Yahoo Finance eHealth (EHTH) Reports Q1: Everything You Need To Know Ahead Of Earnings
Online health insurance comparison site eHealth (NASDAQ:EHTH) will be reporting earnings tomorrow morning. Here's what to look for.
eHealth beat analysts' revenue expectations by 1.1% last quarter, reporting revenues of $247.7 million, up 26.2% year on year. It was a weak quarter for the company, with a decline in its users. It reported 1.26 billion users, down 6% year on year.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting eHealth's revenue to grow 9.3% year on year to $80.61 million, a reversal from the 30% decrease it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted loss is expected to come in at -$0.96 per share.
The majority of analysts covering the company have reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. eHealth has only missed Wall Street's revenue estimates once over the last two years, exceeding top-line expectations by 4.8% on average.
Looking at eHealth's peers in the online marketplace segment, some have already reported their Q1 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. MercadoLibre delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 36%, beating analysts' expectations by 12.1%, and Remitly reported revenues up 32%, falling short of estimates by 1.7%. MercadoLibre traded up 8.2% following the results while Remitly was down 12.2%.
Read our full analysis of MercadoLibre's results here and Remitly's results here.
Investors in the online marketplace segment have had fairly steady hands going into earnings, with share prices down 1.5% on average over the last month. eHealth is down 13.1% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $8.3 (compared to the current share price of $4.78).
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