Sporting goods retailer Dick’s Sporting Goods (NYSE: DKS) will be reporting earnings this Thursday before market hours. Here’s what to expect.
Dick's missed analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $4.17 billion, up 36.3% year on year. It was a disappointing quarter for the company, with full-year revenue guidance missing analysts’ expectations significantly and a significant miss of analysts’ revenue estimates.
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This quarter, the market is expecting Dick’s revenue to grow 56.1% year on year, improving from its flat revenue 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 to stay the course heading into earnings. Dick's rarely misses Wall Street’s revenue estimates.
Looking at Dick’s peers in the specialty retail segment, some have already reported their Q4 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Bath and Body Works’s revenues decreased 2.3% year on year, beating analysts’ expectations by 4.3%, and Sally Beauty reported flat revenue, in line with consensus estimates. Bath and Body Works’s stock price was unchanged after the resultswhile Sally Beauty was down 3.5%.
Read our full analysis of Bath and Body Works’s results here and Sally Beauty’s results here.
Debates over possible tariffs and corporate tax adjustments have raised questions about economic stability in 2025. While some of the specialty retail stocks have shown solid performance in this choppy environment, the group has generally underperformed, with share prices down 9.3% on average over the last month. Dick's is down 3.6% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $238.33 (compared to the current share price of $194.57).
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