Constellation Brands beats Street but outlook weak
Alcoholic drinks maker Constellation Brands Inc
Constellation, which owns Svedka vodka, reported a net loss of $51 million, or 23 cents per share, for its fiscal fourth quarter ended February 28, compared with a loss of $406.8 million, or $1.88 per share, a year earlier.
But excluding restructuring charges, it made 27 cents per share. Analysts on average were expecting 24 cents per share on sales of $733.8 million, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
Overall sales fell 3.5 percent to $708.7 million.
The company said it expects to earn between $1.53 per share and $1.68 per share in fiscal 2011, below analysts' forecast of $1.77 per share.
Constellation shares were down 26 cents to $16.59 in premarket trading.
Constellation has a stake in Crown Imports, a joint venture with Mexico's Grupo Modelo
(Reporting by Phil Wahba; additional reporting by Martinne Geller, editing by Gerald E. McCormick)
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