Data infrastructure software company, Confluent (NASDAQ:CFLT) will be reporting earnings today after market close. Here's what to expect.
Last quarter Confluent reported revenues of $151.7 million, up 47.9% year on year, beating analyst revenue expectations by 4.76%. It was a solid quarter for the company, with exceptional revenue growth and a decent beat of analyst estimates. The company added 64 enterprise customers paying more than $100,000 annually to a total of 921.
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This quarter analysts are expecting Confluent's revenue to grow 36.9% year on year to $164.2 million, slowing down from the 70.5% year-over-year increase in revenue the company had recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted loss is expected to come in at -$0.15 per share.
The analysts covering the company have been growing increasingly bullish about the business heading into the earnings, with revenue estimates seeing five upwards revisions over the last thirty days. The company has a history of exceeding Wall St's expectations, beating revenue estimates every single time over the past two years on average by 9.02%.
With Confluent being the first among its peers to report earnings this season, we don't have anywhere else to look at to get a hint at how this quarter will unravel for data and analytics software stocks, but there has been positive sentiment among investors in the segment, with the stocks up on average 14.8% over the last month. Confluent is up 9.51% during the same time, and is heading into the earnings with analyst price target of $31.32, compared to share price of $23.36.
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