Benzinga | Aug 6, 2020 03:36PM EDT

Earnings Outlook for HMS Holdings

HMS Holdings (NASDAQ: HMSY) announces its next round of earnings this Friday, August 07. Here is Benzinga's look at HMS Holdings's Q2 earnings report.

Earnings and Revenue

Sell-side analysts expect HMS Holdings's EPS to be near $0.19 on sales of $154.30 million. In the same quarter last year, HMS Holdings announced EPS of $0.34 on revenue of $168.18 million. The analyst consensus estimate would represent a 44.12% decrease in the company's earnings. HMS Holdings's reported EPS has stacked up against analyst estimates in the past like this:

Quarter Q1 2020 Q4 2020 Q3 2019 Q2 2019EPS Estimate 0.25 0.31 0.28 0.25EPS Actual 0.32 0.27 0.24 0.34Revenue Estimate 162.32 M 170.77 M 165.80 M 158.30 MRevenue Actual 171.41 M 163.44 M 146.81 M 168.18 M

Stock Performance

Over the last 52-week period, shares are down 14.48%. Given that these returns are generally negative, long-term shareholders are likely unhappy going into this earnings release.

Don't be surprised to see the stock move on comments made during its conference call. HMS Holdings is scheduled to hold the call at 08:30:00 ET and can be accessed here: https://edge.media-server.com/mmc/p/52cukbn4