==Potbelly (PBPB) reported earnings on Wed 1 Nov 23 (a/h)

 

Potbelly beats by $0.04, reports revs in-line; comps +8%

• Reports Q3 (Sep) earnings of $0.04 per share, excluding non-recurring items, $0.04 better than the FactSet Consensus of ($0.00); revenues rose 2.7% year/year to $120.77 mln vs the $121.59 mln FactSet Consensus.
• Positive same-store sales for the tenth-consecutive quarter, ending the third quarter at +8.0%, with traffic growth as a major driver and expansion of traffic share during each period of the quarter.
• Sees Q4 SSS +4% to +6%, adj. EBITDA of $5-$7 mln, average sales of $24,250-$24,750 AWS.

Earnings this week : Oct 30 - Nov 3, 23 (wk 44)

Monday (Oct 30)

• Morning:  CHKP CNA JKS MCD ON RVTY SJW SOFI WDC XPO
• Afternoon: ADUS AGNC AMKR ACGL ANET AXNX BCC BRX CSWC CHGG CRK CACC CWK DENN PLOW EQC FMC FWRD HLIT PEAK HTLF IRT INST KMPR KFRC LSCC LEG MATX MPWR OGS OTTR PDM PINS PCH PSMT PSA LUNG QGEN RMBS SPG THC RIG TREX VFC VRNS VNO WELL WOLF WK ZI

Tuesday (Oct 31)

• Morning: AGCO ALLE AME AMGN BUD ARES TECH BP CCJ CAT CVLT DORM DEA ETN ECL NPO EPD ETRN BEN GEHC GPN GPK GPRE HRMY HAYW HNI HUBB INCY NSP IGT IPGP JBLU LDOS LGIH LXP MAC MBUU MPC MPLX MSCI NBIX PRFT PFE PJT PEG PACK RGEN ST SSTK SIRI SFM STVN SYY TNC COCO BLD UFPI WEC XYL ZBRA
• Afternoon:  AEIS AMD APAM AIZ BLKB CZR CHK CGNX DEI EQH EQR FSLR FRSH HUN LFUS LTHM LUMN MTCH MTH MTG NE OI OKE PAYC PECO PRO SAFE SKY SON TX UNM VOYA XHR YUMC

Wednesday (Nov 1)

• Morning:  ALIT APLS APO ASTE AVNS AVA AXTA BLCO BRY EAT BLDR GOOS CDW CERE CHEF CLH CMCO CNDT CVS DRH DBRG DIN DFIN DRVN DTM DTE DNB DD ETR ESAB EL EXTR FWRG FDP FTDR FYBR GRMN GNRC GSK HUM IDXX IQV JHG KMT KHC LIVN MLM MTRN NMRK NI NCLH PSN PERI PUMP RDWR SMG SITE SHC SPR SXC SUN SPWR TEL TKR TT TRMB TTMI UTHR VRSK W WING YUM
• Afternoon:  EGHT AFL ABNB ALB ALKT ALL ATUS AFG AIG AWK AMWL ANSS ACA ATRC CAR AVT ACLS AXS BALY BMRN BKH BXP BFAM BWXT CHRW CRC CPE CWH CWST CDAY CF CAKE CHRD CWAN CTSH CFLT CORT CLB CCRN CSGS CW DASH DXC ELF EIX EA ECPG ERII ET ETSY EXAS EXEL FARO FSLY FORM FCPT GKOS THG HLF HST HPP NARI INFA IR NGVT IIPR FROG JOBY KW LMAT LMND LNC MGY MTW MRO VAC MCK MLNK MET MSTR MIR MKSI MOD MDLZ MUSA NFG NSA NVRO NMIH NOG NUS NTR KAR PBPB  PLMR PGRE PK PYPL PRCT PCOR PRU PTC QTWO QRVO QCOM QDEL QNST RDN RPD RYN RRX RELY RNR REZI RVLV RLJ ROKU RSI SRPT SDGR SIGI SCI SIMO SITM SEDG STAA SRI RGR SUM SMCI TNDM TENB TS TYL VSTO HCC WTS WERN WES WMB WSC ZETA ZG

