A Preview Of Absolute Software's Earnings

Absolute Software ABST is set to give its latest quarterly earnings report on Tuesday, 2022-08-23. Here's what investors need to know before the announcement.

Analysts estimate that Absolute Software will report an earnings per share (EPS) of $-0.11.

Absolute Software bulls will hope to hear the company to announce they've not only beaten that estimate, but also to provide positive guidance, or forecasted growth, for the next quarter.

New investors should note that it is sometimes not an earnings beat or miss that most affects the price of a stock, but the guidance (or forecast).

Past Earnings Performance

Last quarter the company beat EPS by $0.20, which was followed by a 4.62% increase in the share price the next day.

Here's a look at Absolute Software's past performance and the resulting price change:

Quarter Q3 2022 Q2 2022 Q1 2022 Q4 2021
EPS Estimate -0.1 -0.08
EPS Actual 0.1 0.13 0.09 -0.06
Price Change % 4.62% 19.68% -4.74% -17.13%

Stock Performance

Shares of Absolute Software were trading at $10.24 as of August 19. Over the last 52-week period, shares are down 13.89%. Given that these returns are generally negative, long-term shareholders are likely a little upset going into this earnings release.

To track all earnings releases for Absolute Software visit their earnings calendar on our site.

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