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Atlassian Corp.: Q3 FY2026 earnings call

What management said about Q3 FY2026, from the documents filed with the SEC on 30 April 2026: press release, letter to shareholders. Guidance figures: 6 raised, 8 new, 2 kept. The quarter’s numbers.

Key takeaways

  • Revenue rose 32% to $1.8 billion: Total revenue was $1,787.0 million, up 32% from $1,356.7 million a year earlier. Source
  • Cloud growth accelerated to 29%: Cloud revenue grew 29%, up from 26% last quarter, on paid seat expansion within existing customers, cross-sell, Data Center migrations and higher ARPU. Source
  • Service Collection taking share: Management said Service Collection is one of its fastest-growing businesses and is taking share from competitors. Source
  • Restructuring to accelerate GAAP profitability: Restructuring charges of $223.8 million, tied to rebalancing resources and consolidating leases, cut GAAP operating margin by about 12 points. Source
  • Non-GAAP operating margin rose to 34%: Non-GAAP operating income was $607.2 million, a 34% margin, against 26% a year earlier. Source
  • Multi-year deals lifted RPO: Remaining performance obligation grew on multi-year agreements; more Data Center term license revenue was recognized upfront, leaving less booked to current RPO. Source
  • Share buybacks of $1.0 billion: The company repurchased 11.8 million shares for $1.0 billion, about 4% of shares outstanding, and $2.2 billion of authorization remains. Source

“as customers sign bigger, longer-term commitments, and connect their teams and workflows on our AI-powered platform”

Mike Cannon‑Brookes, Atlassian’s CEO and co‑Founder

Guidance

AreaPeriodFigureAgainst last quarter
Total revenue SourceQ4 FY26$1,653 million to $1,661 millionNew
Cloud revenue growth SourceQ4 FY26approximately 25.5% y/yNew
Data Center revenue growth SourceQ4 FY26approximately 8.5% y/yNew
Marketplace and other revenue growth SourceQ4 FY26approximately 6.5% y/yNew
Gross margin SourceQ4 FY2685.5% GAAP; 88.0% non-GAAPNew
Operating margin SourceQ4 FY264.5% GAAP; 30.5% non-GAAPNew
Operating margin benefit from restructuring savings SourceQ4 FY26about 7 ppts GAAP; about 5 ppts non-GAAPNew
Total revenue growth SourceFY26approximately 24.0% y/yRaised from approximately 22.0% y/y
Cloud revenue growth SourceFY26approximately 26.5% y/yRaised from approximately 24.3% y/y
Data Center revenue growth SourceFY26approximately 21.5% y/yRaised from approximately 20.0% y/y
Marketplace and other revenue growth SourceFY26approximately 6.5% y/yRaised from approximately 6.0% y/y
Gross margin SourceFY2684.5% GAAP; 88.0% non-GAAPRaised from 84.0% GAAP; 87.0% non-GAAP
Operating margin SourceFY26(2.0%) GAAP; 29.0% non-GAAPRaised from (3.0%) GAAP; 25.5% non-GAAP
Diluted share count SourceFY26decrease of approximately 2.5%New
Migrations contribution to Cloud growth SourceFY26mid-to-high single-digit contributionKept
DX contribution to Cloud growth SourceFY26approximately 1 pptKept

What changed from last quarter

  • Guidance raised: Full-year FY26 total revenue growth target raised to approximately 24%, from 22.0% in the prior release. Source
  • Guidance raised: Full-year FY26 Data Center revenue growth raised to approximately 21.5%, from 20.0%. Source
  • Guidance raised: Full-year FY26 Marketplace and other growth target is 6.5%, up from 6.0%. Source
  • Guidance raised: Full-year FY26 gross margin now expected at 84.5% GAAP and 88.0% non-GAAP, up from 84.0% and 87.0%. Source
  • Guidance raised: Full-year FY26 operating margin now expected at (2.0%) GAAP and 29.0% non-GAAP, up from (3.0%) and 25.5%. Source
  • New guidance: Financial targets for the fourth quarter of FY26 were provided for the first time in this release. Source
  • New guidance: A decrease of about 2.5% in FY26 diluted share count was given for the first time. Source
  • New: Restructuring program started in Q3 to rebalance resources and consolidate leases. Source
  • New: The release names James Chuong as CFO, where the prior release named Joe Binz in that role. The letter says James was added to the team. Source
  • New: A new strategic priority of durable, profitable growth was added alongside Enterprise, AI and System of Work. Source
  • New: A Customer Service Management app was added to Service Collection, built on the same AI-native foundation. Source

