Q2 2025 Elastic NV Earnings Call Transcript

Nov 21, 2024 / 10:00PM GMT
Release Date Price: MXN1493.68

Key Points

Positve
  • Elastic NV (ESTC) reported a strong second quarter with revenue growth of 18% year-over-year and cloud revenue increasing by 25% year-over-year.
  • The company exceeded guidance across all revenue and profitability metrics, delivering a non-GAAP operating margin of 18%.
  • Elastic NV (ESTC) saw significant momentum in generative AI, with new customer commitments in this area almost doubling in dollar volume compared to the previous quarter.
  • The company secured several large deals, including a multi-year, seven-figure deal with a US-based global leader in the automotive industry and a leading sporting goods retailer in North America.
  • Elastic NV (ESTC) introduced new AI capabilities, including better binary quantization, which offers a 32x lower memory footprint and faster vector search at lower costs without compromising accuracy.
Negative
  • Elastic NV (ESTC) experienced a shortfall in customer commitments in the first quarter, which will continue to impact year-over-year revenue growth in the second half of the fiscal year.
  • The company is cautious about consumption revenue fluctuations, as historical trends have shown variability in consumption rates.
  • There is a potential revenue headwind from the recent strength in the US dollar, which could affect financial performance.
  • Professional services revenue may fluctuate due to the timing of services delivery and seasonal effects, particularly during the holiday season.
  • The departure of Janesh Moorjani, the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer, could create uncertainty during the transition period as the company searches for a permanent replacement.
Operator

Good day and welcome to the last week's second quarter Elastic 2025 earnings results conference call. (Operator Instructions) Please note this event is being recorded. I would now like to turn the conference over to

Anthony Luscri
Elastic NV - Investor Relations

Thank you. Good afternoon and thank you for joining us on today's conference call to discuss the last week's second quarter fiscal 2025 financial results. On the call, we have Ash Kulkarni, Chief Executive Officer; Janesh Moorjani, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer; and Eric Pringle, our incoming interim CFO.

Following their prepared remarks, we will take questions. Our press release was issued today after the close of market is posted on our website. Slides, which are supplementalto this call, can also be found on the Elastic Investor Relations website at ir.elastic.co. Our discussion will include forward-looking statements which may include predictions, estimates, our expectations regarding the demand for our products and solutions, and our future revenue and other

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