ARK Invest CEO Cathie Wood turned heads last year after the breakthrough performance of the money manager's exchange-traded funds. This year has proven a bit more challenging, but volatility in some of her favorite names is creating buying opportunities.
A third stock that Wood added to Tuesday was Etsy. The online marketplace for arts and crafts was a superstar last year. Folks stuck at home discovered the joys of the side hustle in creating artsy merchandise. Shoppers looking for unique face coverings as COVID-19 protection turned to Etsy.
The comparisons will get challenging now, and that could be why the stock took a 12% hit through the final two trading days of last week after the company posted mixed financial results. Revenue growth slowed to 23% on a mere 13% rise in gross merchandise sales, but that was actually just ahead of analyst expectations. The real dagger in last week's report was guidance, with Etsy forecasting a sequential dip in revenue that fell well short of Wall Street's target.
Etsy has already made back roughly half of last week's hit, but it's still a dinner bell for Wood. The online marketplace isn't going away anytime soon, and the pandemic only helped it speed up the number of buyers and sellers that are now comfortable on the platform.
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