Communications chips maker Qorvo (NASDAQ: QRVO) will be reporting earnings tomorrow after the bell. Here's what you need to know.
Last quarter Qorvo reported revenues of $743.3 million, down 33.3% year on year, beating analyst revenue expectations by 2.33%. It was a weak quarter for the company, with declining revenue and underwhelming guidance for the next quarter.
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This quarter analysts are expecting Qorvo's revenue to decline 46.7% year on year to $621.4 million, a further deceleration on the 8.71% year-over-year decrease in revenue the company had recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.13 per share.
Majority of analysts covering the company have reconfirmed their estimates over the last thirty days, suggesting they are expecting the business to stay the course heading into the earnings. The company has a history of exceeding Wall St's expectations, beating revenue estimates every single time over the past two years on average by 1.72%.
Looking at Qorvo's peers in the semiconductors segment, some of them have already reported Q4 earnings results, giving us a hint what we can expect. SMART's revenues decreased 4.45% year on year, missing analyst estimates by 1.34% and Intel reported revenue decline of 36.2% year on year, exceeding estimates by 5.25%. SMART traded down 3.44% on the results, Intel was down 2.45%. Read our full analysis of SMART's results here and Intel's results here.
The fears around raising interest rates have been putting pressure on tech stocks and while some of the semiconductors stocks have fared somewhat better, they have not been spared, with share price declining 9.04% over the last month. Qorvo is down 8.5% during the same time, and is heading into the earnings with analyst price target of $109, compared to share price of $92.3.
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