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For more than 30 years, Cabling Installation & Maintenance has provided useful, practical information to professionals responsible for the specification, design, installation and management of structured cabling systems serving enterprise, data center and other environments. These professionals are challenged to stay informed of constantly evolving standards, system-design and installation approaches, product and system capabilities, technologies, as well as applications that rely on high-performance structured cabling systems. Our editors synthesize these complex issues into multiple information products. This portfolio of information products provides concrete detail that improves the efficiency of day-to-day operations, and equips cabling professionals with the perspective that enables strategic planning for networks’ optimum long-term performance.

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Q3 Earnings Outperformers: Box (NYSE:BOX) And The Rest Of The Productivity Software Stocks

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The end of an earnings season can be a great time to discover new stocks and assess how companies are handling the current business environment. Let’s take a look at how Box (NYSE: BOX) and the rest of the productivity software stocks fared in Q3.

Rising employee costs and the shift to more remote work has increased the ever-present pressure to improve corporate productivity, which in turn has driven rising demand for productivity software that enables remote work, streamline project management and automate business tasks.

The 17 productivity software stocks we track reported a satisfactory Q3. As a group, revenues beat analysts’ consensus estimates by 1.4% while next quarter’s revenue guidance was in line.

Thankfully, share prices of the companies have been resilient as they are up 7.7% on average since the latest earnings results.

Box (NYSE: BOX)

Founded in 2005 by Aaron Levie and Dylan Smith, Box (NYSE: BOX) provides organizations with software to securely store, share and collaborate around work documents in the cloud.

Box reported revenues of $275.9 million, up 5.5% year on year. This print was in line with analysts’ expectations, but overall, it was a mixed quarter for the company with full-year EPS guidance beating analysts’ expectations but a slight miss of analysts’ billings estimates.

“We delivered strong Q3 financial results and unveiled the most transformational product line-up in Box history,” said Aaron Levie, co-founder and CEO of Box.

Box Total Revenue

Unsurprisingly, the stock is down 6.3% since reporting and currently trades at $32.20.

Is now the time to buy Box? Access our full analysis of the earnings results here, it’s free.

Best Q3: Five9 (NASDAQ: FIVN)

Started in 2001, Five9 (NASDAQ: FIVN) offers software-as-a-service that makes it easier for companies to set up and efficiently run call centers to offer more tailored customer support.

Five9 reported revenues of $264.2 million, up 14.8% year on year, outperforming analysts’ expectations by 3.6%. The business had a very strong quarter with a solid beat of analysts’ EBITDA estimates and full-year EPS guidance exceeding analysts’ expectations.

Five9 Total Revenue

Five9 scored the biggest analyst estimates beat and highest full-year guidance raise among its peers. The market seems happy with the results as the stock is up 28.6% since reporting. It currently trades at $42.23.

Is now the time to buy Five9? Access our full analysis of the earnings results here, it’s free.

Slowest Q3: Pegasystems (NASDAQ: PEGA)

Founded by Alan Trefler in 1983, Pegasystems (NASDAQ: PEGA) offers a software-as-a-service platform to automate and optimize workflows in customer service and engagement.

Pegasystems reported revenues of $325.1 million, down 2.9% year on year, falling short of analysts’ expectations by 0.8%. It was a disappointing quarter as it posted a significant miss of analysts’ EBITDA and billings estimates.

Pegasystems delivered the weakest performance against analyst estimates and slowest revenue growth in the group. Interestingly, the stock is up 37.7% since the results and currently trades at $96.

Read our full analysis of Pegasystems’s results here.

DocuSign (NASDAQ: DOCU)

Founded by Seattle-based entrepreneur Tom Gonser, DocuSign (NASDAQ: DOCU) is the pioneer of e-signature and offers software as a service that allows people and organisations to sign legally binding documents electronically.

DocuSign reported revenues of $754.8 million, up 7.8% year on year. This number beat analysts’ expectations by 1.3%. It was a strong quarter as it also produced an impressive beat of analysts’ billings estimates and a decent beat of analysts’ EBITDA estimates.

The stock is up 13.6% since reporting and currently trades at $95.05.

Read our full, actionable report on DocuSign here, it’s free.

8x8 (NASDAQ: EGHT)

Founded in 1987, 8x8 (NYSE: EGHT) provides software for organizations to efficiently communicate and collaborate with their customers, employees, and partners.

8x8 reported revenues of $181 million, down 2.2% year on year. This result surpassed analysts’ expectations by 1.5%. Zooming out, it was a mixed quarter as it also recorded an impressive beat of analysts’ EBITDA estimates but a slight miss of analysts’ annual recurring revenue estimates.

8x8 had the weakest full-year guidance update among its peers. The stock is up 22.8% since reporting and currently trades at $2.85.

Read our full, actionable report on 8x8 here, it’s free.

Market Update

Thanks to the Fed's series of rate hikes in 2022 and 2023, inflation has cooled significantly from its post-pandemic highs, drawing closer to the 2% goal. This disinflation has occurred without severely impacting economic growth, suggesting the success of a soft landing. The stock market has thrived in 2024, spurred by recent rate cuts (0.5% in September and 0.25% each in November and December), and a notable surge followed Donald Trump's presidential election win in November, propelling indices to historic highs. Nonetheless, the outlook for 2025 remains clouded by the pace and magnitude of future rate cuts as well as potential changes in trade policy and corporate taxes once the Trump administration takes over. The path forward is marked by uncertainty.

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