Benzinga | Oct 19, 2021 10:58AM EDT

Earnings Preview For Rush Enterprises

Rush Enterprises (NASDAQ:RUSHA) is set to give its latest quarterly earnings report on Wednesday, 2021-10-20. Here's what investors need to know before the announcement.

Analysts estimate that Rush Enterprises will likely report an Earnings Per Share (EPS) of $0.96

Rush Enterprises bulls will hope to hear the company to announce they've not only beaten that estimate, but also to provide positive guidance, or forecasted growth, for the next quarter.

New investors should note that it is sometimes not an earnings beat or miss that most affects the price of a stock, but the guidance (or forecast).

Historical Earnings Performance

Last quarter the company beat on EPS by $26.58, which was followed by a 3.35 increase in the share price the next day.

Here's a look at Rush Enterprises's past performance and the resulting price change:

Quarter Q2 2021 Q1 2021 Q4 2020 Q3 2020EPS Estimate 0.79 0.51 0.54 0.32EPS Actual 1 0.79 0.72 0.60Revenue Estimate 1.31B 1.28B 1.21B 1.08BRevenue Actual 1.32B 1.23B 1.27B 1.18B

Stock Performance

Shares of Rush Enterprises were trading at $47.26 as of October 18. Over the last 52-week period, shares are up 31.51%. Given that these returns are generally positive, long-term shareholders are likely bullish going into this earnings release.

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