Thursday (Nov 2)

• Morning: FLWS ACIW GOLF ADT WMS AGIO ATI ALGT ALGM ALE ALNY AMR AEP APG APTV AHH ARW AUPH ATHM AVNT BALL BHC BAX BCE BDC BCRX BWA BR CARS COR LNG CWEN COP CROX CMI CYBR DLX XRAY LPG DUK DT LLY ENTG NVRI EPAM ESNT EXC FSS RACE FOXA GEL ROCK GIL HAE DINO HEP HWM HII H IDA INMD NSIT ICE IDCC ITCI IONS IRM ITRI ITT JLL KRTX K KTB KYMR LAMR LANC LNTH DRS MAR MDU MGPI MRNA TAP MUR NTCT DNOW NRG OGE OMCL OGN PCRX PZZA PARA PH PBF MD PTON PENN PGTI PNW PBI PTLO PPL PBH PRMW PWR RCM REGN ROK SPGI SABR SNDR SEE SHAK SHOP SITC SWI SO SRC SBUX SRCL STRA TFX TPX CI THRY TRN UNIT UPBD VIRT WEN WCC WLK ZTS
• Afternoon:  TXG ABCL ACAD ACCO LNT ALTR AMH COLD AMN APPN AAPL TEAM BAND BILL BL SQ BKNG BOOT CABO IMOS CHUY CRUS NET COHU CODI ED BAP CUBE CYTK DH DOCN BOOM DKNG DBX LOCO EOG EVH EXPI EXPE FRT FIGS FIVN FND FTNT FOXF FNKO GDDY LOPE GDYN HLIO HTGC HMN HURN ICFI PODD IAS IRTC KN KTOS LYV MTZ MERC MCW MODV MC MNST MSI MP LASR OHI OPEN OEC OUT PLTR PCTY PEN PRDO PXD PLYA KWR QLYS RMAX RDFN REG RGA RPT RYAN SBAC SEM TSLX SWKS SM SWN SPT SPXC STEM SYK SG SNDX TMST TRUP UDMY OLED VTR VIAV VIR VTLE  WW YELP

Friday (Nov 3)  

• Morning:  AMCX AXL ATMU BLMN CAH CBOE CHD CNK CRBG D FLR FLGT IT GTES EAF HR TILE KOP MOG.A NWN OMI DOC PAA PRVA PRLB SSP SRE TDS SLCA USM WPC
• Afternoon:  MCHP

=Potbelly (PBPB) reported earnings on Tue 6 Aug 2019 (a/h)

Potbelly misses by $0.08, reports revs in-line, guides for flat to low-single digit decrease in company-operated comparable store sales for FY19

Reports Q2 (Jun) loss of $0.02 per share, $0.08 worse thanthe S&P Capital IQ Consensus of $0.06; revenues fell 4.3% year/year to $105.6 mln vs the $106.01 mln S&P Capital IQ Consensus.

Company-operated comparable store sales decreased 4.0%.

Adjusted EBITDA decreased to $6.8 mln from $11.5 mln.

2019 Outlook: Co sees flat to low-single digit decrease in company-operated comparable store sales and Adjusted EBITDA between $25.0-$30.0 mln. Management slightly lowered its expected total shop openings to 10-15 versus the previously communicated 12-18.

