12.93

 
6.5
 
188,743

Vested and expected to vest—December 31, 2014
 
6,931,052

 
11.87

 
6.2
 
179,352

Exercisable—December 31, 2014
 
4,598,180

 
5.68

 
5.0
 
146,714

Schedule of exercise price range, outstanding and vested
The following table summarizes the outstanding and vested stock options at December 31, 2014:
 
 
Outstanding
 
Vested
Exercise Price
 
Number of
Shares
 
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price Per
Share
 
Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Life (Years)
 
Number of
Shares
 
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price Per
Share
$1.00 - $1.50
 
238,559

 
$
1.40

 
1.5
 
238,559

 
$
1.40

$1.90 - $1.90
 
941,482

 
1.90

 
2.1
 
941,482

 
1.90

$2.10 - $2.80
 
461,758

 
2.62

 
3.9
 
461,758

 
2.62

$3.80 - $3.80
 
1,148,568

 
3.80

 
4.8
 
1,126,625

 
3.80

$4.10 - $8.40
 
924,121

 
5.55

 
6.0
 
826,292

 
5.35

$8.90 - $12.68
 
846,930

 
11.20

 
7.9
 
392,645

 
10.93

$13.50 - $20.80
 
962,889

 
18.50

 
8.5
 
250,599

 
17.03

$22.31 - $23.51
 
383,050

 
23.28

 
9.6
 
45,009

 
22.55

$26.86 - $26.86
 
701,350

 
26.86

 
9.0
 
29,728

 
26.86

$30.58 - $30.58
 
996,700

 
30.58

 
9.4
 
66,927

 
30.58

 
 
7,605,407

 
12.93

 
6.5
 
4,379,624

 
5.58