Earnings Outlook For Hill-Rom Holdings
On Friday, Hill-Rom Holdings (NYSE: HRC) will report its last quarter's earnings. Here is Benzinga's take on the company's release.
Earnings and Revenue
Sell-side analysts expect Hill-Rom Holdings's EPS to be near $1.02 on sales of $705.5 million.
Hill-Rom Holdings reported a profit of 88 cents when it published results during the same quarter last year. Sales in that period totaled $678.9 million. Sales would be up 3.92 percent from the year-ago period. Here's how the company's reported EPS has compared to analyst estimates in the past:
Quarter | Q1 2018 | Q4 2017 | Q3 2017 | Q2 2017 |
EPS Estimate | 0.78 | 1.28 | 0.91 | 0.79 |
EPS Actual | 0.92 | 1.32 | 0.91 | 0.88 |
Stock Performance
For a full 12 months, the return has risen by 18.09 percent. Given that these returns are generally positive, long-term shareholders are probably relaxed going into this earnings release. Long-term shareholders are already enjoying 12-month gains prior to the announcement.
Analyst estimates are adjusted higher for EPS and revenues over the past 90 days. Analysts have been rating Hill-Rom Holdings stock as Neutral. The strength of this rating has risen over the past three months.
Conference Call
The Hill-Rom Holdings's Q2 conference call is scheduled to begin at 8:00 a.m. ET and can be accessed here: https://ir.hill-rom.com/events-and-presentations/default.aspx#section=upcoming
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