Earnings this week : Aug 5 - 9, 19 (wk 32)

Monday (Aug 5)

• Morning: ATRO CARS CYOU KMPR L TA TSN 
• Afternoon: APLE CAR BKD CBT CZR CBPO COHU CXW  EVER  PLOW DCO FRPT HIIQ PODD ITRI KLAC RAMP MAR O SHAK SWAV SNCR TTWO THC WWD

Tuesday (Aug 6)

• Morning:  AFI BHC BDX APRN CAR  CRCM CHK CHH DF DISCA DUK ERI ENR HSIC JLL LGIH MNK MGP MOS  EYE PAYS PLUG SEAS SSTK TEN  FLOW VRTV VG WBT WLK ZTS
• Afternoon: ACLS ADT AFG AINV AIZ AKCA AMN ANDE APEI ARLO AVD AXGN BECN BNFT BOLD BTG CARG CGBD CMP CPE CPSI CTRE CUB DCP DHT DIS DVN DXPE EDIT ENLC ENTA EVH EVRI FANG FATE FLT FTR GBT GCP GH GTES  GWPH HALO HCKT HCR HST HTZ HUBS ICHR INSG INSP IOSP JAZZ KAR KRNT LC LOPE LRN LTHM MAXR MBI MCHP MMI MODN MTCH NDLS NEWR NP NUS NVTA OAS OHI OSUR PAA PAGP PBPB PE PEN PLNT PLT PLYA POWL PTCT PXD PZZA QUOT RRR RTRX SAIL SCOR SEDG SSTI STAY SUPN SWN SWX TGH TROX TWO TXMD VOYA VREX WK WMC WTR WTTR WW WYNN Y ZAGG ZGNX

Wednesday (Aug 7)

• Morning: AMAG ANIP ATHM ATKR AVA BCOR BV CNP CNR CORE CPRI CSTE CVS CYBR DNR DOC ETM EVOP FUN GOLF GTN HL HZNP ICPT INGN INXN IONS JELD KELY.A LAMR LL LXP MDCA MFA MIDD NRG NVMI NXST NYT ODP OMI QEP SBGI SGRY SINA SND SPB SRC SSW STWD TELL TEVA VER VGR WAAS WB WD WEN WWW
• Afternoon: AAOI, AGO, AGS, AIG, ALB, AMPH, ANGI, AOSL, APYX, ARNA, ASRT, ATO, AVLR, AZPN, BKNG, BREW, CABO, CAI, CCMP, CDE, CECO, CLI, COLL, CPA, CPRX, CSGS, CTL, CVNA, CWH, DAR, DDD, DOX, DVAX, EB, ECPG, ENS, ENV, ET, EVRG, FG, FLO, FNV, FOSL, FOXA, FRGI, FSCT, FSM, FTDR, FTK, G, GBDC, GDOT, GKOS, GLPI, GTE, HHC, IAC, IAG, ICUI, IIPR, IMMU, INFN, IVR, JACK, KIDS, KRO, LHCG, LYFT, MATX, MELI, MFC, MNST, MRAM, MRO, NTES, NTRA, NUAN, NVEE, OPK, ORA, PAAS, PDCE, PEGA, PETQ, PRA, PRI, PRSC, PTLA, QHC, QRTEA, QTWO, RCII, RDUS, REZI, RGLD, RGNX, RLJ, ROKU, RUN, RYAM, RYN, SENS, SFLY, SGMO, SJI, SONO, SRPT, STMP, SUN, SWCH, SWKS, SWM, TCX, TLND, TPIC, TRIP, TTGT, TVTY, TWNK, UHAL, UPLD, UPWK, VERI, WMGI, ZG, ZVO 

Thursday (Aug 8)

