OneWater (ONEW) Q3 Earnings: What To Expect

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Boat and marine products retailer OneWater Marine (NASDAQ:ONEW) will be reporting earnings tomorrow morning. Here’s what to expect.

OneWater missed analysts’ revenue expectations by 11.2% last quarter, reporting revenues of $542.4 million, down 8.7% year on year. It was a disappointing quarter for the company, with underwhelming earnings guidance for the full year and a miss of analysts’ EBITDA estimates.

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This quarter, analysts are expecting OneWater’s revenue to decline 6.9% year on year to $419.9 million, a reversal from the 13.4% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.15 per share.

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The majority of analysts covering the company have reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. OneWater has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates six times over the last two years.

Looking at OneWater’s peers in the automotive and marine retail segment, some have already reported their Q3 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. MarineMax’s revenues decreased 5.3% year on year, missing analysts’ expectations by 2.4%, and Camping World reported flat revenue, topping estimates by 5.4%. MarineMax traded down 3.4% following the results while Camping World was up 7.1%.

Read our full analysis of MarineMax’s results here and Camping World’s results here.

Investors in the automotive and marine retail segment have had steady hands going into earnings, with share prices flat over the last month. OneWater is up 1.4% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $29.33 (compared to the current share price of $23.70).

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