Benzinga | Oct 25, 2021 11:08AM EDT

Nabors Industries Earnings Preview

Nabors Industries (NYSE:NBR) is set to give its latest quarterly earnings report on Tuesday, 2021-10-26. Here's what investors need to know before the announcement.

Analysts estimate that Nabors Industries will likely report an Earnings Per Share (EPS) of $-12.63

Nabors Industries 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 missed on EPS by -9.91%, which was followed by a 3.14% increase in the share price the next day.

Here's a look at Nabors Industries's past performance and the resulting price change:

Quarter Q2 2021 Q1 2021 Q4 2020 Q3 2020EPS Estimate -17.46 -21.42 -23.89 -24.20EPS Actual -15.73 -20.16 -24.11 -22.81Price Change % 3.14% -3.95% 19.74% 6.5%

Stock Performance

Shares of Nabors Industries were trading at $120.6 as of October 22. Over the last 52-week period, shares are up 319.67%. Given that these returns are generally positive, long-term shareholders are likely bullish going into this earnings release.

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