Business software provider Freshworks (NASDAQ: FRSH) will be announcing earnings results tomorrow after market hours. Here's what to look for.
Last quarter Freshworks reported revenues of $128.7 million, up 33.2% year on year, beating analyst revenue expectations by 2.61%. It was a slower quarter for the company, with underwhelming revenue guidance for the next quarter and a decline in net revenue retention rate. The company added 501 enterprise customers paying more than $5,000 annually to a total of 16,713.
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This quarter analysts are expecting Freshworks's revenue to grow 23.5% year on year to $130.3 million, slowing down from the 44.4% year-over-year increase in revenue the company had recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted loss is expected to come in at -$0.04 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 4.57%.
Looking at Freshworks's peers in the sales and marketing software segment, only Qualtrics has so far reported results, delivering top-line growth of 23.1% year on year, and beating analyst estimates by 2.08%. The stock traded up 1.25% on the results. Read our full analysis of Qualtrics's earnings results here.
There has been positive sentiment among investors in the sales and marketing software segment, with the stocks up on average 23.4% over the last month. Freshworks is up 13.6% during the same time, and is heading into the earnings with with analyst price target of $17.40, compared to share price of $16.31.
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