Bill delivers mixed outlook, overshadowing Q3 results beat; shares sink

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Bill.com Holdings Inc (NYSE:BILL) fell more than 8% in early Friday trading following the report.

The company reported adjusted EPS of $0.59 on revenue of $296.0 million, compared with Wall Street estimates for EPS of $0.41 on revenue of $282.2M.

The better-than-expected results were supported by improving margins to 82.2% in Q3 from 78.3% a year earlier.

Looking ahead to Q1, adjusted EPS was guided in a range of $0.48 to $0.50 and revenue between $295.5M to $298.5M.

For 2023, adjusted EPS was expected in a range of $1.82 to $1.97 on revenue of $1.29 billion to $1.31B. That compared with prior guidance for adjusted EPS of $1.46 to $1.48 on revenue of $1.040B to $1.043B.

Wolfe analysts said the guidance is “noisy but better than first look.”

“FY24 guidance was below expects, but more in-line when considering one-time items, and also conservative in our view. We see notable incremental upside to out-year estimates.”

Deutsche Bank analysts said Bill offered conservative guidance.

“BILL initiated conservative (in our view) FY24 guidance relatively in-line with street top line estimates with stronger adj. EPS of $1.82-$1.97 (building in zero economic recovery).”

(Additional reporting by Senad Karaahmetovic)