Aerospace and defense company HEICO (NSYE:HEI) will be announcing earnings results this Wednesday after the bell. Here’s what to expect.
HEICO beat analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $1.18 billion, up 14.4% year on year. It was a mixed quarter for the company, with a narrow beat of analysts’ revenue estimates but a slight miss of analysts’ adjusted operating income estimates.
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This quarter, the market is expecting HEICO’s revenue to grow 14% year on year, in line with the 14.9% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year.
The majority of analysts covering the company have reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. HEICO has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates multiple times over the last two years.
Looking at HEICO’s peers in the aerospace segment, some have already reported their Q1 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Rocket Lab delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 63.5%, beating analysts’ expectations by 4.9%, and Howmet reported revenues up 19.1%, topping estimates by 3.2%. Rocket Lab traded up 34.2% following the results while Howmet was also up 5.5%.
Read our full analysis of Rocket Lab’s results here and Howmet’s results here.
Investors in the aerospace segment have had steady hands going into earnings, with share prices flat over the last month. HEICO is up 13.7% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $353.15 (compared to the current share price of $301.04).
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