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Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-08-05Taboola.com Ltd. (TBLA) Q2 Earnings Surpass Estimates
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Taboola.com Ltd. (TBLA) Q2 Earnings Surpass Estimates
Taboola.com Ltd. (TBLA) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.14 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.13 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.1 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items. This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of +7.69%. A quarter ago, it was expected that this company would post a loss of $0.01 per share when it actually produced a loss of $0.01, delivering no surprise. Over the last four quarters, the company has surpassed consensus EPS estimates three times. Taboola.com, which belongs to the Zacks Computers - IT Services industry, posted revenues of $476.83 million for the quarter ended June 2026, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 4.71%. This compares to year-ago revenues of $465.47 million. The company has topped consensus revenue estimates two times over the last four quarters. The sustainability of the stock's immediate price movement based on the recently-released numbers and future earnings expectations will mostly depend on management's commentary on the earnings call. Taboola.com shares have added about 14.8% since the beginning of the year versus the S&P 500's gain of 13%. While Taboola.com has outperformed the market so far this year, the question that comes to investors' minds is: what's next for the stock? There are no easy answers to this key question, but one reliable measure that can help investors address this is the company's earnings outlook. Not only does this include current consensus earnings expectations for the coming quarter(s), but also how these expectations have changed lately. Empirical research shows a strong correlation between near-term stock movements and trends in earnings estimate revisions. Investors can track such revisions by themselves or rely on a tried-and-tested rating tool like the Zacks Rank, which has an impressive track record of harnessing the power of earnings estimate revisions. Ahead of this earnings release, the estimate revisions trend for Taboola.com was mixed. While the magnitude and direction of estimate revisions could change following the company's just-released earnings report, the current status translates into a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) for the stock. So, the shares are expected to perform in line with the market in the near future. You can see the complete list of today's Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.…Read full documentShow less
Taboola.com Ltd. (TBLA) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.14 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.13 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.1 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items. This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of +7.69%. A quarter ago, it was expected that this company would post a loss of $0.01 per share when it actually produced a loss of $0.01, delivering no surprise. Over the last four quarters, the company has surpassed consensus EPS estimates three times. Taboola.com, which belongs to the Zacks Computers - IT Services industry, posted revenues of $476.83 million for the quarter ended June 2026, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 4.71%. This compares to year-ago revenues of $465.47 million. The company has topped consensus revenue estimates two times over the last four quarters. The sustainability of the stock's immediate price movement based on the recently-released numbers and future earnings expectations will mostly depend on management's commentary on the earnings call. Taboola.com shares have added about 14.8% since the beginning of the year versus the S&P 500's gain of 13%. While Taboola.com has outperformed the market so far this year, the question that comes to investors' minds is: what's next for the stock? There are no easy answers to this key question, but one reliable measure that can help investors address this is the company's earnings outlook. Not only does this include current consensus earnings expectations for the coming quarter(s), but also how these expectations have changed lately. Empirical research shows a strong correlation between near-term stock movements and trends in earnings estimate revisions. Investors can track such revisions by themselves or rely on a tried-and-tested rating tool like the Zacks Rank, which has an impressive track record of harnessing the power of earnings estimate revisions. Ahead of this earnings release, the estimate revisions trend for Taboola.com was mixed. While the magnitude and direction of estimate revisions could change following the company's just-released earnings report, the current status translates into a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) for the stock. So, the shares are expected to perform in line with the market in the near future. You can see the complete list of today's Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here. It will be interesting to see how estimates for the coming quarters and the current fiscal year change in the days ahead. The current consensus EPS estimate is $0.15 on $525.9 million in revenues for the coming quarter and $0.59 on $2.04 billion in revenues for the current fiscal year. Investors should be mindful of the fact that the outlook for the industry can have a material impact on the performance of the stock as well. In terms of the Zacks Industry Rank, Computers - IT Services is currently in the bottom 38% of the 250 plus Zacks industries. Our research shows that the top 50% of the Zacks-ranked industries outperform the bottom 50% by a factor of more than 2 to 1. Endava PLC Sponsored ADR (DAVA), another stock in the same industry, has yet to report results for the quarter ended June 2026. This company is expected to post quarterly earnings of $0.15 per share in its upcoming report, which represents a year-over-year change of -51.6%. The consensus EPS estimate for the quarter has been revised 6.3% lower over the last 30 days to the current level. Endava PLC Sponsored ADR's revenues are expected to be $244.74 million, up 2.2% from the year-ago quarter. Want the latest recommendations from Zacks Investment Research? Today, you can download 7 Best Stocks for the Next 30 Days. Click to get this free report Taboola.com Ltd. (TBLA) : Free Stock Analysis Report Endava PLC Sponsored ADR (DAVA) : Free Stock Analysis Report This article originally published on Zacks Investment Research (zacks.com). Zacks Investment Research
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-05-21Endava PLC Sponsored ADR (DAVA) Misses Q3 Earnings and Revenue Estimates
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Endava PLC Sponsored ADR (DAVA) Misses Q3 Earnings and Revenue Estimates
Endava PLC Sponsored ADR (DAVA) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.07 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.27 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.43 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items. This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of -74.27%. A quarter ago, it was expected that this company would post earnings of $0.21 per share when it actually produced earnings of $0.21, delivering no surprise. Over the last four quarters, the company has not been able to surpass consensus EPS estimates. Endava, which belongs to the Zacks Computers - IT Services industry, posted revenues of $240.59 million for the quarter ended March 2026, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 3.64%. This compares to year-ago revenues of $245.33 million. The company has topped consensus revenue estimates just once over the last four quarters. The sustainability of the stock's immediate price movement based on the recently-released numbers and future earnings expectations will mostly depend on management's commentary on the earnings call. Endava shares have lost about 36.7% since the beginning of the year versus the S&P 500's gain of 8.6%. While Endava has underperformed the market so far this year, the question that comes to investors' minds is: what's next for the stock? There are no easy answers to this key question, but one reliable measure that can help investors address this is the company's earnings outlook. Not only does this include current consensus earnings expectations for the coming quarter(s), but also how these expectations have changed lately. Empirical research shows a strong correlation between near-term stock movements and trends in earnings estimate revisions. Investors can track such revisions by themselves or rely on a tried-and-tested rating tool like the Zacks Rank, which has an impressive track record of harnessing the power of earnings estimate revisions. Ahead of this earnings release, the estimate revisions trend for Endava was unfavorable. While the magnitude and direction of estimate revisions could change following the company's just-released earnings report, the current status translates into a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell) for the stock. So, the shares are expected to underperform the market in the near future. You can see the complete list of today's Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here. I…Read full documentShow less
Endava PLC Sponsored ADR (DAVA) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.07 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.27 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.43 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items. This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of -74.27%. A quarter ago, it was expected that this company would post earnings of $0.21 per share when it actually produced earnings of $0.21, delivering no surprise. Over the last four quarters, the company has not been able to surpass consensus EPS estimates. Endava, which belongs to the Zacks Computers - IT Services industry, posted revenues of $240.59 million for the quarter ended March 2026, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 3.64%. This compares to year-ago revenues of $245.33 million. The company has topped consensus revenue estimates just once over the last four quarters. The sustainability of the stock's immediate price movement based on the recently-released numbers and future earnings expectations will mostly depend on management's commentary on the earnings call. Endava shares have lost about 36.7% since the beginning of the year versus the S&P 500's gain of 8.6%. While Endava has underperformed the market so far this year, the question that comes to investors' minds is: what's next for the stock? There are no easy answers to this key question, but one reliable measure that can help investors address this is the company's earnings outlook. Not only does this include current consensus earnings expectations for the coming quarter(s), but also how these expectations have changed lately. Empirical research shows a strong correlation between near-term stock movements and trends in earnings estimate revisions. Investors can track such revisions by themselves or rely on a tried-and-tested rating tool like the Zacks Rank, which has an impressive track record of harnessing the power of earnings estimate revisions. Ahead of this earnings release, the estimate revisions trend for Endava was unfavorable. While the magnitude and direction of estimate revisions could change following the company's just-released earnings report, the current status translates into a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell) for the stock. So, the shares are expected to underperform the market in the near future. You can see the complete list of today's Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here. It will be interesting to see how estimates for the coming quarters and the current fiscal year change in the days ahead. The current consensus EPS estimate is $0.38 on $259.82 million in revenues for the coming quarter and $1.09 on $996.73 million in revenues for the current fiscal year. Investors should be mindful of the fact that the outlook for the industry can have a material impact on the performance of the stock as well. In terms of the Zacks Industry Rank, Computers - IT Services is currently in the bottom 42% of the 250 plus Zacks industries. Our research shows that the top 50% of the Zacks-ranked industries outperform the bottom 50% by a factor of more than 2 to 1. One other stock from the same industry, Nutanix (NTNX), is yet to report results for the quarter ended April 2026. The results are expected to be released on May 27. This enterprise cloud platform services provider is expected to post quarterly earnings of $0.35 per share in its upcoming report, which represents a year-over-year change of -16.7%. The consensus EPS estimate for the quarter has remained unchanged over the last 30 days. Nutanix's revenues are expected to be $686.02 million, up 7.4% from the year-ago quarter. Want the latest recommendations from Zacks Investment Research? Today, you can download 7 Best Stocks for the Next 30 Days. Click to get this free report Endava PLC Sponsored ADR (DAVA) : Free Stock Analysis Report Nutanix (NTNX) : Free Stock Analysis Report This article originally published on Zacks Investment Research (zacks.com). Zacks Investment Research
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-05-21Endava PLC (DAVA) Q3 2026 Earnings Call Highlights: Navigating Challenges with AI-Driven Growth
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Endava PLC (DAVA) Q3 2026 Earnings Call Highlights: Navigating Challenges with AI-Driven Growth
This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Revenue: GBP178.5 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2026, an 8.4% decrease from GBP194.8 million in the same period last year. Constant Currency Revenue Decrease: 6.4% from the same period in the prior year. Loss Before Tax: GBP372 million, including a non-cash goodwill impairment of GBP364.6 million. Adjusted Profit Before Tax (PBT): GBP3.2 million, compared to GBP24.6 million in the prior year. Adjusted PBT Margin: 1.8% compared to 12.6% in the prior year. Adjusted Diluted Earnings Per Share (EPS): 5p, compared to 34p in the prior year. Adjusted Free Cash Flow: Negative GBP3.1 million, compared to positive GBP17.5 million in the prior year. Cash and Cash Equivalents: GBP48.4 million at March 31, 2026. Borrowings: GBP195.8 million at March 31, 2026. Capital Expenditure: 1.6% of revenue, compared to 0.6% in the prior year. Revenue Guidance for Q4 FY 2026: GBP181 million to GBP185 million, a constant currency revenue decrease of 3.5% to 1.0% year-over-year. Adjusted Diluted EPS Guidance for Q4 FY 2026: 9p to 13p per share. Full Fiscal Year 2026 Revenue Guidance: GBP721.8 million to GBP725.8 million, a constant currency revenue decrease of 60% to 5.0% year-over-year. Full Fiscal Year 2026 Adjusted Diluted EPS Guidance: 45p to 49p per share. Warning! GuruFocus has detected 8 Warning Signs with DAVA. Is DAVA fairly valued? Test your thesis with our free DCF calculator. Release Date: May 21, 2026 For the complete transcript of the earnings call, please refer to the full earnings call transcript. Endava PLC (NYSE:DAVA) has accelerated its transition towards AI-native delivery, expanding relationships with leading hyperscalers and increasing engagement with senior client decision-makers. The company has seen a significant increase in its AI-driven business, which now accounts for 15% of total revenue, up from 5% a year ago. Endava PLC (NYSE:DAVA) has expanded its strategic partner network, including a collaboration with Mastercard to accelerate the adoption of next-generation payments. The company has been invited to participate in the Google AI Agent partner program, generating new strategic engagements in North America, APAC, and Europe. Endava PLC (NYSE:DAVA) has made strides in its go-to-market approach, engaging directly with key decision-makers to show how AI can accelerate transformation priorities. Endava PLC…Read full documentShow less
This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Revenue: GBP178.5 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2026, an 8.4% decrease from GBP194.8 million in the same period last year. Constant Currency Revenue Decrease: 6.4% from the same period in the prior year. Loss Before Tax: GBP372 million, including a non-cash goodwill impairment of GBP364.6 million. Adjusted Profit Before Tax (PBT): GBP3.2 million, compared to GBP24.6 million in the prior year. Adjusted PBT Margin: 1.8% compared to 12.6% in the prior year. Adjusted Diluted Earnings Per Share (EPS): 5p, compared to 34p in the prior year. Adjusted Free Cash Flow: Negative GBP3.1 million, compared to positive GBP17.5 million in the prior year. Cash and Cash Equivalents: GBP48.4 million at March 31, 2026. Borrowings: GBP195.8 million at March 31, 2026. Capital Expenditure: 1.6% of revenue, compared to 0.6% in the prior year. Revenue Guidance for Q4 FY 2026: GBP181 million to GBP185 million, a constant currency revenue decrease of 3.5% to 1.0% year-over-year. Adjusted Diluted EPS Guidance for Q4 FY 2026: 9p to 13p per share. Full Fiscal Year 2026 Revenue Guidance: GBP721.8 million to GBP725.8 million, a constant currency revenue decrease of 60% to 5.0% year-over-year. Full Fiscal Year 2026 Adjusted Diluted EPS Guidance: 45p to 49p per share. Warning! GuruFocus has detected 8 Warning Signs with DAVA. Is DAVA fairly valued? Test your thesis with our free DCF calculator. Release Date: May 21, 2026 For the complete transcript of the earnings call, please refer to the full earnings call transcript. Endava PLC (NYSE:DAVA) has accelerated its transition towards AI-native delivery, expanding relationships with leading hyperscalers and increasing engagement with senior client decision-makers. The company has seen a significant increase in its AI-driven business, which now accounts for 15% of total revenue, up from 5% a year ago. Endava PLC (NYSE:DAVA) has expanded its strategic partner network, including a collaboration with Mastercard to accelerate the adoption of next-generation payments. The company has been invited to participate in the Google AI Agent partner program, generating new strategic engagements in North America, APAC, and Europe. Endava PLC (NYSE:DAVA) has made strides in its go-to-market approach, engaging directly with key decision-makers to show how AI can accelerate transformation priorities. Endava PLC (NYSE:DAVA) faced a challenging period with uneven demand conditions across several sectors and extended deal cycles. The company experienced a slower-than-expected pipeline conversion, impacting revenue and leading to a lowered Q4 guidance. A goodwill impairment of GBP364.6 million was taken, which is a non-cash accounting adjustment affecting reported results. Revenue for the quarter decreased by 8.4% compared to the same period in the prior year, with a constant currency decrease of 6.4%. The company reported a loss before tax of GBP372 million, including the goodwill impairment, compared to a profit in the same period last year. Q: Can you elaborate on the impact of AI-driven deals on your business and the timeline for seeing benefits from these projects? A: John Cotterell, CEO: We are seeing more substantive AI-driven deals, such as our collaborations with NatWest and Mastercard. AI-driven business now accounts for 15% of our total revenue, up from 5% a year ago. These deals are more complex and outcome-based, taking longer to close. However, they are becoming a significant part of our business, and we expect this segment to continue growing. Q: How are you addressing the challenges in capital allocation, particularly regarding debt and borrowings? A: Mark Thurston, CFO: Cash generation was disappointing this quarter, but we expect better cash flow in Q4. Reducing leverage is a focus, especially with a refinancing coming up in FY27. We are considering the wider funding of the business as part of this process. Q: Are there any vendor consolidation or competitive pricing issues affecting your revenue? A: John Cotterell, CEO: We are not seeing significant vendor consolidation headwinds. The pressure comes from delivering more productively with AI, where clients are benefiting from higher productivity. We are focusing on AI-driven transformations, which are taking longer to materialize but are progressing. Q: How are you managing change within Endava, especially with the shift to AI-first delivery? A: John Cotterell, CEO: We use a pioneer and rollout model, starting with small teams to engage with AI and then expanding across the organization. Over 75% of our staff now use AI daily. We are also training over 1,000 engineers on Dava.Flow, our AI-driven delivery framework, to prepare for increased adoption. Q: What are the challenges with outcome-based contracts, and how are you addressing them? A: John Cotterell, CEO: Outcome-based contracts are large transformative engagements that take longer to finalize due to client learning curves and legal concerns. We expect this to improve as clients become more familiar with these contracts. We are not seeing resistance to outcome-based models, and these deals are progressing. For the complete transcript of the earnings call, please refer to the full earnings call transcript.
