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<ul><li>Elastic N.V. reported a strong fourth quarter, capping off fiscal 2025 with solid growth metrics and notable strategic advancements.</li><li>The company's revenue grew by 16% year-over-year, with Elastic Cloud revenue increasing by 23%, reflecting sustained demand for their solutions.</li><li>Elastic's efforts to penetrate both the enterprise and mid-market segments have borne fruit, as evidenced by the net increase in large customers—those spending over $1 million annually—by approximately 45 this year.</li></ul>

Elastic N.V. reported a strong fourth quarter, capping off fiscal 2025 with solid growth metrics and notable strategic advancements.The company's revenue grew by 16% year-over-year, with Elastic Cloud revenue increasing by 23%, reflecting sustained demand for their solutions.Elastic's efforts to penetrate both the enterprise and mid-market segments have borne fruit, as evidenced by the net increase in large customers—those spending over $1 million annually—by approximately 45 this year.

Elastic Ramps Up Cybersecurity Assault with Bold Security Platform Expansion!

<ul><li>Elastic N.V., a company renowned for its open search and data analytics engine, reported notable financial and strategic outcomes in its third-quarter fiscal 2025 results.</li><li>The company highlighted several positive developments, putting its strategic focus on growing its business around search, observability, and security solutions, which collectively contributed to a year-over-year revenue growth of 17%, surpassing their guidance metrics.</li><li>Notably, their cloud revenue grew by 26%, with the number of customers spending over $100,000 increasing to more than 1,460 during this quarter.</li></ul>

Elastic N.V., a company renowned for its open search and data analytics engine, reported notable financial and strategic outcomes in its third-quarter fiscal 2025 results.The company highlighted several positive developments, putting its strategic focus on growing its business around search, observability, and security solutions, which collectively contributed to a year-over-year revenue growth of 17%, surpassing their guidance metrics.Notably, their cloud revenue grew by 26%, with the number of customers spending over $100,000 increasing to more than 1,460 during this quarter.

Elastic N.V.: What Is Their “Land & Expand” Approach And Will It Work?

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/elastic-nv" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27526:1" rel="noopener">Elastic NV (ESTC US)</a> reported a solid 4QFY23, reflecting a stronger-than-expected non-GAAP operating margin of ~9% and GAAP subscription gross margin of ~79%. </li>
<li>Elastic cloud revenue grew 28% y/y, representing 40% of total revenue. Elastic cloud is scaling well, and margins improved faster-than-anticipated. </li>
<li>We are concerned about slowing H1 FY24 y/y growth in total revenue and failure to achieve the $2B revenue mark in FY25. Price target to $112.</li>
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Elastic NV (ESTC US) reported a solid 4QFY23, reflecting a stronger-than-expected non-GAAP operating margin of ~9% and GAAP subscription gross margin of ~79%. 
Elastic cloud revenue grew 28% y/y, representing 40% of total revenue. Elastic cloud is scaling well, and margins improved faster-than-anticipated. 
We are concerned about slowing H1 FY24 y/y growth in total revenue and failure to achieve the $2B revenue mark in FY25. Price target to $112.


Focus On Profitability Expansion And Durable Growth: PT Reduced To $112 From $133

<ul><li>This is our first report on Elastic NV, a major technology solutions provider catering to multi-cloud environments.</li><li>All over the year, customers continued to adopt Elastic Cloud, expanding over use cases and increasing consumption as there was a growth in the enterprise data.</li><li>Elastic continues expanding its land-and-expand approach because customers wish to adopt over one Elastic solution to support their business initiatives.</li></ul>

This is our first report on Elastic NV, a major technology solutions provider catering to multi-cloud environments.All over the year, customers continued to adopt Elastic Cloud, expanding over use cases and increasing consumption as there was a growth in the enterprise data.Elastic continues expanding its land-and-expand approach because customers wish to adopt over one Elastic solution to support their business initiatives.

Elastic NV: Initiation of Coverage – Enhancements To The Elastic Observatory Solution & Other Drivers

<ul><li>Elastic N.V. reported robust financial results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2025, showcasing notable progress in revenue growth and sales execution after a challenging first quarter.</li><li>The company's total revenue reached $365 million, marking an 18% year-over-year increase.</li><li>Elastic Cloud, a significant component of its subscription services, experienced a 25% growth, highlighting customer preference for cloud-based solutions.</li></ul>

Elastic N.V. reported robust financial results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2025, showcasing notable progress in revenue growth and sales execution after a challenging first quarter.The company's total revenue reached $365 million, marking an 18% year-over-year increase.Elastic Cloud, a significant component of its subscription services, experienced a 25% growth, highlighting customer preference for cloud-based solutions.

Elastic N.V.: An Analysis Of Its Sales Execution & Customer Acquisition Strategy! - Major Drivers

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Elastic N.V. provides information technology and data analysis services. The Company offers monitoring, security analysis, enterprise search, cloud computing, and open source application performance monitoring solutions. Elastic serves customers in the United States.

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Elastic NV (ESTC US)

Elastic Ramps Up Cybersecurity Assault with Bold Security Platform Expansion!

Elastic N.V. reported a strong fourth quarter, capping off fiscal 2025 with solid growth metrics and notable strategic advancements. The company's...

Baptista Research

Elastic N.V.: What Is Their “Land & Expand” Approach And Will It Work?

Elastic N.V., a company renowned for its open search and data analytics engine, reported notable financial and strategic outcomes in its...

Baptista Research

Focus On Profitability Expansion And Durable Growth: PT Reduced To $112 From $133

Elastic remains my top pick in the observability and search space, and I see the potential for revenue growth re-acceleration in 2024.

Andrei Zakharov

Elastic NV: Initiation of Coverage – Enhancements To The Elastic Observatory Solution & Other Drivers

This is our first report on Elastic NV, a major technology solutions provider catering to multi-cloud environments. All over the year, customers...

Baptista Research

Elastic N.V.: An Analysis Of Its Sales Execution & Customer Acquisition Strategy! - Major Drivers

Elastic N.V. reported robust financial results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2025, showcasing notable progress in revenue growth and sales...

Baptista Research

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