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IT security company Okta, Inc. (OKTA) up 94% YTD on AI demand, strong inflows.

The cybersecurity company posted adjusted earnings of $1.19 a share on revenue of $898.2 million, beating Wall Street expectations.

Yahoo Finance's Josh Lipton takes a closer look at the top stories for investors to watch on Tuesday, Sept. 1, including John Ternus's first day as Apple (AAPL) CEO, quarterly earnings from Dell (DELL) and Palo Alto Networks (PANW), and July's Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS).

Okta, Gartner and Salesforce all crushed earnings, demonstrating strong business, and now stock price momentum.

Revenue hit $805M with 11% growth as AI security demand accelerated.

Dell stock is showing relative strength along with Snowflake and Palo Alto Networks as all three names get ready to report earnings.

Shares of Elastic jump after the software developer beats analysts’ earnings target and hikes its guidance.

Okta stock rallies on a solid Q2 and raised future guidance. The release triggered a wave of bullish analyst research notes on Thursday.

Software and semiconductor stocks are high-flying in morning trading on the backs of stellar Salesforce, Crowdstrike and Nvidia earnings Wednesday. Salesforce is up more than 20%. The software giant said it was deepening its partnership with Anthropic, boosting investor confidence in its ability to integrate AI into its software.

Okta lifted its fiscal 2027 outlook as core identity bookings strengthened, while AI security remained an early-stage opportunity rather than a revenue driver.

Software stocks gained after Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff said the SaaSpocalypse was over.

Okta and CrowdStrike both crushed earnings, but one stock is surging nearly twice as hard as the other despite posting slower growth and a troubling dip in a key bookings metric.

Okta Inc (NASDAQ:OKTA) shares are set to open about 18% higher on Thursday after the identity management software company reported fiscal second-quarter results that beat Wall Street expectations for revenue and adjusted earnings. Okta reported total revenue of $805 million for the quarter...

The company reported $805 million in revenue and raised its full-year guidance, citing demand for tools to secure AI agents

Nvidia's fiscal second-quarter revenue more than doubled and topped forecasts by its largest margin in two years, lifting chip stocks broadly

Stocks looked set to rally on Thursday after chip maker Nvidia’s solid second-quarter earnings helped breathe some life back into the artificial-intelligence trade. S&P 500 futures rose 0.5%. Nasdaq 100 futures jumped 1.

The cybersecurity companies are benefiting from AI adoption that is driving demand for security products.

Okta Inc (OKTA) reports 10% revenue growth and record non-Q4 bookings, with new products contributing 30% of bookings and AI agents gaining traction.

Okta (NASDAQ:OKTA) said its second-quarter fiscal 2027 performance was supported by broad-based demand across its workforce and customer identity platforms, with particular strength among large enterprises, channel partners and newer products. Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder Todd McKinnon sa

The headline numbers for Okta (OKTA) give insight into how the company performed in the quarter ended July 2026, but it may be worthwhile to compare some of its key metrics to Wall Street estimates and the year-ago actuals.

Nvidia wavered late while CrowdStrike, Okta, Salesforce are big earnings winners. Is the market setting up or a setup?

Okta (OKTA) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of +9.38% and +1.62%, respectively, for the quarter ended July 2026. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?

Yahoo Finance's Josh Lipton runs down the earnings reports as prices soar for CrowdStrike CRWD) and Okta (OKTA), while HP Inc. (HPQ) stock drops.

Okta reported Q2 earnings and revenue that topped estimates while the cybersecurity firm's sales outlook came in above views.

Wall Street is eagerly anticipating Nvidia Corp.'s earnings on Wednesday afternoon, not so much for what the numbers will say about the chip giant, but for what they mean to artificial intelligence investors and the market itself.

Okta is set to report its fiscal Q2 earnings on Aug. 26. Here’s how the data suggests you should play OKTA shares for the remainder of 2026.

Heading into the earnings reports for CrowdStrike, Okta, SentienelOne, Palo Alto Networks and Zscaler, cybersecurity stocks have been on fire. With expectations running high, the cybersecurity stocks could be volatile if financial results underwhelm investors.

The second quarter earnings season is nearly complete, with Nvidia’s (NVDA) Q2 results on Wednesday serving as a keystone to a remarkably strong stretch of corporate reports.

Identity management company Okta (NASDAQ:OKTA) will be reporting earnings this Wednesday afternoon. Here’s what investors should know.

Okta (OKTA) could deliver about 2 percentage points of upside to the midpoint of its fiscal Q2 2027