PubMatic Jumps After Big Earnings Beat, Bullish Outlook

By Liz Moyer

Investing.com -- Pubmatic Inc (NASDAQ:PUBM) jumped 24% on Wednesday after beating fourth quarter expectations and announcing a bullish outlook.

The advertising tech company went public in December. It reported fourth quarter profit of $18.8 million, or 34 cents a share, an increase over net income of $4.1 million, or 6 cents a share in the same period of 2019.

Fourth quarter revenue rose 64% over the prior year, to $56 million while analysts had expected $47.4 million . Full-year revenue rose 31% to $148.7 million.

It said first quarter 2021 revenue is expected to be in the range of $38 million to $40 million, representing growth of 34% to 41% over last year's quarter.

PubMatic said in a statement that growth was driven by advertising strength in e-commerce, technology, personal finance, and on streaming video. PubMatic provides services for publishers such as News Corp A (NASDAQ:NWSA). and Verizon Media Group as well as game-maker Electronic Arts Inc (NASDAQ:EA).

Several analysts raised their price targets after the earnings were announced.

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