Online home goods retailer Overstock (NASDAQ: OSTK) beat analyst expectations in Q1 FY2023 quarter, with revenue down 28.9% year on year to $381.1 million. Overstock made a GAAP loss of $10.3 million, down on its profit of $10.1 million, in the same quarter last year.
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Overstock (OSTK) Q1 FY2023 Highlights:
- Revenue: $381.1 million vs analyst estimates of $361 million (5.58% beat)
- EPS (non-GAAP): -$0.10 vs analyst estimates of -$0.14
- Free cash flow of $14.8 million, up from negative free cash flow of $35.3 million in previous quarter
- Gross Margin (GAAP): 23.5%, in line with same quarter last year
- Annual Active Customers: 4.8 million, down 2.6 million year on year
“The team delivered positive adjusted EBITDA for the twelfth consecutive quarter,” said Overstock CEO Jonathan Johnson.
Originally launched as a website focusing on selling clearance sale electronics and home goods merchandise, Overstock (NASDAQ: OSTK) is a leading online retailer of home goods, primarily furniture.
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Sales Growth
Overstock's revenue growth over the last three years has been solid, averaging 19.1% annually. This quarter, Overstock beat analyst estimates but reported a rather lacklustre 28.9% year on year revenue decline.
Before the earnings results were announced, Wall St analysts covering the company were estimating revenues to decline -7.77% over the next twelve months.
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Usage Growth
As an online retailer, Overstock generates revenue growth by growing both the number of buyers, and the average order size.
Overstock has been struggling over the last two years as the number of active buyers, a key usage metric for the company, declined 16.7% annually to 4.8 million. This is one of the lowest levels of growth in the consumer internet sector.
In the number of active buyers decreased by 2.6 million, a 35.1% drop year on year.
Key Takeaways from Overstock's Q1 Results
With a market capitalization of $816.6 million Overstock is among smaller companies, but its more than $374.7 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.
We liked to see that Overstock beat analysts’ revenue expectations pretty strongly this quarter, and EBITDA was also ahead. That feature of these results really stood out as a positive. On the other hand, there was a decline in number of users and the revenue growth was quite weak. Overall, it seems to us that this was a complicated quarter for Overstock. The company is up 2.93% on the results and currently trades at $18.6 per share.
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