Earnings Preview For ChannelAdvisor

On Tuesday, ChannelAdvisor ECOM will report its last quarter's earnings. Here is Benzinga's take on the company's release.

Earnings and Revenue

Wall Street expects EPS of 8 cents per share and sales around $34.36 million.

In the same quarter last year, ChannelAdvisor reported earnings per share of 32 cents per share on sales of $31 million. If the company were to report inline earnings when it publishes results Tuesday, earnings would be down 75 percent. Sales would be up 8.18 percent from the same quarter last year. The company's reported EPS has stacked up against analyst estimates in the past like this:

Q4 EPS Estimate: 8 cents per share
Q4 Revenues Estimate: $34 million

Stock Performance

Over the last 52-week period, shares are down -35.44 percent. Given that these returns are generally negative, long-term shareholders are likely unhappy going into this earnings release.

Over the past 90 days, analysts have generally adjusted their estimates lower for EPS and revenues. Analysts generally rate ChannelAdvisor stock as Neutral. The strength of this rating has maintained conviction over the past three months.

Conference Call

Don't be surprised to see the stock move on comments made during its conference call. ChannelAdvisor's Q4 conference call is scheduled to begin at 4:30 p.m. ET and can be accessed here: http://ir.channeladvisor.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=251758&p=irol-irhome