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Elastic NV · Q4 2021 earnings
Q4 2021 earnings · · Investor relations
Briefing
Elastic reported strong financial results for the fourth quarter and full fiscal year 2021.
Elastic's Q4 revenue reached $177.6 million, a 44% year-over-year increase, with SaaS revenue up 77% year-over-year. The company saw continued adoption of Elastic Cloud and demand for its enterprise search, observability, and security solutions.
- Total revenue was $177.6 million, up 44% year-over-year.
- SaaS revenue was $51.3 million, up 77% year-over-year.
- Calculated billings increased by 38% year-over-year to $240.9 million.
- Cash and cash equivalents were $400.8 million as of April 30, 2021.
Headline financials
Revenue & EPS history
Elastic · Revenue · Quarterly
$178M
Revenue by segment
Elastic · $64.4M total across 2 segments · Q4 2021
- Elastic Cloud$51.3M+177200452.3%79.7%
- Services$13.1M+134475208.6%20.3%
Forward guidance
For the first quarter of fiscal 2022, Elastic expects total revenue between $171 million and $173 million, non-GAAP operating margin between -5.0% and -4.0%, and non-GAAP net loss per share between $0.13 and $0.10. For fiscal year 2022, Elastic expects total revenue between $782 million and $788 million, non-GAAP operating margin between -5.5% and -4.5%, and non-GAAP net loss per share between $0.60 and $0.51.
Tailwinds
- Total revenue is expected to be between $171 million and $173 million for Q1 2022.
- Non-GAAP operating margin is expected to be between -5.0% and -4.0% for Q1 2022.
- Non-GAAP net loss per share is expected to be between $0.13 and $0.10 for Q1 2022.
- Total revenue is expected to be between $782 million and $788 million for fiscal year 2022.
- Non-GAAP operating margin is expected to be between -5.5% and -4.5% for fiscal year 2022.
Headwinds
- Non-GAAP operating margin is expected to be between -5.0% and -4.0% for Q1 2022.
- Non-GAAP net loss per share is expected to be between $0.13 and $0.10 for Q1 2022.
- Non-GAAP operating margin is expected to be between -5.5% and -4.5% for fiscal year 2022.
- Non-GAAP net loss per share is expected to be between $0.60 and $0.51 for fiscal year 2022.
- A reconciliation of non-GAAP guidance measures to corresponding GAAP measures is not available on a forward-looking basis without unreasonable effort.
Historical earnings impact
How earnings announcements have historically affected this stock's price.
Avg. return before/after earnings
Based on 19 quarterly earnings reports · overlaid with Q4 2021
+0.2%
Avg return
Earnings day
-0.4%
Avg return
5 days after
-2.5%
Avg return
30 days after
40%
12 / 30 earnings
Positive
+38.4%
Q2 2024
Best reaction
-26.0%
Q1 2025
Worst reaction
| Quarter | Report date | Reaction (Day 0) | +5 days | +30 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2026 | — | — | — | |
| Q3 2026 | -15.4% | -15.8% | -21.2% | |
| Q2 2026 | -15.6% | -14.8% | -6.9% | |
| Q1 2026 | -3.1% | -1.7% | -2.1% | |
| Q4 2025 | -12.1% | -8.9% | -10.1% | |
| Q3 2025 | +14.9% | +8.2% | -9.5% | |
| Q2 2025 | +22.0% | +25.9% | +17.0% | |
| Q1 2025 | -26.0% | -28.9% | -24.9% | |
| Q4 2024 | +1.7% | +0.7% | +11.3% | |
| Q3 2024 | -9.8% | -16.4% | -22.7% | |
| Q2 2024 | +38.4% | +45.2% | +41.5% | |
| Q1 2024 | +22.2% | +23.5% | +33.7% | |
| Q4 2023 | -0.7% | -1.9% | -11.9% | |
| Q3 2023 | +10.7% | +6.3% | +0.3% | |
| Q2 2023 | -3.1% | -11.3% | -12.7% | |
| Q1 2023 | -0.2% | +1.9% | -18.1% | |
| Q4 2022 | +19.4% | +20.2% | +15.5% | |
| Q3 2022 | -6.8% | -11.2% | +8.0% | |
| Q2 2022 | -23.9% | -28.9% | -20.8% | |
| Q1 2022 | -3.4% | +0.3% | +4.9% | |
| Q4 2021 | +9.7% | +12.0% | +23.8% | |
| Q3 2021 | -14.0% | -5.3% | -27.5% | |
| Q2 2021 | +11.8% | +17.1% | +21.0% | |
| Q1 2021 | +6.5% | +4.1% | +2.0% | |
| Q4 2020 | -3.3% | -7.4% | +6.6% | |
| Q3 2020 | +8.7% | +10.0% | -18.9% | |
| Q2 2020 | -17.4% | -19.9% | -15.0% | |
| Q1 2020 | +11.5% | +10.4% | +4.2% | |
| Q4 2019 | -1.7% | -2.7% | -3.9% | |
| Q3 2019 | -6.9% | -7.3% | -17.8% | |
| Q2 2019 | -8.1% | -15.7% | -21.9% | |
| Q1 2019 | — | — | — | |
| Q4 2018 | — | — | — | |
| Q3 2017 | — | — | — | |
| Q2 2017 | — | — | — | |
| Q1 2017 | — | — | — |
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