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DoubleVerify (NYSE:DV) Beats Expectations in Strong Q2, Stock Soars


Jabin Bastian /
2022/08/03 4:24 pm EDT

Digital media measurement and analytics provider DoubleVerify (NYSE:DV) reported Q2 FY2022 results beating Wall St's expectations, with revenue up 43.4% year on year to $109.8 million. Guidance for next quarter's revenue was $109 million at the midpoint, which is 1.77% above the analyst consensus. DoubleVerify made a GAAP profit of $10.2 million, improving on its loss of $12.5 million, in the same quarter last year.

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DoubleVerify (DV) Q2 FY2022 Highlights:

  • Revenue: $109.8 million vs analyst estimates of $101.9 million (7.67% beat)
  • EPS (GAAP): $0.06
  • Revenue guidance for Q3 2022 is $109 million at the midpoint, above analyst estimates of $107.1 million
  • The company lifted revenue guidance for the full year, from $442 million to $449 million at the midpoint, a 1.58% increase
  • Free cash flow of $19.9 million, up from negative free cash flow of $7 million in previous quarter
  • Gross Margin (GAAP): 82.8%, down from 83.9% same quarter last year

“We delivered an outstanding second quarter and surpassed our expectations for growth and profitability fueled by record Activation revenue and continued momentum on Social and CTV platforms,” said Mark Zagorski, CEO of DoubleVerify.

When Oren Netzer saw a digital ad for US-based Target while sitting in his Tel Aviv apartment, he knew there was an unsolved problem, so he started DoubleVerify (NYSE: DV), a provider of advertising solutions to businesses that helps with ad verification, fraud prevention, and brand safety.

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Sales Growth

As you can see below, DoubleVerify's revenue growth has been very strong over the last year, growing from quarterly revenue of $76.5 million, to $109.8 million.

DoubleVerify Total Revenue

And unsurprisingly, this was another great quarter for DoubleVerify with revenue up 43.4% year on year. On top of that, revenue increased $13 million quarter on quarter, a strong improvement on the $8.81 million decrease in Q1 2022, and a sign of acceleration of growth, which is very nice to see indeed.

Guidance for the next quarter indicates DoubleVerify is expecting revenue to grow 31.1% year on year to $109 million, slowing down from the 36.1% 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 23.7% over the next twelve months.

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Profitability

What makes the software as a service business so attractive is that once the software is developed, it typically shouldn't cost much to provide it as an ongoing service to customers. DoubleVerify's gross profit margin, an important metric measuring how much money there is left after paying for servers, licenses, technical support and other necessary running expenses was at 82.8% in Q2.

DoubleVerify Gross Margin (GAAP)

That means that for every $1 in revenue the company had $0.82 left to spend on developing new products, marketing & sales and the general administrative overhead. This is a great gross margin, that allows companies like DoubleVerify to fund large investments in product and sales during periods of rapid growth and be profitable when they reach maturity. It is good to see that the gross margin is staying stable which indicates that DoubleVerify is doing a good job controlling costs and is not under pressure from competition to lower prices.

Key Takeaways from DoubleVerify's Q2 Results

With a market capitalization of $3.76 billion DoubleVerify is among smaller companies, but its more than $223.7 million in cash and positive free cash flow over the last twelve months put it in a very strong position to invest in growth.

We were impressed by the exceptional revenue growth DoubleVerify delivered this quarter. And we were also excited to see the strong free cash flow. Zooming out, we think this was a fantastic quarter that should have shareholders cheering. The company is up 8.62% on the results and currently trades at $25.95 per share.

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