ARR Growth and Stabilization
ARR ended Q3 at $1.97 billion, up 16% year-over-year, representing three consecutive quarters of stabilized ARR growth and positioning the company on track to surpass $2.0B ARR in FY2026.
Strong Net New ARR and New Logo Performance
Q3 net new ARR was $75 million (adjusted for FX), up 11% year-over-year and marking the third consecutive quarter of double-digit net new ARR growth. The company added 164 new logos with average ARR per new logo > $160k and average land size > $200k.
Revenue and Profitability Beat
Total revenue was $515 million and subscription revenue $493 million, both up 16% year-over-year and exceeding the high end of guidance. Non-GAAP operating margin was 30%, and non-GAAP net income was $135 million ($0.44 per diluted share), ahead of guidance.
Logs Consumption Surge
Annualized logs consumption surpassed $100 million and is growing at over 100% year-over-year; logs are identified as the fastest-growing product category and a significant new ARR driver embedded in many end-to-end deals.
Strong Cash Generation and Capital Returns
Trailing twelve-month free cash flow was $463 million (24% of revenue) and pre-tax free cash flow 30% of revenue. The board authorized a new $1 billion share repurchase program (double prior program); Q3 repurchases included 3.5M shares for $160M at ~ $45 average.
Raised FY Guidance
Management raised full-year guidance: ARR growth guidance increased by 125 basis points to 15.5%–16%, revenue and subscription growth guidance raised (midpoint +75 bps to ~16%), non-GAAP operating margin to ~29%, free cash flow margin to ~26%, and non-GAAP EPS guidance raised to $1.67–$1.69.
Customer Outcomes and Momentum
Multiple customer case studies highlighted material operational improvements (e.g., airline: 31% better reliability and 75% fewer incidents; Telus: average time to resolve issues reduced from 40 to 5 minutes; Nationwide: 74% reduction in priority-one incidents). Dozens of 7-figure wins and increased platform standardization reported.
Product & Ecosystem Differentiation
Announced Dynatrace Intelligence (agentic operations OS), emphasized Grail (massively parallel observability lakehouse) and SmartScape (real-time topology) as key differentiators. Strategic partnerships and hyperscaler integrations (Amazon Bedrock, Azure SRE agent, GCP Gemini) plus acquisition of DevCycle to extend developer/feature management capabilities.