Automotive parts company LKQ (NASDAQ: LKQ) will be reporting earnings this Thursday before the bell. Here’s what to expect.
LKQ beat analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $3.47 billion, up 4.3% year on year. It was a satisfactory quarter for the company, with a narrow beat of analysts’ organic revenue estimates but a slight miss of analysts’ EBITDA estimates.
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This quarter, the market is expecting LKQ’s revenue to decline 4.2% year on year, a deceleration from its flat revenue in the same quarter last year.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business will stay the course heading into earnings. LKQ has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates multiple times over the last two years.
Looking at LKQ’s peers in the consumer discretionary segment, some have already reported their Q2 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Pool delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 2.2%, meeting analysts’ expectations, and AMC Entertainment reported revenues up 14.2%, topping estimates by 8.7%. Pool traded down 6.3% following the results while AMC Entertainment was up 13.4%.
Read our full analysis of Pool’s results here and AMC Entertainment’s results here.
Investors in the consumer discretionary segment have had steady hands going into earnings, with share prices flat over the last month. LKQ is up 1.7% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $39.50 (compared to the current share price of $26.57).
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