Online freelance marketplace Fiverr (NYSE: FVRR) will be reporting earnings this Wednesday before market open. Here’s what you need to know.
Fiverr beat analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $105.5 million, down 1.6% year on year. It was a mixed quarter for the company, with an impressive beat of analysts’ EBITDA estimates but a decline in its buyers. It reported 2.9 million active buyers, down 17.1% year on year.
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This quarter, the market is expecting Fiverr’s revenue to decline 8.4% year on year, a reversal from the 14.8% 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. Fiverr has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates multiple times over the last two years.
Looking at Fiverr’s peers in the consumer internet segment, some have already reported their Q2 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Alphabet delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 24.2%, beating analysts’ expectations by 2.2%, and Netflix reported revenues up 13.4%, in line with consensus estimates. Alphabet traded down 7.1% following the results while Netflix was also down 7.3%.
Read our full analysis of Alphabet’s results here and Netflix’s results here.
Investors in the consumer internet segment have had steady hands going into earnings, with share prices up 1.2% on average over the last month. Fiverr is up 5.3% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $16.57 (compared to the current share price of $11.22).
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