Carvana (NYSE:CVNA) stock is soaring higher on Friday after the used car e-commerce company posted record positive results in its latest earnings report.
First, investors will note that Carvana reported an EPS loss of $1.00 alongside revenue of $2.42 billion for the fourth quarter of 2023. These figures both came in below Wall Street’s estimates for -92 cents per share and revenue of $2.55 billion.
Even so, traders are excited as the company has been improving its profitability over the last year. That resulted in it reporting a net income of $450 million in 2023. For comparison, its net loss from the prior year was $1.59 billion. Investors will also note that Carvana retired $878 million in debt during the year.
Ernie Garcia, founder and CEO of Carvana, said the following about the results:
“2023 was an exceptional year for Carvana, where our deliberate focus on efficiency and profitability drove fundamental business improvements that not only led to our best-ever financial results but also increased customer NPS throughout the year.”
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Carvana also provided an outlook for the first quarter of 2024 in its latest earnings report. The company is expecting retail units sold to increase slightly year-over-year (YOY). It’s also looking for adjusted EBITDA to be significantly above $100 million.
CNVA stock is up 42% as of Friday morning as some 6.4 million shares change hands. That’s closing in on the company’s daily average trading volume of about 8 million shares.
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