Real estate franchise company RE/MAX (NYSE:RMAX) reported Q1 CY2025 results beating Wall Street’s revenue expectations , but sales fell by 4.9% year on year to $74.47 million. Revenue guidance for the full year exceeded analysts’ estimates, but next quarter’s guidance of $72.5 million was less impressive, coming in 4.2% below expectations. Its non-GAAP profit of $0.24 per share was 35.2% above analysts’ consensus estimates.
Revenue: $74.47 million vs analyst estimates of $73.53 million (4.9% year-on-year decline, 1.3% beat)
Adjusted EPS: $0.24 vs analyst estimates of $0.18 (35.2% beat)
Adjusted EBITDA: $19.29 million vs analyst estimates of $17.62 million (25.9% margin, 9.5% beat)
The company reconfirmed its revenue guidance for the full year of $300 million at the midpoint
EBITDA guidance for the full year is $95 million at the midpoint, in line with analyst expectations
Operating Margin: 7.2%, up from 5.8% in the same quarter last year
Free Cash Flow Margin: 5.3%, similar to the same quarter last year
Agents: 146,126, up 2,839 year on year
Market Capitalization: $152.3 million
"For the fourth consecutive quarter, our company delivered solid profit and margin performance," said Erik Carlson, RE/MAX Holdings Chief Executive Officer.
Company Overview
Short for Real Estate Maximums, RE/MAX (NYSE:RMAX) operates a real estate franchise network spanning over 100 countries and territories.
Sales Growth
A company’s long-term sales performance is one signal of its overall quality. Any business can have short-term success, but a top-tier one grows for years. Over the last five years, RE/MAX grew its sales at a weak 1.5% compounded annual growth rate. This was below our standards and is a poor baseline for our analysis.
RE/MAX Quarterly Revenue
Long-term growth is the most important, but within consumer discretionary, product cycles are short and revenue can be hit-driven due to rapidly changing trends and consumer preferences. RE/MAX’s performance shows it grew in the past but relinquished its gains over the last two years, as its revenue fell by 6.5% annually.
RE/MAX Year-On-Year Revenue Growth
RE/MAX also discloses its number of agents, which reached 146,126 in the latest quarter. Over the last two years, RE/MAX’s agents were flat. Because this number is higher than its revenue growth during the same period, we can see the company’s monetization has fallen.
RE/MAX Agents
This quarter, RE/MAX’s revenue fell by 4.9% year on year to $74.47 million but beat Wall Street’s estimates by 1.3%. Company management is currently guiding for a 7.6% year-on-year decline in sales next quarter.
Looking further ahead, sell-side analysts expect revenue to decline by 2.3% over the next 12 months. While this projection is better than its two-year trend, it's tough to feel optimistic about a company facing demand difficulties.
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Operating Margin
RE/MAX’s operating margin has been trending up over the last 12 months and averaged 4.5% over the last two years. The company’s higher efficiency is a breath of fresh air, but its suboptimal cost structure means it still sports lousy profitability for a consumer discretionary business.
RE/MAX Trailing 12-Month Operating Margin (GAAP)
In Q1, RE/MAX generated an operating profit margin of 7.2%, up 1.4 percentage points year on year. This increase was a welcome development, especially since its revenue fell, showing it was more efficient because it scaled down its expenses.
Earnings Per Share
Revenue trends explain a company’s historical growth, but the long-term change in earnings per share (EPS) points to the profitability of that growth – for example, a company could inflate its sales through excessive spending on advertising and promotions.
Sadly for RE/MAX, its EPS declined by 8.9% annually over the last five years while its revenue grew by 1.5%. This tells us the company became less profitable on a per-share basis as it expanded.
RE/MAX Trailing 12-Month EPS (Non-GAAP)
In Q1, RE/MAX reported EPS at $0.24, up from $0.20 in the same quarter last year. This print easily cleared analysts’ estimates, and shareholders should be content with the results. Over the next 12 months, Wall Street expects RE/MAX’s full-year EPS of $1.33 to shrink by 1.5%.
Key Takeaways from RE/MAX’s Q1 Results
We were impressed by how significantly RE/MAX blew past analysts’ revenue, EPS, and EBITDA expectations this quarter. We were also glad its full-year revenue guidance slightly exceeded Wall Street’s estimates. Zooming out, we think this was a decent quarter featuring some areas of strength but also some blemishes. The stock traded up 3.8% to $8.10 immediately after reporting.
