Benzinga | Sep 9, 2020 10:19AM EDT

Preview: FuelCell Energy's Earnings

FuelCell Energy (NASDAQ: FCEL) announces its next round of earnings this Thursday, September 10. Here is Benzinga's everything-that-matters guide for this Thursday's Q3 earnings announcement.

Earnings and Revenue

Analysts are expecting FuelCell Energy to report a loss of $0.06 per share. Revenue will likely be around $16.05 million, according to the consensus estimate. In the same quarter last year, FuelCell Energy posted a loss of $0.18 per share on sales of $22.71 million. If the company were to report inline earnings when it publishes results Thursday, earnings would be up 66.67%. Here's how the company's reported EPS has stacked up against analyst estimates in the past:

Quarter Q2 2020 Q1 2020 Q4 2020 Q3 2019EPS Estimate -0.07 -0.08 -0.11 -0.13EPS Actual -0.07 -0.20 -0.12 -0.18Revenue Estimate 15.55 M 14.91 M 11.51 M 11.32 MRevenue Actual 18.88 M 16.26 M 11.04 M 22.71 M

Stock Performance

Over the last 52-week period, shares are up 613.74%. Given that these returns are generally positive, long-term shareholders can relax going into this earnings release. Long-term shareholders are already enjoying 12-month gains prior to the announcement.

Don't be surprised to see the stock move on comments made during its conference call. FuelCell Energy is scheduled to hold the call at 10:00:00 ET and can be accessed here: https://event.on24.com/eventRegistration/EventLobbyServlet?target=reg20.jsp&referrer=&eventid=2393577&sessionid=1&key=BC71DC21D9B706EE2532A27FAB1F47CF&regTag=&sourcepage=register