Plant-based food and beverage company SunOpta (NASDAQ: STKL) will be reporting results this Wednesday after market close. Here’s what you need to know.
SunOpta beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 3.1% last quarter, reporting revenues of $191.5 million, up 12.9% year on year. It was a strong quarter for the company, with a beat of analysts’ EPS estimates and an impressive beat of analysts’ revenue estimates.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting SunOpta’s revenue to grow 10.8% year on year to $195.3 million, slowing from the 15.5% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.03 per share.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. SunOpta has only missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates once over the last two years, exceeding top-line expectations by 0.5% on average.
Looking at SunOpta’s peers in the shelf-stable food segment, some have already reported their Q3 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Lamb Weston posted flat year-on-year revenue, beating analysts’ expectations by 2.6%, and Hershey reported revenues up 6.5%, topping estimates by 2.2%. Lamb Weston traded up 11.4% following the results while Hershey was down 3.4%.
Read our full analysis of Lamb Weston’s results here and Hershey’s results here.
Debates over possible tariffs and corporate tax adjustments have raised questions about economic stability in 2025. While some of the shelf-stable food stocks have shown solid performance in this choppy environment, the group has generally underperformed, with share prices down 6.3% on average over the last month. SunOpta is down 12.9% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $9.60 (compared to the current share price of $5.15).
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