But that was all over shadowed by misses on sales, weak underlying growth, and a suboptimal outlook for the current quarter and fiscal year 2024. For the current quarter, the sales forecast was solid, even as the earnings guidance came up short. On a full-year basis, sales and earnings forecasts fell short of expectations, as did cash-flow-generation targets. Guidance Looking ahead, management's forecast for the current quarter pointed to a better than expected sales result, however its earnings guidance came up short. On a full-year basis, expectations for underlying sales growth and full-year earnings bracketed expectations.

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