Online real estate marketplace Zillow (NASDAQ: ZG) will be announcing earnings results this Wednesday after the bell. Here’s what to expect.
Zillow beat analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $654 million, up 18.1% year on year. It was a satisfactory quarter for the company, with a solid beat of analysts’ adjusted operating income estimates but EPS in line with analysts’ estimates.
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This quarter, the market is expecting Zillow’s revenue to grow 17.9% year on year, improving from the 13% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year.
The majority of analysts covering the company have reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Zillow has a history of exceeding Wall Street’s expectations.
Looking at Zillow’s peers in the consumer discretionary - real estate services segment, some have already reported their Q1 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. CBRE delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 18.2%, beating analysts’ expectations by 2.5%, and Newmark reported revenues up 27.2%, topping estimates by 13.2%. CBRE traded down 3.4% following the results while Newmark was up 1.7%.
Read our full analysis of CBRE’s results here and Newmark’s results here.
There has been positive sentiment among investors in the consumer discretionary - real estate services segment, with share prices up 4.4% on average over the last month. Zillow is up 5.9% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $72.91 (compared to the current share price of $44.26).
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