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What: Shares of Criteo SA (CRTO 3.79%) fell more than 10% early Tuesday after the performance display specialist released first-quarter results.
So what: Quarterly revenue increased 60.8% to $212.49 million, which translated to adjusted net income that more than tripled to $10.59 million. Revenue excluding traffic acquisition costs -- which management states is a "key measure" they use to evaluate operating performance and provide useful period-to-period comparisons for their core business -- grew 68.2% to $87.37 million.
Criteo also said it expects that second-quarter revenue -- excluding traffic acquisition costs -- should arrive in a range between $85.69 million and $88.48 million, the midpoint of which represents relatively flat sequential growth.
Now what: In the end, though, we're talking about a barely profitable $1.6 billion company with a history of stubbornly high short interest, and I still think investors need assurance that Criteo's past torrid rates of top- and bottom-line growth are sustainable over the long term. For now, that's why I'm perfectly happy remaining on the sidelines.
