Natural food company Hain Celestial (NASDAQ: HAIN) will be announcing earnings results this Friday before market open. Here’s what to look for.
Hain Celestial missed analysts’ revenue expectations by 2.3% last quarter, reporting revenues of $363.3 million, down 13.2% year on year. It was a disappointing quarter for the company, with a significant miss of analysts’ organic revenue and adjusted operating income estimates.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting Hain Celestial’s revenue to decline 8.7% year on year to $360.5 million, a further deceleration from the 7.2% decrease it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted loss is expected to come in at -$0.05 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.
Looking at Hain Celestial’s peers in the shelf-stable food segment, some have already reported their Q3 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. SunOpta delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 16.6%, beating analysts’ expectations by 5.2%, and Lamb Weston reported flat revenue, topping estimates by 2.6%. Lamb Weston traded up 11.4% following the results.
Read our full analysis of SunOpta’s results here and Lamb Weston’s results here.
The outlook for 2025 remains clouded by potential trade policy changes and corporate tax discussions, which could impact business confidence and growth. While some of the shelf-stable food stocks have shown solid performance in this choppy environment, the group has generally underperformed, with share prices down 6.3% on average over the last month. Hain Celestial is down 19.6% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $2.60 (compared to the current share price of $1.15).
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