Earnings Preview: Stellus Capital Inv

Stellus Capital Inv SCM announces its next round of earnings this Thursday, May 06. Here is Benzinga's everything-that-matters guide for this Thursday's Q1 earnings announcement.

Net Income, Earnings, 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

Wall Street analysts see Stellus Capital Inv reporting earnings of $0.28 per share on revenue of $14.28 million. Stellus Capital Inv EPS in the same period a year ago totaled $0.32. Revenue was $15.24 million.

Why Analyst Estimates And Earnings Surprises Are Important

Wall Street analysts who study this company will publish analyst estimates of revenue and EPS. The averages of all analyst EPS and revenue estimates are called the "consensus estimates"; these consensus estimates can have a significant effect on a company's performance during an earnings release. When a company posts earnings or revenue above or below a consensus estimate, it has posted an "earnings surprise", which can really move a stock depending on the difference between actual and estimated values.

The analyst consensus estimate would represent a 12.5% decline in the company's EPS figure. Revenue would be down 6.28% from the year-ago period. In comparison to analyst estimates in the past, here is how the company's reported EPS stacks up:

Stock Performance

Over the last 52-week period, shares of Stellus Capital Inv are up 80.39%.

Do not be surprised to see the stock move on comments made during its conference call. Stellus Capital Inv is scheduled to hold the call at 11:00:00 ET and can be accessed here.