Earnings Beat at Harris Corporation (HRS) in Q4

Harris Corporation , based in Melbourne, FL, leading supplier of communications equipment and services. The company has brought about a transformation pertaining to communications and information technology.

The company has a healthy track record with respect to earnings. The company has delivered positive earnings surprises in each of the last four quarters, with an average beat of 7.14%.

Zacks Rank: Currently, Harris Corporation has a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell) but that could change following the company’s earnings report which was just released. We have highlighted some of the key stats from this just-revealed announcement below:

Earnings: Harris Corporation’s adjusted earnings of $1.45 per share in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016 (ended Jul 1, 2016) edging past the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.44 per share. Earnings improved 9.85% on a year over year basis. For full fiscal year 2016, the company reported earnings (on an adjusted basis) of 5.70 per share, in line with the Zacks Consensus Estimate.

Revenue: Revenues in the fourth quarter came in at $1.90 billion missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.935 billion. Revenues improved 24.05% from the year-ago figure.  For fiscal 2016, the company reported revenues of $7.47 billion, short of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $7.515 billion. Revenues improved 47% on a year-over-year basis.

Key Stats: The company expects earnings per share (on an adjusted basis) in fiscal 2017 in the band of $5.70 to $5.90. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for fiscal 2017 currently stands at $5.93 per share, above the guidance range. The company expects fiscal 2017 revenues in the band of $7.11 billion to $7.33 billion. The Zacks Consensus Estimate currently stands at $7.565 billion for fiscal 2017, again above the guidance range.                                                

Check back later for our full write up on this Harris Corporation earnings report later!

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