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Q4 Project Management Software Earnings Review: First Prize Goes to monday.com (NASDAQ:MNDY)


Anthony Lee /
2023/04/04 3:57 am EDT

As the craze of earnings season draws to a close, here's a look back at some of the most exciting (and some less so) results from Q4. Today we are looking at the project management software stocks, starting with monday.com (NASDAQ:MNDY).

The future of work requires teams to collaborate across departments and remote offices. Project management software is both driving this change and benefiting from it. While the trend of collaborative work management has been strong for a while, the Covid pandemic has definitively accelerated the demand for tools that allow work to be done remotely.

The 4 project management software stocks we track reported a slower Q4; on average, revenues beat analyst consensus estimates by 3.82%, while on average next quarter revenue guidance was 0.46% above consensus. Tech stocks have been under pressure as inflation makes their long-dated profits less valuable, but project management software stocks held their ground better than others, with the share prices up 8.63% since the previous earnings results, on average.

Best Q4: monday.com (NASDAQ:MNDY)

Founded in Israel in 2014, and named after the dreaded first day of the work week, Monday.com (NASDAQ:MNDY) makes software as a service platforms that helps teams plan and track work efficiently.

monday.com reported revenues of $149.9 million, up 56.9% year on year, beating analyst expectations by 5.85%. It was a decent quarter for the company, with exceptional revenue growth but a decline in the revenue retention rate.

“Q4 capped off an amazing year, exceeding our expectations on both the top and bottom lines,” said monday.com founder and co-CEO, Roy Mann.

monday.com Total Revenue

monday.com pulled off the strongest analyst estimates beat, fastest revenue growth, and highest full year guidance raise of the whole group. The company added 151 enterprise customers paying more than $50,000 annually to a total of 1,474. The stock is up 6.08% since the results and currently trades at $138.96.

Is now the time to buy monday.com? Access our full analysis of the earnings results here, it's free.

Atlassian (NASDAQ:TEAM)

Founded by Australian co-CEOs Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar in 2002, Atlassian (NASDAQ:TEAM) provides software as a service that makes it easier for large teams of software developers to manage projects, especially in software development.

Atlassian reported revenues of $872.7 million, up 26.7% year on year, beating analyst expectations by 2.74%. It was a mixed quarter for the company, with a decent beat of analyst estimates but decelerating customer growth.

Atlassian Total Revenue

Atlassian had the weakest performance against analyst estimates and slowest revenue growth among its peers. The company added 4,004 customers to a total of 253,177. The stock is down 10.4% since the results and currently trades at $163.39.

Is now the time to buy Atlassian? Access our full analysis of the earnings results here, it's free.

Slowest Q4: Smartsheet (NYSE:SMAR)

Founded in 2005, Smartsheet (NYSE:SMAR) is a software as a service platform that helps companies plan, manage and report on work.

Smartsheet reported revenues of $212.3 million, up 34.9% year on year, beating analyst expectations by 3.16%. It was a weak quarter for the company, with revenue guidance for the next quarter and the full year missing analysts' expectations.

Smartsheet had the weakest full year guidance update in the group. The company added 647 enterprise customers paying more than $5,000 annually to a total of 18,093. The stock is up 22.7% since the results and currently trades at $47.01.

Read our full analysis of Smartsheet's results here.

Asana (NYSE:ASAN)

Founded in 2008 by Facebook’s co-founder Dustin Moskovitz, Asana (NYSE:ASAN) is a cloud-based project management software, where you can plan and assign tasks to employees and monitor and discuss progress of work.

Asana reported revenues of $150.2 million, up 34.2% year on year, beating analyst expectations by 3.52%. It was a weaker quarter for the company, with underwhelming guidance for the next year and a decline in net revenue retention rate.

The company added 732 enterprise customers paying more than $5,000 annually to a total of 19,432. The stock is up 16.1% since the results and currently trades at $20.66.

Read our full, actionable report on Asana here, it's free.

The author has no position in any of the stocks mentioned