GitLab Inc. (GTLB) reported $244.35 million in revenue for the quarter ended October 2025, representing a year-over-year increase of 24.6%. EPS of $0.25 for the same period compares to $0.23 a year ago.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +2.41% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $238.61 million. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.20, the EPS surprise was +25%.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how Gitlab performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Revenue- License-self-managed and other: $21.09 million versus the seven-analyst average estimate of $23.78 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +1.5%.
- Revenue- Subscription-self-managed and SaaS: $223.26 million versus $214.84 million estimated by seven analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +27.4% change.
- Revenues- Subscription-SaaS: $76.88 million versus $74.13 million estimated by two analysts on average.
- Revenues- License-self-managed: $15.53 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $17.45 million.
- Revenues- Subscription-self-managed: $146.38 million compared to the $140.85 million average estimate based on two analysts.
- Revenues- License-Professional services and other: $5.57 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $6.31 million.
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Shares of Gitlab have returned -6.7% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -0.1% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy), indicating that it could outperform the broader market in the near term.
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