Back to top
We use cookies to understand how you use our site and to improve your experience. This includes personalizing content and advertising. By pressing "Accept All" or closing out of this banner, you consent to the use of all cookies and similar technologies and the sharing of information they collect with third parties. You can reject marketing cookies by pressing "Deny Optional," but we still use essential, performance, and functional cookies. In addition, whether you "Accept All," Deny Optional," click the X or otherwise continue to use the site, you accept our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service, revised from time to time.
You are being directed to ZacksTrade, a division of LBMZ Securities and licensed broker-dealer. ZacksTrade and Zacks.com are separate companies. The web link between the two companies is not a solicitation or offer to invest in a particular security or type of security. ZacksTrade does not endorse or adopt any particular investment strategy, any analyst opinion/rating/report or any approach to evaluating individual securities.
If you wish to go to ZacksTrade, click OK. If you do not, click Cancel.
Image: Bigstock
Compared to Estimates, Dutch Bros (BROS) Q4 Earnings: A Look at Key Metrics
Dutch Bros (BROS - Free Report) reported $342.79 million in revenue for the quarter ended December 2024, representing a year-over-year increase of 34.9%. EPS of $0.07 for the same period compares to $0.04 a year ago.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +7.43% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $319.09 million. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.02, the EPS surprise was +250.00%.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how Dutch Bros performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Total shop count: 982 compared to the 982 average estimate based on six analysts.
- Number of shops - Franchised: 312 versus 308 estimated by five analysts on average.
- Number of shops - Company-operated: 670 compared to the 674 average estimate based on five analysts.
- Same shop sales growth: 6.9% versus the five-analyst average estimate of 1.5%.
- Company-operated same shop sales: 9.5% versus the five-analyst average estimate of 2.2%.
- Total net - new shop openings: 32 versus the three-analyst average estimate of 33.
- Company-operated new openings: 25 versus 30 estimated by three analysts on average.
- Franchised new openings: 7 versus 3 estimated by three analysts on average.
- Revenues- Franchising and other: $28.60 million versus the six-analyst average estimate of $29.04 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +6.8%.
- Revenues- Company-operated shops: $314.18 million versus $289.90 million estimated by six analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +38.2% change.
View all Key Company Metrics for Dutch Bros here>>>Shares of Dutch Bros have returned +8.7% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +4.3% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.