Aug 1 (Reuters) - Natural Grocers By Vitamin Cottage Inc
NGVC.N :
* NATURAL GROCERS BY VITAMIN COTTAGE ANNOUNCES THIRD QUARTER
FISCAL 2019 RESULTS AND INCREASES THE MIDPOINT OF FISCAL 2019
EARNINGS PER SHARE OUTLOOK
* Q3 EARNINGS PER SHARE $0.09
* Q3 SALES ROSE 5.3 PERCENT TO $224.4 MILLION
* Q3 DAILY AVERAGE SAME STORE SALES ROSE 2.4 PERCENT
* NARROWED ITS 2019 DAILY AVERAGE COMPARABLE STORE SALES
GUIDANCE.
* RAISED MIDPOINT OF ITS FISCAL 2019 DILUTED EARNINGS PER
SHARE
OUTLOOK
* SEES 2019 DAILY AVERAGE COMPARABLE STORE SALES GROWTH 2.7%
TO
3.3%
* SEES 2019 DILUTED EARNINGS PER SHARE $0.39 TO $0.41
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