Benzinga | Oct 27, 2021 12:08PM EDT

TriMas's Earnings: A Preview

TriMas (NASDAQ:TRS) 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 TriMas will likely report an Earnings Per Share (EPS) of $0.60

TriMas 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 12.73%, which was followed by a 2.42% drop in the share price the next day.

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

Quarter Q2 2021 Q1 2021 Q4 2020 Q3 2020EPS Estimate 0.55 0.37 0.31 0.37EPS Actual 0.62 0.40 0.38 0.43Price Change % -2.42% -3.07% -3.03% 1.84%

Stock Performance

Shares of TriMas were trading at $34.77 as of October 26. Over the last 52-week period, shares are up 44.29%. Given that these returns are generally positive, long-term shareholders are likely bullish going into this earnings release.

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