Electronic components manufacturer CTS Corporation (NYSE:CTS) will be announcing earnings results this Thursday before the bell. Here’s what you need to know.
CTS missed analysts’ revenue expectations by 2.3% last quarter, reporting revenues of $125.8 million, flat year on year. It was a slower quarter for the company, with a significant miss of analysts’ EPS estimates.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting CTS’s revenue to grow 1.9% year on year to $132.7 million, a reversal from the 10.3% decrease it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.55 per share.
The majority of analysts covering the company have reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings.
Looking at CTS’s peers in the tech hardware & electronics segment, some have already reported their Q2 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Jabil delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 15.7%, beating analysts’ expectations by 11.2%, and TD SYNNEX reported revenues up 7.2%, topping estimates by 4.4%. Jabil traded up 13.1% following the results while TD SYNNEX was also up 7.9%.
Read our full analysis of Jabil’s results here and TD SYNNEX’s results here.
There has been positive sentiment among investors in the tech hardware & electronics segment, with share prices up 5.1% on average over the last month. CTS is down 3.5% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $43 (compared to the current share price of $40.71).
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