IT incident response platform PagerDuty (NYSE:PD) beat analysts' expectations in Q2 FY2024, with revenue up 19.2% year on year to $107.6 million. The company also expects next quarter's revenue to be around $107.5 million, in line with analysts' estimates. Turning to EPS, PagerDuty made a non-GAAP profit of $0.19 per share, improving from its loss of $0.04 per share in the same quarter last year.

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“PagerDuty delivered durable growth with continued improvement in operational efficiency, exceeding our guidance on both the top and bottom line,” said Jennifer Tejada, Chairperson and CEO, PagerDuty.

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 two years, growing from $67.5 million in Q2 FY2022 to $107.6 million this quarter.

This quarter, PagerDuty's quarterly revenue was once again up 19.2% year on year. We can see that PagerDuty's revenue increased by $4.37 million quarter on quarter, which is a solid improvement from the $2.28 million increase in Q1 2024. Shareholders should applaud the acceleration of growth.

Next quarter's guidance suggests that PagerDuty is expecting revenue to grow 14.1% year on year to $107.5 million, slowing down from the 31.3% year-on-year increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Looking ahead, analysts covering the company were expecting sales to grow 13% over the next 12 months before the earnings results announcement.

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Customer Growth

PagerDuty reported 15,146 customers at the end of the quarter, an increase of 57 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 Q2 Results

Sporting a market capitalization of $2.37 billion, PagerDuty is among smaller companies, but its more than $504.5 million in cash on hand and positive free cash flow over the last 12 months puts it in an attractive position to invest in growth.

We were impressed by PagerDuty's strong growth in customers this quarter. We were also glad that its revenue outperformed Wall Street's estimates. On the other hand, its gross margin fell. With regards to guidance, next quarter's revenue guidance was in line while non-GAAP EPS guidance was slightly below. Full year guidance was largely maintained. Overall, we think this was mixed but overall good quarter that should please shareholders. The market was likely expecting more, however, and the stock is down 2.33% after reporting, trading at $25.13 per share.

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