Smartsheet (SMAR) To Report Earnings Tomorrow: Here Is What To Expect

Radek Strnad 2022/03/14 7:48 am EDT

Project management software maker Smartsheet (NYSE:SMAR) will be announcing earnings results tomorrow afternoon. Here's what investors should know.

Last quarter Smartsheet reported revenues of $144.6 million, up 46.1% year on year, beating analyst revenue expectations by 3.35%. It was a very strong quarter for the company, with an exceptional revenue growth and a very optimistic guidance for the next quarter. The company added 808 enterprise customers paying more than $5,000 annually to a total of 14,228.

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This quarter analysts are expecting Smartsheet's revenue to grow 37.9% year on year to $151.5 million, in line with the 39.9% year-over-year increase in revenue the company had recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted loss is expected to come in at -$0.15 per share.

Smartsheet Total Revenue

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 4.18%.

Looking at Smartsheet's peers in the productivity software segment, some of them have already reported Q4 earnings results, giving us a hint what we can expect. Asana delivered top-line growth of 63.7% year on year, beating analyst estimates by 6.43% and monday.com reported revenues up 90.5% year on year, exceeding estimates by 8.82%. Asana traded down 22.1% on the results, monday.com was down 17.6%. Read our full analysis of Asana's results here and monday.com's results here.

The technology sell-off has been putting pressure on stocks since November and productivity software stocks have not been spared, with share price down on average 17.9% over the last month. Smartsheet is down 24.5% during the same time, and is heading into the earnings with analyst price target of $85.5, compared to share price of $46.4.

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The author has no position in any of the stocks mentioned.