Benzinga | Oct 19, 2020 10:22AM EDT

iRobot's Earnings: A Preview

iRobot (NASDAQ: IRBT) releases its next round of earnings this Tuesday, October 20. Here is Benzinga's essential guide to iRobot's Q3 earnings report.

Earnings and Revenue

Analysts covering iRobot modeled for quarterly EPS of $0.97 on revenue of $312.44 million. In the same quarter last year, iRobot reported earnings per share of $1.24 on revenue of $289.40 million. If the company were to match the consensus estimate, earnings would be down 21.77%. Sales would be up 7.96% from the same quarter last year. Here is 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 0.29 -0.47 0.40 0.52EPS Actual 1.06 -0.32 0.69 1.24Revenue Estimate 265.07 M 178.86 M 415.51 M 259.38 MRevenue Actual 279.88 M 192.53 M 426.78 M 289.40 M

Stock Performance

Over the last 52-week period, shares of iRobot are up 68.15%.

Do not be surprised to see the stock move on comments made during its conference call. iRobot is scheduled to hold the call at 08:30:00 ET and can be accessed here: https://edge.media-server.com/mmc/p/2emwrdys