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Macy’s beats Q3 earnings estimates; revenues fall short of expectations

Macy’s Inc. (NYSE: M) reported better-than-expected earnings for the third quarter of 2019 but sales fell short of estimates. The company also lowered its annual sales and EPS guidance. Shares dropped 5% in premarket hours on Thursday.

Net sales fell 5% year-over-year to $5.17 billion, missing the consensus target of $5.3 billion. Comparable sales fell 3.9% on an owned basis and 3.5% on an owned plus licensed basis.

Macy's beat Q3 2019 earnings estimates but missed revenue expectations

On a GAAP basis, net income amounted to $2 million, or $0.01 per share, compared to $62 million, or $0.20 per share, in the prior-year quarter. Adjusted net income totaled $21 million, or $0.07 per share. Analysts had predicted an adjusted loss of $0.01 per share.  

CEO Jeff Gennette said, “Our third quarter sales were impacted by the late arrival of cold weather, continued soft international tourism and weaker than anticipated performance in lower tier malls. We also experienced a temporary impact on our e-commerce business due in part to work on the site in preparation for the fourth quarter. The team has completed that work, the site is upgraded and our customers can expect an improved experience this holiday season.”

Macy’s expressed confidence in its holiday strategies and stated that it has fully updated its Growth150 stores and completed the 2019 expansion of Backstage.  

Also read: Gap Q3 2019 Earnings Preview

In the third quarter, asset sale gains totaled $17 million pre-tax, or $13 million after-tax, compared to asset sale gains of $42 million pre-tax, or $31 million after-tax, last year.

Based mainly on the impact of its third quarter sales trend, Macy’s updated its annual guidance. The company now expects full-year 2019 net sales to be down 2.5% to 2% versus the previous outlook of approx. flat. The outlook for adjusted EPS was lowered to a range of $2.57-2.77 from the prior range of $2.85-3.05.

For 2019, comparable sales on an owned plus licensed basis is now expected to be down 1.5% to 1%, while comparable sales on an owned basis is expected to be approx. 20 basis points below comparable sales on an owned plus licensed basis. The earlier outlook for both these metrics was flat to up 1%.

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