Post Holdings POST releases its next round of earnings this Thursday, February 04. Get the latest predictions in Benzinga's essential guide to the company's Q1 earnings report.
Net Income, Earnings, And Earnings Per Share
Earnings and especially earnings per share (EPS) are useful measures of a company's profitability. Total earnings, which is also referred to as net income, equals total revenue minus total expenses. EPS equals to net income divided by the number of shares outstanding.
Earnings And Revenue
Wall Street expects EPS of $0.71 and sales around $1.42 billion. Post Holdings earnings in the same period a year ago was $0.76 per share. Quarterly sales came in at $1.46 billion.
Why Analyst Estimates And Earnings Surprises Are Important
Analysts who cover this company will publish forward-looking estimates of its revenue and EPS each quarter. Averaging together every EPS and revenue prediction that each analyst makes about a company in a quarter yields the "consensus estimates." A company posting earnings or revenue above or below the consensus estimate is known as an "earnings surprise" and may move the stock by a considerable margin.
The Wall Street estimate would represent a 6.58% decline in the company's earnings. Revenue would be down 2.54% from the year-ago period. Here is how the company's EPS has stacked up against analyst estimates in the past:
Quarter | Q4 2020 | Q3 2020 | Q2 2020 | Q1 2020 |
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EPS Estimate | 0.77 | 0.71 | 0.90 | 1.15 |
EPS Actual | 0.58 | 0.75 | 0.65 | 0.76 |
Revenue Estimate | 1.44 B | 1.38 B | 1.42 B | 1.47 B |
Revenue Actual | 1.41 B | 1.34 B | 1.49 B | 1.46 B |
Stock Performance
Shares of Post Holdings were trading at $94.83 as of February 02. Over the last 52-week period, shares are down 11.37%. Given that these returns are generally negative, long-term shareholders are probably unhappy going into this earnings release.
Do not be surprised to see the stock move on comments made during its conference call. Post Holdings is scheduled to hold the call at 09:00:00 ET and can be accessed here.
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