Solar tracker company Nextracker (NASDAQ: NXT) will be reporting results tomorrow after market close. Here’s what you need to know.
Nextracker beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 3.6% last quarter, reporting revenues of $679.4 million, down 4.4% year on year. It was an exceptional quarter for the company, with an impressive beat of analysts’ EBITDA estimates and an impressive beat of analysts’ adjusted operating income estimates.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting Nextracker’s revenue to grow 12.9% year on year to $831.5 million, slowing from the 42.1% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.98 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. Nextracker has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates twice over the last two years.
Looking at Nextracker’s peers in the renewable energy segment, some have already reported their Q1 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Generac delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 5.9%, beating analysts’ expectations by 2.3%, and EVgo reported revenues up 36.5%, topping estimates by 1.4%. Generac’s stock price was unchanged after the resultswhile EVgo was up 32.8%.
Read our full analysis of Generac’s results here and EVgo’s results here.
There has been positive sentiment among investors in the renewable energy segment, with share prices up 14.8% on average over the last month. Nextracker is up 24.7% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $54.21 (compared to the current share price of $50.79).
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