2023 has been a tough year for (NYSE: CHWY) shareholders, who have seen the stock drop 52% year to date while the S 500 is up 12%. The bulk of those declines came in the past three months as Wall Street lowered its short-term expectations for the pet supply industry. Peers such as Petco have seen similar slumps and are warning about more cautious consumer spending patterns.

Investing returns should be measured in years and decades, though, rather than with quarter-to-quarter swings. That's why it pays for investors to tune out the noise and focus instead on a company's wider opportunities. With that in mind, let's look at where Chewy could be headed over the next several years.

Chewy has had trouble gaining new customers in its post-pandemic lull. Its pool of active users fell 0.6% through the first half of fiscal 2023 (ended July 30), improving slightly from the 1.2% decline that investors saw in the previous full fiscal year. And the pet owners who remain engaged are becoming more cautious with their spending choices.

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Source Fool.com