Commvault Named a Leader for the 15th Consecutive Time in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Backup and Data Protection Platforms

Rhea-AI Summary

Commvault (NASDAQ: CVLT) announced it was named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Backup and Data Protection Platforms for the 15th consecutive time, based on completeness of vision and ability to execute.

Commvault also expanded its AI-enabled Commvault Cloud Unity platform to strengthen data, identity, and cyber recovery resilience across hybrid environments.

Positive

• Named a Leader in 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Backup and Data Protection Platforms
• 15th consecutive Leader recognition, indicating long-term execution and vision consistency
• Expanded Commvault Cloud Unity to protect modern workloads like Azure Databricks, GitHub, GitLab, BigQuery, monday.com
• Integrated Satori data and AI security technology to enhance Risk Analysis capabilities
• Added identity resilience features, including protection for critical systems such as Okta

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• None.

News Market Reaction – CVLT

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In the Jun 30 session, CVLT declined 1.70%, reflecting a mild negative market reaction.

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Market Context

This announcement reinforces Commvault’s leadership in backup and data protection and its unified AI...

Analysis

This announcement reinforces Commvault’s leadership in backup and data protection and its unified AI-enabled resilience platform. With fiscal revenue of $1.184B and strong ARR, investors may watch insider net selling and ongoing capital returns for signals about confidence and balance-sheet flexibility.

Key Figures

Total revenue: $1.184 billion Annual recurring revenue: $1.122 billion GAAP EBIT: $74.0 million +5 more

8 metrics

Total revenue $1.184 billion Fiscal 2026, up 19% year over year per DEF 14A

Annual recurring revenue $1.122 billion Fiscal 2026 total ARR disclosed in proxy

GAAP EBIT $74.0 million Fiscal 2026 operating profitability metric from DEF 14A

Cash from operations $245 million Fiscal 2026 operating cash flow

Share repurchases $446 million Capital returned to stockholders via buybacks in fiscal 2026

Stock grant 244 shares PSU award to CAO Danielle Abrahamsen vesting August 15, 2026

CEO gift transfer 40,734 shares Shares moved to 2026 GRAT, non-market transaction

CEO current holdings 281,810 shares Direct ownership after June 11, 2026 transfer

Historical Context

5 past events · Latest: Jun 24 (Positive)

Pattern 5 events

Date	Event	Sentiment	24h Move	Catalyst
Jun 24	Strategic partnership	Positive	+4.4%	Multi-year strategic partnership with Microsoft for Azure-native resilience services.
Jun 10	AI product showcase	Positive	+2.9%	Showcasing AI-enabled cyber resilience solutions at Pure Accelerate 2026 conference.
Jun 09	Conference presence	Positive	-0.4%	Unified hybrid cloud resilience demonstrations at HPE Discover 2026 event.
Jun 01	AI resilience framework	Positive	+3.1%	Four-step framework promoting resilience practices in the Frontier AI environment.
May 26	Investor conference	Positive	-0.8%	Planned presentation at William Blair Growth Conference for investor outreach.

24h Move is the share-price change in the day after each event; other market factors may also have contributed.

Pattern Detected

Recent positive news and partnerships have more often been followed by upside moves, though occasional small divergences appear.

Key Terms

magic quadrant, performance stock units, grantor retained annuity trust, rule 10b5-1 trading plan, +2 more

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magic quadrant technical

"named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Backup and Data Protection Platforms"

A magic quadrant is a two-dimensional chart that places companies in a market into four groups based on how well they perform today and how strong their future plans look; think of it like a map that shows who is leading, who is catching up, who specializes in niches, and who has big ideas but unproven delivery. Investors use it to quickly gauge competitive position, credibility, and potential growth or risk when comparing companies in the same industry.

performance stock units financial

"award reflects performance stock units earned based on performance criteria"

