LightInTheBox in 2014: 3 Things to Know
1. Disappointing While Others Impress
Since beating estimates in its first earnings report as a public company last year, LightInTheBox has chronically underperformed expectations. The same hasn’t been the case for Dangdang and VIPShop.
Rapidly Decelerating Revenue Growth
Dangdang’s Growth: Strong and Sustainable
Vipshop’s Revenue Growth: Through the Roof
LightInTheBox simply hasn’t been putting up the same numbers as its Chinese peers.
2. A Surprise Announcement
LightInTheBox surprised Wall Street by announcing that it was revising its second-quarter revenue estimates upward.
June 27, 2014
2. A Surprise Announcement• Previously, the company had predicted revenue
growth of 18% to $85 million.• The new estimate is for revenue growth of 20% to
$87 million.• In reality, this is a very small change. Wall Street
was probably just happy for some good news. • Long-term investors should see that growth is still
slow compared to what was happening before the company went public.
3. What to Watch Moving Forward
• I wouldn’t worry much about reaching profitability at this point.
• Instead, continued revenue growth north of 20% is going to be the most important thing for investors to look for.
• Without this, any investments in infrastructure will be wasted.
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