Smartsheet exceeds Q3 estimates, stock surges

Cloud-based solutions provider Smartsheet (SMAR) came out Q3 loss of 9 cents per share and revenue of $47 million, beating analysts’ estimates for Q3. Analysts had expected the company to post a loss of 16 cents per share on revenue of $44 million. The stock jumped about 8% during the extended trading hours.

The Bellevue, Washington-based tech firm had projected Q3 revenue to be between $43.5 million and $44.5 million and non-GAAP net loss per share to be in the range of $0.16 to $0.15.

GAAP loss per share was $0.15 compared to GAAP loss per share of $0.54 in the prior year period. Non-GAAP loss per share in the recently ended quarter shrunk to 9 cents from a loss per share of 11 cents in the year-ago quarter. Revenue jumped 59% to $47 million.

For the quarter ended October 31, 2018, subscription revenue surged 57% to $41.5 million and professional services revenue climbed 81% to $5.3 million.

For FY19, Smartsheet projects non-GAAP net loss per share of $0.44 to $0.42 and revenue to be in the range of $174.6 million to $175.6 million. Billings are targeted to be $210 million to $212 million, representing a year-over-year growth of 55% to 56%.

For the fourth quarter of fiscal 2019, the company eyes non-GAAP net loss per share to be $0.15 to $0.13 and revenue to be $49 million to $50 million.

As of October 31, 2018, domain-based customers increased 7% year-over-year to 77,893. The number of all customers with annualized contract values (ACV) of $50,000 or more surged 148% to 360 and average ACV per domain-based customer jumped 48% annually to $2,214.

“Off of strong billings and collections, we generated $2.4 million of positive operating cash flow while continuing to make substantial investments in the business,” said CFO Jennifer Ceran.

Cloud-based service providers like Workday (WDAY), ServiceNow (NOW) and Adobe (ADBE) gained momentum during last week encouraged by the upbeat results and strong outlook from cloud giant Salesforce (CRM).

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Shares of Smartsheet ended Monday’s regular trading session at $27.06, up 0.59%. Smartsheet’s stock had so far gained 80% from its IPO price of $15 per share.

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