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Chegg Earnings: What To Look For From CHGG

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Online study and academic help platform Chegg (NYSE:CHGG) will be reporting earnings tomorrow after market hours. Here’s what investors should know.

Chegg beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 2% last quarter, reporting revenues of $163.1 million, down 10.8% year on year. It was a weaker quarter for the company, with a decline in its users and slow revenue growth. It reported 4.37 million users, down 9.1% year on year.

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This quarter, analysts are expecting Chegg’s revenue to decline 15% year on year to $134.1 million, a further deceleration from the 4.2% decrease it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.07 per share.

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The majority of analysts covering the company have reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Chegg has a history of exceeding Wall Street’s expectations, beating revenue estimates every single time over the past two years by 2.2% on average.

Looking at Chegg’s peers in the consumer subscription segment, some have already reported their Q3 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Duolingo delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 39.9%, beating analysts’ expectations by 1.8%, and Netflix reported revenues up 15%, in line with consensus estimates. Duolingo traded down 1.1% following the results while Netflix was up 11.1%.

Read our full analysis of Duolingo’s results here and Netflix’s results here.

There has been positive sentiment among investors in the consumer subscription segment, with share prices up 11% on average over the last month. Chegg is up 15.3% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $2.79 (compared to the current share price of $1.73).

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