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As the Q3 earnings season wraps, let’s dig into this quarter’s best and worst performers in the online marketplace industry, including eHealth (NASDAQ:EHTH) and its peers.
Marketplaces have existed for centuries. Where once it was a main street in a small town or a mall in the suburbs, sellers benefitted from proximity to one another because they could draw customers by offering convenience and selection. Today, a myriad of online marketplaces fulfill that same role, aggregating large customer bases, which attracts commission-paying sellers, generating flywheel scale effects that feed back into further customer acquisition.
The 13 online marketplace stocks we track reported a satisfactory Q3. As a group, revenues beat analysts’ consensus estimates by 2.8% while next quarter’s revenue guidance was in line.
Luckily, online marketplace stocks have performed well with share prices up 32.8% on average since the latest earnings results.
eHealth (NASDAQ:EHTH)
Aiming to address a high-stakes and often confusing decision, eHealth (NASDAQ:EHTH) guides consumers through health insurance enrollment and related topics.
eHealth reported revenues of $58.41 million, down 9.7% year on year. This print was in line with analysts’ expectations, but overall, it was a slower quarter for the company with full-year EBITDA guidance missing analysts’ expectations.
eHealth delivered the slowest revenue growth of the whole group. The stock is up 96.1% since reporting and currently trades at $10.
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Best Q3: Shutterstock (NYSE:SSTK)
Originally featuring a library that included many of founder Jon Oringer’s photos, Shutterstock (NYSE:SSTK) is now a digital platform where customers can license and use hundreds of millions of pieces of content.
Shutterstock reported revenues of $250.6 million, up 7.4% year on year, outperforming analysts’ expectations by 5.1%. The business had a very strong quarter with an impressive beat of analysts’ EBITDA estimates and a solid beat of analysts’ number of paid downloads estimates.
The market seems happy with the results as the stock is up 8.7% since reporting. It currently trades at $32.09.
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Weakest Q3: MercadoLibre (NASDAQ:MELI)
Originally started as an online auction platform, MercadoLibre (NASDAQ:MELI) is a one-stop e-commerce marketplace and fintech platform in Latin America.
MercadoLibre reported revenues of $5.31 billion, up 35.3% year on year, exceeding analysts’ expectations by 2.5%. Still, it was a slower quarter as it posted a significant miss of analysts’ EBITDA estimates.