Semiconductor manufacturer Magnachip Semiconductor (NYSE:MX) will be reporting earnings tomorrow afternoon. Here's what investors should know.
Last quarter Magnachip reported revenues of $57 million, down 45.2% year on year, missing analyst expectations by 6.55%. It was a weak quarter for the company, with underwhelming revenue guidance for the next quarter and a miss of analysts' revenue estimates.
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This quarter analysts are expecting Magnachip's revenue to decline 40.3% year on year to $60.5 million, a further deceleration on the 11% year-over-year decrease in revenue the company had recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted loss is expected to come in at -$0.20 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 missed Wall St's revenue estimates five times over the last two years.
Looking at Magnachip's peers in the semiconductors segment, some of them have already reported Q2 earnings results, giving us a hint of what we can expect. ON Semiconductor delivered top-line growth of 0.45% year on year, beating analyst estimates by 3.66%, and Lattice Semiconductor reported revenues up 17.8% year on year, exceeding estimates by 1.47%. ON Semiconductor traded up 5.56% on the results, Lattice Semiconductor was down 1.16%. Read our full analysis of ON Semiconductor's results here and Lattice Semiconductor's results here.
Investors in the semiconductors segment have had steady hands going into the earnings, with the stocks up on average 0.49% over the last month. Magnachip is down 8.22% during the same time, and is heading into the earnings with analysts' average price target of $14, compared to share price of $9.27.
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