Digital media company Ziff Davis (NASDAQ:ZD) will be reporting earnings this Wednesday after market hours. Here’s what to expect.
Ziff Davis beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 1.4% last quarter, reporting revenues of $328.6 million, up 4.5% year on year. It was a slower quarter for the company, with a significant miss of analysts’ EPS estimates and full-year EPS guidance in line with analysts’ estimates.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting Ziff Davis’s revenue to grow 5.1% year on year to $337.1 million, a reversal from the 1.6% decrease it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $1.19 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. Ziff Davis has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates four times over the last two years.
Looking at Ziff Davis’s peers in the media & entertainment segment, some have already reported their Q2 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Vimeo posted flat year-on-year revenue, missing analysts’ expectations by 1%, and IAC reported a revenue decline of 7.5%, falling short of estimates by 2.4%.
Read our full analysis of Vimeo’s results here and IAC’s results here.
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