Preview: PagSeguro Digital's Earnings

On Thursday, August 27, PagSeguro Digital PAGS will release its latest earnings report. Check out Benzinga's preview to understand the implications.

Earnings and Revenue

Based on management's projections, PagSeguro Digital analysts model for earnings of $0.17 per share on sales of $248.24 million. In the same quarter last year, PagSeguro Digital posted EPS of $0.24 on sales of $346.48 million. If the company were to match the consensus estimate when it reports Thursday, earnings per share would be down 29.17%. Revenue would be down 7.85% on a year-over-year basis. Here's how the company's reported EPS has stacked up against analyst estimates in the past:

Stock Performance

Shares of PagSeguro Digital were trading at $44.74 as of August 27. Over the last 52-week period, shares are down 11.36%. Given that these returns are generally negative, long-term shareholders are probably unhappy going into this earnings release.

Don't be surprised to see the stock move on comments made during its conference call. PagSeguro Digital is scheduled to hold the call at 17:30:00 ET and can be accessed here: https://78449.choruscall.com/dataconf/productusers/pagseguro/mediaframe/39297/indexl.html