Investors never know what to expect for Apogee Enterprises
What analysts say:
- Buy, sell, or hold?: Analysts strongly back Apogee Enterprises, with three of five rating it a buy and the remainder rating it a hold. Analysts haven't adjusted their rating of Apogee Enterprises for the past three months.
- Revenue forecasts: On average, analysts predict $157.6 million in revenue this quarter. That would represent a rise of 9% from the year-ago quarter.
- Wall Street earnings expectations: The average analyst estimate is a loss of $0.03 per share. Estimates range from a loss of $0.07 to breaking even.
What our community says:
CAPS All-Stars are solidly backing the stock with 95.4% assigning it an outperform rating. The community at large agrees with the All-Stars with 93.5% awarding it a rating of outperform. Fools have embraced Apogee Enterprises and haven't been shy with their opinions lately, logging 103 posts in the past 30 days. Even with a robust four out of five stars, Apogee Enterprises' CAPS rating falls a little short of the community's upbeat outlook.
Management:
The company increased its gross margin by 2.3 percentage points in the last quarter. Revenue rose 7.2% while cost of sales rose 4.4% to $129.7 million from a year earlier.
Quarter | Q1 | Q4 | Q3 | Q2 |
Gross Margin | 15.4% | 15.7% | 15.7% | 12.4% |
Operating Margin | (2.2%) | (3.8%) | (1.3%) | (5.1%) |
Net Margin | (1.4%) | (3.0%) | (1.6%) | (0.1%) |
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