Fiverr (NYSE:FVRR) Posts Better-Than-Expected Sales In Q3 But Stock Drops

Online freelance marketplace Fiverr (NYSE:FVRR)
reported Q3 FY2023 results topping analysts’ expectations, with revenue up 12.1% year on year to $92.53 million. On the other hand, next quarter’s revenue guidance of $91.6 million was less impressive, coming in 1.9% below analysts’ estimates. Turning to EPS, Fiverr made a non-GAAP profit of $0.55 per share, improving from its profit of $0.21 per share in the same quarter last year.

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Fiverr (FVRR) Q3 FY2023 Highlights:

• Revenue: $92.53 million vs analyst estimates of $91.09 million (1.6% beat)
• EPS (non-GAAP): $0.55 vs analyst estimates of $0.46 (19.1% beat)
• Revenue Guidance for Q4 2023 is $91.6 million at the midpoint, below analyst estimates of $93.4 million
• Free Cash Flow of $23.13 million, up 26% from the previous quarter
• Gross Margin (GAAP): 83.7%, up from 81.1% in the same quarter last year

“We continue to innovate our offerings to help our community of businesses and freelancers,” said Micha Kaufman, founder and CEO of Fiverr.

Based in Tel Aviv, Fiverr (NYSE:FVRR) operates a fixed price global freelance marketplace for digital services.

Gig EconomyThe iPhone changed the world, ushering in the era of the “always-on” internet and “on-demand” services – anything someone could want is just a few taps away. Likewise, the gig economy sprang up in a similar fashion, with a proliferation of tech-enabled freelance labor marketplaces, which work hand and hand with many on demand services. Individuals can now work on demand too. What began with tech enabled platforms that aggregated riders and drivers has expanded over the past decade to include food delivery, groceries, and now even a plumber or graphic designer are all just a few taps away.

Sales GrowthFiverr’s revenue growth over the last three years has been very strong, averaging 34% annually. This quarter, Fiverr beat analysts’ estimates but reported mediocre 12.1% year-on-year revenue growth.

Guidance for the next quarter indicates Fiverr is expecting revenue to grow 10.2% year on year to $91.6 million, improving on the 4.2% year-on-year increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Ahead of the earnings results, analysts covering the company were projecting sales to grow 13.5% over the next 12 months.

Usage Growth As a gig economy marketplace, Fiverr generates revenue growth by expanding the number of services on its platform (e.g. rides, deliveries, freelance jobs) and raising the commission fee from each service provided.

Over the last two years, Fiverr’s active buyers, a key performance metric for the company, grew 5.8% annually to 4.2 million. This is average growth for a consumer internet company.

Key Takeaways from Fiverr’s Q3 Results
With a market capitalization of $924.2 million, Fiverr is among smaller companies, but its $281.6 million cash balance and positive free cash flow over the last 12 months give us confidence that it has the resources needed to pursue a high-growth business strategy.

It was good to see Fiverr narrowly top analysts’ revenue expectations this quarter. That really stood out as a positive in these results. On the other hand, its revenue guidance for next quarter underwhelmed. It noted that the guidance reflects “the volatility we experienced in our marketplace following the onset of the war in our region and the potential for increased volatility through the remainder of the year.” Overall, this was a mixed quarter for Fiverr. The company is down 7.6% on the results and currently trades at $22.25 per share.

The author has no position in any of the stocks mentioned in this report.