Security hardware provider Allegion (NYSE: ALLE) will be reporting earnings this Tuesday before market open. Here’s what to look for.
Allegion beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 2.5% last quarter, reporting revenues of $1.07 billion, up 10.7% year on year. It was a strong quarter for the company, with a solid beat of analysts’ revenue estimates and an impressive beat of analysts’ organic revenue estimates.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting Allegion’s revenue to grow 9.5% year on year to $1.04 billion, improving from the 5.4% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $1.98 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. Allegion has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates twice over the last two years.
Looking at Allegion’s peers in the electrical systems segment, some have already reported their Q4 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. LSI posted flat year-on-year revenue, beating analysts’ expectations by 4.9%, and Thermon reported revenues up 9.6%, topping estimates by 6.5%. LSI traded up 8.6% following the results while Thermon was also up 9.2%.
Read our full analysis of LSI’s results here and Thermon’s results here.
There has been positive sentiment among investors in the electrical systems segment, with share prices up 8.1% on average over the last month. Allegion is up 10.1% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $181.27 (compared to the current share price of $180.83).
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