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.
When deciding whether to buy, sell, or hold a stock, investors often rely on analyst recommendations. Media reports about rating changes by these brokerage-firm-employed (or sell-side) analysts often influence a stock's price, but are they really important?
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.
Shopify (SHOP) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.25 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.26 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.20 per share a year ago.
SHOP's first-quarter 2025 performance is expected to reflect benefits from the growing adoption of merchant-friendly solutions.
Get a deeper insight into the potential performance of Shopify (SHOP) for the quarter ended March 2025 by going beyond Wall Street's top -and-bottom-line estimates and examining the estimates for some of its key metrics.