Tyler Technologies, Inc. · TYL · FY2026 Q1 · Calendar Q2 2026

Tyler Technologies Beats on Q1, Raises Guidance on FTR Acquisition and Cloud Momentum

Tyler Technologies delivered a record Q1 FY2026, beating consensus on both EPS ($3.09 vs $3.00 estimated) and revenue ($613.5M vs $608.7M estimated). Management raised full-year 2026 guidance, primarily reflecting the completed For The Record acquisition and stronger transaction-based revenue. Free cash flow more than doubled year-over-year, driven by working-capital improvements rather than one-off items. Cloud migration continues to progress, with public safety customers now approximately 100% cloud-based. Despite the beat-and-raise, the market reacted negatively with a -5.2% abnormal move and -8.2% subsequent drift. Analyst concerns about the organic vs. inorganic contribution to the guidance raise and management's characterization of a slower near-term AI revenue ramp offer a plausible read on the disconnect between fundamentals and price action. The stock trades at $323.31, well…

Reported After market closeNYSETechnology $13.63B market cap
100quality score

Company context

Snapshot as of publication

Tyler Technologies, Inc. specializes in delivering comprehensive information management solutions and services tailored for the public sector. Its operations are organized into three primary divisions: Enterprise Software, Appraisal and Tax, and NIC. The company's extensive product portfolio encompasses financial management tools, such as modular fund accounting systems designed for government bodies and non-profit organizations, as well as utility billing platforms for managing both metered and unmetered services. Additionally, Tyler offers solutions that automate a wide array of municipal and county operations, ranging from municipal court and parking ticket administration to animal and business licensing, permits and inspections, code enforcement, citizen complaint resolution, ambulance billing, fleet maintenance, and cemetery records management. Educational institutions, particularly K-12 schools, benefit from their specialized student information and transportation management systems.…

Earnings scorecard

Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS $3.09 Consensus $3
EPS surprise +3.0% Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue $613.5M Consensus $608.7M
Revenue surprise +0.8% Reported versus consensus

Earnings History

Estimate Beat Miss Match
TYL REVENUE earnings history estimate and actual scatter chart 9 reported fiscal quarters and 3 future estimate-only quarters. Q1 '24 estimate $508M Q1 '24 actual $512M, beat Q2 '24 estimate $541M Q2 '24 actual $541M, match Q3 '24 estimate $540M Q3 '24 actual $543M, beat Q2 '25 estimate $588M Q2 '25 actual $596M, beat Q3 '25 estimate $594M Q3 '25 actual $596M, beat Q4 '25 estimate $591M Q4 '25 actual $575M, miss Q1 '26 estimate $609M Q1 '26 actual $614M, beat Q2 '26 estimate $648M Q2 '26 actual $645M, miss Q3 '26 estimate $652M Q4 '26 estimate $644M Q1 '27 estimate $673M
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Analyst Consensus ?

ConsensusBuy35 ratings
Bullish2571.4%
Neutral1028.6%
Bearish00.0%

1 unmapped firm rating excluded from the percentages.

Analyst 52W Price Targets

$314.04Current
$340Low
$473.32Average
$700High

Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted current price from FN2's market snapshot as of Jul 31, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.

Firm-level rating actions

FMP grade actions identify the grading firm, not a named analyst.

FirmRatingPrior ratingActionDate
TD Cowen Buy BuyMaintainJul 27, 2026
JP Morgan Overweight OverweightMaintainJun 23, 2026
DA Davidson Buy BuyMaintainJun 10, 2026
BTIG Buy BuyMaintainJun 10, 2026
Barclays Overweight OverweightMaintainJun 10, 2026
Evercore ISI Group In Line In LineMaintainMay 1, 2026
Cantor Fitzgerald Neutral NeutralMaintainMay 1, 2026
Citizens Market Outperform Market OutperformMaintainApr 28, 2026
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Named analyst price targets

Upside is calculated against the persisted current price $314.04. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.

