Rural goods retailer Tractor Supply (NASDAQ: TSCO) will be reporting earnings this Thursday morning. Here’s what you need to know.

Tractor Supply missed analysts’ revenue expectations by 1.9% last quarter, reporting revenues of $3.47 billion, up 2.1% year on year. It was a disappointing quarter for the company, with full-year revenue guidance missing analysts’ expectations significantly and full-year EPS guidance missing analysts’ expectations significantly.

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This quarter, analysts are expecting Tractor Supply’s revenue to grow 3.6% year on year to $4.40 billion, improving from the 1.5% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.80 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.

Looking at Tractor Supply’s peers in the consumer retail segment, some have already reported their Q2 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Walgreens delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 7.2%, beating analysts’ expectations by 6.4%, and CarMax reported revenues up 6.1%, in line with consensus estimates. Walgreens traded up 1.2% following the results while CarMax was also up 4.5%.

Read our full analysis of Walgreens’s results here and CarMax’s results here.

There has been positive sentiment among investors in the consumer retail segment, with share prices up 10.6% on average over the last month. Tractor Supply is up 9.9% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $55.77 (compared to the current share price of $58.97).

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