ANN (NYSE: ANN) will try to beat its earnings estimates for the fifth consecutive quarter. The company will unveil its latest earnings on Friday, March 9. ANN offers a range of career and casual separates, dresses, tops, weekend wear, shoes, and accessories to provide modern styles that are versatile across all occasions and needs.
What analysts say:
- Buy, sell, or hold?: Analysts are bullish on this stock with eight analysts rating it as a buy and only two rating it as a sell. Analysts don't like ANN as much as competitor bebe stores overall. While analysts still rate the stock a hold, they are a little more optimistic about it compared to three months ago.
- Revenue forecasts: On average, analysts predict $566.9 million in revenue this quarter. That would represent a rise of 10% from the year-ago quarter.
- Wall Street earnings expectations: The average analyst estimate is earnings of $0.08 per share. Estimates range from $0.03 to $0.09.
What our community says:
The majority of CAPS All-Stars see ANN as a good bet, with 75% assigning it an "outperform" rating. The majority of the Fools agree with the All-Stars, with 67.4% giving it an "outperform" rating. ANN's bearish CAPS rating of one out of five stars falls short of the Fool community sentiment.
Management:
ANN's profit has risen year over year by an average of 4,858.4% over the past five quarters. Revenue has now gone up for three straight quarters.
Quarter | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 | Q4 |
Gross Margin | 57.5% | 55.0% | 57.3% | 51.7% |
Operating Margin | 9.7% | 7.5% | 8.8% | 2.0% |
Net Margin | 5.7% | 4.4% | 5.2% | 1.5% |
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