Benzinga | Jan 24, 2022 10:12AM EST

Earnings Outlook For QCR Holdings

QCR Holdings (NASDAQ:QCRH) is set to give its latest quarterly earnings report on Tuesday, 2022-01-25. Here's what investors need to know before the announcement.

Analysts estimate that QCR Holdings will likely report an Earnings Per Share (EPS) of $1.73.

QCR Holdings 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 EPS by $0.31, which was followed by a 2.06% increase in the share price the next day.

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

Quarter Q3 2021 Q2 2021 Q1 2021 Q4 2020EPS Estimate 1.68 1.32 1.12 1.01EPS Actual 1.99 1.40 1.16 1.20Price Change % 2.06% 1.42% -1.04% 2.95%

Stock Performance

Shares of QCR Holdings were trading at $58.04 as of January 21. Over the last 52-week period, shares are up 43.54%. Given that these returns are generally positive, long-term shareholders are likely bullish going into this earnings release.

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