Online platform company Coupang (NYSE: CPNG) will be reporting results this Tuesday after the bell. Here’s what investors should know.
Coupang missed analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $8.86 billion, up 3.9% year on year. It was a mixed quarter for the company, with a solid beat of analysts’ EBITDA estimates. It reported 24.7 million active buyers, up 3.3% year on year.
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This quarter, the market is expecting Coupang’s revenue to grow 5.1% year on year, slowing from the 17.8% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business will stay the course heading into earnings. Coupang has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates multiple times over the last two years.
Looking at Coupang’s peers in the consumer internet segment, some have already reported their Q3 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Carvana delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 42.4%, beating analysts’ expectations by 4.9%, and Amazon reported revenues up 12.1%, in line with consensus estimates. Carvana traded up 15.1% following the results while Amazon was down 1.8%.
Read our full analysis of Carvana’s results here and Amazon’s results here.
There has been positive sentiment among investors in the consumer internet segment, with share prices up 2.1% on average over the last month. Coupang is up 1.1% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $23.34 (compared to the current share price of $14.36).
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