Racing, gaming, and entertainment company Churchill Downs (NASDAQ: CHDN) will be reporting earnings this Wednesday after the bell. Here’s what you need to know.
Churchill Downs beat analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $665.9 million, up 6.7% year on year. It was a slower quarter for the company, with a significant miss of analysts’ EPS estimates and a miss of analysts’ adjusted operating income estimates.
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This quarter, the market is expecting Churchill Downs’s revenue to grow 3.2% year on year, slowing from the 8.7% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year.
The majority of analysts covering the company have reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Churchill Downs has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates multiple times over the last two years.
Looking at Churchill Downs’s peers in the consumer discretionary segment, some have already reported their Q1 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Levi's delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 14.1%, beating analysts’ expectations by 5.6%, and Nike reported flat revenue, in line with consensus estimates. Levi's traded up 10.7% following the results while Nike was down 15.5%.
Read our full analysis of Levi’s results here and Nike’s results here.
There has been positive sentiment among investors in the consumer discretionary segment, with share prices up 12.7% on average over the last month. Churchill Downs is up 11.5% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $135.58 (compared to the current share price of $94.37).
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