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Packaged foods company Post (NYSE:POST) will be announcing earnings results tomorrow after the bell. Here’s what investors should know.
Post met analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $1.97 billion, flat year on year. It was a mixed quarter for the company, with a decent beat of analysts’ EPS estimates but a miss of analysts’ EBITDA estimates.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting Post’s revenue to decline 1.4% year on year to $1.97 billion, a reversal from the 23.4% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $1.21 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. Post has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates three times over the last two years.
Looking at Post’s peers in the shelf-stable food segment, some have already reported their Q1 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Lamb Weston delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 4.3%, beating analysts’ expectations by 2.4%, and Simply Good Foods reported revenues up 15.2%, topping estimates by 1.6%. Lamb Weston traded up 9.1% following the results while Simply Good Foods was also up 9.2%.
Read our full analysis of Lamb Weston’s results here and Simply Good Foods’s results here.
There has been positive sentiment among investors in the shelf-stable food segment, with share prices up 4.9% on average over the last month. Post’s stock price was unchanged during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $127.28 (compared to the current share price of $112.64).
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