“MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (continued) Sales and Marketing Expenses Three Months Ended July 31, 2026 2025 $ Change % Change (dollars in millions) Sales and marketing $ 273 $ 246 $ 27 10 % Percentage o…”10-Q · Aug 27, 2026 ↗
Okta, Inc.
OKTA
Market read
Okta, Inc.'s current read is isolated; its market group is not confirming.
The latest filing evidence is available. 0 of 6 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 6 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- Revenue increased 11.2% versus the comparable filing period.
- Operating cash flow was 3.74x net income; review non-cash and one-time items before treating this as recurring conversion.
- Sales and marketing labor costs increased by $54 million over six months, alongside higher marketing spending.
- Research and development costs rose as labor and hosting expenses increased, offset by lower stock-based compensation.
Invalidation: The isolated read changes if OKTA's group or a disclosed connection begins moving with it.
Research brief
The story so far
The latest filing evidence is available. 0 of 6 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 6 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- Revenue increased 11.2% versus the comparable filing period.
- Operating margin improved 1.7 percentage points.
- Net income increased 19.4% versus the comparable filing period.
- Operating cash flow was 3.74x net income; review non-cash and one-time items before treating this as recurring conversion.
- Sales and marketing labor costs increased by $54 million over six months, alongside higher marketing spending.
- Research and development costs rose as labor and hosting expenses increased, offset by lower stock-based compensation.
Company research
Understand the business, not just the ticker
Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.
- Which operating variable is changing?
- Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
- What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
- Latest annual revenue changed +11.8% year over year.
- Operating margin changed +7.9 percentage points in the latest annual period.
- Net margin changed +7.0 percentage points in the latest annual period.
- Input and raw-material costs has repeated favorable evidence across 5 filings.
- Labor availability and costs has repeated favorable evidence across 5 filings.
- Demand and volume has repeated favorable evidence across 3 filings.
- Diluted shares increased 2.4% in the latest annual period.
- Product pipeline and R&D has repeated adverse evidence across 5 filings.
- Credit and interest rates has repeated adverse evidence across 4 filings.
- P/E is 155% above the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
- EV/sales is 24% above the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
Price as of Sep 11, 2026
166.53Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.
What management says matters
Persistent and emerging business drivers
“MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (continued) Sales and Marketing Expenses Three Months Ended July 31, 2026 2025 $ Change % Change (dollars in millions) Sales and marketing $ 273 $ 246 $ 27 10 % Percentage o…”10-Q · Aug 27, 2026 ↗
“Six months ended For the six months ended July 31, 2026, research and development expenses increased due to an increase in labor costs of $21 million and hosting fees of $8 million, offset by a decrease in stock-based compensation expense of $21 million.”10-Q · Aug 27, 2026 ↗
“Interest and Other, Net Three Months Ended July 31, 2026 2025 $ Change % Change (dollars in millions) Interest expense $ — $ (1) $ 1 (68) % Interest income and other, net 19 27 (8) (29) Interest and other, net $ 19 $ 26 $ (7) (27) % Six Months Ended July 31,…”10-Q · Aug 27, 2026 ↗
Valuation discipline
Descriptive valuation snapshot
Price/sales 10.2× · EV/sales 9.9×. Comparisons use only industry-matched filing peers.
Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.
Price action
How the market is pricing the story
Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 11 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 OKTA. 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.
Latest filing assessment · baseline
Fundamentals strengthened in the latest filing
10-Q filed 2026-05-29 against the comparable filing from 2025-05-28.
What improved
- Revenue increased 11.2% versus the comparable filing period.
- Operating margin improved 1.7 percentage points.
- Net income increased 19.4% versus the comparable filing period.
What weakened
- Operating cash flow was 3.74x net income; review non-cash and one-time items before treating this as recurring conversion.
Filing receipts
“Cost of Revenue, Gross Profit and Gross Margin Three Months Ended April 30, 2026 2025 $ Change % Change (dollars in millions) Cost of revenue: Subscription $ 150 $ 136 $ 14 9 % Professional services and other 20 19 1 6 Total cost of revenue $ 170 $ 155 $ 15 9 % Gross profit $ 595 $ 533 $ 62 12 % Gross margin: Subscription 80 % 80 % Professional services and other (33) (27) Total gross margin 78 % 77 % Three months ended For the three months ended April 30, 2026, cost of subscription revenue increased primarily due to an increase in hosting fees of $8 million and labor costs of $3 million.”
“Sales and Marketing Expenses Three Months Ended April 30, 2026 2025 $ Change % Change (dollars in millions) Sales and marketing $ 278 $ 237 $ 41 18 % Percentage of revenue 36 % 34 % Three months ended For the three months ended April 30, 2026, sales and marketing expenses increased primarily due to increases in labor costs of $30 million, marketing costs of $6 million and travel costs of $3 million, offset by a decrease in stock-based compensation expense of $3 million.”
“This practice reduces our equity dilution rate and impacts liquidity as our cash requirements for these obligations are primarily driven by the market price of our Class A common stock at the time of vesting.”
Retrospective baseline calibration. It was generated after the filing date and is not part of Jodie's live track record.
Business ecosystem
The relationships behind OKTA
Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.
Depended on by
BOXBox, Inc.partnerMar 9, 2026 ▾
“We offer more than 1,500 pre-built integrations with leading enterprise technology providers, including Adobe, Apple, Cisco, CrowdStrike, Google, Guidewire, IBM, Microsoft, Okta, Oracle-NetSuite, Palo Alto Networks, Salesforce, ServiceNow, Slack, USDM, Workda…”
Filing peers
Companies whose filings use similar operating language.
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What is moving around it
Live connections
OKTA is currently a Leader in the organic co-movement group Cybersecurity Software. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 1 filing-linked name 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.