Banking and retail technology provider Diebold Nixdorf (NYSE: DBD) will be reporting results tomorrow before the bell. Here’s what you need to know.
Diebold Nixdorf met analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $988.9 million, down 4.6% year on year. It was a softer quarter for the company, with a significant miss of analysts’ EPS estimates.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting Diebold Nixdorf’s revenue to decline 5.5% year on year to $845.8 million, a reversal from the 4.9% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.36 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. Diebold Nixdorf has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates three times over the last two years.
Looking at Diebold Nixdorf’s peers in the it services & other tech segment, some have already reported their Q1 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Xerox’s revenues decreased 3% year on year, meeting analysts’ expectations, and Grid Dynamics reported revenues up 25.8%, topping estimates by 2%. Xerox traded up 9.8% following the results while Grid Dynamics was down 3.1%.
Read our full analysis of Xerox’s results here and Grid Dynamics’s results here.
There has been positive sentiment among investors in the it services & other tech segment, with share prices up 11.2% on average over the last month. Diebold Nixdorf is up 21.2% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $72.33 (compared to the current share price of $45.32).
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