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Luxury watch company Movado (NYSE:MOV) fell short of the market’s revenue expectations in Q3 CY2024, with sales falling 2.6% year on year to $182.7 million. On the other hand, the company’s outlook for the full year was close to analysts’ estimates with revenue guided to $665 million at the midpoint. Its GAAP profit of $0.22 per share was 31.3% below analysts’ consensus estimates.
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Movado (MOV) Q3 CY2024 Highlights:
- Revenue: $182.7 million vs analyst estimates of $187.7 million (2.6% year-on-year decline, 2.6% miss)
- Adjusted EPS: $0.22 vs analyst expectations of $0.32 (31.3% miss)
- The company dropped its revenue guidance for the full year to $665 million at the midpoint from $670 million, a 0.7% decrease
- EPS (GAAP) guidance for the full year is $0.90 at the midpoint, missing analyst estimates by 1.1%
- Operating Margin: 3.6%, down from 11% in the same quarter last year
- Free Cash Flow was -$7.17 million compared to -$3.87 million in the same quarter last year
- Market Capitalization: $464.1 million
Company OverviewWith its watches displayed in 20 museums around the world, Movado (NYSE:MOV) is a watchmaking company with a portfolio of watch brands and accessories.
Apparel and Accessories
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Reviewing a company’s long-term sales performance reveals insights into its quality. Any business can have short-term success, but a top-tier one grows for years. Movado struggled to consistently generate demand over the last five years as its sales dropped at a 1.5% annual rate. This fell short of our benchmarks and signals it’s a low quality business.Long-term growth is the most important, but within consumer discretionary, product cycles are short and revenue can be hit-driven due to rapidly changing trends and consumer preferences. Movado’s recent history shows its demand has stayed suppressed as its revenue has declined by 7.1% annually over the last two years.
This quarter, Movado missed Wall Street’s estimates and reported a rather uninspiring 2.6% year-on-year revenue decline, generating $182.7 million of revenue.
Looking ahead, sell-side analysts expect revenue to grow 4.4% over the next 12 months. While this projection indicates its newer products and services will fuel better top-line performance, it is still below average for the sector.
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Cash Is King
If you’ve followed StockStory for a while, you know we emphasize free cash flow. Why, you ask? We believe that in the end, cash is king, and you can’t use accounting profits to pay the bills.Movado has shown weak cash profitability over the last two years, giving the company limited opportunities to return capital to shareholders. Its free cash flow margin averaged 7.2%, subpar for a consumer discretionary business.
Movado burned through $7.17 million of cash in Q3, equivalent to a negative 3.9% margin. The company’s cash burn was similar to its $3.87 million of lost cash in the same quarter last year. These numbers deviate from its longer-term margin, raising some eyebrows.