Sprouts (SFM) Reports Earnings Tomorrow. What To Expect

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Published Feb 21, 2024 02:00AM ET

Updated Feb 21, 2024 08:36AM ET

Sprouts (SFM) Reports Earnings Tomorrow. What To Expect

Grocery store chain Sprouts Farmers Market (NASDAQ:SFM) will be announcing earnings results tomorrow after the bell. Here's what to look for.

Last quarter Sprouts reported revenues of $1.71 billion, up 7.7% year on year, beating analyst revenue expectations by 2%. It was a solid quarter for the company, with a decent beat of analysts' revenue estimates and optimistic earnings guidance for the next quarter.

Is Sprouts buy or sell heading into the earnings? Find out by reading the original article on StockStory.

This quarter analysts are expecting Sprouts's revenue to grow 7.4% year on year to $1.69 billion, improving on the 5.6% year-over-year increase in revenue the company had recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.45 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 only missed Wall St's revenue estimates once over the last two years, and has on average exceeded top line expectations by 0.8%.

Looking at Sprouts's peers in the non-discretionary retail segment, only Walmart (NYSE:WMT) has so far reported results, delivering top-line growth of 5.7% year on year, and beating analyst estimates by 2.4%. Walmart was up 2% after the results.

Read the full analysis of Walmart's results on StockStory. There has been positive sentiment among investors in the non-discretionary retail segment, with the stocks up on average 3.6% over the last month. Sprouts is up 4.8% during the same time, and is heading into the earnings with analyst price target of $41.5, compared to share price of $53.5.