Footwear and apparel conglomerate Deckers (NYSE:DECK) will be announcing earnings results tomorrow after the bell. Here’s what you need to know.
Deckers beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 9.1% last quarter, reporting revenues of $1.31 billion, up 20.1% year on year. It was a very strong quarter for the company, with an impressive beat of analysts’ constant currency revenue and EBITDA estimates.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting Deckers’s revenue to grow 11% year on year to $1.73 billion, slowing from the 16% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $2.59 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. Deckers has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates twice over the last two years.
Looking at Deckers’s peers in the consumer discretionary segment, some have already reported their Q4 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Nike’s revenues decreased 7.7% year on year, beating analysts’ expectations by 1.8%, and VF Corp reported revenues up 1.9%, topping estimates by 2.8%. Nike’s stock price was unchanged following the results.
Read our full analysis of Nike’s results here and VF Corp’s results here.
There has been positive sentiment among investors in the consumer discretionary segment, with share prices up 5.1% on average over the last month. Deckers is up 7.1% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $217.06 (compared to the current share price of $216.85).
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