Real estate technology company Compass (NYSE: COMP) will be reporting results tomorrow after market close. Here’s what investors should know.
Compass beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 3.4% last quarter, reporting revenues of $1.38 billion, up 25.9% year on year. It was a strong quarter for the company, with EBITDA guidance for next quarter exceeding analysts’ expectations and an impressive beat of analysts’ EPS estimates. It reported 50,411 transactions, up 24.1% year on year.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting Compass’s revenue to grow 34.8% year on year to $1.42 billion, improving from the 10.1% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.02 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. Compass has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates three times over the last two years.
Looking at Compass’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 eXp World reported revenues up 1.3%, falling short of estimates by 4%. Cushman & Wakefield traded up 4.2% following the results.
Read our full analysis of Cushman & Wakefield’s results here and eXp World’s results here.
There has been positive sentiment among investors in the real estate services segment, with share prices up 12.7% on average over the last month. Compass is up 3.2% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $9.94 (compared to the current share price of $7.85).
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