Benzinga | Sep 2, 2020 10:18AM EDT

Preview: GMS's Earnings

GMS (NYSE: GMS) unveils its next round of earnings this Thursday, September 03. Here is Benzinga's everything-that-matters guide for the earnings announcement.

Earnings and Revenue

Wall Street analysts see GMS reporting earnings of $0.81 per share on revenue of $817.16 million. In the same quarter last year, GMS reported EPS of $0.89 on revenue of $847.18 million. If the company were to match the consensus estimate when it reports Thursday, earnings per share would be down 8.99%. Here's how the company's EPS has stacked up against analyst estimates in the past:

Quarter Q4 2020 Q3 2020 Q2 2019 Q1 2019EPS Estimate 0.52 0.51 0.99 0.83EPS Actual 0.56 0.52 1 0.89Revenue Estimate 723.46 M 757.72 M 859.95 M 837.96 MRevenue Actual 770.85 M 761.35 M 861.93 M 847.18 M

Stock Performance

Over the last 52-week period, shares are up 1.0%. Given that these returns are generally positive, long-term shareholders can be content going into this earnings release.

Don't be surprised to see the stock move on comments made during its conference call. GMS is scheduled to hold the call at 08:30:00 ET and can be accessed here: https://viavid.webcasts.com/starthere.jsp?ei=1356480&tp_key=1f56117ef7