Peloton Interactive Inc. stationary bicycles sit on display at the company’s showroom on Madison Avenue in New York, U.S., on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019.
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Peloton said Thursday its fiscal fourth-quarter sales surged 172%, as its high-tech stationary bike and treadmill became two of the hottest commodities for people looking to workout from home during the coronavirus pandemic.
The fitness equipment maker also offered Wall Street an eye-popping outlook for the current quarter and fiscal 2021, with sales of its bikes not expected to slow down anytime soon.
But that also means more strain on its supply chain. In a letter to shareholders, Peloton said it had expected demand to “moderate,” but a recent resurgence of Covid-19 cases has “perpetuated the imbalance of supply and demand.” It said it doesn’t expect to return to “normalized order-to-delivery windows” in the U.S. before the end of the fiscal second quarter.
Peloton also has proven that once it hooks a new customer, they tend to stick around. Average net monthly connected fitness churn was 0.75% in the latest period. And it’s predicting fiscal 2021 churn will remain under 1%.
Here’s how Peloton did for its fourth quarter ended June 30 did compared with what analysts were expecting, based on Refinitiv data:
- Earnings per share: 27 cents vs. 10 cents expected
- Revenue: $607.1 million vs. $582.5 million expected
It swung to a profit of $89.1 million, or 27 cents per share, compared with a loss of $47.4 million, or $2.07 per share, a year earlier. Its earnings per share came in 17 cents ahead of analysts’ expectations.
Its sales skyrocketed 127% to $607.1 million from $223.3 million a year earlier, topping a forecast for $582.5 million.
Peloton said it ended the quarter with more than 1.09 million connected fitness subscribers, up 113% from a year earlier, and roughly 3.1 million members in total, including those who only pay for its digital subscription. Connected fitness subscribers are people who pay to sync workout classes to their Peloton equipment, versus accessing the programs separately through a phone or tablet device.
Peloton said its fiscal first-quarter sales should fall within a range of $720 million to $730 million, which would represent 218% growth year-over-year from the mid-point — way ahead of expectations for $506 million, according to Refinitiv estimates.
Peloton is calling for fiscal 2021 sales of between $3.5 billion and $3.65 billion, which at the mid-point of that range would be up 96% from a year earlier — again solidly outpacing estimates of $2.7 billion.
Earlier this week, Peloton announced the launch of two new items: A lower-priced, high-tech treadmill and a more expensive bike option with a rotating screen. Analysts expects that should bode well for the business moving forward, by attracting additional members and prompting current customers to make upgrades.
Peloton’s new Bike+, which retails for $2,495, is already available for sale. The less-expensive Tread, which will retail for $2,495, is coming to the U.K. on Dec. 26, the U.S. and Canada in early 2021, and Germany later next year, the company said. The original Peloton bike’s price has dropped to $1,895 from $2,245, coinciding with the launch of the more expensive version. Peloton’s pricier and original treadmill, the Tread+, retails for $4,295.
Peloton shares have risen more than 213% this year. Its market cap is $25 billion.
Find the full press release and shareholder letter from Peloton here.
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Watch Peloton CEO John Foley in an exclusive interview on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” at 7:45 a.m. ET Friday to discuss the latest results.
