Vitamin Shoppe beats by $0.05, misses on revs; guides FY15 EPS in-line :
- Reports Q3 (Sep) earnings of $0.52 per share, excluding non-recurring items, $0.05 better than the Capital IQ Consensus of $0.47; revenues rose 1.6% year/year to $313.9 mln vs the $317.16 mln Capital IQ Consensus.
- Sales growth in the quarter was primarily driven by growth from non-comp stores.
- Retail comparable sales were 0.1% and e-commerce comparable sales were up 0.6%.
- Retail sales growth was partially offset by a decrease in manufacturing third-party sales. The company opened 15 stores in the quarter and closed one.
- Co issues in-line guidance for FY15, sees EPS of $2.05-2.15 vs. $2.08 Capital IQ Consensus Estimate.
- Total comparable sales growth to be approximately flat
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