With the business potentially at an important milestone, we thought we'd take a closer look at Global-E Online Ltd.'s (NASDAQ:GLBE) future prospects. Global-E Online Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides direct-to-consumer cross-border e-commerce platform in Israel, the United Kingdom, the United States, and internationally. The US$5.9b market-cap company announced a latest loss of US$76m on 31 December 2024 for its most recent financial year result. Many investors are wondering about the rate at which Global-E Online will turn a profit, with the big question being “when will the company breakeven?” Below we will provide a high-level summary of the industry analysts’ expectations for the company.

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Consensus from 13 of the American Multiline Retail analysts is that Global-E Online is on the verge of breakeven. They anticipate the company to incur a final loss in 2024, before generating positive profits of US$46m in 2025. Therefore, the company is expected to breakeven roughly a year from now or less! At what rate will the company have to grow in order to realise the consensus estimates forecasting breakeven in under 12 months? Using a line of best fit, we calculated an average annual growth rate of 61%, which is extremely buoyant. Should the business grow at a slower rate, it will become profitable at a later date than expected.

We're not going to go through company-specific developments for Global-E Online given that this is a high-level summary, but, bear in mind that by and large a high growth rate is not out of the ordinary, particularly when a company is in a period of investment.

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One thing we’d like to point out is that Global-E Online has no debt on its balance sheet, which is quite unusual for a cash-burning growth company, which usually has a high level of debt relative to its equity. This means that the company has been operating purely on its equity investment and has no debt burden. This aspect reduces the risk around investing in the loss-making company.

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There are too many aspects of Global-E Online to cover in one brief article, but the key fundamentals for the company can all be found in one place – Global-E Online's company page on Simply Wall St. We've also compiled a list of pertinent factors you should look at:

1. Valuation: What is Global-E Online worth today? Has the future growth potential already been factored into the price? The intrinsic value infographic in our free research report helps visualize whether Global-E Online is currently mispriced by the market.
2. Management Team: An experienced management team on the helm increases our confidence in the business – take a look at who sits on Global-E Online’s board and the CEO’s background.
3. Other High-Performing Stocks: Are there other stocks that provide better prospects with proven track records? Explore our free list of these great stocks here.

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