SAN JOSE, Calif., May 21, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Zoom Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZM), today announced financial results for the first fiscal quarter ended April 30, 2025.
“We delivered another solid quarter, exceeding guidance in both revenue and profitability — a testament to the strength of our platform and AI-first innovation,” said Eric S. Yuan, Zoom’s founder and CEO. “In an uncertain macro-economic environment, customers are turning to Zoom to drive efficiency, improve customer and employee experiences, and future-proof their businesses. We saw continued momentum in Zoom Customer Experience, Zoom Revenue Accelerator, and Workvivo as customers look to elevate CX, reinvigorate sales, and strengthen culture. In Q1, we launched multiple new products, maintained strong operational discipline, and accelerated our share repurchase activity, reinforcing our commitment to shareholder value.”
First Quarter Fiscal Year 2026 Financial Highlights:
Customer Metrics: Drivers of total revenue included acquiring new customers. At the end of the first quarter of fiscal year 2026, Zoom had:
Financial Outlook: Zoom is providing the following guidance for its second quarter of fiscal year 2026 and its full fiscal year 2026.
The EPS and share count figures do not include any impact from $1.2 billion of authorized share repurchase remaining as of April 30, 2025.
Additional information on Zoom's reported results, including a reconciliation of the non-GAAP results to their most comparable GAAP measures, is included in the financial tables below. A reconciliation of non-GAAP guidance measures to corresponding GAAP measures is not available on a forward-looking basis without unreasonable effort due to the uncertainty of expenses that may be incurred in the future, although it is important to note that these factors could be material to Zoom's results computed in accordance with GAAP.
A supplemental financial presentation and other information can be accessed through Zoom’s investor relations website at investors.zoom.us.
Zoom Video Earnings Call
Zoom will host a Zoom Video Webinar for investors on May 21, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time / 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time to discuss the company’s financial results, business highlights and financial outlook. Investors are invited to join the Zoom Video Webinar by visiting: https://investors.zoom.com/
About Zoom
Zoom’s mission is to provide the AI-first work platform for human connection. Zoom Workplace — the company’s AI-powered, open collaboration platform built for modern work — will streamline communications, increase employee engagement, optimize in-person time, improve productivity, and offer customer choice with third-party apps and integrations. Zoom Workplace, powered by Zoom AI Companion, will include collaboration solutions like meetings, team chat, phone, scheduler, whiteboard, spaces, Workvivo, and more. Together with Zoom Workplace, Zoom’s Business Services for sales, marketing, and customer care teams, including Zoom Contact Center, strengthen customer relationships throughout the customer lifecycle. Founded in 2011, Zoom is publicly traded (NASDAQ:ZM) and headquartered in San Jose, California. Get more information at zoom.com
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains express and implied “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements regarding Zoom's financial outlook for the second quarter of fiscal year 2026 and full fiscal year 2026, Zoom’s market position, opportunities, and growth strategy, product initiatives, including future product and feature releases and the potential of agentic AI, and go-to-market motions and the expected benefits resulting from the same, market trends, and Zoom's stock repurchase program. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terms such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “project,” “will,” “would,” “should,” “could,” “can,” “predict,” “potential,” “target,” “explore,” “continue,” or the negative of these terms, and similar expressions intended to identify forward-looking statements. By their nature, these statements are subject to numerous uncertainties and risks, including factors beyond our control, that could cause actual results, performance or achievement to differ materially and adversely from those anticipated or implied in the statements, including: declines in new customers, renewals or upgrades, or decline in demand for our platform, difficulties in evaluating our prospects and future results of operations given our limited operating history, competition from other providers of communications platforms, the effect of macroeconomic conditions on our business, including geopolitical tensions, tariffs and escalating trade tensions, interest rate fluctuations, inflationary pressures and market and foreign currency exchange rate volatility, lengthened sales cycles with large organizations, delays or outages in services from our co-located data centers, failures in internet infrastructure or interference with broadband access, compromised security measures, including ours and those of the third parties upon which we rely, and global security concerns and their potential impact on regional and global economies and supply chains. Additional risks and uncertainties that could cause actual outcomes and results to differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements are included under the caption “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in our most recent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), including our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2025. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date the statements are made and are based on information available to Zoom at the time those statements are made and/or management's good faith belief as of that time with respect to future events. Zoom assumes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date they were made, except as required by law.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Zoom has provided in this press release financial information that has not been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”). Zoom uses these non-GAAP financial measures internally in analyzing its financial results and believes that use of these non-GAAP financial measures is useful to investors as an additional tool to evaluate ongoing operating results and trends and in comparing Zoom’s financial results with other companies in its industry, many of which present similar non-GAAP financial measures.
