Kenvue Past Earnings Performance

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Kenvue has been growing earnings at an average annual rate of 9.5%, while the Personal Products industry saw earnings growing at 9.3% annually. Revenues have been growing at an average rate of 1.8% per year. Kenvue's return on equity is 10%, and it has net margins of 6.9%.

Key information

9.5%

Earnings growth rate

-28.8%

EPS growth rate

Personal Products Industry Growth20.9%
Revenue growth rate1.8%
Return on equity10.0%
Net Margin6.9%
Last Earnings Update29 Sep 2024

Recent past performance updates

Kenvue's (NYSE:KVUE) Soft Earnings Don't Show The Whole Picture

May 21
Kenvue's (NYSE:KVUE) Soft Earnings Don't Show The Whole Picture

Recent updates

Kenvue (NYSE:KVUE) Seems To Use Debt Quite Sensibly

Dec 08
Kenvue (NYSE:KVUE) Seems To Use Debt Quite Sensibly

Kenvue: Lots Of Potential, But Short-Term Upside May Be Tapped Out (Rating Downgrade)

Nov 27

Kenvue: Unpacking Activist's Case And Earnings Preview

Oct 29

Kenvue (NYSE:KVUE) Has Affirmed Its Dividend Of $0.205

Oct 22
Kenvue (NYSE:KVUE) Has Affirmed Its Dividend Of $0.205

Investors Met With Slowing Returns on Capital At Kenvue (NYSE:KVUE)

Oct 07
Investors Met With Slowing Returns on Capital At Kenvue (NYSE:KVUE)

Kenvue: Turning Cautious On The Stock While Remaining Optimistic On The Business

Oct 02

Kenvue (NYSE:KVUE) Has A Pretty Healthy Balance Sheet

Sep 08
Kenvue (NYSE:KVUE) Has A Pretty Healthy Balance Sheet

Kenvue: Promising Steps Toward Long-Term Success

Aug 11

Kenvue Is A Premier Consumer Company, But I Am Waiting For A Lower Price Before I Buy

Aug 02

Is There An Opportunity With Kenvue Inc.'s (NYSE:KVUE) 36% Undervaluation?

Jul 15
Is There An Opportunity With Kenvue Inc.'s (NYSE:KVUE) 36% Undervaluation?

Kenvue: A 4% Yield Worth Going Long

Jun 12

Kenvue's (NYSE:KVUE) Soft Earnings Don't Show The Whole Picture

May 21
Kenvue's (NYSE:KVUE) Soft Earnings Don't Show The Whole Picture

Kenvue Q1 Earnings Preview: A Potentially Troubling Trend

May 03

Kenvue: Fairly Valued Spinout

Apr 17

Is Kenvue Inc. (NYSE:KVUE) Trading At A 31% Discount?

Apr 08
Is Kenvue Inc. (NYSE:KVUE) Trading At A 31% Discount?

Kenvue: This Dividend Newcomer Is Worth A Look

Feb 13

Kenvue: What To Expect From Its First Full-Year Report As A Standalone Company

Feb 05

Kenvue: Portfolio Filled Of Market Leaders

Dec 20

Kenvue: Dude, Where's My Dividend Growth?

Nov 26

Kenvue: Only A Watchlist Stock For Now

Nov 19

Kenvue: Consumer Health Giant's Journey From IPO To Legal Challenges And Beyond

Oct 19

Kenvue: Interesting Times

Sep 18

Kenvue: Charting A Healthy Future In Consumer Health

Sep 06

Kenvue Split-Off: Still Undecided? 3 (And A Half) Aspects To Consider

Aug 16

Kenvue: A Buffett-Style Investment At A Reasonable Price

Jul 11

Johnson & Johnson Spinoff Kenvue Is Worth Owning - But Maybe Not Yet

Jun 13

Revenue & Expenses Breakdown

How Kenvue makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.


Earnings and Revenue History

NYSE:KVUE Revenue, expenses and earnings (USD Millions)
DateRevenueEarningsG+A ExpensesR&D Expenses
29 Sep 2415,4591,0645,9230
30 Jun 2415,4751,1195,8700
31 Mar 2415,4861,4915,7520
31 Dec 2315,4441,6645,6820
01 Oct 2315,5451,6985,9390
02 Jul 2315,4191,8465,7360
02 Apr 2315,2122,0055,5420
01 Jan 2314,9502,0645,3820
02 Oct 2214,9162,1145,4710
02 Jan 2215,0542,0785,4240
03 Jan 2114,467-8794,9160
29 Dec 1914,3241,4355,1500

Quality Earnings: KVUE has a large one-off loss of $1.1B impacting its last 12 months of financial results to 29th September, 2024.

Growing Profit Margin: KVUE's current net profit margins (6.9%) are lower than last year (10.9%).


Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis


Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: KVUE's earnings have grown by 9.5% per year over the past 5 years.

Accelerating Growth: KVUE's has had negative earnings growth over the past year, so it can't be compared to its 5-year average.

Earnings vs Industry: KVUE had negative earnings growth (-37.5%) over the past year, making it difficult to compare to the Personal Products industry average (-5.2%).


Return on Equity

High ROE: KVUE's Return on Equity (10%) is considered low.


Return on Assets


Return on Capital Employed


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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/22 16:51
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/09/29
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

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Analyst Sources

Kenvue Inc. is covered by 20 analysts. 15 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Ishan MajumdarBaptista Research
Lauren LiebermanBarclays
Navann Ty DietschiBNP Paribas Exane