Performance stock units are a type of company award that grants employees shares of stock only if certain performance goals are met. They motivate employees to work toward specific company achievements, aligning their interests with those of shareholders. For investors, they can influence a company's future stock supply and reflect management’s confidence in reaching key targets.

grantor retained annuity trust financial

"to the "Sanjay S. Mirchandani 2026 GRAT," a grantor retained annuity trust"

A grantor retained annuity trust (GRAT) is an estate-planning tool where the person who creates the trust transfers assets into it but receives fixed cash payments (an annuity) from the trust for a set number of years; whatever remains after that term passes to designated beneficiaries. It matters to investors because it can shift future appreciation of assets out of the creator’s taxable estate—like putting an asset into a timed vending machine that pays you fixed amounts while any extra value that grows inside the machine goes to heirs with reduced gift or estate tax consequences.

rule 10b5-1 trading plan regulatory

"sale reported here was executed under an existing Rule 10b5-1 trading plan"

A Rule 10b5-1 trading plan is a pre-arranged schedule that allows company insiders to buy or sell stock at specific times, even if they have inside information. It helps prevent accusations of unfair trading by making these transactions look planned and transparent, rather than sneaky or illegal.

scope 1–3 emissions technical

"full Scope 1–3 emissions assessment and a commitment to net‑zero targets"

Scope 1–3 emissions are the three categories used to measure a company’s greenhouse gas output: Scope 1 covers direct emissions from sources the company owns or controls (like a car or boiler), Scope 2 covers indirect emissions from purchased energy (like electricity used to run offices), and Scope 3 covers all other indirect emissions across the value chain (like those from suppliers or product use). Investors use these categories to compare climate risk, hidden costs, and future liabilities across companies—think of them as a household’s own smoke, its city’s power plant smoke, and the smoke from everything it buys.

science-based targets initiative technical

"commitment to net‑zero targets through the Science-Based Targets initiative"

An organization that helps companies set greenhouse gas reduction goals that align with climate science and the limits needed to avoid dangerous warming. For investors, a company with these validated targets is like a traveler following a reliable map: it signals a clear plan to cut emissions, lower regulatory and physical climate risks, and improve long-term resilience and credibility, which can affect valuations, access to capital, and reputation.

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Recognized by Gartner as a Leader for Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute

TINTON FALLS, N.J., June 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Commvault (NASDAQ: CVLT), a leader in unified resilience at enterprise scale, today announced it has been named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Backup and Data Protection Platforms.¹ The evaluation was based on specific criteria that analyzed the company's overall Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute.

Commvault asserts that the company's placement as a Leader reflects continued innovation in cyber resilience, recovery, cloud data protection, and operational simplicity. Over the past year, Commvault expanded its AI-enabled Commvault Cloud platform with unified capabilities designed to help customers strengthen data security, identity resilience, and cyber recovery across increasingly complex hybrid environments.

"Organizations need confidence they can protect critical data, safeguard identities, and recover quickly when disruptions occur. As they adopt AI, they also need to know they can recover AI-enabled applications, data, and operations across the most complex business and technology environments," said Pranay Ahlawat, Chief Technology and AI Officer, Commvault. "Our continued investments in cyber resilience, recovery automation, and AI resilience and intelligence are helping customers achieve these goals."

Advancing Resilience Operations Across Data, Identity, and Recovery

Recovery has become a defining measure of resilience. As organizations expand across hybrid cloud environments and increasingly adopt AI-enabled technologies, they need confidence they can recover critical data, applications, identities, and operations quickly, securely, and at enterprise scale.

Over the past year, Commvault has continued to expand its resilience platform with capabilities designed to simplify operations, improve visibility into sensitive data, and strengthen protection across hybrid environments. The new features available as part of its Commvault Cloud Unity platform release now include expanded protection for modern workloads such as Azure Databricks lakehouse, GitHub, GitLab, BigQuery, and monday.com, enhanced Risk Analysis capabilities through the integration of Satori's data and AI security technology, and expanded identity resilience capabilities, including protection for critical identity systems such as Okta.

