Water management company Advanced Drainage Systems (NYSE:WMS) will be reporting results this Thursday morning. Here’s what to look for.
Advanced Drainage missed analysts’ revenue expectations by 6.8% last quarter, reporting revenues of $615.8 million, down 5.8% year on year. It was a disappointing quarter for the company, with a miss of analysts’ Infiltrators revenue estimates and full-year revenue guidance missing analysts’ expectations significantly.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting Advanced Drainage’s revenue to decline 1.8% year on year to $800.3 million, a reversal from the 4.8% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $1.76 per share.
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. Advanced Drainage has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates three times over the last two years.
Looking at Advanced Drainage’s peers in the hvac and water systems segment, some have already reported their Q2 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Lennox delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 3.4%, beating analysts’ expectations by 2.5%, and Zurn Elkay reported revenues up 7.9%, topping estimates by 4.5%. Lennox traded up 7.2% following the results while Zurn Elkay was also up 12%.
Read our full analysis of Lennox’s results here and Zurn Elkay’s results here.
There has been positive sentiment among investors in the hvac and water systems segment, with share prices up 2.1% on average over the last month. Advanced Drainage is up 1.2% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $138.89 (compared to the current share price of $117.09).
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