Travel technology company Sabre (NASDAQ:SABR) will be reporting results tomorrow before market open. Here’s what to expect.
Sabre met analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $714.7 million, up 4% year on year. It was a strong quarter for the company, with an impressive beat of analysts’ EPS estimates and full-year EBITDA guidance topping analysts’ expectations. It reported 80.98 million total bookings, up 3.6% year on year.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting Sabre’s revenue to grow 1.5% year on year to $794.6 million, slowing from the 5.4% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.01 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. Sabre has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates four times over the last two years.
Looking at Sabre’s peers in the travel and vacation providers segment, some have already reported their Q1 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Hyatt Hotels posted flat year-on-year revenue, beating analysts’ expectations by 2%, and Playa Hotels & Resorts reported a revenue decline of 11.1%, in line with consensus estimates. Hyatt Hotels traded up 9.2% following the results.
Read our full analysis of Hyatt Hotels’s results here and Playa Hotels & Resorts’s results here.
There has been positive sentiment among investors in the travel and vacation providers segment, with share prices up 9.2% on average over the last month. Sabre is up 27.5% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $4.63 (compared to the current share price of $2.55).
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