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Atlassian Corp.: Q4 FY2026 earnings call

What management said about Q4 FY2026, from the documents filed with the SEC on 6 August 2026: press release, letter to shareholders. Guidance figures: 16 new. The quarter’s numbers.

Key takeaways

  • Revenue up 28%, Cloud up 31%: Total revenue was $1,766 million, up 28%, and Cloud revenue was $1,213 million, up 31%. Subscription ARR and RPO also rose strongly in percentage terms. Source
  • Rovo usage rising across customers: Over 80% of Fortune 500 companies now use Rovo. Rovo assisted actions rose over 50% q/q, and Rovo adopters grow ARR more than twice as fast as non-adopters. Source
  • Operating margin exceeded expectations: GAAP operating margin was 12%, up 14 points, and non-GAAP was 36%, up 12 points. Management credited revenue, gross margin, slower hiring and lower costs after the Q3 restructuring. Source
  • RPO up 44% on multi-year deals: Remaining performance obligations reached $4,817 million, up 44%. Management tied this to multi-year agreements, and current RPO grew 27%. Source
  • Free cash flow $475M, up 32%: Operating cash flow was $479 million, up 28%, and free cash flow was $475 million, a 27% margin. Management cited strong collections from customers. Source
  • Teamwork Graph as core advantage: Management said the Teamwork Graph gives agents the context enterprises need. It holds over 200 billion objects and connections across customer graphs. Source
  • Data Center revenue to decline: Management expects Data Center revenue to fall in FY27 as the FY26 pull-forward laps and migrations continue, creating a drag on total revenue growth. Source

“Q4 closes out a year that proves our long-term strategy is paying off.”

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

Guidance

AreaPeriodFigureAgainst last quarter
Total revenue SourceFirst quarter of fiscal year 2027 (three months ending September 30, 2026)$1,705 million to $1,715 millionNew
Cloud revenue growth SourceFirst quarter of fiscal year 2027approximately 28.5% year-over-yearNew
Data Center revenue growth SourceFirst quarter of fiscal year 2027decline of approximately (4.0%) year-over-yearNew
Marketplace and other revenue growth SourceFirst quarter of fiscal year 2027approximately 12.5% year-over-yearNew
Gross margin SourceFirst quarter of fiscal year 2027approximately 85.0% GAAP; approximately 87.0% non-GAAPNew
Operating margin SourceFirst quarter of fiscal year 2027approximately 6.5% GAAP; approximately 28.5% non-GAAPNew
Subscription ARR growth SourceFiscal year 2027, as of end of yearapproximately 18.0% year-over-yearNew
Total revenue growth SourceFiscal year 2027approximately 13.0% year-over-yearNew
Cloud revenue growth SourceFiscal year 2027approximately 25.5% year-over-yearNew
Data Center revenue growth SourceFiscal year 2027decline of approximately (17.0%) year-over-yearNew
Marketplace and other revenue growth SourceFiscal year 2027approximately 12.0% year-over-yearNew
Gross margin SourceFiscal year 202784.5% GAAP; 86.5% non-GAAPNew
Operating margin SourceFiscal year 20274.5% GAAP; 25.0% non-GAAPNew
Non-GAAP operating margin after adjustments SourceFiscal year 2027 compared with fiscal year 2026increase versus fiscal year 2026, after adjusting for the impactsNew
Diluted share count SourceFiscal year 2027 compared with fiscal year 2026relatively flat, at a minimumNew
Cloud revenue growth from migrations SourceFiscal year 2027mid-to-high single-digits of Cloud revenue growthNew

What changed from last quarter

  • New guidance: New first-quarter and full-year fiscal 2027 targets replace the fourth-quarter and fiscal 2026 targets given in the third-quarter release. Source
  • New: New Chief Product Officer, Enterprise and Emerging, started August 4, 2026. Source
  • New: The CEO and co-Founder announced a trading plan for open-market purchases of Atlassian Class A stock. Source

