Peet's Coffee & Tea
What analysts say:
- Buy, sell, or hold?: Analysts think investors should stand pat on Peet's with six of eight analysts rating it hold. Analysts don't like Peet's as much as competitor Jamba overall. Five out of seven analysts rate Jamba a buy compared with two of eight for Peet's. Analysts still rate the stock a hold, but they are a bit more wary about it compared with three months ago.
- Revenue forecasts: On average, analysts predict $88.7 million in revenue this quarter. That would represent a rise of 9.8% from the year-ago quarter.
- Wall Street earnings expectations: The average analyst estimate is earnings of $0.32 per share. Estimates range from $0.30 to $0.34.
What our community says:
The majority of CAPS All-Stars see Peet's as a good bet, with 63.2% assigning it an "outperform" rating. The majority of the Fools are in agreement with the All-Stars as 68.5% give it an "outperform" rating. Fools have embraced Peet's and haven't been shy with their opinions lately, logging 137 posts in the past 30 days. Peet's bearish CAPS rating of one out of five stars falls short of the Fool community sentiment.
Management:
Peet's profit has risen year over year by an average of 30.1%. Over the last four quarters, revenue has increased 6.8% on average year over year. The company's gross margin shrank by 31.9 percentage points in the last quarter. Revenue rose 9% while cost of sales rose 84.1% to $69.1 million from a year earlier.
Quarter | Q1 | Q4 | Q3 | Q2 |
Gross Margin | 21.9% | 23.4% | 19.4% | 53.7% |
Operating Margin | 9.8% | 11.1% | 7.3% | 8.3% |
Net Margin | 6.2% | 7.0% | 4.7% | 5.3% |
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