Strong Top-Line Growth
Total revenues of $117.2M in Q1, up 26% year-over-year (20% on a constant currency basis) and above the high end of guidance.
SaaS Momentum and Mix Shift
SaaS revenues of $93.4M, up 35% year-over-year (29% constant currency), representing 80% of total revenue and exceeding mix expectations.
Recurring Revenue and ARR Expansion
Total ARR of $435.2M, up 26% year-over-year (23% FX-adjusted). Net new ARR was $18.4M in Q1, up 17% year-over-year (excluding $2.8M acquired ARR). This was the 12th straight quarter of double-digit organic net new ARR growth.
Regional Strength
ARR growth by region: North America +21% YoY, EMEA +32% YoY, APAC +27% YoY; SaaS growth in Q1: North America +32%, EMEA +39%, APAC +37% (constant-currency growth also strong).
Customer Expansion
863 customers with ARR > $100k, up 25% year-over-year, indicating strong enterprise traction and successful land-and-expand strategy.
Profitability and Margin Expansion
Non-GAAP operating income of $20.5M with a 17.5% operating margin, reflecting a 310 basis-point expansion YoY. GAAP operating margin expanded by more than 730 basis points YoY to just under 11%.
Cash Generation and Capital Allocation
Cash & equivalents of $444M, operating cash flow of $24.3M (21% margin) and free cash flow of $23.0M (20% margin) in Q1 versus near-zero cash generation a year ago; accelerated share repurchases of ~5.4M shares ($60.8M) in Q1 and additional 1.8M shares (~$17.7M), with buyback program reset to $150M.
Product and Platform Momentum
Product enhancements and integrations: Agent Plus visibility across Copilot Studio, Microsoft Foundry, SharePoint Agents and Gemini; new AI agent risk definition; expanded multi‑SaaS backups (Okta, Confluence, Jira, DocuSign, monday.com, GitHub, Smartsheet) and investments in Google Cloud Protection. Gartner validated AvePoint's platform strategy versus native offerings.
Guidance Raise on ARR and Strong Outlook
Raised full-year ARR guidance to $523.4M–$529.4M (26% growth at midpoint). Full-year revenue guidance $509.4M–$515.4M (22% growth at midpoint) and full-year non-GAAP operating income $91.5M–$94.5M; midpoint Rule of 40 of ~44%.