• Morning: ACIW, AMC, AMRC, AZUL, BAM, BPMP, CAH, CBB, CCOI, CDLX, CEVA, CNNE, COMM, COT, CRON, CSWI, CVIA, DESP, EBIX, ECOM, EGRX, EPAM, ESPR, FOCS, FOLD, FVRR, GOGO, GTS, GTT, HIMX, HMHC, IBP, KDP, KHC, KOP, KTB, LAUR, LITE, LKSD, LNG, MGA, MMS, MPAA, MUR, NBEV, NCLH, NGL, NHI, NICE, NOMD, NS, OGE, PCRX, PNW, PQG, PRGO, PRTY, PTE, RDNT, REV, RLGY, SATS, SNH, SUP, TAST, THR, TTI, TW, USPH, VIAB, VIRT, VSTO
• Afternoon: AAXN AIMT AIRG AL ALRM ALTR AMBC APPN AQN ASYS ATVI AVT AXA C CBS CHUY CISN CNDT COLD CUTR CYRX DBX DXC ELY EPAY EQH ESE FGEN FLNT FNKO FSLY FTCH HBM IIIV JAG MAIN MDP MDRX MESA MTW NKTR NNBR NNI NVGS NVRO NWSA OMER OSTK PBYI PCTY PRA PRAA PUMP QDEL QNST RBA ROAD RVLV SEMG SIEN SPPI SSR SSRM SYMC SYNA TERP TPC TRHC TRUE TSE TTD UBER UNIT VRAY VRTU VSAT VSLR WAIR WPM WPRT WTRH XON YELP

Friday (Aug 9) 
Morning: 

• CBM CLNY DPLO ERF HPT SSP TRCO USCR YRCW

Mon Aug 5 a/h

Thur  Aug 8 a/h

=Potbelly (PBPB) reported earnings on Tue 7 May 2019 (a/h)

Potbelly misses by $0.08, misses on revs

• Reports Q1 (Mar) loss of $0.12 per share, $0.08 worse than the S&P Capital IQ Consensus of ($0.04); revenues fell 4.7% year/year to $98.09 mln vs the $100.96 mln S&P Capital IQ Consensus.
  • Company-operated comparable store sales fell 4.7%
• Co expects 12-18 (6-8 company-owned) shop openings in FY19
• Co expects 15-22 (9-12 company-owned) shop closings in FY19
• Company-operated comparable store sales are expected to be flat to low single digits for FY19

Earnings this week : May 6 - 10, 19 (wk 19)

 

Monday (May 6)

• Premarket: AMG, BHC, CAMT, CEVA, DK, DSKE, KOS, NSSC, PETS, SPNS, SYY, TSN    

• After-Hours: AEIS, AIG, AIZ, ANDE, APU, AVID, AWR, BE, BHF, BKD, CBT, CDEV, CENT, COHU, CPE, DCO, DCP, EGOV, ENSG, EVBG, EVER, FBM, FMC, FN, FRAC, FRGI, FRPT, FRTA, GLPI, GLUU, HBM, HHC, HIIQ, HPR, HTZ, IAG, IFF, INVH, IPAR, ITRI, IVC, KLAC, KMT, KRC, KRG, LCI, LMNX, MASI, MOS, MTSC, MWA, NCMI, NGHC, NLS, OFIX, ORA, OTTR, OXY, PAHC, PLOW, PXD, QGEN, RARE, RBC, RCII, RE, RNG, RP, RTEC, SEDG, SHO, SKT, SNHY, STRL, SYKE, TACO, TCMD, TXMD, UGI, VECO, XENT

Tuesday (May 7)

• Premarket: ADNT, AES, AGN, AKRX, AMAG, ARMK, ARRY, ATH, ATKR, AVNS, BCC, BGCP, BLD, BR, BUD, CJ, CLVS, CNHI, CNK, CRL, CROX, CTLT, CWEN, DEA, DF, DNR, DPLO, DXPE, EGRX, EMR, ENR, EXPD, FI, GSKY, GTE, GTX, HAE, HSIC, ICL, IMOS, IPI, JEC, JELD, JLL, KEYW, KL, LCII, LGIH, LITE, LPX, MDCA, MFA, MLCO, MNK, MYL, NHI, NOVT, NWN, OCN, OMI, PINC, PNM, PRIM, REGN, RHP, SEAS, SERV, SND, SRE, TA, TDG, USAC, USFD, VAC, VCEL, VGR, VPG, WBT, WOW

