WW International Shares Slide on Drop in Subscribers

Profit for the former Weight Watchers rose 57% but trailed analysts’ forecasts

Patrick Thomas

Nov. 1, 2018 7:22 p.m. ET

Shares of WW International Inc. tumbled nearly 14% in after-hours trading Thursday after the company reported a decline in subscribers for the second quarter in a row.

WW, formerly Weight Watchers, ended the third quarter with 4.2 million subscribers, down from the prior quarter’s 4.5 million, but the company said its subscriber total was up 25% from a year earlier.

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