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GitLab Inc.

GTLB

Technology · 47.29 +2.0% today

You’ve read what changed. Here’s whether the market is confirming it.

Isolated · not yet confirmedMarket checked 10 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4

Market read

GitLab Inc.'s current read is isolated; its market group is not confirming.

The latest filing evidence is available. 0 of 36 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 4 directly disclosed connections are confirming.

What changed
  • Revenue increased 23.1% versus the comparable filing period.
  • Gross margin fell 2.5 percentage points.
Company+2.0% todayVolume comparison unavailable
Market group0 of 36 activeSoftware - Application · unavailable
Disclosed network0 of 4 confirmingNo filing-linked name is confirming now
What would change this read
  • GitLab says growth came from new customers, expansion within existing paid customers, and more customers with at least $100,000 in ARR.
  • Sales and marketing expense increased as average headcount, restructuring, events, and related costs expanded.

Invalidation: The isolated read changes if GTLB's group or a disclosed connection begins moving with it.

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Research brief

The story so far

Technology · Software - Infrastructure

The latest filing evidence is available. 0 of 36 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 4 directly disclosed connections are confirming.

Evidence that supports
  • Revenue increased 23.1% versus the comparable filing period.
  • The operating loss narrowed by 18.9M.
Evidence that challenges
  • Gross margin fell 2.5 percentage points.
What would clarify the read
  • GitLab says growth came from new customers, expansion within existing paid customers, and more customers with at least $100,000 in ARR.
  • Sales and marketing expense increased as average headcount, restructuring, events, and related costs expanded.

Company research

Understand the business, not just the ticker

As of Sep 11, 2026
Business model and earnings drivers

Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.

Key research questions
  • Which operating variable is changing?
  • Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
  • What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
Annual periods7
Price observations327
Usable filing statements123
Verified relationships3
Evidence supporting the case
  • Latest annual revenue changed +25.8% year over year.
  • Operating margin changed +11.4 percentage points in the latest annual period.
  • Product pipeline and R&D has repeated favorable evidence across 4 filings.
Evidence challenging the case
  • Net margin changed -5.0 percentage points in the latest annual period.
  • Diluted shares increased 3.9% in the latest annual period.
Questions before a position
  • EV/sales is 16% above the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
Longer-term price context

Price as of Sep 10, 2026

47.29
6m+104.2%12m-1.8%24m
Annual trajectory

Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.

PeriodRevenueYoYDiluted EPSShare change
2022-01-31$252.7M+66.0%$-1.95
2023-01-31$424.3M+68.0%$-1.17
2024-01-31$579.9M+36.7%$-2.76+4.0%
2025-01-31$759.2M+30.9%$-0.04+4.1%
2026-01-31$955.2M+25.8%$-0.34+3.9%

What management says matters

Persistent and emerging business drivers

Demand and volumemixed · 6 filings
The increase was primarily due to the ongoing demand for the GitLab platform, including adding new customers, the expansion within our existing paid customers, and an increase in our number of customers with $100,000 or greater in ARR.
10-Q · Sep 2, 2026
Product pipeline and R&Dpositive · 4 filings
Stock-Based Compensation Expense Three Months Ended April 30, Change 2026 2025 $ % (in thousands, except percentages) Cost of revenue $ 2,864 $ 1,929 $ 935 48 % Sales and marketing 17,445 22,091 (4,646) (21) Research and development 13,630 14,272 (642) (4) Ge…
10-Q · Jun 2, 2026
Foreign exchangenegative · 2 filings
Interest Income and Other Income (Expense), Net Fiscal Year Ended January 31, Change 2026 2025 $ % (in thousands, except percentages) Interest income $ 45,707 $ 47,735 $ (2,028) (4) % Foreign exchange gains (losses), net (19,465) 9,416 (28,881) (307) Other ex…
10-K · Mar 17, 2026
Restructuring and cost reductionsmixed · 2 filings
Net cash used in operating activities was $3.1 million for the three months ended July 31, 2026, primarily due to the timing of accounts receivable collections and cash payments associated with our restructuring activities, notwithstanding which we have gener…
10-Q · Sep 2, 2026

Valuation discipline

Descriptive valuation snapshot

Price/sales 8.3× · EV/sales 8.0×. Comparisons use only industry-matched filing peers.

