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Employee Incentive Plans and Stockholders’ Equity
6 Months Ended
Jul. 31, 2026
Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]  
Employee Incentive Plans and Stockholders’ Equity Employee Incentive Plans and Stockholders’ Equity
The Company’s equity incentive plans provide for granting stock options, restricted stock units (“RSUs”) and restricted stock awards (“RSAs”) to employees, consultants, officers and directors and RSUs with market-based vesting conditions to certain executives. In addition, the Company offers an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (“ESPP”) to eligible employees.
Stock-based compensation expense was recorded in the following cost and expense categories in the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of operations:
Three Months Ended
July 31,
Six Months Ended
July 31,
2026202520262025
(dollars in millions)
Cost of revenue
Subscription$15 $21 $31 $38 
Professional services and other
Research and development36 51 77 98 
Sales and marketing32 35 61 67 
General and administrative30 35 59 64 
Total$114 $144 $231 $272 
The following table presents total unrecognized stock-based compensation expense related to outstanding equity awards as of July 31, 2026:
Unrecognized Stock-based Compensation Expense
(in millions)
Weighted-average remaining period
(in years)
Unvested RSUs$645 2.2 years
Unvested RSAs12 1.8 years
Unvested market-based RSUs
74 1.4 years
ESPP0.5 years
Total$739 
Market-based Restricted Stock Units
In March 2026, the Company granted market-based RSUs to certain members of management. The target number of market-based RSUs granted was 396,603. One-third of these market-based RSUs vest over each of a
one-, two- and three-year performance period, each starting on February 1, 2026. The number of shares that can be earned ranges from 0% to 200% of the target number of shares based on the relative performance of the per share price of the Company’s common stock as compared to the Nasdaq Composite Index over the respective performance periods and subject to continuous employment through the vesting dates. The $133.81 average grant date fair value per target market-based RSU was determined using a Monte Carlo simulation approach. Compensation expense for awards with market conditions is recognized over the service period using the accelerated attribution method and is not reversed if the market condition is not met.
Share Repurchase Program
In January 2026, the Company’s board of directors (the “board”) authorized a stock repurchase program (the “Share Repurchase Program”) of up to $1 billion of the Company’s outstanding shares of Class A common stock. The Company may repurchase shares of its Class A common stock from time to time through open market purchases, in privately negotiated transactions, or by other means. Open market repurchases may be structured to occur in accordance with the requirements of Rule 10b-18. The Company may also, from time to time, enter into Rule 10b5-1 trading plans to facilitate repurchases of shares. The timing and the amount of stock repurchases under the Share Repurchase Program will be determined by the Company’s management, based on its evaluation of factors including business and market conditions, corporate and regulatory requirements, and other considerations. The Share Repurchase Program does not obligate the Company to repurchase any specific number of shares and may be modified, suspended, or terminated at any time.
During the three and six months ended July 31, 2026, the Company repurchased and immediately retired 1,542,442 and 4,569,262 shares, respectively, of its Class A common stock for an aggregate amount, including commissions, of $125 million and $366 million, respectively, under the Share Repurchase Program. As of July 31, 2026, $555 million of the originally authorized amount under the Share Repurchase Program remained available for future repurchases.