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Groupon (GRPN) reported $130.38 million in revenue for the quarter ended December 2024, representing a year-over-year decline of 5.3%. EPS of -$1.20 for the same period compares to $0.30 a year ago.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +1.13% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $128.92 million. With the consensus EPS estimate being -$0.06, the EPS surprise was -1900.00%.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how Groupon performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
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Geographic Revenue- North America: $96.69 million compared to the $95.84 million average estimate based on two analysts. The reported number represents a change of -3.2% year over year.
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Geographic Revenue- International- Local: $28.71 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $26.71 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -10.3%.
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Geographic Revenue- International: $33.69 million compared to the $31.44 million average estimate based on two analysts. The reported number represents a change of -10.9% year over year.
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Geographic Revenue- International- Travel: $1.50 million versus $1.66 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -19.4% change.
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Geographic Revenue- North America- Goods: $2.63 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $3.23 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -33.2%.
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Geographic Revenue- North America- Travel: $2.83 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $3.82 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -20.9%.
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Geographic Revenue- International- Goods: $3.48 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $3.07 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -27.3%.
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Geographic Revenue- North America- Local: $91.23 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $88.79 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -0.4%.
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Shares of Groupon have returned -16.4% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -7.3% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.