Manufacturing equipment and systems provider Advanced Energy (NASDAQ:AEIS) will be reporting earnings tomorrow after the bell. Here’s what to look for.
Advanced Energy beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 4.1% last quarter, reporting revenues of $364.9 million, down 12.2% year on year. It was a very strong quarter for the company, with an impressive beat of analysts’ EBITDA estimates.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting Advanced Energy’s revenue to decline 9.1% year on year to $372.5 million, improving from the 20.6% decrease it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.91 per share.
The majority of analysts covering the company have reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Advanced Energy has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates three times over the last two years.
Looking at Advanced Energy’s peers in the electronic components segment, some have already reported their Q3 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Vicor’s revenues decreased 13.6% year on year, beating analysts’ expectations by 9.3%, and Rogers reported a revenue decline of 8.2%, falling short of estimates by 4.5%. Vicor traded up 13.9% following the results while Rogers was also up 1.9%.
Read our full analysis of Vicor’s results here and Rogers’s results here.
Investors in the electronic components segment have had steady hands going into earnings, with share prices flat over the last month. Advanced Energy is up 1.6% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $115 (compared to the current share price of $106.95).
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