Benzinga | Aug 5, 2020 12:10PM EDT

CAI International Earnings Preview

CAI International (NYSE: CAI) announces its next round of earnings this Thursday, August 06. Here is Benzinga's everything-that-matters guide for this Thursday's Q2 earnings announcement.

Earnings and Revenue

CAI International earnings will be near $0.45 per share on sales of $103.05 million, according to analysts. CAI International earnings in the same period a year ago was $0.690 per share. Quarterly sales came in at $105.58 million. The Wall Street consensus estimate for earnings would represent a 34.78% decrease for the company. The company's reported EPS has stacked up against analyst estimates in the past like this:

Quarter Q1 2020 Q4 2020 Q3 2019 Q2 2019EPS Estimate 0.50 0.67 0.70 0.86EPS Actual 0.67 0.54 0.74 0.69Revenue Estimate 97.98 M 107.46 M 108.02 M 116.65 MRevenue Actual 105.02 M 103.42 M 107.57 M 105.58 M

Stock Performance

Over the last 52-week period, shares are down 11.08%. Given that these returns are generally negative, long-term shareholders are probably a little upset going into this earnings release.

Don't be surprised to see the stock move on comments made during its conference call. CAI International is scheduled to hold the call at 17:00:00 ET and can be accessed here: https://edge.media-server.com/mmc/p/g6wo3oeq