Preview: Orion Group Holdings's Earnings

On Wednesday, July 28, Orion Group Holdings ORN will release its latest earnings report. Here is Benzinga's outlook for the company.

Net Income, Earnings, And Earnings Per Share

Earnings and especially earnings per share (EPS) are useful measures of a company's profitability. Total earnings, which is also referred to as net income, equals total revenue minus total expenses. EPS equals to net income divided by the number of shares outstanding.

Earnings And Revenue

Sell-side analysts expect Orion Group Holdings's EPS to be near $0.08 on sales of $168.95 million. In the same quarter last year, Orion Group Holdings posted EPS of $0.04 on sales of $183.71 million.

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 100.0% increase for the company. Revenue would have fallen 8.04% from the same quarter last year. Here is how the company's reported EPS has stacked up against analyst estimates in the past:

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Stock Performance

Shares of Orion Group Holdings were trading at $5.74 as of July 26. Over the last 52-week period, shares are up 90.67%. Given that these returns are generally positive, long-term shareholders should be content going into this earnings release.

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