MobileIron Inc is set to report third-quarter 2017 results on Oct 31.
Notably, the company has beaten the Zacks Consensus Estimate in three of the trailing four quarters, with an average positive surprise of 22.08%. Last quarter, the company reported a loss of eight cents per share, in line with the Zacks Consensus Estimate.
Top-line Guidance Lowered, New CEO
MobileIron now projects revenues in the range of $42-$43 million, up 1-4% year over year. This is lower than previous projection of $44-$46 million, representing growth of 6-11%.
However, non-GAAP gross margin is now expected between 84% and 85%, better than the previous projection of 82-84%. Operating expenses are anticipated between $42.5 million and $43 million, up from the previous guidance of $41-$43 million.
MobileIron expects gross billings in the range of $49.5-$50.5 million, up 5-7% year over year. The range is narrower than the previous guidance of $48-$52 million, which reflected 2-10% growth.
Moreover, MobileIron announced leadership change. The company appointed Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Simon Biddiscombe as President & Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in place of Barry Mainz, effective Oct 17.
Since then, the stock has declined 5.7%. On a year-to-date basis, MobileIron has lost 7.9% of its value versus 16.5% rally of the industry.
Strong Product Portfolio: Key Catalyst
MobileIron’s strong product portfolio is helping it to rapidly penetrate the Enterprise Mobile Management (EMM), Cloud Security, Desktop Security and the Internet of Things (IoT) market.
The company’s products — MobileIron Access and MobileIron Cloud — enjoy steady demand from federal governments around the world. In the last quarter, the company’s solutions replaced legacy Blackberry products in a large U.S. government agency.
MobileIron also won contracts from the Slovenian railways and the Public Health Agency of Sweden. Moreover, wireless carriers like Verizon Communications Inc (VZ - Free Report) and T-Mobile have selected the company’s solutions.
We note that the company’s MobileAccess platform has been integrated into Concur, Tableau, Workday, Facebook , Microsoft’s Office 365, Octa, One Login, Paint and DropBox. These integrations are helping it to win customers more frequently, which is a key top-line growth driver.
In its latest report “MarketScape for Enterprise Mobility Management Software”, research firm IDC named MobileIron as the “Leader”, which reflects the company’s dominant position in this market segment.
Moreover, partnership with Lenovo during the first quarter is also aiding MobileIron to expand its footprint in the desktop security market.
Unfavorable Rank
We believe that Mobileiron is unlikely to deliver a positive earnings surprise in the third-quarter due to an unfavorable combination of Zacks Rank #4 (Sell) and Earnings ESP of 0.00%. You can uncover the best stocks to buy or sell before they’re reported with our Earnings ESP Filter.
We don’t recommend Sell-rated stocks (Zacks Rank #4 or 5) going into the earnings announcement, especially when the company is seeing negative estimate revisions.
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MobileIron Inc is set to report third-quarter 2017 results on Oct 31.
Notably, the company has beaten the Zacks Consensus Estimate in three of the trailing four quarters, with an average positive surprise of 22.08%. Last quarter, the company reported a loss of eight cents per share, in line with the Zacks Consensus Estimate.
Top-line Guidance Lowered, New CEO
MobileIron now projects revenues in the range of $42-$43 million, up 1-4% year over year. This is lower than previous projection of $44-$46 million, representing growth of 6-11%.
However, non-GAAP gross margin is now expected between 84% and 85%, better than the previous projection of 82-84%. Operating expenses are anticipated between $42.5 million and $43 million, up from the previous guidance of $41-$43 million.
MobileIron expects gross billings in the range of $49.5-$50.5 million, up 5-7% year over year. The range is narrower than the previous guidance of $48-$52 million, which reflected 2-10% growth.
Moreover, MobileIron announced leadership change. The company appointed Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Simon Biddiscombe as President & Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in place of Barry Mainz, effective Oct 17.
Since then, the stock has declined 5.7%. On a year-to-date basis, MobileIron has lost 7.9% of its value versus 16.5% rally of the industry.
Strong Product Portfolio: Key Catalyst
MobileIron’s strong product portfolio is helping it to rapidly penetrate the Enterprise Mobile Management (EMM), Cloud Security, Desktop Security and the Internet of Things (IoT) market.
The company’s products — MobileIron Access and MobileIron Cloud — enjoy steady demand from federal governments around the world. In the last quarter, the company’s solutions replaced legacy Blackberry products in a large U.S. government agency.
MobileIron also won contracts from the Slovenian railways and the Public Health Agency of Sweden. Moreover, wireless carriers like Verizon Communications Inc (VZ - Free Report) and T-Mobile have selected the company’s solutions.
We note that the company’s MobileAccess platform has been integrated into Concur, Tableau, Workday, Facebook , Microsoft’s Office 365, Octa, One Login, Paint and DropBox. These integrations are helping it to win customers more frequently, which is a key top-line growth driver.
In its latest report “MarketScape for Enterprise Mobility Management Software”, research firm IDC named MobileIron as the “Leader”, which reflects the company’s dominant position in this market segment.
Moreover, partnership with Lenovo during the first quarter is also aiding MobileIron to expand its footprint in the desktop security market.
Unfavorable Rank
We believe that Mobileiron is unlikely to deliver a positive earnings surprise in the third-quarter due to an unfavorable combination of Zacks Rank #4 (Sell) and Earnings ESP of 0.00%. You can uncover the best stocks to buy or sell before they’re reported with our Earnings ESP Filter.
We don’t recommend Sell-rated stocks (Zacks Rank #4 or 5) going into the earnings announcement, especially when the company is seeing negative estimate revisions.
Stock to Consider
Here is a stock you may consider as our proven model shows it has the right combination of elements to post an earnings beat this quarter.
HubSpot Inc (HUBS - Free Report) has an Earnings ESP of +24.08% and carries a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy). You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.
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Zacks has just released a Special Report on the booming investment opportunities of legal marijuana.
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From thousands of stocks, 5 Zacks experts each have chosen their favorite to skyrocket +100% or more in months to come. From those 5, Director of Research Sheraz Mian hand-picks one to have the most explosive upside of all.
It’s a little-known chemical company that’s up 65% over last year, yet still dirt cheap. With unrelenting demand, soaring 2022 earnings estimates, and $1.5 billion for repurchasing shares, retail investors could jump in at any time.
This company could rival or surpass other recent Zacks’ Stocks Set to Double like Boston Beer Company which shot up +143.0% in little more than 9 months and NVIDIA which boomed +175.9% in one year.
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