NYSE$ACVA

ACV Auctions Inc · Q2 2024 earnings

Q2 2024 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

ACV Auctions reported a revenue increase of 29% year-over-year, exceeding the high-end of guidance, with continued margin expansion and strong sequential growth in Adjusted EBITDA.

ACV Auctions announced strong second-quarter results, with revenue exceeding expectations and significant growth in Adjusted EBITDA. The company's market position led to continued share gains and accelerated revenue growth.

  • Revenue increased by 29% year-over-year to $161 million.
  • Marketplace and Service Revenue grew by 32% year-over-year to $144 million.
  • Marketplace GMV decreased by 1% year-over-year to $2.4 billion.
  • Marketplace Units increased by 22% year-over-year to 186,526.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$161M

Previous: $124M+29.3%
EPS

-$0.10

Previous: -$0.01-900.0%
Adjusted EBITDA

$7.08M

Previous: -$4M+276.9%
Capital Expenditures

-$2.87M

Previous: -$880K-226.4%
Free Cash Flow

-$19.9M

Previous: -$16.5M-21.1%
Net Income

-$17.1M

Previous: -$15.6M-9.5%
Operating Income

-$18.6M

Previous: -$19.8M+5.8%
Gross Profit

$161M

Previous: $124M+29.3%
Cash & Equivalents

$215M

Previous: $272M-21.0%
Total Assets

$1.01B

Previous: $936M+7.9%
Stock-Based Comp

$15M

Previous: $11.9M+25.7%

Revenue & EPS history

ACV Auctions · Revenue · Quarterly

$161M

Q2 2024+29.3%vs Q2 2023
Beat estimate in 13 of 15 quarters(87%)
ActualEstimate

Revenue by segment

ACV Auctions · $119M total across 2 segments · Q3 2023

  • Marketplace and Service
    $105M+15.1%
  • Customer Assurance
    $14.5M-0.6%

Forward guidance

ACV expects 2024 revenue of $615 million to $625 million, growth of 28% to 30% YoY, net income (loss) of ($85) million to ($80) million and Adjusted EBITDA of $21 million to $25 million

Tailwinds

  • Dealer wholesale volumes are expected to continue to improve the back-half of 2024, primarily due to increasing new-vehicle supply and retail sales.
  • Conversion rates and wholesale price depreciation expected to follow normal seasonal patterns.
  • Revenue growth is expected to outpace Non-GAAP Operating Expense growth (excluding Cost of Revenue and Depreciation and Amortization) by approximately 10 percentage points.
  • Third quarter non-GAAP net income guidance excludes approximately $19 million of stock-based compensation expense and approximately $3 million of intangible amortization.
  • Full-year non-GAAP net income guidance excludes approximately $70 million of stock-based compensation expense and $10 million of intangible amortization.

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 Q2 2024

Historical avgQ2 2024

+3.7%

Avg return

Earnings day

+4.4%

Avg return

5 days after

+7.2%

Avg return

30 days after

50%

11 / 22 earnings

Positive

+23.9%

Q2 2022

Best reaction

-14.9%

Q4 2025

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q1 2026-3.3%+13.0%+4.8%
Q4 2025-14.9%-14.4%-23.8%
Q3 2025+6.7%+7.9%+60.1%
Q1 2025+4.4%+7.7%+5.3%
Q4 2024-10.0%-20.3%-25.9%
Q3 2024+5.2%+8.2%+16.7%
Q2 2024+19.6%+17.4%+20.3%
Q1 2024-1.6%-2.0%+0.4%
Q4 2023+16.9%+16.7%+36.4%
Q3 2023-3.7%-4.6%-1.7%
Q2 2023+0.7%-4.0%+0.4%
Q1 2023+22.5%+26.5%+31.0%
Q4 2022+20.5%+15.9%+18.5%
Q3 2022+19.1%+23.2%+26.5%
Q2 2022+23.9%+23.8%+35.2%
Q1 2022-7.1%-4.5%-18.1%
Q4 2021+11.6%+12.7%+27.8%
Q3 2020-4.2%+3.3%-0.7%
Q3 2021-4.2%+3.3%-0.7%
Q2 2021-8.6%-11.9%-16.9%
Q4 2020-5.5%-10.3%-19.3%
Q1 2021-5.5%-10.3%-19.3%
Q2 2020
Q1 2020
Q4 2019
Q3 2019
Q2 2019
Q1 2019

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