Benzinga | Nov 16, 2021 11:23AM EST

Earnings Preview For Amtech Systems

Amtech Systems (NASDAQ:ASYS) is set to give its latest quarterly earnings report on Wednesday, 2021-11-17. Here's what investors need to know before the announcement.

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

Amtech 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).

Past Earnings Performance

Last quarter the company missed on EPS by -400.00%, which was followed by a 1.82% drop in the share price the next day.

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

Quarter Q3 2021 Q2 2021 Q1 2021 Q4 2020EPS Estimate -0.01 0.03 -0.08 -0.08EPS Actual 0.03 -0.02 0.05 -0.14Price Change % -1.82% -4.58% 22.03% -5.36%

Stock Performance

Shares of Amtech Systems were trading at $15.51 as of November 15. Over the last 52-week period, shares are up 155.94%. Given that these returns are generally positive, long-term shareholders should be satisfied going into this earnings release.

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