Results and growth drivers

  • Revenue rose 32% to $1.8 billion: Total revenue was $1,787.0 million, up 32% from $1,356.7 million a year earlier. Source
  • Revenue growth exceeded expectations: Management said total revenue growth exceeded expectations, with Cloud growth accelerating and greater term license revenue recognition on Data Center. Source
  • Cloud growth accelerated to 29%: Cloud revenue grew 29%, up from 26% last quarter, on paid seat expansion within existing customers, cross-sell, Data Center migrations and higher ARPU. Source

Deployments and segments

  • Data Center revenue rose 44%: Data Center growth reflected the end-of-life revenue recognition impact and pricing, with purchasing pulled forward from later periods, partly offset by Cloud migrations. Source
  • Marketplace revenue rose 7%: Marketplace and other revenue grew 7%, driven by sales of third-party apps for Cloud and Data Center. Source
  • Data Center end-of-life plan announced: Management said the company announced plans earlier this fiscal year to end-of-life its Data Center offering, which raises upfront recognition of term license revenue. Source

“The momentum across our three strategic priorities of Enterprise, AI, and the System of Work continues to build”

James Chuong, Atlassian's CFO

Products and customers

  • Service Collection taking share: Management said Service Collection is one of its fastest-growing businesses and is taking share from competitors. Source
  • Record displacements from legacy ITSM: Management said this was its largest quarter ever for displacements from a major ITSM provider. Source
  • Rovo customers grow ARR faster: Management said customers using Rovo grow ARR at roughly twice the rate of customers who do not use Rovo. Source
  • Teamwork Collection drives AI use: Teamwork Collection customers use about twice as many AI credits per paid user and have twice as many agents as equivalent standalone customers. Source
  • Non-IT teams adopt Service Collection: Over 60% of Service Collection instances serve non-IT functions such as HR, legal, finance and marketing teams. Source
  • Agents introduced in Jira: Atlassian introduced agents in Jira, where teams assign work to Rovo and third-party agents, with audit trails and admin governance. Source

Costs, margins and restructuring

  • Restructuring to accelerate GAAP profitability: Restructuring charges of $223.8 million, tied to rebalancing resources and consolidating leases, cut GAAP operating margin by about 12 points. Source
  • GAAP operating loss increased: GAAP operating loss was $56.3 million, a (3%) margin, against a $12.5 million loss and a (1%) margin a year earlier. Source
  • Non-GAAP operating margin rose to 34%: Non-GAAP operating income was $607.2 million, a 34% margin, against 26% a year earlier. Source
  • Gross margin rose on Cloud optimization: GAAP gross margin was 85% and non-GAAP gross margin 89%, up 1 and 3 points, on Cloud infrastructure optimization. Source
  • Operating expenses rose 37% on restructuring: GAAP operating expenses rose 37%, with $203 million of restructuring contributing 18 points; non-GAAP operating expenses rose 20%. Source
  • Diluted GAAP loss per share: Diluted GAAP net loss per share was $0.38, against $0.27 a year earlier. Source

“The entire Atlassian team has been laser-focused on execution, and it shows in our numbers.”

