Banking software provider Q2 (NYSE: QTWO) will be reporting results tomorrow after market hours. Here’s what investors should know.
Q2 Holdings beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 1.7% last quarter, reporting revenues of $183 million, up 12.9% year on year. It was a very strong quarter for the company, with EBITDA guidance for next quarter exceeding analysts’ expectations.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting Q2 Holdings’s revenue to grow 12.8% year on year to $186.6 million, improving from the 8.1% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.48 per share.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Q2 Holdings has only missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates once over the last two years, exceeding top-line expectations by 0.7% on average.
Looking at Q2 Holdings’s peers in the vertical software segment, some have already reported their Q1 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Cadence delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 23.1%, meeting analysts’ expectations, and PTC reported revenues up 5.5%, topping estimates by 5%. Cadence traded up 5.7% following the results while PTC’s stock price was unchanged.
Read our full analysis of Cadence’s results here and PTC’s results here.
There has been positive sentiment among investors in the vertical software segment, with share prices up 15% on average over the last month. Q2 Holdings is up 19% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $99.27 (compared to the current share price of $82.28).
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