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Nutanix, Inc. · NTNX · FY2026 Q3 · Calendar Q2 2026
Nutanix raises FY26 outlook as AI and hybrid-cloud demand broaden
The supplied analysis supports the research hypothesis for Nutanix: resilient demand and expanding AI and hybrid-cloud offerings are accompanied by higher FY26 guidance and strong ARR momentum. The counterevidence is that supply-chain constraints still affect timing, while AI monetization and partner-led expansion remain execution-dependent.
Reported After market closeNASDAQTechnology
$18.84B market cap
100quality score
Earnings scorecard
Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS
$0.47
Consensus $0.36
EPS surprise
+32.1%
Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue
$703.1M
Consensus $686.3M
Revenue surprise
+2.4%
Reported versus consensus
Market reaction
event-close to next-session close
Stock move
+4.8%
Event window
SPY move
+0.6%
Same window
Abnormal move
+4.3%
Stock minus SPY
Volume
2.3×
Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift
+1.9%
Up to 20 sessions
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Why did NTNX rise 4.8% after beating EPS estimates in FY2026 Q3?What changed in NTNX's guidance and outlook in FY2026 Q3?Give me the bull and bear case for NTNX after FY2026 Q3 earnings.
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What changed
Compared with the prior quarter, management tone shifted from cautious to confident, guidance sentiment changed from maintained to raised, and the company highlighted IdentityAI, new external-storage partnerships, and continued NC2 expansion. Supply-chain constraints remain a recurring headwind.
Guidance delta
Raised: FY26 revenue guidance moved to $2.82-$2.84 billion, with approximately 22.5% operating margin and $760-$780 million free cash flow expected.
Key takeaways
- Management described a strong quarter with results above guidance, 15% ARR growth, and 28% free-cash-flow margin.
- External-storage partnerships and NC2 public-cloud adoption broaden deployment flexibility while server constraints persist.
- IdentityAI, Kubernetes, and partner integrations provide additional growth avenues, but AI monetization is still developing.
Management priorities
- Expand IdentityAI and agentic-AI capabilities, including AMD GPU support.
- Scale external-storage integrations with partners including NetApp and Lenovo.
- Grow NC2 public-cloud adoption and the broader OEM and partner ecosystem.
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Analyst 52W Price Targets
$69.68Previous close
$30Low
$67.75Average
$94High
Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted previous close from FN2's market snapshot as of Sep 24, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barclays | Equal Weight | Equal Weight | Maintain | Aug 28, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Equal Weight | Equal Weight | Maintain | Aug 27, 2026 |
| RBC Capital | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Aug 27, 2026 |
| Piper Sandler | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Aug 27, 2026 |
| Oppenheimer | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Aug 27, 2026 |
| Needham | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Aug 27, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Equal Weight | Equal Weight | Maintain | Aug 27, 2026 |
| Keybanc | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Aug 27, 2026 |
| UBS | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Aug 25, 2026 |
| Rosenblatt | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Aug 25, 2026 |
| JP Morgan | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | May 28, 2026 |
| B of A Securities | Buy | Buy | Maintain | May 28, 2026 |
| William Blair | Market Perform | Outperform | Downgrade | Mar 23, 2026 |
| Goldman Sachs | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Feb 9, 2026 |
| Northland Capital Markets | Market Perform | Market Perform | Maintain | Nov 26, 2025 |
| Susquehanna | Positive | Positive | Maintain | May 29, 2025 |
| Raymond James | Market Perform | Outperform | Downgrade | May 20, 2025 |
| JMP Securities | Market Outperform | Market Outperform | Maintain | Feb 5, 2024 |
| OTR Global | Mixed | Positive | Downgrade | May 18, 2023 |
| Baird | Neutral | Outperform | Downgrade | Aug 28, 2020 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Hold | Hold | Maintain | Feb 27, 2020 |
| Stifel | Hold | Hold | Maintain | Feb 27, 2020 |
| Bank of America | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Nov 26, 2019 |
| Piper Jaffray | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Aug 27, 2019 |
| Jefferies | Buy | Hold | Upgrade | Mar 11, 2019 |
| Maxim Group | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Mar 14, 2018 |
| BTIG Research | Buy | Neutral | Upgrade | Mar 9, 2018 |
| BTIG | Buy | Neutral | Upgrade | Mar 9, 2018 |
| Pacific Crest | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Nov 30, 2016 |
| PiperJaffray | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Oct 25, 2016 |
| Credit Suisse | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Oct 25, 2016 |
Named analyst price targets
Upside is calculated against the persisted previous close $69.68. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.
