Fresh produce company Fresh Del Monte (NYSE: FDP) will be reporting results this Wednesday before the bell. Here’s what to expect.
Fresh Del Monte Produce missed analysts’ revenue expectations by 1.9% last quarter, reporting revenues of $1.02 billion, flat year on year. It was a very strong quarter for the company, with a solid beat of analysts’ EBITDA estimates and a beat of analysts’ EPS estimates.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting Fresh Del Monte Produce’s revenue to be flat year on year at $1.01 billion, in line with its flat revenue from the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.28 per share.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Fresh Del Monte Produce has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates five times over the last two years.
Looking at Fresh Del Monte Produce’s peers in the perishable food segment, some have already reported their Q4 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Tyson Foods delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 5.1%, beating analysts’ expectations by 2.7%, and Flowers Foods reported revenues up 11%, in line with consensus estimates. Tyson Foods’s stock price was unchanged after the resultswhile Flowers Foods was down 8.7%.
Read our full analysis of Tyson Foods’s results here and Flowers Foods’s results here.
There has been positive sentiment among investors in the perishable food segment, with share prices up 3.7% on average over the last month. Fresh Del Monte Produce is up 9.5% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $46 (compared to the current share price of $40.83).
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