Fomento Economico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V. (FMX - Free Report) or FEMSA is slated to report first-quarter 2018 results on Apr 26, after the closing bell.
The company’s earnings missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate in three of the trailing four quarters. However, it delivered an average positive surprise of 45.9%. Notably, the company has been losing its position, lately, due to a dismal surprise trend for both top and bottom lines. It has delivered negative earnings surprise in five of the preceding six quarters. Moreover, revenues lagged estimates in three of the last four quarters.
The question lingering in investors’ minds now is, whether or not FEMSA will be able to deliver a positive earnings surprise in the quarter to be reported.
What to Expect?
The Zacks Consensus Estimate for the quarter under review is pegged at 55 cents, which moved up 2 cents in the last seven days. Further, the estimate for the quarter reflects 12.2% growth year over year. Additionally, analysts polled by Zacks expect revenues of $6.12 billion, representing rise of 13.1% from the year-ago quarter.
Factors Likely to Impact the Quarter
We remain impressed with FEMSA’s focus on strategic measures, including expanding store base, diversifying business portfolio and focus on core business activities. Evidently, the company has been taking prudent steps to diversify its product portfolio while expanding in the small-box retail segment, which bode well for future operating performance.
Moreover, its focus on achieving growth via acquisitions looks good. The company’s exposure in various industries, including beverage, beer and retail, gives FEMSA an edge over competitors. In fact, the company’s strong cash flow generation capacity enables it to make incremental investments in business expansion.
These attributes have helped the stock gain 8.1% in the past month, outperforming 0.3% growth recorded by the industry. This reflects a positive sentiment on the stock ahead of earnings.
However, we cannot ignore the near-term headwinds that may bother the stock’s growth. These mainly include the dismal top- and bottom-line trends, as well as the continued decline in margins.
So, let’s see if FEMSA’s upcoming quarterly performance can help it break the dismal earnings surprise trend backed by its strategic endeavors.
What the Zacks Model Unveils?
Our proven model does not show that FEMSA is likely to beat estimates this quarter. This is because a stock needs to have both a positive Earnings ESP and a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), 2 (Buy) or 3 (Hold) for this to happen. You can uncover the best stocks to buy or sell before they’re reported with our Earnings ESP Filter.
While FEMSA has a Zacks Rank #3, an Earnings ESP of 0.00% lowers the chances of a beat in the ensuing release.
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Fomento Economico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V. (FMX - Free Report) or FEMSA is slated to report first-quarter 2018 results on Apr 26, after the closing bell.
The company’s earnings missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate in three of the trailing four quarters. However, it delivered an average positive surprise of 45.9%. Notably, the company has been losing its position, lately, due to a dismal surprise trend for both top and bottom lines. It has delivered negative earnings surprise in five of the preceding six quarters. Moreover, revenues lagged estimates in three of the last four quarters.
The question lingering in investors’ minds now is, whether or not FEMSA will be able to deliver a positive earnings surprise in the quarter to be reported.
What to Expect?
The Zacks Consensus Estimate for the quarter under review is pegged at 55 cents, which moved up 2 cents in the last seven days. Further, the estimate for the quarter reflects 12.2% growth year over year. Additionally, analysts polled by Zacks expect revenues of $6.12 billion, representing rise of 13.1% from the year-ago quarter.
Factors Likely to Impact the Quarter
We remain impressed with FEMSA’s focus on strategic measures, including expanding store base, diversifying business portfolio and focus on core business activities. Evidently, the company has been taking prudent steps to diversify its product portfolio while expanding in the small-box retail segment, which bode well for future operating performance.
Moreover, its focus on achieving growth via acquisitions looks good. The company’s exposure in various industries, including beverage, beer and retail, gives FEMSA an edge over competitors. In fact, the company’s strong cash flow generation capacity enables it to make incremental investments in business expansion.
These attributes have helped the stock gain 8.1% in the past month, outperforming 0.3% growth recorded by the industry. This reflects a positive sentiment on the stock ahead of earnings.
However, we cannot ignore the near-term headwinds that may bother the stock’s growth. These mainly include the dismal top- and bottom-line trends, as well as the continued decline in margins.
So, let’s see if FEMSA’s upcoming quarterly performance can help it break the dismal earnings surprise trend backed by its strategic endeavors.
What the Zacks Model Unveils?
Our proven model does not show that FEMSA is likely to beat estimates this quarter. This is because a stock needs to have both a positive Earnings ESP and a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), 2 (Buy) or 3 (Hold) for this to happen. You can uncover the best stocks to buy or sell before they’re reported with our Earnings ESP Filter.
While FEMSA has a Zacks Rank #3, an Earnings ESP of 0.00% lowers the chances of a beat in the ensuing release.
Stocks With Favorable Combination
Here are some companies you may want to consider as our model shows that these have the right combination of elements to post an earnings beat:
The Coca-Cola Company (KO - Free Report) has an Earnings ESP of +0.24% and a Zacks Rank #2. You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.
The Boston Beer Company Inc. (SAM - Free Report) has an Earnings ESP of +35.65% and a Zacks Rank #3.
Colgate-Palmolive Company (CL - Free Report) has an Earnings ESP of +0.69% and a Zacks Rank #3.
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It's hard to believe, even for us at Zacks. But while the market gained +21.9% in 2017, our top stock-picking screens have returned +115.0%, +109.3%, +104.9%, +98.6%, and +67.1%.
And this outperformance has not just been a recent phenomenon. Over the years it has been remarkably consistent. From 2000 - 2017, the composite yearly average gain for these strategies has beaten the market more than 19X over. Maybe even more remarkable is the fact that we're willing to share their latest stocks with you without cost or obligation.
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From thousands of stocks, 5 Zacks experts each have chosen their favorite to skyrocket +100% or more in months to come. From those 5, Director of Research Sheraz Mian hand-picks one to have the most explosive upside of all.
It’s a little-known chemical company that’s up 65% over last year, yet still dirt cheap. With unrelenting demand, soaring 2022 earnings estimates, and $1.5 billion for repurchasing shares, retail investors could jump in at any time.
This company could rival or surpass other recent Zacks’ Stocks Set to Double like Boston Beer Company which shot up +143.0% in little more than 9 months and NVIDIA which boomed +175.9% in one year.
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