- Having gone into earnings less than $2 above a 52-week low of $24.23, Criteo (NASDAQ:CRTO) is soaring after blowing away Q4 estimates and guiding for 30%-34% ex-TAC 2016 revenue growth in constant currency. Consensus is for revenue to grow 28% in euros to €482M ($544.7M).
- Adjusted EBITDA margin is expected to rise by 60-100 bps in 2016 from 2015's 10.9%. Q1 guidance is for ex-TAC revenue of €139M-€144M (equal to $153M-$158M, compares with a €140.8M consensus) and adjusted EBITDA of $36M-$41M.
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Q4 details: Americas revenue rose 78% Y/Y in Q4 to €60M (61% exc. forex). EMEA revenue rose 23% to €57M, and Asia-Pac revenue 76% to €30M. Net client adds totaled 900, and 25% of revenue came from users matched on at least two devices.
Over 47% of ex-TAC revenue came from mobile ads, and over 3,000 clients were live on Facebook mobile via Dynamic Product Ads integration. Ex-TAC revenue from clients that were around in Q4 2014 rose 20% Y/Y in constant currency.
- 2015 free cash flow was €57M (+8% Y/Y). Criteo ended 2015 with €325M ($367M) in cash and no debt.
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Criteo's Q4 results, earnings release