• After hours: ACLS, ADT, APEI, ATO, ATSG, AVD, AVLR, BECN, BOLD, CERS, CGBD, CHUY, COLD, CRAY, CRZO, CSOD, CTRE, CWK, DDD, DIOD, DVA, EA, EDIT, ENTA, ESE, EVH, EVRI, FANG, FARM, FATE, FG, FLT, FTSI, GHDX, GTES, HALO, HCKT, HCLP, HUBS, ICHR, IMMR, INGN, INSP, IOSP, IRTC, JAZZ, JCOM, KAR, KGC, LADR, LC, LOPE, LTHM, LYFT, MMI, MODN, MTCH, MTSI, MYGN, NCR, NVTA, OAS, OHI, OPK, OSPN, PAA, PAGP, PBPB, PEGA, PEN, PLT, PLYA, POWL, PRI, PRMW, PUMP, PZZA, QRVO, QTWO, QUOT, RGR, RNR, RTRX, S, SEMG, SGMS, SUPN, SWX, TRIP, TWO, TWOU, VOYA, VREX, WING, WMC, WMGI, WTTR, WU, Y, ZAGG

Wednesday (May 8)

• Premarket: ACM, ANDX, ATHM, ATRO, BCOR, BG, BV, CBB, CBRE, CEIX, CFX, CHK, CHSP, CORE, COTY, FOLD, FTDR, FUN, GCP, GOLD, GOLF, GTN, GTT, HMC, HZNP, ICPT, LXP, MCHP, MCK, MIDD, MPC, MPLX, MRNA, MSG, MYE, NCS, NXST, NYT, ODP, PFGC, PLUG, PTLA, RDUS, SBGI, SGRY, SPB, STWD, SUM, TAST, TGI, TRI, VER, VG, WAAS, WEN, YRCW
• After hours: AAOI, AGS, AIMT, AKCA, ALB, ANGI, APLE, APYX, ARNA, ASRT, AXGN, BIO, BREW, CCMP, CECO, CNDT, COLL, CPA, CTL, CVNA, CW, CWH, CXW, DAR, DIS, DRH, DVAX, ECPG, EGAN, ELF, ENV, ETSY, EVRG, EZPW, FLNT, FNV, FOSL, FOXA, FTK, GBDC, GDOT, GKOS, GPRE, HLI, IAC, IMMU, INFN, INSG, IVR, KIDS, KINS, KRO, KTOS, LASR, LHCG, MATX, MBI, MRAM, MTRX, NKTR, NNI, NUAN, NVEE, OSUR, PAAS, PETQ, PK, PRGO, PRSC, PSDO, PSEC, QDEL, RDFN, RLJ, ROKU, RUN, RWT, RXN, RYAM, SAIL, SCOR, SGMO, SIEN, SJI, SLF, SMI, SRPT, STMP, SUN, SVMK, SWAV, SWCH, TCX, TLND, TPC, TPIC, TRHC, TTGT, TVTY, TWNK, UPWK, VERI, WIFI, WPM, WTRH, XEC, ZGNX

Thursday (May 9)

• Premarket: ACIW, AEE, AMC, AMRX, ANIP, BAM, BDX, BPMC, BPMP, CAH, CHH, CNNE, CNP, CNQ, COMM, CPG, CRCM, CVIA, DESP, DSX, DUK, EBIX, ECOM, ELAN, ENDP, EPAM, EPC, EYE, FOCS, GOGO, GTS, HAIN, HIMX, HL, HMHC, HSC, INAP, INXN, IONS, KDP, LAUR, LNG, MBUU, MCFT, MGA, MMS, NCLH, NMRK, NOMD, NS, OMER, OSTK, OXFD, PBH, PQG, PRTY, RCM, RDNT, REZI, RGEN, SNH, SQNS, SUP, SYNH, TEN, TGNA, TLRA, TPR, TTD, TTI, TU, TW, UNVR, USCR, VNTR, VRTV, VSH, VSTO, WRLD, WWW

