Cyber security company SentinelOne (NYSE:S) reported Q2 FY2024 results exceeding Wall Street analysts' expectations, with revenue up 45.8% year on year to $149.4 million. The company also expects next quarter's revenue to be around $156 million, in line with analysts' estimates. Turning to EPS, SentinelOne made a GAAP loss of $0.31 per share, improving from its loss of $0.35 per share in the same quarter last year.
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SentinelOne (S) Q2 FY2024 Highlights:
- Revenue: $149.4 million vs analyst estimates of $141 million (5.98% beat)
- EPS (non-GAAP): -$0.08 vs analyst estimates of -$0.14 (beat)
- Revenue Guidance for Q3 2024 is $156 million at the midpoint, above analyst estimates of $154.5 million
- The company lifted its revenue guidance for the full year from $595 million to $605 million at the midpoint, a 1.68% increase
- Free Cash Flow was -$15.2 million compared to -$31.4 million in the previous quarter
- Net Revenue Retention Rate: 115%, down from 125% in the previous quarter
- Customers: 11,000, up from 10,680 in the previous quarter
- Gross Margin (GAAP): 70.1%, up from 64.6% in the same quarter last year
“Our second quarter performance exceeded our expectations across the board. I’m proud of the resilience, dedication, and execution of our teams. We’re delivering industry-leading margin improvement while maintaining strong growth, and steadily approaching positive free cash flow generation,” said Tomer Weingarten, CEO of SentinelOne.
With roots in the Israeli cyber intelligence community, SentinelOne (NYSE:S) provides software to help organizations efficiently detect, prevent, and investigate cyber attacks.
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Sales Growth
As you can see below, SentinelOne's revenue growth has been incredible over the last two years, growing from $45.8 million in Q2 FY2022 to $149.4 million this quarter.
Unsurprisingly, this was another great quarter for SentinelOne with revenue up 45.8% year on year. On top of that, its revenue increased $16 million quarter on quarter, a very strong improvement from the $7.3 million increase in Q1 2024. This is a sign of acceleration of growth and great to see.
Next quarter's guidance suggests that SentinelOne is expecting revenue to grow 35.3% year on year to $156 million, slowing down from the 106% year-on-year increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Looking ahead, analysts covering the company were expecting sales to grow 30.8% over the next 12 months before the earnings results announcement.
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Product Success
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SentinelOne's net revenue retention rate, a key performance metric measuring how much money existing customers from a year ago are spending today, was 115% in Q2. This means that even if SentinelOne didn't win any new customers over the last 12 months, it would've grown its revenue by 15%.
Despite falling over the last year, SentinelOne still has a good net retention rate, proving that customers are satisfied with its software and getting more value from it over time, which is always great to see.
Key Takeaways from SentinelOne's Q2 Results
Although SentinelOne, which has a market capitalization of $4.75 billion, has been burning cash over the last 12 months, its more than $731.6 million in cash on hand gives it the flexibility to continue prioritizing growth over profitability.
We enjoyed seeing SentinelOne exceed analysts' revenue and non-GAAP operating profit expectations this quarter. We were also glad that its gross margin improved. Next quarter's guidance was ahead, and the company raised full year guidance for revenue, non-GAAP gross margin, and non-GAAP operating margin. However, the company continues its pattern of cash burn. Overall, this quarter's results seemed fairly positive and shareholders should feel optimistic. The stock is up 9.87% after reporting and currently trades at $18.26 per share.
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