Potbelly (PBPB) Reports Earnings Tomorrow. What To Expect
Stock Story
Published Mar 06, 2024 02:01AM ET
Updated Mar 06, 2024 07:02AM ET
Potbelly (PBPB) Reports Earnings Tomorrow. What To Expect
Casual sandwich chain Potbelly (NASDAQ:PBPB) will be reporting earnings tomorrow after market close. Here's what to look for.
Last quarter Potbelly reported revenues of $120.8 million, up 2.7% year on year, missing analyst expectations by 0.7%. It was a strong quarter for the company, with an impressive beat of analysts' gross margin estimates. Adjusted EBITDA and EPS also exceeded expectations. That shows management has been disciplined with its expenses and really stood out as a positive in these results. On the other hand, its revenue missed Wall Street's estimates, driven by its underperformance in same-store sales.
Is Potbelly buy or sell heading into the earnings? Find out by reading the original article on StockStory.
This quarter analysts are expecting Potbelly's revenue to grow 4.2% year on year to $125.2 million, slowing down from the 16.9% year-over-year increase in revenue the company had recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.03 per share.
Majority of analysts covering the company have reconfirmed their estimates over the last thirty days, suggesting they are expecting the business to stay the course heading into the earnings. The company missed Wall St's revenue estimates four times over the last two years.
Looking at Potbelly's peers in the modern fast food segment, some of them have already reported Q4 earnings results, giving us a hint of what we can expect. Sweetgreen delivered top-line growth of 29.1% year on year, beating analyst estimates by 0.7% and Shake Shack (NYSE:SHAK) reported revenues up 20% year on year, exceeding estimates by 2.2%. Sweetgreen traded up 11.2% on the results, and Shake Shack was up 7.8%.
Read the full analysis of Sweetgreen's and Shake Shack's results on StockStory.
There has been positive sentiment among investors in the modern fast food segment, with the stocks up on average 5.2% over the last month. Potbelly is up 9.8% during the same time, and is heading into the earnings with analyst price target of $14.8, compared to share price of $13.6.
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