• After hours: AAXN, AGO, AIRG, AL, ALRM, ALTR, AMBC, AMBR, AQ, AQN, ASYS, BKNG, CABO, CARG, CDLX, CISN, CTRL, CUTR, DBX, DHT, EFX, ELY, EQH, FLY, FSCT, GH, GPRO, GSBD, ICUI, JAG, MAIN, MAXR, MESA, MTD, MTW, NDLS, NNBR, NTR, NTRA, NVRO, NWSA, PBYI, PRAA, QNST, QRTEA, RBA, ROAD, SCSC, SENS, SNCR, SONO, SPPI, SPWR, SSRM, SSTI, SWIR, SYMC, SYNA, TGH, TIVO, TROX, TRUE, TRXC, UEPS, UNIT, VFF, VSLR, WPRT, XLRN, XON, YELP, ZAYO, ZG, ZVO

Friday (May 10)

• Premarket: AQUA, BPL, CLNY, ENB, ERF, HPT, JD, MAR, PEGI, PTE, SSP, TRCO, VIAB
• After hours: CBPO

Notable earnings reports: Tyson Foods (NYSE:TSN), Hertz Global (NYSE:HTZ) and Bausch Health (NYSE:BHC) on May 6; Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:EA), Lyft (NASDAQ:LYFT), Anheuser-Busch InBev (NYSE:BUD) and Wynn Resorts (NASDAQ:WYNN) on May 7; Disney (DIS), Roku (NASDAQ:ROKU), Etsy (NASDAQ:ETSY), Fox (NASDAQ:FOXA) and Madison Square Garden (NYSE:MSG) on May 8; GoPro (NASDAQ:GPRO), Booking Holdings (NASDAQ:BKNG), Keurig Dr Pepper (NYSE:KDP) and Trade Desk (NASDAQ:TTD) on May 9; Viacom (NASDAQ:VIAB), JD.com (NASDAQ:JD) and Linde (NYSE:LIN) on May 10.

=Potbelly (PBPB) reported earnings on Thur 8 Nov 2018 (b/o)

Potbelly misses by $0.02, misses on revs; guides FY18 EPS below consensus

• Reports Q3 (Sep) earnings of $0.09 per share, excluding non-recurring items, $0.02 worse than the S&P Capital IQ Consensus of $0.11; revenues rose 0.8% year/year to $107 mln vs the $109.82 mln S&P Capital IQ Consensus.
  • Company-operated comparable store sales decreased 0.2%
• Co issues downside guidance for FY18, sees EPS of $0.26-0.27, excluding non-recurring items, vs. $0.37 S&P Capital IQ Consensus.
  • Company-operated comparable store sales growth in range of -1.5% to -2.0%.
  • 18-21 total shop openings, including 10-11 company operated shop openings.

-=Potbelly (PBPB) reported earnings on Tue 8 May 2018 (a/h)

CHICAGO (AP) _ Potbelly Corp. (PBPB) on Tuesday reported a first-quarter loss of $2.2 million, after reporting a profit in the same period a year earlier.

The Chicago-based company said it had a loss of 9 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were 3 cents per share.

The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 1 cent per share.

The sandwich restaurant operator posted revenue of $102.9 million in the period.

Potbelly expects full-year earnings in the range of 37 cents to 39 cents per share.

Potbelly shares have decreased slightly more than 5 percent since the beginning of the year. In the final minutes of trading on Tuesday, shares hit $11.65, an increase of slightly more than 1 percent in the last 12 months.

This week's biggest % winners & losers: May 1 - 5, 17 (wk 18)

The following are this week's top 20 percentage gainers and top 20 percentage losers, categorized by sectors (over $300 mln market cap and 100K average daily volume).

