Benzinga | Oct 19, 2020 10:10AM EDT

Earnings Outlook For Travelers Companies

Travelers Companies (NYSE: TRV) announces its next round of earnings this Tuesday, October 20. Here is Benzinga's everything-that-matters guide for this Tuesday's Q3 earnings announcement.

Earnings and Revenue

Analysts predict Travelers Companies will report earnings of $3.19 per share on revenue of $7.55 billion. In the same quarter last year, Travelers Companies posted EPS of $1.43 on sales of $8.01 billion. The analyst consensus estimate would represent a 123.08% increase in the company's EPS figure. Sales would be down 5.78% from the year-ago period. In comparison to analyst estimates in the past, here is how the company's reported EPS stacks up:

Quarter Q2 2020 Q1 2020 Q4 2020 Q3 2019EPS Estimate -0.2 2.85 3.25 2.38EPS Actual -0.2 2.62 3.32 1.43Revenue Estimate 7.37 B 7.42 B 7.08 B 7.38 BRevenue Actual 7.40 B 7.91 B 8.06 B 8.01 B

Stock Performance

Shares of Travelers Companies were trading at $113.32 as of October 16. Over the last 52-week period, shares are down 13.13%. Given that these returns are generally negative, long-term shareholders are probably upset going into this earnings release.

Do not be surprised to see the stock move on comments made during its conference call. Travelers Companies is scheduled to hold the call at 09:00:00 ET and can be accessed here: https://78449.choruscall.com/dataconf/productusers/travelers/mediaframe/40501/indexr.html