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DXC (DXC) To Report Earnings Tomorrow: Here Is What To Expect

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IT services provider DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC) will be reporting results this Thursday after market close. Here’s what you need to know.

DXC beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 0.9% last quarter, reporting revenues of $3.17 billion, down 6.4% year on year. It was a slower quarter for the company, with a significant miss of analysts’ EPS guidance for next quarter estimates and revenue guidance for next quarter slightly missing analysts’ expectations.

Is DXC a buy or sell going into earnings? Read our full analysis here, it’s free.

This quarter, analysts are expecting DXC’s revenue to decline 4.7% year on year to $3.08 billion, improving from the 6.1% decrease it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.62 per share.

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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. DXC has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates three times over the last two years.

Looking at DXC’s peers in the it services & consulting segment, some have already reported their Q2 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Accenture delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 7.7%, beating analysts’ expectations by 2.3%, and IBM reported revenues up 7.7%, topping estimates by 2.4%. Accenture traded down 3.6% following the results while IBM was also down 7.7%.

Read our full analysis of Accenture’s results here and IBM’s results here.

Investors in the it services & consulting segment have had steady hands going into earnings, with share prices up 1.5% on average over the last month. DXC is down 7.6% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $16.50 (compared to the current share price of $14.13).

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