Benzinga | Jul 31, 2020 11:15AM EDT

Earnings Preview: Steris

Steris (NYSE: STE) unveils its next round of earnings this Monday, August 03. Get prepared with Benzinga's ultimate preview for Steris's Q1 earnings.

Earnings and Revenue

Analysts covering Steris modeled for quarterly EPS of $0.96 on revenue of $635.98 million. In the same quarter last year, Steris reported earnings per share of $1.230 on revenue of $696.80 million. If the company were to match the consensus estimate when it reports Monday, earnings would be down 21.95%. Revenue would have fallen 21.36% from the same quarter last year. Steris's reported EPS has stacked up against analyst estimates in the past like this:

Quarter Q4 2020 Q3 2020 Q2 2019 Q1 2019EPS Estimate 1.60 1.42 1.25 1.11EPS Actual 1.64 1.45 1.32 1.23Revenue Estimate 808.69 M 748.45 M 717.79 M 678.97 MRevenue Actual 822.99 M 774.26 M 736.84 M 696.80 M

Stock Performance

Over the last 52-week period, shares are up 10.98%. Given that these returns are generally positive, long-term shareholders should be content going into this earnings release.

Don't be surprised to see the stock move on comments made during its conference call. Steris is scheduled to hold the call at 10:00:00 ET and can be accessed here: https://edge.media-server.com/mmc/p/zno9tcu3