Transportation and logistics solutions provider Universal Logistics (NASDAQ: ULH) will be reporting results this Thursday after market hours. Here’s what to look for.

Universal Logistics missed analysts’ revenue expectations by 4.5% last quarter, reporting revenues of $382.4 million, down 22.3% year on year. It was a disappointing quarter for the company, with a significant miss of analysts’ EBITDA estimates and a significant miss of analysts’ EPS estimates.

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This quarter, analysts are expecting Universal Logistics’s revenue to decline 13.8% year on year to $398.5 million, a reversal from the 12% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.34 per share.

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. Universal Logistics has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates three times over the last two years.

Looking at Universal Logistics’s peers in the transportation and logistics segment, only FedEx has reported results so far. It beat analysts’ revenue estimates by 1.9% and delivered flat year-on-year revenue. The stock was down 3.2% on the results.

There has been positive sentiment among investors in the transportation and logistics segment, with share prices up 7.9% on average over the last month. Universal Logistics is up 2.5% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $29 (compared to the current share price of $26.20).

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