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-05-21Endava Q3 Earnings Call Highlights
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Endava Q3 Earnings Call Highlights
Interested in Endava PLC Sponsored ADR? Here are five stocks we like better. Endava missed on fiscal Q3 and cut its outlook after delayed client decisions, Middle East disruption, and slower pipeline conversion weighed on demand. Revenue fell to £178.5 million, and management lowered full-year guidance, especially citing weakness in banking and capital markets. Profitability and cash flow were under pressure as adjusted PBT dropped to £3.2 million from £24.6 million a year earlier and adjusted EPS fell to £0.05. Free cash flow turned negative, while borrowings rose to £195.8 million as the company continued share repurchases. Endava is leaning harder into AI-driven services, with AI revenue rising to 15% of quarterly sales and Dava.Flow now deployed with 12 clients. Management highlighted new partnerships with Mastercard, Google Cloud, NatWest’s Tyl, and a U.K. bank as evidence of longer-term growth opportunities. Globant Is an Emerging AI Play That’s Expanding Its Footprint Endava (NYSE:DAVA) reported a weaker fiscal third quarter and lowered its fourth-quarter outlook, with management citing delayed client decisions, geopolitical disruption in the Middle East and longer sales cycles for large outcome-based contracts. Chief Executive Officer John Cotterell said demand conditions remained “uneven” across several sectors, while clients continued to scrutinize technology spending. He said the main driver of the quarterly miss and reduced Q4 guidance was slower-than-expected pipeline conversion. → CAVA Group’s Stock Looks Delicious After Strong Earnings Endava Trading Higher After Topping Q4 Consensus Views “This has been one of the more challenging periods Endava has faced in recent years,” Cotterell said on the company’s earnings call. He said clients in the Middle East delayed work because of the ongoing conflict, while the broader macroeconomic environment tied to the conflict weighed on client demand. He also said large, complex outcome-based contracts were taking longer to execute than planned. Chief Financial Officer Mark Thurston said revenue for the quarter ended March 31, 2026, was £178.5 million, down from £194.8 million in the same period a year earlier. That represented an 8.4% decline, or a 6.4% decrease in constant currency. → SpaceX IPO: Opportunity? Or the Ultimate Hype Trade? Endava reported a loss before tax of £372 million, compared with a p…Read full documentShow less
Interested in Endava PLC Sponsored ADR? Here are five stocks we like better. Endava missed on fiscal Q3 and cut its outlook after delayed client decisions, Middle East disruption, and slower pipeline conversion weighed on demand. Revenue fell to £178.5 million, and management lowered full-year guidance, especially citing weakness in banking and capital markets. Profitability and cash flow were under pressure as adjusted PBT dropped to £3.2 million from £24.6 million a year earlier and adjusted EPS fell to £0.05. Free cash flow turned negative, while borrowings rose to £195.8 million as the company continued share repurchases. Endava is leaning harder into AI-driven services, with AI revenue rising to 15% of quarterly sales and Dava.Flow now deployed with 12 clients. Management highlighted new partnerships with Mastercard, Google Cloud, NatWest’s Tyl, and a U.K. bank as evidence of longer-term growth opportunities. Globant Is an Emerging AI Play That’s Expanding Its Footprint Endava (NYSE:DAVA) reported a weaker fiscal third quarter and lowered its fourth-quarter outlook, with management citing delayed client decisions, geopolitical disruption in the Middle East and longer sales cycles for large outcome-based contracts. Chief Executive Officer John Cotterell said demand conditions remained “uneven” across several sectors, while clients continued to scrutinize technology spending. He said the main driver of the quarterly miss and reduced Q4 guidance was slower-than-expected pipeline conversion. → CAVA Group’s Stock Looks Delicious After Strong Earnings Endava Trading Higher After Topping Q4 Consensus Views “This has been one of the more challenging periods Endava has faced in recent years,” Cotterell said on the company’s earnings call. He said clients in the Middle East delayed work because of the ongoing conflict, while the broader macroeconomic environment tied to the conflict weighed on client demand. He also said large, complex outcome-based contracts were taking longer to execute than planned. Chief Financial Officer Mark Thurston said revenue for the quarter ended March 31, 2026, was £178.5 million, down from £194.8 million in the same period a year earlier. That represented an 8.4% decline, or a 6.4% decrease in constant currency. → SpaceX IPO: Opportunity? Or the Ultimate Hype Trade? Endava reported a loss before tax of £372 million, compared with a profit before tax of £13.6 million a year earlier. The loss included a non-cash goodwill impairment charge of £364.6 million. Thurston also said the company derecognized a £23.2 million deferred tax asset related to U.K. tax losses. Both charges were described as non-cash and one-off in nature. Adjusted profit before tax was £3.2 million, compared with £24.6 million in the prior-year quarter. Adjusted PBT margin fell to 1.8% from 12.6% a year earlier. Thurston said costs rose because of higher go-to-market investments and an increase in bench capacity as the company trains staff in AI and Dava.Flow skills. → 2 Software Stocks Turning AI Fears Into Fundamental Gains Adjusted diluted earnings per share were £0.05, compared with £0.34 in the prior-year period. Cotterell sought to distinguish near-term execution issues from what he described as Endava’s longer-term strategic positioning. He said the company has accelerated its transition toward AI-native delivery, expanded relationships with hyperscalers and deepened its presence in payments transformation. Endava said its AI-driven business accounted for 15% of total revenue in the quarter, or £27 million, compared with 5% of revenue in the third quarter of fiscal 2025. Cotterell said margins in the AI-driven business are higher than in the company’s traditional digital transformation business. The company also said Dava.Flow, its AI-enabled delivery framework, was deployed with 12 clients during the quarter, up from three in the previous quarter. Cotterell said more than 1,000 engineers are using or training on Dava.Flow, representing more than 10% of Endava’s direct staff. Management highlighted several client and partner developments, including: A recently announced collaboration with Mastercard focused on next-generation payments and immersive experiences, with an initial focus on insurance and healthcare and additional attention on telecom, mobility and travel. Participation in the Google Cloud AI Agent ecosystem program, which Cotterell said is generating engagements across North America, Asia-Pacific and Europe. An agreement to implement Gemini Enterprise at a leading U.K. high street bank. A partnership with Tyl by NatWest Group to modernize and expand its payments acceptance platform using Dava.Flow and components of Endava’s PGX payments accelerator. Renewal of a long-standing partnership with Slovenia’s Ministry of Finance and Financial Administration through 2028. Thurston said Endava’s 10 largest clients accounted for 40% of revenue in the quarter, compared with 39% in the same period last year. Average spend among the top 10 clients declined 5.6% year over year, including a 3.7% headwind from foreign exchange. By geography, North America represented 38% of revenue, the U.K. 33%, Europe 23% and the rest of the world 6%. Revenue in North America declined 5.5%, driven by a 6.1% foreign-exchange headwind. Europe declined 3.6%, due mainly to weakness in payments and technology, media and telecom. The U.K. fell 15.4%, largely due to the reclassification of a large payments client from the U.K. to North America. In the question-and-answer session, Thurston said banking and capital markets had seen a step down in the third quarter and that the slowdown was most pronounced in the U.S. and U.K. He said Endava expects some recovery in the segment in Q4, though not as much as previously anticipated. In healthcare, he said one large client continued to slow spending, while another client was growing quickly, creating an offset. Adjusted free cash flow was negative £3.1 million in the quarter, compared with positive £17.5 million a year earlier. Thurston attributed the negative free cash flow mainly to an increase in receivables because a large portion of quarterly billings was issued in March. He said Endava expects to collect the majority of those receivables by the end of June. Cash and cash equivalents totaled £48.4 million at March 31, 2026, compared with £59.3 million at June 30, 2025, and £68.3 million at March 31, 2025. Borrowings rose to £195.8 million from £180.9 million at June 30, 2025, and £136.5 million a year earlier, primarily to support the company’s share repurchase program. Asked about capital allocation, Thurston said leverage is an area the company wants to focus on reducing. He also noted that Endava has a refinancing coming up during fiscal 2027 and will consider the broader funding of the business as part of that process. For the fourth quarter of fiscal 2026, Endava expects revenue of £181 million to £185 million, representing a constant-currency revenue decline of 3.5% to 1.0% year over year. The company expects adjusted diluted EPS of £0.09 to £0.13. For the full fiscal year, Endava expects revenue of £721.8 million to £725.8 million, representing a constant-currency revenue decrease of 6.0% to 5.0%. Adjusted diluted EPS is expected to be £0.45 to £0.49. Thurston said the lowered Q4 guidance reflected slower-than-expected pipeline conversion, “most marked in banking and capital markets across all of our regions.” He said the company had 95% contracted and committed coverage at the high end of the Q4 revenue range and 97% at the low end, leaving £9 million to convert at the high end and £5 million at the low end. Despite the weaker results, Cotterell said Endava remains focused on the transition toward AI-driven delivery and outcome-based work. “We are seeing much more substantive AI-driven deals coming through,” he said, adding that those engagements are often more complex and take longer to close. Endava PLC is a publicly traded technology services company specializing in digital transformation and agile software development. The firm helps enterprise clients design, build and manage custom software solutions across industries such as financial services, payments, retail, telecommunications and media. Its service offerings span end-to-end product design, customer experience, application development, quality engineering, DevOps, automation and artificial intelligence, all delivered through agile methodologies. Founded in 2000, Endava has grown from a small software provider into a global IT partner. This instant news alert was generated by narrative science technology and financial data from MarketBeat in order to provide readers with the fastest reporting and unbiased coverage. Please send any questions or comments about this story to [email protected]. The article "Endava Q3 Earnings Call Highlights" was originally published by MarketBeat. View MarketBeat's top stocks for May 2026.
