Subscription management platform Zuora (NYSE:ZUO) will be reporting earnings tomorrow afternoon. Here's what to expect.
Last quarter Zuora reported revenues of $93.1 million, up 16% year on year, in line with analyst expectations. It was a weaker quarter for the company, with an underwhelming revenue guidance for the next quarter and decelerating growth in large customers. The company lost 1 enterprise customer paying more than $100,000 annually and ended up with a total of 746.
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This quarter analysts are expecting Zuora's revenue to grow 12.7% year on year to $97.5 million, slowing down from the 15.3% year-over-year increase in revenue the company had recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted loss is expected to come in at -$0.05 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 2.59%.
Looking at Zuora's peers in the finance and HR software segment, some of them have already reported Q2 earnings results, giving us a hint what we can expect. Marqeta delivered top-line growth of 52.6% year on year, beating analyst estimates by 3.62% and Flywire reported revenues up 52.9% year on year, exceeding estimates by 18.7%. Marqeta traded down 2.08% on the results, Flywire was flat on the results. Read our full analysis of Marqeta's results here and Flywire's results here.
There has been positive sentiment among investors in the software segment, with the stocks up on average 4.62% over the last month. Zuora is up 3.45% during the same time, and is heading into the earnings with analyst price target of $20.3, compared to share price of $8.99.
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