United Natural Foods Q1 Profit Tops View; Backs FY15 Outlook - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - United Natural Foods Inc (UNFI) reported first-quarter net earnings of $33.0 million or $0.66 per share, compared to $27.8 million or $0.56 per share in the comparable quarter last year. On average, 16 analysts polled by Thomson Reuters estimated earnings of $0.63 per share for the quarter. Analysts' estimates typically exclude special items.

Revenues for the quarter rose 24.4 percent to $1.99 billion from $1.60 billion in the prior year, while 13 analysts expected revenues of $1.96 billion.

Looking ahead to the full year 2015, the company continues to expect earnings in the range of $2.88 to $3.01 per share and revenues of $8.13 billion to $8.38 billion. Analysts expect earnings of $2.94 per share on revenues of $8.28 billion.