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-05-21Endava Announces Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2026 Results
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Endava Announces Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2026 Results
Q3 FY2026 8.4% Year on Year Revenue Decline to £178.5 million 6.4% Revenue Decline at Constant Currency Diluted EPS £(7.55) compared to £0.18 in the prior year comparative period Adjusted Diluted EPS £0.05 compared to £0.34 in the prior year comparative period LONDON, May 21, 2026--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Endava plc (NYSE: DAVA) ("Endava" or the "Company"), the technology-driven business transformation group whose AI-native approach combines cutting edge technology with deep industry expertise, today announced results for the three months ended March 31, 2026 ("Q3 FY2026"). "This has been one of the more challenging periods Endava has faced in recent years. Demand remains uneven across sectors, deal cycles continue to be extended, and clients are scrutinizing technology spending more carefully than at any point since the macro slowdown began. Against this backdrop, revenue came in below expectations, margin contracted, and we recognized a non-cash goodwill impairment. We are disappointed by these outcomes, but it is important to distinguish near-term execution challenges from our long-term strategic positioning. During the quarter, we accelerated our transition toward AI-native delivery and deepened our presence in payments transformation work. We also engaged more directly with senior client decision-makers on enterprise-scale AI initiatives. We recently announced a collaboration with Mastercard combining our AI-native engineering and industry expertise with Mastercard’s global reach and data-driven products and services. Additionally, we were selected as a strategic partner by Tyl by NatWest, NatWest Group’s merchant-payments arm, to modernize and expand its payments-acceptance platform. These initiatives, and others like them, have moved our AI driven business up from 5% of total revenue a year ago in Q3FY25, to 15% of total revenue in Q3FY26, showing the underlying momentum of our pivot. By keeping our teams focused on these priorities and serving as trusted partners to decision-makers who are redefining their technology roadmaps, we believe we are positioning Endava to convert today’s headwinds into tomorrow’s momentum," said John Cotterell, Endava's CEO. THIRD QUARTER FISCAL YEAR 2026 FINANCIAL METRICS: Revenue for Q3 FY2026 was £178.5 million, a decline of 8.4% compared to £194.8 million in the same period in the prior year. Revenue decline at constant curre…Read full documentShow less
Q3 FY2026 8.4% Year on Year Revenue Decline to £178.5 million 6.4% Revenue Decline at Constant Currency Diluted EPS £(7.55) compared to £0.18 in the prior year comparative period Adjusted Diluted EPS £0.05 compared to £0.34 in the prior year comparative period LONDON, May 21, 2026--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Endava plc (NYSE: DAVA) ("Endava" or the "Company"), the technology-driven business transformation group whose AI-native approach combines cutting edge technology with deep industry expertise, today announced results for the three months ended March 31, 2026 ("Q3 FY2026"). "This has been one of the more challenging periods Endava has faced in recent years. Demand remains uneven across sectors, deal cycles continue to be extended, and clients are scrutinizing technology spending more carefully than at any point since the macro slowdown began. Against this backdrop, revenue came in below expectations, margin contracted, and we recognized a non-cash goodwill impairment. We are disappointed by these outcomes, but it is important to distinguish near-term execution challenges from our long-term strategic positioning. During the quarter, we accelerated our transition toward AI-native delivery and deepened our presence in payments transformation work. We also engaged more directly with senior client decision-makers on enterprise-scale AI initiatives. We recently announced a collaboration with Mastercard combining our AI-native engineering and industry expertise with Mastercard’s global reach and data-driven products and services. Additionally, we were selected as a strategic partner by Tyl by NatWest, NatWest Group’s merchant-payments arm, to modernize and expand its payments-acceptance platform. These initiatives, and others like them, have moved our AI driven business up from 5% of total revenue a year ago in Q3FY25, to 15% of total revenue in Q3FY26, showing the underlying momentum of our pivot. By keeping our teams focused on these priorities and serving as trusted partners to decision-makers who are redefining their technology roadmaps, we believe we are positioning Endava to convert today’s headwinds into tomorrow’s momentum," said John Cotterell, Endava's CEO. THIRD QUARTER FISCAL YEAR 2026 FINANCIAL METRICS: Revenue for Q3 FY2026 was £178.5 million, a decline of 8.4% compared to £194.8 million in the same period in the prior year. Revenue decline at constant currency (a non-IFRS measure)* was 6.4% for Q3 FY2026. Loss before tax for Q3 FY2026 was £(372.0) million, compared to profit before tax of £13.6 million in the same period in the prior year. Adjusted profit before tax (a non-IFRS measure)* for Q3 FY2026 was £3.2 million, or 1.8% of revenue, compared to £24.6 million, or 12.6% of revenue, in the same period in the prior year. Loss for the period was £(394.4) million, resulting in diluted loss per share of £(7.55), compared to profit for the period of £10.9 million and diluted earnings per share ("EPS") of £0.18 in the same period in the prior year. Adjusted profit for the period (a non-IFRS measure)* was £2.6 million, resulting in adjusted diluted EPS (a non-IFRS measure)* of £0.05, compared to adjusted profit for the period of £20.1 million and adjusted diluted EPS of £0.34 in the same period in the prior year. During the quarter, an impairment of £364.6 million was recognised against goodwill, which is included as an exceptional item in the condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income. This goodwill impairment has arisen due to the performance of the Company in the year to date, as well as management's reforecast of the Company's future performance through to FY31 and into perpetuity, by comparing the Company's recoverable amount derived from future forecasts to the Company's enterprise value. No goodwill impairment was recognised in the same period in the prior year. During the quarter the Group incurred a tax charge of £23.2m relating to the derecognition of the entire UK deferred tax asset. The amount is included as an exceptional item in the condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income. The derecognition follows a reassessment of the recoverability of the deferred tax asset based on updated expectations for future UK taxable profits. The reassessment is consistent with the reforecast of the company’s future performance considered in the assessment of the recoverable value of goodwill. CASH FLOW: Net cash used in operating activities was £(0.4) million in Q3 FY2026, compared to net cash from operating activities of £18.7 million in the same period in the prior year. Adjusted free cash flow (a non-IFRS measure)* was £(3.1) million in Q3 FY2026, compared to £17.5 million in the same period in the prior year. At March 31, 2026, Endava had cash and cash equivalents of £48.4 million, compared to £59.3 million at June 30, 2025. * Definitions of the non-IFRS measures used by the Company and a reconciliation of such measures to the related IFRS financial measure can be found under the sections below titled "Non-IFRS Financial Information" and "Reconciliation of IFRS Financial Measures to Non-IFRS Financial Measures." OTHER METRICS FOR THE QUARTER ENDED MARCH 31, 2026: Headcount totaled 11,225 at March 31, 2026, with an average of 10,166 operational employees in Q3 FY2026, compared to a headcount of 11,365 at March 31, 2025 and an average of 10,272 operational employees in the same period in the prior year. Number of clients with over £1 million in revenue on a rolling twelve-month basis was 129 at March 31, 2026 compared to 136 clients at March 31, 2025. Top 10 clients accounted for 40% of revenue in Q3 FY2026, compared to 39% in the same period in the prior year. By geographic region, 38% of revenue was generated in North America, 23% was generated in Europe, 33% was generated in the United Kingdom and 6% was generated in the rest of the world in Q3 FY2026. This compares to 37% in North America, 22% in Europe, 35% in the United Kingdom and 6% in the Rest of the World in the same period in the prior year. By industry vertical, 23% of revenue was generated from Payments, 22% from BCM, 9% from Insurance, 16% from TMT, 8% from Mobility, 11% from Healthcare, and 11% from Other in Q3 FY2026. This compares to 19% from Payments, 21% from BCM, 9% from Insurance, 18% from TMT, 8% from Mobility, 12% from Healthcare, and 13% from Other in the same period in the prior year. OUTLOOK: Fourth Quarter Fiscal Year 2026: Endava expects revenue will be in the range of £181.0 million to £185.0 million, representing a constant currency revenue decline of between (3.5)% and (1.0)% on a year-over-year basis. Endava expects adjusted diluted EPS to be in the range of £0.09 to £0.13 per share. Full Fiscal Year 2026: Endava expects revenue will be in the range of £721.8 million to £725.8 million, representing a constant currency revenue decline of between (6.0)% and (5.0)% on a year-over-year basis. Endava expects adjusted diluted EPS to be in the range of £0.45 to £0.49 per share. This above guidance for the fourth quarter and full fiscal year 2026 assumes the exchange rates on April 30, 2026 (when the exchange rate was 1 British Pound to 1.35 US Dollar and 1.16 Euro). Endava is not able, at this time, to reconcile its expectations for the fourth quarter and full fiscal year 2026 for a rate of revenue growth or decline at constant currency or adjusted diluted EPS to their respective most directly comparable IFRS measures as a result of the uncertainty regarding, and the potential variability of, reconciling items such as share-based compensation expense, amortisation of acquired intangible assets and foreign currency exchange losses / (gains), net, as applicable. Accordingly, a reconciliation is not available without unreasonable effort, although it is important to note that these factors could be material to Endava's results computed in accordance with IFRS. The guidance provided above is forward-looking in nature. Actual results may differ materially. See "Forward-Looking Statements" below. SHARE REPURCHASE PROGRAM: As of March 31, 2026, the Company had repurchased an aggregate of 8,047,338 American Depositary Shares for $121.9 million under its share repurchase program. As of March 31, 2026, the Company had $28.1 million remaining for repurchase under our Board's share repurchase authorization. CONFERENCE CALL DETAILS: The Company will host a conference call at 8:00 am ET today, May 21, 2026, to review its Q3 FY2026 results. To participate in Endava’s Q3 FY2026 earnings conference call, please dial in at least five minutes prior to the scheduled start time (844) 481-2736 or (412) 317-0665 for international participants, Conference ID: Endava Call. Investors may listen to the call on Endava’s Investor Relations website at http://investors.Endava.com. The webcast will be recorded and available for replay until Thursday, June 18, 2026. ABOUT ENDAVA PLC: Endava is a leading provider of next-generation technology services, dedicated to enabling its clients to accelerate growth, tackle complex challenges and thrive in evolving markets. By combining innovative technologies and deep industry expertise with an AI-native approach, Endava consults and partners with clients to create solutions that drive transformation, augment intelligence and deliver lasting impact. From ideation to production, it supports clients with tailor-made solutions at every stage of their digital transformation, regardless of industry, region or scale. Endava’s clients span payments, insurance, banking and capital markets, technology, media, telecommunications, healthcare, mobility, retail and consumer goods and more. As of March 31, 2026, 11,225 Endavans are helping clients break new ground across locations in Europe, the Americas, Asia Pacific and the Middle East. NON-IFRS FINANCIAL INFORMATION: To supplement Endava’s Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income, Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets and Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows presented in accordance with IFRS, the Company uses non-IFRS measures of certain components of financial performance in this press release. These measures include revenue (decline)/growth rate at constant currency, adjusted profit before tax, adjusted profit for the period, adjusted diluted EPS and adjusted free cash flow. Revenue (decline)/growth rate at constant currency is calculated by translating revenue from entities reporting in foreign currencies into British Pounds using the comparable foreign currency exchange rates from the prior period. For example, the average currency rates in effect for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2025 were used to convert revenue for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2026 and the revenue for the comparable prior period. Adjusted profit before tax ("Adjusted PBT") is defined as the Company’s (loss)/profit before tax adjusted to exclude the impact of share-based compensation expense, amortisation of acquired intangible assets, realised and unrealised foreign currency exchange losses/(gains), net, goodwill impairment charge, restructuring costs, exceptional people charges, and fair value movement of contingent consideration, all of which are non-cash items except for realised foreign currency exchange losses/(gains), net, restructuring costs and exceptional people charges. Our Adjusted PBT margin is our Adjusted PBT as a percentage of our total revenue. Adjusted profit for the period is defined as Adjusted PBT less the adjusted tax charge for the period. The adjusted tax charge is the tax charge adjusted for the tax impact of the adjustments to PBT, the release of the deferred tax liability relating to Romanian withholding tax and the reduction of the UK deferred tax asset in full. Adjusted diluted EPS is defined as Adjusted profit for the period, divided by weighted average number of shares outstanding - diluted. Adjusted free cash flow is the Company’s net cash from / (used in) operating activities, plus grants received, less net purchases of non-current assets (tangible and intangible). Adjusted free cash flow is not intended to be a measure of residual cash available for management's discretionary use since it omits significant sources and uses of cash flow, including mandatory debt repayments and changes in working capital. Management believes these measures help illustrate underlying trends in the Company's business and uses the measures to establish budgets and operational goals, communicated internally and externally, for managing the Company's business and evaluating its performance. Management also believes the presentation of its non-IFRS financial measures enhances an investor’s overall understanding of the Company’s historical financial performance. The presentation of the Company’s non-IFRS financial measures is not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for the Company’s financial results prepared in accordance with IFRS, and its non-IFRS measures may be different from non-IFRS measures used by other companies. Investors should review the reconciliation of the Company’s non-IFRS financial measures to the comparable IFRS financial measures included below and not rely on any single financial measure to evaluate the Company’s business. FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS: This press release includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of terms and phrases such as "believe," "expect," "intends," "outlook," "may," "will," and other similar terms and phrases. Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding our long-term strategic positioning, Endava's business strategies, plans, operations and growth opportunities, and Endava's future financial performance, including management's financial outlook for the fourth quarter and full fiscal year 2026. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results anticipated by these forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to: Endava’s ability to achieve its revenue growth goals, including as a result of a slower conversion of its pipeline; Endava's expectations of future operating results or financial performance; Endava’s ability to accurately forecast and achieve its announced guidance; Endava's ability to retain existing clients and attract new clients, including its ability to increase revenue from existing clients and diversify its revenue concentration; Endava’s ability to attract and retain highly-skilled IT professionals at cost-effective rates; Endava's ability to successfully identify acquisition targets, consummate acquisitions and successfully integrate acquired businesses and personnel; Endava's ability to penetrate new industry verticals and geographies and grow its revenue in current industry verticals and geographies; Endava’s ability to maintain favorable pricing and utilisation rates to support its gross margin; the effects of increased competition as well as innovations by new and existing competitors in its market; the size of Endava's addressable market and market trends; Endava’s ability to adapt to technological change and industry trends and innovate solutions for its clients; Endava's plans for growth and future operations, including its ability to manage its growth; Endava's ability to effectively manage its international operations, including Endava's exposure to foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations; Endava's future financial performance; the impact of unstable market, economic, and global conditions, as well as other risks and uncertainties discussed in the "Risk Factors" section of Endava's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended June 30, 2025 filed with the SEC on September 4, 2025 and in other filings that Endava makes from time to time with the SEC. In addition, the forward-looking statements included in this press release represent Endava’s views and expectations as of the date hereof and are based on information currently available to Endava. Endava anticipates that subsequent events and developments may cause its views to change. Endava specifically disclaims any obligation to update the forward-looking statements in this press release except as required by law. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing Endava’s views as of any date subsequent to the date hereof. RECONCILIATION OF IFRS FINANCIAL MEASURES TO NON-IFRS FINANCIAL MEASURES SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260520825840/en/ Contacts INVESTOR CONTACT:Endava plcLaurence Madsen, Head of Investor [email protected]
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FY2026 Q3 earnings call transcript
Good day, and welcome to the Endava third quarter fiscal year 2026 conference call. All participants will be in listen-only mode. Should you need assistance, please signal a conference specialist by pressing the star key followed by zero. After today's presentation, there will be an opportunity to ask questions. To ask a question, you may press star then one on your telephone keypad, and to withdraw your question, please press star then two. Please note today's event is being recorded. I would now like to turn the conference over to Laurence Madsen, Investor Relations Manager. Please go ahead.
