Power conversion and control solutions provider Vicor Corporation (NASDAQ:VICR) will be announcing earnings results this Tuesday after market hours. Here’s what to look for.
Vicor missed analysts’ revenue expectations by 2.8% last quarter, reporting revenues of $93.97 million, up 12% year on year. It was a disappointing quarter for the company, with a significant miss of analysts’ EBITDA estimates and a significant miss of analysts’ EPS estimates.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting Vicor’s revenue to grow 12.3% year on year to $96.43 million, a reversal from the 19.6% decrease it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.18 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. Vicor has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates three times over the last two years.
Looking at Vicor’s peers in the electrical equipment segment, only Acuity Brands has reported results so far. It beat analysts’ revenue estimates by 3.1%, delivering year-on-year sales growth of 21.7%. The stock traded up 5.8% on the results.
Read our full analysis of Acuity Brands’s earnings results here.There has been positive sentiment among investors in the electrical equipment segment, with share prices up 6.5% on average over the last month. Vicor is up 8.7% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $50 (compared to the current share price of $47.65).
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