Online marketplace Etsy (NASDAQ: ETSY) reported Q1 FY2023 results topping analyst expectations, with revenue up 10.6% year on year to $640.9 million. However, guidance for the next quarter was less impressive, coming in at $615 million at the midpoint, being 1.57% below analyst estimates. Etsy made a GAAP profit of $74.5 million, down on its profit of $86.1 million, in the same quarter last year.
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Etsy (ETSY) Q1 FY2023 Highlights:
- Revenue: $640.9 million vs analyst estimates of $620.9 million (3.21% beat)
- EPS: $0.53 vs analyst estimates of $0.51 (4.35% beat)
- Revenue guidance for Q2 2023 is $615 million at the midpoint, below analyst estimates of $624.8 million
- Free cash flow of $47.4 million, down 83.3% from previous quarter
- Gross Margin (GAAP): 69.5%, in line with same quarter last year
- Active Buyers: 95.5 million, up 424 thousand year on year
"We are pleased that Etsy has once again delivered solid top and bottom line performance in the first quarter, maintaining the vast majority of our pandemic gains in the face of stiff macroeconomic headwinds," said Josh Silverman,
Founded by a struggling amateur furniture maker Robert Kalin and his two friends, Etsy (NASDAQ: ETSY) is one of the world’s largest online marketplaces, focusing on handmade or vintage items.
Marketplaces have existed for centuries. Where once it was a main street in a small town or a mall in the suburbs, sellers benefitted from proximity to one another because they could draw customers by offering convenience and selection. Today, a myriad of online marketplaces fulfill that same role, aggregating large customer bases, which attracts commission paying sellers, generating flywheel scale effects which feed back into further customer acquisition.
Sales Growth
Etsy's revenue growth over the last three years has been exceptional, averaging 53.6% annually. This quarter, Etsy beat analyst estimates but reported a mediocre 10.6% year on year revenue growth.
Guidance for the next quarter indicates Etsy is expecting revenue to grow 5.1% year on year to $615 million, slowing down from the 10.6% year-over-year increase in revenue the company had recorded in the same quarter last year. Ahead of the earnings results the analysts covering the company were estimating sales to grow 6.74% over the next twelve months.
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Usage Growth
As a online marketplace, Etsy generates revenue growth both by growing the number of buyers on the platform and the average buyer size in dollars.
Over the last two years the number of Etsy's active buyers, a key usage metric for the company, grew 13.6% annually to 95.5 million. This is a solid growth for a consumer internet company.
In Q1 the company added 424 thousand active buyers, translating to a 0.45% growth year on year.
Key Takeaways from Etsy's Q1 Results
With a market capitalization of $12.2 billion, more than $1.04 billion in cash and with free cash flow over the last twelve months being positive, the company is in a very strong position to invest in growth.
It was good to see Etsy outperform Wall St’s revenue expectations this quarter. That feature of these results really stood out as a positive. On the other hand, it was unfortunate to see that the revenue guidance for the next quarter missed analysts' expectations and the revenue growth was quite weak. Overall, this quarter's results were mostly in line. The company is up 8.1% on the results and currently trades at $107.02 per share.
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