Absrtact: February 10, coupons, the largest electronic coupon website in the United States, released its financial results for the quarter 2014 and the full year of Monday. The report showed that coupons's fourth-quarter revenue was $60 million, up from $52.6 million a year earlier, and a net loss of 1.7 million dollars, compared
February 10, the United States's largest electronic coupon website coupons Monday released the financial year 2014 quarter and the full year earnings. The report showed that coupons's fourth-quarter revenue was $60 million, up from $52.6 million a year earlier, with a net loss of $1.7 million, compared with a net profit of $1.5 million a year earlier.
In the quarter ended December 31, Coupons's revenue was $60 million trillion, up from $52.6 million a year earlier, failing to meet analysts ' expectations. Analysts are expected to coupons fourth-quarter revenue of $63.4 million, according to a FactSet survey of financial information suppliers.
Coupons's fourth-quarter net loss was $1.7 million, which included $7.8 million in equity incentive spending, compared with a net profit of $1.5 million a year earlier, which included $160,000 in equity incentive payments. Coupons's loss of 2 cents per share in the fourth quarter was better than analysts had expected. An average analyst expects coupons to lose 4 cents per share in the fourth quarter, according to the FactSet survey.
For the entire 2014 fiscal year, coupons's total revenue was $221.8 million, up 32% from $167.9 million trillion in fiscal year 2013. The net loss for fiscal year 2014 was $23.4 million, which included a 35.5 million dollar equity incentive, compared with a 2013 fiscal year net loss of $11.2 million, including 5.2 million dollar equity incentive payments. In fiscal year 2014, cash from business operations was $11.5 million, compared with $14.2 million in cash for business operations in fiscal 2013.
The coupons board approved a stock repurchase plan on February 5 that allows companies to repurchase common shares of companies worth up to $50 million, either through open market transactions or privately negotiated deals.
Coupons expects gross revenue in the first quarter of fiscal year 2015 to be between $52 million and $54 million trillion, with the adjusted EBITDA (ie, earnings without interest, tax, depreciation and amortization) to be between 1 million and 3 million dollars. Coupons also estimates that the total revenue for fiscal 2015 will be between $275 million to $290 million trillion, and that the adjusted EBITDA will be between 40 million and 50 million dollars, reflecting a significant year-on-year increase in profitability.
On the same day, coupons's shares fell 0.19 U.S. dollars in regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange, at a 14.51-dollar decline of 1.29%. In the subsequent trading, which ended 17:06 (6:06 10th), Coupons's share price fell sharply further, to $9.89, or 31.84%, to the lowest price of 52 weeks. In the past 52 weeks as of Monday, coupons's highest share price was $33.00, with a minimum price of $11.61. Snow)