On August 7, DraftKings Inc. rose 5.82% in pre-market trading, at $23.468/share, with turnover of $7.95 million. The company reported second-quarter results after market close the prior day, delivering mixed signals to investors.
DraftKings posted Q2 adjusted earnings of $0.09 per diluted share, missing the FactSet consensus of $0.17 and down from $0.38 a year earlier. Revenue came in at $1.44 billion versus the $1.51 billion expected, marking a year-over-year decline from $1.51 billion. However, Monthly Unique Payers reached 3.6 million, significantly beating the analyst consensus of 3.1 million, suggesting continued platform engagement momentum. Average Revenue Per Unique Payer was $132, below the $159.81 consensus. The company reaffirmed its full-year revenue guidance of $6.5 billion to $6.9 billion, in line with the FactSet estimate of $6.72 billion.
Notably, the stock had already declined approximately 5% on August 5 ahead of earnings amid broader sector weakness, with industry peer Flutter Entertainment falling nearly 8% that session.
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