Salesforce第三财季营收与利润均超分析师预期,但当前财季业绩预期疲软
Salesforce今天发布了2015财年第三财季财报。财报显示,Salesforce当季实现营收13.83亿美元,不按照美国通用会计准则(non-GAAP)计算,合每股收益0.14美元;按照美国通用会计准则(GAAP)计算,Salesforce第三财季净亏损3892万美元,合每股亏损0.06美元。华尔街分析师此前预计Salesforce第三财季营收为13.71亿美元,合每股收益0.13美元。
第三财季,来自重复性订阅产品的收入在Salesforce总营收的占比达到了93%,与去年同期持平。对于任何一家SaaS(软件即服务)公司而言,订阅收入都是一项重要指标。
按照美国通用会计准则计算,Salesforce的亏损与去年同期相比大幅减少。2014财年第三财季,Salesforce亏损达到了1.24434亿美元,合每股亏损0.21美元。2015财年第三财季,Salesforce的总营收同比增长29%。
对于当前的第四财季,Salesforce预计公司营收在14.36亿美元到14.41亿美元之间,同比增长25%到26%。
此外,Salesforce预计公司营收增长速度在即将到来的2016财年会继续下滑。该公司预计,2016年财年营收介于64.5亿美元到65亿美元之间,比2015财年增长约20%到21%。
Salesforce的营收增长速度开始放缓并不足为奇。按照规律,每次营收数字太大,都会对同比带来更大的拖累。Salesforce预计全年20%到21%的营收增长速度好像也不能激起投资商的热情——毕竟,该公司股价在盘后交易中出现下跌——但是我认为这个数字并不太疲软。分析师此前预计2016财年Salesforce的营收增长幅度只有数百万美元。
截至2015财年第三财季末,Salesforce持有的现金及现金等价物为18.3亿美元。
这个季度,由于Dreamforce用户大会的举行,Salesforce一直忙着推出各种各样的新产品。其中一个重磅产品就是外界期待已久的分析产品“Wave”。除此之外,Salesforce还宣布他们正在扩大与微软的合作范围(双方合作始于今年春天),同时对移动应用开发项目(现称作Salesforce 1 Lightning)进行重大调整。Salesforce还对旗下核心CRM(客户关系管理)工具做了更新,增加了交互式实时客户服务功能。
Salesforce Slips On Weak Guidance, Despite Beating On Both Revenue And Profit In Its FQ3
In its fiscal 2015 third quarter, Salesforce reported revenue of $1.383 billion, non-GAAP earnings per share of $0.14, a GAAP net loss of $38.92 million, and a GAAP loss per share of $0.06. Analysts had expected $0.13 in adjusted profit on revenue of $1.371 billion.
The percentage of its revenue that came from recurring, subscription sources — a key metric for any SaaS business — totaled 93 percent for the firm, unchanged from the year-ago quarter.
The company’s GAAP losses were down steeply year-over-year, when the company lost $124.434 million, or $0.21 per share. For the period, Salesforce’s total revenue rose 29 percent compared to its year-ago quarter.
For its current fiscal fourth quarter, Salesforce expects revenue of $1.436 billion to $1.441 billion. Those figures would push the company’s revenue up between 25 and 26 percent on a year-over-year basis.
Salesforce expects its revenue growth to slip further in its rapidly-approaching fiscal 2016, during which it expects to generate top line of $6.45 billion to $6.50 billion, which according to the firm will represent growth of around 20 to 21 percent compared to the preceding fiscal year.
That Salesforce is seeing slowing percentage growth is not surprising. The law of large numbers drags harder every time you increase your revenue compared to a prior-year quarter. Salesforce’s predicted full-year 20 to 21 percent growth doesn’t appear to have greatly enthused investors — its shares are off after-hours, after all — but I don’t think that the number is too soft either. Analysts had expected a few hundred million more for its fiscal 2016.
The company had cash and equivalents of $1.83 billion at the end of its fiscal third quarter.
Salesforce has been extremely busy this quarter making a flurry of announcements around their mega Dreamforce user conference. The big news was the long awaited analytics product called Wave. In addition, Salesforce announced that they were extending the partnership with Microsoft announced last Spring and there was a major overhaul and rebranding of the mobile app development program, which is now called Salesforce 1 Lightning. They also gave their core CRM tool a refresh and added an interactive live customer service feature.
来源:TC