Shopify Inc (XSWX:SHOP)
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Q1 2025 Shopify Inc Earnings Call Transcript

May 08, 2025 / 12:30PM GMT

Key Points

Positve
  • Shopify Inc (SHOP) reported a 27% increase in revenue for Q1 2025, with free cash flow margin reaching 15%.
  • The company saw significant growth in key areas, including a 23% increase in offline GMV and a 109% rise in B2B GMV.
  • International GMV grew by 31%, and cross-border trade remained steady at 15% of GMV.
  • Shopify Payments expanded to 16 new markets, nearly doubling its reach to 39 countries, enhancing merchant onboarding and payment processing.
  • The Shop App experienced 94% year-over-year growth in native GMV, with Shop Pay GMV up 57%, processing over $22 billion.
Negative
  • Gross margin for merchant solutions decreased to 38.6% from 40.1% in Q1 2024, impacted by factors such as the PayPal partnership.
  • The expiration of the de minimis exemption for goods from China could potentially impact Shopify's cross-border trade, though currently only 1% of GMV is affected.
  • Subscription Solutions gross profit grew at a slower rate than revenue due to higher cloud and infrastructure costs.
  • The shift to three-month paid trials in certain markets may create comparability issues for MRR throughout 2025.
  • The dynamic macro and trade environment, including tariffs, presents ongoing uncertainties that Shopify Inc (SHOP) must navigate.
Carrie Gillard
Shopify Inc - Director, Investor Relations

Good morning and thank you for joining Shopify's first quarter 2025 conference call. I am Carrie Gillard, Head of Investor Relations. And joining us today are Harley Finkelstein, Shopify's President; and Jeff Hoffmeister, our CFO. After their prepared remarks, we will open it up for your questions.

We will make forward-looking statements on our call today that are based on assumptions and therefore, subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. Undue reliance should not be placed on these forward-looking statements.

We undertake no obligation to update or revise these statements, except as required by law. You can read about these assumptions, risks and uncertainties in our press release this morning as well as in our filings with the US and Canadian regulators.

We'll also speak to adjusted financial measures, which are non-GAAP and not a substitute for GAAP financial measures. Reconciliations between the two are provided in our press release. And finally,

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