Mead Johnson Nutrition Company (NYSE:MJN) is one of the leading providers of nutritional products for infants, children and expectant and nursing mothers. Its Enfa franchise that includes Enfamil infant formula accounts for almost 80% of the company’s net sales.
Currently, Mead Johnson has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) but that could change following its first-quarter 2017 earnings report which has just released. (You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here). We have highlighted some of the key details from the just-released announcement below:
Earnings: The Zacks Consensus Estimate stands at 82 cents per share for past 7 days. Mead Johnson’s adjusted earnings per share of 80 cents in the first quarter missed this estimate by a couple of cents.
Revenues: Mead Johnson posted first quarter revenues of $883.5 million, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate for revenues of $916 million.
Key Stats: Revenue from Asia decreased 13% to $434.1 million, while sales from Latin America dropped 3% y/y to $156.2 million. Sales from North America/Europe also dropped 3% y/y to $293.2 million.
Major Factors: Management is looking forward to significant benefits from the proposed merger with Reckitt Benckiser, including benefits from scale, potential geographic expansion, and increased resilience within a diversified group to help strengthen business. Therefore Mead Johnson has not provided any further guidance for 2017.
Stock Price: Following the earnings release, the company's share prices did not show any movement in the pre-market trading session.
Check back later for our full write up on this Mead Johnson earnings report later!
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