Earnings Outlook For At Home Group

On Tuesday, December 01, At Home Group HOME will release its latest earnings report. Check out Benzinga's preview to understand the implications.

Net Income, Earnings, And Earnings Per Share

Earnings and EPS are useful metrics of profitability. Total earnings also known as net income is equal to total revenue minus total expenses. Dividing net income by the total number of shares outstanding yields EPS.

Earnings And Revenue

Based on At Home Group management projections, analysts predict EPS of $0.63 on revenue of $469.77 million. In the same quarter last year, At Home Group posted EPS of $0.0 on sales of $318.73 million.

Why Analyst Estimates And Earnings Surprises Are Important

Wall Street analysts who study this company will publish analyst estimates of revenue and EPS. The averages of all analyst EPS and revenue estimates are called the "consensus estimates"; these consensus estimates can have a significant effect on a company's performance during an earnings release. When a company posts earnings or revenue above or below a consensus estimate, it has posted an "earnings surprise", which can really move a stock depending on the difference between actual and estimated values.

If the company were to post earnings in line with the consensus estimate when it reports Tuesday, EPS would be down 0%. Revenue would be have grown 47.39% from the same quarter last year. At Home Group's reported EPS has stacked up against analyst estimates in the past like this:

Stock Performance

Shares of At Home Group were trading at $19.14 as of November 27. Over the last 52-week period, shares are up 130.64%. Given that these returns are generally positive, long-term shareholders are probably content going into this earnings release.

Do not be surprised to see the stock move on comments made during its conference call. At Home Group is scheduled to hold the call at 16:30:00 ET and can be accessed here.