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CommVault (CVLT) to Report Q1 Earnings: What's in Store?

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CommVault Systems (CVLT - Free Report) is set to report first-quarter fiscal 2025 results on Jul 30.

For first-quarter fiscal 2025, CVLT expects total revenues between $213 million and $216 million. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for revenues is pegged at $214.4 million, suggesting an 8.2% increase from the year-ago quarter’s reported figure.

For the quarter, the consensus mark for earnings has remained steady at 75 cents per share in the past 30 days. The figure indicates 4.17% growth from the year-ago quarter’s reported figure.

The company’s earnings beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate in each of the trailing four quarters, the average surprise being 8.38%.

Let’s see how things have shaped up for this announcement.

CommVault Systems, Inc. Price and EPS Surprise

CommVault Systems, Inc. Price and EPS Surprise

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Factors to Consider

CommVault’s fiscal first-quarter performance is expected to have benefited from steady demand for the company’s cyber resilience and data protection solutions by hybrid cloud organizations.

CVLT is introducing innovations that can help customers realize the benefits of AI and improve cyber resilience. The company is working with partners across the security toolchain, including security information and event management, security orchestration, automation and response, as well as network detection and response. Other security toolchain includes vulnerability and threat detection and assessment, incident management, and data governance and privacy.

This is expected to have aided subscription revenue growth in the to-be-reported quarter. For the fiscal first quarter, CommVault expects subscription revenues, which includes both the software portion of term-based licenses and SaaS, between $116 million and $119 million. 

In the to-be-reported quarter, the company announced the acquisition of Appranix, a cloud cyber resilience company. CVLT will use Appranix’s technology to help enterprises get up and running even faster after an outage or cyberattack.  

The company also announced that its SaaS-delivered data protection offerings have achieved the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program High Authorization. This certification signifies that Commvault Cloud for Government can securely handle the most sensitive and controlled unclassified information in cloud computing environments for government agencies and contractors, providing unmatched data protection and cyber resilience.

What Our Model Says

Per the Zacks model, the combination of a positive Earnings ESP and a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), 2 (Buy) or 3 (Hold) increases the odds of an earnings beat. But that’s not the case here.

CVLT has an Earnings ESP of 0.00% and a Zacks Rank #3 at present. You can uncover the best stocks to buy or sell before they’re reported with our Earnings ESP Filter.

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