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Expect A Beat From Top To Bottom From Zendesk's Q4 Earnings
Monday, January 30, 2017 - 8:38am | 307Read More...William Blair’s Bhavan Suri mentioned that industry conversations suggest Zendesk Inc (NYSE: ZEN) will beat the top and bottom line expectations when it reports its Q4 results after the close on February 8. Suri maintained an Outperform rating on the company. Growth Expectations...
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Twilio Expected To Deliver A Top- And Bottom-Line Beat In Its Q4 Report
Monday, January 23, 2017 - 11:29am | 294Read More...Twilio Inc (NYSE: TWLO) is scheduled to report its Q4 2016 results on February 7. The company would likely announce a top-line beat, “driven by strong base revenue growth,” William Blair’s Bhavan Suri said in a report. He maintains an Outperform rating on the company. Top-Line...
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Splunk Has A 'Clear Path' To $2 Billion In Sales
Tuesday, January 17, 2017 - 12:50pm | 270Read More...After attending the recent Splunk Inc (NASDAQ: SPLK) Investor Day event, William Blair analyst Bhavan Suri isn’t concerned about the company’s light fiscal 2018 revenue growth guidance. According to Suri, Splunk’s initial guidance suggests 26 percent revenue growth in 2018,...
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Expect A Conservative FY18 Outlook From Splunk
Monday, January 9, 2017 - 11:59am | 332Read More...Splunk Inc (NASDAQ: SPLK) is scheduled to host its analyst day Thursday. The company is likely to announce a conservative sales outlook for fiscal year 2018, and even modest margin expansion would be impressive “given the ratable mix shift and strong underlying momentum of the overall...
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How An Extended Relationship With Amazon Affects The Bull/Bear Case For Twilio
Wednesday, December 28, 2016 - 9:19am | 321Read More...William Blair’s Bhavan Suri expressed a bullish stance on Twilio Inc (NYSE: TWLO), given that the stock has declined 50 percent from its September peak and that there is upside potential to the current consensus forecasts. Suri maintained an Outperform rating on the company. The Bull...
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How Zendesk Can Meet Its $1 Billion Top-Line Target By 2020
Friday, December 9, 2016 - 12:02pm | 334Read More...William Blair’s Bhavan Suri believes Zendesk Inc (NYSE: ZEN) “is well positioned to reach its $1 billion revenue run-rate target by 2020 while also providing incremental operating margin and free cash flow improvements.” Suri maintains an Outperform rating on the company. Growth...
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What To Make Of Zendesk Sales Exec Resigning
Tuesday, December 6, 2016 - 1:12pm | 312Read More...William Blair said it is little surprised by Zendesk Inc (NYSE: ZEN)’s recent sales executive changes, as it thought the re-organization was already complete. Now, the brokerage predicts more changes to come as Brian Cox, chief revenue officer, continues to weed out underperforming sales...
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Analyst Concerned Over Salesforce's Recent Interest In Making Big Acquisitions That Don't Have Logical Fit
Friday, September 23, 2016 - 12:32pm | 200Read More...Shares of Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) soared higher by nearly 20 percent Friday following a report the company may be one step closer to selling itself than previously thought. One of the companies named in the CNBC report, salesforce.com, inc. (NYSE: CRM), saw its stock trade lower by nearly 5...
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Traders Talking Bazaarvoice Takeout; Potential Suitors Decline To Comment
Friday, September 16, 2016 - 2:34pm | 458Read More...Shares of Bazaarvoice Inc (NASDAQ: BV), a relatively unknown small-cap company that connects hundreds of millions of shoppers around the world, saw unusual strength on Friday. Bazaarvoice's Software as a Service (SaaS) solution enables companies to leverage the voice of its customers by...
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William Blair Tells Investors What They Need To Know About Teradata Corp
Thursday, September 15, 2016 - 10:13am | 298Read More...Teradata Corporation (NYSE: TDC) is on the "right track," said William Blair to clients after the company's customer conference reinforced its view that the company possess differentiated technology. The brokerage said customers signaled healthy interest in Teradata's new solutions, especially...
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Weakness In Alarm.com Shares Partly Due To Apple HomeKit News
Friday, September 9, 2016 - 10:07am | 243Read More...Shares of AlarmCom Hldg Inc (NASDAQ: ALRM) have been under pressure partly on account of Apple Inc’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) HomeKit announcement, William Blair’s Bhavan Suri said. Apple’s update on HomeKit included the inclusion of a new HomeKit app in the iOS 10 update. Since HomeKit...
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William Blair: Twilio Off To A Great Start As Public Company
Tuesday, August 9, 2016 - 12:09pm | 269Read More...William Blair has maintained its Outperform rating on Twilio Inc (NYSE: TWLO) following the company's strong second quarter results and upbeat guidance. Twilio's revenue rose 70 percent to $64.5 million, $6.3 million above consensus expectations, and non-GAAP loss per share was $0.08,...
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William Blair Reviews Tableau Software's 'Respectable' Q2
Wednesday, August 3, 2016 - 10:39am | 419Read More...Tableau Software Inc (NYSE: DATA) reported its 2Q results, with the top line beating the consensus forecasts, but the operating income and EPS coming in below expectations. William Blair’s Bhavan Suri maintains an Outperform rating on the company. ‘Respectable’ Results Tableau...
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William Blair Doesn't See A Higher Competing Bid Interrupting Verizon-FleetMatics Deal
Monday, August 1, 2016 - 2:18pm | 335Read More...On Monday morning, Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) agreed to purchase FleetMatics Group PLC (NYSE: FLTX) at $2.4 billion, or $60.00 a share, in cash following Verizon's Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) take-out last Monday for $4.83 billion. The FleetMatics deal is expected to close in the fourth...
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Citrix Systems To Report A Q2 Beat, Says William Blair
Wednesday, July 20, 2016 - 8:25am | 365Read More...William Blair’s Bhavan Suri expects Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CTXS) to deliver revenue and EPS ahead of the consensus and estimates, when the company reports its quarterly results on July 26. Suri maintains a Market Perform rating on the company. Robust Demand “Our conversations...













