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Rocket Companies (RKT - Free Report) came out with a quarterly loss of $0.06 per share versus the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of $0.10. This compares to earnings of $0.15 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items.
This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of 40%. A quarter ago, it was expected that this company would post a loss of $0.10 per share when it actually produced a loss of $0.10, delivering no surprise.
Over the last four quarters, the company has surpassed consensus EPS estimates just once.
Rocket Companies, which belongs to the Zacks Technology Services industry, posted revenues of $666.07 million for the quarter ended March 2023, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 11.73%. This compares to year-ago revenues of $2.67 billion. The company has topped consensus revenue estimates just once over the last four quarters.
The sustainability of the stock's immediate price movement based on the recently-released numbers and future earnings expectations will mostly depend on management's commentary on the earnings call.
Rocket Companies shares have added about 23.4% since the beginning of the year versus the S&P 500's gain of 6.5%.
What's Next for Rocket Companies?
While Rocket Companies has outperformed the market so far this year, the question that comes to investors' minds is: what's next for the stock?
There are no easy answers to this key question, but one reliable measure that can help investors address this is the company's earnings outlook. Not only does this include current consensus earnings expectations for the coming quarter(s), but also how these expectations have changed lately.
Empirical research shows a strong correlation between near-term stock movements and trends in earnings estimate revisions. Investors can track such revisions by themselves or rely on a tried-and-tested rating tool like the Zacks Rank, which has an impressive track record of harnessing the power of earnings estimate revisions.
Ahead of this earnings release, the estimate revisions trend for Rocket Companies: mixed. While the magnitude and direction of estimate revisions could change following the company's just-released earnings report, the current status translates into a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) for the stock. So, the shares are expected to perform in line with the market in the near future. You can see the complete list of today's Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.
It will be interesting to see how estimates for the coming quarters and current fiscal year change in the days ahead. The current consensus EPS estimate is -$0.04 on $930.54 million in revenues for the coming quarter and -$0.09 on $3.8 billion in revenues for the current fiscal year.
Investors should be mindful of the fact that the outlook for the industry can have a material impact on the performance of the stock as well. In terms of the Zacks Industry Rank, Technology Services is currently in the top 50% of the 250 plus Zacks industries. Our research shows that the top 50% of the Zacks-ranked industries outperform the bottom 50% by a factor of more than 2 to 1.
Crane NXT (CXT - Free Report) , another stock in the same industry, has yet to report results for the quarter ended March 2023. The results are expected to be released on May 10.
This maker of engineered industrial products is expected to post quarterly earnings of $1.85 per share in its upcoming report, which represents a year-over-year change of +2.2%. The consensus EPS estimate for the quarter has remained unchanged over the last 30 days.
Crane NXT's revenues are expected to be $781.5 million, down 2.5% from the year-ago quarter.
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Rocket Companies (RKT) Reports Q1 Loss, Misses Revenue Estimates
Rocket Companies (RKT - Free Report) came out with a quarterly loss of $0.06 per share versus the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of $0.10. This compares to earnings of $0.15 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items.
This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of 40%. A quarter ago, it was expected that this company would post a loss of $0.10 per share when it actually produced a loss of $0.10, delivering no surprise.
Over the last four quarters, the company has surpassed consensus EPS estimates just once.
Rocket Companies
The sustainability of the stock's immediate price movement based on the recently-released numbers and future earnings expectations will mostly depend on management's commentary on the earnings call.
Rocket Companies shares have added about 23.4% since the beginning of the year versus the S&P 500's gain of 6.5%.
What's Next for Rocket Companies?
While Rocket Companies has outperformed the market so far this year, the question that comes to investors' minds is: what's next for the stock?
There are no easy answers to this key question, but one reliable measure that can help investors address this is the company's earnings outlook. Not only does this include current consensus earnings expectations for the coming quarter(s), but also how these expectations have changed lately.
Empirical research shows a strong correlation between near-term stock movements and trends in earnings estimate revisions. Investors can track such revisions by themselves or rely on a tried-and-tested rating tool like the Zacks Rank, which has an impressive track record of harnessing the power of earnings estimate revisions.
Ahead of this earnings release, the estimate revisions trend for Rocket Companies: mixed. While the magnitude and direction of estimate revisions could change following the company's just-released earnings report, the current status translates into a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) for the stock. So, the shares are expected to perform in line with the market in the near future. You can see the complete list of today's Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.
It will be interesting to see how estimates for the coming quarters and current fiscal year change in the days ahead. The current consensus EPS estimate is -$0.04 on $930.54 million in revenues for the coming quarter and -$0.09 on $3.8 billion in revenues for the current fiscal year.
Investors should be mindful of the fact that the outlook for the industry can have a material impact on the performance of the stock as well. In terms of the Zacks Industry Rank, Technology Services is currently in the top 50% of the 250 plus Zacks industries. Our research shows that the top 50% of the Zacks-ranked industries outperform the bottom 50% by a factor of more than 2 to 1.
Crane NXT (CXT - Free Report) , another stock in the same industry, has yet to report results for the quarter ended March 2023. The results are expected to be released on May 10.
This maker of engineered industrial products is expected to post quarterly earnings of $1.85 per share in its upcoming report, which represents a year-over-year change of +2.2%. The consensus EPS estimate for the quarter has remained unchanged over the last 30 days.
Crane NXT's revenues are expected to be $781.5 million, down 2.5% from the year-ago quarter.