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Ali Mogharabi
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Groupon 4Q Results Best Expectations; Shares Spiked and Are Now Overvalued; Maintaining $4 FVE

No-moat Groupon’s fourth-quarter results beat our top- and bottom-line expectations. While management provided full-year adjusted EBITDA guidance above our estimate, it was offset with a gross profit guidance which was well below our projection. The firm is progressing well with its turnaround as its SG&A cost-cutting measures are offsetting declines in gross margin and higher marketing expense necessary to acquire more consumers to drive billings and revenue growth. However, the firm’s orga...
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Groupon Inc.

Groupon operates online local commerce marketplaces that connect merchants to consumers by providing goods and services through its websites, groupon.com, and its mobile applications. The company provides goods and services in three categories: Local, which includes offerings from local and national merchants, and local events; Goods, which provides customers the ability to find discounted merchandise across multiple product lines, including electronics, sporting goods, jewelry, toys, household items and apparel; and Travel, which features travel offers at both discounted and market rates, such as hotels, airfare and package deals covering both domestic and international travel.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

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Ali Mogharabi

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