As the Q4 earnings season wraps, let’s dig into this quarter’s best and worst performers in the data analytics industry, including Health Catalyst (NASDAQ: HCAT) and its peers.

Organizations generate a lot of data that is stored in silos, often in incompatible formats, making it slow and costly to extract actionable insights, which in turn drives demand for modern cloud-based data analysis platforms that can efficiently analyze the siloed data.

The 5 data analytics stocks we track reported a strong Q4. As a group, revenues beat analysts’ consensus estimates by 2.5% while next quarter’s revenue guidance was in line.

While some data analytics stocks have fared somewhat better than others, they have collectively declined. On average, share prices are down 3% since the latest earnings results.

Weakest Q4: Health Catalyst (NASDAQ: HCAT)

Founded by healthcare professionals Tom Burton and Steve Barlow in 2008, Health Catalyst (NASDAQ: HCAT) provides data and analytics technology to healthcare organizations, enabling them to improve care and lower costs.

Health Catalyst reported revenues of $79.61 million, up 6% year on year. This print was in line with analysts’ expectations, but overall, it was a mixed quarter for the company with full-year EBITDA guidance exceeding analysts’ expectations.

“For the full year 2024, I am pleased to share that we achieved strong performance across our business, including total revenue of $307 million and Adjusted EBITDA of $26 million. Additionally, I am encouraged with our Technology segment, which had revenue of $195 million for full-year 2024 and $52 million for the fourth quarter of 2024, which represents 10% growth year-over-year. I am pleased with this progress and excited that we anticipate a continued reacceleration of topline growth for full year 2025, with our Tech segment growing faster than the total business. Likewise, I am pleased with our profitability progress and excited that we have raised our target for 2025 Adjusted EBITDA by $2 million, to approximately $41 million.” said Dan Burton, CEO of Health Catalyst.

Health Catalyst delivered the weakest performance against analyst estimates and weakest full-year guidance update of the whole group. The stock is down 19.4% since reporting and currently trades at $3.98.

Read our full report on Health Catalyst here, it’s free.

Best Q4: Palantir (NASDAQ: PLTR)

Started by Peter Thiel after seeing US defence agencies struggle in the aftermath of the 2001 terrorist attacks, Palantir (NYSE: PLTR) offers software as a service platform that helps government agencies and large enterprises use data to make better decisions.

Palantir reported revenues of $827.5 million, up 36% year on year, outperforming analysts’ expectations by 6.8%. The business had an exceptional quarter with an impressive beat of analysts’ billings estimates and a solid beat of analysts’ EBITDA estimates.

Palantir pulled off the biggest analyst estimates beat, fastest revenue growth, and highest full-year guidance raise among its peers. The market seems happy with the results as the stock is up 30.5% since reporting. It currently trades at $109.50.

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

Samsara (NYSE: IOT)

One of the few public companies where Marc Andreessen is a Board member, Samsara (NYSE: IOT) provides software and hardware to track industrial equipment, assets, and fleets.

Samsara reported revenues of $346.3 million, up 25.3% year on year, exceeding analysts’ expectations by 2.9%. It may have had the worst quarter among its peers, but its results were still good as it also locked in EPS guidance for next quarter exceeding analysts’ expectations and a solid beat of analysts’ EBITDA estimates.

As expected, the stock is down 5.9% since the results and currently trades at $39.39.

Read our full analysis of Samsara’s results here.

Domo (NASDAQ: DOMO)

Founded by Josh James after selling his former business Omniture to Adobe, Domo (NASDAQ: DOMO) provides business intelligence software that allows managers to access and visualize critical business metrics in real-time, using their smartphones.

Domo reported revenues of $78.77 million, down 1.8% year on year. This print surpassed analysts’ expectations by 1%. Overall, it was a very strong quarter as it also logged a solid beat of analysts’ billings estimates and EPS guidance for next quarter exceeding analysts’ expectations.

Domo had the slowest revenue growth among its peers. The stock is up 5% since reporting and currently trades at $7.41.

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

Amplitude (NASDAQ: AMPL)

Born out of a failed voice recognition startup by founder Spenser Skates, Amplitude (NASDAQ: AMPL) is data analytics software helping companies improve and optimize their digital products.

Amplitude reported revenues of $78.13 million, up 9.4% year on year. This number beat analysts’ expectations by 1.9%. It was a strong quarter as it also put up a solid beat of analysts’ EBITDA estimates and full-year guidance of accelerating revenue growth.

The company added 24 enterprise customers paying more than $100,000 annually to reach a total of 591. The stock is down 25.2% since reporting and currently trades at $8.87.

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

Market Update

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