Bottles of the beer, Corona, a brand of Constellation Brands Inc., sit on a supermarket shelf in Los Angeles, California April 1, 2015.
REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsOct 5 (Reuters) - Constellation Brands (STZ.N) raised its annual profit target on Thursday after topping sales expectations for the second quarter, riding on higher prices and strong demand for its beers and spirits.
Constellation, like peer Brown-Forman (BFb.N), has benefited from increasing prices in a bid to offset steeper input costs.
The company now expects fiscal 2024 comparable earnings per share between $12.00 and $12.20, as against its previous forecast of profit between $11.70 and $12.00 per share.
Constellation's quarterly sales rose 7%, to $2.84 billion, compared with analysts' average estimate of $2.82 billion, as per IBES data from LSEG.
Persons:
Lucy Nicholson, Brown, Forman, Juveria Tabassum, Pooja Desai
Organizations:
Constellation Brands Inc, REUTERS, Constellation Brands, LSEG, Thomson
Locations:
Corona, Los Angeles , California, U.S