What happened
Shares of Zillow Group (Z 2.00%) (ZG 1.99%) were sliding today after the company reported its second-quarter results. While its top- and bottom-line results beat Wall Street's expectations, investors were disappointed with its third-quarter guidance.
As a result, the housing stock was down by 1.6% at the end of the trading day.
So what
Zillow reported non-GAAP (adjusted) earnings per share of $0.47, which was up from $0.44 in the year-ago quarter and ahead of analysts' average estimate of $0.35 per share.
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The company's sales of $1 billion in the quarter also outpaced Wall Street's consensus estimate of $985 million.
But investors were disappointed that the company's revenue was down 23% from the year-ago quarter and that management issued worse-than-expected revenue guidance for the third quarter.
Zillow's revenue outlook for the third quarter is in the range of $431 million to $461 million, which is far below Wall Street's expectation of $563.9 million and down from $1.7 billion in the year-ago quarter.
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Now what
Zillow co-founder and CEO Rich Barton said in a press release, "Despite the challenges of the macroeconomic environment, we're making strides in key growth areas."
But investors appear to disagree. The company's slowing revenue, along with a difficult housing market, have led investors to send Zillow's stock down 66% over the past 12 months.
And with the company's latest quarterly results disappointing investors, it's clear Zillow still has its work cut out for it.
