Benzinga | Nov 2, 2021 11:48AM EDT

Earnings Outlook For TrueCar

TrueCar (NASDAQ:TRUE) is set to give its latest quarterly earnings report on Wednesday, 2021-11-03. Here's what investors need to know before the announcement.

Analysts estimate that TrueCar will likely report an Earnings Per Share (EPS) of $-0.04

TrueCar 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).

Past Earnings Performance

Last quarter the company beat on EPS by 133.33%, which was followed by a 20.15% drop in the share price the next day.

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

Quarter Q2 2021 Q1 2021 Q4 2020 Q3 2020EPS Estimate -0.03 -0.05 -0.04 0.07EPS Actual -0.07 -0.09 -0.01 0.14Price Change % -20.15% -3.35% 5.43% -26.39%

Stock Performance

Shares of TrueCar were trading at $4.25 as of November 01. Over the last 52-week period, shares are down 11.28%. Given that these returns are generally negative, long-term shareholders are likely bearish going into this earnings release.

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