| Firm | Analyst | 52W target | Price when posted | Upside | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northland Securities | Nehal Chokshi | $70 | $70.71 | +0.5% | Aug 27, 2026 |
| RBC Capital | Matthew Hedberg | $90 | $70.49 | +29.2% | Aug 27, 2026 |
| UBS | Analyst unavailable | $85 | $70.15 | +22.0% | Aug 27, 2026 |
| Needham | Mike Cikos | $85 | $65.39 | +22.0% | Aug 27, 2026 |
| Piper Sandler | James Fish | $75 | $65.39 | +7.6% | Aug 27, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Aaron Rakers | $65 | $65.39 | -6.7% | Aug 27, 2026 |
| UBS | Radi Sultan | $80 | $66.68 | +14.8% | Aug 25, 2026 |
| KeyBanc | Analyst unavailable | $75 | $67.64 | +7.6% | Aug 24, 2026 |
| Oppenheimer | Analyst unavailable | $80 | $66.2 | +14.8% | Aug 20, 2026 |
| RBC Capital | Analyst unavailable | $84 | $67.95 | +20.6% | Aug 14, 2026 |
| Northland Securities | Analyst unavailable | $47 | $47.53 | -32.5% | May 28, 2026 |
| Piper Sandler | Analyst unavailable | $60 | $47.52 | -13.9% | May 28, 2026 |
| UBS | Analyst unavailable | $62 | $48.06 | -11.0% | May 28, 2026 |
| RBC Capital | Analyst unavailable | $58 | $46.57 | -16.8% | May 28, 2026 |
| Needham | Mike Cikos | $60 | $46.57 | -13.9% | May 28, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Sanjit Singh | $55 | $46.57 | -21.1% | May 28, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Analyst unavailable | $55 | $46.57 | -21.1% | May 28, 2026 |
| Northland Securities | Analyst unavailable | $43 | $39.41 | -38.3% | Apr 8, 2026 |
| Needham | Mike Cikos | $55 | $38.44 | -21.1% | Feb 26, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Aaron Rakers | $50 | $38.44 | -28.2% | Feb 26, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Sanjit Singh | $56 | $37.38 | -19.6% | Feb 24, 2026 |
| RBC Capital | Analyst unavailable | $55 | $41.88 | -21.1% | Feb 11, 2026 |
| UBS | Analyst unavailable | $57 | $41.3 | -18.2% | Feb 9, 2026 |
| Goldman Sachs | Analyst unavailable | $60 | $40.26 | -13.9% | Feb 9, 2026 |
| Barclays | Tim Long | $53 | $51.44 | -23.9% | Jan 15, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Sanjit Singh | $62 | $53.51 | -11.0% | Jan 12, 2026 |
| RBC Capital | Analyst unavailable | $65 | $50.6 | -6.7% | Jan 5, 2026 |
| Northland Securities | Analyst unavailable | $53 | $58.77 | -23.9% | Nov 26, 2025 |
| Morgan Stanley | Meta Marshall | $82 | $58.77 | +17.7% | Nov 26, 2025 |
| Needham | Mike Cikos | $65 | $48.98 | -6.7% | Nov 26, 2025 |
| Piper Sandler | James Fish | $72 | $58.77 | +3.3% | Nov 26, 2025 |
| KeyBanc | Brandon Nispel | $65 | $58.77 | -6.7% | Nov 26, 2025 |
| Wells Fargo | Aaron Rakers | $57 | $58.77 | -18.2% | Nov 26, 2025 |
| Barclays | Tim Long | $64 | $58.77 | -8.2% | Nov 26, 2025 |
| Oppenheimer | Analyst unavailable | $90 | $65.91 | +29.2% | Nov 17, 2025 |
| Northland Securities | Analyst unavailable | $76 | $71.15 | +9.1% | Oct 9, 2025 |
| Wells Fargo | Aaron Rakers | $71 | $64.36 | +1.9% | Aug 28, 2025 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $94 | $68.05 | +34.9% | Feb 27, 2025 |
| Raymond James | Analyst unavailable | $83 | $68.05 | +19.1% | Feb 27, 2025 |
| Piper Sandler | James Fish | $83 | $67.27 | +19.1% | Nov 27, 2024 |
| Morgan Stanley | Meta Marshall | $72 | $64.12 | +3.3% | Oct 28, 2024 |
| Raymond James | Simon Leopold | $85 | $62.56 | +22.0% | Aug 29, 2024 |
| Morgan Stanley | Meta Marshall | $71 | $52.29 | +1.9% | Aug 29, 2024 |
| Barclays | George Wang | $75 | $52.29 | +7.6% | Aug 29, 2024 |
