Yahoo Finance Factors to Know Ahead of Grocery Outlet's (GO) Q1 Earnings
Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. GO is scheduled to report first-quarter 2020 financial numbers on May 11, after the market closes. In the last reported quarter, the company delivered a positive earnings surprise of 23.5%. This owner and operator of grocery store chains has a trailing three-quarter positive earnings surprise of 31.1%, on average.
We note that the Zacks Consensus Estimate for earnings for the quarter under review has increased by a cent over the past 30 days to 24 cents. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for revenues is pegged at $758.2 million.
Factors Holding Key
In the last month, Grocery Outlet came out with preliminary financial results for the first quarter. For 13-week period ended on Mar 28, 2020, the company projected net sales increase of 25.4% to $760.3 million due to coronavirus-led demand. With people dining at home and maintaining social distancing, they have been stocking essential items.
Management highlighted that the company registered “the wave of customer pantry-loading” in the month of March. Notably, the company guided comparable-store sales growth of 17.4% during the aforementioned period on account of increases in both the number of customer transactions and average transaction size. We note that the company’s comparable-store sales during 13-week period ended Mar 30, 2019 had risen by only 4.2%.
This Emeryville, CA-based company projected income from operations between $14.3 million and $15.3 million compared with $21.7 million reported in the year-ago period. Management envisioned adjusted net income in the range of $30.3-$31.4 million, up significantly from $9.9 million generated in the prior-year quarter.
Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. Price, Consensus and EPS Surprise
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What the Zacks Model Unveils
Our proven model predicts an earnings beat for Grocery Outlet this season. The combination of a positive Earnings ESP and a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), 2 (Buy) or 3 (Hold) increases the chances of an earnings beat. You can uncover the best stocks to buy or sell before they’re reported with our Earnings ESP Filter.
Grocery Outlet sports a Zacks Rank #1 and an Earnings ESP of +33.33%.
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