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Rocked Like A Hurricane
The most recent quarter excluded $0.07 per share due to the effects of Super Storm Sandy. The company faced a street estimate of $0.66 but guided estimates to between $0.60-$0.63, and also took down guidance for 2013.
Company Description
Life Time Fitness operates sports and athletic, professional fitness, family recreation, and spa centers. As of February 28, 2013, it operated 105 centers under the LIFE TIME FITNESS and LIFE TIME ATHLETIC brands in the United States and Canada. Life Time Fitness, Inc. was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Chanhassen, Minnesota.
LTM Beats Estimates After Guiding Down
One look at a price chart of LTM and you can see why guiding lower can really hurt a stock. The most recent quarter will go down as a beat, with the company topping the refined Zacks Consensus Estimate by $0.01 about three weeks after the company warned that it would not meet Wall Street expectations.
The December 2011 quarter saw a similar problem, but this time it was a just a straight miss. The company reported earnings of $0.48 when the Zacks Consensus was calling for $0.55 for a 12.7% negative earnings surprise. Seems the New Years Resolutions aren't being kept!
LTM Sees Estimates Moving Lower
Estimates for LTM have been declining of late. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for 2013 for LTM stood at $3.19 as of September 2012. The consensus has since dropped to $2.90 in January 2013 and now stands at $2.89. Similarly, estimates for 2014 have moved from $3.57 in September 2012 to their current level of $3.26.
Valuation
Following the big drop in share price, the valuation for LTM has become more reasonable. The trailing twelve months PE multiple of 16x is less than the industry average of 29x. The forward earnings multiple of 15x is much closer to the 22x industry average, but still trading at a discount. Price to book and price to sales multiples for LTM are pretty much in line with the industry averages.
The Chart
The 3 month chart below shows the stock doing the Wall Street equivalent of "pulling a muscle." With the stock close to 52 week highs before the pre-announcement, a one day drop of 10 points put the stock much closer the its 52 week lows. Since that time, the stock has increased small amount, but the expectations for the future seem to get weaker and weaker.
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