Rubicon Project Q4 Earnings Outlook

On Wednesday, The Rubicon Project RUBI will release its latest earnings report. Benzinga's outlook for Rubicon Project is included in the following report.

Earnings and Revenue

Sell-side analysts are expecting Rubicon Project's loss per share to be near 29 cents on sales of $29.3 million.

The Rubicon Project reported EPS of 37 cents when it published results during the same quarter last year. Sales in that period totaled $66.8 million. If the company were to report inline earnings when it publishes results Wednesday, earnings would be down 178.38 percent. Sales would be down 56.09 percent from the same quarter last year.

Here's how the The Rubicon Project's reported EPS has stacked up against analyst estimates in the past:

Stock Performance

Over the last 52-week period, shares are down 81.07 percent. Given that these returns are generally negative, long-term shareholders are probably down going into this earnings release.

Analyst estimates are adjusted lower for EPS and revenues over the past 90 days. The popular rating by analysts on Rubicon Project stock is a Neutral. The strength of this rating has maintained conviction over the past 90 days.

Conference Call

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