Benzinga | Aug 5, 2020 12:09PM EDT

Cabot's Earnings: A Preview

Cabot (NYSE: CBT) announces its next round of earnings this Thursday, August 06. Here is Benzinga's everything-that-matters guide for this Thursday's Q3 earnings announcement.

Earnings and Revenue

Cabot's per-share loss will be near $0.01 on sales of $560.03 million, according to Wall Street analysts. Cabot earnings in the same period a year ago was $1.000 per share. Quarterly sales came in at $845.00 million. The Wall Street estimate would represent a 101.0% decline in the company's earnings. In comparison to analyst estimates in the past, here's how the company's reported EPS stacks up:

Quarter Q2 2020 Q1 2020 Q4 2019 Q3 2019EPS Estimate 0.71 0.74 1.11 1EPS Actual 0.77 0.69 1.05 1Revenue Estimate 766.94 M 763.13 M 849.36 M 852.10 MRevenue Actual 710.00 M 727.00 M 827.00 M 845.00 M

Stock Performance

Shares of Cabot were trading at $37.58 as of August 06. Over the last 52-week period, shares are down 4.53%. Given that these returns are generally negative, long-term shareholders are likely unhappy going into this earnings release.

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