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Atlassian Shares Surge 25% After Earnings Beat, Revenue Soars 32%

5/2/2026

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Atlassian Shares Surge

Atlassian Corp. shares jumped 24.97% on May 1, 2026 after the company beat earnings forecasts.
Adjusted earnings per share were $1.75, beating the $1.34 consensus, while revenue rose 32% to $1.79 billion.
The FY 2026 outlook was raised to about 24% revenue growth, with cloud projected to grow 26.5% and data-center 21.5%.
Service Collection surpassed $1 billion annual recurring revenue, growing over 30% YoY, while Google Cloud added Gemini models to Rovo AI and Confluence.

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Atlassian Shares Fall

BTIG cut Atlassian's price target to $110 from $140, citing slower cloud growth and AI competition.
TD Cowen, Truist Securities and KeyBanc also lowered targets, prompting a 3.4% drop in the afternoon.
Shares closed at $68.60, down 2.5% and 53% lower year-to-date.
Atlassian logged 33 moves above 5% in the past year, showing volatility.
IGV posted its worst quarter since 2008, mirroring a shift to chip stocks.

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Atlassian AI Layoffs

The company cut about 10% of its workforce, roughly 1,600 jobs, to fund AI.
Restructuring charges of $223.8 million drove the operating margin to a 3% loss.
Rovo AI now generates ARR at nearly double the rate of non-Rovo customers.
CFO James Chuong warned a $50 million pull-forward could skew backlog visibility.
CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes said AI transformation will decide firms, noting a GAAP loss of $98.4 million versus non-GAAP profit of $456.5 million.

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Twilio AI Boost

Kate Leaman, AvaTrade chief market analyst, said the earnings beats dent the SaaSpocalypse narrative.
Twilio CEO Khozema Shipchandler called AI a catalyst for its infrastructure platform, not a threat.
Asana CEO Dan Rogers said AI agents drive demand despite Asana’s stock being down 51% YTD.
Atlassian’s AI-powered service products have surpassed $1 billion in annualized revenue.
Twilio’s existing customers are spending more, contradicting fears of AI-driven SaaS cannibalization.

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Atlassian Shares Surge

Atlassian Corp. shares jumped 24.97% on May 1, 2026 after the company beat earnings forecasts.
Adjusted earnings per share were $1.75, beating the $1.34 consensus, while revenue rose 32% to $1.79 billion.
The FY 2026 outlook was raised to about 24% revenue growth, with cloud projected to grow 26.5% and data-center 21.5%.
Service Collection surpassed $1 billion annual recurring revenue, growing over 30% YoY, while Google Cloud added Gemini models to Rovo AI and Confluence.

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