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Earnings results often give us a good indication of what direction a company will take in the months ahead. With Q3 now behind us, let’s have a look at JFrog (NASDAQ:FROG) and its peers.
As legendary VC investor Marc Andreessen says, "Software is eating the world", and it touches virtually every industry. That drives increasing demand for tools helping software developers do their jobs, whether it be monitoring critical cloud infrastructure, integrating audio and video functionality, or ensuring smooth content streaming.
The 11 software development stocks we track reported a mixed Q3; on average, revenues beat analyst consensus estimates by 2.5% while next quarter's revenue guidance was 0.6% above consensus. Investors abandoned cash-burning companies to buy stocks with higher margins of safety, but software development stocks held their ground better than others, with the share prices up 25.2% on average since the previous earnings results.
JFrog (NASDAQ:FROG)
Named after the founders' affinity for frogs, JFrog (NASDAQ:FROG) provides a software-as-a-service platform that makes developing and releasing software easier and faster, especially for large teams.
JFrog reported revenues of $88.64 million, up 23.1% year on year, topping analyst expectations by 1.2%. It was a decent quarter for the company, with accelerating growth in large customers but its net revenue retention rate in jeopardy.
The stock is up 52% since the results and currently trades at $34.24.
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Best Q3: GitLab (NASDAQ:GTLB)
Founded as an open-source project in 2011, GitLab (NASDAQ:GTLB) is a leading software development tools platform.
GitLab reported revenues of $149.7 million, up 32.5% year on year, outperforming analyst expectations by 6.1%. It was an impressive quarter for the company, with optimistic revenue guidance for the next quarter and a solid beat of analysts' revenue estimates.
GitLab scored the biggest analyst estimates beat, fastest revenue growth, and highest full-year guidance raise among its peers. The stock is up 17.2% since the results and currently trades at $62.
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Slowest Q3: F5 Networks (NASDAQ:FFIV)
Initially started as a hardware appliances company in the late 1990s, F5 Networks (NASDAQ:FFIV) makes software that helps large enterprises ensure their web applications are always available by distributing network traffic and protecting them from cyberattacks.