Online used car auction platform ACV Auctions (NASDAQ: ACVA) will be announcing earnings results this Wednesday after market hours. Here’s what to expect.
ACV Auctions missed analysts’ revenue expectations by 1.2% last quarter, reporting revenues of $193.7 million, up 20.6% year on year. It was a disappointing quarter for the company, with a significant miss of analysts’ number of marketplace units estimates and revenue guidance for next quarter missing analysts’ expectations significantly. It reported 210,429 units sold, up 12.8% year on year.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting ACV Auctions’s revenue to grow 16.7% year on year to $200 million, slowing from the 44% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.06 per share.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. ACV Auctions has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates twice over the last two years.
Looking at ACV Auctions’s peers in the online marketplace segment, some have already reported their Q3 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. EverQuote delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 20.3%, beating analysts’ expectations by 4.3%, and Etsy reported revenues up 2.4%, topping estimates by 3.3%. Etsy traded down 17.2% following the results.
Read our full analysis of EverQuote’s results here and Etsy’s results here.
Questions about potential tariffs and corporate tax changes have caused much volatility in 2025. While some of the online marketplace stocks have shown solid performance in this choppy environment, the group has generally underperformed, with share prices down 4.2% on average over the last month. ACV Auctions is down 3.3% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $18.54 (compared to the current share price of $9.37).
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