What Happened?
Shares of online used car auction platform ACV Auctions (NASDAQ:ACVA) fell 9.2% in the pre-market session after the company reported weak fourth-quarter results, and provided full-year revenue and EBITDA guidance below Wall Street's estimates. The outlook assumes a flat dealer wholesale market, which may limit upside potential in the near term. In addition, margins deteriorated and the company burned cash during the quarter. On the other hand, ACVA blew past analysts' EBITDA expectations this quarter. It also expanded its number of units sold, leading to a revenue beat. Still, this was a softer quarter due to the outlook.
The shares closed the day at $18.59, down 9.8% from previous close.
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What The Market Is Telling Us
ACV Auctions’s shares are not very volatile and have only had 8 moves greater than 5% over the last year. In that context, today’s move indicates the market considers this news meaningful, although it might not be something that would fundamentally change its perception of the business.
ACV Auctions is down 11.2% since the beginning of the year, and at $18.60 per share, it is trading 19.7% below its 52-week high of $23.17 from December 2024. Investors who bought $1,000 worth of ACV Auctions’s shares at the IPO in March 2021 would now be looking at an investment worth $595.18.
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