Super League Enterprise, Inc. (NASDAQ:SLE) shares fell in Tuesday premarket trading. The down move comes after the company reported second-quarter results on Friday that showed improving margins and a narrower adjusted EBITDA loss, but sales missed expectations.
Super League Enterprise entered Tuesday’s session after a volatile stretch, including a 13.7% premarket drop to $2.90 on Friday and a 24.22% jump to $2.82 on Monday, highlighting sharp swings in the roughly $3.6 million micro-cap stock.
Super League reported an adjusted loss of $1.00 per share, beating the $1.67 loss estimate. Gross revenue of $3.009 million missed the $3.401 million estimate.
Separately, net revenue rose 16% sequentially to approximately $1.24 million from $1.08 million, while gross margin expanded to 41% from 36%.
Gross revenue remained essentially flat year over year and sequentially at about $3 million.
Adjusted EBITDA loss improved approximately 20% year over year to $1.7 million from $2.1 million.
As of July 31, weighted pipeline per seller for opportunities through year-end reached approximately $2.8 million, up about 57% from $1.78 million following the first quarter.
Super League ended the quarter with approximately $6.7 million in cash and investments, compared with about $475,000 a year earlier.
The company completed its acquisition of Misfits Ads assets on May 1 and integrated them without increasing its overall cost base, expanding its programmatic advertising and turnkey media capabilities.
"Q2 was a quarter of resilience and continued operating progress. While gross revenue remained essentially flat in a challenging advertising environment, we made meaningful progress beneath the top line," CEO Matt Edelman said.
Super League remains focused on achieving Adjusted EBITDA profitability in the fourth quarter.
The stock remains in a clear longer-term downtrend, trading below its 20-day SMA at $2.83, 50-day SMA at $2.97, 100-day SMA at $3.50 and 200-day SMA at $5.75.
Bearish crossovers, including the 20-day SMA below the 50-day and the 50-day below the 200-day, also suggest the broader trend remains weak.
Momentum is more neutral than deeply oversold. RSI stands at 51.97, indicating the stock is not currently stretched in either direction and could still be searching for a clearer near-term trend.
Shares are down 92.35% over the past 12 months and remain well below the 200-day SMA.
SLE Price Action: Super League Enterprise shares were down 10.60% at $2.70 during premarket trading on Tuesday. The stock is trading near its 52-week low of $2.12, according to Benzinga Pro data.
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