Benzinga | Aug 11, 2020 10:24AM EDT

Aspen Technology Earnings Preview

Aspen Technology (NASDAQ: AZPN) releases its next round of earnings this Wednesday, August 12. Here's Benzinga's essential guide to Aspen Technology's Q4 earnings report.

Earnings and Revenue

Analysts predict Aspen Technology will report earnings of $1.17 per share on revenue of $176.57 million. In the same quarter last year, Aspen Technology reported earnings per share of $1.59 on sales of $195.77 million. If the company were to post earnings in-line with the consensus estimate when it reports Wednesday, EPS would be down 26.42%. Here's how the company's reported EPS has compared to analyst estimates in the past:

Quarter Q3 2020 Q2 2020 Q1 2019 Q4 2019EPS Estimate 0.87 0.79 0.64 1.09EPS Actual 0.74 0.66 0.79 1.59Revenue Estimate 143.78 M 135.97 M 119.49 M 162.71 MRevenue Actual 132.03 M 124.73 M 134.09 M 195.77 M

Stock Performance

Over the last 52-week period, shares are down 22.85%. Given that these returns are generally negative, long-term shareholders won't be happy going into this earnings release.

Don't be surprised to see the stock move on comments made during its conference call. Aspen Technology is scheduled to hold the call at 16:30:00 ET and can be accessed here: https://edge.media-server.com/mmc/p/gcw3b7tm