IT infrastructure services provider Kyndryl (NYSE:KD) will be reporting earnings tomorrow afternoon. Here’s what you need to know.
Kyndryl missed analysts’ revenue expectations by 2% last quarter, reporting revenues of $3.74 billion, down 4.9% year on year. It was a very strong quarter for the company, with an impressive beat of analysts’ EPS estimates and revenue guidance for next quarter exceeding analysts’ expectations.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting Kyndryl’s revenue to decline 2.1% year on year to $3.77 billion, improving from the 9.5% decrease it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.51 per share.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Kyndryl has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates twice over the last two years.
Looking at Kyndryl’s peers in the it services & consulting segment, some have already reported their Q1 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Grid Dynamics delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 25.8%, beating analysts’ expectations by 2%, and IBM reported flat revenue, topping estimates by 1%. Grid Dynamics traded down 3.1% following the results while IBM was also down 6.5%.
Read our full analysis of Grid Dynamics’s results here and IBM’s results here.
There has been positive sentiment among investors in the it services & consulting segment, with share prices up 11.2% on average over the last month. Kyndryl is up 19% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $43.15 (compared to the current share price of $33.60).
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