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Splunk Shares Tumble after Q1 Results (SPLK)

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Shares of Splunk Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLK), a provider of software platform, plunged on Friday after the company reported that its first-quarter loss widened sharply as it recorded a substantial cost from changing the fair value of warrants.

SPLK reported first-quarter revenue of $37.2 million, representing an increase of 80% over the same period in the previous year. However, the significant cost from changing the fair value of warrants wiped away the huge rise in revenue.


SPLK reported a loss of $20.5 million, or $0.71 per share, compared with a loss of $2.2 million, or $0.12 per share. Excluding one-time items, the company’s loss for the quarter was $0.04 per share.

Analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters were expecting the company to report a loss of $0.06 per share and revenue of $34 million.

Operating expenses for the quarter rose 92%. Input costs, meanwhile, more than doubled.

For the full year, Splunk expects revenue to come in between $174 million and $177 million. This compares with Street estimates of $172 million. Revenue for the second quarter is expected to come in between $38 million and $40 million, compared with Street estimates of $38 million.

Godfrey Sullivan, CEO of Splunk, said that even in tight times, SPLK can compete effectively for budget dollars.

Splunk shares fell 16.34% to finish at $27.24 on Friday. Since its IPO in April, SPLK has fallen 24.75%.

 








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Ed Liston is a senior contributing editor at TheStockMarketWatch.com. An active market watcher and investor, Ed guides an independent team of experienced analysts and writes for multiple stock trader publications. He is widely quoted in various financial publications on the Internet. When Ed is not writing about stocks, investing in stocks, talking about stocks, or otherwise doing something stock related, he likes to go sailing and fishing in his yacht.


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Ed Liston is a senior contributing editor at TheStockMarketWatch.com. An active market watcher and investor, Ed guides an independent team of experienced analysts and writes for multiple stock trader publications. He is widely quoted in various financial publications on the Internet. When Ed is not writing about stocks, investing in stocks, talking about stocks, or otherwise doing something stock related, he likes to go sailing and fishing.

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