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Thursday, November 3, 2016

=FireEye (FEYE) reported earnings on Thur 3 Nov 2016 (a/h)







FireEye beats by $0.13, beats on revs; guides Q4 EPS above consensus, revs below consensus :
  • Reports Q3 (Sep) loss of $0.18 per share, excluding non-recurring items, $0.13 better thanthe Capital IQ Consensus of ($0.31); revenues rose 12.6% year/year to $186.4 mln vs the $182.7 mln Capital IQ Consensus.
  • Co issues mixed guidance for Q4, sees EPS of $(0.18)-(0.16), excluding non-recurring items, vs. ($0.20) Capital IQ Consensus Estimate; sees Q4 revs of $187-193 mln vs. $195.6 mln Capital IQ Consensus Estimate.
    • Billings guidance for Q4 is $230-250 mln.
  • Billings in Q3 rose 2% YoY to $215.4 mln, slightly above the higher end of prior guidance of $200-215 mln.
  • "We experienced strong demand for our cloud-based email security and threat intelligence solutions, as well as continued growth in renewal subscriptions. Of the 47 customers who spent more than one million dollars on FireEye solutions in the third quarter, 41 invested in multiple products...Perhaps most importantly, we achieved these results in spite of the distractions of our restructuring and changes to sales leadership."
  • "Today we announced the introduction of Cloud MVX and MVX Smart Grid, expanding the form factors and deployment architectures of our security platform to deliver security from the cloud. I believe we are in the early phases of the richest new innovation cycle in our history, and these are the first of many planned releases that will help customers elevate their security profile at a lower total cost of ownership."

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