trivago (TRVG) Reports Q4 EPS of EUR0.01

trivago (NASDAQ: TRVG) reported Q4 EPS of EUR0.01, versus EUR0.03 reported last year. Revenue for the quarter came in at EUR155.5 million, versus EUR166.8 million reported last year.

Highlights

• Referral Revenue in Americas increased by 4% in the fourth quarter of 2019, while it declined by 11% and 13% in Developed Europe and Rest of World ("RoW"), respectively, compared to the same period in 2018.
• Consolidated Revenue per Qualified Referral ("RPQR") increased by 6% and by 17% in the fourth quarter of 2019 and in full year 2019, respectively, compared to the same periods in 2018.
• For the full year 2019, Consolidated Return on Advertising Spend ("ROAS") increased to 133.6% compared to 122.8% in 2018.
• For the full year 2019, net income increased by €38.7 million to €17.2 million and Adjusted EBITDA increased by €55.4 million to €70.0 million, compared to 2018.

Axel Hefer, CEO, said, “I am excited to see how trivago is adapting to a rapidly changing market, and I am confident we are on the right track. In 2020, we are focusing on building the most transparent and usable meta-search product in the market and integrating apartments and restricted rates into the platform. We have accelerated our pace of innovation jointly with our key partners and plan to use that momentum in 2020 to substantially improve our product.”

Matthias Tillmann, CFO, said, “We are pleased to see our sixth-consecutive quarter of profitability and our Adjusted EBITDA grow significantly from €14.6 million in 2018 to €70.0 million in 2019. In the first half of 2020, we are planning to significantly invest into testing new concepts and approaches and we will leverage the derived insights in the second half of 2020 and beyond.”

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