Non-GAAP financial measures are not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for comparable GAAP financial measures and should be read only in conjunction with Zoom’s condensed consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP. A reconciliation of Zoom’s historical non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures has been provided in the financial statement tables included in this press release, and investors are encouraged to review the reconciliation.
Non-GAAP Income from Operations and Non-GAAP Operating Margin. Zoom defines non-GAAP income from operations as income from operations excluding stock-based compensation expense and related payroll taxes, and acquisition-related expenses. Zoom excludes stock-based compensation expense because it is non-cash in nature and excluding this expense provides meaningful supplemental information regarding Zoom’s operational performance and allows investors the ability to make more meaningful comparisons between Zoom’s operating results and those of other companies. Zoom excludes the amount of employer payroll taxes related to employee stock plans, which is a cash expense, in order for investors to see the full effect that excluding stock-based compensation expense had on Zoom's operating results. In particular, this expense is dependent on the price of our common stock and other factors that are beyond our control and do not correlate to the operation of the business. Zoom views acquisition-related expenses when applicable, such as amortization of acquired intangible assets, transaction costs, and acquisition-related retention payments that are directly related to business combinations as events that are not necessarily reflective of operational performance during a period. In fact, Zoom believes the consideration of measures that exclude such expenses can assist in the comparison of operational performance in different periods that may or may not include such expenses and assist in the comparison with the results of other companies in the industry. Zoom defines non-GAAP operating margin as non-GAAP income from operations divided by GAAP revenue.
Non-GAAP Net Income and Non-GAAP Net Income Per Share, Basic and Diluted. Zoom defines non-GAAP net income as GAAP net income adjusted to exclude stock-based compensation expense and related payroll taxes, acquisition-related expenses, gains/losses on strategic investments, net, and the tax effects of all non-GAAP adjustments. Zoom excludes these items because they are considered by management to be outside of Zoom’s core operating results. These adjustments are intended to provide investors and management with greater visibility to the underlying performance of Zoom’s business operations, facilitate comparison of its results with other periods, and may also facilitate comparison with the results of other companies in the industry. Zoom defines non-GAAP net income per share, basic and diluted, as non-GAAP net income divided by the number of shares outstanding, basic and diluted, calculated in accordance with GAAP.
Free Cash Flow and Free Cash Flow Margin. Zoom defines free cash flow as GAAP net cash provided by operating activities less purchases of property and equipment. Zoom considers free cash flow to be a liquidity measure that provides useful information to management and investors regarding net cash provided by operating activities and cash used for investments in property and equipment required to maintain and grow the business. Zoom defines free cash flow margin as free cash flow divided by GAAP revenue.
Revenue in Constant Currency. Zoom defines revenue in constant currency as GAAP revenue adjusted for revenue reported in currencies other than United States dollars as if they were converted into United States dollars using the average exchange rates from the comparative period rather than the actual exchange rates in effect during the respective periods. Zoom provides revenue in constant currency information as a framework for assessing how Zoom's underlying businesses performed period to period, excluding the effects of foreign currency fluctuations.
