Investors often turn to recommendations made by Wall Street analysts before making a Buy, Sell, or Hold decision about a stock. While media reports about rating changes by these brokerage-firm employed (or sell-side) analysts often affect a stock's price, do they really matter?Let's take a look at what these Wall Street heavyweights have to say about Fiverr International (FVRR) before we discuss the reliability of brokerage recommendations and how to use them to your advantage.Fiverr currently has an averag ...

The Russell 2000 Index, often called the small-cap index, is up about 19.6% in 2024. Much of that gain has come in the last six months, and the clarity after the U.S. presidential election is stirring animal spirits in the sector.  The bull case for small-cap stocks comes from lower interest rates and the hope that the Trump tax cuts will be made permanent. Many of these companies are still in the growth phase and rely on borrowing to fuel that growth.   When interest rates were at 20-year highs, it became ...

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This freelance marketplace giant may finally be turning the corner.It's been a wild ride for Fiverr International (FVRR -0.71%) stock since the company's initial public offering in June 2019 at $21 per share. From a period of rapid growth during the pandemic that sent shares of the freelancer marketplace soaring to $323 in 2021, an ensuing slowdown pushed the stock to as low as $18.83 earlier this year.The good news for investors is that the company's recent results show some encouraging signs of a turnarou ...

So far, through the early innings of the Q3 earnings season, investors have tended to take a favorable view of most companies' earnings prints, especially where top-line revenue trends have bucked macro concerns and shown strength or even acceleration. And yet, we have toWith combined experience of covering technology companies on Wall Street and working in Silicon Valley, and serving as an outside adviser to several seed-round startups, Gary Alexander has exposure to many of the themes shaping the industry ...

Fiverr reported soft earnings but powerful sales growth in the third quarter, and future business prospects look robust. Here's how the freelance services vendor is moving forward. Freelance marketplace operator Fiverr International (FVRR 11.97%) reported fantastic third-quarter results on Wednesday morning, sending the stock skyward. Share prices rose as much as 30.4% in the morning session, retreating to a still-impressive 15% gain by 12:45 p.m. ET. Fiverr's mixed Q3 results Fiverr's third-quarter revenue ...

For the quarter ended September 2024, Fiverr International (FVRR) reported revenue of $99.63 million, up 7.7% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.64, compared to $0.55 in the year-ago quarter.The reported revenue represents a surprise of +3.38% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $96.37 million. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.62, the EPS surprise was +3.23%.While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to de ...

"Our strong Q3 results underscored the consistency of our execution and the resilience of our business. We have a clear strategy for driving growth catalysts amid the uncertain macro environment. The investments we made in strengthening our value-added product portfolio have clearly paid off, as we continue to diversify our business model and expand into a platform where businesses can lean into both technology and human experts," said Micha Kaufman, founder and CEO of Fiverr. "In addition, we are laying cr ...

Delivered both revenue and Adjusted EBITDA above guidance range: We continue to execute with focus and efficiency, delivering exceptional results amid a challenging macro environment. Our strategy to lean into value-added services to drive take rate expansion continues to pay off, and we continue to invest in going upmarket to unlock long-term growth opportunities. Growing a high-quality buyer base: We continue to grow wallet share among our customers, with spend per buyer up 9% y/y in Q3'24. The recently r ...

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