Wednesday, October 26, 2022

More Drama from Snap

More Drama from Snap

Snap has earned a reputation for dramatic earnings. Three months ago, shares of the Snapchat parent fell 39% the day after the company reported results. Two quarters before that the stock soared 59%. Out of Snap's last 20 earnings reports, the stock has moved at least 10% on 13 occasions, according to data from FactSet.

The fireworks continued tonight after Snap reported a third-quarter loss of $360 million on a revenue gain of just 6%. That's a sharp slowdown for Snap, which until this summer was regularly growing quarterly revenue by 40% or more. More troubling is that the company said revenue would be roughly flat in the fourth quarter. Shares tumbled 25% in after hours trading. 

Other social media stocks were falling on the news, as well. Facebook parent Meta Platforms was down 4%, while Pinterest was off 7%. 

Meta is scheduled to report next Wednesday, with Pinterest earnings set for Thursday. Their reports will be part of a banner week of tech earnings. 

Connor Smith has more on Snap's results here


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