E-commerce marketplace Coupang (NYSE:CPNG) will be reporting results tomorrow afternoon. Here's what investors should know.
Coupang beat analysts' revenue expectations by 2.4% last quarter, reporting revenues of $6.56 billion, up 23.2% year on year. It was a decent quarter for the company, with solid revenue growth. On the profitability side, Coupang blew past analysts' EBITDA, EPS, and free cash flow projections.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting Coupang's revenue to grow 20.8% year on year to $7.01 billion, improving from the 13.4% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.06 per share.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Coupang has missed Wall Street's revenue estimates four times over the last two years.
Looking at Coupang's peers in the consumer internet segment, some have already reported their Q1 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Wayfair's revenues decreased 1.6% year on year, beating analysts' expectations by 3.5%, and Snap reported revenues up 20.9%, topping estimates by 6.6%. Wayfair traded up 25.9% following the results while Snap was also up 27.5%.
Read our full analysis of Wayfair's results here and Snap's results here.
Investors in the consumer internet segment have had fairly steady hands going into earnings, with share prices down 1.5% on average over the last month. Coupang is up 25.1% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $23.5 (compared to the current share price of $23.06).
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