Earnings To Watch: Zumiez (ZUMZ) Reports Q4 Results Tomorrow

Clothing and footwear retailer Zumiez (NASDAQ:ZUMZ) will be announcing earnings results tomorrow after market hours. Here's what you need to know.

Last quarter Zumiez reported revenues of $216.3 million, down 8.9% year on year, beating analyst revenue expectations by 1.3%. It was a strong quarter for the company, with an impressive beat of analysts' earnings estimates and revenue guidance for next quarter exceeding analysts' expectations.

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This quarter analysts are expecting Zumiez's revenue to decline 1.2% year on year to $276.7 million, improvement on the 19.2% year-over-year decrease in revenue the company had recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.26 per share.

Majority of analysts covering the company have reconfirmed their estimates over the last thirty days, suggesting they are expecting the business to stay the course heading into the earnings. The company missed Wall St's revenue estimates twice over the last two years.

Looking at Zumiez's peers in the apparel retailer segment, some of them have already reported Q4 earnings results, giving us a hint of what we can expect. Gap delivered top-line growth of 1.3% year on year, beating analyst estimates by 1.7% and Abercrombie and Fitch reported revenues up 21.1% year on year, exceeding estimates by 1.5%. Gap traded up 9.2% on the results, and Abercrombie and Fitch was flat on the results.

Read our full analysis of Gap's results here and Abercrombie and Fitch's results here.

There has been positive sentiment among investors in the apparel retailer segment, with the stocks up on average 5.3% over the last month. Zumiez is down 13.3% during the same time, and is heading into the earnings with analyst price target of $18.5, compared to share price of $15.49.

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