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Beleaguered e-commerce software giant Shopify (NYSE: SHOP) reported big losses again during the third quarter of 2022. Though revenue increased 22% year over year to $1.4 billion, net losses totaled $158 million (compared to net income of $1.1 billion last year).
Shares were up nearly 20% immediately following the report as earnings still beat analysts’ expectations. Regardless, mounting losses aren’t great given the economic environment right now. Is it time to sell this stock?
Before answering the “to sell or not to sell” question, let’s fill in some critical blanks necessary to evaluate the bottom line. Just as in the first two quarters of 2022, Shopify had some large extraneous items outside its own operations driving results.