Earnings Outlook For Splunk

Splunk SPLK is set to give its latest quarterly earnings report on Wednesday, 2023-08-23. Here's what investors need to know before the announcement.

Analysts estimate that Splunk will report an earnings per share (EPS) of $0.45.

Splunk bulls will hope to hear the company announce they've not only beaten that estimate, but also to provide positive guidance, or forecasted growth, for the next quarter.

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).

Past Earnings Performance

Last quarter the company beat EPS by $0.31, which was followed by a 1.02% drop in the share price the next day.

Here's a look at Splunk's past performance and the resulting price change:

Quarter Q1 2024 Q4 2023 Q3 2023 Q2 2023
EPS Estimate -0.13 1.15 0.25 -0.35
EPS Actual 0.18 2.04 0.83 0.09
Price Change % -1.02% -0.29% 17.78% -12.0%

eps graph

Stock Performance

Shares of Splunk were trading at $98.6 as of August 21. Over the last 52-week period, shares are down 10.47%. Given that these returns are generally negative, long-term shareholders are likely bearish going into this earnings release.

To track all earnings releases for Splunk visit their earnings calendar on our site.

This article was generated by Benzinga's automated content engine and reviewed by an editor.

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