=Habit Restaurants (HABT) reported earnings on Thur 2 March 17 (a/h)

Habit Restaurants beats by $0.04, reports revs in-line; guides FY17 revs in-line:

• Reports Q4 (Dec) earnings of $0.07 per share, excluding non-recurring items, $0.04 better than the Capital IQ Consensus of $0.03; revenues rose 21.9% year/year to $73.9 mln vs the $73.29 mln Capital IQ Consensus
  • Company-operated comparable restaurant sales growth of ~2.0% with the first quarter flat to slightly positive
• Co issues in-line guidance for FY17, sees FY17 revs of $338-342 mln vs. $339.44 mln Capital IQ Consensus Estimate