Zoe's Kitchen Q4 Earnings Outlook

Zoe's Kitchen ZOES announces its next round of earnings Thursday. Here is Benzinga's everything-that-matters guide for today's Q4 earnings announcement.

Earnings and Revenue

Zoe's Kitchen EPS will likely be a loss of 12 cents while revenue will be around $71.58 million, according to analysts.

In the same quarter last year, Zoe's Kitchen reported an earnings loss of 7 cents per share on revenue of $61 million. The analyst consensus estimate would represent a 71.43 percent increase in the company's earnings. Sales would be up 15.48 percent on a year-over-year basis.

Here's how the company's reported EPS has stacked up against analyst estimates in the past:

Stock Performance

Over the last 52-week period, shares are down 40.49 percent. Given that these returns are generally negative, long-term shareholders are likely unhappy going into this earnings release.

Over the past 90 days, analysts' have generally adjusted their estimates lower for EPS and revenues. The most common rating from analysts on Zoe's Kitchen stock is a Neutral. The strength of this rating has risen over the past three months.

Conference Call

Zoe's Kitchen is scheduled to hold a conference call at 4:30 p.m. ET and it can be accessed here: https://zoeskitchen.com/