Verint Announces Strong Start to FYE 2026

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Q1 ARR Growth Accelerates to 6% Year-over-Year, Reflecting Continued AI Momentum

Revenue and Non-GAAP Diluted EPS Ahead of Guidance Due to Timing of Two Unbundled SaaS Deals

MELVILLE, N.Y., June 04, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Verint® (Nasdaq: VRNT), The CX Automation Company™, today announced results for the three months ended April 30, 2025 (FYE 2026).

"I am pleased to start the year with a strong first quarter. In Q1, ARR growth accelerated to 6% year-over-year and both revenue and non-GAAP diluted EPS came in ahead of guidance. The combination of a strong first quarter and a growing pipeline for our AI-powered solutions gives us confidence that we are on track to achieve our annual targets and exit the year with 8% year-over-year ARR growth", said Dan Bodner CEO and Chairman.

Bodner continued, "Behind our strong AI momentum are two key differentiators. First, our ability to transform the latest AI technology into strong, tangible AI business outcomes, delivering customer value better than any other CX vendor. And second, our ability to deploy AI in a hybrid cloud model, layering our AI-powered bots on top of existing customer environments. With Verint, customers can benefit from AI value now, without delay, and can start small with quick AI deployments in real production environments, and once they prove the value for themselves, then they can quickly scale with the Verint platform."

First Quarter Highlights

Key operating and financial highlights are set forth below. The definitions of our operating metrics and non-GAAP financial measures, and a reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures to comparable GAAP measures are included at the end of this press release.

(in millions, except as noted)

Q1 FYE 2026

Subscription ARR

$710

Year-over-Year

6.3%

AI ARR

$354

Year-over-Year

24.1%

Revenue

$208

Net Loss Per Share / Diluted EPS (GAAP / non-GAAP)

$(0.04) / $0.29

Grant Highlander, Chief Financial Officer added, "In Q1, AI ARR which includes AI-powered software increased 24% year-over-year. We are pleased with our AI ARR growth acceleration and AI now represents close to 50% of our total ARR. For the year, we expect AI ARR to continue to grow more than 20%, an acceleration from last year. Our planned 8% ARR growth for the year combined with cash contribution margin expansion is expected to drive a 12% increase in free cash flow for the full year. The largest use of our free cash flow continues to be stock buybacks and during Q1 we completed the purchase of approximately 2.5 million common shares."

FYE 2026 Outlook

Below is our guidance for the year ending January 31, 2026.