Benzinga | Oct 28, 2021 11:47AM EDT

Earnings Preview: O2Micro International

O2Micro International (NASDAQ:OIIM) is set to give its latest quarterly earnings report on Friday, 2021-10-29. Here's what investors need to know before the announcement.

Analysts estimate that O2Micro International will likely report an Earnings Per Share (EPS) of $0.10

O2Micro International 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 11.11%.

Here's a look at O2Micro International's past performance and the resulting price change:



Quarter Q2 2021 Q1 2021 Q4 2020 Q3 2020EPS Estimate 0.09 0.09 0.10 0.09EPS Actual 0.10 0.08 0.14 0.10Price Change % 9.44% -7.22% -12.6% 18.23%

Stock Performance

Shares of O2Micro International were trading at $6.04 as of October 27. Over the last 52-week period, shares are down 6.39%. Given that these returns are generally negative, long-term shareholders are likely a little upset going into this earnings release.

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