Earnings, Earnings, and (You Guessed it) More Earnings
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What earnings results are being discussed in this episode?
It's an earnings extravaganza this time on Motley Fool Money.
Welcome to Motley Fool Money. I'm Tyler Crowe, and today I'm joined by longtime Fool contributors Matt Frankel and John Quast. We're deep into earnings season with really far too many companies to cover in our 20 or so minutes that we do these daily podcasts, but we're going to do our best today with a pretty quick round-robin look at a lot of companies. We'll get into Lemonade and Klarna, who both reported today. But before we do that, we're going to do a quick lightning round with a group of companies that I'm kind of penning here like, the pulse of the consumer. We're going to look at Walmart, Booking Holdings, Etsy, and eBay. We're going to go as quick as we can. Let's start with Walmart.
How did Walmart perform in its latest earnings report?
As the companies want to do, it beat earnings expectations with earnings at $0.74 a share. That doesn't include some equity investment stuff that always makes the bottom line a little wonky. The company offered what most of the time is tepid guidance for the upcoming year. But that's pretty par for the course. It's done conservative guidance, if you will, for many years in the past, and then just raised it over the years and typically exceeds it. Did I miss anything? Was there anything interesting that you guys saw in this one?
I have a few things to add. Walmart, they've really become a master of omnichannel commerce, and it's really exceeded even my expectations.
What insights can we gather from Booking Holdings' earnings results?
I like the company a lot. The CFO specifically called out the speed of the delivery platform as a big driver of their growth. I can tell you firsthand, Walmart's delivery is fantastic. It surprises me how efficient it is. One particular point from the earnings call that I found interesting is that the fastest-growing part of Walmart's market share is households with annual income above $100,000, which is a bit of a concern to me that inflation and tariff pressures are really weighing on Americans. We're seeing those with higher incomes really start to have to cut back. That was one of the signs we saw before the Great Recession in 2008. It was why Walmart was the top-performing stock out of the 500 in the S&P during that year.
It could be a sign of a weakening economy. That's something that I'm keeping a close eye on.
What are the implications of eBay acquiring Etsy's Depop business?
One thing that I want to add here is, don't look now, but e-commerce penetration for Walmart just hit 23%. That is an all-time high. It's a record for the company. When we think of these huge marketplaces, these huge platforms with large user bases, I don't think Walmart usually comes to mind. But it is this huge platform with an enormous user base, and this digital business is quite strong. The big takeaway here is that it's leading to operating income growth that is outpacing revenue growth. It's subtle, it's kind of small, but at the scale that Walmart is, it matters.
Moving on, shares of Booking Holdings are down about 7.5% as we tape. It beat earnings, it raised its dividend, and it guided for 15% revenue growth for the upcoming quarter. Surely, the market isn't responding negatively to the announcement that it plans to split its stock, right?
What are the bull and bear cases for Lemonade insurance?
What am I missing here?
That would be a head-scratcher on all counts, Tyler, if the stock was selling off because it split its stock. Normally, that gets investors excited these days. It's a head-scratcher for me. Well, it's a head-scratcher that they're splitting their stock because the CEO has gone on record before saying that's not really something he was interested in doing, but announcing a 25-for-1 stock split. The sell-off for the stock is a head-scratcher for me based on the financials. You look at booking and its growth, really incredibly strong for a business of this size. I thought that guidance was even better than the results that it posted. It's growing where it wants to grow.
Why did Klarna's stock drop after its earnings report?
You look at how the revenue shakes out across the various segments. Revenue was down about 7% for the year. This is basically where it kicks out the users to its partners so that they can book their travel over there.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What earnings results are being discussed in this episode?
0:05–1:00
2
How did Walmart perform in its latest earnings report?
1:00–1:39
3
What insights can we gather from Booking Holdings' earnings results?
1:39–2:29
4
What are the implications of eBay acquiring Etsy's Depop business?
2:29–3:30
5
What are the bull and bear cases for Lemonade insurance?
3:30–4:09
6
Why did Klarna's stock drop after its earnings report?
4:09–4:43
7
How do consumer spending trends reflect in recent earnings?
4:43–5:37
8
What does the future hold for the insurance industry, particularly with Lemonade?
5:37–22:13