Wellness products company Nature’s Sunshine (NASDAQ:NATR) will be reporting earnings tomorrow after market hours. Here’s what you need to know.
Nature’s Sunshine beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 5.2% last quarter, reporting revenues of $114.6 million, up 3.1% year on year. It was an exceptional quarter for the company, with an impressive beat of analysts’ EPS estimates and a solid beat of analysts’ EBITDA estimates.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting Nature’s Sunshine’s revenue to be flat year on year at $109.5 million, slowing from the 6% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.20 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. Nature’s Sunshine has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates three times over the last two years.
Looking at Nature’s Sunshine’s peers in the personal care segment, some have already reported their Q4 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Olaplex’s revenues decreased 9.8% year on year, beating analysts’ expectations by 14.4%, and The Honest Company reported revenues up 10.6%, topping estimates by 3.1%. Olaplex traded up 20.4% following the results while The Honest Company was down 12%.
Read our full analysis of Olaplex’s results here and The Honest Company’s results here.
There has been positive sentiment among investors in the personal care segment, with share prices up 3.4% on average over the last month. Nature’s Sunshine’s stock price was unchanged during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $22 (compared to the current share price of $14.32).
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