Online marketplace eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) will be announcing earnings results this Wednesday after market close. Here’s what to expect.
eBay beat analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $3.13 billion, up 14.8% year on year. It was a satisfactory quarter for the company, with revenue guidance for next quarter beating analysts’ expectations but EPS guidance for next quarter missing analysts’ expectations. It reported 136 million active buyers, up 1.5% year on year.
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This quarter, the market is expecting eBay’s revenue to grow 10.5% year on year, improving from the 9.5% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business will stay the course heading into earnings. eBay rarely misses Wall Street’s revenue estimates.
Looking at eBay’s peers in the consumer internet segment, some have already reported their Q3 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Meta delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 26.1%, beating analysts’ expectations by 2%, and Netflix reported revenues up 11.8%, in line with consensus estimates. Meta traded down 7% following the results while Netflix was also down 5.3%.
Read our full analysis of Meta’s results here and Netflix’s results here.
There has been positive sentiment among investors in the consumer internet segment, with share prices up 6.1% on average over the last month. eBay is up 10.8% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $116.92 (compared to the current share price of $118.96).
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