Recap: Blucora Q4 Earnings

Blucora BCOR reported its Q4 earnings results on Wednesday, February 16, 2022 at 06:30 AM.

Here's what investors need to know about the announcement.

Blucora beat estimated earnings by 35.56%, reporting an EPS of $-0.29 versus an estimate of $-0.45.

Revenue was up $23.17 million from the same period last year.

Last quarter the company beat on EPS by $0.11, which was followed by a 3.49% increase in the share price the next day.

Here's a look at Blucora's past performance:

Quarter	Q3 2021	Q2 2021	Q1 2021	Q4 2020
EPS Estimate	-0.37	1.14	0.96	-0.30
EPS Actual	-0.26	1.28	1.04	-0.19
Revenue Estimate	165.88M	252.00M	279.56M	146.92M
Revenue Actual	174.17M	254.31M	278.38M	155.16M

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).

Blucora management provided guidance for their next quarter, expecting earnings between $1.04 and $1.52 per share for the next quarter.

This represents a 541.38% in quarter-over-quarter growth for Blucora, a bullish signal to many investors.

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