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Commvault Systems, Inc. CVLT
$150.28 +1.70% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $6.23B
High quality
Next earnings report: Oct 27, 2026
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Three things to know
- The diluted share count fell 7.5% in a year, mainly through buybacks.
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 80 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $1.22B, up 15.5% from a year earlier, slowing from 18.9% a quarter earlier.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Technology sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 42%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 30%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 36%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 29%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 17%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 46%
- Gross marginTop 8%
- Operating marginTop 42%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 11%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 35%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 42%
- Interest coverTop 18%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 49%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 39%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 41%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 43%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 47%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 21%
- 6-month returnTop 15%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 33%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 35%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 18%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 37%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 48%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 34%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 19%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 49%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 48%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 48%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 42%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 18.9% | 15.5% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -5.9% | -12.8% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 82.0% | 80.9% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 7.6% | 7.7% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 18.0% | 21.3% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 15.5% | 18.9% | ↓ | Top 42% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -12.8% | -5.9% | ↓ | Bottom 30% |
| Gross margin | 80.9% | 82.0% | ↓ | Top 8% |
| Operating margin | 7.7% | 7.6% | ↑ | Top 42% |
| Net margin | 5.6% | 7.7% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 21.3% | 18.0% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 5.1% | — | Top 46% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 14.7% | — | Top 29% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 3.00×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -10.4%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 10.6%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -9.2 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- -0.12×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 18.7×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 6.85%
- Shareholder yield
- 6.85%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -7.5%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -2.4%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 29, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 3
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 7 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +14.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -1.4%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $153.82
- Target vs current price
- +2.4%
- Analysts with a rating
- 33
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 55%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 2026 | +22.4% | -19.7% | -16.4% | -12.3% | — |
| Apr 28, 2026 | +17.4% | +10.8% | +15.2% | +22.3% | +59.6% |
| Jan 27, 2026 | +19.4% | -31.1% | -32.5% | -31.6% | -26.1% |
| Oct 28, 2025 | -3.1% | -16.3% | -19.4% | -31.0% | -28.9% |
| Jul 29, 2025 | +4.1% | +18.3% | +14.1% | +8.6% | +7.0% |
| Apr 29, 2025 | +10.8% | +1.7% | +4.8% | +7.7% | +0.0% |
| Jan 28, 2025 | +8.0% | +1.1% | +0.6% | +6.8% | -2.9% |
| Oct 29, 2024 | +9.2% | +24.0% | +14.8% | +28.2% | +15.6% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 2026 | $1.42 | $1.16 | +22.4% | $314.1M |
| Apr 28, 2026 | $1.28 | $1.09 | +17.4% | $311.7M |
| Jan 27, 2026 | $1.17 | $0.98 | +19.4% | $313.8M |
| Oct 28, 2025 | $0.91 | $0.94 | -3.1% | $276.2M |
| Jul 29, 2025 | $1.01 | $0.97 | +4.1% | $282.0M |
| Apr 29, 2025 | $1.03 | $0.93 | +10.8% | $275.0M |
| Jan 28, 2025 | $0.94 | $0.87 | +8.0% | $262.6M |
| Oct 29, 2024 | $0.83 | $0.76 | +9.2% | $233.3M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 95.7× | 80.5× | 56th | Bottom 49% |
| P/E (forward) | 27.5× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 59.5× | — | — | Bottom 41% |
| EV / Sales | 5.11× | — | — | Bottom 43% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 4.15% | — | — | Top 39% |
| Earnings yield | 1.04% | — | — | Bottom 49% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 28.8× – 183.6× since Sep 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -19.2%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -12.8%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -28.7%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 15
- Days above the 200-day average
- 80
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -0.9%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +1.9%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +8.8%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +30.1%
- RSI (14)
- 59.4
- Relative volume
- 0.80×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 63.1%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 93th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.40
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.42
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -18.2%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -61.5%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 2025 | Mar 30, 2026 | -61.5% | 132 days | Not yet recovered |
| Sep 3, 2021 | Sep 15, 2022 | -39.1% | 259 days | 344 days (Jan 30, 2024) |
| Feb 18, 2025 | Apr 4, 2025 | -25.8% | 33 days | 43 days (Jun 6, 2025) |
| Oct 14, 2024 | Oct 23, 2024 | -19.3% | 7 days | 4 days (Oct 29, 2024) |
| Nov 26, 2024 | Jan 29, 2025 | -17.3% | 41 days | 8 days (Feb 10, 2025) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $6.23B
- P/E (TTM)
- 95.7
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $1.57
- Revenue (TTM)
- $1.22B
- 52-week range
- $71.75 – $190.10
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $769.6M | $784.6M | $839.2M | $995.6M | $1.18B |
| Gross profit | $655.7M | $649.2M | $687.6M | $816.6M | $950.2M |
| Operating income | $41.6M | -$15.9M | $75.4M | $73.7M | $105.6M |
| Net income | $33.6M | -$35.8M | $168.9M | $76.1M | $70.7M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.71 | -$0.80 | $3.75 | $1.68 | $1.58 |
| Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | Q4 2026 | Q1 2027 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $233.3M | $262.6M | $275.0M | $282.0M | $276.2M | $313.8M | $311.7M | $314.1M |
| Net income | $15.6M | $11.0M | $31.0M | $23.5M | $14.7M | $17.8M | $14.6M | $21.1M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.35 | $0.24 | $0.69 | $0.52 | $0.33 | $0.40 | $0.34 | $0.50 |
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $177.2M | $170.3M | $203.8M | $207.4M | $244.7M |
| Capital expenditure | -$3.9M | -$3.2M | -$4.1M | -$3.8M | -$7.5M |
| Free cash flow | $173.3M | $167.0M | $199.7M | $203.6M | $237.2M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$305.2M | -$150.9M | -$184.0M | -$165.0M | -$431.6M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $929.8M
- Total assets
- $1.89B
- Total liabilities
- $1.84B
- Total debt
- $917.7M
- Net debt
- -$12.2M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $52.1M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 29, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 3,375,613
- Days to cover
- 6.59
- Change vs previous report
- +8.5%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.