Nu Skin Q4 Earnings Preview

Nu Skin Enterprises (NYSE: NUS) releases its next round of earnings Thursday. Here's Benzinga's essential guide to Nu Skin's Q4 earnings report.

Earnings and Revenue

Nu Skin EPS will likely be near $1.19 while revenue will be around $665.44 million, according to analysts.

In the same quarter last year, Nu Skin reported EPS of 79 cents per share on revenue of $531.32 million. The analyst consensus estimate would represent a 50.63 percent increase in the company's EPS figure. Revenue would be up 25.24 percent on a year-over-year basis.

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

Q4 EPS Estimate: $1.19
Q4 Revenues Estimate: $665 million

Stock Performance

Over the last 52-week period, shares are up 27.89 percent. Given that these returns are generally positive, long-term shareholders should be satisfied going into this earnings release.

Analyst estimates are adjusted higher for EPS and revenues over the past 90 days. The most common rating by analysts on Nu Skin stock is a 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. Nu Skin's Q4 conference call is scheduled to begin at 8:00 a.m. ET and can be accessed here: http://ir.nuskin.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=103888&p=irol-calendar