Safety and specialty services provider APi (NYSE: APG) will be reporting results tomorrow before the bell. Here’s what you need to know.
APi beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 1.2% last quarter, reporting revenues of $1.86 billion, up 5.8% year on year. It was a mixed quarter for the company, with a narrow beat of analysts’ organic revenue estimates but EBITDA guidance for next quarter missing analysts’ expectations significantly.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting APi’s revenue to grow 2.6% year on year to $1.64 billion, improving from its flat revenue in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.36 per share.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. APi has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates five times over the last two years.
Looking at APi’s peers in the construction and engineering segment, some have already reported their Q1 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Comfort Systems delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 19.1%, beating analysts’ expectations by 4.2%, and Orion reported revenues up 17.4%, topping estimates by 8.8%. Comfort Systems traded up 5.6% following the results.
Read our full analysis of Comfort Systems’s results here and Orion’s results here.
Investors in the construction and engineering segment have had fairly steady hands going into earnings, with share prices down 1.6% on average over the last month. APi is up 4.5% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $45.20 (compared to the current share price of $37.49).
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