America Movil Earnings Preview

On Tuesday, July 13, America Movil AMX will release its latest earnings report. Here is Benzinga's outlook for the company.

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

Based on management's projections, America Movil analysts model for earnings of $0.35 per share on sales of $12.24 billion. In the same quarter last year, America Movil reported EPS of $0.26 on revenue of $10.77 billion.

Why Analyst Estimates And Earnings Surprises Are Important

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.

The Wall Street consensus estimate for earnings would represent a 34.62% increase for the company. Revenue would be have grown 13.67% from the same quarter last year. Here is how the company's EPS has stacked up against analyst estimates in the past:

Stock Performance

Shares of America Movil were trading at $14.79 as of July 09. Over the last 52-week period, shares are up 20.45%. Given that these returns are generally positive, long-term shareholders should be satisfied going into this earnings release.

Do not be surprised to see the stock move on comments made during its conference call. America Movil is scheduled to hold the call at 10:00:00 ET and can be accessed here.