10:11 AM EST, 11/12/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Shopify's ( SHOP ) third-quarter revenue increased more than Wall Street's expectations amid double-digit gross merchandise volume gains, while the e-commerce platform sees annual top-line growth in the key holiday period.

The Canada-based company posted revenue of $2.16 billion for the September quarter, up from $1.71 billion the year before, topping the Capital IQ-polled consensus of $2.11 billion. The company's shares on the New York Stock Exchange jumped 22% in Tuesday's trading session.

"Shopify ( SHOP ) achieved 26% revenue growth and 19% free cash flow margin this quarter, marking our sixth consecutive quarter of greater than 25% revenue growth excluding logistics," Chief Financial Officer Jeff Hoffmeister said in a statement. "Moreover, we have grown free cash flow margin sequentially each quarter this year, consistent with what we delivered last year."

Subscription solutions revenue advanced to $610 million from $486 million last year, buoyed by an increase in the number of merchants on the platform, Hoffmeister said during an earnings conference call, according to a Capital IQ transcript. Merchant solutions revenue climbed to $1.55 billion from $1.23 billion, "driven by the continued strength in (gross merchandise volume) and the penetration of Shopify ( SHOP ) payments," according to Hoffmeister.

Gross merchandise volume, or GMV, gained 24% to $69.72 billion.

Net income excluding the impact of equity investments rose to $344 million from $173 million a year earlier. Gross margin declined to 51.7% from 52.6%, Hoffmeister said on the call. Total operating costs declined to $835 million from $779 million on a yearly basis, according to the company.

Shopify ( SHOP ) anticipates fourth-quarter revenue to grow at a mid-to-high-twenties percentage rate year over year, "driven by the same factors that have supported our strong revenue growth results so far this year," Hoffmeister told analysts. The Street is looking for $2.63 billion. Sales rose 24% annually to $2.14 billion in the 2023 fourth quarter.

"(The fourth quarter) is seasonally our highest volume quarter of the year as it includes the key holiday selling period, including Black Friday (and) Cyber Monday," Hoffmeister said on the call. "We expect (the fourth quarter) to see similar seasonality trends than what we have seen in prior fourth quarters."

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