Scenario scaffold

Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.

Price action

How the market is pricing the story

47.29+2.0% today

Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 10 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.

Developments

No sourced recent-development timeline yet

Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for GTLB. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.

Business and financial condition

Reported financial figures are not available yet

Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.

Earlier comparable assessment · baseline

Fundamentals strengthened in the latest filing

10-Q filed 2026-06-02 against the comparable filing from 2025-06-11.

A newer Struct brief is shown above. This older assessment remains here for comparison, not as the current read.

constructive
OperationsconstructiveEvidence score +3
liquidityneutralEvidence score 0
valuationpremium

What improved

  • Revenue increased 23.1% versus the comparable filing period.
  • The operating loss narrowed by 18.9M.

What weakened

  • Gross margin fell 2.5 percentage points.

Filing receipts

Stock-Based Compensation Expense Three Months Ended April 30, Change 2026 2025 $ % (in thousands, except percentages) Cost of revenue $ 2,864 $ 1,929 $ 935 48 % Sales and marketing 17,445 22,091 (4,646) (21) Research and development 13,630 14,272 (642) (4) General and administrative 16,122 17,535 (1,413) (8) Total stock-based compensation expense $ 50,061 $ 55,827 $ (5,766) (10) % Stock-based compensation ex pense decreased by $5.8 million, to $50.1 million for the three months ended April 30, 2026 from $55.8 million for the three months ended April 30, 2025 , primarily due to a decrease of $3.7 million of expense from RSUs and $1.1 million related to stock options.

Cost of Revenue, Gross Profit, and Gross Margin Three Months Ended April 30, Change 2026 2025 $ % (in thousands, except percentages) Cost of revenue $ 37,488 $ 25,035 $ 12,453 50 % Gross profit 226,670 189,474 37,196 20 Gross margin 86 % 88 % (2) % Cost of revenue increased by $12.5 million, to $37.5 million for the three months ended April 30, 2026 from $25.0 million for the three months ended April 30, 2025, primarily due to an increase of $7.5 million in third party hosting costs for SaaS and cloud usage.

Interest Income and Other Income (Expense), Net Three Months Ended April 30, Change 2026 2025 $ % (in thousands, except percentages) Interest income $ 11,947 $ 10,862 $ 1,085 10 % Foreign exchange gains (losses), net 536 (9,954) 10,490 (105) Other expense, net (281) (17) (264) 1,553 Total other income (expense), net $ 255 $ (9,971) $ 10,226 (103) % Interest income increased f or the three months ended April 30, 2026 compared to the three months ended April 30, 2025 , primarily due to income earned from our cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments, driven by higher average balances during the three months ended April 30, 2026 compared to the three months ended April 30, 2025 .

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Business ecosystem

The relationships behind GTLB

Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.

Depends on

MSFTMicrosoft CorporationcompetitorJun 2, 2026

Our principal competitor is Microsoft Corporation, which owns GitHub.

TEAMAtlassian CorporationcompetitorJun 2, 2026

We also compete with DevOps product collections and point solutions from vendors such as Atlassian, JFrog, and Harness.

Depended on by

FROGJFrog Ltd.competitorMay 8, 2026

Many companies address only certain parts of the DevOps cycle and may compete with a limited set of JFrog offerings, including Microsoft’s GitHub, GitLab, Cloudsmith, and Sonatype.

Filing peers

Companies whose filings use similar operating language.

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What is moving around it

Live connections

GTLB is currently a Follower in the organic co-movement group Software - Application. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 3 filing-linked names are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.

Context history

Theme membership history

No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.