MediWound Earnings Preview

MediWound MDWD releases its next round of earnings this Wednesday, May 05. Here is Benzinga's essential guide to MediWound's Q1 earnings report.

What Are Earnings, Net Income, And Earnings Per Share?

Earnings and EPS are useful metrics of profitability. Total earnings also known as net income is equal to total revenue minus total expenses. Dividing net income by the total number of shares outstanding yields EPS.

Earnings And Revenue

Analysts are predicting MediWound will report a loss of $0.11 per share on revenue of $5.43 million. MediWound EPS in the same period a year ago totaled $0.09. Sales were $4.44 million.

What Are Analyst Estimates And Earnings Surprises, And Why Do They Matter?

Analysts who cover this company will publish forward-looking estimates of its revenue and EPS each quarter. Averaging together every EPS and revenue prediction that each analyst makes about a company in a quarter yields the "consensus estimates." A company posting earnings or revenue above or below the consensus estimate is known as an "earnings surprise" and may move the stock by a considerable margin.

If the company were to match the consensus estimate, earnings would be down 22.22%. Revenue would be up 22.35% from the year-ago period. Here is how the company's reported EPS has stacked up against analyst estimates in the past:

Stock Performance

Shares of MediWound were trading at $4.87 as of May 03. Over the last 52-week period, shares are up 145.0%. Given that these returns are generally positive, long-term shareholders are probably satisfied going into this earnings release.

Do not be surprised to see the stock move on comments made during its conference call. MediWound is scheduled to hold the call at 08:30:00 ET and can be accessed here.