Benzinga | Dec 16, 2021 11:33AM EST

Winnebago Industries's Earnings: A Preview

Winnebago Industries (NYSE:WGO) is set to give its latest quarterly earnings report on Friday, 2021-12-17. Here's what investors need to know before the announcement.

Analysts estimate that Winnebago Industries will likely report an Earnings Per Share (EPS) of $2.25.

Winnebago Industries 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 EPS by $0.56, which was followed by a 1.8% drop in the share price the next day.

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



Quarter Q4 2021 Q3 2021 Q2 2021 Q1 2021EPS Estimate 2.01 1.77 1.41 0.98EPS Actual 2.57 2.16 2.12 1.69Price Change % -1.8% 1.59% 3.44% 5.26%

Stock Performance

Shares of Winnebago Industries were trading at $69.0 as of December 15. Over the last 52-week period, shares are up 9.94%. Given that these returns are generally positive, long-term shareholders should be satisfied going into this earnings release.

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