| Raymond James | Simon Leopold | $76 | $60.05 | +9.1% | May 30, 2024 |
| Piper Sandler | James Fish | $76 | $59.96 | +9.1% | May 30, 2024 |
| Northland Securities | Nehal Chokshi | $71 | $73.29 | +1.9% | May 30, 2024 |
| Needham | Mike Cikos | $80 | $73.29 | +14.8% | May 30, 2024 |
| RBC Capital | Matthew Hedberg | $80 | $73.29 | +14.8% | May 30, 2024 |
| KeyBanc | Thomas Blakey | $79 | $59.62 | +13.4% | May 30, 2024 |
| Barclays | George Wang | $81 | $71.45 | +16.2% | May 23, 2024 |
| Raymond James | Simon Leopold | $72 | $66.21 | +3.3% | May 8, 2024 |
| Morgan Stanley | Meta Marshall | $63 | $62.22 | -9.6% | Mar 27, 2024 |
| RBC Capital | Matthew Hedberg | $33 | $26.65 | -52.6% | Mar 7, 2023 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $30 | $32.76 | -56.9% | Dec 13, 2022 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $26 | $29.71 | -62.7% | Dec 1, 2022 |
| Wells Fargo | Analyst unavailable | $32 | $28.26 | -54.1% | Dec 1, 2022 |
| RBC Capital | Analyst unavailable | $31 | $28.66 | -55.5% | Nov 28, 2022 |
| RBC Capital | Matthew Hedberg | $24 | $22.44 | -65.6% | Sep 1, 2022 |
| Barclays | Tim Long | $22 | $18.14 | -68.4% | Aug 29, 2022 |
| Morgan Stanley | Meta Marshall | $18 | $15.8 | -74.2% | May 26, 2022 |
| Morgan Stanley | Meta Marshall | $31 | $26.01 | -55.5% | Apr 16, 2022 |
| JMP Securities | Erik Suppiger | $48 | $34.23 | -31.1% | Oct 27, 2021 |
| Oppenheimer | Ittai Kidron | $44 | $40.4 | -36.9% | Sep 2, 2021 |
| Piper Sandler | James Fish | $47 | $40.4 | -32.5% | Sep 2, 2021 |
| Bank of America Securities | Wamsi Mohan | $54 | $36.95 | -22.5% | Sep 1, 2021 |
| Goldman Sachs | Rod Hall | $39 | $39.6 | -44.0% | Jun 24, 2021 |
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Snapshot as of publicationOperating across North America, Europe, the Asia Pacific region, the Middle East, Latin America, and Africa, Nutanix, Inc. delivers an enterprise cloud platform. Its foundational Acropolis platform integrates virtualization, enterprise-grade storage, and comprehensive networking visualization and security capabilities. This includes the Acropolis Hypervisor, a robust virtualization solution. For cloud-native deployments, Nutanix Karbon automates the provisioning, operation, and lifecycle management of Kubernetes clusters, complemented by the Nutanix Clusters solution. Management tools include Prism Pro, Nutanix Beam for cloud governance, and Nutanix Calm, an application marketplace offering automation to streamline application lifecycle management and enable potent hybrid cloud orchestration.…
Historical context
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Latest beats and misses
Who reports nextBeat on EPS
- GISFY2027 Q1 · September 23, 2026+4.6% EPS+1.0% move
- AZOFY2026 Q4 · September 22, 2026+3.6% EPS+3.3% move
- FPSFY2026 Q4 · September 15, 2026+4.3% EPS+9.5% move
- TCOMFY2026 Q2 · September 15, 2026+22.3% EPS+3.0% move
- KRFY2026 Q2 · September 11, 2026+2.8% EPS+2.7% move
- ADBEFY2026 Q3 · September 10, 2026+0.8% EPS+1.4% move
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- Earnings call transcript and parsed analysis · 2026-05-28T00:24:48.793574+00:00
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- Financial Modeling Prep analyst price-target consensus and quote snapshot · 2026-09-24T09:00:54.893057+00:00
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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.
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