Financial Trends -- 7/10

An accelerating, margin-expanding, cash-generative growth leader. Revenue YoY has re-accelerated to +33.5% in FQ1 FY2027 after bottoming near 26%. GAAP operating margin has expanded ~2,000bps off its trough; Non-GAAP operating margin pushed to 12%. Free cash flow is positive every quarter and growing annually (~$1.1B FY2026). NRR has stabilized at 125-126%. What keeps this out of the top tier: the bottom line is still deeply GAAP-loss-making (negative EBITDA, -$1.33B FY net loss, SBC >30% of revenue) and the share count is gently diluting (~+3.8% YoY). No mandatory penalty modifiers trigger. Weight: 25%
FQ1'27 Revenue
$1.39B
src | +33.5% YoY | Accelerating
Non-GAAP Op Margin
12%
src | +300bps | Expanding
FCF (FY2026)
~$1.1B
src | +27% YoY latest Q | Growing
NRR
126%
src | Stabilized | Leading indicator
Quarterly Revenue Trajectory ($M)
Quarter FQ2'25 FQ3'25 FQ4'25 FQ1'26 FQ2'26 FQ3'26 FQ4'26 FQ1'27
Total Revenue $868.8M $942.1M $986.8M $1,042.1M $1,145.0M $1,212.9M $1,284.0M $1,391.0M
YoY +25.7% +31.8% +28.7% +30.1% +33.5%
Clear revenue re-acceleration: from a ~25.7% trough (FQ1'26) to +33.5% (FQ1'27). After a multi-year secular deceleration, quarterly YoY growth has inflected back up, driven by Cortex AI / data-engineering consumption and stabilizing NRR (124% to 126%). The re-acceleration is durable rather than a one-quarter artifact.

Margins ($ / %, quarterly)
Metric FQ2'25 FQ3'25 FQ4'25 FQ1'26 FQ2'26 FQ3'26 FQ4'26 FQ1'27
GAAP Gross Margin 67% 66% 66% 67% 68% 68% 67% 67%
GAAP Op Margin -41% -39% -39% -43% -30% -27% -25% -23%
Non-GAAP Op Margin 5% 6% 9% 9% 11% 11% 11% 12%
GAAP operating margin has expanded ~2,000bps off its -43% trough to -23%. Non-GAAP operating margin is up ~300bps (9% to 12%), gross margin stable/elevated at ~67% GAAP (~72% Non-GAAP). Clear margin expansion well above the +100bps threshold on operating margin -- though GAAP profitability remains deeply negative, the direction is unambiguously positive.

Annual Financial Summary (FY ends January 31)
Metric FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025 FY2026
Total Revenue ($M) $1,219.3M $2,065.7M $2,806.5M $3,626.4M $4,683.9M
Rev YoY +69.4% +35.9% +29.2% +29.2%
Product Revenue ($M) $1,140.5M $1,938.8M $2,666.8M $3,462.4M $4,472.3M
GAAP Gross Margin 62% 65% 68% 67% 67%
Non-GAAP Op Margin -3% 5% 8% 6% 10%
Non-GAAP FCF ($M) $81.2M $496.5M $778.9M $884.1M $1,120.3M
Non-GAAP Net Income ($M) $90.0M $351.7M $300.0M $466.0M
GAAP Net Loss ($M) ($838.0M) ($1,289.2M) ($1,329.0M)
Non-GAAP Dil. EPS $0.01 $0.25 $0.98 $0.83 $1.25
Key trends

Free Cash Flow ($M)
Metric FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025 FY2026
Non-GAAP FCF $81.2M $496.5M $778.9M $884.1M $1,120.3M
FCF Margin 7% 24% 28% 24% 24%
FCF YoY +511% +56.9% +13.5% +26.7%
FCF positive every year and growing. Non-GAAP FCF has compounded from $81M (FY2022) to $1,120M (FY2026) at a steady ~24% FCF margin, with the latest quarter +27% YoY. This is a real cash-generative model despite GAAP losses -- the strength that clears the "positive & growing FCF" quality gate.

Share Count & Dilution
Metric FQ3'25 FQ4'25 FQ1'26 FQ2'26 FQ3'26 FQ4'26 FQ1'27
GAAP Dil. Wtd Shares (M) 331.8 331.4 332.7 335.2 339.6 342.3 345.4

Blemishes -- Not Operational Deterioration
Blemish Detail Penalty
Deep GAAP Losses GAAP op margin -23%, GAAP net loss -$1.33B FY2026, negative EBITDA, SBC >30% of revenue -- profitability rests on the Non-GAAP/FCF framing None
Share Dilution GAAP diluted shares rising ~+3.8% YoY (SBC-driven), no buyback offset; below the 10% penalty threshold None
No mandatory penalty modifiers trigger. FCF is positive (clears the "cannot score above 6" gate), dilution is under 10%, operating income is rising with revenue, and there is no debt-led growth (net cash ~$4.4B). The GAAP losses and mild dilution are the reason the raw ~8 is shaded to 7, not a reason for a hard penalty.

Score Rationale

Score of 7/10 reflects an accelerating, margin-expanding, cash-generative growth leader with a still-unproven GAAP bottom line. Raw read ~8 (three of four "10" pillars met), shaded one notch for the GAAP-loss/dilution reliance. No penalty modifiers applied.

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Acknowledged blemishes (no penalty):


Data sourced from Daloopa (company_id: 10325). Fiscal year ends January 31; Daloopa labels periods on a calendar basis (calendar 2025FY = fiscal FY2026). All financials in USD.