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Used car e-retailer Carvana CVNA reported first-quarter earnings of $1.51 per share, which breezed past the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 75 cents and the year-ago quarter’s loss of 41 cents per share. Better-than-expected revenues across all segments led to the outperformance. Revenues of $4.23 billion beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 4.7% and rose 38% year over year.
Key Highlights
Total gross profit amounted to $929 million, up 57.2% year over year. Total gross profit per unit (GPU) was $6,938, rising from $6,432 in the year-ago period. SG&A expenses were $535 million, up 17.3% year over year. Carvana achieved an adjusted EBITDA of $488 million for the first quarter of 2025. Adjusted EBITDA margin in the quarter under review was 11.5%, up from 7.7% in the first quarter of 2024.
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Segmental Performance
Retail vehicle sales totaled $2.98 billion in the quarter, rising 37% year over year and beating our estimate of $2.87 billion on the back of higher-than-expected sales volume. In the reported quarter, the number of vehicles sold to retail customers rose 45.7% to 133,898 from the prior-year period and exceeded our estimate of 121,868 units. Gross profit amounted to $429 million, up 51.6% year over year. Gross profit per unit came in at $3,204, which rose from $3,080 generated in the year-ago period but missed our expectation of $3,523.
In the first quarter, wholesale vehicle sales totaled $863 million, up 31.4% year over year. Sales topped our estimate of $702 million amid higher-than-expected unit sales. During the reported quarter, the number of vehicles sold to wholesale customers soared 43.7% to 63,454 from the prior-year period and exceeded our estimate of 57,311 units. Gross profit came in at $111 million, up 40.5% from the corresponding quarter of 2024. GPU came in at $829, down 3.6% year over year but above our estimate of $697.
In the period under consideration, other sales and revenues rose 70% year over year to $389 million and beat our forecast of $310.3 million. Gross profit was $389 million, up 70% year over year. GPU came in at $2,905, up 16.6% year over year. It fell short of our estimate of $2,930.
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Financial Position
Carvana had cash and cash equivalents of $1.85 billion as of March 31, 2025, compared with $1.71 million as of Dec. 31, 2024. Long-term debt was $5.27 billion as of March 31, 2025, compared with $5.25 billion recorded on Dec. 31, 2024.