How Did Intuit's Competition React To Weak Guidance?

Intuit Inc. INTU took a 3.5 percent dive on Wednesday following its Q2 earnings release.

Intuit actually delivered strong beats on both earnings and revenue on the quarter. The company reported EPS of $0.08, well ahead of expectations of a $0.02 loss. The tech giant also reported revenue of $754 million on the quarter, far surpassing consensus estimates of $733 million.

However, the market wasn’t impressed with Intuit's forward guidance, and investors have been dumping the stock.

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But what does Intuit’s weakness say about the company’s top competitors? Intuit provides small business accounting software (QuickBooks) and tax preparation software (TurboTax). Here’s a look at how a handful of Intuit’s competitors have reacted to the company’s weak guidance since Tuesday’s close:

• H & R Block Inc HRB shares are up 0.95 percent.
• Paychex, Inc. PAYX shares are up 0.58 percent.
• Automatic Data Processing ADP shares are down 0.16 percent./li>
• Liberty Tax Inc TAX shares are up 1.52 percent.
• Blucora Inc BCOR shares are down 0.56 percent.

Overall, it seems as though the market doesn’t see Intuit’s loss as the competition’s gain.

Despite the post-earnings selloff, Intuit has been the top tax services play so far in 2016. Intuit is up 14 percent in 2016. Shares of H&R Block and Liberty Tax are down compared to 26.5 percent and 41 percent, respectively.