Why Digital Turbine Stock Is Plummeting Today

Key Points

• Digital Turbine posted a big sales beat in fiscal Q1, but its earnings for the period fell short of expectations.

• The digital marketing specialist raised its full-year sales outlook, but that hasn't been enough to stop big sell-offs for its stock.

• Following the company's latest quarterly report, investors have concerns about the business's margin trajectory.

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Digital Turbine (NASDAQ: APPS) stock is getting crushed Wednesday following the company's latest earnings report. The digital marketing player's share price was down 18% as of 1 p.m. ET.

After the market closed yesterday, Digital Turbine published results for the first quarter of its current fiscal year -- a period that ended June 30. Despite raising its full-year sales outlook in conjunction with the report, the company's stock is falling due to investors' concerns about profitability.

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Digital Turbine stock sinks on Q1 profit miss

Digital Turbine recorded non-GAAP (adjusted) earnings per share of $0.05 on revenue of $130.92 million in fiscal Q1. While sales for the period beat the average Wall Street analyst estimate by roughly $9 million, the company's earnings per share came in $0.03 lower than the target. Sales were up roughly 9% year over year and were strong enough to cause the digital marketing specialist to issue a significant increase for its full-year revenue outlook, but weaker-than-anticipated margins are causing investors to sell out of the stock.

What's next for Digital Turbine?

Digital Turbine is now guiding for full-year revenue to come in between $525 million and $535 million -- up from its previous guidance for sales to be between $515 million and $525 million. While the target increase is a significant one, it looks like most of the projected sales beat was already recorded last quarter. Given that last quarter's big sales beat also arrived with weaker-than-expected earnings, investors are taking a more cautious stance on the stock's outlook.

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