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Green Mountain Q3 Revenue Falls Short of Estimates, Shares Plunge in Afterhours (GMCR)

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Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. (NASDAQ: GMCR) reported better than expected fiscal third quarter earnings late on Wednesday as the bottom line was boosted by lower costs of coffee and improved sales of single serve K-Cups; nevertheless, shares tumbled about 6.15% in aftermarket hours as overall sales fell short of expectation.

The Company also handed slightly cautious outlook for the fiscal fourth quarter.

Green Mountain’s monopoly on a single serves coffee business ended last year when its patents on K-Cups expired. Since then the stock has been subject to close scrutiny as investors look for whether the company will be able to face rising competition.

For the fiscal third quarter, the company reported a profit of $116.4 million compared to a net income of $73.3 million, in the year-earlier quarter, a 59% growth.

Non-GAAP earnings stood at 82 cents a share, edging past analysts’ expectation of 77 cents a share. The Company reported adjusted earnings of 52 cents a share, in the same quarter of last year.

Revenue climbed 11% to $967.1 million from $869.2 million, in the year earlier quarter but missed analysts’ forecast for $981 million.

Sales of single serve K-Cups jumped 18% to $751.7 million but sales from brewers and accessories segment declined 4% in the third quarter. Revenue from royalties and other products fell 11%.

For the fiscal fourth quarter, the Waterbury, Vermont-based company anticipates EPS of 69 cents to 74 cents on assumption that sales will grow 11% to 15%. Analysts were anticipating earnings of 72 cents a share.








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Ed Liston is a senior contributing editor at TheStockMarketWatch.com. An active market watcher and investor, Ed guides an independent team of experienced analysts and writes for multiple stock trader publications. He is widely quoted in various financial publications on the Internet. When Ed is not writing about stocks, investing in stocks, talking about stocks, or otherwise doing something stock related, he likes to go sailing and fishing.

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