Sprouts Farmers Market Misses Q3 Estimates, Q4 Comps Guided Lower
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Five straight quarters of beating consensus EPS ended here, and the guidance is the real problem: fourth-quarter comparable sales are guided to a decline of 2.0% to 4.0%.
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Sprouts Farmers Market posted adjusted diluted EPS of $1.21 for its third quarter of fiscal 2026, missing expectations and snapping a five-quarter run of consensus beats.
Comparable store sales turned negative at 0.9%, with CEO Jack Sinclair citing a challenging consumer environment and a cyclospora-related product disruption.
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Guidance is the bigger problem: fourth-quarter comparable store sales are projected to fall between 2.0% and 4.0% on a 13-week basis.
The company opened a record 15 new stores in the quarter and is increasing investments in affordability to recover traffic.
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