=Habit Restaurants (HABT) reported earnings on Tue 30 Oct 2018 (a/h)

Habit Restaurants beats by $0.05, beats on revs; guides FY18 revs above consensus 

Reports Q3 (Sep) adj earnings of $0.05 per share, $0.05 better than the S&P Capital IQ Consensus of ($0.00); revenues rose 23.7% year/year to $104.64 mln vs the $101.43 mln S&P Capital IQ Consensus.

Co issues upside guidancefor FY18, sees FY18 revs of $397-399 mln vs. $395.88 mln S&P Capital IQ Consensus; sees co-owned full yr comps up 1.5%, which implies 1.5-2.5% Q4 comp growth.

=Habit Restaurants (HABT) reported earnings on Wed 28 Feb 2018 (a/h)

Habit Restaurants beats by $0.01, reports revs in-line; guides FY18 revs in-line 

• Reports Q4 (Dec) net of breakeven at $(0.00), excluding non-recurring items, $0.01 better than the Capital IQ Consensus of ($0.01); revenues rose 15.2% year/year to $85.09 mln vs the $85.65 mln Capital IQ Consensus.
  • Company-operated comps decreased -1.0% in Q4.
• Co issues in-line guidance for FY18, sees FY18 revs of $389-393 mln vs. $389.51 mln Capital IQ Consensus Estimate.
  • 2018 Outlook: Co guides to company-operated comps of flat to slightly positive for the year; co expects the opening of approximately 30 company-operated restaurants and 6-8 franchised/licensed restaurants; Restaurant contribution margin of 16-17%.

-=Habit Restaurants (HABT) reported earnings on Thur 2 Nov 2017 (b/o)

Habit Restaurants misses by $0.02, misses on revs; guides FY17 revs below consensus 

• Reports Q3 (Sep) earnings of $0.01 per share, excluding non-recurring items, $0.02 worse thanthe Capital IQ Consensus of $0.03; revenues rose 17.7% year/year to $84.6 mln vs the $85.77 mln Capital IQ Consensus.
• Adjusted EBITDA was $6.9 million compared to $7.4 million for the third quarter of 2016.
• Company-operated comparable restaurant sales decreased 0.2% as compared to the third quarter of 2016
• Co issues downside guidance for FY17, sees FY17 revs of $331-333 mln vs. $335.67 mln Capital IQ Consensus Estimate.
• Co sees company-operated comparable restaurant sales of flat to slightly negative
• "Despite another challenging quarter we are pleased with the consumer responses around our recent limited-time offers as well as effectiveness around our most recent radio campaign in Northern and Southern California."
• "During the quarter, we opened six new company-operated Habit Burger Grills, including one location in Pennsylvania, our 11th state. In addition, we signed a new franchise agreement in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. With 19 new company-operated restaurants and five new franchised restaurants opened as of the end of the third quarter, we continue to expect to open between 31 and 33 new company-operated restaurants during 2017, and we expect our franchisees to open an aggregate of five to seven locations this year." 

=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