What happened
Event-ticketing company Eventbrite (EB -2.23%) reported its first-quarter results on Wednesday afternoon, and to say that investors are disappointed would be a massive understatement. As of 11:20 a.m. EDT on Thursday, the stock was down by about 30%. This comes after already-dismal performance so far in 2019.
So what
Plunges like this generally indicate more than a simple earnings miss, and that's certainly the case here.
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For starters, Eventbrite did miss EPS expectations, reporting a loss of $0.13 per share, significantly worse than the $0.08 per-share loss analysts had been looking for, and much worse than the break-even quarter the company posted in the first quarter of 2018.
The company missed on the top line as well. Although Eventbrite's $81.3 million in revenue represented 9.1% year-over-year growth, it fell nearly $2 million short of analysts' expectations.
As if this weren't bad enough, Eventbrite's guidance was pretty dismal. For the second quarter, the company expects $74-$78 million in revenue, while analysts had been looking for $82 million. That's a big disappointment.
Now what
To be sure, Eventbrite's first quarter wasn't completely terrible. Ticket sales on the company website grew by 15% year over year to 27 million.
Going forward, if Eventbrite can continue to grow at a double-digit rate and make that growth translate to profits, the stock could be cheap at the current levels. However, based on the numbers the company just reported, a 30% drop doesn't seem like an overreaction.
