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Groupon Inc's CEO Discusses Q4 Results - Earnings Call TranscriptThu, Aug 16, 2012
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Groupon is a local e-commerce marketplace that connects merchants to consumers by offering goods and services at a discount. Traditionally, local merchants have tried to reach consumers and generate sales through a variety of methods, including the yellow pages, direct mail, newspaper, radio,... More
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Thursday, February 28, 12:53 PM
Midday top 10 gainers: RNIN +65%. IFMI +60%. HGSH +23%. ANIK +18%. FSGI +17%. PANL +16%. LTBR +16%. ZGNX +15%. FARO +14%. ATSG +13%.
Midday top 10 losers: PKT -29%. BSFT -28%. IMH -20%. GRPN -19%. JCP -15%. FREE -12%. AMBO -12%. GVA -11%. TEO -11%. DVR -11%. Comment! [On the Move] - Thursday, February 28, 10:24 AM Groupocalypse Now: the daily deals leader is hit with 3 downgrades following an EPS miss and soft guidance. Wells Fargo, cutting Groupon (GRPN -23.3%) to Market Perform, declares "the company is moving away from a technology platform for merchants and into a discount inventory overstock retailer," and sees its margin weakness as proof. Wells adds this shift hurts Groupon's brand and puts it "on a collision course with Amazon." Evercore remains bearish, but is encouraged by Groupon's billings, and thinks new initiatives such as Local Marketplace are helping out. (transcript) 1 Comment [Tech, On the Move]
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Thursday, February 28, 9:10 AM
Premarket gainers: MNOV +11%. BDBD +10%. RTK +8%. ZGNX +7%. NEO +7%. NBG +6%.
Losers: GRPN -29%. BSFT -23%. JCP -16%. PKT -15%. MTG -14%. MCP -8%. CWH -7%. 1 Comment [On the Move] - Wednesday, February 27, 6:36 PM Groupon (GRPN) lowered the cut it receives on daily deals to 35% from 40% in Q4, CFO Jason Child discloses. That's one reason (though not the only one) why daily deals revenue fell 14% Y/Y. On the earnings call, COO Kal Raman suggested major international layoffs are on the way - 3/4 of sales personnel currently work in Groupon's international ops. CEO Andrew Mason, likely to face fresh calls for his removal (previous), promises operating margin will improve in 2013 in spite of a shift towards e-commerce sales. Shares -25.8% AH. (live blog) (Q4: I, II) 3 Comments [Tech, Earnings]
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Wednesday, February 27, 5:46 PM
After-hours top gainers, as of 5:15 p.m.: BWC +9%. ARAY +4%. IDIX +4%. CLDX +3%. UAN +3%.
After-hours top losers: GRPN -25%. BSFT -23%. ANW -14%. VCRA -12%. JCP -9%. 3 Comments [On the Move] - Wednesday, February 27, 4:29 PM More on the Groupon disaster: Europe is still weak - Q4 international revenue -16% Y/Y (was +3% in Q3), billings +6%. North America was better: revenue +109% (+81% in Q3), billings +51%. Direct revenue (e-commerce sales) rose to $225M, now 35% of revenue. But it produced just $6.6M in gross profit. This led gross margin to fall to 55.7% from 80.4% a year ago. Marketing spend -61% Y/Y to $60.9M, SG&A +20% to $307.6M. Capex $40M in Q4, $96M in 2012. Headcount fell by 472 to 11.4K. GRPN -19.9% AH. CC at 5PM ET (webcast). (PR) (slides) 3 Comments [Tech, Earnings]
- Wednesday, February 27, 4:10 PM Groupon (GRPN): Q4 GAAP EPS of -$0.12 misses by $0.15. Revenue of $638.3M (+30% Y/Y) in-line. Gross billings +24% Y/Y to $1.52B. Expects Q1 revenue of $560M-$610M, below $650.3M consensus. Expects Q1 operating income of -$10M to $10M. Shares -25.8% AH. (PR) 17 Comments [Tech, Earnings, On the Move, Breaking News]
- Wednesday, February 27, 7:46 AM Groupon's (GRPN) Q4 earnings are due out after the bell, with analysts estimating that the company swung to an EPS of $0.03 from a loss per share of $0.06 as revenues climbed 26% to $638.41M. Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster, who last week upgraded Groupon to "Overweight" from "Neutral," expects Groupon's results and guidance to reflect continued strength in North America and a recovery internationally following two quarters of declines. 1 Comment [Tech, Consumer, Earnings]
- Wednesday, February 27, 12:10 AM Notable earnings after Wednesday’s close: AGO, AHT, ANW, ARI, CBI, CDXS, CECO, CLR, DAR, DPM, DVR, GRPN, HNSN, IOC, ITC, JCP, LTD, MBI, MMLP, MNST, MWE, MYL, PANL, PLL, RGR, UAN, WES, WLL Comment! [Earnings]
- Tuesday, February 26, 5:35 PM Notable earnings after Wednesday’s close: AGO, AHT, ANW, ARI, CBI, CDXS, CECO, CLR, DAR, DPM, DVR, GRPN, HNSN, IOC, ITC, JCP, LTD, MBI, MMLP, MNST, MWE, MYL, PANL, PLL, RGR, UAN, WES, WLL 1 Comment [Earnings]
- Saturday, February 23, 5:49 PM In addition to hatching plans for a Spotify-like streaming service, Google (GOOG) is talking with studios about a YouTube subscription service for music videos and perhaps audio-only songs, the WSJ reports. YouTube is already rumored to be discussing taking a 10% stake in music video site/partner Vevo, and of rolling out a subscription service for individual channels. Separately, BI observes Google is stepping up its challenge to Groupon (GRPN) by making it easier to buy search ads for local deals. 1 Comment [Tech]
