Best Buy on Thursday topped Wall Street’s quarterly earnings expectations, however its sales missed estimates and it reiterated expectations for weaker spending on client electronics this yr.

The retailer affirmed the outlook it shared in March. It expects full-year income of between $43.8 billion and $45.2 billion, a decline from its most up-to-date fiscal yr, and a comparable sales decline of between 3% and 6%.

Shares rose greater than 4% in premarket buying and selling.

CEO Corie Barry stated Best Buy has not seen a change with its combine of shoppers and the share of premium merchandise that they purchase.

Still, she added that “on this setting, clients are clearly feeling cautious and making tradeoff choices as they proceed to cope with excessive inflation and low client confidence as a consequence of various elements.”

Here’s how the corporate did for the three-month interval that ended April 29, in contrast with what Wall Street was anticipating, primarily based on a survey of analysts by Refinitiv:

• Earnings per share: $1.15 adjusted vs. $1.11 anticipated
• Revenue: $9.47 billion vs. $9.52 billion anticipated

Best Buy’s web earnings within the first quarter fell to $244 million, or $1.11 per share, from $341 million, or $1.49 per share, a yr earlier.

Net sales declined from $10.65 billion within the year-ago interval and fell wanting Wall Street’s expectations.

Comparable sales declined 10.1% within the quarter, in step with the drop anticipated by buyers, in accordance with StreetAccount.

Shares of Best Buy closed Wednesday at $69.15, bringing the corporate’s market worth to $15.12 billion. So far this yr, its inventory is down about 14%, trailing the 7% good points of the S&P 500 and the two% declines of the retail-focused XRT throughout the identical interval.

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