MongoDB shares ripped 25% higher on Tuesday after the company blew past Wall Street’s third-quarter expectations and lifted its forecast as its cloud database platform gained traction with customers.
The database software provider posted adjusted earnings of $1.32 per share on $628 million in revenue. That topped the 80 cents adjusted per share and $592 million in revenue expected by analysts polled by LSEG. Revenues grew 19% from last year.
MongoDB said its Atlas platform grew 30% from a year ago and accounted for 75% of total revenues for the quarter. The company said it ended the period with more than 60,800 Atlas customers, with revenues expected to grow 27% for the platform in the current period.
“Q3 was an exceptional quarter that was driven by our continued go-to-market execution and the broad-based demand we are seeing across business,” said CEO Chirantan “CJ” Desai in his first earnings call at the helm of the company.
Dev Ittycheria, who ran the company for 11 years and took it public, stepped down in November.
Desai believes the company is approaching a “once in a lifetime” opportunity as artificial intelligence, cloud and data trends reach a “true inflection point.” He told investors he plans to focus on building customer relationships and innovation in the coming months.
Citing those tailwinds, MongoDB boosted its guidance for the full year on Atlas growth and tailwinds from ongoing artificial intelligence demand. The company now anticipates revenues between $2.434 billion and $2.439 billion, up from prior guidance of $2.34 billion and $2.36 billion.
Analysts at Bernstein lifted their price target on shares to $452, expecting the stock to continue benefiting from accelerating growth as other software companies struggle.
“We expect strong consumption demand, potential upside from AI, and benefits from an easing interest rate environment to continue driving re-rating upside in the near term,” they wrote.
Shares have popped more than 40% this year.
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