Results and growth drivers

  • Revenue up 28%, Cloud up 31%: Total revenue was $1,766 million, up 28%, and Cloud revenue was $1,213 million, up 31%. Subscription ARR and RPO also rose strongly in percentage terms. Source
  • Fiscal 2026 revenue up 26%: FY26 revenue was $6,572 million, up 26%. GAAP operating income was $10 million and GAAP net loss was $54 million. Non-GAAP operating income was $1,996 million, a 30% margin. Source
  • GAAP profit in the fourth quarter: GAAP operating income was $211 million, against an operating loss of $28 million a year earlier. GAAP net income was $139 million. Source
  • Non-GAAP earnings per share $1.87: Non-GAAP net income was $473 million, and non-GAAP diluted EPS was $1.87, against $0.98 a year earlier. Source
  • Growth from seats and agent use: Management linked Cloud growth to seat expansion in core Jira and Confluence, cross-sell of Service and Teamwork Collection, and Rovo deployment in customer workflows. Source

Segments and regions

  • Cloud growth accelerated again: Management said Cloud revenue growth accelerated once again to 31%, after 29% in the third quarter. It expects migrations to add mid-to-high single digits to Cloud growth in fiscal 2027. Source
  • Data Center up 21% on term licences: Data Center revenue was $461.9 million, up 21%. Growth came mainly from greater upfront term license recognition and pricing, partly offset by migrations to Cloud. Source
  • End-of-life notice lifts upfront revenue: Because of the end-of-life announcement for Data Center, a larger share of contract value is recognized as revenue upfront, the company said. Source
  • Marketplace and other up 20%: Marketplace and other revenue was $91.1 million, up 20%, and includes premier support. The take rate on third-party Cloud apps is lower than on Data Center apps, to encourage Forge development. Source
  • Regional revenue split: A slide labelled revenue by geography shows Americas at 48%, EMEA at 41% and Asia Pacific at 11%. Source

“We achieved GAAP profitability, with an operating margin of 12% in Q4, reflecting our commitment to driving durable, long-term growth.”

James Chuong, Atlassian's CFO

Products and customers

  • Rovo usage rising across customers: Over 80% of Fortune 500 companies now use Rovo. Rovo assisted actions rose over 50% q/q, and Rovo adopters grow ARR more than twice as fast as non-adopters. Source
  • Teamwork Collection drives higher ARPU: Teamwork Collection customers use more than twice the AI credits per user and deploy twice as many active agents as standalone customers. Management cites higher ARPU. Source
  • Service Collection growth accelerated: Service Collection revenue growth accelerated as customers deployed more AI-powered service desks. Agentic automations in Service Collection rose nearly 3x over six months. Source
  • MCP and Graph CLI pass 1 million users: Monthly active users of the MCP Server and Teamwork Graph CLI more than doubled in the quarter to pass 1 million. MCP calls rose over 400% from the prior quarter. Source
  • Agents assigned to Jira work: Jira can assign an issue to Claude or Cursor, which reads it and drafts a pull request within Jira permissions and the audit trail. Source
  • Isolated Cloud reaches general availability: Isolated Cloud, offering physically separate environments for regulated workloads with data egress blocked, moved into general availability. Source

Costs, margins and pricing

  • Gross margin up over three points: GAAP gross margin was 87% and non-GAAP 89%, both up more than three points. Management credited infrastructure optimization and greater efficiency in customer support. Source
  • Operating margin exceeded expectations: GAAP operating margin was 12%, up 14 points, and non-GAAP was 36%, up 12 points. Management credited revenue, gross margin, slower hiring and lower costs after the Q3 restructuring. Source
  • Severance payments reduced operating cash: Operating cash flow included about $70 million of severance and termination payments tied to the Q3 restructuring activities. Source
  • Fiscal 2026 margin helped by timing: Management said FY26 non-GAAP operating margin was helped by about four points from the timing effect of the Data Center end-of-life announcement. Source

“Customers are increasingly turning to Atlassian as a trusted, long-term partner as they navigate their AI transformations and this is reflected in our Q4 performance.”

Mike Cannon-Brookes, CEO and Co-Founder, Atlassian

Demand and the order book

  • RPO up 44% on multi-year deals: Remaining performance obligations reached $4,817 million, up 44%. Management tied this to multi-year agreements, and current RPO grew 27%. Source
  • Record large-deal quarter: The company recorded an all-time record quarter in $1M+, $3M+ and $5M+ ACV deals, and signed its largest enterprise deal in company history. Source
  • Largest customers grew fastest: Customers above $3 million in ARR grew over 50% year-over-year, and customers above $5 million grew over 70%. Source
  • Larger, longer-term deals: Management said customers are broadening usage across the platform, resulting in larger and longer-term deals. Source

