Elastic N.V. · ESTC · FY2026 Q1 · Calendar Q3 2025
Elastic highlights AI adoption, security wins and a raised FY2026 outlook
The current analysis supports a constructive operating thesis: AI and vector-database adoption, platform consolidation and security share gains are supporting growth, while raised guidance reinforces management's near-term confidence. The thesis remains dependent on sustained consumption, competitive execution and public-sector demand.
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What changed
Relative to the prior-quarter analysis, management's outlook shifted from maintained to raised: the company highlighted stronger growth, broader AI use, competitive security wins and additional federal-market initiatives, while continuing to flag macro and consumption uncertainty.
Guidance delta
Management raised full-year revenue guidance while maintaining a 16% non-GAAP operating margin outlook.
Key takeaways
- Management described continued demand for AI-powered search, vector database and security capabilities.
- Generative AI use cases expanded across Elastic Cloud customers, while security wins included competitive displacements.
- The company emphasized serverless cloud expansion, AI feature rollout and deeper U.S. federal-market penetration.
Management priorities
- Expand serverless Elastic Cloud across the major hyperscalers and broaden data-center capacity
- Continue rolling out AI-driven search and security features, including BBQ, ACORN-1 and EASE
- Advance FedRAMP High certification and focus sales capacity on enterprise and mid-market customers
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Analyst 52W Price Targets
Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted current price from FN2's market snapshot as of Oct 11, 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 current price $98.23. 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 | +22.2% | Oct 9, 2026 |
| Cantor Fitzgerald | Thomas Blakey | $100 | $97.32 | +1.8% | Aug 28, 2026 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Brad Reback | $107 | $83.74 | +8.9% | Aug 28, 2026 |
| UBS | Radi Sultan | $105 | $83.74 | +6.9% | Aug 28, 2026 |
| Guggenheim | Analyst unavailable | $120 | $83.74 | +22.2% | Aug 28, 2026 |
| UBS | Analyst unavailable | $108 | $83.74 | +9.9% | Aug 28, 2026 |
| Rosenblatt Securities | Blair Abernethy | $83 | $80.4 | -15.5% | Aug 26, 2026 |
| Cantor Fitzgerald | Thomas Blakey | $91 | $84.54 | -7.4% | Aug 24, 2026 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Brad Reback | $90 | $84.39 | -8.4% | Aug 18, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Sanjit Singh | $66 | $62.74 | -32.8% | Jul 21, 2026 |
| UBS | Radi Sultan | $85 | $61.82 | -13.5% | May 29, 2026 |
| D.A. Davidson | Lucky Schreiner | $60 | $60.75 | -38.9% | May 29, 2026 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Brad Reback | $65 | $57.61 | -33.8% | May 29, 2026 |
| Wolfe Research | Analyst unavailable | $55 | $57.61 | -44.0% | May 29, 2026 |
| Cantor Fitzgerald | Thomas Blakey | $59 | $54.81 | -39.9% | May 26, 2026 |
| Redburn Partners | Daniel Sepahi | $49 | $49.23 | -50.1% | Apr 23, 2026 |
| Goldman Sachs | Analyst unavailable | $50 | $48.96 | -49.1% | Apr 21, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $80 | $61.03 | -18.6% | Feb 19, 2026 |
| D.A. Davidson | Lucky Schreiner | $80 | $71.5 | -18.6% | Nov 21, 2025 |
| Piper Sandler | Rob Owens | $110 | $71.65 | +12.0% | Nov 21, 2025 |
| RBC Capital | Analyst unavailable | $115 | $72.6 | +17.1% | Nov 21, 2025 |
| Canaccord Genuity | Kingsley Crane | $115 | $82.08 | +17.1% | Nov 21, 2025 |
| Scotiabank | Patrick Colville | $76 | $82.08 | -22.6% | Nov 21, 2025 |
| Scotiabank | Analyst unavailable | $90 | $85.58 | -8.4% | Oct 6, 2025 |
| Wells Fargo | Ryan MacWilliams | $90 | $84.49 | -8.4% | Sep 30, 2025 |
| Robert W. Baird | Shrenik Kothari | $120 | $84.3 | +22.2% | Aug 29, 2025 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Brad Reback | $134 | $87.79 | +36.4% | Aug 29, 2025 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $120 | $85.06 | +22.2% | Aug 29, 2025 |
| UBS | Analyst unavailable | $120 | $85.06 | +22.2% | Aug 29, 2025 |
| Canaccord Genuity | Kingsley Crane | $120 | $87.79 | +22.2% | Aug 29, 2025 |
| Wedbush | Daniel Ives | $75 | $108.03 | -23.6% | Nov 25, 2024 |
| Wedbush | Daniel Ives | $135 | $108.03 | +37.4% | Nov 25, 2024 |
| Evercore ISI | Chris McNally | $43 | $83.63 | -56.2% | Oct 14, 2024 |
| Barclays | Raimo Lenschow | $95 | $79.01 | -3.3% | Oct 7, 2024 |
| Canaccord Genuity | Kingsley Crane | $110 | $76.19 | +12.0% | Sep 3, 2024 |
| Oppenheimer | Ittai Kidron | $125 | $103.64 | +27.3% | Aug 30, 2024 |
| Jefferies | Brent Thill | $110 | $103.64 | +12.0% | Aug 30, 2024 |
| Scotiabank | Patrick Colville | $135 | $102.84 | +37.4% | May 31, 2024 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Brad Reback | $120 | $93.18 | +22.2% | May 31, 2024 |
| Piper Sandler | Rob Owens | $131 | $93.18 | +33.4% | May 31, 2024 |
| Canaccord Genuity | Kingsley Crane | $125 | $93.18 | +27.3% | May 31, 2024 |
| RBC Capital | Matthew Hedberg | $135 | $93.18 | +37.4% | May 31, 2024 |
| D.A. Davidson | Gil Luria | $100 | $93.18 | +1.8% | May 31, 2024 |
| Robert W. Baird | Shrenik Kothari | $135 | $104.95 | +37.4% | May 28, 2024 |
| UBS | Austin Dietz | $135 | $109.4 | +37.4% | May 22, 2024 |
| Rosenblatt Securities | Blair Abernethy | $136 | $117.01 | +38.5% | Mar 1, 2024 |
| Oppenheimer | Ittai Kidron | $110 | $110.2 | +12.0% | Dec 1, 2023 |
| Wedbush | Taz Koujalgi | $67 | $60.07 | -31.8% | Dec 14, 2022 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Brad Reback | $125 | $89.8 | +27.3% | Mar 28, 2022 |
| Jefferies | Brent Thill | $120 | $111.04 | +22.2% | Jan 12, 2022 |
| Piper Sandler | Rob Owens | $155 | $108.79 | +57.8% | Jan 6, 2022 |
| Bank of America Securities | Koji Ikeda | $185 | $118.28 | +88.3% | Dec 2, 2021 |
| Berenberg Bank | Kingsley Crane | $191 | $118.28 | +94.4% | Dec 2, 2021 |
| SMBC Nikko | Steven Koenig | $182 | $175.22 | +85.3% | Nov 19, 2021 |
| Summit Redstone Partners | Srini Nandury | $180 | $145.3 | +83.2% | Jun 20, 2021 |
| Wells Fargo | Andrew Nowinski | $184 | $129.84 | +87.3% | Jun 3, 2021 |
| Canaccord Genuity | David Hynes | $155 | $118.02 | +57.8% | Jun 2, 2021 |
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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.…
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