As Ulta Beauty While one upstart says he expects a slowdown in retail’s most resilient category, he’s bucking the trend.
Oddity TechThe newly listed Israeli cosmetics platform, which uses artificial intelligence to develop products, posted first-quarter results that beat expectations and raised its full-year forecast.
Here’s how the cosmetics retailer behind brands Il Makiage and Spoiled Child performed in comparison with Wall Street’s expectations, based on an LSEG analyst survey:
- Earnings per share: 61 cents adjusted versus 49 cents expected
- Revenue: $211.63 million versus expected $205 million
The company reported net income of $32.98 million, or 53 cents per share, for the three-month period ended March 31, compared with $19.59 million, or 35 cents per share, a 12 months earlier. Excluding one-time items, Oddity reported profit of 61 cents per share.
Revenue rose to $212 million, up about 28% from $166 million a 12 months ago.
The company now expects full-year revenue between $626 million and $635 million, in comparison with a previous forecast of $620 million to $630 million. According to LSEG, analysts had expected $627 million. The company expects adjusted earnings per share to be between $1.57 and $1.62, up from its previous forecast of $1.49 to $1.54. According to LSEG, analysts had expected $1.51.
For the present quarter, Oddity expects revenue between $185 million and $189 million and adjusted earnings per share between 61 cents and 64 cents. Analysts had expected revenue of $186.5 million and earnings per share of 56 cents, in response to LSEG.
Shares rose nearly 10% in prolonged trading on Tuesday.
Oddity, which began trading on Nasdaq in July, goals to revolutionize the legacy beauty and wellness industry by utilizing AI to develop recent products and tailored recommendations.
Oddity believes that beauty and wellness products are best sold online and that if product selection will be improved, consumers won’t should visit beauty salons like Ulta and Sephora.
Last month, Ulta Beauty CEO Dave Kimbell warned that demand for beauty products was cooling, causing shares of Ulta Beauty to fall 15% that day Fairy beauty, Estee Lauder And Coty.
“We have seen a slowdown in the overall category,” Kimbell said at an investor conference hosted by JPMorgan Chase. “We came into the year – and talked about it at our party [earnings] Called a few weeks ago – I expect the category to be moderated. It has [had], as I said, several years of strong growth. We didn’t expect the growth rate to continue.”
He added that the slowdown happened “a little earlier and a little bigger than we thought.” Kimbell said the downturn impacted all price points and wonder categories, but was more noticeable in prestige makeup and hair care.
Lindsay Drucker Mann, Oddity’s chief financial officer, disagreed that the industry is slowing.
“For us, there is no slowing down, neither in our new users nor in the way our existing users behave. If anything, the quarter shows that there is a huge demand for online,” Drucker Mann told CNBC in an interview.
“What we’re seeing is an industry that’s changing,” she said. “So the consumer goes online and the consumer grabs highly effective products that really solve their problems. These are two truly unstoppable trends that we believe will drive the industry in which we lead.”
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