IT solutions provider ePlus (NASDAQ: PLUS) will be reporting earnings this Wednesday afternoon. Here’s what to expect.
ePlus beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 17.5% last quarter, reporting revenues of $608.8 million, up 23.4% year on year. It was an incredible quarter for the company, with a beat of analysts’ EPS estimates and an impressive beat of analysts’ revenue estimates.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting ePlus’s revenue to grow 8% year on year to $551.8 million, improving from its flat revenue in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $1.01 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. ePlus has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates five times over the last two years.
Looking at ePlus’s peers in the tech hardware & electronics segment, some have already reported their Q4 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Avnet delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 11.6%, beating analysts’ expectations by 4.5%, and TD SYNNEX reported revenues up 9.7%, topping estimates by 2.6%. Avnet traded up 19.1% following the results while TD SYNNEX’s stock price was unchanged.
Read our full analysis of Avnet’s results here and TD SYNNEX’s results here.
Investors in the tech hardware & electronics segment have had steady hands going into earnings, with share prices up 1.6% on average over the last month. ePlus’s stock price was unchanged during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $108 (compared to the current share price of $86.99).
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