Sales intelligence platform ZoomInfo reported results in line with analyst expectations in Q1 FY2023 quarter, with revenue up 24.4% year on year to $300.7 million. The company expects that next quarter's revenue would be around $311 million, which is the midpoint of the guidance range. That was roughly in line with analyst expectations. ZoomInfo made a GAAP profit of $44.5 million, improving on its profit of $6.2 million, in the same quarter last year.
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ZoomInfo (ZI) Q1 FY2023 Highlights:
- Revenue: $300.7 million vs analyst estimates of $300.4 million (small beat)
- EPS (non-GAAP): $0.24 vs analyst estimates of $0.22 (9.75% beat)
- Revenue guidance for Q2 2023 is $311 million at the midpoint, roughly in line with what analysts were expecting
- The company reconfirmed revenue guidance for the full year, at $1.28 billion at the midpoint
- Free cash flow of $102.2 million, down 10.1% from previous quarter
- Gross Margin (GAAP): 88.4%, up from 86.5% same quarter last year
Founded in 2007 as DiscoveryOrg and renamed after a merger in 2019, ZoomInfo (NASDAQ:ZI) is a software as a service product that provides sales departments with access to a database of prospective clients.
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Sales Growth
As you can see below, ZoomInfo's revenue growth has been impressive over the last two years, growing from quarterly revenue of $153.3 million in Q1 FY2021, to $300.7 million.
This quarter, ZoomInfo's quarterly revenue was once again up a very solid 24.4% year on year. But the revenue actually decreased by $900 thousand in Q1, compared to $14 million increase in Q4 2022. We'd like to see revenue increase each quarter, but a one-off fluctuation is usually not concerning and the management is guiding for growth to rebound in the next quarter.
Guidance for the next quarter indicates ZoomInfo is expecting revenue to grow 16.4% year on year to $311 million, slowing down from the 53.5% year-over-year increase in revenue the company had recorded in the same quarter last year. Ahead of the earnings results the analysts covering the company were estimating sales to grow 15% over the next twelve months.
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Large Customers Growth
You can see below that at the end of the quarter ZoomInfo reported 1,905 enterprise customers paying more than $100,000 annually, a decrease of 21 on last quarter. We have no doubt shareholders would like to see the company regain its sales momentum.
Key Takeaways from ZoomInfo's Q1 Results
With a market capitalization of $8.85 billion ZoomInfo is among smaller companies, but its more than $615.8 million in cash and positive free cash flow over the last twelve months put it in a very strong position to invest in growth.
ZoomInfo delivered solid revenue growth this quarter. That feature of these results really stood out as a positive. On the other hand, it was unfortunate to see the slowdown in new contract wins. Overall, this quarter's results were not the best we've seen from ZoomInfo. The company is down 1.47% on the results and currently trades at $21.4 per share.
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