Banco Latinoamericano (BLX) Lags Q2 Earnings and Revenue Estimates
Banco Latinoamericano (BLX) just came out with quarterly earnings of $0.42 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.57 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.44 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items.
This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of -26.32%. A quarter ago, it was expected that this bank created in South and Central America to provide trade financing would post earnings of $0.58 per share when it actually produced earnings of $0.49, delivering a surprise of -15.52%.
Over the last four quarters, the company has not been able to surpass consensus EPS estimates.
Banco Latinoamericano, which belongs to the Zacks Banks - Foreign industry, posted revenues of $31.51 million for the quarter ended June 2018, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 8.12%. This compares to year-ago revenues of $34.41 million. The company has not been able to beat consensus revenue estimates over the last four quarters.
BLX's immediate price movement will reflect how these results and management's commentary on the earnings call help shape expectations for the coming quarter(s).
Banco Latinoamericano shares have lost about 10.1% since the beginning of the year versus the S&P 500's gain of 4.9%.
What's Next for Banco Latinoamericano?
While Banco Latinoamericano has underperformed the market so far this year, the question that comes to investors' minds is: what's next for the stock?
There are no easy answers to this key question, but one reliable measure that can help investors address this is the company's earnings outlook. Not only does this include current consensus earnings expectations for the coming quarter(s), but also how these expectations have changed lately.
Empirical research shows a strong correlation between near-term stock movements and trends in earnings estimate revisions. Investors can track such revisions by themselves or rely on a tried-and-tested rating tool like the Zacks Rank, which has an impressive track record of harnessing the power of earnings estimate revisions.
Ahead of this earnings release, the estimate revisions trend for Banco Latinoamericano was unfavorable. While the magnitude and direction of estimate revisions could change following the company's just-released earnings report, the current status translates into a Zacks Rank #5 (Strong Sell) for the stock. So, the shares are expected to underperform the market in the near future. You can see the complete list of today's Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.
It will be interesting to see how estimates for the coming quarters and current fiscal year change in the days ahead. The current consensus EPS estimate is $0.62 on $36.63 million in revenues for the coming quarter and $2.19 on $139.86 million in revenues for the current fiscal year.
Investors should be mindful of the fact that the outlook for the industry can have a material impact on the performance of the stock as well. In terms of the Zacks Industry Rank, Banks - Foreign is currently in the bottom 8% of the 250 plus Zacks industries. Our research shows that the top 50% of the Zacks-ranked industries outperform the bottom 50% by a factor of more than 2 to 1.
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