(Updates)
** Shares of water bottle maker YETI Holdings Inc YETI.N
fall ~4% to $38.26 as company 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
** Company 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
** Stock has fallen ~15% in the past 12 months
(Reporting by Anne Florentyna Gnanaraja Sekar in Bengaluru)
((AnneFlorentyna.GnanarajaSekar@thomsonreuters.com))