Customer Metrics
Zoom defines a customer as a separate and distinct buying entity, which can be a single paid user or an organization of any size (including a distinct unit of an organization) that has multiple users. Zoom defines Enterprise customers as distinct business units that have been engaged by either our direct sales team, resellers, or strategic partners. All other customers that subscribe to our services directly through our website are referred to as Online customers.
Zoom calculates net dollar expansion rate as of a period end by starting with the annual recurring revenue (“ARR”) from Enterprise customers as of 12 months prior (“Prior Period ARR”). Zoom defines ARR as the annualized revenue run rate of subscription agreements from all customers at a point in time. Zoom calculates ARR by taking the monthly recurring revenue (“MRR”) and multiplying it by 12. MRR is defined as the recurring revenue run-rate of subscription agreements from all Enterprise customers for the last month of the period, including revenue from monthly subscribers who have not provided any indication that they intend to cancel their subscriptions. Zoom then calculates the ARR from these Enterprise customers as of the current period end (“Current Period ARR”), which includes any upsells, contraction, and attrition. Zoom divides the Current Period ARR by the Prior Period ARR to arrive at the net dollar expansion rate. For the trailing 12 months calculation, Zoom takes an average of the net dollar expansion rate over the trailing 12 months.
Zoom calculates online average monthly churn by starting with the Online customer MRR as of the beginning of the applicable quarter (“Entry MRR”). Zoom defines Entry MRR as the recurring revenue run-rate of subscription agreements from all Online customers except for subscriptions that Zoom recorded as churn in a previous quarter based on the customers' earlier indication to us of their intention to cancel that subscription. Zoom then determines the MRR related to customers who canceled or downgraded their subscription or notified us of that intention during the applicable quarter (“Applicable Quarter MRR Churn”) and divides the Applicable Quarter MRR Churn by the applicable quarter Entry MRR to arrive at the MRR churn rate for Online Customers for the applicable quarter. Zoom then divides that amount by three to calculate the online average monthly churn.
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Zoom Communications, Inc. Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (In thousands) | |||||||
| As of | |||||||
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April 30, 2025 |
January 31, 2025 |
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| Assets | (unaudited) | ||||||
| Current assets: | |||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 1,228,847 | $ | 1,349,380 | |||
| Marketable securities | 6,563,976 | 6,442,329 | |||||
| Accounts receivable, net | 477,242 | 495,228 | |||||
| Deferred contract acquisition costs, current | 175,900 | 188,358 | |||||
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 220,812 | 200,679 | |||||
| Total current assets | 8,666,777 | 8,675,974 | |||||
| Deferred contract acquisition costs, noncurrent | 114,513 | 123,464 | |||||
| Property and equipment, net | 312,211 | 330,475 | |||||
| Operating lease right-of-use assets | 53,217 | 55,900 | |||||
| Strategic investments | 576,139 | 591,481 | |||||
| Goodwill | 307,295 | 307,295 | |||||
| Deferred tax assets | 769,189 | 749,759 | |||||
| Other assets, noncurrent | 152,555 | 154,073 | |||||
| Total assets | $ | 10,951,896 | $ | 10,988,421 | |||
| Liabilities and stockholders’ equity | |||||||
| Current liabilities: | |||||||
| Accounts payable | $ | 14,205 | $ | 8,345 | |||
| Accrued expenses and other current liabilities | 473,951 | 558,562 | |||||
| Deferred revenue, current | 1,409,217 | 1,336,387 | |||||
| Total current liabilities | 1,897,373 | 1,903,294 | |||||
