SYNNEX (NYSE: SNX) will try to beat its earnings estimates for the fifth consecutive quarter. The company will unveil its latest earnings on Tuesday. SYNNEX is a business process services company offering a comprehensive range of services to original equipment manufacturers, software publishers, reseller customers, and retail customers worldwide.

What analysts say:

  • Buy, sell, or hold?: Analysts strongly back SYNNEX, with five of seven rating it a buy and the remainder rating it a hold. Analysts don't like SYNNEX as much as competitor Arrow Electronics overall. While analysts still rate the stock a moderate buy, they are a little more optimistic about it compared to three months ago.
  • Revenue forecasts: On average, analysts predict $2.54 billion in revenue this quarter. That would represent a rise of 1.6% from the year-ago quarter.
  • Wall Street earnings expectations: The average analyst estimate is earnings of $0.91 per share. Estimates range from $0.90 to $0.95.

What our community says:
CAPS All-Stars are enthusiastically backing the stock, with 96.7% assigning it an outperform rating. The greater community backs the All-Stars, as 92.1% give it a rating of outperform. SYNNEX has a bullish CAPS rating of five out of five stars that is about on par with the Fool community assessment.

Management:
SYNNEX's profit has risen year-over-year by an average of 18% over the past five quarters.

Now let's look at how efficient management is at running the business. Margins illustrate how efficiently a company captures portions of sales dollars. The company's gross margins have been increasing year-over-year for the last four quarters. Gross margins reflect the total sales revenue retained after costs. Here is how SYNNEX has been doing for the last four quarters:

Quarter

Q4

Q3

Q2

Q1

Gross Margin

6.6%

6.0%

5.8%

5.7%

Operating Margin

3.0%

2.6%

2.2%

2.0%

Net Margin

1.8%

1.5%

1.3%

1.2%

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Earnings estimates provided by Zacks.