Clothing and footwear retailer Zumiez (NASDAQ: ZUMZ) will be reporting earnings this Thursday after market close. Here’s what to look for.
Zumiez beat analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $239.1 million, up 7.5% year on year. It was an exceptional quarter for the company, with a beat of analysts’ EPS estimates and an impressive beat of analysts’ EBITDA estimates.
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This quarter, the market is expecting Zumiez’s revenue to grow 3.6% year on year, improving from its flat revenue in the same quarter last year.
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. Zumiez has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates multiple times over the last two years.
Looking at Zumiez’s peers in the apparel retailer segment, some have already reported their Q4 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Victoria's Secret delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 7.8%, beating analysts’ expectations by 2%, and Urban Outfitters reported revenues up 10.1%, topping estimates by 0.6%. Victoria's Secret traded down 22.1% following the results while Urban Outfitters was up 5%.
Read our full analysis of Victoria's Secret’s results here and Urban Outfitters’s results here.
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