Thank you. Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to Endava's third quarter of our fiscal year 2026 conference call. As a reminder, this conference call is being recorded. Joining me today are John Cotterell, Endava's Chief Executive Officer, and Mark Thurston, Endava's Chief Financial Officer. Before we begin, a quick reminder to our listeners. Our presentation and our accompanying remarks today include forward-looking statements, including but not limited to statements regarding our guidance for Q4 fiscal year 2026 and for the full fiscal year 2026, the impacts of headwinds facing our industry and business, trends in our industry including with respect to developments with AI, enhancements to our technology and offerings, the benefits of our partnerships, demand from clients for our technology services, our ability to create long-term value for our clients, our people, and our shareholders, our long-term strategic positioning, and our business strategies, plans, operations, and growth opportunities.
These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. Actual results and the timing of certain events may differ materially from the results or timing predicted or implied by such forward-looking statements, and reported results should not be considered as an indication of future performance. Please note that these forward-looking statements made during this conference call speak only as of today's date, and we undertake no obligation to update them to reflect subsequent events or circumstances other than to the extent required by law. For more information, please refer to the Risk Factors section of our annual report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 4th, 2025, and in other filings that Endava makes from time to time with the SEC. During the call, we'll present both IFRS and non-IFRS financial measures.
While we believe the non-IFRS financial measures provide useful information for investors, the presentation of this information is not intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for the financial information presented in accordance with IFRS. Reconciliations of such non-IFRS measures to the most directly comparable IFRS measures are included in today's earnings press release, as well as the investor presentation, both of which you can find on our investor relations website or on the SEC website. A link to the replay of this call will also be available on our website. With that, I'll turn the call over to John.
Thank you, Laurence, and welcome everyone. We appreciate you joining us for our third quarter fiscal year 2026 earnings call. I'll address first the issues that are top of mind for the investment community. This has been one of the more challenging periods Endava has faced in recent years. Demand conditions remain uneven across several sectors. Deal cycles continue to be extended, and clients are scrutinizing technology spending more carefully than at any point since the macro slowdown began. Against this backdrop, the primary driver of the quarter's miss and the lowered Q4 guide was a slower-than-expected pipeline conversion.
Factors impacting the revenue miss in the quarter and the lower revenue guide include clients located in the Middle East delaying work due to the ongoing conflict, a slowdown in overall client demand due to the macro and economic environment arising from the conflict, and finally, large, complex outcome-based contracts taking longer to execute than planned. During the quarter, we took a goodwill impairment of £364.6 million, which is a non-cash accounting adjustment, which does not impact our liquidity, delivery capability, client commitments, or ability to invest in the business. Mark will provide additional details on these items shortly. Although we're disappointed by these outcomes, we believe it's important to distinguish clearly between near-term execution challenges and long-term strategic positioning.
Over the past several quarters, we have accelerated our transition towards AI-native delivery, expanded relationships with leading hyperscalers, deepened our presence in payments transformation, and increased engagement with senior client decision-makers pursuing enterprise-scale AI initiatives. What we are seeing now is a market moving beyond experimentation. Clients are increasingly looking for partners who can help them operationalize AI, securely integrate it into complex enterprise environments and connect investment directly to measurable business outcomes. Each new wave of technology change has triggered the same entrepreneurial reflex inside Endava. Move first, learn fast, and scale what delivers impact. The rapid emergence of artificial intelligence is simply the latest inflection point, and in recent quarters, we have concentrated talent, investment, and partner collaboration on embedding AI across our delivery model to ensure Endava is ready to lead clients through what comes next.
Robust enterprise-grade IT services are essential for enabling AI leaders to scale their products safely and quickly. Thanks to our deep AI-native delivery framework and expanding partnership with both OpenAI and Google, we believe Endava is well-positioned to provide the secure integration, cloud orchestration, and compliance layers that make that growth possible. This quarter, we made strides in our go-to-market approach and in the evolution of our business model. We are transforming our go-to-market approach by engaging directly with key decision-makers to show how AI can accelerate their transformation priorities while deepening partnerships. We're moving to outcome-based contracts. For example, PGX, a modular accelerator core for next-generation payment platforms delivered through Endava Flow, ties our success to measurable improvements in clients' payment operations. We're continuing to progress selected client engagements as part of our AI-native shift with Endava Flow.
We now have 12 clients where Dava.Flow is deployed as compared to three last quarter. We're seeing progress in our shift from a traditional digital transformation business towards an AI-driven business. These initiatives and others like them have moved our AI-driven business up from 5% of total revenue a year ago in Q3 FY 2025 to 15% of total revenue in Q3 FY 2026 or GBP 27 million. This shows the scale of the pivot Endava has undertaken during the past 12 months and now gives us an AI-driven base that we believe will continue to expand. Margins on this AI-driven business are higher than our traditional digital transformation business. Let me share a few headlines for progress on this shift in the quarter. As part of our go-to-market pivot, we expanded our strategic partner network, enlarging our market reach and solution set.
I want to highlight our recently announced collaboration with Mastercard, which combines Endava's AI-native engineering and industry expertise with Mastercard's global reach and data-driven products and services. Together, we believe we have a powerful engine to accelerate the adoption and scale of next-generation payments and immersive experiences for Endava's clients worldwide. We aim to unlock value at pace, bringing solutions to market faster for Endava's clients, with initial focus on high-growth sectors such as insurance and healthcare, with additional attention on telco, mobility, and travel. On AI adoption, clients are moving beyond isolated productivity pilots. They now aim to create AI-native initiatives inside their existing organizations and to launch entirely new businesses that embed AI in both build-out and day-to-day operations. Although these engagements sit at different stages of maturity, we're seeing increasing numbers implemented into production.
Adoption is becoming more operational, more governed, and more tightly linked to measurable results. Over the coming quarters, we will focus on expanding our delivery portfolio with the goal of turning this interest into larger outcome-based programs. As part of our go-to-market strategy, we are investing strongly in partnerships, particularly those with the hyperscale. By combining our depth of industry expertise with the scale of AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft, we are producing accelerators and marketplace solutions that tackle our clients' most complex challenges. We expect to launch more than 15 marketplace offerings this year, of which 10 are already live, and we are aligning Dava.Flow with each hyperscaler's platform. Together, these initiatives are expected to cut time to value and help clients realize measurable returns on their technology investments. Today, I want to share some of the momentum we're achieving with Google.
Through our collaboration with Google, we have added new clients this year, particularly in financial services, retail, and gaming. Enterprises are partnering with us to accelerate their cloud transformation and harness Google's AI capabilities. For Longbrook Insurance, we migrated and set up the AI security guardrails on an AI-driven underwriting platform for warranty and indemnity insurance, making a transformative step forward in digital underwriting. Built on Google Cloud, the solution uses advanced AI to automate key stages of the underwriting cycle, from submission triage and risk assessment to pricing and due diligence, while keeping underwriters firmly in control through a human-in-the-loop dashboard. Their innovation in AI-powered insurance and Insurtech is designed to support considerable productivity gains, cost reduction, and speed to revenue for Longbrook Insurance.
Building on our enterprise AI progress, Google has invited Endava to participate in the Google Cloud AI Agent ecosystem program, a program traditionally limited to their largest global system integrators. The initiative, now open to a small cohort of AI-disrupted partners recognized for expertise with Gemini Enterprise and Vertex AI, is already generating new strategic engagements in North America, APAC, and Europe. For example, we recently finalized an agreement to implement Gemini Enterprise at a leading U.K. high street bank. The project is expected to deliver an enterprise-grade agent gallery that lets the bank's developer community register, govern, and discover custom-built agents, fully integrated with Google data platforms such as BigQuery and Cloud Storage. The solution is expected to provide timely, actionable data that improves efficiency and supports revenue growth at scale.
A year ago, we began applying our AI-enabled engineering expertise to long-standing client needs in payments, a domain where we have more than 20 years experience modernizing gateway and merchant services estates. We believe the sector now faces three concurrent requirements. One. Lowering the marginal cost of scaling. Two. Tightening operational efficiency and control. Three. Keeping room to innovate around embedded commerce, omni-channel acceptance, platform consolidation, and marketplace models. Our answer is PGX, delivered through Dava.Flow. PGX provides a reusable core, spanning digital acceptance, orchestration and routing, merchant portals, onboarding, settlement, fraud management, developer tooling, partner/ISV enablement, and back-office services so clients can modernize selectively and still differentiate at the product and experience level. Shared configurable components cut scaling costs, standardized orchestration and back-office services boosts efficiency, and leaves headroom to innovate.
Crucially, PGX supplies the data and workflow layer needed to introduce AI-enabled operations and agentic commerce across the front office, onboarding, servicing, and back office. Built with agentic AI and strict human-in-the-loop governance, PGX demonstrates that accelerated AI-assisted engineering can meet the quality and compliance demands of complex regulated payments environments. Early market reception is encouraging, with new signings in the last three months. Interest is already expanding beyond financial services into other sectors, where modern payment capability is becoming central to customer engagement, efficiency, and growth. First, we have been selected as a strategic partner with Tyl by NatWest Group's merchant payments arm, to modernize and expand its payments acceptance platform. Under the partnership, Endava will deploy Dava.Flow together with components of PGX to speed the rollout of new, fully integrated products and services while improving flexibility, scalability, and end-to-end performance across the payments life cycle.
Working jointly, the two companies have mapped a business and technology roadmap that links specific feature deliveries to defined market opportunities and associated revenue targets. For NatWest, the partnership represents a material investment in strengthening its merchant payment offering. For Endava, this partnership adds an additional and significant large-scale complex engagement with a leading U.K. financial institution, reinforcing our credentials in payments transformation. Second, PGX continues to gain momentum with two additional wins, one with a global payments provider and another with a Pan-European energy retailer. Both clients chose the accelerator to cut operating costs, simplify estates, and accelerate time to market. Dava.Flow supplies the delivery engine that converts these modernization programs into measurable commercial value and seamless connectivity to ecosystem partners such as payment schemes, acquirers, POS hardware, and compliance providers. Some other client wins.
We have also recently renewed our long-standing partnership with Slovenia's Ministry of Finance and Financial Administration through to 2028, bringing the relationship to more than two decades. Under the new agreement, we will continue to operate and enhance eDavki, the national tax portal that serves hundreds of thousands of taxpayers, integrates over 200 tax-related services, and processes more than 12 million electronic documents each year. eDavki delivers a secure, integrated experience that has eliminated postage costs, accelerated processing times, and given the authority near real-time visibility across its core revenue systems, demonstrating Endava's ability to modernize mission-critical, high-volume platforms at a national scale. The insurance company, NorthStandard, now regards Endava as a trusted extension of its technology organization, combining strong cultural alignment with deep technical expertise to deliver consistently high-quality outcomes.
The success of the partnership and the value delivered by our team gave our client the confidence to extend the engagement for a further two years and expand into additional roles and delivery teams. Our collaboration with a global brand and vehicle manufacturer has progressed from standalone engineering projects to an embedded partnership that has designed, built, and operated cloud-native data platforms for connected vehicle services, real-time performance monitoring, provided around-the-clock support services, and delivered logistics systems covering more than 80 facilities in nearly 30 countries. We are currently using AI-enabled delivery frameworks to create modern production operation systems designed to improve lifecycle management, enhance data visibility, and raise efficiency in production-critical environments, all underpinned by our disciplined approach to high-performance, scalable, and compliant architecture. Let me turn to Endava Flow and AI projects. Over the quarter, Endava Flow has shifted from exploratory use to enterprise adoption.
We enhanced the framework through a combination of partnerships and by applying it in two large-scale live engagements. Firstly, a large-scale implementation engagement in a regulated high-assurance environment. Secondly, the Nexus technical operator program, a previously announced engagement in the payments vertical. We have also continued to advance an AI-enabled human movement analysis platform for a leading high-performance sports organization. With the quarter focused on validation, robustness, and operational readiness. Working closely with domain experts, we refined evaluation logic to improve alignment between system outputs and expert expectations, strengthened the core analytics pipeline, and expanded synthetic data sets to improve performance across real-world scenarios. We also introduced more structured measurement through accuracy dashboards, regular comparisons to previous versions, and standardized evaluation against labeled data. Although still early, the increasing level of stakeholder validation underlines that the program is moving steadily towards a production-ready solution.
