Wayfair's stock shoots up after adjusted profit, revenue and average order value beat forecasts, despite a surprise decline in active customers.
Get a deeper insight into the potential performance of Wayfair (W) for the quarter ended September 2024 by going beyond Wall Street's top -and-bottom-line estimates and examining the estimates for some of its key metrics.
Rising interest rates torched the home furnishings stock.
Wayfair (W, Financial) shares climbed by 6.47% recently, driven by a broader sector-wide upswing rather than the company's individual performance. The recent improvement in the real estate and home improvement markets, along with successes of industry competitors, contributed to this surge.
It's riding on the coattails of its competition.
Wayfair (W) stock price has remained under pressure in the past few years as concerns about weak consumer spending remain. It was trading at $52.67 on Friday, down by over 41.8% from its highest point in July 2023 and 86% from its all-time high during the pandemic.
One prognosticator following the stock reiterated his buy recommendation. The market continued to be hot on furniture retail stocks following RH's quarterly earnings release late last week.
The furniture and home furnishings retailer benefited enormously from a rival's latest news. We can therefore say its Friday share price pop derived from "The RH Effect.
I'm upgrading Wayfair to a buy, after the stock slid to multi-year lows even below pre-pandemic levels after reporting Q2 results. The company's top-line sales slowed down after its Way Day performance, but it has new marketing and pricing strategies to drive growth going forward. Meanwhile, profitability is rising as the company hit a three-year quarterly record for adjusted EBITDA in Q2. This gives the company room to invest in more promotional activities going forward.
The bear parade continued, with several more analysts cutting their price targets on the shares. This followed last week's disappointing second-quarter earnings report.
Wayfair remains a buy due to its positive long-term growth outlook and strong competitive advantage. 2Q24 results showed revenue decline and missed EBITDA estimates, but W continues to gain market share. Near-term EBITDA margin expansion may be muted, but long-term growth and margin expansion drivers remain intact.
Wayfair's (W) second-quarter 2024 results reflect sluggishness across the United States region and lower net revenues per active customer.