Tuesday, August 23, 2022
QuoteMedia Inc. (QMCI)
Not All Pistons Are Firing
QuoteMedia is a leading software developer and cloud-based syndicator of financial market information and streaming financial data solutions to media, corporations, online brokerages, and financial services companies. The Company licenses interactive stock research tools such as streaming real-time quotes, market research, news, charting, option chains, filings, corporate financials, insider reports, market indices, portfolio management systems, and data feeds. QuoteMedia provides industry leading market data solutions and financial services for companies such as the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, TMX Group (TSX Stock Exchange), Canadian Securities Exchange (CSE), London Stock Exchange Group, FIS, U.S. Bank, Broadridge Financial Systems, JPMorgan Chase, CI Financial, Canaccord Genuity Corp., Hilltop Securities, HD Vest, Stockhouse, Zacks Investment Research, General Electric, Boeing, Bombardier, Telus International, Business Wire, PR Newswire, FolioFN, Regal Securities, ChoiceTrade, Cetera Financial Group, Dynamic Trend, Inc., Qtrade Financial, CNW Group, IA Private Wealth, Ally Invest, Inc., Suncor, Virtual Brokers, Leede Jones Gable, Firstrade Securities, Charles Schwab, First Financial, Cirano, Equisolve, Stock-Trak, Mergent, Cision, Day Trade Dash and others. Quotestream®, QModTM and Quotestream ConnectTM are trademarks of QuoteMedia. For more information, please visit www.quotemedia.com.
Michael Kupinski, Director of Research, Noble Capital Markets, Inc.
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Q2 disappoints. Revenues increased 12% to $4.30 million, but were 7.5% lower than our $4.65 million estimate. Notably, revenues moderated from the 18% revenue growth in the first quarter. We believe that adverse general market conditions and economic concerns impacted the company’s individual Quotestream business, which declined 9% yoy, and slowed revenue growth in its Corporate Quotestream segment, an increase in revenues of a modest 5.3% versus 20.4% in Q1.
Misses Adj. EBITDA estimate. Gross profit margins were slightly lower than expected. But, more importantly, G&A expenses and Software Development expenses were higher. As such, combined with the revenue miss, adj. EBITDA of $564,000 was lower than our $765,000 estimate. …
This Company Sponsored Research is provided by Noble Capital Markets, Inc., a FINRA and S.E.C. registered broker-dealer (B/D).
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