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What Else Will Red Hat Acquire?

By Kurt Osterberg · On April 7, 2018

Linux may not be the OS of choice for desktops, but it dominates the world when it comes to Supercomputers, Web Servers, and Chromebooks. Additionally, Linux Kernel actually powers the Android OS that is used in Android-based mobile devices. According to market reports, as of 2017, Linux powered all of the top 500 supercomputers in the world.

Red Hat’s Financials

Linux provider Red Hat (NYSE: RHT) is reaping benefits from this dominance in the market. Fourth quarter revenue grew 23% over the year to $772 million, against the market’s forecast of $762 million. EPS of $0.91 was also significantly better than the Street’s expected $0.81 for the quarter. Red Hat’s deferred revenue balance rose by 25% to $2.6 billion.

By segment, Subscription revenues grew 22% to $683 million. Within the segment, infrastructure subscription revenues grew 17% to $510 million and revenue from tools for writing applications rose 39% to $173 million. Training and other services revenues grew 29% to $89 million.

Red Hat ended the year with revenues growing 21% to $2.9 billion driven by a 21% growth in subscription revenues which brought in $2.6 billion. EPS for the year grew by a cent to $1.40.

For the current quarter, the company forecast revenues of $800-$810 million, ahead of the consensus of $795 million. EPS expectation of $0.68 was below the Street’s forecast of $0.73. Red Hat expects to end the current year with revenues growing to $3.425-$3.46 billion, above consensus of $3.37 billion. It expects to end the year with an EPS of $3.38-$3.41, higher than market estimates of $3.34.

Red Hat’s Cloud Focus

Red Hat may be known widely for Linux, but it is shifting focus to other cloud-focused offerings including Ansible – the software to automate data center operations, OpenShift – the container application platform, and OpenStack – the open source alternative for virtualization. For the recent quarter, flagship Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) platform accounted for 65% of the subscription revenues. Red Hat hopes to get it down to 50% over the next few years.

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