The end of the earnings season is always a good time to take a step back and see who shined (and who not so much). Let’s have a look at how the data storage stocks have fared in Q4, starting with Couchbase (NASDAQ:BASE).
Data is the lifeblood of the internet and software in general, and the amount of data created is growing at an accelerating pace. Likewise, the importance of storing the data in scalable and efficient formats continues to rise, especially as the diversity of the data and associated use cases expand from analyzing simple, structured data to high-scale processing of unstructured data, images, audio and video.
The 5 data storage stocks we track reported a weaker Q4; on average, revenues beat analyst consensus estimates by 3.01%, while on average next quarter revenue guidance was 1.56% under consensus. Increasing interest rates hurt growth companies as investors search for near-term cash flows, but data storage stocks held their ground better than others, with share prices down 4.66% since the previous earnings results, on average.
Couchbase (NASDAQ:BASE)
Formed in 2011 with the merger of Membase and CouchOne, Couchbase (NASDAQ:BASE) is a database as a service platform that allows enterprises to store large volumes of semi-structured data.
Couchbase reported revenues of $41.6 million, up 18.7% year on year, beating analyst expectations by 8.87%. It was a weaker quarter for the company, with a full year guidance missing analysts' expectations.
"We delivered another strong quarter of sustained growth along with substantial operational progress in fiscal 2023," said Matt Cain, Chair, President and CEO of Couchbase.
Couchbase achieved the strongest analyst estimates beat and highest full year guidance raise of the whole group. The stock is down 15.8% since the results and currently trades at $13.7.
Read our full report on Couchbase here, it's free.
Best Q4: Snowflake (NYSE:SNOW)
Founded in 2013 by three French engineers who spent decades working for Oracle, Snowflake (NYSE:SNOW) provides a data warehouse-as-a-service in the cloud that allows companies to store large amounts of data and analyze it in real time.
Snowflake reported revenues of $589 million, up 53.5% year on year, beating analyst expectations by 2.36%. It was a mixed quarter for the company, with exceptional revenue growth but a decline in net revenue retention rate.
Snowflake delivered the fastest revenue growth among its peers. The company added 43 enterprise customers paying more than $1m annually to a total of 330. The stock is down 5.97% since the results and currently trades at $145.3.
Is now the time to buy Snowflake? Access our full analysis of the earnings results here, it's free.
DigitalOcean (NYSE:DOCN)
Started by brothers Ben and Moisey Uretsky, DigitalOcean (NYSE: DOCN) provides a simple, low-cost platform that allows developers and small and medium sized businesses to host applications and data in the cloud.
DigitalOcean reported revenues of $163 million, up 36.2% year on year, beating analyst expectations by 1.18%. It was a weak quarter for the company, with revenue guidance for the next quarter and the full year guidance missing analysts' expectations.
The stock is up 14.5% since the results and currently trades at $37.8.
Read our full analysis of DigitalOcean's results here.
MongoDB (NASDAQ:MDB)
Started in 2007 by the team behind Google’s ad platform DoubleClick, MongoDB offers database-as-a-service that helps companies store large volumes of semi-structured data.
MongoDB reported revenues of $361.3 million, up 35.6% year on year, beating analyst expectations by 6.92%. It was a weaker quarter for the company, with revenue guidance for the next quarter and the full year guidance missing analysts' expectations.
MongoDB had the weakest full year guidance update among the peers. The company added 106 enterprise customers paying more than $100,000 annually to a total of 1,651. The stock is down 7.36% since the results and currently trades at $212.1.
Read our full, actionable report on MongoDB here, it's free.
Commvault Systems (NASDAQ:CVLT)
Originally formed in 1988 as part of Bell Labs, Commvault (NASDAQ: CVLT) provides enterprise software used for data backup and recovery, cloud and infrastructure management, retention and compliance.
Commvault Systems reported revenues of $195.1 million, down 3.61% year on year, missing analyst expectations by 4.28%. It was a weaker quarter for the company, with declining revenue and a miss of the top line analyst estimates.
Commvault Systems had the weakest performance against analyst estimates and slowest revenue growth among the peers. The company added 33 enterprise customers paying more than $100,000 annually to a total of 206. The stock is down 8.64% since the results and currently trades at $57.29.
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