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Lululemon shares plunge as earnings guidance falls well short of estimates
Sign at the entrance to the Lululemon store in Midtown Manhattan.
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Lululemon shares plunged in extended trading Thursday after the company gave a much worse than expected full-year outlook.
The company topped second-quarter earnings estimates but slightly missed revenue expectations. But it said it expected tariffs to hit its full-year profits by $240 million.
Lululemon said it expects full fiscal year earnings of $12.77 to $12.97 per share, well below Wall Street estimates of $14.45 per share. It also anticipates full-year revenue of $10.85 billion to $11 billion, compared with Wall Street expectations of $11.18 billion.
“We are facing yet another shift today within the industry related to tariffs and the cost of doing business,” CEO Calvin McDonald said on a call with analysts. “The increased rates and removal of the de minimis provisions have played a large part in our guidance reduction for the year.”
Here’s how the company did for its second quarter compared with what Wall Street was expecting, based on a survey of analysts by LSEG:
- Earnings per share: $3.10 vs. $2.88 expected
- Revenue: $2.53 billion vs. $2.54 billion expected
Shares of the company sank more than 12% after the bell Thursday. The stock is down more than 45% this year.
Programming note: Lululemon CEO Calvin McDonald will be interviewed exclusively on CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street” on Friday.
The company reported second-quarter net income of $370.9 million, or $3.10 per share, compared to $392.92 million, or $3.15 per share, in the year-ago period. Gross margin decreased 1.1 percentage points to 58.5%, and operating margin decreased 210 basis points to 20.7%.
CFO Meghan Frank said on the call that the removal of the de minimis exemption, which excluded some smaller shipments from tariffs, will significantly affect the company, representing roughly 1.7 percentage points of the 2.2 percentage point tariff-related decline in profit expected for the year.
Same-store sales in the Americas were down 4%. Overall comparable sales increased just 1% compared to Wall Street estimates of 2.2%. Lululemon said it added 14 net new stores during the second quarter, bringing its total to 784 stores.
“My view is that it’s now time to reset many of our practices related to how we develop and create the range of products that will fuel the next phase of our growth,” McDonald said on Thursday. “We have seen that when we get our product right, everything else can follow.”
Lululemon projects third-quarter revenues will be between $2.47 billion and $2.50 billion compared to Wall Street estimates of $2.57 billion. The company said it expects earnings per share in the next quarter to be between $2.18 and $2.23 per share, compared to an estimate of $2.93 per share.
McDonald said on the Thursday call that he believes the company has let its product lifecycles “run too long,” particularly in its lounge and social categories.
“We have become too predictable within our casual offerings and missed opportunities to create new trends,” he said, identifying those issues as the “root causes” of the company’s product challenges in the U.S.
“Our lounge and social product offerings have become stale and have not been resonating with guests,” McDonald added.
To regain its U.S. momentum, McDonald said the company plans to increase its new styles from 23% of its overall assortment to 35% next spring and improve its fast-track design capabilities. He said Lululemon will not make any short-term decisions that “could hurt or damage” the brand in the long-term.
“We are not satisfied with the results for the quarter, and we know our brand can and will perform better than these results,” McDonald said.
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Warburg to list housing finance company purchased from Shriram – The Times of India
Mumbai: Warburg Pincus-backed housing finance company Truhome Finance ( formerly Shriram Housing) has filed draft papers with capital markets regulator SEBI to raise Rs 3,000 crore through an initial public offering.The IPO will comprise a fresh issue of equity shares of face value Rs 10 aggregating up to Rs 1,500 crore and an offer for sale of equity shares of face value Rs 10 aggregating up to Rs 1,500 crore, according to the draft red herring prospectus filed with SEBI. The offer for sale will be undertaken by promoter selling shareholder Mango Crest Investment, which plans to offload shares worth up to Rs 1,500 crore.Truhome Finance plans to use the net proceeds from the fresh issue to augment its capital base to support future capital requirements, including onward lending and general corporate purposes. The funds will also help the company comply with RBI’s capital adequacy norms as its business expands.The company said the proceeds are expected to be deployed over the financial years ending March 31, 2027 and March 31, 2028.JM Financial, IIFL Capital Services, Jefferies India and Kotak Mahindra Capital Company are the book running lead managers to the issue.Warburg Pincus completed its acquisition of Shriram Housing Finance (SHFL) from Shriram Finance and other sellers in December 2024 for approximately Rs 4,630 crore, marking a strategic shift in India’s housing finance sector.
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Ticketmaster parent Live Nation reaches settlement with Department of Justice over antitrust concerns
Signs are seen at the Live Nation NYC headquarters on May 23, 2024 in New York City.
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Live Nation Entertainment has reached a settlement with the Department of Justice over antitrust concerns surrounding its Ticketmaster platform, a senior DOJ official said Monday.
The settlement would see Ticketmaster unwind some of its exclusivity agreements with musical artists and open up the ticketing industry to greater competition. It still needs approval by more than 20 states that had filed suit and by the court.
As part of the settlement, Ticketmaster will offer a standalone third-party ticketing system for other companies like SeatGeek to use its technology. Live Nation has also agreed to divest at least 13 of its amphitheaters and will no longer be able to require artists to use other Live Nation products tied to its venues. It has also agreed to pay roughly $280 million in civil penalties.
Shares of Live Nation rose 5% in morning trading. Live Nation and Ticketmaster did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Ticketmaster has long faced criticism that its dominance in the live events and ticketing space pushes up prices for consumers. The company has come under heightened scrutiny in recent years from fans who argue that it’s become harder and pricier to snag coveted event tickets.
In 2022, the backlash boiled over when the rollout of tickets for Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour was mishandled, leading to a probe of the company. And in 2024, the DOJ — along with more than two dozen states — sued to break up Live Nation and Ticketmaster, which merged in 2010.
In September, Live Nation was separately sued by the Federal Trade Commission over what the agency called “illegal” ticket resale tactics. The FTC said Ticketmaster controls roughly 80% of major concert venues’ ticketing.
In a Monday statement, New York Attorney General Letitia James said her office would continue to fight against Live Nation’s alleged monopoly even after its agreement with the DOJ.
“The settlement recently announced with the U.S. Department of Justice fails to address the monopoly at the center of this case, and would benefit Live Nation at the expense of consumers. We cannot agree to it,” said James, who is joined by the attorneys general of more than 20 other states.
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