ORLANDO, Fla. — Lululemon and Abercrombie & Fitch raised their fourth-quarter outlooks on Monday after seeing a strong response from shoppers during the all-important holiday season.
Lululemon’s new outlook went over well with investors, leading shares to tick higher in early trading. But Abercrombie’s stock tumbled about 17% as investors wonder if its rapid growth is coming to an end.
Lululemon now expects sales to grow between 11% and 12% to between $3.56 billion and $3.58 billion, up from a previous range of $3.48 billion and $3.51 billion.
Excluding an additional fiscal week the company will have in the fourth quarter of 2024, Lululemon expects sales growth of between 6% and 7%.
The company also hiked its profit outlook. Lululemon is now forecasting fourth-quarter earnings per share to be between $5.81 and $5.85, compared with previous guidance of between $5.56 and $5.64. It expects gross margins to grow by 0.3 percentage point after previously forecasting they would decline between 0.2 and 0.3 percentage point.
“During the holiday season, our guests responded well to our product offering, enabling us to increase our fourth quarter guidance,” finance chief Meghan Frank said in a statement.
Meanwhile, Abercrombie also expects its holiday quarter to be slightly better than anticipated. The apparel company nudged up its net sales growth outlook to a range of between 7% and 8%, compared with previous guidance of between 5% and 7%.
Abercrombie now expects full-year sales to grow 15%. It previously expected sales to rise between 14% and 15% for the period.
The outlook is a far cry from the blockbuster numbers that Abercrombie put out last year, when holiday sales jumped by a staggering 21% compared with the year-ago period.
Investors bullish on Abercrombie would say that it makes sense to see the company’s growth start to slow down as it matures and laps tougher comparisons from the year-ago period, but following about two years of explosive stock growth, some could be turning bearish.
Still, Abercrombie’s full year-sales guidance is close to what it put out last year, when revenue grew by 16%.
In a news release, Abercrombie CEO Fran Horowitz signaled that moving forward, the company will be more focused on boosting profits than sales as it looks to “drive long-term shareholder value.”
“Following an expected two years of double-digit top and bottom-line growth, I am as confident as ever in the power of our brands and operating model as we move forward, supported by the outstanding capabilities we’ve built,” said Horowitz. “In 2025, we will look to continue sustainable, profitable growth through the execution of our playbooks to win and retain customers around the world. Our goal is to leverage our healthy margin structure and balance sheet to grow operating income dollars and earnings per share at rates faster than sales.”
The retailers released their guidance ahead of the annual ICR conference in Orlando when some of the most prominent U.S. retailers are expected to announce early holiday results and meet with investors and analysts about their performance. The conference brings together Wall Street’s biggest banks, law firms, private equity firms and investors, and is known to set the tone for consumer deal-making and retailer performance at the start of the year.
Macy’s, which is expected to present at the conference, also released early results but didn’t have good news to share like some of its competitors. The department store is now expecting sales to be at, or slightly below, its previously issued range of between $7.8 billion and $8.0 billion. Its shares fell more than 6% in early trading.
Urban Outfitters also released early holiday results and said net sales for the two months ended Dec. 31 grew 10% compared with the year-ago period. Comparable retail segment sales rose 6%, driven by strong online sales.
Urban’s namesake banner saw comparable sales fall 4% as the chain continued to underperform Anthropologie and Free People, where comparable sales grew 10% and 9%, respectively.
Meanwhile, sales soared 55% at Urban’s rental service Nuuly, driven by a 53% increase in average active subscribers.
Shares dropped nearly 5% in early trading.
American Eagle also raised its fourth-quarter outlook, and said it expects operating profit of about $135 million, up from its previous guidance of $125 million. It said comparable sales for the quarter through Jan. 4 were up by low single digits, compared with prior guidance of up 1%.
Shares fell about 4% in early trading.
Overall, the holiday shopping season wasn’t expected to produce the blowout numbers that became common in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic. The National Retail Federation said it was expecting sales to grow between 2.5% and 3.5%. When inflation is taken into account, real growth was expected to be minimal.
Still, some early reads have signaled that the holiday season may be a bit better than expected.
Retail sales for the holiday season in the U.S., excluding automotive sales, rose 3.8% year over year between Nov. 1 through Dec. 24, according to Mastercard SpendingPulse, which measures in-store and online sales across payment types.
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