William Blair Issues Pessimistic Forecast for CVLT Earnings

CommVault Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CVLT) – Analysts at William Blair dropped their Q3 2026 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of CommVault Systems in a research note issued to investors on Tuesday, October 28th. William Blair analyst J. Ader now expects that the software maker will post earnings per share of $0.40 for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $0.48. The consensus estimate for CommVault Systems’ current full-year earnings is $1.65 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for CommVault Systems’ FY2026 earnings at $1.67 EPS.

CommVault Systems (NASDAQ:CVLT) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, October 28th. The software maker reported $0.91 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.95 by ($0.04). CommVault Systems had a net margin of 7.32% and a return on equity of 31.53%. The firm had revenue of $276.19 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $273.31 million. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $0.83 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was up 18.4% compared to the same quarter last year. CommVault Systems has set its Q3 2026 guidance at EPS. FY 2026 guidance at EPS.

Other equities analysts have also recently issued reports about the company. Robert W. Baird began coverage on CommVault Systems in a report on Monday, October 27th. They set an “outperform” rating and a $215.00 target price for the company. Guggenheim restated a “buy” rating and set a $220.00 target price on shares of CommVault Systems in a report on Thursday, October 16th. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of CommVault Systems in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Cantor Fitzgerald reduced their price target on CommVault Systems from $189.00 to $144.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada reduced their price target on CommVault Systems from $217.00 to $167.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have assigned a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $195.10.

CommVault Systems Stock Performance

Shares of CommVault Systems stock opened at $139.22 on Friday. The business has a 50-day moving average of $177.69 and a 200 day moving average of $176.18. CommVault Systems has a 12 month low of $128.07 and a 12 month high of $200.68. The stock has a market capitalization of $6.19 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 78.21 and a beta of 0.72. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 4.18, a current ratio of 2.53 and a quick ratio of 1.24.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other CommVault Systems news, insider Gary Merrill sold 15,244 shares of CommVault Systems stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, September 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $178.01, for a total transaction of $2,713,584.44. Following the transaction, the insider owned 71,837 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $12,787,704.37. The trade was a 17.51% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, CFO Jennifer Leigh Dirico sold 14,909 shares of CommVault Systems stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, September 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $182.22, for a total value of $2,716,717.98. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 45,143 shares in the company, valued at approximately $8,225,957.46. This trade represents a 24.83% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold a total of 55,942 shares of company stock worth $10,019,157 over the last 90 days. Insiders own 1.00% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Invesco Ltd. increased its position in CommVault Systems by 7.1% during the first quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 1,777,307 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $280,388,000 after buying an additional 117,199 shares during the period. Acadian Asset Management LLC increased its position in CommVault Systems by 2.9% during the first quarter. Acadian Asset Management LLC now owns 1,505,357 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $237,454,000 after buying an additional 43,075 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its position in CommVault Systems by 2.0% during the second quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 1,337,403 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $233,172,000 after buying an additional 26,207 shares during the period. AQR Capital Management LLC increased its position in CommVault Systems by 60.8% during the second quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 893,385 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $155,744,000 after buying an additional 337,830 shares during the period. Finally, Nuveen LLC acquired a new position in CommVault Systems during the first quarter worth approximately $116,223,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 93.50% of the company’s stock.

CommVault Systems Company Profile

Commvault Systems, Inc provides data protection platform that helps customers to secure, defend, and recover their data in the United States and internationally. The company offers Commvault Backup and Recovery, a backup and recovery solution; Commvault Disaster Recovery, a replication and disaster recovery solution; Commvault Complete Data Protection, a data protection solution; and Metallic Data Protection as-a-service, which delivers enterprise-grade data protection as a service on a cloud platform, with advanced built-in security controls.