Building systems company Limbach (NASDAQ: LMB) will be announcing earnings results tomorrow afternoon. Here’s what you need to know.
Limbach missed analysts’ revenue expectations by 3.8% last quarter, reporting revenues of $143.7 million, flat year on year. It was an exceptional quarter for the company, with a solid beat of analysts’ EPS estimates and an impressive beat of analysts’ EBITDA estimates.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting Limbach’s revenue to grow 1.8% year on year to $121.1 million, a reversal from the 1.7% decrease it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.43 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. Limbach has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates three times over the last two years.
Looking at Limbach’s peers in the construction and maintenance services segment, some have already reported their Q1 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Comfort Systems delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 19.1%, beating analysts’ expectations by 4.2%, and Orion reported revenues up 17.4%, topping estimates by 8.8%. Comfort Systems traded up 5.6% following the results while Orion’s stock price was unchanged.
Read our full analysis of Comfort Systems’s results here and Orion’s results here.
There has been positive sentiment among investors in the construction and maintenance services segment, with share prices up 13% on average over the last month. Limbach is up 45.2% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $107 (compared to the current share price of $103.20).
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