AI-extracted from the 10-Q filed 2026-08-05 — Q1 FY2027 (quarter ended June 30, 2026). Every figure is machine-verified against the filing text on SEC EDGAR.
Dynatrace grew Q1 FY2027 revenue 16% YoY to $554.5M and ARR 17% to $2.14B, but gross margin slipped to 81% from 82% on rising cloud-hosting costs and the effective tax rate jumped to 54.6% from 41.1%.
Biggest Revenue Drivers
Subscription$530.3M+16% YoY
Existing customers expanding their use of the Dynatrace platform combined with adoption of solutions by new customers.
Service$24.3M+22% YoY
Growth in customer demand for product enablement and adoption services.
Biggest Revenue Drivers
Total revenue: $554.5M+16% YoY
Subscription$530.3M+16% YoY
Existing customers expanding their use of the Dynatrace platform combined with adoption of solutions by new customers.
Service$24.3M+22% YoY
Growth in customer demand for product enablement and adoption services.
Largest Expense Items
Sales and marketing$181.6M+10% YoY
Increased personnel costs of $9.4M from headcount growth plus $3.1M higher advertising and marketing costs.
Research and development$136.0M+26% YoY
Increased personnel costs of $23.5M (incl. $2.7M more share-based comp) from headcount growth, plus $2.2M higher cloud hosting costs.
Total cost of revenue$103.5M+21% YoY
Cost of subscription rose $15.2M primarily on $13.3M higher cloud-based hosting costs to support growing SaaS usage.
General and administrative$61.7M+10% YoY
Increased professional fees of $6.6M due to acquisition-related and other non-recurring costs.
Margins: Total gross margin declined to 81% from 82% YoY, driven by higher cloud-based hosting costs from increased customer utilization of the SaaS platform, partly offset by personnel efficiencies. Operating margin held flat at 13%.
Watch Items from the Filing
Effective tax rate jumped to 54.6% from 41.1% YoY, primarily due to share-based compensation tax shortfalls versus prior-year windfalls, cutting into net income growth.
54% of total revenue came from customers outside the U.S., with the U.S. itself the only country exceeding 10% of revenue at $255.6M (46%), leaving results exposed to FX swings and international demand shifts.
Dollar-based net retention rate ticked down to 110% from 111% YoY, a modest deceleration in expansion from the existing customer base.
CFO James Benson announced (Aug 5, 2026) he will retire by fiscal year-end March 31, 2027, adding leadership-transition risk.
Starboard Value disclosed a significant investment in April 2026, followed by two new board appointments in July 2026, raising activism-related uncertainty around strategy and capital allocation.
AI-extracted and verified against SEC EDGAR filing text. Not investment advice.
About Dynatrace, Inc. (DT): stock profile, AI score and financials
Dynatrace, Inc. (DT) stock profile, AI quality score, and SEC EDGAR financial data, a Technology sector company. 13F Pro's AI-powered ranking engine scores DT at 64.5/100 on a composite quality score built from its SEC filings, placing it at rank #534 of 2,925 stocks — the top 25% of the AI-ranked universe. DT scores in the top quartile across earnings quality (85.5), free cash flow (81.3), revenue growth (78.5). Shareholder dilution risk is elevated at 11.6/100, reflecting ongoing share issuance or stock-based compensation. Based on the latest XBRL financial filings (Q1 2027), Dynatrace, Inc. reports quarterly revenue of $554.5M, net income of $36.7M, an operating margin of 12.9%. Top institutional holders of DT by reported 13-F value include BlackRock, VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT, VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, based on the most recent SEC filings. DT trades on the NYSE exchange and files with the SEC under CIK 1773383. 13F Pro's AI research platform runs 10 specialized AI analysts — value, growth, momentum, macro, and activist specialists — that debate DT daily and publish AI-generated analysis with cited SEC sources. The platform aggregates historical XBRL financial facts, 10-Q and 10-K filings, insider Form 4 transactions, and institutional 13-F holdings for Dynatrace, Inc. directly from SEC EDGAR.