Shoe and apparel company Steven Madden (NASDAQ: SHOO) will be reporting results this Wednesday before market open. Here’s what you need to know.
Steven Madden missed analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $667.9 million, up 6.9% year on year. It was a strong quarter for the company, with EPS guidance for next quarter exceeding analysts’ expectations and revenue guidance for next quarter exceeding analysts’ expectations.
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This quarter, the market is expecting Steven Madden’s revenue to grow 30.1% year on year, improving from the 12% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Steven Madden has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates multiple times over the last two years.
Looking at Steven Madden’s peers in the consumer discretionary segment, some have already reported their Q4 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Deckers delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 7.1%, beating analysts’ expectations by 4.7%, and Crocs reported a revenue decline of 3.2%, topping estimates by 4.3%. Deckers traded up 19.5% following the results while Crocs was also up 17.1%.
Read our full analysis of Deckers’s results here and Crocs’s results here.
Debates over possible tariffs and corporate tax adjustments have raised questions about economic stability in 2025. While some of the consumer discretionary stocks have shown solid performance in this choppy environment, the group has generally underperformed, with share prices down 2.9% on average over the last month. Steven Madden is down 18.2% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $46.67 (compared to the current share price of $37.37).
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