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New Relic leads growth charge among next-gen enterprise vendors

New Relic, an application monitoring and analytics player, reported results along with Cornerstone OnDemand and HubSpot.
Written by Larry Dignan, Contributor

A trio of next-gen enterprise companies---New Relic, Cornerstone OnDemand and HubSpot-- reported strong quarterly growth with operating losses as they grow the business.

New Relic reported a fiscal first quarter net loss of $15.1 million, or 32 cents a share, on revenue of $38.1 million, up 69 percent from a year ago. Non-GAAP net loss for the first quarter was 21 cents a share.

Wall Street was expecting New Relic to report a loss of 24 cents a share on revenue of $35.5 million.

The application monitoring and analytics outfit also raised its outlook.

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New Relic, which said it was winning deals from larger companies as well as its traditional base of smaller ones, projected third quarter revenue between $40.2 million and $41.2 million and a non-GAAP loss of 22 cents a share to 24 cents a share.

Wall Street was looking for second quarter revenue of $37.9 million and a non-GAAP loss of 24 cents a share.

For the fiscal year, New Relic said it expects revenue between $168 million and $171 million with a non-GAAP loss between 91 cents a share to 97 cents a share. Should New Relic hit its fiscal year revenue targets growth will be between 52 percent and 55 percent.

Cornerstone, which provides talent management cloud software, reported a second quarter net loss of $23.3 million, or 43 cents a share, on revenue of $82.6 million, up 34 percent from a year ago. The non-GAAP loss for the quarter was 16 cents a share.

Wall Street was looking for a second quarter non-GAAP loss of 10 cents a share on revenue of $80.2 million.

Bookings in the quarter were $91.3 million, up 30 percent from a year ago. CEO Adam Miller said the company saw good demand globally.

HubSpot, which makes inbound marketing and sales software, reported a second quarter net loss of $11.4 million, or 34 cents a share, on revenue of $42.9 million, up 58 percent from a year ago. The non-GAAP loss for the quarter was 17 cents a share.

Wall Street was looking for a non-GAAP loss of 21 cents a share on revenue of $40 million.

As for the outlook, HubSpot projected third quarter revenue between $44 million and $45 million with a non-GAAP loss between 32 cents a share and 34 cents a share.

Analysts expected HubSpot to report a third quarter non-GAAP loss of 35 cents a share on revenue of $42.4 million.

For 2015, HubSpot projected revenue of $171.7 million to $173.7 million with a non-GAAP loss of 92 cents a share to 88 cents a share.

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