Earnings Outlook for ExOne

On Thursday, March 11, ExOne XONE will report its last quarter's earnings. Here is Benzinga's preview of the company's release.

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 management's projections, ExOne analysts modeled for a loss of $0.17 per share on sales of $16.90 million. In the same quarter last year, ExOne reported EPS of $0.12 on revenue of $17.53 million.

What Are Analyst Estimates And Earnings Surprises, And Why Do They Matter?

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 analyst consensus estimate would represent a 41.67% decrease in the company's earnings. Sales would be down 3.62% from the year-ago period. Here is how the company's reported EPS has stacked up against analyst estimates in the past:

Stock Performance

Shares of ExOne were trading at $31.41 as of March 09. Over the last 52-week period, shares are up 661.07%. Given that these returns are generally positive, long-term shareholders are probably happy going into this earnings release.

Do not be surprised to see the stock move on comments made during its conference call. ExOne is scheduled to hold the call at 08:30:00 ET and can be accessed here.