Yahoo Finance WESCO (WCC) To Report Earnings Tomorrow: Here Is What To Expect
Electrical supply company WESCO (NYSE:WCC) will be announcing earnings results tomorrow before market open. Here's what you need to know.
WESCO met analysts' revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $5.35 billion, down 3.1% year on year. It was a slower quarter for the company, with a miss of analysts' earnings estimates.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting WESCO's revenue to decline 3.2% year on year to $5.56 billion, a reversal from the 4.8% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $3.62 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. WESCO has missed Wall Street's revenue estimates three times over the last two years.
Looking at WESCO's peers in the maintenance and repair distributors segment, some have already reported their Q2 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Transcat delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 10.1%, missing analysts' expectations by 3.8%, and Fastenal reported revenues up 1.8%, in line with consensus estimates. Transcat traded down 13.7% following the results while Fastenal was up 5.8%.
Read our full analysis of Transcat's results here and Fastenal's results here.
There has been positive sentiment among investors in the maintenance and repair distributors segment, with share prices up 9.4% on average over the last month. WESCO is up 8.5% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $195.8 (compared to the current share price of $170.79).
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