Luxury furniture retailer Arhaus (NASDAQ: ARHS) will be reporting earnings this Thursday morning. Here’s what to expect.
Arhaus beat analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $344.6 million, up 8% year on year. It was a satisfactory quarter for the company, with an impressive beat of analysts’ EBITDA estimates but EBITDA guidance for next quarter missing analysts’ expectations significantly.
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This quarter, the market is expecting Arhaus’s revenue to grow 1% year on year, in line with its flat revenue from the same quarter last year.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Arhaus has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates multiple times over the last two years.
Looking at Arhaus’s peers in the home furnishing and improvement retail segment, some have already reported their Q4 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Floor And Decor delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 2%, meeting analysts’ expectations, and Home Depot reported a revenue decline of 3.8%, in line with consensus estimates. Floor And Decor traded up 4.3% following the results.
Read our full analysis of Floor And Decor’s results here and Home Depot’s results here.
The outlook for 2025 remains clouded by potential trade policy changes and corporate tax discussions, which could impact business confidence and growth. While some of the home furnishing and improvement retail stocks have shown solid performance in this choppy environment, the group has generally underperformed, with share prices down 2.4% on average over the last month. Arhaus is down 18.4% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $11.35 (compared to the current share price of $8.41).
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