Capital, cash and returns to shareholders

  • Free cash flow $475M, up 32%: Operating cash flow was $479 million, up 28%, and free cash flow was $475 million, a 27% margin. Management cited strong collections from customers. Source
  • Quarter buybacks of 4.6 million shares: The letter says $348 million was returned to shareholders. The cash flow statement shows $359.3 million of Class A repurchases for the quarter. Source
  • Fiscal 2026 buybacks cut share count 4%: Full-year buybacks were 19.1 million shares for $1.8 billion, reducing total share count about 4%. About $1.9 billion of authorization remains outstanding. Source
  • Cash, debt and goodwill position: Cash and equivalents were $1,239.5 million with no marketable securities, against long-term debt of $989.6 million. Goodwill rose to $2,302.7 million from $1,304.4 million. Source

Strategy and investment

  • Teamwork Graph as core advantage: Management said the Teamwork Graph gives agents the context enterprises need. It holds over 200 billion objects and connections across customer graphs. Source
  • Grounded agents more accurate, fewer tokens: For agents grounded in the graph, the company reports up to 44% more accurate answers while using 48% fewer tokens. Source
  • Self-funded AI and enterprise investment: Management said financial discipline funds further AI and enterprise sales investment while accelerating the path to sustained GAAP profitability. Source
  • Analyst recognition across categories: Atlassian was named a Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrants for Developer Productivity, DevSecOps and IT Service Management, and in a Forrester Wave for conversational AI. Source
  • Governance and HIPAA coverage for Rovo: Advanced AI admin controls reached general availability, and Rovo was added to HIPAA-covered apps for regulated healthcare customers. Source

People and leadership

  • Ken Exner leads four product collections: Ken Exner leads product strategy across the Service, Strategy, Product and Software collections, and also security, governance and compliance. Source
  • New leader's background: Ken Exner has over 30 years in developer and management tools, including early roles at AWS and most recently at Elastic. Source

FY27 guidance drivers

  • Data Center revenue to decline: Management expects Data Center revenue to fall in FY27 as the FY26 pull-forward laps and migrations continue, creating a drag on total revenue growth. Source
  • First-half growth weighted higher: First-half growth is expected to exceed second-half growth, due to tough second-half comparisons including lapping the DX acquisition. Source
  • Compensation mix affects FY27 margin: The shift to more cash compensation lowers FY27 non-GAAP operating margin by about three points. Management expects an increase versus FY26 after adjusting for the impacts. Source
  • Share count and cash to offset dilution: Management expects healthy free cash flow to offset dilution opportunistically and return capital to stockholders, with the diluted share count roughly flat. Source

Coming up, as management said on 6 August 2026

  • Total revenue growth to re-accelerate: Management expects total revenue growth to re-accelerate in FY28 as it laps the Data Center timing effects. Source
  • Data Center migration over several years: Management continues to expect Data Center customers to migrate to Cloud over a multi-year period. Source
  • Founder purchases under 10b5-1 plan: The planned purchases are to be structured to satisfy the affirmative defense of Rule 10b5-1(c). Source
  • Compensation mix shifts toward cash: In FY27 the company will change its compensation mix to a greater share of cash and a lower share of equity. Source

Figures management reported

FigureReported
Annual recurring revenue (Subscription ARR) Source$6,606 million, up 23% year-over-year
Remaining performance obligations Source$4,817 million, up 44% year-over-year
Cloud revenue Source$1,213 million, up 31% year-over-year
Customers with more than $10,000 in Cloud ARR Source57,334
Large customers with $1M+ in ARR Sourceover 700
Total customers Source350,000+

Risks management discussed

  • Demand: Management named pulled-forward Data Center purchasing from FY27 into FY26 as a driver of the FY27 revenue decline. Source
  • Demand: Management expects Data Center seat expansion to be muted while customers prepare to move to Cloud. Source
  • Operational: Management said growing Rovo usage and hosting costs weigh on gross margin as the business shifts to Cloud, partly offset by infrastructure work. Source
  • Financial: Management said timing effects from ASC 606 distort year-over-year revenue growth, so it views Subscription ARR as the clearer measure. Source

Earlier plans management reported on

  • Met: The Q3 restructuring was aimed at GAAP profitability, and management says GAAP profitability was delivered in Q4. Source
  • Ahead: Management said gross and operating margins came in above the company's expectations for the quarter. Source
  • Ahead: Management said Teamwork Collection performed above its expectations in its first year on the market. Source
  • Not stated: Management refers to Data Center end-of-life timing effects it had shared at an earlier investor forum. 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.