A Preview Of Hibbett's Earnings

Hibbett HIBB is set to give its latest quarterly earnings report on Friday, 2024-03-15. Here's what investors need to know before the announcement.

Analysts estimate that Hibbett will report an earnings per share (EPS) of $2.55.

Hibbett bulls will hope to hear the company announce they've not only beaten that estimate, but also to provide positive guidance, or forecasted growth, for the next quarter.

New investors should note that it is sometimes not an earnings beat or miss that most affects the price of a stock, but the guidance (or forecast).

Historical Earnings Performance

Last quarter the company beat EPS by $0.87, which was followed by a 1.33% increase in the share price the next day.

Here's a look at Hibbett's past performance and the resulting price change:

Quarter Q3 2024 Q2 2024 Q1 2024 Q4 2023
EPS Estimate 1.18 0.73 3.04 2.94
EPS Actual 2.05 0.85 2.74 2.91
Price Change % 1.0% 22.0% -11.0% -3.0%

eps graph

Stock Performance

Shares of Hibbett were trading at $74.37 as of March 13. Over the last 52-week period, shares are up 22.82%. Given that these returns are generally positive, long-term shareholders should be satisfied going into this earnings release.

To track all earnings releases for Hibbett visit their earnings calendar on our site.

This article was generated by Benzinga's automated content engine and reviewed by an editor.

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