Online education platform, 2U (NASDAQ:TWOU) will be announcing earnings results tomorrow after the bell. Here's what investors should know.
Last quarter 2U reported revenues of $236 million, down 3.11% year on year, in line with analyst expectations. It was a mixed quarter for the company, with very strong guidance for the next year but slow revenue growth.
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This quarter analysts are expecting 2U's revenue to decline 5.84% year on year to $238.5 million, a deceleration on the 8.97% year-over-year increase in revenue the company had recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted loss is expected to come in at -$0.07 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 only missed Wall St's revenue estimates once over the last two years, and has on average exceeded top line expectations by 0.44%.
Looking at 2U's peers in the vertical software segment, some of them have already reported Q1 earnings results, giving us a hint of what we can expect. Cadence delivered top-line growth of 13.3% year on year, beating analyst estimates by 1.49%. Cadence was down 1.9%. Read our full analysis of Cadence's results here.
Investors in the vertical software segment have had steady hands going into the earnings, with the stocks up on average 0.36% over the last month. 2U is down 23.4% during the same time, and is heading into the earnings with analyst price target of $11.2, compared to share price of $5.18.
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