We applied the same agent-centric principles to a very different challenge, streamlining engineering knowledge for a European-based media and entertainment group. The client struggled with fragmented engineering knowledge locked in Jira, Confluence, GitHub, and Microsoft 365, which lengthened incident resolution, delayed sprint planning, and hampered onboarding. Endava delivered a Google Cloud agent space pilot that unifies these sources behind a secure role-based natural language interface, automatically retrieving the most relevant tickets, code, and documentation in one view. Since go live, engineers report a roughly 60% reduction in time spent locating material and cut onboarding time by 30%, translating into faster coordination and measurable gains in overall delivery productivity, while also validating our agentic approach and further strengthening our partnership with Google Cloud. To conclude, I want to thank our employees across Endava. Our teams continue adapting quickly to technological change while supporting clients through increasingly complex transformation programs.
We remain focused on disciplined execution, operational accountability, client delivery quality, and positioning Endava for long-term relevance in the next generation of enterprise technology services. With that, I will hand the call over to Mark, who will walk through this quarter's financial performance and our guidance for the rest of the fiscal year.
Thanks, John. Revenue for the quarter ended March 31st, 2026, was GBP 178.5 million. The revenue miss in the quarter was due to opportunities slipping beyond March. As John mentioned, there were several factors that impacted revenue this quarter, along with the revised Q4 outlook. Mainly clients located in the Middle East delaying work due to the ongoing conflict, a slowdown in overall client demand due to the macroeconomic environment arising from the conflict, and finally, large, complex outcome-based contracts taking longer to execute than planned. This compares to GBP 194.8 million in the same period in the prior year, representing an 8.4% decrease. In constant currency, our revenue decreased 6.4% from the same period in the prior year.
Loss before tax for the three months ended March 31st, 2026, was GBP 372 million, which includes a non-cash goodwill impairment of GBP 364.6 million, compared to a profit of GBP 13.6 million in the same period in the prior year. Our Adjusted PBT for the three months ended March 31st, 2026, was GBP 3.2 million, compared to GBP 24.6 million for the same period in the prior year. Our Adjusted PBT margin was 1.8% for the three months ended March 31st, 2026, compared to 12.6% for the same period in the prior year. Our costs increased in the quarter due to higher go-to-market investments and an increase in the bench as we are training staff in AI and Dava.Flow skills. This is a key investment in skills for our new AI-driven business.
The market capitalization of the company and the reduced outlook has required us to assess the carrying value of goodwill and the deferred tax asset for U.K. tax losses in the U.K. As a consequence, we have taken an exceptional charge of £364.6 million in relation to the impairment of goodwill and £23.2 million regarding the derecognition of the deferred tax asset. Both charges are non-cash and one-off in nature. The deferred tax asset derecognition, because it has occurred partly through the financial year, impacts our adjusted tax rate, which for Q3 is 17% and is expected to rise to 37% in Q4, leaving the estimated full year adjusted tax rate at around 25%. These adjusted tax rates do not change the amount of cash tax we are paying.
Our adjusted diluted earnings per share was GBP 0.05 for the three months ended March 31st, 2026, calculated on 52.2 million diluted shares, as compared to GBP 0.34 for the same period in the prior year, calculated on 59.4 million diluted shares. Revenue from our 10 largest clients accounted for 40% of revenue for the three months ended March 31st, 2026, compared to 39% in the same period last fiscal year. The average spend per client from our 10 largest clients decreased from GBP 7.5 million to GBP 7.1 million for the three months ended March 31st, 2026, as compared to the three months ended March 31st, 2025, representing a 5.6% year-over-year decrease. Of this movement, FX contributed to a 3.7% year-over-year decrease due to US dollar weakness in the quarter.
In the three months ended March 31st, 2026, North America accounted for 38% of revenue, Europe for 23%, the U.K. for 33%, while the rest of the world accounted for 6%. Revenue from North America decreased by 5.5% for the three months ended March 31st, 2026, over the same period last fiscal year. The decrease was driven by an FX headwind of 6.1%. Comparing the same periods, revenue for Europe declined 3.6%, due mainly to weakness in payments and TMT, and the U.K. decreased 15.4%, due mainly to the reclassification of a large payments client from the U.K. to North America, as the relationship with the client is now based there, which was mentioned last quarter. The rest of world decreased 1.8%, driven mainly by the payments and other verticals.
Our adjusted free cash flow was negative GBP 3.1 million for the three months ended March 31st, 2026, from a positive GBP 17.5 million during the same period last fiscal year. Free cash flow was negative in the quarter, mainly due to an increase in receivables, as a large proportion of the billing for the quarter was issued in March. We anticipate collecting the majority of this by the end of June. Our cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period totaled GBP 48.4 million at March 31st, 2026, compared to GBP 59.3 million at June 30th, 2025, and GBP 68.3 million at March 31st, 2025. Our borrowings increased to GBP 195.8 million at March 31st, 2026, from GBP 180.9 million at June 30th, 2025, and GBP 136.5 million at March 31st, 2025, primarily to support the funding requirements of our share repurchase program.
Capital expenditure for the three months ended March 31st, 2026, as a percentage of revenue, was 1.6% compared to 0.6% in the same period last fiscal year. Turning to the guide for the remainder of the fiscal year, as John mentioned earlier, we have lowered the Q4 guide due to slower than expected pipeline conversion, which is most marked in banking and capital markets across all of our regions. Now moving to our outlook. Our guidance for Q4 fiscal year 2026 is as follows. We expect revenue to be in the range of GBP 181 million to GBP 185 million, representing constant currency revenue decrease of between 3.5% and 1.0% on a year-over-year basis. We expect adjusted diluted EPS to be in the range of GBP 0.09 to GBP 0.13 per share. Our guidance for full fiscal year 2026 is as follows.
We expect revenue to be in the range of GBP 721.8 million-GBP 725.8 million, representing constant currency revenue decrease of between 6.0% and 5.0% on a year-over-year basis.
We expect adjusted diluted EPS to be in the range of GBP 0.45-GBP 0.49 per share. The above guidance for Q4 fiscal year 2026 and the full fiscal year 2026 assumes the exchange rates on April 30th, 2026, when the exchange rate was one British pound to $1.35 US and EUR 1.16. This concludes our prepared comments. Operator, we are now ready to open the line for Q&A.
Thank you. We'll now begin the question-and-answer session. To ask a question, you may press star one on your telephone keypad. If your question has already been addressed and you'd like to remove yourself from queue, please press star two. Our first question today comes from James Faucette at Morgan Stanley. Please go ahead.
Thank you very much. Wanted to dig in quickly into two topics, a little bit unrelated or always related, but separate. First, in terms of customer decision-making, obviously there's a lot of AI evaluation, et cetera, going on. You talked about projects moving to production. We're still seeing kind of pressure on the rest of the budget and spend. You talked about obviously extending decision cycles. Can you just help us bridge those and when or under what conditions you would expect to see that movement to AI production start to benefit you, and we can start to see real movement on the booking side? Then on capital allocation, can you just talk about how you're thinking about what you should be doing around your debt and borrowings?
Especially, obviously you've tried to take advantage of where the stock is with buybacks, but just wondering if de-levering is an increasing priority, et cetera. Thank you very much.
Thanks, James. Let me pick up the customer decision-making question that you had. We are seeing much more substantive AI-driven deals coming through. We announced NatWest and the collaboration we have with Mastercard in the opening remarks. It's visibly growing as a proportion of our business, three times what it was a year ago, taking it to GBP 27 million in the quarter or 15% of the total business. It's now becoming a substantive element of the business that we expect to grow from. We're seeing that in prospective deals that are coming through. They are more complex in nature, outcome-based, looking at serious transformation across the customer's business. They've taken longer to close and get started. We do use AI very much as part of that sales process, so actually establishing what is going to be done, is a very AI-driven process. You are correct.
There is pressure on discretionary spend. I think in Endava we are more exposed to that than many of our peers. A lot of our business is more in the discretionary camp. We continue to see downward pressure on that. You can see that in the underlying shift of our business from our traditional business, digital transformation business, towards the AI-driven business that I highlighted in the opening remarks. Obviously the digital transformation business has been declining whilst we've been seeing the AI side ramp up. That is the shift, that is the pivot that we are deliberately making as a company. We're very comfortable to be seeing the AI-driven arena growing. Mark, do you want to pick up on the cash flow question?
Yeah. The cash generation in the quarter was disappointing. As I said, most of the billings arose in March, so the collections will take place between now and June. We anticipate a significantly better cash flow generation in Q4. Notwithstanding that, leverage is something we want to focus on reducing. We do have a refinancing coming up during the course of FY 2027. Looking at the wider funding of the business is something that we'll consider as part of that.
Thank you. Our next question today comes from Bryan Bergin at TD Cowen. Please go ahead.
Hi, guys. Thanks for taking the questions. Maybe a bit of follow-up as it relates to the unplanned pressure here. Understand the Mideast volatility causing the discretionary issues and then large deal opportunities taking longer than planned. In addition to that, is there vendor consolidation and broader shifts in client priorities playing out where the offering just isn't as robust yet as competitors? Really trying to understand how much may be transitory timing dynamic versus a function of client-ending programs and shifting those priorities elsewhere, or the consolidation share loss or even other factors like over-competitive pricing in the market. If you could just comment on that.
We're not seeing a huge vendor consolidation headwind. The pressure seems to be coming from as we deliver more productively. We've been talking about our shift to AI native, where more than 75% of our staff are now using AI in their daily work, and that is driving higher productivity. Clients are harvesting a little bit more of that benefit than we would prefer, as in not reinvesting it. I think that is also part of the shift as they're looking to much more substantive AI-driven transformations. That's very much part of the pivot that we're focusing on. Those projects are taking longer to come through. They continue to take longer. The thing that I'm highlighting is that they are coming through and we are getting them signed now.
Okay. My follow-up, as it relates to some of the actions by the foundational model provider. Obviously with news flow around OpenAI deployment companies, some of the joint ventures that Anthropic and OpenAI are looking to set up as well as they're looking for consulting and engineering talent. I guess there are a couple avenues here, what's your perspective there, just considering your base of engineering talent? Seems like it would be obviously attractive potential opportunity for them to lean into partners like you more. As you think about kind of competition versus cooperation, kind of where do you land? What are your thoughts on that?
Yeah. We actually, number one, I think the foundational model companies are actually showing that they need services partners for implementation in the real world. They're looking for how to accelerate that and push it along. That's the reason for some of these DeployCo models that they're coming up with. We're in conversations with them very much. The expectation is that that will become a new channel to market for us as they utilize our skills and capabilities in order to drive the commitments that they'll be making to clients. We see it much more as being a collaboration opportunity, a go-to-market opportunity, than a competitive activity. A lot of what they're focusing on is complementary to what we do in terms of the heavy lift engineering capabilities that we've built in the AI space. They recognize that.
All right. Thank you.
Thanks, Bryan.
Our next question comes from Puneet Jain with JPMorgan. Please go ahead.
Hey, thanks for taking my question. I want to follow up on Bryan's question on revenue weakness and want to focus on both related to your estimates as well as your peers. I understand, like, the Middle East surprised you in this quarter, but revenue has come in below your expectations many quarters in last three years. Do you think, like, you need to change anything in the planning process, like, to get better handle of quarterly revenue or even the quarter as well as full year guidance?
Yeah, I mean, the Middle East arena was not something we saw coming. We'd actually invested pretty heavily over the past 12 months and had deals ready to sign, literally, about to kick off when the conflict kicked off. It literally stopped all activity across our client base. That had a noticeable impact on Q3 and a bigger impact on Q4. Your question about the timing of essentially how quickly we get these deals through the pipeline and into revenue is one that we're paying a lot of attention to. We're very sensitive to it. If you look at our Q4 guide, we've put a lot of work into the client conversations and the project plan, if you like, of getting these deals signed and the revenue ramping. It is something that continues to need a lot of attention.
We definitely got caught by that in Q3.
Got it. It's been give or take, two years since you acquired GalaxE. Now you are also pushing ahead with this AI first model, AI first delivery. Talk to us about change management within Endava, about your employees, motivating them to embrace AI, to embrace this new way of delivering, while also, the stock obviously has been down so much. Some of those employees might also be worried about their jobs given the news flow around AI. Talk to us about the change management within Endava. How are you managing all those things? Thank you.
Our approach to change here has been a pioneer and rollout model. In each area, as we're driving change, we get a smaller group of people who pioneer what good looks like, and then roll it out across the organization. The first of those that we talked about around 18 months ago was the shift to AI native. That was done by getting small teams across each part of the business, to engage with AI. At that stage, it was the generative AI that was in play, and how to create GPTs, and how to drive usage across that part, each part of the business. We then moved into a rollout phase, where adoption was pushed right across the business with everyone having access to. We went for ChatGPT Enterprise as our standard across the business.
Over the following three to four months, we saw usage across our staff base move above 75% of people using it every day in their job, which was our objective out of that AI native shift. The big shift that we're pushing at the moment is Dava.Flow. We've been developing Dava.Flow over the last 18 months or so, as you'd be aware that we came up with our own agentic solution ahead of the large vendors coming out with agentic models. We were using that to initially start shaping how Dava.Flow would work. Dava.Flow being our method around how you develop business solutions and ultimately software and agentic solutions in an agentic world where most of the work is done by agents rather than by people. That shift from agile, if you like.
Those pioneering groups actually defined Dava.Flow, created all the prompts, et cetera, that go into it, created the context warehousing, all of the pieces that go to make Dava.Flow work. We pushed that into our payments gateway, which I've talked about on the opening remarks, so that we had an internal project where we could really drive not only the payments gateway we were building, but also the development of Dava.Flow. Over the last six months, we started to shift to spreading that step by step across the organization. I highlighted we've now got 12 clients using Dava.Flow in anger, up from three last quarter. That's the rollout speed. Within the organization, we've got over 1,000 engineers who are actually using and training on Dava.Flow now or over 10% of our direct staff.
