Energy drink company Celsius (NASDAQ: CELH) will be reporting earnings this Thursday before market hours. Here’s what investors should know.
Celsius beat analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $725.1 million, up 173% year on year. It was an exceptional quarter for the company, with a beat of analysts’ EPS estimates and a solid beat of analysts’ EBITDA estimates.
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This quarter, the market is expecting Celsius’s revenue to grow 91.2% year on year, a reversal from the 4.4% decrease it recorded in the same quarter last year.
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. Celsius has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates multiple times over the last two years.
Looking at Celsius’s peers in the beverages, alcohol, and tobacco segment, some have already reported their Q4 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Vita Coco posted flat year-on-year revenue, beating analysts’ expectations by 6.2%, and Boston Beer reported a revenue decline of 4.1%, in line with consensus estimates. Vita Coco traded down 8.4% following the results.
Read our full analysis of Vita Coco’s results here and Boston Beer’s results here.
There has been positive sentiment among investors in the beverages, alcohol, and tobacco segment, with share prices up 3.7% on average over the last month. Celsius is down 6.5% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $64 (compared to the current share price of $51.07).
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