** Shares of water bottle maker YETI Holdings Inc YETI.N
down ~10% at $35.71 premarket as co forecasts FY profit below
expectations
** Sees 2023 adj profit between $2.12/shr and $2.23/shr vs
est of $2.82- Refinitiv IBES data
** Co sees gross margin improvement through the year but
says operating expenses to stay high
** YETI misses Q4 sales and profit estimates, reflecting
impact of lingering supply chain costs and voluntary recall of
its backpack coolers
** Up to Wednesday's close, stock had fallen ~32% in the
past 12 months
(Reporting by Anne Florentyna Gnanaraja Sekar in Bengaluru)
((AnneFlorentyna.GnanarajaSekar@thomsonreuters.com;))