After beating estimates last quarter by $0.04, Itron
What analysts say
- Buy, sell, or hold?: Analysts are bullish on this stock with 15 analysts rating it as a buy and only two rating it as a sell. Analysts like Itron better than competitor Avista overall.
- Revenue forecasts: On average, analysts predict $570.8 million in revenue this quarter. That would represent a rise of 0.2% from the year-ago quarter.
- Wall Street earnings expectations: The average analyst estimate is earnings of $1.05 per share. Estimates range from $0.90 to $1.17.
What our community says
CAPS All-Stars are solidly backing the stock with 97.4% granting it an outperform rating. The community at large agrees with the All-Stars with 95.4% assigning it a rating of outperform. Fools are gung-ho about Itron and haven't been shy with their opinions lately, logging 152 posts in the past 30 days. Despite the majority sentiment in favor of Itron, the stock has a middling CAPS rating of three out of five stars.
Management
Itron's income has fallen year over year by an average of more than twofold.
Quarter | Q1 | Q4 | Q3 | Q2 |
Gross Margin | 32.7% | 29.1% | 32.0% | 31.0% |
Operating Margin | 8.9% | 6.0% | 10.7% | 9.2% |
Net Margin | 4.8% | 3.6% | 5.1% | 4.7% |
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