Shopify SHOP and Etsy ETSY are strong players in the e-commerce industry. While Shopify is growing its presence in the e-commerce domain by offering user-friendly tools and an extensive app marketplace, ETSY is expanding its footprint by allowing various merchants to list and sell their unique and creative products across multiple categories through its marketplace platform.
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Shopify Inc (TSX:SH., NYSE:SHOP) shares surged more than 11% after it was revealed the company will be included in the Nasdaq-100 Index.
Recently, Zacks.com users have been paying close attention to Shopify (SHOP). This makes it worthwhile to examine what the stock has in store.
SHOP's first-quarter 2025 results reflect a booming merchant base, expanding partnerships and robust revenue growth.
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Macro uncertainty abounds, but Shopify's first-quarter earnings results showed double-digit growth in gross merchandise volumes (GMV) and a continued movement toward streamlined checkout online and further inroads made in offline commerce. Forward looking guidance anticipates an acceleration of top-line trends, but margins seemed to be investors' focus.
Shopify Inc. (NASDAQ:SHOP ) Q1 2025 Earnings Conference Call May 8, 2025 8:30 AM ET Company Participants Carrie Gillard - Director, IR Harley Finkelstein - President Jeff Hoffmeister - CFO Conference Call Participants Samad Samana - Jefferies Martin Toner - ATB Rob Wildhack - Autonomous Bhavin Shah - Deutsche Bank Michael Morton - MoffettNathanson Keith Weiss - Morgan Stanley Tim Chiodo - UBS Dominic Ball - Redburn Atlantic Carrie Gillard Good morning, and thank you for joining Shopify's First Quarter 2025 Conference Call. I'm Carrie Gillard, Head of Investor Relations, and joining us today are Harley Finkelstein, Shopify's President; and Jeff Hoffmeister, our CFO.
The e-commerce platform said it is helping merchants stay ahead of fluid trade policies, but downplayed broader economic negative effects that tariffs have had on business.
While the top- and bottom-line numbers for Shopify (SHOP) give a sense of how the business performed in the quarter ended March 2025, it could be worth looking at how some of its key metrics compare to Wall Street estimates and year-ago values.
Shares of Shopify (SHOP) tumbled Thursday morning as the e-commerce platform reported a surprise net loss for the first quarter.
Shopify Inc (TSX:SH., NYSE:SHOP) shares were down nearly 5% on Thursday morning after the Canadian e-commerce platform missed Wall Street expectations for first-quarter earnings and issued a tepid outlook that disappointed investors.