Skechers USA (NYSE:SKX) shares fell more than 9% on Friday despite the company reporting its Q4 results, with EPS of $0.48 coming in better than the Street estimate of $0.36. Revenue increased 13.5% year-over-year to $1.88 billion, beating the Street estimate of $1.77 billion. Wholesale revenue increased by 15.7% and Direct-to-Consumer revenue increased by 10.8%.
Logistical challenges once again led to a miss in operating income, which came in at $87 million, compared to the Street estimate of $96 million. Management expects the company to incur some additional logistics costs over the next two quarters but to a much lesser extent than in fiscal 2022 (approximately $90 million). For Q1/23, the company expects revenue in the range of $1.80-$1.85 billion and diluted EPS in the range of $0.55-$0.60, significantly worse than the Street estimate of $0.86.
For fiscal 2023, the company expects revenue in the range of $7.75-$8.0 billion and diluted EPS of $2.80-$3.00.