Benzinga | Jul 28, 2021 09:23AM EDT

Yandex Beats On Q2 Revenue, Misses On Earnings, Issues FY21 Guidance

* Yandex NV (NASDAQ:YNDX) reported second-quarter FY21 revenue growth of 97% year-on-year to $1.13 billion, beating the analyst consensus of $1.01 billion.

* Revenues from Online advertising grew 60% Y/Y to RUB 39.6 billion, Taxi segment, excluding sales of goods, rose 99% Y/Y to RUB 21.4 billion, sales of goods increased 365% Y/Y to RUB 13.4 billion, and Other revenues grew 133% Y/Y to RUB 6.96 billion.

* The gross margin contracted 1,289 basis points to 48.7%.

* Total operating costs and expenses jumped by 108.6% Y/Y to $1.19 billion.

* The company reported an operating loss of $(65.2) million. The adjusted EBITDA margin contracted 1,336 basis points to 7.1%.

* EPS loss was $(0.15) is not comparable to the analyst consensus of $0.30.

* Yandex used $67.3 million in operating cash flow and held $2.95 billion in cash and equivalents.

* Outlook: Yandex sees FY21 revenue of RUB 330 billion-RUB 340 billion.

* Price action: YNDX shares traded higher by 1.89% at $69.50 in the premarket session on the last check Wednesday.