ValuEngine Upgrades ETSY to STRONG BUY

For today’s bulletin, we take a look at ETSY $ETSY. We also provide a link to download a FREE STOCK REPORT on the company.

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For today’s edition of our upgrade list, we used our website’s advanced screening functions to search for UPGRADES to BUY or STRONG BUY with complete forecast and valuation data. They are presented by one-month forecast return. Arqule and ETSY are rated STRONG BUY. The rest of our upgrades for today are rated BUY.

TickerCompany NameMarket PriceValuationLast 12-M Return1-M Forecast Return1-Yr Forecast Return P/E RatioSector Name
ARQLARQULE INC5.2193.23%336.97%1.31%15.75%N/AMedical
ETSYETSY INC32.9227.08%143.13%1.09%13.12%75.39Computer and Technology
TXMDTHERAPEUTICS MD6.596.54%58.41%0.80%9.58%N/AMedical
MLABMESA LABS INC192.9929.07%15.56%0.56%6.66%50.41Medical
CMRECOSTAMARE INC7.65134.56%16.08%0.53%6.30%12.75Transportation

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Etsy, Inc. (ETSY) offers e-commerce services. It provides online and offline marketplaces to buy and sell goods. The company’s product include art, home and living, mobile accessories, jewelry, wedding, and others. It operates primarily in Berlin, Germany, Dublin, Ireland, Hudson, New York, London, United Kingdom, Melbourne, Australia, Paris, France, San Francisco, California and Toronto, Canada. Etsy, Inc. is headquartered in Brooklyn, New York.

Etsy has been on a run lately, with the stock up almost 5% over the past 30 days and hitting a new 52-week high this week. For the year, the shares are up more than 60%.

The company posted decent results last month, with Q1 total revenue of $120.9 million, up 24.8% year-over-year, driven by growth in both Marketplace and Services revenue. Marketplace revenue grew 24.7% year-over-year, driven by growth in Etsy Payments. Services revenue grew 35.0% year-over-year, driven primarily by revenue growth in Promoted Listings, and, to a lesser extent, Etsy Shipping Labels.

Gross profit for the first quarter of 2018 was $79.6 million , up 27.9% year-over-year and gross margin was 65.8%, up 160 basis points compared with 64.2% in the first quarter of 2017. Net income for the first quarter of 2018 was $13.0 million , with diluted earnings per share of $0.10 , compared with a net loss of $0.4 million and a net loss per share of $0.00 in the first quarter of 2017.

ValuEngine updated its recommendation from BUY to STRONG BUY for ETSY INC on 2018-06-05. Based on the information we have gathered and our resulting research, we feel that ETSY INC has the probability to OUTPERFORM average market performance for the next year. The company exhibits ATTRACTIVE Momentum and Company Size.

You can download a free copy of detailed report on Etsy, Inc. (ETSY) from the link below.

ValuEngine Forecast
Target
Price*
Expected
Return
1-Month33.281.09%
3-Month33.531.85%
6-Month34.615.13%
1-Year37.2413.12%
2-Year36.7611.67%
3-Year35.989.29%
Valuation & Rankings
Valuation27.08% overvaluedValuation Rank(?)16
1-M Forecast Return1.09%1-M Forecast Return Rank99
12-M Return143.13%Momentum Rank(?)98
Sharpe Ratio0.22Sharpe Ratio Rank(?)64
5-Y Avg Annual Return12.14%5-Y Avg Annual Rtn Rank78
Volatility54.38%Volatility Rank(?)30
Expected EPS Growth0.00%EPS Growth Rank(?)19
Market Cap (billions)3.68Size Rank77
Trailing P/E Ratio75.39Trailing P/E Rank(?)34
Forward P/E Ratio75.39Forward P/E Ratio Rank5
PEG Ration/aPEG Ratio Rankn/a
Price/Sales7.91Price/Sales Rank(?)15
Market/Book10.77Market/Book Rank(?)14
Beta0.41Beta Rank65
Alpha0.83Alpha Rank97

 

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