Oxford Industries Earnings Preview (OXM)

Oxford Industries Earnings Preview

By Motley Fool Staff | More Articles
December 1, 2011 | Comments (0)

Oxford Industries (NYSE: OXM ) will try to beat its earnings estimates for the third consecutive quarter. The company will unveil its latest earnings on Tuesday. Oxford Industries is an apparel design, sourcing, and marketing company featuring a portfolio of owned and licensed lifestyle brands as well as company-owned retail operations.

What analysts say:

Buy, sell, or hold?: Analysts are very bullish on this stock, unanimously backing it as a buy. Analysts like Oxford Industries better than competitor Perry Ellis International overall. Six out of nine analysts rate Perry Ellis International a buy compared to four of four for Oxford Industries. Oxford Industries' rating hasn't changed over the past three months.
Revenue forecasts: On average, analysts predict $164.9 million in revenue this quarter. That would represent a rise of 18.1% from the year-ago quarter.
Wall Street earnings expectations: The average analyst estimate is earnings of $0.14 per share. Estimates range from $0.12 to $0.15.

What our community says:
CAPS All-Stars are solidly behind the stock with 78.6% assigning it an outperform rating. The majority of the Fools are in agreement with the All-Stars as 74.4% give it an outperform rating. Fools are bullish on Oxford Industries, though the message boards have been quiet lately with only 34 posts in the past 30 days. Oxford Industries' bearish CAPS rating of two out of five stars falls short of the Fool community sentiment.

Management:
Revenue has fallen for the past three quarters.

Now let's look at how efficient management is at running the business. Traditionally, margins represent the efficiency with which companies capture portions of sales dollars. The following table shows gross, operating, and net margins over the past four quarters.

Quarter	Q2	Q1	Q4	Q3
Gross Margin	57.0%	56.5%	53.9%	52.8%
Operating Margin	9.8%	14.7%	5.1%	4.6%
Net Margin	1.4%	8.7%	33.9%	4.0%

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