Shopify tops $1 billion in quarterly sales for the first time as e-commerce spending stays strong

Shopify SHOP, -1.72% generated nett income of $879.1 million, oregon $6.90 a share, compared with $36 million, oregon 29 cents a share, successful the year-prior quarter. The company’s net-income full included $778 cardinal successful unrealized nett gains connected equity investments.

On an adjusted basis, Shopify earned $2.24 cents a share, whereas it earned $1.05 a stock a twelvemonth earlier. Analysts tracked by FactSet were expecting adjusted per-share net of 97 cents.

Gross merchandise volume, oregon the dollar worth of orders facilitated done the platform, accrued 40% to $42.2 billion. Analysts were modeling $40.4 cardinal successful GMV.

Gross outgo volume, oregon the magnitude of GMV that went done the company’s payments platform, roseate to $20.3 cardinal from $13.4 cardinal and accounted for 48% of the GMV that Shopify processed during the 2nd quarter.

“As user spending remained strong, our merchants thrived and extracted much worth from our platform, contributing to our accelerated growth,” Chief Financial Officer Amy Shapero said of the wide results successful a quality release.

Shares of Shopify are up 34% implicit the past 3 months arsenic the S&P 500 SPX, -0.47% has risen 5%.