Commercial lighting and retail display solutions provider LSI (NASDAQ: LYTS) will be announcing earnings results this Thursday morning. Here’s what investors should know.
LSI beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 11.6% last quarter, reporting revenues of $155.1 million, up 20.2% year on year. It was an incredible quarter for the company, with a beat of analysts’ EPS estimates and a solid beat of analysts’ EBITDA estimates.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting LSI’s revenue to grow 8.2% year on year to $149.5 million, slowing from the 11.9% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.28 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 since going public by 8.4% on average.
Looking at LSI’s peers in the electrical systems segment, some have already reported their Q3 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Vertiv delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 29%, beating analysts’ expectations by 3.4%, and Verra Mobility reported revenues up 16.1%, topping estimates by 9.8%. Vertiv traded up 4.6% following the results while Verra Mobility was down 1.3%.
Read our full analysis of Vertiv’s results here and Verra Mobility’s results here.
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