Shares of ANGI Homeservices Inc. (NASDAQ:) have gained marginally since the announcement of its fourth-quarter 2018 results on Feb 7.
The company reported earnings of 7 cents per share against a loss of 12 cents per share in the year-ago quarter.
Pro forma revenues increased 21% year over year to $279.5 million. The increase in revenues was driven by robust growth in Marketplace business.
Notably, the stock has returned 25.3% against the industry’s decline of 16.7% in the past year.
Top-Line Details
Marketplace business witnessed growth of 37% year over year. Robust growth in Marketplace business was attributed to a 24% increase in service requests to 5.3 million. Additionally, paying service professionals and revenue per paying service professional increased 18% and 16% respectively, in the reported quarter.
However, Advertising & other business witnessed a 7% year-over-year decline to $71.1 million.
While pro forma revenues from North America increased 22% year over year, revenues from Europe stayed flat at 13% year over year.
Management stated that its top line was fueled by 20% revenue growth in six key areas including Match, Angie, Dotdash, Vimeo, Mosaic and BlueCrew.
Angi witnessed 9% growth in Vimeo in the fourth quarter, coupled with Average revenue per user (ARPU) strength of 22%.
The company benefited from robust growth in Mobile business, which increased 136% year over year.
Angi’s capacity growth was 36%, up 2% sequentially, in the reported quarter. This reflects Angi’s efforts to absorb market demand.
Further, the company completed the sale of Felix in the reported quarter.
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Operating Details
Angi recorded operating income of $17.9 million against a loss of $33.9 million in the year- ago quarter.
The company witnessed a decline in selling and marketing expenses, as a percentage of revenues, year over year.
Further, adjusted EBITDA came at $66.2 million compared with $16.2 million in fourth-quarter 2017. Adjusted EBITDA margin was 25% compared with 7% in the year-ago quarter.
Full Year Details
For 2018, Angi recorded revenues of $1.13 billion compared with 736.4 million in 2017. Earnings per share were 15 cents against loss of 24 cents in the past year.
Operating income was $149.2 million and adjusted EBITDA was $260.3 million in 2018.
Full year 2018 net cash provided by operations increased from $181.9 million in 2017 to $223.7 million and free cash flow increased from $161.7 million to $176.7 million.
Balance Sheet & Other Details
As of Dec 31, 2018, Angi had cash and cash equivalents of $336.9 million compared with $221.5 million as of Dec 31, 2017.
The company exited the quarter with total debt of $244.9 million compared with $258.3 million at the end of the year-ago quarter.
Guidance
Angi expects its Vimeo business to witness growth of 20-30% in the near term. Further, the company will be repurchasing 15 million shares in 2019.
The company expects marketing expenses as a percentage of revenues to be lower in 2019.
Zacks Rank and Other Stocks to Consider
Angi currently carries a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy).
Some other top-ranked stocks in the same sector include Jabil, Inc. (NYSE:) , MeetMe, Inc. (NASDAQ:) and Twilio Inc. (NYSE:) . All the three stocks sport a Zacks Rank #1. You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks Rank #1 stocks here.
Long-term earnings growth rate for Jabil, MeetMe and Twilio is projected to be 12%, 20% and 9%, respectively.
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