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Bumble confident on 2023 as user growth defies recession fears

Tan KW
Publish date: Thu, 23 Feb 2023, 08:39 AM
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Bumble Inc projected full-year revenue growth for 2023 above market estimates on Wednesday as users continued to sign up to its dating app despite a looming recession, sending the company's shares up 6% in extended trading.

A pullback in the U.S. dollar from last year's highs and new features such as "Compliments", which allows users to engage by sending a note before they decide to connect, have helped the company cope with high inflation and rising interest rates.

For the full year 2023, Bumble forecast revenue growth between 16% and 19%, the midpoint of which is above analysts' estimate of 16.97%, according to Refinitiv data.

Bumble's strong forecast contrasted with earnings from rival Match Group Inc, which forecast first-quarter revenue below expectations after Tinder became a sore point in 2022 and drove the company's first ever quarterly decline.

In the last three months of 2022, Bumble's total paying users increased to 3.4 million, from 3 million a year earlier.

The company reported revenue of $241.6 million for the quarter, compared with analysts' estimate of $235.9 million, according to Refinitiv data.

 


  - Reuters

 

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