Together, these capabilities support Commvault's Resilience Operations (ResOps) vision, helping organizations unify data security, identity resilience, cyber recovery, AI resilience, and operational response through a single platform. By bringing these functions together, organizations can reduce recovery times, improve cyber preparedness, streamline operations, and strengthen resilience across their most critical business applications, identities, and data assets.

Additional Resources
To learn more about Commvault's recognition in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Backup and Data Protection Platforms and download a complimentary copy of the report, visit https://www.commvault.com/gc/itleaders.

Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Backup and Data Protection Platforms, By Michael Hoeck, Jason Donham, Sankalp Rastogi, Rizvan Hussain, 29 June 2026

Gartner and Magic Quadrant are trademarks of Gartner, Inc., and/or its affiliates.

Gartner does not endorse any company, vendor, product or service depicted in its publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner publications consist of the opinions of Gartner's business and technology insights organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this publication, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

About Commvault
Commvault (NASDAQ: CVLT) is a leader in unified resilience at enterprise scale. In a constantly evolving threat landscape, Commvault keeps customers ready by unifying data security, identity resilience, and cyber recovery, on one cloud-native, AI-enabled platform. Customers trust Commvault to conduct the fastest, most complete recoveries – not just their data, but their entire business. Purpose-built for the agentic enterprise, Commvault also enables organizations to safely embrace AI while protecting against AI-driven threats.

Magic Quadrant reports are a culmination of rigorous, fact-based research in specific markets, providing a wide-angle view of the relative positions of providers in markets where growth is high, and provider differentiation is distinct. Providers are positioned into four quadrants: Leaders, Challengers, Visionaries, and Niche Players. The research enables you to get the most from market analysis in alignment with your unique business and technology needs

¹ Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Backup and Data Protection Platforms, By Michael Hoeck, Jason Donham, Sankalp Rastogi, Rizvan Hussain, 29 June 2026

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FAQ

What did Commvault (NASDAQ: CVLT) announce on June 30, 2026 about Gartner recognition?

Commvault announced it was named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Backup and Data Protection Platforms. According to Commvault, this marks the 15th consecutive time it has received Leader placement for completeness of vision and ability to execute.

What does Gartner Magic Quadrant Leader status mean for Commvault (CVLT) in backup and data protection?

Leader status places Commvault in Gartner's highest quadrant for backup and data protection platforms in 2026. According to Commvault, the placement reflects its evaluated completeness of vision and ability to execute in cyber resilience and cloud data protection.

How is Commvault Cloud Unity enhancing backup and data protection for CVLT customers in 2026?

Commvault Cloud Unity adds unified capabilities to strengthen data security, identity resilience, and cyber recovery. According to Commvault, recent updates simplify operations, improve visibility into sensitive data, and support faster, secure recovery across complex hybrid environments and AI-enabled applications and workloads.

Which modern workloads does Commvault now protect with its Cloud Unity platform?

Commvault expanded protection to modern workloads including Azure Databricks lakehouse, GitHub, GitLab, BigQuery, and monday.com. According to Commvault, these additions aim to extend resilience operations across diverse cloud-native and developer-centric environments while keeping backup and recovery under a single platform.

How does Commvault improve identity resilience and cyber recovery for CVLT customers?

Commvault has added expanded identity resilience capabilities, including protection for critical identity systems such as Okta. According to Commvault, these features help unify data security, identity resilience, and cyber recovery so organizations can reduce recovery times and strengthen overall operational resilience.

What role does Satori technology play in Commvault's backup and data protection platform?

Satori's data and AI security technology enhances Commvault's Risk Analysis capabilities within Commvault Cloud. According to Commvault, this integration is designed to improve visibility into sensitive data and support stronger protection and cyber preparedness across hybrid environments and AI-related workloads.