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Electrical safety company Atkore (NYSE:ATKR) will be announcing earnings results tomorrow before market open. Here’s what investors should know.
Atkore missed analysts’ revenue expectations by 0.9% last quarter, reporting revenues of $822.4 million, down 10.5% year on year. It was a disappointing quarter for the company, with full-year EBITDA guidance missing analysts’ expectations significantly.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting Atkore’s revenue to decline 14% year on year to $748.3 million, improving from the 15.5% decrease it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $2.47 per share.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Atkore has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates five times over the last two years.
Looking at Atkore’s peers in the electrical systems segment, some have already reported their Q3 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Powell delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 31.8%, missing analysts’ expectations by 4%, and OSI Systems (NASDAQ:OSIS) reported revenues up 23.2%, topping estimates by 8%. OSI Systems traded down 5.5% following the results.
Read the full analysis of Powell’s and OSI Systems’s results on StockStory.
There has been positive sentiment among investors in the electrical systems segment, with share prices up 4.6% on average over the last month. Atkore’s stock price was unchanged during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $122.50 (compared to the current share price of $86.32).