Search software company Elastic (NYSE:ESTC) will be reporting results tomorrow after market close. Here's what you need to know.
Last quarter Elastic reported revenues of $223.9 million, up 42.5% year on year, beating analyst revenue expectations by 6.78%. It was a strong quarter for the company, with an exceptional revenue growth and a solid beat of analyst estimates. The company added 60 enterprise customers paying more than $100,000 annually to a total of 890.
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This quarter analysts are expecting Elastic's revenue to grow 30.8% year on year to $232.3 million, slowing down from the 43.6% year-over-year increase in revenue the company had recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted loss is expected to come in at -$0.21 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 8.26%.
Looking at Elastic's peers in the data and analytics software segment, some of them have already reported Q4 earnings results, giving us a hint of what we can expect. Confluent delivered top-line growth of 63.7% year on year, beating analyst estimates by 6.45% and Amplitude reported revenues up 46.6% year on year, exceeding estimates by 4.36%. Confluent traded down 7.93% on the results, and Amplitude was up 6.2%. Read our full analysis of Confluent's results here and Amplitude's results here.
The whole tech sector has been facing a sell-off since late last year and while some of the software stocks have fared somewhat better, they have not been spared, with share price declining 10.9% over the last month. Elastic is down 15.9% during the same time, and is heading into the earnings with analyst price target of $111.2, compared to share price of $65.
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