IT incident response platform PagerDuty (NYSE:PD) reported strong growth in the Q3 FY2022 earnings announcement, with revenue up 33.4% year on year to $71.7 million. Guidance for next quarter's revenue was $76 million at the midpoint, 3.14% above the average of analyst estimates. PagerDuty made a GAAP loss of $26.3 million, down on its loss of $20.6 million, in the same quarter last year.
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PagerDuty (PD) Q3 FY2022 Highlights:
- Revenue: $71.7 million vs analyst estimates of $70.1 million (2.29% beat)
- EPS (non-GAAP): -$0.07 vs analyst estimates of -$0.09
- Revenue guidance for Q4 2022 is $76 million at the midpoint, above analyst estimates of $73.6 million
- Free cash flow of $1.78 million, up from negative free cash flow of $12.8 million in previous quarter
- Customers: 14,486, up from 14,100 in previous quarter
- Gross Margin (GAAP): 83.2%, down from 85.7% same quarter last year
"Q3 was an outstanding quarter for PagerDuty as we delivered record revenue of $72 million and grew 33% year over year. Our product innovation continues to accelerate across use cases and departments as we empower enterprises to mature their digital operations and deliver superior customer experiences," said Jennifer Tejada, Chairperson and CEO at PagerDuty.
Started by three former Amazon engineers, PagerDuty (NYSE:PD) is a software as a service platform that helps companies respond to IT incidents fast and make sure that any downtime is minimized.
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Sales Growth
As you can see below, PagerDuty's revenue growth has been very strong over the last year, growing from quarterly revenue of $53.7 million, to $71.7 million.
And unsurprisingly, this was another great quarter for PagerDuty with revenue up 33.4% year on year. On top of that, revenue increased $4.22 million quarter on quarter, a solid improvement on the $3.94 million increase in Q2 2022, and even a sign of slight acceleration of growth.
Analysts covering the company are expecting the revenues to grow 22.8% over the next twelve months, although estimates are likely to change post earnings.
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Customer Growth
You can see below that PagerDuty reported 14,486 customers at the end of the quarter, an increase of 386 on last quarter. That is a little better customer growth than last quarter and quite a bit above the typical customer growth we have seen lately, demonstrating that the business itself has good sales momentum. We've no doubt shareholders will take this as an indication that the company's go-to-market strategy is working very well.
Key Takeaways from PagerDuty's Q3 Results
With a market capitalization of $2.68 billion PagerDuty is among smaller companies, but its more than $359.7 million in cash and the fact it is operating close to free cash flow break-even put it in a robust financial position to invest in growth.
We were very impressed by PagerDuty’s very strong acceleration in customer growth this quarter. And we were also glad that the revenue guidance for the next quarter exceeded analysts' expectations. Overall, we think this was a strong quarter, that should leave shareholders feeling very positive. The company is up 13.2% on the results and currently trades at $38 per share.
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