Q2 26 EPS
$0.43
BEAT +10.26%
Est. $0.39
Q2 26 Revenue
$861.0M
BEAT +1.72%
Est. $846.4M
vs S&P Since Q2 26
-10.0%
TRAILING MARKET
PSTG +3.0% vs S&P +13.0%
Market Reaction
Did PSTG Beat Earnings? Q2 2026 Results
Pure Storage capped a strong second quarter of fiscal 2026 with results that cleared Wall Street's bar on both the top and bottom lines, sending shares sharply higher in the days that followed. The company posted revenue of $861.00 million, up 12.7% … Read more Pure Storage capped a strong second quarter of fiscal 2026 with results that cleared Wall Street's bar on both the top and bottom lines, sending shares sharply higher in the days that followed. The company posted revenue of $861.00 million, up 12.7% year over year and ahead of the $846.45 million consensus estimate, while non-GAAP diluted EPS of $0.43 beat expectations of $0.39 by 10.88%. The clearest engine behind the quarter was the continued shift toward subscription-based consumption, with subscription services revenue climbing 15% to $414.70 million and subscription ARR reaching $1.80 billion, up 18% year over year, underscoring the durability of Pure's recurring revenue model. Storage as a Service TCV sales grew 24%, reflecting accelerating demand for flexible, consumption-driven deployments, a dynamic that analysts have linked in part to surging interest from hyperscale customers. Management translated that momentum into raised full-year guidance, now targeting FY26 revenue of $3.60 billion to $3.63 billion, representing 13.5% to 14.5% growth, with Q3 revenue guided to $950.00 million to $960.00 million.
Key Takeaways
- • 13% year-over-year total revenue growth
- • Subscription services revenue growth of 15% year-over-year
- • Subscription ARR of $1.8 billion, up 18% year-over-year
- • Storage as a Service Offerings TCV sales growth of 24%
- • Remaining performance obligations of $2.8 billion, up 22% year-over-year
PSTG YoY Financials
Q2 2026 vs Q2 2025, source: SEC Filings
PSTG Revenue by Segment
With YoY comparisons, source: SEC Filings
“Our strong second quarter results demonstrate ever more customers' confidence in the value of the Pure Storage platform to advance their data storage and management now and into the future. Today, enterprise applications are stuck in inflexible legacy systems that lock data in silos. With Purity and Pure Fusion, customers virtualize their storage to create their own Enterprise Data Cloud to unlock their data for business value.”
— Charles Giancarlo, Q2 2026 Earnings Press Release
PSTG Earnings Trends
PSTG vs Market 30 Day Price Reactions
30-day stock return vs benchmark after each earnings
PSTG EPS Trend
Earnings per share: estimate vs actual
PSTG Revenue Trend
Quarterly revenue: estimate vs actual
PSTG Quarterly Results
5 quarters of earnings data
| Quarter | EPS Est. | EPS Act. | Surprise | Revenue | Rev. Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 27 BEAT | $0.40 | $0.47 | +18.87% | $1.05B | +4.85% |
| Q4 26 BEAT FY | $0.64 | $0.69 | +7.81% | $1.06B | +2.58% |
| FY Full Year | $1.94 | — | — | $3.66B | +0.73% |
| Q3 26 BEAT | $0.58 | $0.58 | +0.00% | $964.5M | +0.83% |
| Q2 26 BEAT | $0.39 | $0.43 | +10.26% | $861.0M | +1.72% |
| Q1 26 BEAT | $0.25 | $0.29 | +16.00% | $778.5M | +1.06% |