Clothing and footwear retailer Zumiez (NASDAQ: ZUMZ) will be reporting earnings this Thursday after market hours. Here’s what to expect.
Zumiez beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 1.2% last quarter, reporting revenues of $184.3 million, up 3.9% year on year. It was a slower quarter for the company, with a significant miss of analysts’ EBITDA estimates and EPS guidance for next quarter missing analysts’ expectations significantly.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting Zumiez’s revenue to be flat year on year at $211.2 million, slowing from the 8.1% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted loss is expected to come in at -$0.11 per share.
The majority of analysts covering the company have reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Zumiez has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates twice over the last two years.
Looking at Zumiez’s peers in the apparel retailer segment, some have already reported their Q2 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Victoria's Secret delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 3%, beating analysts’ expectations by 4%, and Urban Outfitters reported revenues up 11.3%, topping estimates by 1.9%. Victoria's Secret traded up 1.1% following the results while Urban Outfitters was down 10.8%.
Read our full analysis of Victoria's Secret’s results here and Urban Outfitters’s results here.
There has been positive sentiment among investors in the apparel retailer segment, with share prices up 6.3% on average over the last month. Zumiez is up 22.4% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $14 (compared to the current share price of $17.34).
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