3D printer provider Markforged (NYSE:MKFG) will be reporting earnings tomorrow after market close. Here’s what investors should know.
Markforged met analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $21.69 million, down 14.8% year on year. It was a slower quarter for the company, with full-year revenue guidance missing analysts’ expectations.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting Markforged’s revenue to grow 12.3% year on year to $22.54 million, a reversal from the 20.4% decrease it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted loss is expected to come in at -$0.48 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. Markforged has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates twice over the last two years.
Looking at Markforged’s peers in the industrial machinery segment, some have already reported their Q3 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Proto Labs’s revenues decreased 3.9% year on year, beating analysts’ expectations by 3.5%, and Hyster-Yale Materials Handling reported revenues up 1.5%, falling short of estimates by 3.8%. Proto Labs traded up 23.4% following the results.
Read our full analysis of Proto Labs’s results here and Hyster-Yale Materials Handling’s results here.
There has been positive sentiment among investors in the industrial machinery segment, with share prices up 2.7% on average over the last month. Markforged is down 5% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $5 (compared to the current share price of $4.41).
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