That's in anticipation of the greater use of Dava.Flow that we anticipate coming through both Q4 and as we move into Q1. All of that within a change management framework, we call it our Keystone Management Programme, that is driving that change.
Got it. Thank you.
Thank you. Our next question today comes from Nate Svensson with Deutsche Bank. Please go ahead.
Hey, guys. I wanted to ask about another one of the factors you called out as driving the miss and guide down, specifically the outcome-based contracts taking longer to execute. Hoping you can give some detail around what exactly is taking longer to execute here. I guess more broadly, you've clearly talked a lot about the shift to outcome-based contracts over the last few quarters. I guess I'm just wondering if these problems or the things that are taking longer to execute are actually fixable or transitory, or is there any sort of dynamic where clients just don't want to shift to outcome-based models to try and realize benefits on pricing or efficiency or your traditional time and materials contracts?
We're not seeing that latter problem. It is just these are, by nature, very large transformative engagements in the tens of millions type category. We are using AI to help give clarity on what it is that we are going to be delivering and getting that much earlier in the cycle, and expecting that we would see a three or four-month sales cycle from having shaped what it is that we are going to be delivering and how AI is going to be making an impact. Seeing that turn into five, six months to get the deals closed. There is an element of clients being on a learning curve. Their legal departments are worrying about issues, worrying about regulation, worrying about how to contract these deals that is becoming visible and is taking longer.
We expect that to ameliorate as people become more familiar with the issues, and can get these things through faster on their side. We're not seeing it being because they don't want to engage on outcome-based deals. These things are progressing. We announced
Some in the opening remarks, and there are others under the covers that are a little smaller. We are seeing them progressing. They're just taking longer than expected.
Okay. Got it. Thank you. For a follow-up, I wanted to ask specifically on two of the verticals. I guess first, what's happening in banking and capital markets? That vertical have been growing pretty nicely for you and then growth fell pretty dramatically in 3Q. I think you mentioned worse pipeline conversion, but more color would be helpful there. In healthcare specifically, I think on the call last quarter, you talked about a large healthcare client slowing down spend in 3Q, but you had expected them to return to spend in 4Q. Looks like that played out in 3Q, but is that specific client still expected to return to spend here in the fourth quarter?
On the healthcare side, yes, we expected one of our larger clients to slow, which they have continued to do. They came in as expected. We expect that actually to continue slowing into Q4. There is some offset to a certain extent as we go into Q4 because another client is actually growing quite quickly. The trouble is the decline of the larger client has happened more quickly than anticipated with the ramp-up of the newer client, larger client. Then we do have a ramp down from an existing client from Q2 through Q3, Q4. You're right. We've sort of come off a good sort of Q2. There's been a step down because of those sort of dynamics, but it stabilizes as we go into Q4, as anticipated in our guide.
Got it. Anything on banking and capital markets or?
Sorry. In banking and capital markets, we were pretty stable through Q1, Q2. We did see a step down as we went into Q3, I think GBP 2 million, one and a half million or so. Partly one client coming off the project work that we've been doing for them, and also some lumpiness in the delivery profile for another client. We do expect recovery in BCM into Q4. The point is, it's not as strong as we were anticipating in the original guide that we set in February. That sort of slowdown in banking and capital markets is most pronounced in the U.S. and the U.K., although we are feeling it to a smaller extent in the other geographies, but it's more significantly in U.K. and North America.
Thanks, guys.
Thank you. Our next question today comes from Jonathan Lee at Guggenheim Partners. Please go ahead.
Great. Thanks for taking my questions. Given what we saw in the quarter versus the mid-February commentary around 95% contract and committed visibility, what are you seeing quarter to date in April and May on both demand and the slipped contracts? What's the coverage on the 4Q range today, and what gives you confidence in that sequential improvement into 4Q that's implied in the outlook?
If go back to Q3, we had a range of GBP 185 million-GBP 182 million. We were saying the contractual coverage, at the high end, I think it was about 90%, and it rose, I think, to about 92% for the low end of the guide. The pipeline to convert in both high and low was about GBP 19 million and GBP 16 million, and we converted about GBP 13 million. You've got a conversion which is below what we anticipated. The low end is about 80%. For the high guide in Q4, we have contracted and committed of 95%. For the low end of GBP 181 million, we have 97%. That leaves about GBP 9 million at the high end to convert and GBP 5 million to convert at the low end. We have three or four opportunities that are sort of sizable.
We have taken a view that some of those are not going to convert as part of the high guide, and then a severe downside that one converts when we get to the low end of the guide. We have been sort of conservative, I believe. I know we have missed in the quarter with that sort of outlook. In terms of the step-up, it's something like at the top end of the guide about, I think, 3.5%. We do have some movement in terms of working days between the quarters. That actually does help us somewhat. The step-up is not as strong as it may appear when you look at it on an absolute growth basis. There is always pipeline in our figures. It's the nature of the business model.
The issue, going back to John's initial comments, has been the predictability of when opportunities convert.
Thanks for that color, Mark. Just as a follow-up, can you help us think through some of the earlier comments around AI productivity harvesting? As clients become more aware of the efficiency gains that AI is enabling, how do you think about the structural durability of pricing and contract profitability over the longer term, particularly as clients may look to extract more of those gains at the table? What's sort of the offset mechanism there?
I think the offset mechanism is the change in the business model that John was outlining in terms of AI-driven models, which is basically outcome-based. Yes, there's been pressure in the traditional T&M space. We are being more productive. It sort of erodes revenues. We're moving more to an outcome-based, longer-term duration partnership arrangement with large clients, where we have stronger visibility of revenue, and we can capture more of that benefit from the rollout of Dava.Flow to capture more of that benefit, and therefore protect margins. I think the key thing, I mean, I'm not going to quote numbers at you, but the new model revenue margins are significantly higher than our existing T&M margin figures, which are under pressure.
It's a question of can we accelerate the new AI-driven business to offset that decline that we're seeing in the, let's call it the traditional digital transformation business, which is largely T&M.
I think the other thing, just to add to that, it's not specifically around the productivity and the model style and the pricing attached to it, but our utilization or billability is running much lower as we're going through this pivot, as we're investing in skills retraining and so on. Actually, we need to do that to prepare our workforce for the new that is coming through. It's not an optional extra. That is part of the, or a big part of the margin compression that you're seeing rather than specifically a pricing issue. Pricing has been actually pretty flat.
It's pretty stable when you look at it, Jonathan, on an average work day measure. I think this is the sort of issue, the sort of transition, the usual metrics of billability and average rate per work day are sort of fraying a little bit as we go through this change.
Thanks for that.
Thank you. Our next question today comes from Matt Dezort at William Blair. Please go ahead.
Hi, team. This is Matt on for Margaret Nolan. Thank you for taking our questions. I guess to follow up on that last point on AI, how are you defining your AI revenue? I guess, what growth trajectory are you underwriting there? When do you expect that could become a majority of the business mix?
Yeah. We've pulled this out as what we're calling AI-driven business, where AI is at the core of the business transformation proposition. Often outcome-based, typically sold at the top of the C-suite. The two examples, NatWest and the collaboration with Mastercard, and a number of the Google Cloud deals in the opening remarks fall into that category. We're very focused on developing this type of pipeline. It needs, let me call them forward-leaning organizations who are up for this acceleration, and that is a subset of the market. It's not everyone who's up for that right now. Where we find those people, we're getting really, really good traction around the AI-driven change.
I would highlight it's different to the AI native measure that we've previously published, which has stabilized in the sort of 75%-80% mark, which is a measure of how people are using AI in the organization. If they're using it on a daily basis in their work, we're counting that as AI usage. That enables strong productivity, it's not the same as the sort of AI-driven business transformation that we're classifying it here.
Got it. Thank you. I guess on the margins, what specific levers do you have to protect or expand margins given the revenue pressures you're seeing as you pivot the business? How do you think about that going into next year?
Margins. Well, we're sort of managing two dynamics, which is, we'll call it the traditional T&M business and which we can call the digital transformation business. The way you've always sort of managed margin pressure there is actually just looking at cost and getting visibility, which we can do. You do have to have good visibility so that it's not disruptive. That is definitely a lever. The other offset is to actually build the new more quickly with the AI-driven work, where you have longer term visibility year to year. You have more control over how you deliver that work because it's not on a time and material basis, and it's about the deployment of Dava.Flow to capture that sort of benefit. Those are the two levers that you apply, basically. It's managing that sort of dynamic.
I expect over the coming years, this sort of split between what is fixed price and what is T&M is going to start to shift. We don't have any figures at the moment. We definitely do know at the moment that our T&M proportion of revenues is starting to come down.
Last year it was about 77 on a full year basis, FY 2025. It's probably about 71% of our revenues in this quarter. That is an indication of the shift that is going on where we are contracting through fixed price outcomes, not all through Dava.Flow. That is one way that you can protect margin going forward about growing the new, more profitable work.
Thanks for the color.
Thank you. Our next question today comes from Phani Kanumuri with HSBC. Please go ahead.
Hello. Thanks for taking my question. I just want to ask on the update regarding your go-to market with the OpenAI. You had that partnership. Do you have any update on how it's going? Thank you.
We continue to have a really strong relationship with OpenAI. It's global in nature, driven out of the U.S. The conversations that we had with the new DeployCo are part of that relationship, and through that, putting together thoughts and plans on how we're going to work together with the new DeployCo. We continue to get early sight of some of the models and so on that they're putting out so that we can prepare go-to-market capabilities alongside them, and we continue to bid together on opportunities, some of which are in the large complex space.
Perfect. Thank you.
Thank you. That concludes our question-and-answer session. I'd like to turn the conference back over to John Cotterell for any closing remarks.
Yeah. Thank you all for joining us today, and I look forward to speaking to you in September.
Thank you, sir. That concludes today's conference call, and we thank you all for attending today's presentation. You may now disconnect your lines and have a wonderful day.
