Zillow
The fast-growing real estate website posted its first quarterly report as a public company last night, and it lived up to the hype.
Revenue soared 116% to $15.8 million. This was Zillow's fourth consecutive quarter in the black on an adjusted EBITDA, but posting an actual profit of $1.6 million is a first for the dot-com debutante.
Zillow went public at $20 last month, trading as high as $60 in its first day of trading. It has given back most of those gains as a combination of market malaise and a crummy housing sector weighs on Zillow's prospects.
It's not fair. Zillow isn't your garden-variety real estate portal. Realtor.com parent Move
Even if we head out to Asia where folks are still interested in real estate, China Real Estate Information
Zillow doesn't need the real estate market to bounce back, apparently. Its sticky website that provides rough estimates of properties -- whether they're on the market or not -- and its clever "make me move" dream option make Zillow stand out even against the slick Trulia and the corporate Realtor.com.
The market isn't paying attention to Zillow, though last night's report should prevent the company from falling below its IPO price the way recent new offerings Pandora
It proved exactly that last night.
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