Zoom slides 14% as slowing sales-growth forecasts make investors question the stock’s 200% post-COVID rally
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- Zoom Video sank as much as 14% on Tuesday after the company’s quarterly report revealed an expected slowdown in sales growth into 2021.
- The company’s third-quarter revenue and earnings beat estimates, and guidance for the current quarter and full fiscal year landed above expectations.
- Yet the high end of Zoom’s fourth-quarter sales forecast implies growth of 330% from the same period last year. That’s less than the year-over-year growth seen in the second and third quarters.
- Analysts have debated whether Zoom’s 200% rally from the market’s March lows is sustainable as COVID-19 vaccines near distribution and revenue growth slightly weakens.
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Zoom Video tumbled as much as 14% on Tuesday after its third-quarter report hinted its incredible revenue growth will weaken through the end of