A Preview Of Exponent's Earnings

Exponent EXPO announces its next round of earnings Thursday. Here's Benzinga's advanced look at Exponent's Q4 earnings report.

Earnings and Revenue

Based on management's projections, Exponent analysts model for earnings of 42 cents per share on sales of $83.5 million.

If the company were to post earnings inline with the current consensus estimate when it reports Thursday, EPS would be up 7.69 percent. Revenue would be have grown 8.53 percent from the same quarter last year.

Exponent's reported EPS has stacked up against analyst estimates in the past like this:

Q4 EPS Estimate: 42 cents per share
Q4 Revenues Estimate: $83.5 million

Stock Performance

Shares of Exponent were trading at $76 as of Jan. 30. Over the last 52-week period, shares are up 33.1 percent. Given that these returns are generally positive, long-term shareholders are probably happy going into this earnings release.

Analyst estimates are adjusted higher for EPS and revenues over the past 90 days. The popular rating by analysts on Exponent stock is a Sell. The strength of this rating has dwindled over the past 90 days.

Conference Call

Don't be surprised to see the stock move on comments made during its conference call. Exponent's Q4 conference call is scheduled to begin at 4:30 p.m. ET and can be accessed here.