PagerDuty's (NYSE:PD) Q1 Earnings Results: Revenue In Line With Expectations, Customer Growth Accelerates

IT incident response platform PagerDuty (NYSE:PD) reported results in line with analysts' expectations in Q1 CY2024, with revenue up 7.7% year on year to $111.2 million. The company expects next quarter's revenue to be around $116.5 million, in line with analysts' estimates. It made a non-GAAP profit of $0.17 per share, down from its profit of $0.19 per share in the same quarter last year.

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“PagerDuty delivered a solid first quarter with annual recurring revenue growth stabilizing at 10% for the second consecutive quarter, and non-GAAP operating margin four percentage points above the range,” said Jennifer Tejada, Chairperson and CEO.

Started by three former Amazon engineers, PagerDuty (NYSE:PD) is a software-as-a-service platform that helps companies respond to IT incidents fast and make sure that any downtime is minimized.

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Sales Growth

As you can see below, PagerDuty's revenue growth has been strong over the last three years, growing from $63.59 million in Q1 2022 to $111.2 million this quarter.

PagerDuty's quarterly revenue was only up 7.7% year on year, which might disappoint some shareholders. Additionally, its growth did slow down compared to last quarter as the company's revenue increased by just $55,000 in Q1 compared to $2.40 million in Q4 CY2023. While we'd like to see revenue increase by a greater amount each quarter, a one-off fluctuation is usually not concerning.

Next quarter's guidance suggests that PagerDuty is expecting revenue to grow 8.3% year on year to $116.5 million, slowing down from the 19.2% year-on-year increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Looking ahead, analysts covering the company were expecting sales to grow 11.5% over the next 12 months before the earnings results announcement.

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Customer Growth

PagerDuty reported 15,120 customers at the end of the quarter, an increase of 81 from the previous quarter. That's a little better customer growth than last quarter and quite a bit above the typical growth we've seen in past quarters, demonstrating that the business has strong sales momentum. We've no doubt shareholders will take this as an indication that PagerDuty's go-to-market strategy is working very well.

Key Takeaways from PagerDuty's Q1 Results

We were impressed by PagerDuty's strong growth in customers this quarter. We were also glad its billings and EPS outperformed Wall Street's estimates. On the other hand, its full-year revenue guidance slightly missed Wall Street's estimates. Overall, this quarter's results still seemed fairly positive and shareholders should feel optimistic. The stock is up 3.7% after reporting and currently trades at $18.61 per share.

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