2. Stratasys
Stratasys is the second-largest 3-D
printing manufacturer in the world,
by market cap. It will report earnings
Monday morning.
Besides being part of an industry
that is largely being sold short,
Stratasys shocked investors earlier
this month by pre-releasing results
that came in well below estimates,
and offered guidance that
disappointed Wall Street.
3. Here’s What You Should Watch
Over the Short-Term
• Stratasys is expected to
report earnings of $0.48
per share.
• The company expects
revenues to clock in at
$216 million.
• For 2015, expectations are
set for $950 million in sales
and earnings of $2.14 per
share.
Over the Long-Term
There are two parts to the company
to pay attention to:
1. Listen in to hear what
management plans to do/has
already done to right the ship
with its Makerbot consumer
printer subsidiary—the cause of
the wide miss and pre-release.
2. Check on organic growth rates for
the company sans Makerbot,
should management choose to
disclose that number. The
company believes this number
can be north of 25% for years to
come.
4. Ambarella
Ambarella is the leading chip maker
for small recording devices—made
most popular by GoPro’s
(Nasdaq:GPRO) cameras.
Ambarella’s stock sells for a lofty 35
times earnings. Additionally, many
on Wall Street worry that the
company’s first-mover advantage will
eventually erode and video chips will
become commoditized—especially
after news surfaced showing that
Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) had plans for
similar technology in the works.
5. Here’s What You Should Watch
Over the Short-Term
• Ambarella is expected to
report revenues of $59.2
million.
• Earnings are expected to
come in at $0.49 per share.
• For 2015, expectations are
set for $213 million in sales
and earnings of $1.79 per
share.
Over the Long-Term
• Gross margins have trended down
from over 66% in the past to just
over 63% last quarter. Should it fall
below the 61%, it would represent
a potential commoditization of
Ambarella’s chips.
• Listen in to see how the launch of
the company’s S2 chip, which is
popular in the IP security camera
industry, fared. The IP security
opportunity is rather large, and
has enormous potential for
Ambarella.
6. Abercrombie & Fitch
Abercrombie & Fitch is a clothing
retailer for teens and young adults.
Abercrombie was consistently a
victim of foot-in-mouth syndrome
under former CEO Mike Jeffries.
Along with tons of negative press
about the company’s hiring
practices, same store sales—the
lifeblood of any retailer—fell 14%
last quarter.
7. Here’s What You Should Watch
Over the Short-Term
• Analysts are expecting
Abercrombie to report
revenue of $1.2 billion.
• They are also expecting
earnings to come in at
$1.16 per share.
• For 2015, expectations are
set for $3.8 billion in sales
with earnings of $1.58 per
share.
Over the Long-Term
• Same store sales is the most
vital metric to watch. The
company expects mid-to-high
single digit losses, so a
decrease of just 1% or 2%
would be a positive sign.
• No one will have a bigger
impact on the stock’s future
performance than its new CEO.
Listen it to see how close the
company is to finding a
replacement.