This week's top 20 % gainers

• Healthcare: MOH (66.43 +33.42%), MYGN (22.38 +21.7%), EXAS (35.43 +18.06%), FOMX (4.93 +17.1%)
• Industrials: ATSG (22.99 +25.01%), KTOS (9.08 +19.16%), HSC (15.55 +19.16%), SPXC (28.29 +17.58%), PBI (15.49 +16.55%)
• Consumer Discretionary: CHGG (11.49 +27.52%), RH (57.15 +19.14%), NYT (16.95 +17.3%)
• Information Technology: ANGI (10.71 +82.14%), FORM (14.25 +28.38%), OLED (111.3 +24.57%), IAC (100.45,  +21.01%), MELI (275.16 +20.2%), FEYE (14.82, +18.47%), FSLR (34.54 +16.89%)
• Telecommunication Services: STRP (161.49 +25.32%)

This week's top 20 % losers

• Healthcare: ITCI (9.35 -32.34%), MEDP (22.98 -27.53%), PBYI (30.7 -24.38%), CERS (3.33 -23.45%), CRIS (1.89 -21.9%), AMAG (19.1 -21.72%), PGNX (6.43 -18.81%), KPTI (8.32 -18.59%)
• Materials: RYI (10 -27.01%)
• Industrials: ARCB (19.75 -25.33%)
• Consumer Discretionary: NCMI (8.67 -27%), PBPB (11.35 -18.64%)
• Information Technology: TWLO (23.97 -27.47%), AMD (10.19 -23.38%)
• Energy: CIE (0.31 -21.89%)
• Consumer Staples: REV (19.3 -25.63%), AVP (3.7 -23.71%)
• Telecommunication Services: NIHD (0.47 -45.26%), FTR (1.46 -22.34%), S 

=Potbelly (PBPB) reported earnings on Tue 2 May 2017 (a/h)

Potbelly reports EPS in-line, misses on revs; lowers FY17 EPS guidance; says operating environment remained highly challenging for restaurants.:

• Reports Q1 (Mar) earnings of $0.05 per share, excluding non-recurring items, in-line with the Capital IQ Consensus of $0.05; revenues rose 6.0% year/year to $101.7 mln vs the $103.36 mln Capital IQ Consensus.
• Co issues downside guidance for FY17, sees EPS of $0.35-0.38, excluding non-recurring items, vs. $0.47 Capital IQ Consensus Estimate and vs prior guidance of $0.45-0.47.
• Company-operated comparable store sales -3.1%.
• Co says the operating environment remained highly challenging for restaurants, and its business performance was reflective of these negative traffic trends experienced throughout most of the industry. Traffic at the end of 2016 continued to decline into 2017.
• Co says its lowered FY17 guidance contemplates a continuation of challenging industry trends, as well as the impact of the closure of its Chicago Midway Airport shop in May.

=Potbelly (PBPB) reported earnings on Tue 14 Feb 2017 (a/h)

Potbelly beats by $0.01, reports revs in-line; guides FY17 EPS in-line:

• Reports Q4 (Dec) earnings of $0.08 per share, excluding non-recurring items, $0.01 better than the Capital IQ Consensus of $0.07; revenues rose 7.7% year/year to $102.4 mln vs the $102.63 mln Capital IQ Consensus.
• Co issues in-line guidance for FY17, sees EPS of $0.45-0.47 vs. $0.46 Capital IQ Consensus Estimate.
  • 45-60 total new shop openings, including 30-40 company-operated shop openings;
  • Flat Company-operated comparable store sales growth;
  • An effective tax rate that is expected to range from 36% to 38%;
  • Adjusted net income growth flat to 5%.

=Potbelly (PBPB) reported earnings on Tue 2 Aug 2016 (a/h)

Potbelly reports EPS in-line, revs in-line; guides FY16 EPS in-line :

• Reports Q2 (Jun) earnings of $0.13 per share, in-line with the Capital IQ Consensus of $0.13; revenues rose 9.5% year/year to $105 mln vs the $105.67 mln Capital IQ Consensus.
• Co issues in-line guidance for FY16, sees EPS of $0.36-0.38 vs. $0.37 Capital IQ Consensus Estimate. Sees company-operated comparable store sales growth of approximately 1% to 2%.

Potbelly (PBPB)