Kellanova misses quarterly profit estimates amid US consumer spending squeeze
Macroeconomic volatility due to U.S. President Donald Trump's trade tariffs have impacted consumer spending in the United States, urging budget-conscious consumers to choose cheaper private labels and increasing competition for Kellanova's name brand products.
Packaged foods peers Conagra Brands (CAG.N), opens new tab and General Mills (GIS.N), opens new tab also flagged weak demand going forward, following recently softening demand, while others including Kraft Heinz (KHC.O), opens new tab and Mondelez posted upbeat quarterly results.
Family-owned candy giant Mars announced a $36-billion deal to buy Kellanova in August last year and has received approval from U.S. antitrust regulators, while EU counterparts opened a full-scale investigation in June.
The company now expects the deal to close by the end of 2025.
Kellanova is a rebrand of the Kellogg Company's global snacking business following it spinning off, opens new tab its North American cereal business into WK Kellogg (KLG.N), opens new tab in 2023.
"Demand softness in most of our categories did not improve as much as we had hoped," CEO Steve Cahillane said about the quarter.
"We plan to continue to lean into focused execution in the second half, even as we continue to work toward closing the Mars transaction," he said.
Kellanova reported adjusted profit of 93 cents per share in the quarter, missing market expectations of 99 cents, according to data compiled by LSEG.
It reported net sales of $3.20 billion in the three months ended June 28, nearly in line with analysts' expectation of $3.19 billion.
The company said prices fell 2.9% in the reported quarter, while organic sales volumes rose 3.2%, helped by sales in its Africa noodles business.
Shares of the company were flat in premarket trading.
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