Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Hold onto your hats, world: Groupon actually made a PROFIT




Shares plummet by a fifth

According to Brid-Aine Parnell voucher bazaar Groupon managed to bag a profit for the first time ever in the second quarter of this year - but it wasn't enough to convince investors it's a good place to leave their money.

The coupon company's revenue missed analysts' expectations, sending shares sliding down more than 18 per cent in after-hours trading.

Groupon reported net profit of $28.4m instead of the net loss of $107.5m it posted in the same quarter last year, and revenue of $568.3m versus last year's $392.6m. But analysts polled by Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S were expecting revenue of $573m. Shares stayed steady yesterday, but dropped 18.68 per cent in pre-market trading to $6.14...

Read all about it at http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/08/14/groupon_revenue_disappoints/

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