Digital transformation consultancy Grid Dynamics (NASDAQ:GDYN) will be reporting results this Thursday after the bell. Here’s what to look for.
Grid Dynamics beat analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $104.1 million, up 3.7% year on year. It was a satisfactory quarter for the company, with EPS in line with analysts’ estimates.
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This quarter, the market is expecting Grid Dynamics’s revenue to grow 5.3% year on year, slowing from the 21.7% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business will stay the course heading into earnings. Grid Dynamics has a history of exceeding Wall Street’s expectations.
Looking at Grid Dynamics’s peers in the it services & other tech segment, some have already reported their Q2 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. IBM delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 1.1%, missing analysts’ expectations by 1.5%, and Accenture reported revenues up 5.6%, in line with consensus estimates. IBM’s stock price was unchanged after the resultsand Accenture’s price followed a similar reaction.
Read our full analysis of IBM’s results here and Accenture’s results here.
There has been positive sentiment among investors in the it services & other tech segment, with share prices up 5.1% on average over the last month. Grid Dynamics is up 7.2% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $8.20 (compared to the current share price of $5.83).
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