Specialty food company The Marzetti Company (NASDAQ: MZTI) will be reporting earnings this Tuesday morning. Here’s what to look for.
The Marzetti Company beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 4.1% last quarter, reporting revenues of $475.4 million, up 5% year on year. It was a satisfactory quarter for the company, with an impressive beat of analysts’ revenue estimates but a miss of analysts’ adjusted operating income estimates.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting The Marzetti Company’s revenue to grow 1.7% year on year to $474.4 million, in line with the 1.1% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $1.70 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. The Marzetti Company has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates four times over the last two years.
Looking at The Marzetti Company’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. Lamb Weston posted flat year-on-year revenue, beating analysts’ expectations by 2.6%, and Hershey reported revenues up 6.5%, topping estimates by 2.2%. Lamb Weston traded up 11.4% following the results while Hershey was down 3.4%.
Read our full analysis of Lamb Weston’s results here and Hershey’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 5.9% on average over the last month. The Marzetti Company is down 5% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $196.20 (compared to the current share price of $156.79).
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