Environmental engineering firm Tetra Tech (NASDAQ: TTEK) will be announcing earnings results this Wednesday afternoon. Here’s what to look for.
Tetra Tech beat analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $1.04 billion, down 13.4% year on year. It was a strong quarter for the company, with a beat of analysts’ EPS estimates and a solid beat of analysts’ revenue estimates.
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This quarter, the market is expecting Tetra Tech’s revenue to decline 9.2% year on year, a reversal from the 4.9% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year.
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. Tetra Tech has a history of exceeding Wall Street’s expectations.
Looking at Tetra Tech’s peers in the business services & supplies segment, some have already reported their Q1 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. UniFirst delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 3.4%, beating analysts’ expectations by 1.3%, and Cintas reported revenues up 8.9%, topping estimates by 0.7%. UniFirst traded up 1.8% following the results while Cintas was down 5.2%.
Read our full analysis of UniFirst’s results here and Cintas’s results here.
There has been positive sentiment among investors in the business services & supplies segment, with share prices up 13.1% on average over the last month. Tetra Tech is up 6.2% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $41.17 (compared to the current share price of $31.58).
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