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-05-14Amdocs (DOX) Tops Q2 Earnings and Revenue Estimates
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Amdocs (DOX) Tops Q2 Earnings and Revenue Estimates
Amdocs (DOX) came out with quarterly earnings of $1.78 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.77 per share. This compares to earnings of $1.78 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items. This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of +0.85%. A quarter ago, it was expected that this provider of computer systems integration would post earnings of $1.75 per share when it actually produced earnings of $1.81, delivering a surprise of +3.43%. Over the last four quarters, the company has surpassed consensus EPS estimates four times. Amdocs, which belongs to the Zacks Computers - IT Services industry, posted revenues of $1.17 billion for the quarter ended March 2026, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 0.44%. This compares to year-ago revenues of $1.13 billion. The company has topped consensus revenue estimates four times over the last four quarters. The sustainability of the stock's immediate price movement based on the recently-released numbers and future earnings expectations will mostly depend on management's commentary on the earnings call. Amdocs shares have lost about 22.6% since the beginning of the year versus the S&P 500's gain of 8.1%. While Amdocs has underperformed the market so far this year, the question that comes to investors' minds is: what's next for the stock? There are no easy answers to this key question, but one reliable measure that can help investors address this is the company's earnings outlook. Not only does this include current consensus earnings expectations for the coming quarter(s), but also how these expectations have changed lately. Empirical research shows a strong correlation between near-term stock movements and trends in earnings estimate revisions. Investors can track such revisions by themselves or rely on a tried-and-tested rating tool like the Zacks Rank, which has an impressive track record of harnessing the power of earnings estimate revisions. Ahead of this earnings release, the estimate revisions trend for Amdocs was mixed. While the magnitude and direction of estimate revisions could change following the company's just-released earnings report, the current status translates into a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) for the stock. So, the shares are expected to perform in line with the market in the near future. You can see the complete list of today's Zacks #1 Rank (Strong…Read full documentShow less
Amdocs (DOX) came out with quarterly earnings of $1.78 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.77 per share. This compares to earnings of $1.78 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items. This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of +0.85%. A quarter ago, it was expected that this provider of computer systems integration would post earnings of $1.75 per share when it actually produced earnings of $1.81, delivering a surprise of +3.43%. Over the last four quarters, the company has surpassed consensus EPS estimates four times. Amdocs, which belongs to the Zacks Computers - IT Services industry, posted revenues of $1.17 billion for the quarter ended March 2026, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 0.44%. This compares to year-ago revenues of $1.13 billion. The company has topped consensus revenue estimates four times over the last four quarters. The sustainability of the stock's immediate price movement based on the recently-released numbers and future earnings expectations will mostly depend on management's commentary on the earnings call. Amdocs shares have lost about 22.6% since the beginning of the year versus the S&P 500's gain of 8.1%. While Amdocs has underperformed the market so far this year, the question that comes to investors' minds is: what's next for the stock? There are no easy answers to this key question, but one reliable measure that can help investors address this is the company's earnings outlook. Not only does this include current consensus earnings expectations for the coming quarter(s), but also how these expectations have changed lately. Empirical research shows a strong correlation between near-term stock movements and trends in earnings estimate revisions. Investors can track such revisions by themselves or rely on a tried-and-tested rating tool like the Zacks Rank, which has an impressive track record of harnessing the power of earnings estimate revisions. Ahead of this earnings release, the estimate revisions trend for Amdocs was mixed. While the magnitude and direction of estimate revisions could change following the company's just-released earnings report, the current status translates into a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) for the stock. So, the shares are expected to perform in line with the market in the near future. You can see the complete list of today's Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here. It will be interesting to see how estimates for the coming quarters and the current fiscal year change in the days ahead. The current consensus EPS estimate is $1.88 on $1.18 billion in revenues for the coming quarter and $7.44 on $4.7 billion in revenues for the current fiscal year. Investors should be mindful of the fact that the outlook for the industry can have a material impact on the performance of the stock as well. In terms of the Zacks Industry Rank, Computers - IT Services is currently in the bottom 43% of the 250 plus Zacks industries. Our research shows that the top 50% of the Zacks-ranked industries outperform the bottom 50% by a factor of more than 2 to 1. Another stock from the same industry, Endava PLC Sponsored ADR (DAVA), has yet to report results for the quarter ended March 2026. The results are expected to be released on May 21. This company is expected to post quarterly earnings of $0.27 per share in its upcoming report, which represents a year-over-year change of -37.2%. The consensus EPS estimate for the quarter has remained unchanged over the last 30 days. Endava PLC Sponsored ADR's revenues are expected to be $249.69 million, up 1.8% from the year-ago quarter. Want the latest recommendations from Zacks Investment Research? Today, you can download 7 Best Stocks for the Next 30 Days. Click to get this free report Amdocs Limited (DOX) : Free Stock Analysis Report Endava PLC Sponsored ADR (DAVA) : Free Stock Analysis Report This article originally published on Zacks Investment Research (zacks.com). Zacks Investment Research
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-05-08Endava to Announce Q3 FY2026 Financial Results on May 21, 2026
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Endava to Announce Q3 FY2026 Financial Results on May 21, 2026
LONDON, May 07, 2026--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Endava plc (NYSE: DAVA), the technology-driven business transformation group whose AI-native approach combines cutting edge technology with deep industry expertise, today announced it will release results for the third quarter ended March 31, 2026, on Thursday May 21, 2026 before the opening of regular U.S. market hours. Following the release, John Cotterell, Endava’s CEO and Mark Thurston, Endava’s CFO, will discuss the results in a conference call beginning at 8:00 am ET. Conference call access information is: Participant Toll Free Dial-In Number: 1-844-481-2736 Participant International Dial-In Number: 1-412-317-0665 Conference ID: Endava Call Webcast: https://investors.endava.com Additionally, a replay will be available on our investor relations website after the call. ABOUT ENDAVA PLC: Endava is a leading provider of next-generation technology services, dedicated to enabling its clients to accelerate growth, tackle complex challenges and thrive in evolving markets. By combining innovative technologies and deep industry expertise with an AI-native approach, Endava consults and partners with clients to create solutions that drive transformation, augment intelligence and deliver lasting impact. From ideation to production, it supports clients with tailor-made solutions at every stage of their digital transformation, regardless of industry, region or scale. Endava’s clients span payments, insurance, banking and capital markets, technology, media, telecommunications, healthcare, mobility, retail and consumer goods and more. As of December 31, 2025, 11,385 Endavans are helping clients break new ground across locations in Europe, the Americas, Asia Pacific and the Middle East. For more information, visit www.endava.com View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260507629980/en/ Contacts Investor Relations: Laurence Madsen, Endava [email protected]
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-05-07TaskUs (TASK) Q1 Earnings Miss Estimates
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TaskUs (TASK) Q1 Earnings Miss Estimates
TaskUs (TASK) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.35 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.36 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.38 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items. This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of -1.41%. A quarter ago, it was expected that this provider of outsourced digital services would post earnings of $0.36 per share when it actually produced earnings of $0.4, delivering a surprise of +11.11%. Over the last four quarters, the company has surpassed consensus EPS estimates three times. TaskUs, which belongs to the Zacks Computers - IT Services industry, posted revenues of $306.27 million for the quarter ended March 2026, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 3.50%. This compares to year-ago revenues of $277.79 million. The company has topped consensus revenue estimates four times over the last four quarters. The sustainability of the stock's immediate price movement based on the recently-released numbers and future earnings expectations will mostly depend on management's commentary on the earnings call. TaskUs shares have lost about 45.8% since the beginning of the year versus the S&P 500's gain of 6%. While TaskUs has underperformed the market so far this year, the question that comes to investors' minds is: what's next for the stock? There are no easy answers to this key question, but one reliable measure that can help investors address this is the company's earnings outlook. Not only does this include current consensus earnings expectations for the coming quarter(s), but also how these expectations have changed lately. Empirical research shows a strong correlation between near-term stock movements and trends in earnings estimate revisions. Investors can track such revisions by themselves or rely on a tried-and-tested rating tool like the Zacks Rank, which has an impressive track record of harnessing the power of earnings estimate revisions. Ahead of this earnings release, the estimate revisions trend for TaskUs was favorable. While the magnitude and direction of estimate revisions could change following the company's just-released earnings report, the current status translates into a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) for the stock. So, the shares are expected to outperform the market in the near future. You can see the complete list of today's Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy…Read full documentShow less
TaskUs (TASK) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.35 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.36 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.38 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items. This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of -1.41%. A quarter ago, it was expected that this provider of outsourced digital services would post earnings of $0.36 per share when it actually produced earnings of $0.4, delivering a surprise of +11.11%. Over the last four quarters, the company has surpassed consensus EPS estimates three times. TaskUs, which belongs to the Zacks Computers - IT Services industry, posted revenues of $306.27 million for the quarter ended March 2026, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 3.50%. This compares to year-ago revenues of $277.79 million. The company has topped consensus revenue estimates four times over the last four quarters. The sustainability of the stock's immediate price movement based on the recently-released numbers and future earnings expectations will mostly depend on management's commentary on the earnings call. TaskUs shares have lost about 45.8% since the beginning of the year versus the S&P 500's gain of 6%. While TaskUs has underperformed the market so far this year, the question that comes to investors' minds is: what's next for the stock? There are no easy answers to this key question, but one reliable measure that can help investors address this is the company's earnings outlook. Not only does this include current consensus earnings expectations for the coming quarter(s), but also how these expectations have changed lately. Empirical research shows a strong correlation between near-term stock movements and trends in earnings estimate revisions. Investors can track such revisions by themselves or rely on a tried-and-tested rating tool like the Zacks Rank, which has an impressive track record of harnessing the power of earnings estimate revisions. Ahead of this earnings release, the estimate revisions trend for TaskUs was favorable. While the magnitude and direction of estimate revisions could change following the company's just-released earnings report, the current status translates into a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) for the stock. So, the shares are expected to outperform the market in the near future. You can see the complete list of today's Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here. It will be interesting to see how estimates for the coming quarters and the current fiscal year change in the days ahead. The current consensus EPS estimate is $0.32 on $300.92 million in revenues for the coming quarter and $1.44 on $1.23 billion in revenues for the current fiscal year. Investors should be mindful of the fact that the outlook for the industry can have a material impact on the performance of the stock as well. In terms of the Zacks Industry Rank, Computers - IT Services is currently in the top 37% of the 250 plus Zacks industries. Our research shows that the top 50% of the Zacks-ranked industries outperform the bottom 50% by a factor of more than 2 to 1. One other stock from the same industry, Endava PLC Sponsored ADR (DAVA), is yet to report results for the quarter ended March 2026. This company is expected to post quarterly earnings of $0.27 per share in its upcoming report, which represents a year-over-year change of -37.2%. The consensus EPS estimate for the quarter has remained unchanged over the last 30 days. Endava PLC Sponsored ADR's revenues are expected to be $249.69 million, up 1.8% from the year-ago quarter. Want the latest recommendations from Zacks Investment Research? Today, you can download 7 Best Stocks for the Next 30 Days. Click to get this free report TaskUs, Inc. (TASK) : Free Stock Analysis Report Endava PLC Sponsored ADR (DAVA) : Free Stock Analysis Report This article originally published on Zacks Investment Research (zacks.com). Zacks Investment Research
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-02-21Endava Q2 Earnings Call Highlights
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Endava Q2 Earnings Call Highlights
AI pivot & Dava.Flow: Endava reported Q2 revenue of GBP 184.1 million (down 5.9% YoY, up 3.3% QoQ) and said its AI-native Dava.Flow engagement model has early client traction—two live engagements delivered much faster outputs, higher productivity and Policy-as-Code governance, with rollouts focused on larger outcome-based deals. Margins and profits under pressure: The company posted a loss before tax of GBP 7.2 million (vs. a GBP 2.5m profit a year earlier), adjusted PBT fell to GBP 10.7 million and adjusted PBT margin dropped to 5.8%, declines management attributes to investment in AI talent and delivery. Guidance, financing and partnerships: Endava guided Q3 revenue of GBP 182–185 million and FY revenue of GBP 736–750 million (both lower YoY in constant currency), has increased borrowings to GBP 202.7 million to fund a share buyback (≈8m ADSs repurchased for $121.9m), and emphasized partnerships with OpenAI and hyperscalers as drivers of enterprise AI adoption. Interested in Endava PLC Sponsored ADR? Here are five stocks we like better. Globant Is an Emerging AI Play That’s Expanding Its Footprint Endava (NYSE:DAVA) reported second-quarter fiscal 2026 revenue of GBP 184.1 million, which Chief Executive Officer John Cotterell said reflects continued investment in an “AI-native” shift and early client traction for the company’s Dava.Flow engagement model. Revenue fell 5.9% year over year but rose 3.3% sequentially from the prior quarter, and Chief Financial Officer Mark Thurston said results came in above the upper end of the company’s guidance for the period ended December 31, 2025. Cotterell framed the quarter around Endava’s ongoing pivot toward AI, describing investments in recruiting and training “next-gen” talent, building a partner ecosystem, and evolving engagement approaches. He said client interest is building in Dava.Flow, which the company describes as an “AI-native engagement lifecycle.” → Corning’s Surprise AI Boom: Is It Already Too Late to Buy? Endava Trading Higher After Topping Q4 Consensus Views On a recent project, Cotterell said an initial “signal session” produced outputs in 90 minutes that would normally take weeks, including an opportunity assessment, insights, product requirement documents, and an “agent-ready backlog.” Two live Dava.Flow engagements are currently underway, and management said early results show higher productivity,…Read full documentShow less
