Dollar Tree (NASDAQ: DLTR) announces its next round of earnings this Thursday, August 27. Here is Benzinga's everything-that-matters guide for this Thursday's Q2 earnings announcement.

Earnings and Revenue

Wall Street analysts see Dollar Tree reporting earnings of $0.92 per share on sales of $6.20 billion. In the same quarter last year, Dollar Tree announced EPS of $0.76 on revenue of $5.74 billion. The Wall Street estimate would represent a 21.05% increase in the company's earnings per share. Revenue would be up 1.47% from the year-ago period. Dollar Tree's reported EPS has stacked up against analyst estimates in the past like this:

Stock Performance

For a full 12 months, the return has risen by 5.33%. Given that these returns are generally positive, long-term shareholders are probably relaxed going into this earnings release. Long-term shareholders are already enjoying 12-month gains prior to the announcement.

Don't be surprised to see the stock move on comments made during its conference call. Dollar Tree is scheduled to hold the call at 09:00:00 ET and can be accessed here: https://edge.media-server.com/mmc/p/bmp7e82p