Eyecare company Bausch + Lomb (NYSE: BLCO) will be reporting earnings this Wednesday before the bell. Here’s what to expect.
Bausch + Lomb beat analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $1.41 billion, up 9.8% year on year. It was a mixed quarter for the company, with a narrow beat of analysts’ revenue estimates but a significant miss of analysts’ EPS estimates.
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This quarter, the market is expecting Bausch + Lomb’s revenue to grow 7% year on year, improving from the 3.5% 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. Bausch + Lomb rarely misses Wall Street’s revenue estimates.
Looking at Bausch + Lomb’s peers in the healthcare equipment and supplies segment, some have already reported their Q1 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Intuitive Surgical delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 23%, beating analysts’ expectations by 5.8%, and Neogen reported a revenue decline of 4.4%, topping estimates by 3.4%. Intuitive Surgical traded up 7.2% following the results while Neogen was down 8.9%.
Read our full analysis of Intuitive Surgical’s results here and Neogen’s results here.
There has been positive sentiment among investors in the healthcare equipment and supplies segment, with share prices up 11% on average over the last month. Bausch + Lomb is up 3.9% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $18.35 (compared to the current share price of $15.86).
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