Critical event management software company Everbridge (NASDAQ:EVBG) will be announcing earnings results tomorrow after market hours. Here's what investors should know.
Last quarter Everbridge reported revenues of $100.3 million, up 22% year on year, beating analyst revenue expectations by 1.57%. It was a mixed quarter for the company, with a decent beat of analyst estimates but decelerating customer growth. The company added 89 customers to a total of 6,224.
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This quarter analysts are expecting Everbridge's revenue to grow 17.7% year on year to $102 million, slowing down from the 32.5% year-over-year increase in revenue the company had recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted loss is expected to come in at -$0.12 per share.
Majority of analysts covering the company have reconfirmed their estimates over the last thirty days, suggesting they are expecting the business to stay the course heading into the earnings. 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 3.64%.
Looking at Everbridge's peers in the automation software segment, some of them have already reported Q2 earnings results, giving us a hint of what we can expect. ServiceNow delivered top-line growth of 24.3% year on year, missing analyst estimates by 0.62% and Appian reported revenues up 32.6% year on year, exceeding estimates by 5.85%. ServiceNow traded down 6.41% on the results, and Appian was up 0.68%. Read our full analysis of ServiceNow's results here and Appian's results here.
There has been positive sentiment among investors in the software segment, with the stocks up on average 8.2% over the last month. Everbridge is up 20.5% during the same time, and is heading into the earnings with analyst price target of $38.4, compared to share price of $32.83.
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