| Deferred revenue, noncurrent | 16,185 | 17,274 | |||||
| Operating lease liabilities, noncurrent | 35,894 | 37,406 | |||||
| Other liabilities, noncurrent | 100,076 | 95,363 | |||||
| Total liabilities | 2,049,528 | 2,053,337 | |||||
| Stockholders’ equity: | |||||||
| Common stock | 302 | 305 | |||||
| Additional paid-in capital | 4,832,800 | 5,130,271 | |||||
| Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income | 15,145 | 4,990 | |||||
| Retained earnings | 4,054,121 | 3,799,518 | |||||
| Total stockholders’ equity | 8,902,368 | 8,935,084 | |||||
| Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity | $ | 10,951,896 | $ | 10,988,421 | |||
| Note: The amount of unbilled accounts receivable included within accounts receivable, net on the condensed consolidated balance sheets was $108.1 million and $118.5 million as of April 30, 2025 and January 31, 2025, respectively. | |||||||
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Zoom Communications, Inc. Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited, in thousands, except share and per share amounts) | ||||||||
| Three Months Ended April 30, | ||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||||
| Revenue | $ | 1,174,715 | $ | 1,141,234 | ||||
| Cost of revenue | 278,402 | 273,302 | ||||||
| Gross profit | 896,313 | 867,932 | ||||||
| Operating expenses: | ||||||||
| Research and development | 205,416 | 205,558 | ||||||
| Sales and marketing | 346,970 | 348,008 | ||||||
| General and administrative | 102,335 | 111,344 | ||||||
| Total operating expenses | 654,721 | 664,910 | ||||||
| Income from operations | 241,592 | 203,022 | ||||||
| (Losses) gains on strategic investments, net | (13,619 | ) | 17,354 | |||||
| Other income, net | 87,792 | 71,588 | ||||||
| Income before provision for income taxes | 315,765 | 291,964 | ||||||
| Provision for income taxes | 61,162 | 75,656 | ||||||
| Net income | 254,603 | 216,308 | ||||||
| Net income per share: | ||||||||
| Basic | $ | 0.84 | $ | 0.70 | ||||
| Diluted | $ | 0.81 | $ | 0.69 | ||||
| Weighted-average shares used in computing net income per share: | ||||||||
| Basic | 304,908,652 | 308,700,582 | ||||||
| Diluted | 312,783,861 | 315,360,678 | ||||||
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Zoom Communications, Inc. Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited, in thousands) | ||||||||
| Three Months Ended April 30, | ||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||||
| Cash flows from operating activities: | ||||||||
| Net income | $ | 254,603 | $ | 216,308 | ||||
| Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: | ||||||||
| Stock-based compensation expense | 201,569 | 229,425 | ||||||
| Amortization of deferred contract acquisition costs | 69,557 | 68,125 | ||||||
| Depreciation and amortization | 35,316 | 26,667 | ||||||
| Deferred income taxes | (24,690 | ) | (7,952 | ) | ||||
| Losses (gains) on strategic investments, net | 13,619 | (17,354 | ) | |||||
| Provision for accounts receivable allowances | 5,855 | 6,782 | ||||||
| Unrealized foreign exchange (gains) losses | (7,626 | ) | 7,237 | |||||
| Non-cash operating lease cost | 6,108 | 5,368 | ||||||
| Amortization of discount/premium on marketable securities | (12,845 | ) | (17,668 | ) | ||||
| Other | 4,142 | 98 | ||||||
| Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | ||||||||
| Accounts receivable | 12,485 | 12,260 | ||||||
| Prepaid expenses and other assets | (12,293 | ) | 35,839 | |||||
| Deferred contract acquisition costs | (48,148 | ) | (40,128 | ) | ||||
| Accounts payable | 7,252 | 7,276 | ||||||
| Accrued expenses and other liabilities | (80,383 | ) | (14,942 | ) | ||||
| Deferred revenue | 72,141 | 77,964 | ||||||
| Operating lease liabilities, net | (7,401 | ) | (7,114 | ) | ||||
| Net cash provided by operating activities | 489,261 | 588,191 | ||||||
| Cash flows from investing activities: | ||||||||
