Benzinga | Aug 26, 2020 10:40AM EDT

Earnings Outlook For Photronics

On Thursday, August 27, Photronics (NASDAQ:PLAB) will release its latest earnings report. Benzinga's report can help you figure out the ins and outs of the earnings release.

Earnings and Revenue

Based on Photronics management projections, analysts predict EPS of $0.15 on revenue of $150.90 million. In the same quarter last year, Photronics reported EPS of $0.1 on revenue of $138.11 million. If the company were to report in-line earnings when it publishes results Thursday, earnings would be up 50.0%. Sales would be have grown 2.21% from the same quarter last year. Here's how the company's reported EPS has stacked up against analyst estimates in the past:

Quarter Q2 2020 Q1 2020 Q4 2019 Q3 2019EPS Estimate 0.14 0.16 0.15 0.09EPS Actual 0.10 0.16 0.15 0.10Revenue Estimate 147.63 M 150.50 M 147.37 M 137.13 MRevenue Actual 142.77 M 159.74 M 156.26 M 138.11 M

Stock Performance

Shares of Photronics were trading at $11.16 as of August 26. Over the last 52-week period, shares are up 8.11%. Given that these returns are generally positive, long-term shareholders should be satisfied going into this earnings release.

Don't be surprised to see the stock move on comments made during its conference call. Photronics is scheduled to hold the call at 08:30:00 ET and can be accessed here: https://edge.media-server.com/mmc/p/ktamzi9x