- Friday, February 22, 1:45 PM Some Google (GOOG +0.4%) news: 1) In a rare move, Google has sold European deals site DailyDeal back to its founders, presumably for much less than the $114M Google paid for it in 2011. As Groupon (GRPN) can vouch, the European daily deals market had a very rough 2012. 2) Google Glass (previous) will arrive by year's end and "cost less than $1,500," the company tells The Verge. Joshua Topolsky has joined David Pogue in offering a positive review, while granting the hardware took some getting used to. "The more I used Glass the more it made sense to me; the more I wanted it." 1 Comment [Tech]
- Thursday, February 21, 2:09 PM LivingSocial CEO Tim O'Shaughnessy refutes a PrivCo report claiming the #2 daily deals vendor's latest funding round featured "oppressive terms." He claims the deal involves a ~$1.5B valuation (that suggests AMZN's stake is worth around $450M) and doesn't require 10%+ dividend payments, and its liquidation preference is "nowhere near 4x." However, PrivCo's CEO stands by his firm's report, and calls O'Shaughnessy's comments misleading. GRPN +3%. Comment! [Tech]
- Thursday, February 21, 10:17 AM LivingSocial's new funding round was provided with "oppressive terms" and arrived with the company just days away from a Chapter 11 filing, PrivCo reports. The deal reportedly requires Groupon's (GRPN +5.2%) biggest rival to pay double-digit annual dividends, grants liquidation preferences of up to 4x the company's $110M debt load, and is meant to set up a sale by year's end. 29% owner Amazon (AMZN) is said to be among the investors. (Groupon upgrade) 1 Comment [Tech]
- Thursday, February 21, 7:20 AM Groupon (GRPN) +4.7% premarket after an upgrade to Buy at Piper Jaffray. This comes after yesterday's 4% slide on news LivingSocial will be around a bit longer thanks to a new funding round. Comment! [Tech, On the Move]
- Wednesday, February 20, 2:33 PM Groupon (GRPN -4.1%) slides after top rival LivingSocial states it has raised $110M in a new funding round, guaranteeing its near-term survival. Amazon (AMZN), which has a 29% stake in LivingSocial, disclosed in its 2012 10-K LivingSocial posted revenue of $536M (+114% Y/Y) and a net loss of $71M (exc. a $579M impairment charge) last year. Amazon valued its stake (the subject of a major write-down) at $52M, which implies a $179M valuation for the entire company. (previous) 1 Comment [Tech, On the Move]
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Ryan Mallory
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Brad Kenagy
Im running a March Madness Stock Trading contest on my instablog. $SPY,$AAPL,$ZNGA,$SIRI,$GRPN,$NOK http://bit.ly/15KeC9y - View all 0 replies
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Energysystems: Should've sold to google when they had the chance. It's a business without a moat, and that's a bad spot to be in.
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Michael Bryant
Tell me what this adds up to: Groupon's (GRPN) market cap is $3.27 billion. Revenue is $2.05 billion. Cash is $1.19 billion. Debt is $0. - View all 2 replies
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Michael Bryant
If Groupon (GRPN) completes a cup-and-handle pattern, shares may soar. http://yhoo.it/LENYnC - View all 1 replies
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realornot: It can soar or sore! This company is very shaky. cup&handle can break and spill. No confident.
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Michael Bryant
Groupon (GRPN) is forming what looks like a very nicely-shaped rounded bottom. http://yhoo.it/LENYnC - View all 3 replies
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Sebanightwish: Exactly, and then, the whole market would collapse Priceline also thought, however still with us today.
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John Rayhall
Someone please explain to me how Z is not way overvalued here at 43.49? It should go the way of GRPN no? - View all 7 replies
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jsIRA: which e-mail address you sen to? jshaw@myiras.net is the official e-mail address.
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J Mintzmyer
Not taking a position, but GRPN is actually starting to look attractive. Primarily as a takeover candidate for something like FB. - View all 7 replies
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J Mintzmyer: I shorted the first two, and I still think they are near worthless on a business basis. Doesn't mean the stock won't go up.
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ReligiousWacko
given GRPN 's steady march to zero, will AMZN write down it's stake in Living Social? or magically come up with mark up to "beat estimates"? - View all 1 replies
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Archman Investor
Wow what a fantastic day. CDP stocks all doing well while Goldman's muppets get slaughtered like GRPN. Wall Street wins, Main Street loses. - View all 2 replies
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J Mintzmyer: Yes- but unfortunately I bailed around $11 on GRPN and close to $7 on ZNGA. I'm currently short LNKD and AMZN.
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J Mintzmyer: Both were through 1-2 month otm options, and I decided not to roll them forward. LNKD and AMZN are naked.
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Prognoticator
Why in the world does GRPN continue to create new line items for questionable sources of revenue to blow more smoke in investor's faces??? - View all 6 replies
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James Sands: Groupon's diluted eps and cash flow numbers are showing significant improvement. Remind me again, what are the current accounting issues. -