Commercial lighting and retail display solutions provider LSI (NASDAQ: LYTS) will be reporting earnings tomorrow morning. Here’s what to look for.

LSI beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 14.3% last quarter, reporting revenues of $147.7 million, up 35.5% year on year. It was an incredible quarter for the company, with a solid beat of analysts’ EPS estimates and an impressive beat of analysts’ EBITDA estimates.

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This quarter, analysts are expecting LSI’s revenue to grow 19.9% year on year to $129.7 million, a reversal from the 7.9% decrease it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.21 per share.

Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. LSI has a history of exceeding Wall Street’s expectations, beating revenue estimates every single time over the past two years by 4.4% on average.

Looking at LSI’s peers in the electrical equipment segment, some have already reported their Q1 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Vertiv delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 24.2%, beating analysts’ expectations by 5.2%, and Acuity Brands reported revenues up 11.1%, falling short of estimates by 2.2%. Acuity Brands traded down 12.3% following the results.

Read our full analysis of Vertiv’s results here and Acuity Brands’s results here.

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