Hain Celestial Q4 Earnings Declines Year Over Year Hain Celestial reported fourth-quarter fiscal 2018 results. Adjusted earnings per share of 27 cents came a penny ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate, though it declined 34.1% year over year. The downside can be attributed to higher SG&A costs, increased interest expenses and factors that affected gross margin. Net sales advanced 3% year over year to $619.6 million, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $629 million. On a currency-neutral basis, net sales dipped 1% as a low-double-digit rise in the United Kingdom and Rest of World was countered by a mid-single-digit decline in the United States. On adjusting for currency fluctuations, buyouts, divestitures and various other items like SKU rationalization, sales jumped 3%. Segment-wise, net sales at the United States segment dropped 6% year over year to $269.9 million.