Earnings Outlook For Dycom Industries
Dycom Industries (NYSE: DY) announces its next round of earnings this Tuesday, November 24. Here is Benzinga's everything-that-matters guide for this Tuesday's Q3 earnings announcement.
Net Income, Earnings, And Earnings Per Share
Earnings and EPS are useful metrics of profitability. Total earnings also known as net income is equal to total revenue minus total expenses. Dividing net income by the total number of shares outstanding yields EPS.
Earnings And Revenue
Sell-side analysts expect Dycom Industries's EPS to be near $1.05 on sales of $817.69 million. Dycom Industries reported a per-share profit of $0.88 when it published results during the same quarter last year. Sales in that period totaled $884.12 million.
Why Analyst Estimates And Earnings Surprises Are Important
Wall Street analysts who study this company will publish analyst estimates of revenue and EPS. The averages of all analyst EPS and revenue estimates are called the "consensus estimates"; these consensus estimates can have a significant effect on a company's performance during an earnings release. When a company posts earnings or revenue above or below a consensus estimate, it has posted an "earnings surprise", which can really move a stock depending on the difference between actual and estimated values.
The Wall Street estimate would represent a 19.32% increase in the company's earnings. Sales would be down 7.51% from the same quarter last year. The company's reported EPS has stacked up against analyst estimates in the past like this:
EPS Estimate | 0.68 | -0.04 | -0.03 | 0.72 |
EPS Actual | 1.18 | 0.36 | -0.23 | 0.88 |
Revenue Estimate | 851.57 M | 746.64 M | 726.58 M | 849.90 M |
Revenue Actual | 823.92 M | 814.32 M | 737.60 M | 884.12 M |
Stock Performance
Over the last 52-week period, shares are up 40.91%. Given that these returns are generally positive, long-term shareholders can relax going into this earnings release. Long-term shareholders are already enjoying 12-month gains prior to the announcement.
Do not be surprised to see the stock move on comments made during its conference call. Dycom Industries is scheduled to hold the call at 09:00:00 ET and can be accessed here.
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