Global hospitality company Marriott (NASDAQ: MAR) will be announcing earnings results this Wednesday before market open. Here’s what to expect.
Marriott met analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $6.69 billion, up 4.1% year on year. It was a mixed quarter for the company, with full-year EBITDA guidance topping analysts’ expectations but a significant miss of analysts’ EPS estimates.
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This quarter, the market is expecting Marriott’s revenue to grow 5.9% year on year, improving from the 4.8% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year.
Heading into earnings, analysts covering the company have grown increasingly bullish with revenue estimates seeing in majority upward revisions over the last 30 days. Marriott has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates multiple times over the last two years.
Looking at Marriott’s peers in the consumer discretionary - travel and vacation providers segment, some have already reported their Q1 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Hilton Grand Vacations delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 11.9%, beating analysts’ expectations by 2%, and American Airlines reported revenues up 10.8%, topping estimates by 0.6%. Hilton Grand Vacations traded up 5.9% following the results while American Airlines was also up 5.2%.
Read our full analysis of Hilton Grand Vacations’s results here and American Airlines’s results here.
There has been positive sentiment among investors in the consumer discretionary - travel and vacation providers segment, with share prices up 4.4% on average over the last month. Marriott is up 2.9% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $371.88 (compared to the current share price of $347.70).
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