Zscaler Inc. stock fell in the extended session Thursday even as the cybersecurity company beat on earnings and offered an outlook that was just above the Wall Street consensus.
Zscaler
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shares dropped as much as 12% after hours, following an 8.3% gain in the regular session to close at $144.50.
The company reported a fiscal first-quarter loss of $68.2 million, or 48 cents a share, compared with a loss of $90.8 million, or 65 cents a share, in the year-ago period. Adjusted net income, which excludes stock-based compensation and other items, was 29 cents a share, compared with 14 cents a share in the year-ago period.
Revenue rose to $355.5 million from $230.5 million in the year-ago quarter, the company said. Calculated billings, or revenue plus deferred revenue acquired over the quarter, rose to 37% to $340.1 million from the year-ago period.
Analysts surveyed by FactSet had forecast earnings of 26 cents a share on revenue of $340.7 million and billings of $333.1 million.
Last quarter, Zscaler exceeded Wall Street expectations across the board, and the stock logged its best one-day performance since the company went public in 2018.
Zscaler said it expects adjusted earnings of 29 cents to 30 cents a share on revenue of $364 million to $366 million for the fiscal second quarter. Analysts estimate 26 cents a share on revenue of $325.1 million and billings of $355.3 million for the quarter.
The company also forecast adjusted earnings of $1.23 to $1.25 a share on revenue of about $1.53 billion for the year and billings of $1.93 billion to $1.94 billion.
Analysts had forecast earnings of $1.18 a share on revenue of $1.5 billion and billings of $1.93 billion for the year.
As of Thursday’s close, the stock is down 55% year to date, compared with a 15% loss by the S&P 500 index
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a 27% decline on the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index
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and a 23% decline on the ETFMG Prime Cyber Security ETF
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