Real estate technology company Compass (NYSE: COMP) will be reporting earnings this Thursday after market hours. Here’s what to look for.
Compass beat analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $4.31 billion, up 109% year on year. It was a very strong quarter for the company, with EBITDA guidance for next quarter exceeding analysts’ expectations and revenue guidance for next quarter exceeding analysts’ expectations. It reported 153,009 transactions, up 110% year on year.
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This quarter, the market is expecting Compass’s revenue to grow 111% year on year, improving from the 23.6% 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. Compass has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates multiple times over the last two years.
Looking at Compass’s peers in the consumer discretionary - real estate services segment, some have already reported their Q3 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. JLL delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 11.8%, beating analysts’ expectations by 1.5%, and Newmark reported revenues up 12.7%, topping estimates by 2.2%. JLL traded up 17.9% following the results while Newmark was down 4.5%.
Read our full analysis of JLL’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 4.7% on average over the last month. Compass’s stock price was unchanged during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $13.67 (compared to the current share price of $9.36).
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