AI pivot & Dava.Flow: Endava reported Q2 revenue of GBP 184.1 million (down 5.9% YoY, up 3.3% QoQ) and said its AI-native Dava.Flow engagement model has early client traction—two live engagements delivered much faster outputs, higher productivity and Policy-as-Code governance, with rollouts focused on larger outcome-based deals. Margins and profits under pressure: The company posted a loss before tax of GBP 7.2 million (vs. a GBP 2.5m profit a year earlier), adjusted PBT fell to GBP 10.7 million and adjusted PBT margin dropped to 5.8%, declines management attributes to investment in AI talent and delivery. Guidance, financing and partnerships: Endava guided Q3 revenue of GBP 182–185 million and FY revenue of GBP 736–750 million (both lower YoY in constant currency), has increased borrowings to GBP 202.7 million to fund a share buyback (≈8m ADSs repurchased for $121.9m), and emphasized partnerships with OpenAI and hyperscalers as drivers of enterprise AI adoption. Interested in Endava PLC Sponsored ADR? Here are five stocks we like better. Globant Is an Emerging AI Play That’s Expanding Its Footprint Endava (NYSE:DAVA) reported second-quarter fiscal 2026 revenue of GBP 184.1 million, which Chief Executive Officer John Cotterell said reflects continued investment in an “AI-native” shift and early client traction for the company’s Dava.Flow engagement model. Revenue fell 5.9% year over year but rose 3.3% sequentially from the prior quarter, and Chief Financial Officer Mark Thurston said results came in above the upper end of the company’s guidance for the period ended December 31, 2025. Cotterell framed the quarter around Endava’s ongoing pivot toward AI, describing investments in recruiting and training “next-gen” talent, building a partner ecosystem, and evolving engagement approaches. He said client interest is building in Dava.Flow, which the company describes as an “AI-native engagement lifecycle.” → Corning’s Surprise AI Boom: Is It Already Too Late to Buy? Endava Trading Higher After Topping Q4 Consensus Views On a recent project, Cotterell said an initial “signal session” produced outputs in 90 minutes that would normally take weeks, including an opportunity assessment, insights, product requirement documents, and an “agent-ready backlog.” Two live Dava.Flow engagements are currently underway, and management said early results show higher productivity, improved quality, and strict policy adherence via “Policy as Code” governance, with autonomous agents handling routine tasks. In Q&A, Cotterell said the company is not aiming to roll Dava.Flow across its entire business immediately. Instead, Endava is focusing it on larger, outcome-based deals where higher delivery velocity could allow the company to participate in more upside. Management did not provide a specific count of clients or revenue tied to Dava.Flow, noting that client numbers could appear low while project scale is higher. → 3 Discount Retail Stocks to Watch as Earnings Put Valuations to the Test Management highlighted several AI and industry engagements. Cotterell described an enterprise-scale AI project with a global payments network to modernize a chargeback dispute system, noting the effort involves using AI to interpret a complex rule book and route and analyze cases automatically. He said early results midway through a six-month project were promising, including an auditable system that could reduce manual effort and improve decision consistency. Endava also discussed multi-year work with a specialty insurer, where the company helped establish a “ring-fenced incubator” to pursue an AI-native approach, including digitization and workflow automation. Cotterell said an AI-native workflow was stood up in roughly three weeks and a backlog of more than 50 improvement hypotheses was created. → Ondas Jumps on German Police and NATO Wins—Can the Rally Hold Into Earnings? On the commercial side, Cotterell cited: A PayNet-NETS joint venture (appointed Nexus Technical Operator by Nexus Global Payments) selecting Endava to design and build a cloud-native cross-border payment switch on AWS. Extensions of strategic delivery commitments with Endava’s two largest payments customers. In Q&A, management characterized these as primarily extensions at run-rate levels, with some incremental work, in switch/gateway-related areas focused on cost rationalization and enhanced customer value propositions. Work with Accor Plus to overhaul payments infrastructure and a loyalty program across Asia Pacific, including a deployment across 10 markets; Cotterell said product page conversion rose 39% in the first 30 days after launch. An expanded partnership with an electric vehicle manufacturer, replacing a competitor and adding an AI-enabled digital CRM work stream. A three-year strategic partnership with Boax to support development and expansion of its product portfolio, with additional collaboration through Endava Rise. A life sciences engagement to move agentic AI prototypes into governed, platform-supported products, paired with “dynamic solution squads” for outcomes-focused co-creation. Endava emphasized partnerships across AI model providers and hyperscalers. Cotterell said January marked the completion of the first year as an official services partner of OpenAI and that Endava is seeing demand growth as clients scale proofs of concept into enterprise-wide deployments of Enterprise ChatGPT. He cited work with Evoke to roll out enterprise-wide ChatGPT enablement and role-specific AI training. The company also discussed accelerating demand across AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure, driven by modernization initiatives and AI adoption. Endava also announced partnerships aimed at supporting Dava.Flow, including embedding Miro’s workspace across its delivery network and expanding agentic coding via Cognition tools. Thurston said these partnerships include software licensing and broader collaboration that adds to investment levels and weighs on margins. Addressing investor questions about potential services displacement from foundational model providers, Cotterell argued enterprise adoption requires governance, regulatory alignment, data access, and legacy modernization—needs he said “out-of-the-box” solutions do not address. He said Endava created Dava.Flow as a replacement for Agile in agentic settings, where “people-to-machine” interactions become more important than traditional person-to-person workflows. Thurston reported loss before tax of GBP 7.2 million versus a profit of GBP 2.5 million a year earlier. Adjusted profit before tax (PBT) was GBP 10.7 million, down from GBP 21.8 million, and the adjusted PBT margin was 5.8% versus 11.2% in the prior-year period. Thurston attributed margin pressure to investment in the AI-native model and next-gen talent, estimating the shift has reduced adjusted PBT margin by about 3% through the first half of fiscal 2026. Adjusted diluted EPS was 16 pence, compared with 30 pence a year earlier. Revenue from the top 10 clients represented 35% of revenue, and average spend per top-10 client declined to GBP 6.5 million from GBP 7.1 million; Thurston said FX movements contributed about 2% of the year-over-year decline in that metric. By geography, North America represented 40% of revenue, Europe 23%, the U.K. 31%, and the rest of the world 6%. Thurston said North America’s decline was driven by FX headwinds and the absence of contribution from a previously lost media client. He cited weakness in payments and mobility for Europe’s decline, and noted the U.K. decline included a reclassification of a large payments client to North America as well as weakness in travel, transport, and tourism (TNT) in the U.K. Revenue in the rest of the world rose 21.8%, driven mainly by payments and TNT. Adjusted free cash flow was GBP 20.1 million, down from GBP 31.6 million a year earlier. Cash and cash equivalents ended at GBP 68.5 million. Borrowings increased to GBP 202.7 million, which Thurston said supported funding requirements for the company’s share repurchase program. As of January 31, 2026, Endava had repurchased about 8 million ADSs for $121.9 million, with $28.1 million remaining under authorization. Capital expenditure was 4.4% of revenue, up from 0.2% in the prior-year period, driven primarily by what Thurston described as a one-time spend on an internally developed Payments Accelerator. Endava ended the quarter with 11,385 employees, down 2.4% year over year. Cotterell said the company is streamlining roles in softer-demand areas while broadening and upskilling its AI talent base. For the third quarter of fiscal 2026, Endava guided revenue of GBP 182 million to GBP 185 million, representing a constant-currency decline of 4% to 2.5% year over year, and adjusted diluted EPS of 18 to 21 pence. For full-year fiscal 2026, the company guided revenue of GBP 736 million to GBP 750 million (a constant-currency decline of 3.5% to 1.5%) and adjusted diluted EPS of 80 to 86 pence. Thurston said the U.S. dollar’s weakening against the British pound remains a revenue headwind, while investments in AI-native delivery and talent continue to pressure margins. In Q&A, management also highlighted working-day impacts on quarterly sequencing and said Q4 expectations are underpinned by secured deal ramps. Management described the market backdrop as uncertain and pointed to the width of its guidance ranges as reflecting current dynamics. Endava PLC is a publicly traded technology services company specializing in digital transformation and agile software development. The firm helps enterprise clients design, build and manage custom software solutions across industries such as financial services, payments, retail, telecommunications and media. Its service offerings span end-to-end product design, customer experience, application development, quality engineering, DevOps, automation and artificial intelligence, all delivered through agile methodologies. Founded in 2000, Endava has grown from a small software provider into a global IT partner. The article "Endava Q2 Earnings Call Highlights" was originally published by MarketBeat.
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-02-20Endava PLC (DAVA) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Highlights: Navigating Challenges with Strategic ...
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Endava PLC (DAVA) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Highlights: Navigating Challenges with Strategic ...
This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Revenue: GBP184.1 million, a 5.9% decrease year-on-year, and a 3.3% increase from Q1 FY26. Loss Before Tax: GBP7.2 million compared to a profit of GBP2.5 million in the prior year. Adjusted Profit Before Tax (PBT): GBP10.7 million, down from GBP21.8 million in the prior year. Adjusted PBT Margin: 5.8%, compared to 11.2% in the prior year. Adjusted Diluted Earnings Per Share: 16p, compared to 30p in the prior year. Revenue from Top 10 Clients: 35% of total revenue, down from 36% in the prior year. Average Spend per Top 10 Client: GBP6.5 million, a 7.9% decrease year-over-year. Regional Revenue Distribution: North America 40%, Europe 23%, UK 31%, Rest of the World 6%. Adjusted Free Cash Flow: GBP20.1 million, down from GBP31.6 million in the prior year. Cash and Cash Equivalents: GBP68.5 million as of December 31, 2025. Borrowings: GBP202.7 million as of December 31, 2025. Capital Expenditure: 4.4% of revenue, up from 0.2% in the prior year. Share Repurchase Program: Approximately 8 million ADSs purchased for $121.9 million. Q3 FY26 Revenue Guidance: GBP182 million to GBP185 million, a constant currency decrease of 4% to 2.5% year-over-year. Q3 FY26 Adjusted Diluted EPS Guidance: 18p to 21p per share. Full Year FY26 Revenue Guidance: GBP736 million to GBP750 million, a constant currency decrease of 3.5% to 1.5% year-over-year. Full Year FY26 Adjusted Diluted EPS Guidance: 80p to 86p per share. Warning! GuruFocus has detected 6 Warning Signs with DAVA. Is DAVA fairly valued? Test your thesis with our free DCF calculator. Release Date: February 19, 2026 For the complete transcript of the earnings call, please refer to the full earnings call transcript. Endava PLC (NYSE:DAVA) is heavily investing in AI to establish itself as a leader, including recruitment and training of next-gen talent. The company has expanded its network of strategic partners, enhancing its reach and capabilities. Endava PLC (NYSE:DAVA) has secured significant client wins, such as designing a cloud-native cross-border payment switch for Nexus Global Payments. The company is seeing strong initial interest in its AI native engagement life cycle, Dava.Flow, which promises faster delivery and better quality. Endava PLC (NYSE:DAVA) has a strong partnership with OpenAI, leading to a pipeline of opportunities across various industries. Revenue for the quarte…Read full documentShow less
This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Revenue: GBP184.1 million, a 5.9% decrease year-on-year, and a 3.3% increase from Q1 FY26. Loss Before Tax: GBP7.2 million compared to a profit of GBP2.5 million in the prior year. Adjusted Profit Before Tax (PBT): GBP10.7 million, down from GBP21.8 million in the prior year. Adjusted PBT Margin: 5.8%, compared to 11.2% in the prior year. Adjusted Diluted Earnings Per Share: 16p, compared to 30p in the prior year. Revenue from Top 10 Clients: 35% of total revenue, down from 36% in the prior year. Average Spend per Top 10 Client: GBP6.5 million, a 7.9% decrease year-over-year. Regional Revenue Distribution: North America 40%, Europe 23%, UK 31%, Rest of the World 6%. Adjusted Free Cash Flow: GBP20.1 million, down from GBP31.6 million in the prior year. Cash and Cash Equivalents: GBP68.5 million as of December 31, 2025. Borrowings: GBP202.7 million as of December 31, 2025. Capital Expenditure: 4.4% of revenue, up from 0.2% in the prior year. Share Repurchase Program: Approximately 8 million ADSs purchased for $121.9 million. Q3 FY26 Revenue Guidance: GBP182 million to GBP185 million, a constant currency decrease of 4% to 2.5% year-over-year. Q3 FY26 Adjusted Diluted EPS Guidance: 18p to 21p per share. Full Year FY26 Revenue Guidance: GBP736 million to GBP750 million, a constant currency decrease of 3.5% to 1.5% year-over-year. Full Year FY26 Adjusted Diluted EPS Guidance: 80p to 86p per share. Warning! GuruFocus has detected 6 Warning Signs with DAVA. Is DAVA fairly valued? Test your thesis with our free DCF calculator. Release Date: February 19, 2026 For the complete transcript of the earnings call, please refer to the full earnings call transcript. Endava PLC (NYSE:DAVA) is heavily investing in AI to establish itself as a leader, including recruitment and training of next-gen talent. The company has expanded its network of strategic partners, enhancing its reach and capabilities. Endava PLC (NYSE:DAVA) has secured significant client wins, such as designing a cloud-native cross-border payment switch for Nexus Global Payments. The company is seeing strong initial interest in its AI native engagement life cycle, Dava.Flow, which promises faster delivery and better quality. Endava PLC (NYSE:DAVA) has a strong partnership with OpenAI, leading to a pipeline of opportunities across various industries. Revenue for the quarter decreased by 5.9% year-over-year, indicating a decline in financial performance. The company reported a loss before tax of GBP7.2 million, compared to a profit in the same period last year. Adjusted PBT margin decreased significantly from 11.2% to 5.8%, impacted by investments in AI and next-gen talent. Revenue from the 10 largest clients decreased, with a notable 7.9% year-over-year decline in average spend per client. The company faces ongoing FX headwinds, particularly from the weakening US dollar, affecting revenue growth. Q: Can you explain the drivers for the expected growth in the fourth quarter, given the flat outlook for the third quarter? A: Mark Thurston, CFO, explained that while Q3 appears flat, underlying growth is about 4% due to FX headwinds and fewer working days. For Q4, an increase in working days and secured deals are expected to drive a sequential growth of about 6%, underpinned by recent deal wins. Q: Could you provide more details on the extended commitments with your two largest payment clients? A: John Cotterell, CEO, mentioned that the extensions involve work in the switch and gateway space, focusing on cost rationalization and enhancing customer value propositions. These are mostly extensions of existing work with some incremental additions. Q: How are the increased investments impacting your margins, and is there any FX impact on the margin front? A: Mark Thurston noted that investments in partnerships, such as with Miro and Cognition, are slightly heavier in the second half, impacting margins by about 3%. FX impacts are minor, around 0.5%, mainly affecting revenue growth rather than margins. Q: Can you discuss the trends in OpenAI GPT enterprise adoption and any concerns about services and software displacement? A: John Cotterell highlighted strong enterprise adoption of OpenAI's solutions, with Endava helping to integrate these into enterprise contexts. He dispelled concerns about displacement, emphasizing that enterprise adoption requires complex governance and integration, which presents growth opportunities for Endava. Q: Could you elaborate on the adoption and impact of Dava.Flow on pricing and margins? A: John Cotterell stated that Dava.Flow is focused on outcome-based deals, offering higher velocity and potential upside. While not rolled out across all clients, it is applied to larger projects, enhancing Endava's ability to deliver outcomes efficiently. For the complete transcript of the earnings call, please refer to the full earnings call transcript.
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-02-19Endava shares surge as Q2 earnings beat expectations amid AI pivot
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Endava shares surge as Q2 earnings beat expectations amid AI pivot
Investing.com -- Endava plc (NYSE:DAVA) reported better-than-expected second-quarter fiscal 2026 results on Thursday, with the technology transformation company's shares surging 5.5% as investors cheered its progress in artificial intelligence initiatives despite ongoing revenue challenges. The London-based company posted revenue of £184.1 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2025, exceeding analyst expectations of £179.52 million but still representing a 5.9% YoY decline. Adjusted diluted earnings per share came in at £0.16, slightly above the consensus estimate of £0.15, though down from £0.30 in the same period last year. The company's stock jumped following the announcement as investors responded positively to the sequential revenue growth of 3.3% compared to the first quarter and management's strategic AI pivot. "Over the past several quarters we have been investing heavily in our pivot towards AI to establish Endava as an AI leader," said John Cotterell, Endava's CEO. "We believe we are building the operational agility required to achieve sustainable, long-term growth." For the third quarter of fiscal 2026, Endava expects revenue between £182.0 million and £185.0 million, representing a constant currency revenue decline of 2.5% to 4.0% YoY. The company projects adjusted diluted EPS between £0.18 and £0.21 for the quarter. Full-year fiscal 2026 guidance calls for revenue of £736.0 million to £750.0 million, reflecting a constant currency revenue decline of 1.5% to 3.5% YoY, with adjusted diluted EPS projected between £0.80 and £0.86. Despite the YoY revenue decline, Endava highlighted several positive developments, including strong client interest in its AI-native engagement lifecycle product, Dava.Flow, and an expanded network of strategic partners. Endava maintained a solid client base with 135 customers generating over £1 million in revenue on a rolling twelve-month basis, though this was down from 141 in the year-ago period. Related articles Endava shares surge as Q2 earnings beat expectations amid AI pivot These 2 stocks are best positioned to benefit from higher uranium prices: analyst Morgan Stanley CIO survey: Why AI hype isn’t boosting 2026 IT budgets

