Zoom shares jump on better-than-expected fourth-quarter results

Zoom shares climbed astir 7% successful extended trading connected Monday aft the video chat institution reported fiscal fourth-quarter results that exceeded analysts' estimates and offered optimistic net guidance for the year.

Here's however the institution did:

• Earnings: $1.22 per share, adjusted, vs. 81 cents arsenic expected by analysts, according to Refinitiv.
• Revenue: $1.12 billion, vs. $1.10 cardinal arsenic expected by analysts, according to Refinitiv.

Zoom's gross accrued 4% twelvemonth implicit twelvemonth successful the quarter, which ended connected Jan. 31, according to a statement. That's a melodramatic slowdown from the quadrupling of gross that Zoom enjoyed successful 2020 and 2021, erstwhile consumers and businesses flocked to the video work during the Covid pandemic.

The institution had its archetypal nett nonaccomplishment since 2018 successful the quarter, losing $104 cardinal compared with nett income of astir $491 cardinal successful the year-ago period.

Growth volition proceed to dilatory this year. Zoom sees betwixt $4.435 cardinal to $4.455 cardinal successful revenue, implying 1.1% growth, portion analysts were expecting income of $4.6 billion. The institution said adjusted net per stock volition beryllium betwixt $4.11 and $4.18, topping the $3.66 mean estimate.

For the fiscal archetypal quarter, adjusted net volition beryllium 96 cents to 98 cents per stock connected gross of $1.080 cardinal to $1.085 billion. Analysts surveyed by Refinitiv had expected 84 cents successful adjusted net per stock and $1.11 cardinal successful revenue.

Excluding the after-hours move, Zoom's banal is up 8% for the year, portion the S&P 500 has gained 3% implicit the aforesaid period.

During the fiscal 4th quarter, Zoom said it would present email and calendar services, on with a virtual cause chatbot for handling lawsuit work inquiries.

Executives volition sermon the results with analysts connected a league telephone starting astatine 5 p.m. ET.

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