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Elastic N.V. · ESTC · FY2025 Q3 · Calendar Q1 2025
Elastic highlights AI-led cloud growth but flags execution risks
The supplied analysis supports a constructive but qualified view: AI adoption, cloud expansion, and platform consolidation are supporting growth, while flat month-to-month cloud trends, competition, and execution risks temper confidence.
Reported After market closeNYSETechnology
$10.75B market cap
80quality score
Earnings scorecard
Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS
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Consensus $0.47
EPS surprise
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Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue
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Consensus $368.9M
Revenue surprise
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Reported versus consensus
Market reaction
event-close to next-session close
Stock move
+14.9%
Event window
SPY move
+1.6%
Same window
Abnormal move
+13.3%
Stock minus SPY
Volume
3.6×
Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift
-21.2%
Up to 20 sessions
ESTCSPY benchmark
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What drove ESTC's +14.9% move after FY2025 Q3 earnings?What changed in ESTC's guidance and outlook in FY2025 Q3?Give me the bull and bear case for ESTC after FY2025 Q3 earnings.
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What changed
Compared with the prior quarter, Elastic reported continued cloud and AI momentum, advanced Serverless availability across hyperscalers, and raised its full-year revenue and operating-margin outlook. The analysis also emphasizes ongoing cloud-consumption and execution risks.
Guidance delta
Management raised FY2025 full-year revenue guidance to $1.474-$1.476 billion and increased operating-margin guidance.
Key takeaways
- Elastic reported Q3 FY2025 revenue growth of 17% year over year, with cloud revenue up 26%.
- Generative AI, vector search, serverless, and platform consolidation were identified as key growth drivers.
- Elastic Cloud Serverless reached general availability on AWS, with Azure in technical preview and Google Cloud planned.
Management priorities
- Expand Elastic Cloud Serverless across major hyperscalers.
- Continue investment in AI, vector database, and Rerank capabilities.
- Increase enterprise and mid-market sales capacity while maintaining operating leverage.
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Analyst 52W Price Targets
$102.43Previous close
$43Low
$108.03Average
$191High
Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted previous close from FN2's market snapshot as of Oct 26, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.
Firm-level rating actions
FMP grade actions identify the grading firm, not a named analyst.
| Firm | Rating | Prior rating | Action | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wedbush | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Oct 9, 2026 |
| Stifel | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Oct 9, 2026 |
| Cantor Fitzgerald | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Sep 23, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Equal Weight | Equal Weight | Maintain | Aug 28, 2026 |
| UBS | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Aug 28, 2026 |
| TD Cowen | Hold | Hold | Maintain | Aug 28, 2026 |
| Scotiabank | Sector Perform | Sector Perform | Maintain | Aug 28, 2026 |
| Rosenblatt | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Aug 28, 2026 |
| Piper Sandler | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Aug 28, 2026 |
| Oppenheimer | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Aug 28, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Equal Weight | Equal Weight | Maintain | Aug 28, 2026 |
| JP Morgan | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Aug 28, 2026 |
| Jefferies | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Aug 28, 2026 |
| Guggenheim | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Aug 28, 2026 |
| DA Davidson | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Aug 28, 2026 |
| Citigroup | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Aug 28, 2026 |
| Canaccord Genuity | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Aug 28, 2026 |
| Barclays | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Aug 28, 2026 |
| Baird | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Aug 28, 2026 |
| B of A Securities | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Aug 28, 2026 |
| Truist Securities | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Aug 20, 2026 |
| RBC Capital | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Aug 14, 2026 |
| Needham | Hold | Hold | Maintain | Oct 10, 2025 |
| Mizuho | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Aug 29, 2025 |
| TD Securities | Hold | Hold | Maintain | May 21, 2025 |
| Goldman Sachs | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Nov 22, 2024 |
| William Blair | Outperform | Market Perform | Upgrade | Oct 14, 2024 |
| Monness, Crespi, Hardt | Neutral | Buy | Downgrade | Aug 11, 2022 |
| Summit Insights Group | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Jun 21, 2021 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Hold | Hold | Maintain | Dec 5, 2019 |
| Piper Jaffray | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Oct 29, 2019 |
| Bank of America | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Aug 29, 2019 |
| KeyBanc | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Apr 4, 2019 |
| Monness Crespi Hardt | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Dec 17, 2018 |
Named analyst price targets
Upside is calculated against the persisted previous close $102.43. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.
