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Opera Limited OPRA is set to report its first-quarter 2025 earnings results on April 28.
The company anticipates first-quarter 2025 revenues between $130 million and $133 million, representing a 29% year-over-year growth. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for the same is pegged at $131.53 million, suggesting growth of 29.12% from the year-ago quarter’s reported figure.
The consensus mark for first-quarter earnings is pegged at 26 cents per share, unchanged over the past 30 days. This projection indicates a significant year-over-year increase of 52.94% from the year-ago quarter’s reported figure.
Opera Limited beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate for earnings in three of the trailing four quarters and missed the remaining one, with the average positive surprise being 17.21%. (Find the latest EPS estimates and surprises on Zacks Earnings Calendar.)
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Let’s see how things have shaped up for the upcoming announcement.
Key Factors to Note Ahead of OPRA’s Q1 Results
Opera Limited’s first-quarter 2025 is expected to have benefited from the continued strength in its advertising business, which grew 38% year-over-year in the fourth quarter of 2024. This growth was driven by strong performance in e-commerce segments, and this momentum is likely to have carried over into the first quarter, supported by performance-based advertising models that attracted higher budgets from advertisers.
Opera Limited is witnessing solid growth in Western markets, particularly across Europe and the U.S., driven by a surge in iOS downloads. This growth is largely attributed to rising user awareness and European regulatory shifts that favor greater browser competition. These factors are likely to have further strengthened the company’s competitive position in the to be reported quarter.
The company's investments in AI technologies, particularly the integration of AI features into new browser versions like Opera R2 and Opera One, has enhanced user experience and engagement. These innovations are likely to have positively impacted user growth and monetization efforts for Opera Limited in the quarter under review.
Opera GX, the company’s gaming browser, continues to be a key growth driver. The company saw 22% year-over-year increase in its user base to 33.9 million monthly active users in the fourth quarter of 2024. This strong user momentum, coupled with the browser’s high monetization potential, is expected to have meaningfully contributed to revenue growth in the first quarter of 2025.
However, rising operational expenses, which were up from 27.1% in the fourth quarter of 2024, could impact overall profitability in the to-be-reported quarter.