Earnings Preview: Community Bankers Trust

Community Bankers Trust ESXB unveils its next round of earnings this Friday, April 30. Here is Benzinga's everything-that-matters guide for the earnings announcement.

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

Community Bankers Trust earnings will be near $0.18 per share on sales of $14.94 million, according to analysts. In the same quarter last year, Community Bankers Trust reported earnings per share of $0.06 on sales of $13.57 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 Wall Street consensus estimate for earnings would represent a 200.0% increase for the company. Sales would be up 10.07% on a year-over-year basis. Here is how the company's EPS has stacked up against analyst estimates in the past:

Stock Performance

Shares of Community Bankers Trust were trading at $8.14 as of April 28. Over the last 52-week period, shares are up 47.23%. Given that these returns are generally positive, long-term shareholders should be satisfied going into this earnings release.

Do not be surprised to see the stock move on comments made during its conference call. Community Bankers Trust is scheduled to hold the call at 11:00:00 ET and can be accessed here.