Agnico Eagle Mines (NYSE: AEM) releases its next
round of earnings Wednesday. Get the latest predictions in Benzinga's essential guide to the company's Q4 earnings report.
Earnings and Revenue
Agnico Eagle Mines EPS is expected to be around 20 cents per share, according to sell-side analysts. Sales will likely be near
$567.73 million.
In the same quarter last year, Agnico Eagle Mines reported earnings per share of 2 cents per share on sales of $499.21 million.
If the company were to match the consensus estimate when it reports Wednesday, EPS would be up 900 percent. Sales would be up 13.73
percent from the year-ago period.
In comparison to analyst estimates in the past, here's how the company's reported EPS stacks up:
| Quarter |
Q3 2017 |
Q2 2017 |
Q1 2017 |
Q4 2016 |
| EPS Estimate |
0.15 |
0.14 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
| EPS Actual |
0.29 |
0.24 |
0.28 |
0.02 |
Q4 EPS Estimate: 20 cents per share
Q4 Revenues Estimate: $567 million
Stock Performance
Over the last 52-week period, shares are down 13.34 percent. Given that these returns are generally negative, long-term
shareholders are probably upset going into this earnings release.
Analyst estimates are adjusted higher for EPS and revenues over the past 90 days. Analysts generally rate Agnico Eagle Mines
stock as Neutral. The strength of this rating has maintained conviction over the past three months.
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