Golf equipment and apparel company Acushnet (NYSE: GOLF) will be announcing earnings results this Thursday before market open. Here’s what to look for.
Acushnet beat analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $657.7 million, up 6% year on year. It was a strong quarter for the company, with a solid beat of analysts’ adjusted operating income estimates and an impressive beat of analysts’ EBITDA estimates.
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This quarter, the market is expecting Acushnet’s revenue to grow 2% year on year, slowing from the 7.8% increase 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. Acushnet has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates multiple times over the last two years.
Looking at Acushnet’s peers in the consumer discretionary - leisure products segment, some have already reported their Q4 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. MasterCraft delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 13.2%, beating analysts’ expectations by 4.1%, and Brunswick reported revenues up 15.5%, topping estimates by 10.3%. MasterCraft traded up 8.9% following the results while Brunswick was down 4.7%.
Read our full analysis of MasterCraft’s results here and Brunswick’s results here.
Debates around the economy’s health and the impact of potential tariffs and corporate tax cuts have caused much uncertainty in 2025. While some of the consumer discretionary - leisure products stocks have shown solid performance in this choppy environment, the group has generally underperformed, with share prices down 2.3% on average over the last month. Acushnet is up 6.6% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $90.14 (compared to the current share price of $100.10).
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