Benzinga | Oct 27, 2021 10:26AM EDT

A Preview Of Alliance Data Systems's Earnings

Alliance Data Systems (NYSE:ADS) is set to give its latest quarterly earnings report on Thursday, 2021-10-28. Here's what investors need to know before the announcement.

Analysts estimate that Alliance Data Systems will likely report an Earnings Per Share (EPS) of $3.28

Alliance Data Systems 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 55.58%, which was followed by a 4.23% drop in the share price the next day.

Here's a look at Alliance Data Systems's past performance and the resulting price change:

Quarter Q2 2021 Q1 2021 Q4 2020 Q3 2020EPS Estimate 3.85 3.16 2.41 2.20EPS Actual 5.99 6.28 3.31 3.45Price Change % -4.23% -0.67% -4.44% -0.96%

Stock Performance

Shares of Alliance Data Systems were trading at $94.25 as of October 26. Over the last 52-week period, shares are up 77.18%. Given that these returns are generally positive, long-term shareholders are likely bullish going into this earnings release.

If you want to track all upcoming earnings announcements, check out our Earnings Calendar here