| Firm | Analyst | 52W target | Price when posted | Upside | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monness | Brian White | $120 | $95.26 | +17.2% | Oct 9, 2026 |
| Cantor Fitzgerald | Thomas Blakey | $100 | $97.32 | -2.4% | Aug 28, 2026 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Brad Reback | $107 | $83.74 | +4.5% | Aug 28, 2026 |
| UBS | Radi Sultan | $105 | $83.74 | +2.5% | Aug 28, 2026 |
| Guggenheim | Analyst unavailable | $120 | $83.74 | +17.2% | Aug 28, 2026 |
| UBS | Analyst unavailable | $108 | $83.74 | +5.4% | Aug 28, 2026 |
| Rosenblatt Securities | Blair Abernethy | $83 | $80.4 | -19.0% | Aug 26, 2026 |
| Cantor Fitzgerald | Thomas Blakey | $91 | $84.54 | -11.2% | Aug 24, 2026 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Brad Reback | $90 | $84.39 | -12.1% | Aug 18, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Sanjit Singh | $66 | $62.74 | -35.6% | Jul 21, 2026 |
| UBS | Radi Sultan | $85 | $61.82 | -17.0% | May 29, 2026 |
| D.A. Davidson | Lucky Schreiner | $60 | $60.75 | -41.4% | May 29, 2026 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Brad Reback | $65 | $57.61 | -36.5% | May 29, 2026 |
| Wolfe Research | Analyst unavailable | $55 | $57.61 | -46.3% | May 29, 2026 |
| Cantor Fitzgerald | Thomas Blakey | $59 | $54.81 | -42.4% | May 26, 2026 |
| Redburn Partners | Daniel Sepahi | $49 | $49.23 | -52.2% | Apr 23, 2026 |
| Goldman Sachs | Analyst unavailable | $50 | $48.96 | -51.2% | Apr 21, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $80 | $61.03 | -21.9% | Feb 19, 2026 |
| D.A. Davidson | Lucky Schreiner | $80 | $71.5 | -21.9% | Nov 21, 2025 |
| Piper Sandler | Rob Owens | $110 | $71.65 | +7.4% | Nov 21, 2025 |
| RBC Capital | Analyst unavailable | $115 | $72.6 | +12.3% | Nov 21, 2025 |
| Canaccord Genuity | Kingsley Crane | $115 | $82.08 | +12.3% | Nov 21, 2025 |
| Scotiabank | Patrick Colville | $76 | $82.08 | -25.8% | Nov 21, 2025 |
| Scotiabank | Analyst unavailable | $90 | $85.58 | -12.1% | Oct 6, 2025 |
| Wells Fargo | Ryan MacWilliams | $90 | $84.49 | -12.1% | Sep 30, 2025 |
| Robert W. Baird | Shrenik Kothari | $120 | $84.3 | +17.2% | Aug 29, 2025 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Brad Reback | $134 | $87.79 | +30.8% | Aug 29, 2025 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $120 | $85.06 | +17.2% | Aug 29, 2025 |
| UBS | Analyst unavailable | $120 | $85.06 | +17.2% | Aug 29, 2025 |
| Canaccord Genuity | Kingsley Crane | $120 | $87.79 | +17.2% | Aug 29, 2025 |
| Wedbush | Daniel Ives | $75 | $108.03 | -26.8% | Nov 25, 2024 |
| Wedbush | Daniel Ives | $135 | $108.03 | +31.8% | Nov 25, 2024 |
| Evercore ISI | Chris McNally | $43 | $83.63 | -58.0% | Oct 14, 2024 |
| Barclays | Raimo Lenschow | $95 | $79.01 | -7.3% | Oct 7, 2024 |
| Canaccord Genuity | Kingsley Crane | $110 | $76.19 | +7.4% | Sep 3, 2024 |
| Oppenheimer | Ittai Kidron | $125 | $103.64 | +22.0% | Aug 30, 2024 |
| Jefferies | Brent Thill | $110 | $103.64 | +7.4% | Aug 30, 2024 |
| Scotiabank | Patrick Colville | $135 | $102.84 | +31.8% | May 31, 2024 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Brad Reback | $120 | $93.18 | +17.2% | May 31, 2024 |
| Piper Sandler | Rob Owens | $131 | $93.18 | +27.9% | May 31, 2024 |
| Canaccord Genuity | Kingsley Crane | $125 | $93.18 | +22.0% | May 31, 2024 |
| RBC Capital | Matthew Hedberg | $135 | $93.18 | +31.8% | May 31, 2024 |
| D.A. Davidson | Gil Luria | $100 | $93.18 | -2.4% | May 31, 2024 |
| Robert W. Baird | Shrenik Kothari | $135 | $104.95 | +31.8% | May 28, 2024 |
| UBS | Austin Dietz | $135 | $109.4 | +31.8% | May 22, 2024 |
| Rosenblatt Securities | Blair Abernethy | $136 | $117.01 | +32.8% | Mar 1, 2024 |
