Watch EMS Technologies' (Nasdaq: ELMG) earnings report to see if it can beat analyst expectations for the fourth consecutive quarter. The company will unveil its latest earnings on Wednesday. EMS Technologies designs, manufactures, and markets products to satellite and wireless communications markets for both commercial and defense applications.
What analysts say
- Buy, sell, or hold?: Analysts think investors should stand pat on EMS Technologies with two of three analysts rating it hold. Analysts don't like EMS Technologies as much as competitor Intermec overall. Three out of six analysts rate Intermec a buy compared to zero of three for EMS Technologies.
- Revenue forecasts: On average, analysts predict $95.4 million in revenue this quarter. That would represent a rise of 7.8% from the year-ago quarter.
- Wall Street earnings expectations: The average analyst estimate is earnings of $0.27 per share. Estimates range from $0.22 to $0.30.
What our community says
CAPS All-Stars are solidly backing the stock with 97% assigning it an outperform rating. The community at large backs the All-Stars with 93.2% giving it a rating of outperform. Fools are gung-ho about EMS Technologies, though the message boards have been quiet lately with only 37 posts in the past 30 days. Despite the majority sentiment in favor of EMS Technologies, the stock has a middling CAPS rating of three out of five stars.
Management
The company's revenue has now risen for two straight quarters.
Quarter | Q1 | Q4 | Q3 | Q2 |
Gross Margin | 37.0% | 37.1% | 36.4% | 36.6% |
Operating Margin | 4.2% | 6.3% | 5.0% | 5.8% |
Net Margin | 2.8% | 6.3% | 4.0% | 4.4% |
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