Cash-back rewards platform Ibotta (NYSE: IBTA) will be reporting results this Wednesday after market hours. Here’s what to look for.
Ibotta beat analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $83.26 million, down 15.6% year on year. It was a satisfactory quarter for the company, with a beat of analysts’ EPS estimates but revenue guidance for next quarter missing analysts’ expectations.
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This quarter, the market is expecting Ibotta’s revenue to decline 15.5% year on year, a deceleration from its flat revenue 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 to stay the course heading into earnings. Ibotta has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates multiple times over the last two years.
Looking at Ibotta’s peers in the advertising & marketing services segment, some have already reported their Q4 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. QuinStreet delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 1.9%, beating analysts’ expectations by 4.2%, and MediaAlpha reported a revenue decline of 3.2%, falling short of estimates by 2.9%. QuinStreet traded up 10.7% following the results.
Read our full analysis of QuinStreet’s results here and MediaAlpha’s results here.
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