Okta beat consensus with 2Q25 earnings, but the stock dipped ~18 in response to conservative 3Q25 cRPO guidance. I am maintaining a buy as management shifts focus to enterprise customers and new product cycles to counter SMB slowdown and improve net retention. In my opinion, there is more upside in 2HFY25 as management raised full-year guidance and is prioritizing profitable growth.
The net retention rate has trended downward from a peak of 124% in the fourth quarter of 2022 to 110% in the second quarter of fiscal 2025, indicating some slowdown in revenue retention.
Okta, Inc. (NASDAQ:OKTA ) Goldman Sachs Communacopia + Technology Conference September 10, 2024 6:45 PM ET Company Participants Todd McKinnon - Chairperson of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, Co Founder Conference Call Participants Gabriela Borges - Goldman Sachs Gabriela Borges I think we can go ahead and kick it off. Thanks for joining us this afternoon at the Okta session at the GS Communacopia and Technology Conference.
Okta, Inc. (NASDAQ:OKTA ) Citi's 2024 Global TMT Conference September 5, 2024 2:10 PM ET Company Participants Brett Tighe - CFO Conference Call Participants Fatima Boolani - Citi Fatima Boolani Fatima Boolani here. I run the -- jointly run the Citi software equity research franchise here.
Okta's top-line growth rate and bottom-line performance fail to live up to its nearly $13 billion market capitalization. Management's guidance implies a significant deceleration in top-line growth in the second half of fiscal 2025.
Okta beat estimates in its second-quarter report. A key metric seems to indicate slowing growth ahead.
Okta turned in solid results, with revenue and earnings growth both strong. However, investors appear worried about its subscription backlog.
Okta (OKTA) might move higher on growing optimism about its earnings prospects, which is reflected by its upgrade to a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy).
Okta (OKTA) has become technically an oversold stock now, which implies exhaustion of the heavy selling pressure on it. This, combined with strong agreement among Wall Street analysts in revising earnings estimates higher, indicates a potential trend reversal for the stock in the near term.
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The market punished Okta after the company reported Q2 earnings, despite decent growth and a shift to GAAP profitability. The deceleration in Okta's revenue growth, now at 16% YoY from over 60% in mid-2022, is largely responsible for this lackluster performance following the earnings print. I identified four main reasons behind Okta's slowdown in revenue growth, including the company's focus on enterprise customers.
Okta topped estimates in its second-quarter earnings report. It also reported its first quarter of GAAP profits.