Herbalife Beats Q2 Forecast, FY Guidance Optimistic (HLF)
Shares of Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE: HLF) rallied almost 6% in afterhours trading hours on Monday after the nutritional maker said that fiscal second quarter profit increased 8.5%, aided by double digit growth in sales.
The Company also raised full-year guidance; however outlook for the current quarter was cautious.
For the full-year fiscal, the Company now anticipates earnings to be in the range of $4.83 to $4.95 a share, on assumption that sales growth will be 16% to 18%, compared to its previous guidance for earnings of $4.60 to $4.80 a share on sales growth of 13% to 15%.
For the current quarter, Herbalife expects earnings of $1.09 to $1.13 a share on sales growth of 16.5% to 18.5%. Analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters had forecasted earnings of $1.16 on sales growth of 13%.
Herbalife, which specializes in products focused on weight loss such as shakes and other supplements , reported net income of $143.2 million or $1.34 a share for the fiscal second quarter compared to a net income of $132 million or $1.09 a share, in the year-earlier quarter.
Stripping out onetime items such as impact of currency devaluation in Venezuela, litigation expenses and charges related to re-audit of financial statements as KPMG resigned as its auditor which prompted the company to appoint a new auditor, non-GAAP earnings stood at $1.41 a share.
Sales jumped 18% to $1.22 billion.
Analysts’ consensus estimate was for earnings of $1.18 a share on sales of $1.16 billion.
Gross margin fell to 79.7% from 80.3%, in the same quarter of last year.
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