The guidance for 2012 is as follows: Bookings are projected to be in the range of $1.425 billion to $1.5 billion, with most growth weighted in the second half. Full year 2012 non-GAAP EPS of $0.23 to $0.29. Thomson Reuters has revenue projections of $1.42 billion and non-GAAP earnings of $0.27 EPS.
The company talked up its record bookings at $329 million for a 15% gain. New game development drove down its EBITDA by 23% to $87 million on an adjusted basis. Daily active users have risen from 62 million in the first quarter of 2011 to 65 million in the first quarter of 2012, for a gain of 6%. Monthly active users have risen from 236 million in the first quarter of 2011 up to 292 million in the first quarter of 2012, for a gain of 24%.
We were not sure how Zynga would offer up guidance, but here is what the company offered up as additional 2012 outlook figures beyond the above guidance:
- Adjusted EBITDA of $400 million to $450 million.
- Cap-ex of $390 million to $410 million, including its headquarters purchase.
- Effective non-GAAP tax rate of 25% to 30%.
- Non-GAAP weighted-average diluted shares outstanding of about 880 million shares in the fourth quarter of 2012.
Zynga closed up 3.4% at $9.42 and the stock is up 1.6% at $9.57 in the after-hours session reaction. Zynga is still trading as a busted IPO in the classic sense of the term. Today’s numbers are not exactly blowout figures and the guidance seems mostly in-line with estimates for the year. We also have a hard time trusting that the increases will be back-end loaded considering that the company has no history to refer back to as a trust factor.
This may be good enough for some investors but this is not a screaming buy as far as we can see without hearing the conference call as of yet.
JON C. OGG
Top Gaining Stocks
Top Losing Stocks