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Zoom Raises Full-Year Outlook as Q3 Results Beat Expectations, But Shares Drop 8%

Zoom Raises Full-Year Outlook as Q3 Results Beat Expectations, But Shares Drop 8% Nov. 26, 2024, 8:35 a.m., readers: 18

Zoom Video Communications (NASDAQ:ZM) lifted its full-year guidance after delivering third-quarter results that exceeded Wall Street expectations, driven by efforts to reduce churn and grow enterprise revenue. Despite the positive performance, Zoom’s stock fell over 8% in pre-market today, as investor expectations remained high. For the third quarter, Zoom reported adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of $1.38 on revenue of $1.18 billion, surpassing analyst estimates of $1.31 EPS on $1.16 billion in revenue. Enterprise customers proved a key growth driver, with those contributing over $100,000 in trailing 12-month revenue increasing by 7.1% to 3,995 compared to the same period last year. Revenue grew 4% year-over-year, while enterprise revenue rose by 6%. The company also achieved a record low online monthly average churn of 2.7%, reflecting improved customer retention. For the fourth quarter, Zoom provided guidance for adjusted EPS in the range of $1.29 to $1.30 on revenue between $1.175 billion and $1.180 billion. The company also revised its full-year forecast upward, projecting adjusted EPS of $5.41 to $5.43 on revenue of $4.656 billion to $4.661 billion. This marked an increase from its prior guidance of $5.29 to $5.32 EPS on revenue of $4.630 billion to $4.640 billion.

About NASDAQ: ZM

Z oom Video Communications, Inc. provides unified communications platform in the Americas, the Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The company offers Zoom Meetings that offers HD video, voice, chat, and content sharing through mobile devices, desktops, laptops, telephones, and conference room systems; Zoom Phone, an enterprise cloud phone system;

Price: 84.60
Market cap: 26.0 billion USD
Eps: 3.01
P/e ratio: 28.11
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