For the quarter ended January 2026, Elastic (ESTC) reported revenue of $449.88 million, up 17.8% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.73, compared to $0.63 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $438.15 million, representing a surprise of +2.68%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +13.67%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $0.64.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
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 Elastic performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Revenue- Subscription: $425.73 million versus $412.58 million estimated by nine analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +18.9% change.
- Revenue- Services: $24.15 million versus the nine-analyst average estimate of $24.66 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +1.1%.
- Revenue- Subscription- Elastic Cloud: $218.49 million versus $216.19 million estimated by eight analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +21.4% change.
- Revenue- Subscription- Other subscription: $207.24 million compared to the $196.22 million average estimate based on seven analysts. The reported number represents a change of +16.3% year over year.
- Revenue- Subscription- Elastic Cloud- Annual Elastic Cloud: $168.56 million versus $167.54 million estimated by three analysts on average.
- Revenue- Subscription- Elastic Cloud- Monthly Elastic Cloud: $49.92 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $48.78 million.
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Shares of Elastic have returned -21% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +0.6% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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