GPRO: Why GoPro Stock Remains a Top Bet Right Now!
October 11 2021 - 7:24AM
Finscreener.org
Shares of Consumer technology
company GoPro (NASDAQ: GPRO)
went public in June 2014 and touched a record of $90 per share in
October that year. It is currently down 91% from record highs
trading at $8.77 per share, valuing the company at a market cap of
$1.35 billion.
GoPro stock has grossly
underperformed the broader markets as its sales have fallen from
$1.17 billion in 2017 to $891.9 million in 2020. But here’s why I
think the stock is well poised to stage a comeback in the next
12-months.
GoPro has accelerated its turnaround
GoPro cameras are among the most
popular in the world. But the company targets a niche segment and
its products do not warrant repeat purchases compared to
smartphones or even wearables. This impacted sales growth over the
years, But now GoPro is successfully expanding its suite of
products and has turned its focus on the high-margin software
business.
The company’s Quik is a camera
application for smartphones that aims to replace the camera on your
device. This application comes with
multiple features
that include premium filters and
themes, a tool for slow, fast as well as freeze motion,
royalty-free music options and a content organizing tool. The Quik
application is priced at $1.99 a month or $9.99 a year. GoPro
Premium users who pay $69.99 each year for cloud storage can get
access to this app for free.
At the end of 2020, GoPro’s
paying subscriber base rose by 145% year over year to 761,000.
GoPro expects to generate $50 million in annual recurring revenue
for every one million subscribers.
But the company’s main driver is
its portfolio of action camera products. Over the years, GoPro has
adjusted its sales mix which has improved profit margins. It has
leveraged e-commerce to sell directly to consumers and online sales
accounted for 31.7% of total sales in 2020, compared to just 8.8%
in 2018. This has allowed the company to increase its gross margins
from 31.5% to 35.3% in this period.
What next for GPRO stock?
GoPro’s accelerated shift towards
a direct to consumer sales strategy and the rapid expansion of its
subscription business allowed it to increase sales by 86% year over
year in Q2 of 2021 to $250 million. Its adjusted gross margin rose
by 850 basis points to 40.1%. The company’s strong top-line growth
positive impacted profitability as well as it reported an adjusted
earnings per share of $0.12 compared to a loss of $0.20 in the
year-ago period.
GoPro has also managed to
increase customer spending as the average selling price for its
products in Q2 rose 15% year over year to $345. It sold 820,000
devices in the quarter, which was 10% higher than Q2 of 2020. The
cameras priced over $300 accounted for 94% of total product
sales.
As seen above, GPRO’s
subscription business is also gaining significant traction. The
total number of subscribers for its Quik video app, mobile app and
cloud storage services more than tripled in the last year to 1.16
million generating $11.6 million in sales, compared to just $4.7
million in the same period last year.
Subscription sales account for
less than 5% of total revenue but GoPro expects subscriber count to
touch 1.7 million by the end of the year which will bring in $90
million in annual subscription sales with margins between 70% and
80%.
The final takeaway
GoPro is forecast to increase sales
by 28.7% year over year to $1.15
billion in 2021 and by 7.8% to $1.24 billion in 2022. Analysts also
expect earnings per share to improve from $0.08 in 2020 to $0.87 in
2022.
This shows GPRO stock is valued
at a forward price to sales multiple of just 1.1x and a price to
earnings ratio of 10.1x which is quite reasonable given its growth
estimates. Wall Street expects GoPro stock to rise by 25% in the
next 12-months.
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