Outdoor living products manufacturer AZEK Company (NYSE:AZEK) will be reporting results tomorrow after market close. Here’s what to expect.
AZEK beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 2.4% last quarter, reporting revenues of $348.2 million, down 10.4% year on year. It was a strong quarter for the company, with a solid beat of analysts’ adjusted operating income estimates and a solid beat of analysts’ organic revenue estimates.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting AZEK’s revenue to grow 10% year on year to $264.6 million, slowing from the 11.2% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.14 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. AZEK has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates three times over the last two years.
Looking at AZEK’s peers in the building products segment, some have already reported their Q4 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Sherwin-Williams posted flat year-on-year revenue, meeting analysts’ expectations, and Lennox reported revenues up 16.5%, topping estimates by 8.9%. Sherwin-Williams’s stock price was unchanged after the results, while Lennox was down 8.5%.
Read our full analysis of Sherwin-Williams’s results here and Lennox’s results here.
Investors in the building products segment have had steady hands going into earnings, with share prices flat over the last month. AZEK is up 2.8% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $55.78 (compared to the current share price of $50).
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