Earnings Preview: Ethan Allen Interiors

Ethan Allen Interiors ETH releases its next round of earnings Thursday. Here's Benzinga's essential guide to Ethan Allen Interiors' Q3 earnings report.

Earnings and Revenue

Wall Street analysts see Ethan Allen Interiors reporting earnings of 22 cents per share on revenue of $185.4 million.

Ethan Allen Interiors EPS in the same period a year ago totaled 23 cents. Sales were $180.5 million. If the company were to report inline earnings when it publishes results Thursday, earnings would be down 4.35 percent. Sales would be up 2.73 percent from the year-ago period. Here's how the company's reported EPS has stacked up against analyst estimates in the past:

Stock Performance

Over the last 52-week period, shares are down 24.92 percent. Given that these returns are generally negative, long-term shareholders won't be happy going into this earnings release. Long-term shareholders are already enjoying 12-month gains prior to the announcement. Analyst estimates have adjusted lower for EPS and revenues over the past 90 days. Analysts have been rating Ethan Allen Interiors stock as Neutral. The strength of this rating has risen over the past three months.

Conference Call

The Ethan Allen Interiors's Q3 conference call is scheduled to begin at 5:00 p.m. ET and can be accessed here: http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=81552&p=irol-irhome