Lifecore Biomedical, Inc.

NasdaqGS:LFCR Stock Report

Market Cap: US$266.6m

Lifecore Biomedical Past Earnings Performance

Past criteria checks 2/6

Lifecore Biomedical's earnings have been declining at an average annual rate of -5.8%, while the Life Sciences industry saw earnings growing at 11.7% annually. Revenues have been declining at an average rate of 41% per year. Lifecore Biomedical's return on equity is 14.5%, and it has net margins of 4.4%.

Key information

-5.8%

Earnings growth rate

-5.0%

EPS growth rate

Life Sciences Industry Growth21.5%
Revenue growth rate-41.0%
Return on equity14.5%
Net Margin4.4%
Next Earnings Update02 Jan 2025

Recent past performance updates

Recent updates

Lifecore Biomedical: An Interesting CDMO Pure Play

Dec 01

Lifecore Biomedical, Inc. (NASDAQ:LFCR) Soars 36% But It's A Story Of Risk Vs Reward

Nov 26
Lifecore Biomedical, Inc. (NASDAQ:LFCR) Soars 36% But It's A Story Of Risk Vs Reward

Lifecore Biomedical: Finally A 'Pure Play' CDMO Business

Nov 12

Lifecore Biomedical: No Sale Soon Amidst Leverage And Uncertainty

Jun 24

White Falcon Capital - Lifecore Biomedical: Potential For Rapid Growth In Earnings And FCF Surge

Apr 20

Would Lifecore Biomedical (NASDAQ:LFCR) Be Better Off With Less Debt?

Jun 30
Would Lifecore Biomedical (NASDAQ:LFCR) Be Better Off With Less Debt?

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Sep 09

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Jul 27

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Jun 24
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Apr 08
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Mar 21
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Revenue & Expenses Breakdown

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


Earnings and Revenue History

NasdaqGS:LFCR Revenue, expenses and earnings (USD Millions)
DateRevenueEarningsG+A ExpensesR&D Expenses
25 Aug 241286459
26 May 241289409
25 Feb 24122-21399
26 Nov 23112-47409
27 Aug 23104-70399
28 May 23103-64399
26 Feb 2393-31329
27 Nov 22104-27369
28 Aug 2293-15328
29 May 22111-15358
27 Feb 22135-12378
28 Nov 21142-7337
29 Aug 2178-6317
30 May 21101-23297
28 Feb 21283-24478
29 Nov 20391-34569
30 Aug 20587-447111
31 May 20160-22388
23 Feb 20587-236812
24 Nov 19590-106812
25 Aug 19572-36511
26 May 1955826211
24 Feb 1954686212
25 Nov 18535235612
26 Aug 18533245413
27 May 18524265213
25 Feb 18448214713
26 Nov 1744084812
27 Aug 1745395010
28 May 1747010509
26 Feb 1754013568
27 Nov 16534-12528
28 Aug 16538-11517
29 May 16477-12467
28 Feb 16540-12467
29 Nov 1554913467
30 Aug 1554114437
31 May 1553914407
01 Mar 1552614387
30 Nov 1451417377
31 Aug 1450117357
25 May 1447719357
23 Feb 1446319328

Quality Earnings: LFCR has a large one-off loss of $3.0M impacting its last 12 months of financial results to 25th August, 2024.

Growing Profit Margin: LFCR became profitable in the past.


Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis


Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: LFCR has become profitable over the past 5 years, growing earnings by -5.8% per year.

Accelerating Growth: LFCR has become profitable in the last year, making the earnings growth rate difficult to compare to its 5-year average.

Earnings vs Industry: LFCR has become profitable in the last year, making it difficult to compare its past year earnings growth to the Life Sciences industry (-4.7%).


Return on Equity

High ROE: LFCR's Return on Equity (14.5%) 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 05:09
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/08/25
Annual Earnings2024/05/26

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Analyst Sources

Lifecore Biomedical, Inc. is covered by 12 analysts. 3 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Alexander ParisBarrington Research Associates, Inc.
Michael PetuskyBarrington Research Associates, Inc.
Matthew HewittCraig-Hallum Capital Group LLC