Earnings seasons are excellent opportunities to get updates on where companies are and where they could be headed. This earnings season carries extra importance as a lot has changed in the last three months that could throw a wrench into companies' near-term guidance.
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Match Group's 2025 revenue guidance suggests flat growth, but a 50 bps AOI margin expansion and 15% FCF growth highlight potential investor attractiveness. Hinge's solid 19% YoY revenue and 27% YoY payer growth, paired with early 2025 DAU upticks (Tinder +2% MoM, Hinge +3% MoM), hint at upside to guidance. Leadership changes with Spencer Rascoff as CEO and a strong new C-level team are expected to accelerate execution and maintain strategic goals.
Match Group (MTCH) reported earnings 30 days ago. What's next for the stock?
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Match Group's fourth-quarter results reflect revenue declines and sluggish growth in total payers. However, Hinge sees strong growth.
Match Group (MTCH) shares tumbled Wednesday, a day after the online dating service provider named a new CEO and offered a soft outlook as sales for most of its units declined.
Match Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:MTCH ) Q4 2024 Earnings Conference Call February 5, 2025 8:30 AM ET Company Participants Tanny Shelburne - Senior Vice President, Investor Relations Spencer Rascoff - Chief Executive Officer Gary Swidler - President and Chief Financial Officer Steven Bailey - Incoming CFO Conference Call Participants Ross Sandler - Barclays Benjamin Black - Deutsche Bank Curtis Nagle - Bank of America Chris Kuntarich - UBS Cory Carpenter - JPMorgan Shweta Khajuria - Wolfe Research Nathan Feather - Morgan Stanley Mark Kelley - Stifel Jason Helfstein - Oppenheimer Operator Welcome to the Match Group Fourth Quarter 2024 Earnings Conference Call. All participants will be in a listen-only mode.
Despite a low multiple, Match Group's revenue growth and capital allocation remain unconvincing, leading me to maintain a Hold rating. Q4 results show a 1% revenue decline, with Tinder's revenue dropping 3% and paying users down 5%. Match's capital allocation strategy, focusing on share buybacks, is questioned; investing in growth could be more beneficial given a 16% ROIC.
The headline numbers for Match Group (MTCH) give insight into how the company performed in the quarter ended December 2024, but it may be worthwhile to compare some of its key metrics to Wall Street estimates and the year-ago actuals.
Match Group (MTCH) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.82 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.84 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.81 per share a year ago.
Match Group (MTCH 3.02%), the dating app leader, released its fourth-quarter earnings on Feb. 4. It reported earnings per share (EPS) of $0.59, exceeding analysts' consensus estimate of $0.55.