Two Small-Caps Reporting Earnings On Thursday: Joy Global & Infoblox

Shares of Joy Global Inc. JOY are down about 0.6 percent on Wednesday trading, while shares of Infoblox Inc BLOX are up more than 4 percent, ahead of the announcement of the companies’ quarterly financial results, scheduled for Thursday. So, let’s take a look at what the Street and the crowd are expecting for these earnings calls.

Joy Global

Most eyes will probably be on Joy Global on Thursday morning, as its earnings call will take place before the market opens. Expectations point towards a year-over-year decline in earnings per share of at least 10 percent.

A year ago, the company reported earnings of $0.80 per share on revenue of $875.6 million; in the latest quarter, earnings came in at $0.59 per share, and revenue, at $810.52 million.

For the third quarter of 2015, the Street is modeling consensus earnings of $0.60 per share on revenue of $806.17 million, while the crowd projects consensus earnings of $0.72 per share on revenue of $837.93 million (Estimize).

Infoblox

Expectations for Infoblox are considerably more optimistic. Management guided earnings in the $0.09 per share to $0.10 per share range, at least 200 percent higher than a year ago, on revenue of $79 million to $81 million.

The Street and the crowd are even more bullish, anticipating earnings of $0.11 per share and $0.12 per share, respectively, on sales in the $81.25 million to $81.5 million range (Estimize).

These estimates compare to EPS of $0.03 on revenue of $64.9 million reported a year ago, and to EPS of $0.12 on sales of $78.1 million registered last quarter. It should be noted from the chart above, however, that Infoblox has a history of beating estimates and guidance.