Moving and storage solutions provider U-Haul (NYSE: UHAL) will be reporting results this Wednesday after market hours. Here’s what to look for.
U-Haul beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 6.7% last quarter, reporting revenues of $1.23 billion, up 12.5% year on year. It was a mixed quarter for the company, with a significant miss of analysts’ EPS estimates.
Is U-Haul a buy or sell going into earnings? Read our full analysis here, it’s free.
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. U-Haul has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates five times over the last two years.
Looking at U-Haul’s peers in the ground transportation segment, some have already reported their Q2 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Werner’s revenues decreased 1% year on year, beating analysts’ expectations by 3%, and Saia reported flat revenue, topping estimates by 1.2%. Werner’s stock price was unchanged after the resultswhile Saia was up 4%.
Read our full analysis of Werner’s results here and Saia’s results here.
Investors in the ground transportation segment have had steady hands going into earnings, with share prices up 1.4% on average over the last month. U-Haul is down 6.2% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $97.13 (compared to the current share price of $56.81).
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