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Grubhub (GRUB) Q4 Earnings Miss Estimates, Revenues Up Y/Y
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Grubhub reported a loss of 41 cents per share in fourth-quarter 2020, which came in much wider than the year-ago loss of 5 cents per share. Markedly, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for earnings was pegged at 5 cents per share.
The company reported net loss per order of $1.12 in the fourth quarter, wider than the year-ago quarter’s net loss per order of 60 cents.
Revenues surged 47.6% year over year to $503.7 million, beating the consensus mark by 1.8%.
The company’s capture rate, net revenues divided by gross food sales, remained flat sequentially at 21%.
Markedly, in June 2020, Grubhub announced its acquisition by Just Eat Takeaway.com that will create the largest and the only profitable online food marketplace outside of China. Due to the pending acquisition, the company didn’t issue any forward-looking guidance.
Total costs & expenses flared up 47.8% year over year to $541.1 million. Operations & support; sales & marketing; technology; and general & administrative expenses soared 67.7%, 39.3%, 5.1% and 20.9%, respectively.
Notably, Grubhub continues to support its restaurant partners to help them counter the pandemic-induced disruptions, by reducing commissions, increasing marketing spend, providing winterization grants, along with free digital ordering tools.
Adjusted EBITDA climbed 16.9% from the year-ago quarter to $31.2 million. Adjusted EBITDA per order was 52 cents, decreasing from the year-ago quarter’s 58 cents and the previous quarter’s 71 cents.
Revenues excluding operations and support costs were $3.05 per order, up from the last quarter’s $2.89.
Gross Food Sales & Active Diners See a Spike
Gross Food Sales (GFS) jumped 52.1% year over year to $2.4 billion. Average order size increased 16% year over year to $39.
The solid uptake in GFS was primarily driven by robust new diner-base and restaurant additions, along with higher order frequency from existing diners.
Active diners were 31.4 million, up 38.9% year over year. The company added 1.5 million net new active diners sequentially.
Daily Average Grubs (DAGs) were 658,100, up 30.9% year over year, aided by strong adoption of online food ordering.
Grubhub now has more than 300K restaurants on its platform, including 265K restaurant partners. The expanding partner base is expected to help the company rapidly penetrate the growing food take-out market in the United States.
Balance Sheet
As of Dec 31, 2020, cash and cash equivalents (including short-term investments) were $413.36 million compared with $466.8 million as of Sep 30, 2020.
Long-term debt as of Dec 31, 2020, was $494.1 million compared with $493.9 million as of Sep 30.
Advanced Energy, Cohu and Shopify are scheduled to report their quarterly numbers on Feb 10, 11, and 17, respectively.
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Grubhub (GRUB) Q4 Earnings Miss Estimates, Revenues Up Y/Y
Grubhub reported a loss of 41 cents per share in fourth-quarter 2020, which came in much wider than the year-ago loss of 5 cents per share. Markedly, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for earnings was pegged at 5 cents per share.
The company reported net loss per order of $1.12 in the fourth quarter, wider than the year-ago quarter’s net loss per order of 60 cents.
Revenues surged 47.6% year over year to $503.7 million, beating the consensus mark by 1.8%.
The company’s capture rate, net revenues divided by gross food sales, remained flat sequentially at 21%.
Markedly, in June 2020, Grubhub announced its acquisition by Just Eat Takeaway.com that will create the largest and the only profitable online food marketplace outside of China. Due to the pending acquisition, the company didn’t issue any forward-looking guidance.
Grubhub Inc. Price, Consensus and EPS Surprise
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Operating Details
Total costs & expenses flared up 47.8% year over year to $541.1 million. Operations & support; sales & marketing; technology; and general & administrative expenses soared 67.7%, 39.3%, 5.1% and 20.9%, respectively.
Notably, Grubhub continues to support its restaurant partners to help them counter the pandemic-induced disruptions, by reducing commissions, increasing marketing spend, providing winterization grants, along with free digital ordering tools.
Adjusted EBITDA climbed 16.9% from the year-ago quarter to $31.2 million. Adjusted EBITDA per order was 52 cents, decreasing from the year-ago quarter’s 58 cents and the previous quarter’s 71 cents.
Revenues excluding operations and support costs were $3.05 per order, up from the last quarter’s $2.89.
Gross Food Sales & Active Diners See a Spike
Gross Food Sales (GFS) jumped 52.1% year over year to $2.4 billion. Average order size increased 16% year over year to $39.
The solid uptake in GFS was primarily driven by robust new diner-base and restaurant additions, along with higher order frequency from existing diners.
Active diners were 31.4 million, up 38.9% year over year. The company added 1.5 million net new active diners sequentially.
Daily Average Grubs (DAGs) were 658,100, up 30.9% year over year, aided by strong adoption of online food ordering.
Grubhub now has more than 300K restaurants on its platform, including 265K restaurant partners. The expanding partner base is expected to help the company rapidly penetrate the growing food take-out market in the United States.
Balance Sheet
As of Dec 31, 2020, cash and cash equivalents (including short-term investments) were $413.36 million compared with $466.8 million as of Sep 30, 2020.
Long-term debt as of Dec 31, 2020, was $494.1 million compared with $493.9 million as of Sep 30.
Zacks Rank & Stocks to Consider
GrubHub currently carries a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell).
Some better-ranked stocks in the broader technology sector are Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS - Free Report) , Shopify (SHOP - Free Report) and Cohu (COHU - Free Report) . Shopify sports a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) while Advanced Energy and Cohu carry a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy), currently. You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.
Advanced Energy, Cohu and Shopify are scheduled to report their quarterly numbers on Feb 10, 11, and 17, respectively.
5 Stocks Set to Double
Each was hand-picked by a Zacks expert as the #1 favorite stock to gain +100% or more in 2020. Each comes from a different sector and has unique qualities and catalysts that could fuel exceptional growth.
Most of the stocks in this report are flying under Wall Street radar, which provides a great opportunity to get in on the ground floor.
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