Despite reporting a great quarter, Tableau is crashing again

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Tableau CEO Christian Chabot

Data analysis software company Tableau is having another bad day: Despite reporting a solid quarter that far outpaced Wall Street expectations, its stock is down around 10% in after-hours trading.

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For the quarter, Tableau reported $171.7 million in revenue, breaking even on earnings per share (EPS). The revenue was up 32% from the same period in 2015. Analysts had been expecting $164 million in revenue and a $0.09 loss per share.

Despite the clear beat, Tableau is crashing, for reasons not readily clear. Immediately after reporting earnings, Tableau stock was down a solid 14%, before stabilizing around 10%. At the time of writing, it's around $46.05.

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It's possible that Tableau investors were spooked by the company's widening losses on a GAAP basis over the same period in 2015.

Tableau hasn't had a great few months. Back in February, Tableau lost almost half of its value overnight - for a total loss of $2 billion in value - after it reported a similarly solid quarter, but couldn't show the growth that Wall Street was looking for.

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Still, Tableau has said that it won't back down or change course, and will continue to invest in its core products amid what it sees as a general slowdown in the IT budgets of its big business customers.

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