American Woodmark (AMWD) Reports Q2: Everything You Need To Know Ahead Of Earnings

Cabinet manufacturing company American Woodmark (NASDAQ:AMWD) will be reporting results tomorrow before market open. Here’s what you need to know.

American Woodmark beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 2.8% last quarter, reporting revenues of $453.3 million, down 5.8% year on year. It was a solid quarter for the company, with an impressive beat of analysts’ revenue estimates.

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This quarter, analysts are expecting American Woodmark’s revenue to decline 4.6% year on year to $475.4 million, improving from the 8.2% decrease it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $2.37 per share.

The majority of analysts covering the company have reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. American Woodmark has only missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates once over the last two years, exceeding top-line expectations by 1.4% on average.

Looking at American Woodmark’s peers in the home construction materials segment, some have already reported their Q2 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. JELD-WEN’s revenues decreased 12.4% year on year, missing analysts’ expectations by 1.4%, and Griffon reported a revenue decline of 5.2%, falling short of estimates by 6%. JELD-WEN’s stock price was unchanged after the results, while Griffon was down 16.1%.

Read our full analysis of JELD-WEN’s results here and Griffon’s results here.

Investors in the home construction materials segment have had fairly steady hands going into earnings, with share prices down 1.9% on average over the last month. American Woodmark is down 1% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $105.5 (compared to the current share price of $99.74).

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