Dating Is Hard. So Is Owning Match and Bumble.

Dating Is Hard. So Is Owning Match and Bumble.·Barrons.com

On Wednesday, JPMorgan Cory Carpenter lowered his rating to Neutral from Overweight and his price target to $33 from $40. Carpenter forecasts industry growth of just 1% for 2024 and flat in 2025 because of a lack of product innovation—more than a decade has passed since “swiping” on a potential match was introduced. With just about 12% of the world’s singles online—equivalent to about a quarter of active daters—Carpenter is still optimistic about the industry’s long-term secular growth, especially as increasingly sophisticated artificial intelligence applications drive future innovation.

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