Mike Cannon-Brookes CEO and Co-founder

Demand and order book

  • Multi-year deals lifted RPO: Remaining performance obligation grew on multi-year agreements; more Data Center term license revenue was recognized upfront, leaving less booked to current RPO. Source
  • Data Center renewal seasonality: Q3 was the largest renewal quarter for the Data Center base, and with the end-of-life impact this lifted Data Center growth above other quarters. Source
  • Large Cloud customers hold most ARR: Customers above $10,000 in Cloud ARR represent over 85% of total Cloud ARR, the company said. Source

Capital, cash and returns

  • Share buybacks of $1.0 billion: The company repurchased 11.8 million shares for $1.0 billion, about 4% of shares outstanding, and $2.2 billion of authorization remains. Source
  • Free cash flow of $561 million: Operating cash flow was $567.5 million and free cash flow was $561.3 million, a 31% free cash flow margin. Source
  • Cash balance of $1.1 billion: Cash and cash equivalents were $1.1 billion at quarter end, compared with $2.5 billion at June 30, 2025. Source

Strategy and investment

  • Three strategic priorities guide plan: Management described progress on Enterprise, AI and System of Work as its three strategic priorities. Source
  • Google Cloud partnership expanded: Gemini 3 Flash was added to Atlassian's multi-model AI strategy, with extended agentic and multimodal features for Rovo. Source
  • Rovo Service generally available: Rovo Service is a human-supervised agent that plans and executes employee support and onboarding workflows, and is now generally available. Source
  • MCP partners extend Rovo: Rovo agents can connect to third-party apps including Amplitude, Box, Canva, Figma, GitHub, Intercom and New Relic. Source
  • AIOps cuts alert noise: Proactive AIOps filters alerts and scores change risk, with the letter citing about 70% alert compression and faster post-incident reviews. Source

People and recognition

  • Headcount lowered through restructuring: Non-GAAP operating expenses were lower than expected, due to employment expense savings from lower headcount. Source
  • Named to Fortune 100 list: Atlassian was named to Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For 2026 list for the eighth consecutive year. Source
  • Named to Forbes culture list: Atlassian was named in Forbes America's Best Employers for Company Culture 2026, for recognizing employees and connecting them to the mission. Source

Coming up, as management said on 30 April 2026

  • Remaining severance payments in Q4: Management expects to pay $76 million of remaining severance and termination benefits in Q4 FY26. Source
  • Restructuring savings partly reinvested: Management plans to reinvest part of the Q3 restructuring savings in FY27 for AI and enterprise sales. Source
  • More announcements at Team ’26: Management said more announcements will come at Team ’26, where customers will take the stage. Source

Figures management reported

FigureReported
Service Collection ARR Sourceabove $1 billion, growing over 30% y/y
Service Collection enterprise ARR Sourcegrowing over 50% y/y
Remaining performance obligations Source$3,996 million, up 37% y/y
Current remaining performance obligations (cRPO) Source$2.8 billion, up 22% y/y
Customers with >$10,000 in Cloud ARR Source55,913, up 10% y/y
Customer count Source350,000+ customers worldwide
Cloud revenue Source$1,132 million, up 29% y/y
Subscription revenue Sourceup 33% y/y

Risks management discussed

  • External: Management said its targets account for macroeconomic and geopolitical uncertainty and the ongoing change in its enterprise sales motion. Source
  • Operational: Cloud cost optimization is expected to offset lower gross margin from the shift to Cloud and from costs of deploying Rovo. Source
  • Financial: Operating cash flow included $94 million of payments tied to restructuring charges. Source
  • Demand: Management expects Data Center customers to keep migrating to Cloud and moderate seat expansion, which lowers Data Center growth in FY27. Source

Earlier plans management reported on

  • Ahead: Non-GAAP gross profit and operating income came in ahead of management's expectations. Source
  • Not stated: Management said GAAP operating margin was below its expectations, driven by restructuring charges. Source

Other quarters

Summarised with AI from the documents the company filed with the SEC. Every point is checked against the filing before it is shown: management’s own words word for word, figures against the line or table row they come from. A point that fails the check is left out. Source opens the filing at that line.