What Happened?
Shares of healthcare software provider Veeva Systems (NASDAQ:VEEV) jumped 9.9% in the afternoon session after the company reported impressive fourth quarter (fiscal 2025) results which beat analysts' revenue and adjusted operating profit expectations. Notably, subscription services revenue, making up the bulk of total revenue, rose 17% year over year. This growth was driven by expanding adoption of Veeva's cloud-based solutions across both R&D and commercial segments, reflecting continued demand from life sciences companies. Looking ahead, while full-year revenue guidance was just in line with Wall Street's estimates, full-year operating profit guidance was above. Overall, this was a solid quarter.
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What The Market Is Telling Us
Veeva Systems’s shares are not very volatile and have only had 7 moves greater than 5% over the last year. In that context, today’s move indicates the market considers this news meaningful, although it might not be something that would fundamentally change its perception of the business.
The biggest move we wrote about over the last year was 6 months ago when the stock gained 9.1% on the news that the company reported second-quarter earnings results. Revenue and operating profit beat expectations. Additionally, its gross margin improved compared to the same quarter last year. Finally, the company raised its full year revenue guidance, showing that top line momentum is strong. On the other hand, its revenue guidance for next quarter underwhelmed. While it wasn't a perfect quarter, it was a pretty solid one.
Veeva Systems is up 13% since the beginning of the year, and at $238.01 per share, it is trading close to its 52-week high of $250.45 from December 2024. Investors who bought $1,000 worth of Veeva Systems’s shares 5 years ago would now be looking at an investment worth $1,627.
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