NASDAQ$CARG

Cargurus Inc · Q1 2024 earnings

Q1 2024 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

CarGurus's Q1 2024 marketplace revenue and QARSD growth accelerated, consolidated net income increased, and share repurchases were executed.

CarGurus announced positive Q1 2024 results, featuring accelerated marketplace revenue growth driven by double-digit QARSD growth and an increased number of paying dealers. The company's consolidated net income saw a significant increase, and they actively repurchased a substantial amount of shares.

  • Marketplace revenue and QARSD growth accelerated to 12% YoY and 14% YoY, respectively.
  • Consolidated Net Income increased by 80% YoY to $21.3 million.
  • Non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA rose by 24% YoY to $50.4 million.
  • The company repurchased $81.1 million worth of shares, representing 3.3% of outstanding capital.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$216M

Previous: $232M-7.0%
EPS

$0.20

Previous: $0.26-23.1%
U.S. Paying Dealers

24.4K

No prior period
International Paying Dealers

6.7K

No prior period
Total Paying Dealers

31.2K

No prior period
U.S. QARSD

$6.7K

Previous: $5.94K+12.7%
International QARSD

$1.89K

Previous: $1.55K+21.6%
Capital Expenditures

-$28.7M

Previous: -$2.4M-1095.4%
Free Cash Flow

-$7.36M

Previous: $13.7M-153.6%
Net Income

$21.3M

Previous: $16.1M+32.0%
Operating Income

$26.3M

Previous: $14.1M+87.0%
Gross Profit

$175M

Previous: $155M+12.9%
Cash & Equivalents

$246M

Previous: $457M-46.1%
Total Assets

$871M

Previous: $1.05B-17.2%
R&D Expense

$35.5M

No prior period
Stock-Based Comp

$15.8M

Previous: $14.9M+6.2%

Revenue & EPS history

Cargurus · Revenue · Quarterly

$216M

Q1 2024-7%vs Q1 2023
Beat estimate in 9 of 15 quarters(60%)
ActualEstimate

Forward guidance

CarGurus provides guidance for the second quarter of 2024, based on market trends, industry conditions and management expectations. They anticipate total revenue of $202 million to $222 million, marketplace revenue of $189 million to $194 million, Non-GAAP Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA of $47 million to $55 million, and Non-GAAP EPS of $0.29 to $0.34.

Tailwinds

  • Total Revenue: $202 million to $222 million
  • Marketplace Revenue: $189 million to $194 million
  • Non-GAAP Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA: $47 million to $55 million
  • Non-GAAP EPS: $0.29 to $0.34
  • Assumes 105.5 million diluted weighted-average common shares outstanding in non-GAAP EPS calculation.

Headwinds

  • Excludes macro-level industry issues that result in dealers and consumers materially changing their recent market trends.
  • Excludes any measures enacted to assist dealers due to macro-level industry issues.
  • Excludes any potential impact of foreign currency exchange gains or losses.
  • Reconciliation of non-GAAP guidance measures to corresponding GAAP measures is not available without unreasonable effort.
  • Uncertainty relating to the timing, frequency, and effect of acquisitions and the significance of the resulting transaction-related expenses.

Historical earnings impact

How earnings announcements have historically affected this stock's price.

Avg. return before/after earnings

Based on 20 quarterly earnings reports · overlaid with Q1 2024

Historical avgQ1 2024

+2.3%

Avg return

Earnings day

+2.7%

Avg return

5 days after

+1.8%

Avg return

30 days after

64%

25 / 39 earnings

Positive

+49.8%

Q4 2021

Best reaction

-27.5%

Q1 2022

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q1 2026-8.9%-18.1%-28.1%
Q4 2025+3.2%+3.6%+15.1%
Q3 2025+0.6%+7.6%+8.2%
Q1 2025+11.2%+20.4%+14.4%
Q4 2024-17.1%-17.0%-19.9%
Q3 2024+5.8%+14.0%+16.6%
Q2 2024+21.8%+28.5%+23.2%
Q1 2024+9.3%+10.6%+18.2%
Q4 2023-1.3%-4.9%-3.5%
Q3 2023+3.6%+3.2%+15.4%
Q2 2023-7.3%-7.2%-5.8%
Q1 2023+15.8%+17.3%+26.8%
Q4 2022+6.4%+2.4%+6.4%
Q3 2022-10.8%+3.3%-6.2%
Q2 2022-25.4%-21.7%-26.5%
Q1 2022-27.5%-20.1%-19.7%
Q4 2021+49.8%+50.0%+33.5%
Q3 2021+5.9%+7.3%+2.6%
Q2 2021+7.5%+3.5%+3.3%
Q1 2021+11.4%+17.0%+7.7%
Q4 2020-9.8%-15.0%-29.4%
Q3 2020+6.5%+4.5%+16.2%
Q2 2020-2.3%-10.5%-24.6%
Q1 2020+2.9%-7.8%+9.4%
Q4 2019-27.3%-24.3%-38.8%
Q3 2019+5.1%+10.1%+12.0%
Q2 2019-4.0%-6.8%-3.8%
Q1 2019-2.0%-2.8%-12.5%
Q4 2018-5.3%-6.5%-6.1%
Q3 2018-1.0%-3.2%-16.4%
Q2 2018+20.3%+16.1%+8.1%
Q1 2017+1.0%+2.5%+5.4%
Q1 2018+1.0%+2.5%+5.4%
Q2 2017+11.4%+11.7%+19.2%
Q4 2017+11.4%+11.7%+19.2%
Q4 2015+11.4%+11.7%+19.2%
Q4 2016+5.0%+4.3%+1.9%
Q3 2016+5.0%+4.3%+1.9%
Q3 2017+5.0%+4.3%+1.9%
Q2 2016
Q1 2016

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