Beer, wine, and spirits company Constellation Brands (NYSE: STZ) will be announcing earnings results this Monday after the bell. Here’s what investors should know.
Constellation Brands missed analysts’ revenue expectations by 1.5% last quarter, reporting revenues of $2.52 billion, down 5.5% year on year. It was a slower quarter for the company, with a miss of analysts’ EBITDA and gross margin estimates.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting Constellation Brands’s revenue to decline 15.4% year on year to $2.47 billion, a reversal from the 2.9% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $3.41 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. Constellation Brands has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates five times over the last two years.
Looking at Constellation Brands’s peers in the consumer staples segment, some have already reported their Q3 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Lamb Weston posted flat year-on-year revenue, beating analysts’ expectations by 2.6%, and Conagra reported a revenue decline of 5.8%, topping estimates by 0.7%. Lamb Weston traded up 11.4% following the results while Conagra was also up 5%.
Read our full analysis of Lamb Weston’s results here and Conagra’s results here.
Debates over possible tariffs and corporate tax adjustments have raised questions about economic stability in 2025. While some of the consumer staples stocks have shown solid performance in this choppy environment, the group has generally underperformed, with share prices down 4.3% on average over the last month. Constellation Brands is down 3.9% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $174.78 (compared to the current share price of $142.70).
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