Shopify: Solid Growth, but Fears Remain
Here's our initial take on Shopify's (NASDAQ: SHOP) fiscal 2025 first-quarter financial report.Shopify posted solid growth in the quarter, with revenue up 27% year over year and gross merchandise volume sold on its platform up 23% to nearly $75 billion. The company also reported a higher net loss, but much of that was accounting related. Backing out the impact of equity investments, net income was up 57% to $226 million in the quarter, and free cash flow climbed by a similar percentage to $363 million.The company posted a 15% free cash flow margin in the quarter, the seventh consecutive quarter of double-digit free cash flow.Continue reading

Here's our initial take on Shopify's (NASDAQ: SHOP) fiscal 2025 first-quarter financial report.
Shopify posted solid growth in the quarter, with revenue up 27% year over year and gross merchandise volume sold on its platform up 23% to nearly $75 billion. The company also reported a higher net loss, but much of that was accounting related. Backing out the impact of equity investments, net income was up 57% to $226 million in the quarter, and free cash flow climbed by a similar percentage to $363 million.
The company posted a 15% free cash flow margin in the quarter, the seventh consecutive quarter of double-digit free cash flow.