FirmAnalyst52W targetPrice when postedUpsideDate
GuggenheimAnalyst unavailable$440$284.32 +40.1%Jul 22, 2026
Stifel NicolausParker Lane$400$308.92 +27.4%Jun 10, 2026
Cantor FitzgeraldMatthew VanVliet$340$308.92 +8.3%Jun 10, 2026
BarclaysSaket Kalia$425$308.92 +35.3%Jun 10, 2026
Truist FinancialTerry Tillman$440$339.11 +40.1%May 1, 2026
Robert W. BairdAnalyst unavailable$455$339.56 +44.9%May 1, 2026
Cantor FitzgeraldMatthew VanVliet$360$338.32 +14.6%May 1, 2026
BarclaysAnalyst unavailable$420$341.14 +33.7%May 1, 2026
BTIGAnalyst unavailable$420$316.65 +33.7%Apr 10, 2026
Goldman SachsAnalyst unavailable$420$303.71 +33.7%Feb 13, 2026
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Market reaction

event-close to next-session close
Stock move -4.2% Event window
SPY move +1.0% Same window
Abnormal move -5.2% Stock minus SPY
Volume 2.0× Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift -8.2% Up to 20 sessions
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Transcript intelligence

What changed

Versus the prior quarter (Q4 2025), the most notable changes are: (1) guidance sentiment moved from maintained to raised, largely driven by the For The Record acquisition closing and stronger transaction revenue; (2) the For The Record acquisition was completed, adding approximately $30M in revenue and expanding the judicial market addressable size to potentially $1-1.5B; (3) free cash flow more than doubled year-over-year, compared to the prior quarter's record 41% FCF margin; (4) management offered more specific AI plans, with 40-50 AI-driven use cases slated for rollout over coming quarters; (5) capex outlook shifted to decreasing from not mentioned in the prior quarter; and (6) the bullish score increased from 78 to 82.

Guidance delta

Management raised 2026 full-year guidance versus the prior quarter's maintained stance. The raise was attributed primarily to the contribution from the For The Record acquisition (~$30M in incremental revenue) and stronger-than-expected transaction-based revenue. Prior-quarter guidance had projected revenue of $2.5-2.55B, SaaS growth of 20.5-22.5%, and transaction revenue growth of 5-7%. The raised guidance incorporates the inorganic FTR contribution alongside continued organic momentum in cloud migration and transaction services.

Key takeaways

  • Record Q1 revenue with EPS of $3.09 (beat by 3.0%) and revenue of $613.5M (beat by 0.8%).
  • Guidance raised for 2026, driven by the For The Record acquisition and stronger transaction-based business.
  • Free cash flow more than doubled year-over-year, driven by working-capital improvements rather than one-off items.
  • Cloud migration progressing; public safety customers now approximately 100% cloud-based.
  • For The Record acquisition completed (third-largest in company history), adding ~$30M revenue and expanding the judicial market to a potential $1-1.5B addressable size.
  • Management expects 40-50 AI-driven use cases to roll out over coming quarters, but characterized the near-term AI revenue ramp as slower.

Management priorities

  • Roll out 40-50 AI-driven use cases across product lines over coming quarters.
  • Host June Investor Day with deeper detail on cloud version consolidation strategy.
  • Continue cloud-first strategy targeting >80% of customers on cloud by 2030.
  • Maintain share-repurchase program with $650M remaining authorization.
  • Expand state and federal sales footprint with dedicated teams.

Related earnings events

Technology

Sources

  1. Earnings call transcript and parsed analysis · 2026-05-11T10:29:34.698584+00:00
  2. FN2 earnings calendar · 2026-07-26T00:37:12.209961+00:00
  3. Polygon adjusted daily market bars · 2026-07-31T13:01:42.132276+00:00
  4. Financial Modeling Prep analyst price-target consensus and quote snapshot · 2026-07-31T13:01:42.129241+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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