Marqeta's (NASDAQ:MQ) Q1 Sales Beat Estimates
Stock Story
Published May 07, 2024 04:46PM ET
Updated May 07, 2024 05:02PM ET
Marqeta's (NASDAQ:MQ) Q1 Sales Beat Estimates
Leading edge card issuer Marqeta (NASDAQ: MQ) reported Q1 CY2024 results topping analysts' expectations, with revenue down 45.7% year on year to $118 million. It made a GAAP loss of $0.07 per share, improving from its loss of $0.13 per share in the same quarter last year.
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Marqeta (MQ) Q1 CY2024 Highlights:
- Revenue: $118 million vs analyst estimates of $116.9 million (small beat)
- EPS: -$0.07 vs analyst expectations of -$0.08 (in line)
- Gross Margin (GAAP): 71.3%, up from 41% in the same quarter last year
- Free Cash Flow was -$6.07 million, down from $16.48 million in the previous quarter
- Market Capitalization: $2.97 billion
Founded by CEO Jason Gardner in 2009, Marqeta (NASDAQ: MQ) is an innovative card issuer that provides companies with the ability to issue and process virtual, physical, and tokenized credit and debit cards.
Payments SoftwareConsumers want the ability to make payments whenever and wherever they prefer – and to do so without having to worry about fraud or other security threats. However, building payments infrastructure from scratch is extremely resource-intensive for engineering teams. That drives demand for payments platforms that are easy to integrate into consumer applications and websites.
Sales Growth As you can see below, Marqeta's revenue growth has been solid over the last three years, growing from $108 million in Q1 2021 to $118 million this quarter.
This quarter, Marqeta's revenue was down 45.7% year on year, due to a contract renewal with Cash App and resulting change in revenue presentation. The impact of fees owed to Issuing Banks and Card Networks related to the Cash App primary Card Network volume is since Q3 netted against revenue earned from the Cash App program within Net Revenue, negatively impacting the growth rate. In prior periods, these costs were included within Costs of Revenue, so on the other hand Gross Margin has improved significantly.
Looking ahead, Wall Street was expecting revenue to decline 3.4% over the next 12 months before the earnings results announcement.
Cash Is KingIf you've followed StockStory for a while, you know that we emphasize free cash flow. Why, you ask? We believe that in the end, cash is king, and you can't use accounting profits to pay the bills. Marqeta burned through $6.07 million of cash in Q1 , increasing its cash burn by 45.4% year on year.
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Marqeta has generated $25.39 million in free cash flow over the last 12 months, or 4.4% of revenue. This FCF margin enables it to reinvest in its business without depending on the capital markets.
Key Takeaways from Marqeta's Q1 Results Zooming out, we think this was a decent quarter, showing that the company is staying on target. The stock is up 3.8% after reporting and currently trades at $6.05 per share.
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