Human capital management provider Alight (NYSE: ALIT) will be reporting earnings this Wednesday before market open. Here’s what investors should know.
Alight beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 0.6% last quarter, reporting revenues of $528 million, down 1.9% year on year. It was a slower quarter for the company, with EPS in line with analysts’ estimates and full-year revenue guidance missing analysts’ expectations.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting Alight’s revenue to decline 3.3% year on year to $536.6 million, a deceleration from its flat revenue in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.13 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. Alight has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates four times over the last two years.
Looking at Alight’s peers in the professional staffing & hr solutions segment, some have already reported their Q3 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. ManpowerGroup delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 2.3%, beating analysts’ expectations by 0.7%, and Robert Half reported a revenue decline of 7.5%, in line with consensus estimates. ManpowerGroup traded down 11.4% following the results while Robert Half was also down 1.2%.
Read our full analysis of ManpowerGroup’s results here and Robert Half’s results here.
Debates over possible tariffs and corporate tax adjustments have raised questions about economic stability in 2025. While some of the professional staffing & hr solutions stocks have shown solid performance in this choppy environment, the group has generally underperformed, with share prices down 3.7% on average over the last month. Alight is down 14.9% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $7.21 (compared to the current share price of $2.75).
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