Entertainment venue operator Lucky Strike (NYSE: LUCK) will be reporting results this Thursday before market hours. Here’s what investors should know.
Lucky Strike missed analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $342.2 million, flat year on year. It was a softer quarter for the company, with a significant miss of analysts’ EPS estimates and full-year EBITDA guidance missing analysts’ expectations.
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This quarter, the market is expecting Lucky Strike’s revenue to grow 3.1% year on year, slowing from the 6.1% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business will stay the course heading into earnings. Lucky Strike has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates multiple times over the last two years.
Looking at Lucky Strike’s peers in the consumer discretionary - leisure facilities segment, some have already reported their Q2 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. AMC Entertainment delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 14.2%, beating analysts’ expectations by 8.7%, and Sphere Entertainment reported revenues up 11%, topping estimates by 1.8%. AMC Entertainment traded up 13.4% following the results while Sphere Entertainment was also up 2.2%.
Read our full analysis of AMC Entertainment’s results here and Sphere Entertainment’s results here.
Investors in the consumer discretionary - leisure facilities segment have had steady hands going into earnings, with share prices flat over the last month. Lucky Strike is down 2.8% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $9.94 (compared to the current share price of $6.87).
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