Courtesy of Benzinga.
Big Lots, Inc. (NYSE: BIG) is scheduled to announce its first quarter financial results on Friday before the market opens.
Management guided 14 percent year-over-year earnings growth, to $0.57 per share, but Wall Street research firms are anticipating earnings of $0.59 per share. On the sales front, experts are modeling consensus revenue of $1.275, pretty much flat year-over-year (revenue came in at $1.281 billion last year).
Big Lots’ earnings respond to somewhat of a cycle. Earnings hit their highest in the fourth quarter, then fall (quarter-over-quarter) in each three of the following, only to recuperate in the next fourth quarter.
The earnings estimate for this quarter implies a decline from those reported in the same quarter two years ago.
The table above features Big Lots’ figures for the past couple of years: estimates, earnings, revenues and growth rates.
Related Link: Deutsche Bank Previews Big Lots Q1: Questions 'The BIG Short Thesis'
The Short Thesis
In a report published last week, Deutsche Bank analyst Paul Trussell previewed the company’s first quarter. His main concern is the possible deceleration of same-store sales, “as Big Lots faces a tougher compare, could see softness in furniture while the company struggles to gain traction in consumables.”
“Trussell noted his mitigating factors include cooler benefits to continue through fiscal 2016, furniture financing should gain momentum due to discretionary spending power and operational training/support, new merchants have lifted quality, marketing shift has been ‘dramatic,’ and the ‘editing' drag is over.”
Latest Ratings for BIG
Date | Firm | Action | From | To |
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May 2015 | Cantor Fitzgerald | Initiates Coverage on | Hold | |
Mar 2015 | Johnson Rice | Upgrades | Hold | Accumulate |
Jan 2015 | Deutsche Bank | Maintains | Buy |
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