| Purchases of marketable securities | (1,135,024 | ) | (867,911 | ) | ||||
| Maturities of marketable securities | 1,033,279 | 776,941 | ||||||
| Sales of marketable securities | 2,525 | — | ||||||
| Purchases of property and equipment | (25,910 | ) | (18,508 | ) | ||||
| Purchases of strategic investments | — | (3,000 | ) | |||||
| Proceeds from strategic investments | — | 4,654 | ||||||
| Net cash used in investing activities | (125,130 | ) | (107,824 | ) | ||||
| Cash flows from financing activities: | ||||||||
| Proceeds from exercise of stock options | 954 | 1,016 | ||||||
| Proceeds from employee equity transactions to be remitted to employees and tax authorities, net | 8,690 | 6,581 | ||||||
| Cash paid for repurchases of common stock | (418,021 | ) | (150,048 | ) | ||||
| Taxes paid related to net share settlement of equity awards | (82,153 | ) | — | |||||
| Net cash used in financing activities | (490,530 | ) | (142,451 | ) | ||||
| Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash | 11,854 | (6,852 | ) | |||||
| Net (decrease) increase in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash | (114,545 | ) | 331,064 | |||||
| Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash – beginning of period | 1,361,417 | 1,565,380 | ||||||
| Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash – end of period | $ | 1,246,872 | $ | 1,896,444 | ||||
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Zoom Communications, Inc. Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Measures (Unaudited, in thousands, except share and per share amounts) | ||||||||
| Three Months Ended April 30, | ||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||||
| GAAP income from operations | $ | 241,592 | $ | 203,022 | ||||
| Add: | ||||||||
| Stock-based compensation expense and related payroll taxes | 216,730 | 242,874 | ||||||
| Acquisition-related expenses | 9,004 | 10,701 | ||||||
| Non-GAAP income from operations | $ | 467,326 | $ | 456,597 | ||||
| GAAP operating margin | 20.6 | % | 17.8 | % | ||||
| Non-GAAP operating margin | 39.8 | % | 40.0 | % | ||||
| GAAP net income | $ | 254,603 | $ | 216,308 | ||||
| Add: | ||||||||
| Stock-based compensation expense and related payroll taxes | 216,730 | 242,874 | ||||||
| Losses (gains) on strategic investments, net | 13,619 | (17,354 | ) | |||||
| Acquisition-related expenses | 9,004 | 10,701 | ||||||
| Tax effects on non-GAAP adjustments | (45,663 | ) | (26,211 | ) | ||||
| Non-GAAP net income | $ | 448,293 | $ | 426,318 | ||||
| Net income per share - basic and diluted: | ||||||||
| GAAP net income per share - basic | $ | 0.84 | $ | 0.70 | ||||
| Non-GAAP net income per share - basic | $ | 1.47 | $ | 1.38 | ||||
| GAAP net income per share - diluted | $ | 0.81 | $ | 0.69 | ||||
| Non-GAAP net income per share - diluted | $ | 1.43 | $ | 1.35 | ||||
| GAAP and non-GAAP weighted-average shares used to compute net income per share - basic | 304,908,652 | 308,700,582 | ||||||
| GAAP and non-GAAP weighted-average shares used to compute net income per share - diluted | 312,783,861 | 315,360,678 | ||||||
| Net cash provided by operating activities | $ | 489,261 | $ | 588,191 | ||||
| Less: Purchases of property and equipment | (25,910 | ) | (18,508 | ) | ||||
| Free cash flow (non-GAAP) | $ | 463,351 | $ | 569,683 | ||||
| Net cash used in investing activities | $ | (125,130 | ) | $ | (107,824 | ) | ||
| Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities | $ | (490,530 | ) | $ | (142,451 | ) | ||
| Operating cash flow margin (GAAP) | 41.6 | % | 51.5 | % | ||||
| Free cash flow margin (non-GAAP) | 39.4 | % | 49.9 | % | ||||
| Three Months Ended April 30, | ||||||||
| 2025 | ||||||||
| Revenue | YoY Revenue Growth (%) |
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| GAAP revenue | $ | 1,174,715 | 2.9 | % | ||||
| Add: Constant currency impact | 4,762 | 0.5 | % | |||||
| Revenue in constant currency (non-GAAP) | 1,179,477 | 3.4 | % | |||||