Cloud infrastructure analytics maker Sumo Logic (SUMO) will be announcing earnings results today afternoon. Here's what to expect.
Last quarter Sumo Logic reported revenues of $74.1 million, up 25.9% year on year, beating analyst revenue expectations by 3.57%. It was a strong quarter for the company, with a decent beat of topline estimates and guidance for the next quarter above analysts' expectations.
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This quarter analysts are expecting Sumo Logic's revenue to grow 19.6% year on year to $74.1 million, in line with the 19.5% 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.
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 3.28%.
Looking at Sumo Logic's peers in the cloud monitoring segment, some of them have already reported Q3 earnings results, giving us a hint what we can expect. Dynatrace delivered top-line growth of 23.4% year on year, beating analyst estimates by 2.22% and Datadog reported revenues up 61.3% year on year, exceeding estimates by 5.37%. Dynatrace traded up 1.93% on the results, Datadog was up 4.87%. Read our full analysis of Dynatrace's results here and Datadog's results here.
There has been positive sentiment among investors in the software segment, with the stocks up on average 14.1% over the last month. Sumo Logic is up 16.6% during the same time, and is heading into the earnings with analyst price target of $11.10, compared to share price of $7.86.
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