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Compass Inc. · Q1 2021 earnings

Q1 2021 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Compass reported strong revenue growth and improving Adjusted EBITDA as agents increasingly utilized Compass’ proprietary platform.

Compass reported an 80% year-over-year revenue increase to $1.1 billion in Q1 2021. The company's GAAP net loss was $212 million, which included a one-time non-cash charge of $149 million for stock-based compensation related to the IPO. Excluding this charge, the Non-GAAP Net Loss was $64 million. The company's market share increased to 5.2% in Q1 2021, up from 3.8% in Q1 2020.

  • Revenue of $1.1 billion, up 80% year-over-year
  • GAAP Net Loss of $212 million includes a one-time non-cash charge of $149 million for stock-based compensation in connection with the Company’s IPO. Excluding this charge, Non-GAAP Net Loss was $64 million
  • Total Transactions of 40,268, up 67% year-over-year, faster than the 14% transaction growth for the residential real estate market
  • Gross Transaction Value (“GTV”) of $43.8 billion, up 75% year-over-year

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$1.11B

Previous: $620M+79.7%
EPS (adj)

-$1.67

Previous: -$0.37-346.4%
Principal Agents

9.8K

Previous: 8.2K+20.4%
Total Transactions

40.3K

Previous: 24.1K+67.0%
Gross Transaction Value

$43.8B

Previous: $25B+75.2%
Capital Expenditures

-$10M

No prior period
Free Cash Flow

-$222M

No prior period
Net Income

-$212M

Previous: -$133M-60.1%
Operating Income

-$213M

Previous: -$134M-58.4%
Gross Profit

$1.11B

Previous: $111M+900.9%
Cash & Equivalents

$330M

No prior period
Total Assets

$1.37B

No prior period
Stock-Based Comp

$168M

No prior period

Revenue & EPS history

Compass · Revenue · Quarterly

$1.11B

Q1 2021+79.7%vs Q1 2020
Beat estimate in 3 of 10 quarters(30%)
ActualEstimate

Forward guidance

Compass provided guidance for Q2 2021 with revenue between $1.5 billion and $1.6 billion, and Adjusted EBITDA between $(10) million and $10 million. For FY2021, revenue is expected to be between $5.35 billion and $5.55 billion, and Adjusted EBITDA between $(245) million and $(225) million.

Tailwinds

  • 2Q21 Revenue of $1.5 billion to $1.6 billion.
  • 2Q21 Adjusted EBITDA of $(10) million to $10 million.
  • FY2021 Revenue of $5.35 billion to $5.55 billion.
  • FY2021 Adjusted EBITDA of $(245) million to $(225) million.

Historical earnings impact

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

Avg. return before/after earnings

Based on 19 quarterly earnings reports

Historical avg

+8.7%

Avg return

Earnings day

+6.9%

Avg return

5 days after

+3.5%

Avg return

30 days after

48%

10 / 21 earnings

Positive

+89.2%

Q3 2022

Best reaction

-18.8%

Q1 2025

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q1 2026-0.2%-7.2%-11.9%
Q4 2025-2.7%-5.1%-29.2%
Q3 2025+7.7%+9.9%+33.7%
Q1 2025-18.8%-18.0%-18.6%
Q4 2024+28.3%+14.0%+17.7%
Q3 2024+17.6%+23.3%+31.3%
Q2 2024-4.5%-4.5%+15.0%
Q1 2024+19.4%+21.2%+5.9%
Q4 2023+15.4%+16.0%+8.4%
Q3 2023-5.5%-10.5%+21.5%
Q2 2023-5.2%-8.4%-13.5%
Q1 2023+43.2%+38.6%+39.0%
Q4 2022-14.8%-4.7%-14.2%
Q3 2022+89.2%+84.9%+38.9%
Q2 2022-5.3%-23.0%-34.9%
Q1 2022+29.5%+27.3%+26.8%
Q4 2021+1.8%-5.7%-23.3%
Q3 2021-8.7%-10.9%-17.7%
Q2 2021+9.8%+18.7%+3.2%
Q4 2020-2.1%-1.7%+0.6%
Q1 2021-11.5%-8.8%-5.8%
Q3 2020
Q2 2020
Q1 2020
Q4 2019

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