Online survey platform Momentive (NASDAQ:MNTV) reported results in line with analyst expectations in Q3 FY2022 quarter, with revenue up 5.76% year on year to $121.3 million. However, guidance for the next quarter was less impressive, coming in at $121 million at the midpoint, being 2.59% below analyst estimates. Momentive made a GAAP loss of $20.3 million, improving on its loss of $22.9 million, in the same quarter last year.
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Momentive (MNTV) Q3 FY2022 Highlights:
- Revenue: $121.3 million vs analyst estimates of $121 million (small beat)
- EPS (non-GAAP): $0.04 vs analyst estimates of $0.04 (5.26% beat)
- Revenue guidance for Q4 2022 is $121 million at the midpoint, below analyst estimates of $124.2 million
- Free cash flow of $177 thousand, down 85.8% from previous quarter
- Customers: 897,500, down from 909,700 in previous quarter
- Gross Margin (GAAP): 82.4%, up from 80.6% same quarter last year
“In the third quarter, we remained focused on our long-term revenue growth and profitability targets while navigating an increasingly challenging macroeconomic environment,” said Zander Lurie, chief executive officer of Momentive.
Previously known as SurveyMonkey, Momentive (NASDAQ:MNTV) offers software as a service that makes it easy for users create, manage and distribute online surveys.
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Sales Growth
As you can see below, Momentive's revenue growth has been mediocre over the last two years, growing from quarterly revenue of $95.4 million in Q3 FY2020, to $121.3 million.
Momentive's quarterly revenue was only up 5.76% year on year, which might disappoint some shareholders. But the growth did slow down compared to last quarter, as the revenue increased by just $1.21 million in Q3, compared to $3.17 million in Q2 2022. We'd like to see revenue increase by a greater amount each quarter, but a one-off fluctuation is usually not concerning.
Guidance for the next quarter indicates Momentive is expecting revenue to grow 3.11% year on year to $121 million, slowing down from the 16.2% 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 9.05% over the next twelve months.
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Customer Growth
You can see below that Momentive reported 897,500 customers at the end of the quarter, a decrease of 12200 on last quarter. That is suggesting that the customer acquisition momentum is slowing a little bit. That is slower customer growth than what we are used to seeing lately, suggesting that the customer acquisition momentum is slowing a little bit.
Key Takeaways from Momentive's Q3 Results
With a market capitalization of $1.1 billion Momentive is among smaller companies, but its more than $193 million in cash and the fact it is operating close to free cash flow break-even put it in a robust financial position to invest in growth.
It was nice that Momentive improved their gross margin, even if just slightly. 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 there was a slowdown in customer growth. Overall, this quarter's results were mixed. The company is up 2.54% on the results and currently trades at $7.24 per share.
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