Golf Clap for Coach

Seth Jayson, The Motley Fool
Updated

Coach (NYS: COH) reported earnings on July 30. Here are the numbers you need to know.

The 10-second takeaway
 For the quarter ended June 29 (Q4), Coach met expectations on revenues and met expectations on earnings per share.

Compared to the prior-year quarter, revenue increased. Non-GAAP earnings per share grew. GAAP earnings per share dropped.


Gross margins were steady, operating margins shrank, net margins dropped.

Revenue details
 Coach logged revenue of $1.22 billion. The 30 analysts polled by S&P Capital IQ expected to see net sales of $1.24 billion on the same basis. GAAP reported sales were 5.8% higher than the prior-year quarter's $1.16 billion.

Source: S&P Capital IQ. Quarterly periods. Dollar amounts in millions. Non-GAAP figures may vary to maintain comparability with estimates.

EPS details
 EPS came in at $0.89. The 29 earnings estimates compiled by S&P Capital IQ anticipated $0.89 per share. Non-GAAP EPS of $0.89 for Q4 were 3.5% higher than the prior-year quarter's $0.86 per share. GAAP EPS of $0.78 for Q4 were 9.3% lower than the prior-year quarter's $0.86 per share.

Source: S&P Capital IQ. Quarterly periods. Non-GAAP figures may vary to maintain comparability with estimates.

Margin details
 For the quarter, gross margin was 72.6%, much about the same as the prior-year quarter. Operating margin was 26.0%, 440 basis points worse than the prior-year quarter. Net margin was 18.1%, 370 basis points worse than the prior-year quarter. (Margins calculated in GAAP terms.)

Looking ahead
 Next quarter's average estimate for revenue is $1.24 billion. On the bottom line, the average EPS estimate is $0.85.

Next year's average estimate for revenue is $5.50 billion. The average EPS estimate is $4.13.

Investor sentiment
 The stock has a four-star rating (out of five) at Motley Fool CAPS, with 2,936 members out of 3,121 rating the stock outperform, and 185 members rating it underperform. Among 950 CAPS All-Star picks (recommendations by the highest-ranked CAPS members), 924 give Coach a green thumbs-up, and 26 give it a red thumbs-down.

Of Wall Street recommendations tracked by S&P Capital IQ, the average opinion on Coach is outperform, with an average price target of $63.02.

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