Video sharing platform Rumble (NASDAQGM:RUM) will be reporting results tomorrow after market hours. Here’s what to look for.
Rumble beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 1.7% last quarter, reporting revenues of $30.23 million, up 48.2% year on year. It was a softer quarter for the company, with revenue guidance for next quarter missing analysts’ expectations.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting Rumble’s revenue to grow 28.4% year on year to $22.77 million, improving 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. Rumble has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates four times over the last two years.
Looking at Rumble’s peers in the digital media & content platforms segment, some have already reported their Q1 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Stride delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 17.8%, beating analysts’ expectations by 3.6%, and IAC reported a revenue decline of 8.6%, falling short of estimates by 29.5%. Stride’s stock price was unchanged after the results, while IAC was down 3.6%.
Read our full analysis of Stride’s results here and IAC’s results here.
There has been positive sentiment among investors in the digital media & content platforms segment, with share prices up 14.2% on average over the last month. Rumble is up 11.4% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $14 (compared to the current share price of $7.73).
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