Roth Capital Weighs in on Grocery Outlet Q1 Earnings

Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. (NASDAQ:GO) – Investment analysts at Roth Capital issued their Q1 2026 earnings per share estimates for shares of Grocery Outlet in a research note issued on Wednesday, November 5th. Roth Capital analyst W. Kirk expects that the company will post earnings of $0.06 per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Grocery Outlet’s current full-year earnings is $0.63 per share. Roth Capital also issued estimates for Grocery Outlet’s Q2 2026 earnings at $0.22 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.23 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.20 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $0.70 EPS.

Several other research firms have also recently weighed in on GO. Bank of America lowered their price objective on shares of Grocery Outlet from $19.00 to $16.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday. Zacks Research upgraded shares of Grocery Outlet from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 16th. DA Davidson reduced their price objective on Grocery Outlet from $16.00 to $15.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday. Weiss Ratings reissued a “sell (d)” rating on shares of Grocery Outlet in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Finally, Morgan Stanley raised Grocery Outlet from an “underweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and upped their price target for the company from $13.00 to $16.00 in a research note on Wednesday, August 6th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, three have given a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $15.73.

Grocery Outlet Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ GO opened at $12.15 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.19 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -243.00, a PEG ratio of 2.02 and a beta of 0.33. Grocery Outlet has a one year low of $10.26 and a one year high of $21.67. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $15.82 and a 200 day simple moving average of $15.13. The company has a current ratio of 1.30, a quick ratio of 0.25 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.40.

Grocery Outlet (NASDAQ:GO) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, November 4th. The company reported $0.21 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.19 by $0.02. Grocery Outlet had a negative net margin of 0.10% and a positive return on equity of 5.86%. The business had revenue of $1.17 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.18 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.28 earnings per share. Grocery Outlet’s revenue was up 5.4% compared to the same quarter last year. Grocery Outlet has set its FY 2025 guidance at 0.780-0.80 EPS.

Institutional Trading of Grocery Outlet

A number of institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Parallel Advisors LLC increased its stake in Grocery Outlet by 213.5% in the second quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC now owns 2,025 shares of the company’s stock valued at $25,000 after acquiring an additional 1,379 shares during the last quarter. Bayforest Capital Ltd purchased a new position in shares of Grocery Outlet in the 3rd quarter worth about $29,000. Hantz Financial Services Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Grocery Outlet by 591.5% in the 3rd quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 2,033 shares of the company’s stock worth $33,000 after purchasing an additional 1,739 shares in the last quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. increased its position in shares of Grocery Outlet by 32.3% during the 2nd quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 2,942 shares of the company’s stock valued at $37,000 after purchasing an additional 719 shares during the last quarter. Finally, US Bancorp DE raised its holdings in shares of Grocery Outlet by 64.2% during the 1st quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 3,024 shares of the company’s stock valued at $42,000 after buying an additional 1,182 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 99.87% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Grocery Outlet news, EVP Steven K. Wilson sold 5,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, August 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $18.24, for a total value of $91,200.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 141,923 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,588,675.52. This trade represents a 3.40% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Corporate insiders own 4.50% of the company’s stock.

Grocery Outlet Company Profile

Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. operates as a retailer of consumables and fresh products sold through independently operated stores in the United States. Its stores offer products in various categories, such as dairy and deli, produce, floral, fresh meat, seafood products, grocery, general merchandise, health and beauty care, frozen food, beer and wine, and ethnic products.