Shopify sees 110 percent year-over-year revenue growth as e-commerce continues to boom amid pandemic
Shopify continued to see massive growth in the first quarter of 2021 with revenue, income and gross profit all significantly increasing year-over-year.
Shopify’s total revenue for the first quarter of this year was $988.6 million, an increase of 110 percent year-over-year. The company’s gross profit was up 117 percent to $558.7 million, compared with $257 million for the first quarter of 2020. All numbers are in USD.
The Ottawa-based company’s net income for the quarter was $1.25 billion, or $9.94 per diluted share. This is compared with a net loss of $31.4 million, or $0.27 per diluted share. Shopify’s net income also included a $1.3 billion unrealized gain on its equity investment in Affirm, which went public in January.