Comscore's Q3 revenue beats expectations

Reuters
Nov 05
Comscore's Q3 revenue beats expectations

Overview

  • Comscore Q3 revenue of $88.9 mln beats analyst expectations

  • Net income for Q3 was $0.5 mln, compared to a net loss of $60.6 million in Q3 2024

  • Adjusted EBITDA for Q3 misses analyst expectations

  • Company announces recapitalization to exchange preferred stock, eliminating $18 mln in annual dividends

Outlook

  • Comscore revises full-year revenue guidance to be roughly flat with prior year

  • Company maintains full-year adjusted EBITDA margin guidance

  • Comscore expects cross-platform growth to replace lost revenue in 2026

Result Drivers

  • CROSS-PLATFORM GROWTH - 20% year-over-year growth in cross-platform solutions driven by new client commitments and multiyear deals

  • LOCAL TV GROWTH - Double-digit growth in local TV driven by key renewals and new business

  • DATA-STRATEGY SHIFT IMPACT - Proximic revenue growth impacted by a data-strategy shift of a large retail media advertiser

Key Details

Metric

Beat/Miss

Actual

Consensus Estimate

Q3 Revenue

Beat

$88.90 mln

$88.62 mln (2 Analysts)

Q3 Net Income

$453,000

Q3 Adjusted EBITDA

Miss

$11.03 mln

$11.08 mln (2 Analysts)

Q3 Income from Operations

$1.70 mln

Q3 Pretax Profit

$142,000

Analyst Coverage

  • The current average analyst rating on the shares is "hold" and the breakdown of recommendations is no "strong buy" or "buy", 2 "hold" and no "sell" or "strong sell"

  • The average consensus recommendation for the advertising & marketing peer group is "buy."

  • Wall Street's median 12-month price target for Comscore Inc is $8.50, about 11.2% above its November 3 closing price of $7.55

  • The stock recently traded at 2 times the next 12-month earnings vs. a P/E of 1 three months ago

Press Release: ID:nGNX1JwnM6

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