| Oppenheimer | Ittai Kidron | $110 | $110.2 | +7.4% | Dec 1, 2023 |
| Wedbush | Taz Koujalgi | $67 | $60.07 | -34.6% | Dec 14, 2022 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Brad Reback | $125 | $89.8 | +22.0% | Mar 28, 2022 |
| Jefferies | Brent Thill | $120 | $111.04 | +17.2% | Jan 12, 2022 |
| Piper Sandler | Rob Owens | $155 | $108.79 | +51.3% | Jan 6, 2022 |
| Bank of America Securities | Koji Ikeda | $185 | $118.28 | +80.6% | Dec 2, 2021 |
| Berenberg Bank | Kingsley Crane | $191 | $118.28 | +86.5% | Dec 2, 2021 |
| SMBC Nikko | Steven Koenig | $182 | $175.22 | +77.7% | Nov 19, 2021 |
| Summit Redstone Partners | Srini Nandury | $180 | $145.3 | +75.7% | Jun 20, 2021 |
| Wells Fargo | Andrew Nowinski | $184 | $129.84 | +79.6% | Jun 3, 2021 |
| Canaccord Genuity | David Hynes | $155 | $118.02 | +51.3% | Jun 2, 2021 |
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Start freeCompany context
Snapshot as of publicationElastic N.V., a company specializing in search technologies, furnishes advanced solutions engineered to operate across public, private, and multi-cloud environments. Its flagship offering is the Elastic Stack, a comprehensive software suite designed to acquire, store, search, analyze, and visually present data from a multitude of sources and formats. The Elastic Stack incorporates several core components: Elasticsearch: A powerful, distributed engine for real-time search and analytics, which also functions as a flexible data store for various types of information, including text, numerical values, geospatial coordinates, and both structured and unstructured datasets. Kibana: Serving as the intuitive user interface, management console, and configuration hub for the entire Elastic Stack.…
Historical context
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Latest beats and misses
Who reports nextBeat on EPS
- FCNCAFY2026 Q3 · October 23, 2026+19.9% EPS+8.2% move
- FCNCNFY2026 Q3 · October 23, 2026+19.9% EPS+0.2% move
- FCNCOFY2026 Q3 · October 23, 2026+19.9% EPS+1.0% move
- FCNCPFY2026 Q3 · October 23, 2026+19.9% EPS+1.0% move
- RDYFY2027 Q2 · October 23, 2026+24.0% EPS-0.2% move
- SLBFY2026 Q3 · October 23, 2026+3.7% EPS+7.1% move
Missed on EPS
- INFYFY2027 Q2 · October 23, 2026-4.8% EPS-6.6% move
- BBDFY2026 Q3 · October 22, 2026-7.7% EPS+3.0% move
- SNAFY2026 Q3 · October 22, 2026-5.9% EPS-3.4% move
- SPOTFY2026 Q3 · October 22, 2026-11.6% EPS+11.1% move
- VRSNFY2026 Q3 · October 22, 2026-2.0% EPS-0.9% move
- HBANMFY2026 Q3 · October 22, 2026-5.3% EPS+0.5% move
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Sources
- Earnings call transcript and parsed analysis · 2026-05-11T10:29:34.698584+00:00
- FN2 earnings calendar · 2025-02-20T12:45:18.608635+00:00
- Polygon adjusted daily market bars · 2026-10-26T08:20:42.361945+00:00
- Financial Modeling Prep analyst price-target consensus and quote snapshot · 2026-10-26T08:20:42.359118+00:00
Methodology
Reported and consensus figures come from FN2's earnings event records. Market reaction and volume are calculated from daily adjusted bars around the event; abnormal move subtracts the SPY move over the same window.
Analyst target low, average, and high values are derived at request time from each named analyst's latest persisted FMP target. The current-price marker comes from FN2's persisted market snapshot. They are sell-side estimates, not an FN2 valuation or recommendation.
Transcript intelligence is a structured synthesis of the current and prior earnings-call analyses. Missing values stay missing and are never estimated.
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