Key Takeaways
- Zillow Group shares are jumping Thursday after the real estate firm posted strong third-quarter sales gains and narrowed its losses.
- Zillow reported third-quarter revenue of $581 million, up 17% year-over-year.
- The company's shares are up 40% since it named Jeremy Wacksman as the new CEO in August.
- JPMorgan analysts raised their price target on Zillow to $78 from $61, citing a “solid outlook” amid a “challenging housing market.”
Zillow Group (Z) shares are jumping Thursday, after the real estate firm posted strong third-quarter sales gains and narrowed its losses.
Zillow reported third-quarter revenue of $581 million, up 17% year-over-year, and above the midpoint of the range the company had previously offered. Its net꧃ loss for the three months to Sept. 30 narrowed to $20 million, from a $28 million loss the same period last year.
Sales during the period outperformed the 2% total transaction value growth of broader residential real estate industry, the listings site said, citing the 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:National Associ𒁏ation oඣf Realtors (NAR). The company al♍so offered a fourth-quarter revenue outlook of $525 million to $540 mi⭕llion, with analysts tracked by Visible Alpha looking for about $537 million.
Zillow's shares rose 22% Thursday morning.
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Zillow is projecting four𒈔th-quarter revenue in the range of $525 million to $540 million and said it is sticking with its forecast for full-year double-digit revenue growth.
The company’s stock is up 40% through Wednesday's close since it named a new 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:Chief Executive Officer (CEO), former 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:Chief Operating Officer (COO) Jeremy Wacksman, alongside better-than-expected 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:second-quarter results,ꦚ in early August. The shares are just a few percentage points in the green for the year, though.
The company has been a 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:beneficiary of lower U.S. 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:mortgage rates, according to analysts, U.S. 30-year mortgage rates, currently at a 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:6.91% average, havꦓe fallen off their 2024 high of 7.52% on April 25.
JPMorgan analysts raised their price target on Zillow to $78 from $61, citing a “solid outlook” amid a “challenging housing market.”
UPDATE—Nov. 7, 2024: This article has been updated to include fresh stock prices.