Battery manufacturer EnerSys (NYSE:ENS) will be reporting results tomorrow after market close. Here’s what to look for.
EnerSys missed analysts’ revenue expectations by 2.8% last quarter, reporting revenues of $906.2 million, up 5.2% year on year. It was a mixed quarter for the company, with EPS guidance for next quarter exceeding analysts’ expectations but a significant miss of analysts’ sales volume estimates.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting EnerSys’s revenue to grow 6.9% year on year to $973.5 million, a reversal from the 8% decrease it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $2.78 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.
Looking at EnerSys’s peers in the renewable energy segment, some have already reported their Q1 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Generac delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 5.9%, beating analysts’ expectations by 2.3%, and EVgo reported revenues up 36.5%, topping estimates by 1.4%. Generac’s stock price was unchanged after the resultswhile EVgo was up 32.8%.
Read our full analysis of Generac’s results here and EVgo’s results here.
There has been positive sentiment among investors in the renewable energy segment, with share prices up 20.4% on average over the last month. EnerSys is up 22.5% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $109.27 (compared to the current share price of $97.88).
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