Sales intelligence platform ZoomInfo announced better-than-expected results in the Q2 FY2022 quarter, with revenue up 53.5% year on year to $267.1 million. Guidance for next quarter's revenue was $278 million at the midpoint, 2.6% above the average of analyst estimates. ZoomInfo made a GAAP profit of $15.9 million, down on its profit of $24.5 million, in the same quarter last year.
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ZoomInfo (ZI) Q2 FY2022 Highlights:
- Revenue: $267.1 million vs analyst estimates of $254.4 million (4.96% beat)
- EPS (non-GAAP): $0.21 vs analyst estimates of $0.18 (18.7% beat)
- Revenue guidance for Q3 2022 is $278 million at the midpoint, above analyst estimates of $270.9 million
- The company lifted revenue guidance for the full year, from $1.06 billion to $1.08 billion at the midpoint, a 1.87% increase
- Free cash flow of $98 million, roughly flat from previous quarter
- Customers: 1,763 customers paying more than $100,000 annually
- Gross Margin (GAAP): 87%, in line with same quarter last year
“Customers of all sizes and industries are leveraging ZoomInfo data, insights, automation, and workflows to drive a more efficient go-to-market motion, which is critical in any economic environment,” said Henry Schuck, ZoomInfo Founder and CEO.
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 exceptional over the last year, growing from quarterly revenue of $174 million, to $267.1 million.
This was another standout quarter with the revenue up a splendid 53.5% year on year. On top of that, revenue increased $25.4 million quarter on quarter, a very strong improvement on the $19.4 million increase in Q1 2022, and a sign of acceleration of growth, which is very nice to see indeed.
Guidance for the next quarter indicates ZoomInfo is expecting revenue to grow 40.6% year on year to $278 million, slowing down from the 60.1% 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 31.7% 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 1,763 enterprise customers paying more than $100,000 annually, an increase of 140 on last quarter. That is a bit less contract wins than last quarter but about the same as what we have typically seen over the last year, suggesting that the company still has decent sales momentum, even if this was a weaker quarter.
Key Takeaways from ZoomInfo's Q2 Results
Sporting a market capitalization of $15.2 billion, more than $365.6 million in cash and with positive free cash flow over the last twelve months, we're confident that ZoomInfo has the resources it needs to pursue a high growth business strategy.
We were impressed by the exceptional revenue growth ZoomInfo delivered this quarter. And we were also excited to see that it outperformed Wall St’s revenue expectations. On the other hand, there was a slight slowdown in new contract wins. Overall, we think this was still a really good quarter, that should leave shareholders feeling very positive. The company is up 10.5% on the results and currently trades at $41.75 per share.
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