Real estate technology company Redfin (NASDAQ:RDFN) will be announcing earnings results tomorrow after market hours. Here’s what to look for.
Redfin beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 0.7% last quarter, reporting revenues of $244.3 million, up 12% year on year. It was a mixed quarter for the company, with an impressive beat of analysts’ EPS estimates but a significant miss of analysts’ EBITDA estimates. It reported 11,441 brokerage transactions, up 12.7% year on year.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting Redfin’s revenue to decline 2% year on year to $221 million, a reversal from the 5.3% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted loss is expected to come in at -$0.61 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. Redfin has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates five times over the last two years.
Looking at Redfin’s peers in the real estate services segment, some have already reported their Q1 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Cushman & Wakefield delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 4.6%, beating analysts’ expectations by 2.5%, and Newmark reported revenues up 21.8%, topping estimates by 8.9%. Cushman & Wakefield traded up 4.2% following the results while Newmark was down 2.5%.
Read our full analysis of Cushman & Wakefield’s results here and Newmark’s results here .
There has been positive sentiment among investors in the real estate services segment, with share prices up 8.8% on average over the last month. Redfin is down 1.9% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $10.58 (compared to the current share price of $9.60).
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